Disclaimer: I hate doing this all the time but I dont own Chrono Crusade...sad huh?
Rosette: UM...no not really.
BC: shut up let me wallow in my corner
Chrono: you dont have a corner.
BC: Leave the non exsisting corner of shyness and misery alone!
Rosette: I think while writing this chapter BC lost it.
Chrono: You think?
BC: I hope you like it...I was bored and I dont think this chapter was all that great...
Chrono: -sigh- Forget about anything BC says in this rant and just read the chapter.
Her eyes tried to focus as the room swam in and out of her vision. Where the heck was she? What had happened? She reached for memories but she couldn't seem to grasp what she was looking for. She remembered her name, the year, and such things like that but what had happened that week had escaped her. The last thing that entered her mind was, didn't I die?
A door slammed and someone walked into the room like a burglar. Rosette's mind raced, where was her gun? She looked around frantically and saw it on a table next to her bed. She tried to sit up and reach for the gun on the bedside table but flailed about and ended up falling off the bed.
"Rosette don't move at all," said her brother's voice from the blurry figure that had just entered the room.
Tears rolled down Rosette's cheeks, "Joshua your safe. I thought that Aion had you still. I'm glad I get to see you again."
"What are you talking about Rosette?" asked Joshua wondering what the hell his sister was going on about, "Did that table do something to your brain?"
Rosette didn't understand, why wasn't Joshua happy to see her? It had been a long time but she and Chrono had saved him from Aion. Shouldn't he be the least bit grateful and happy to see her?
Her brother slowly helped her back onto the bed, tucked the covers around her, and sat down at the end, "Rosette what happened in the restaurant?"
Rosette's tiered mind couldn't seem to keep up, "What restaurant?"
A door nearby slammed and someone else who was not quite so blurry as Joshua came in. She could tell that the person was wearing a blue uniform of the Magdalene Order and had blonde hair but other then those features she didn't know who the heck the person was. Her eyesight seemed to be getting better.
"Sister Rosette, you're awake?" asked a voice she barely recognized.
"F…F…Father Remington!" she sat up as quickly as she could making her back crack. She winced.
"Rosette stay laying down," Remington said coming over to the bedside table and setting something down on it.
" Oh applesauce! Why are you here? I don't want you to see me like this." Rosette said trying with all her might to get out of the bed.
Remington looked at her strangely.
"Rosette?" he asked kneeling next to the bed (which by now Rosette was sure wasn't her own.)
"Yes sir?" Rosette asked looking directly at him and smiling.
" Are you alright?" Remington's face slowly came into focus. Rosette realized there was something different about Remington. Something she had never seen before on his face, age. He looked older and more scarred then what she remembered.
"Yes why wouldn't I be?" Rosette asked back looking at Remington quizzically.
"Never mind."
Rosette suddenly thought of something and looked around. Her eyes were completely focused now, but she had already figured there was something wrong with the room she was in. It seemed too new to be at the Magdalene Order and there was a weird black box right in front of her that resembled a TV but couldn't have been, they weren't that big. She glanced around frantically. This place did not look like the cabin room she had last been in, nor did it look like anything she had ever seen. Then realization hit her, there was something missing from this place. She couldn't remember what it was but she knew it was important. Her hand slowly went to her chest there around her neck was the contract watch. It sent chills through her as she touched it and remembered what was missing from this room.
"Remington," she said looking around, "Where is Chrono?"
ChronoChrono sat down in the hotel room wondering if Rose's father knew what had happened. He sighed knowing that he would probably never be able to see Rose again. Chrono walked to the window in dismay. He looked out at the New York nightlife and watched for some sign that Aion was returning, he couldn't see any.
"Aion where the hell are you?" he asked walking back over to the hotel bed and turning on the TV. Automatically he stared at the news crew in front of the Japanese restaurant.
This is a midnight report. A horrible thing has happened…
Chrono turned off the TV as fast a demonly possible. How had the news crew gotten there so soon after this had happened? Did they have someone tell them of it or something? He looked out the window wondering if the police would be here and arrest him for murder. He hoped not he didn't think he had shown his face to the humans that survived.
Then a thought hit him and he spoke it out loud to himself, "Rose had a gun that was able to kill the devils."
This presented him with a strange dilemma, why would Rose have a gun? What the heck was she doing standing up and attacking the devils? There was something he was forgetting. Some piece of information that would make all of this clear. It had something to do with dreams. He knew he used to dream but he didn't know what about. Nothing in his brain seemed to jump out of him.
