Chapter 9
Let's Party It Up!
"Holland how ya been man!" A dark skinned man with blue sneakers and a tank top shirt said
"Been good man. How was your travel around the world?" Holland asked
"My honey and I saw some cool things. Ya should have been there man!" Matthieu replied
"I have a job now, sorry man." Holland replied
"Talho! I see you have some muscles on you now, girl." Hilda said as she Talho a strong hug.
"You've gotten stronger too." Talho replied returning the hug.
Everyone headed to the Gekko Go heading straight for the kitchen area as Matthieu had a big case of beer in hand. Once they all got situated with food and drinks in head, Holland decided on telling Matthieu and Hilda everything that had transpired regarding Shawn. After about forty fives minutes Holland had finished as they sat there stunned and speechless.
"So Shawn doesn't remember anything about us?" Hilda asked sounding shocked and sad about this fact. It wasn't really because of Shawn not remembering her but what will happen once Amarante meets him face to face.
"Shawn remembers Talho, myself, the coralians and a few other things but nothing else about the Gekko State. Either he has Amnesia or something or someone is blocking his memories." Holland suggested
"It's probably Gonzy! He's the only one who has the power to bring him back into this world!" Hilda stated sounding quite enraged to where Matthieu scooted a bit away from her.
"That's what I think as well but there's no way to ask Gonzy, Hilda." Holland stated
"Honey can we change the subject now?" Matthieu asked sounding as sweet as possible.
"Why are you acting so scared!" Hilda fumed at Matthieu.
"No reason. Hey Holland, can we throw a dance party like old times when Shawn was around?" Matthieu asked
"That's sounds like a great idea Matthieu! Maybe he'll remember something!" Hilda interjected sounding happy once again while Talho had to contain her laughter at how Hilda always seemed to have mood swings but Talho was one to talk.
What everyone failed to notice that I had heard the first part about Gonzy and memories before I walked away working my way towards the hanger and outside sitting down next to Adir.
'Yo, Shawn! Having a party all by yourself here?' Alucard asked
"Very funny Alucard. You already know why I'm here cause I know you see what I see and what I hear." I stated sounding very serious
'Yes I do.' Alucard replied
"Then tell me, seeing as you seem to know more than me. Did Gonzy in fact due this to me." I asked in a very scary tone
'…' Alucard remained silent
"ALUCARD!" I hollered
'FINE! Yes he did but it was the only way to bring you back to life. You had to give up something in order for him to revive you! It's how the world works Shawn!' Alucard retorted as he went silent again
"Thank you." I said
'Anytime.' Alucard replied as then his conscious disappeared again
'You two act like a married couple.' Adir stated
"Jeez!" I said as I jumped a bit from having Adir speak out of nowhere.
'Easily scared I take it.' Adir said jokily
"Not usually but anyways you need something?" I asked
'Nope, just wanted to cheer ya up.' Adir stated as this earned a chuckle from me.
"What a way to cheer someone up." I stated
"Talking to yourself again, Shawn." Hilda joked
"No Hilda I'm not." I said as this earned a surprised look from everyone
"I heard the first part of what you said this morning in the kitchen and got an answer from Alucard." I stated
"I see. So did Gonzy seal your memories?" Hilda asked
"Yes but it was to summon me back here." I stated
"Well, I know this isn't the right time but Shawn want to have a dance party. Like we used to have when you were alive, you were quite the star while you riled the crowds singing." Matthieu stated
"Really, me? No way." I said laughing
"Really man! You had girls climbing over themselves to get to you." Matthieu teased causing me to blush.
"Now you're just exaggerating." I said laughing at imagining that.
"That's the Shawn we like to see." Hilda stated happily as she hung her arm around my neck giving me a cheery smile.
"Hai, Hai." I said shaking my head thinking 'These crazy friends of mine.'
"Anyways about the party where are we going to have it at?" I asked
"In the Gekko Go hanger where else would we have it!" Hilda stated sounding really pumped.
"Alright. What can I do?" I asked
"You can just sit back and relax. Your our guest at this party." Hilda stated
"Don't think so Hilda. I'll be helping regardless." I stated as I showed everyone I was dead serious. They all just shrugged their shoulders.
"Yep, that's our Shawn." Hilda stated once again
"Anyways let's get things started on preparing the stage, lights, strobes, lasers, smoke machines and so on." I stated as everyone agreed.