"I'm back!" yelled a voice making Chrono jump. He turned and stared as Aion walked into the room.
"Didn't you miss me?" Aion asked sitting down on the edge of the bed and smiling.
"Not really." Chrono didn't want to hear any of Aion's nonsense at this moment in time.
"Oh?" asked Aion then he got off the bed and went to the mini fridge that was in the room and grabbed two cokes out of it, he held one out to Chrono, "You want to hear about what I found?"
"No not really," Chrono mumbled sitting up, grabbing the coke from Aion, tilting his head, and admiring the carpet.
"Fine I'll tell you anyway," Aion said standing up dramatically, "I've found what we have been looking for!"
"A stove?" asked Chrono looking quizzically at Aion.
"Well…that too but that's not what I mean!" Aion said grinning evilly.
"What do you mean then?" Chrono asked sighing.
"I've found her."
"Who?"
"The holy woman." Aion whispered softly.
Chrono started coughing and coke came out his nose.
"Are you alright?" asked Aion smirking.
Chrono nodded and once he started breathing again he asked, "You what?"
"I found her. The holy woman we have been searching for." Aion said moving to the window.
"Who is she?" asked Chrono trying not to sound too interested, for some reason he had felt his stomach drop when Aion mentioned the holy woman he hoped his sense of foreboding was proved false.
"She is going by the name of Rose," Aion smiled, "But her real name is Rosette Mary Christopher."
Chrono's eyes went big, "Rose?"
"Yes that's what I said."
"Is she in this hotel?" asked Chrono wanting to deny everything.
"Yes," Aion said laughing cruelly, "She is with her little brother Joshua and a Father of the Magdalene Order named Remington."
"Hmm." Chrono couldn't talk to Aion at all. He was completely stupefied. The girl he had hung out with was a Magdalene Sister and the Holy woman. What was he going to do now?
SatellaSatella marched into the hotel and to the front desk, "I want to know where the Christophers are!"
"I'm sorry miss," said the man at the desk, "but I can't give you…"
"Do you know who I am?" yelled Satella, "I want Rosette Christopher out here now before I get truly angry!"
"Yes miss!" said the man quickly running up the stairs nearby.
Satella sat down in the lobby, "If this is some kind of sick twisted joke that Sister is playing on me I'm going to really kill her."
Rosette, Remington, Joshua (BC: Wouldn't it be funny if Joshua had an "R" name as well? Sorry that just sprang into my head.
"Chrono is back in his hotel room." Remington stated flatly.
"Oh. But he usually shares a hotel room with me or right next to mine." Rosette said looking up at him confused, "Did we have a fight or something?"
"What the heck are you talking about Rosette?" asked Joshua coming over and putting his hand on her head, "Do you have a fever?"
"No I don't! Now can you please go get Chrono he is my partner after all." Rosette huffed.
Remington stared in surprise. Joshua looked at her strangely then said with complete confidence, "That table must have hit you hard."
"What table?" asked Rosette.
"You know…"
"Joshua be quite for a second." Remington said coming closer to Rosette, sitting down, and looking her straight in the eye.
"What are you do…" Joshua began.
"Joshua be quite!" said Remington more forcefully then before he turned back to Rosette, "Rosette I want you to answer two questions. Alright?"
Rosette nodded. She had no clue what Remington wanted but she'd try to answer what ever he asked her.
"What year is it? Who is the head of the Magdalene Order?" asked Remington watching Rosette's face.
"What kind of questions are those?" asked Joshua sitting down on the bed looking over at Remington in disdain.
"Be quiet Joshua!" Remington said annoyance clear in his voice then he stared at Rosette again, "Rosette what year is it and who is the head of the Magdalene Order?"
Rosette was confused why the hell was he asking those questions? They were far to easy to be a quiz of some sort and it was kind of odd that he would out of the blue ask her what year it was. Unless he thought she had amnesia or something. Realization hit Rosette in the face like a snowball, that's what he's checking if I have amnesia. Well I most definitely do not.
"Rosette?" asked Remington again.
"Its summer of 1928. The leader of the Magdalene Order is Sister Kate." She answered with complete confidence.
Shock covered Joshua's face, "Ok that table hit you a hell of a lot harder then we thought."
Remington turned and glared at Joshua, "I asked you to be quiet. Ok Rosette what year were you born?"
Rosette was surprised she hadn't been expecting a third question, "Um…1912."
"Where did you first meet Chrono?"
"In Mary's grave."
"How old were you?"
"11 maybe 12."
"Whom did you hang out with this year?"
"What do you mean?" asked Rosette tilting her head now she was even more confused then she was three seconds ago. What was with Remington? He seemed more then a little bit paranoid.
"Who have you been with this year? Who has kept you compony?"Asked Remington a strange look slowly spreading over his face.
"Oh you mean like my comrades?" asked Rosette smiling.
"Yes." Remington answered.
"Well that's easy. Chrono, Azmaria, and that dumb Dora Satella."
Remington's face slowly changed from worry to complete disbelief. Joshua looked at her like she had grown a second head.
"What?" she asked irritable.
"Rosette…"
A knock sounded at the door making her jump higher then she would have liked to have admitted. Joshua went over to it and opened it. There stood one of the workers from the hotel.
"Yes what is it?" Joshua asked glaring, "We're kind of busy."
"There is a woman downstairs who is looking for a Miss Rosette Christopher," the man said shakily looking fearfully at Joshua, "Is she here?"
"You have the wrong ro…"
"That would be me." Rosette said getting out of the bed and walking up behind Joshua.
"Oh yes. I'm sorry but the young woman down in the lobby is looking for you and she could destroy our whole hotel chain. She is one of the richest pe…"
"Snobs you could ever meet," Rosette said matter o' factly. She turned and smiled at Remington, "It's probably Satella, I'll be right back."
Rosette shut the door as she walked out into the hall. Remington stared at the door completely stunned. Joshua looked at him then back at the door his sister had just left through, "Um…Should I have stopped her?"
Remington looked at him slowly coming back to reality, "Yes, one of us should have stopped her."
Rosette
Rosette slowly walked down the hall with the man who worked at the place that Rosette was sure was a hotel. He was a fidgety fellow and he kept saying, "I'm so sorry for bothering you."
When they got on the elevator Rosette was almost sure she could barely stand anymore of his I'm sorrys.
Finally, right before they got to the first floor Rosette's small plastic container of patience imploded, "CAN YOU PLEASE SHUT UP! I KNOW YOU ARE SORRY ALRIGHT?"
The man looked at her fearfully and nodded. She sighed, thank you god that I don't have to spend more then 10 minutes with this guy.
The elevator finally stopped at the first floor and the man let Rosette get out first.
"Thank you." Rosette said walking towards the main hall of the lobby.
Rosette entered the lobby and saw a woman with long red hair sitting with her back to her. Rosette grinned evilly; it was now payback time. She crept quietly toward the red head and slowly got ready to scare her. She was about to yank the long red hair…
"Rosette if you do I'll kill you." Satella's heavy accented voice rang out. The girl turned around and glared at Rosette with complete disapproval, "Rosette what are you wearing?"
Rosette looked down at the white nightgown that she was wearing. It was pretty different from her Order uniform, "A night gown."
"I figured out that much." Satella said disdainfully.
"Hmph," Rosette sat down on the chair across from Satella, "So what do you want you dumb dora?"
"Do you know how vulgar that is?" Satella's face suddenly scrunched, "Damn it! I promised myself I wouldn't start behaving so proper!"
"Huh?" asked Rosette wondering what in the hell Satella was talking about.
"You are you doing something to my mind?" yelled Satella suddenly, "I mean I've suddenly begun remembering all this crap that happened a long time ago and I mean a long time ago and now you are addressing me like a friend when we have only actually seen each other once. All of the sudden I feel like hanging out with you fighting with you and just being near you are things I have to do. I'm having all sorts of weird dreams about where we are fighting and there is this purple haired guy…"
"Chrono." Rosette interrupted.
"What?" Satella stopped talking.
"Purple hair guy equals Chrono." Rosette said sighing, "And what do you mean just having weird dreams and seeing each other only once? I was your comrade against devils all this year."
Satella stared, "So its true then. You really are that stupid Sister who was a third rate and worked with a devil."
"Yep…Hey! I am not third rate!" yelled Rosette standing up.
"Oh yes you are!" yelled Satella back.
"Drop dead!"
"Why don't you!"
"Because I would ruin this outfit."
"Oh who gives a darn about your outfit?"
"I do!"
"Wh…" Rosette suddenly stopped. Her face turned really pale as she looked at her feet and hands.
"And…" Satella stopped when she saw how pale Rosette's face got, "What's wrong?"
Rosette looked up at Satella as if seeing her for the first time. Tears ran down her face, "The stigmata. It's back."
Satella quickly closed the distance between them. She grabbed Rosette's wrists and stared. She then lifted up Rosette's bangs and saw the marks on her forehead, "Oh my god. Rosette it's back it's there."
Rosette stood in stunned silence. Satella hugged her tightly, "I'm not going to let Aion have you."
That snapped Rosette out of it, "Aion? He's dead I saw Chrono kill him."
"No Rosette he's back." Satella answered calmly.
"Back? What do you mean?" asked Rosette searching Satella's face for an answer.
"Rosette it's 2005 you have been dead for seventy seven years."
Rosette stared then smiled, "Horse feathers. I'm standing right in front of you. How could I have been dead for seventy seven years?"
"I'm just as confused as you are." Satella said sitting back down, "But I do know that Aion is alive and you died in 1928. I also know that last time we met neither of us recognized each other."
Rosette couldn't believe what she was hearing. It was all to far-fetched way far-fetched. She couldn't have been dead seventy-seven years ago it just wasn't possible. She walked over to the front desk and asked for a newspaper. She stared down at the date on the newspaper it was 2005, "Oh my god."
Satella got up and came towards her, "See what I mean?"
"Rosette stop!" yelled a voice from the elevator. Her brother and Remington ran out and pulled her away from Satella.
"Don't talk to her!" her brother said glaring at Satella.
"Too late for that boyo." Satella said grinning.
"Joshua it's fine Satella is a friend." Rosette said pushing her brother off of her.
"No she's going to say some whacked out stuff!" Joshua said glaring at Satella.
"She already did," Rosette sighed, "I'm just confused about how this happened."
"Me too, Sister Hot-head." Satella said crossing her arms.
"Reincarnation." Remington finally spoke, "It happened through Reincarnation."
Rosette and Satella stared at Remington then looked at each other and said at the exact same moment, "Well that makes more since then it doesn't."
Remington was about to say something else when they all heard, "Rose are you sure you should be standing?"
Everyone turned to see Chrono standing there a worried look on his face. Both Satella and Rosette's eyes went wide.
"Chrono." They both whispered.
Chrono walked up to them and smiled, "Mr. Christopher, I'm sorry about putting your daughter in danger."
"Reming…" Satella started but Joshua put his hand over her mouth. Remington sighed in relief, "No its alright at least you got her out of there."
"Chrono." Rosette whispered staring at the tall devil before her, "Why are you in that form?"
"Huh?" Chrono was sure he heard her wrong but he could've sworn that she had asked something about his form. Had she seen the devil him? Did she know that he was a sinner?
"Sis shut up!" Joshua said glaring at Rosette and keeping his hand on Satella's mouth, "You are being rude to the man who took you out to dinner last nigh!"
That snapped Rosette out of the astonished state she was in. She played along, "Oh yes thank you Chrono."
He smiled. It made Rosette shiver. Did he know her? Couldn't he tell who she was? She willed him to look at her and say, 'Rosette are you ok?"
"Rose?" he asked. Using a one-syllable name that wasn't hers. In that moment she realized reincarnation was not especially a good thing.
"Yes." She answered smiling hiding her feelings beyond that.
"Um," Chrono was about to ask her if she was all right but the smile told him that she was fine, "Oh never mind."
She smiled again. Satella watched this exchanged feeling the cold wind that blew between the two.
Chrono nodded his head, "Well then good bye I guess." He walked away towards the elevator.
"Goodbye." Rosette whispered her voice caught in her chest. If he had turned around he would have seen rain created by sapphire eyes.
BC: OMG!!! THERE ARE LETTERS MISSING!!!! MAKING ME SEEM LIKE A BAD SPELLER!!! (which I am if you havent noticed) Some one stole some letters!
Chrono: Oh really feel better now?
BC: yeppa.
Rosette: BC is back to being her regular happy self.
BC: yeppa! Now I hope you liked this chapter if you didnt I can always rewrite it! I probably wont write some more for awhile because my school is hectic! Seriously! I am so sore from dance lessons and such. Oh so you know I go to a performing arts school...(I guess I cant complain much)
Rosette: What did that have to do with anything?
BC: I dont know but I felt like saying it.
Chrono: -sight- just forget about BC and R and R