We all brought out Matthieu and Hilda's gear from their big bus sized vehicle as my friends from the village, and my coralian friends. It took us a good hour to move everything inside the hanger. Then Moondoggie moved the Gekko Go out of the hanger giving us more room to prep seeing as this time around they were going to invite people from the close cities to this party. Next step was setting up the stage which was a lot of work taking into account of all the electronics we had to hook up and positioning everything. It was now about four in the afternoon and no one had lunch yet.
"Hey guys want to go get something to eat then finish up the table setup and chairs afterwards?" I asked as everyone's stomach growled at the sound of food including mine.
"I agree with Shawn." Rya stated as he got ready to head out to the cafeteria followed by me then everyone else followed as well. After all of us got our food we decided on eating at the hill where next to the hangers. It was the perfect temperature outside with a gently cool breeze blowing as we all ate our food and chatted amongst ourselves. The atmosphere was great all of them thought as a thought of if only Amarante was here passed through all of their minds except mine. Once we all finished we dropped off the dishes back at the cafeteria then headed back into the hanger to finish everything up except for Amarante and her siblings who headed to do something else. Once everything was finished it was about seven in the evening.
"Shawn, can you run into town tomorrow and pick up some things for the party tomorrow night?" Hilda asked
"Sure, make a list and I'll be happy to go." I said
"We'll need someone to go with you seeing as there's quite a bit to carry for one person." Hilda stated.
"Why don't you have everyone go with that have KLF's or can room extra people?" Kamin suggested
"That's a great idea!" Hilda exclaimed happily since she knew who had KLF's and how much room each could fit. After doing up who rides with who it was all set for tomorrow as for the person who's riding with me turned out to be Aimi which was surprising to me because Akane normally hangs around with me a lot.
'I know Akane will complain about this.' I thought as I visually shrugged my shoulders
"Having another internal conversation." Hilda teased
"Just with myself." I said cocking my head up into the air with a smug grin on my face as this caused everyone to burst out laughing with how I acted.
"Hey! No laughing at me!" I exclaimed as this didn't help one bit in the uproar of laughter. I finally gave up and walked out heading for building 30 feeling quite embarrassed now. I walked in and finally exhaustion settled in as I got dizzy for a moment using the wall to stable myself. One of the girl coralians noticed as she walked over to me and tilted her head to the side as if she wanted to ask something.
"Yes?" I asked smiling a bit
"Do you need help?" She asked as I nodded my head as she wrapped her arm around my waist as I released the wall wrapping my arm around her neck.
"Thanks." I said cheerily
"It's nothing." She replied giving me just a faint smile as her face went back to being emotionless again.
'I really need to try and get these coralians to show more emotions.' I thought but decided that was for another time. Once we finally made it to the top of the floor we headed to my bedroom as I opened the door I noticed everyone was eating snacks in my room and chatting amongst each other.
"It's not nice to invade someone's room." The girl stated as I could faintly hear the sound of annoyance in her voice. As everyone looked over and once it registered that the girl was helping me the look on their faces turned into a frantic type worry.
"I'm fine all of you. I only got a bit dizzy. Sit back down. Could you help me over to my bed, my friend." I asked as she looked a tad bit surprised when I said friend but did as I asked.
"Do you need anything else, Shawn?" She asked
"Yes, one more thing. What name did they give you?" I asked
"Kanon." She replied
"Thanks Kanon. You were a great help. Your welcome to stay here with everyone and visit." I said
"Wouldn't that disturb you?" Kanon asked
"Nope not one bit. I like a little background noise." I stated as she nodded and went to sit down with everyone and began having a conversation with them.
'All these coralians were very interesting and fun to be around' I thought.
"Hey guys you can stay here and chat but try to keep it down a bit. I'm going lay my head down, I'm dead tired." I said chuckling a bit
"We'll keep it down for you Shawn." Akane said happily as everyone lowered their voices to a normal tone voice. As I slowly drifted off to sleep unbeknownst to me Akane would occasionally steal glances at my sleeping face. This didn't go by unnoticed by Kanon and she didn't like this one bit because Kanon knows about Amarante and I even if I don't remember.
The next morning came as the sun shone into my window. Everyone else was up and moving around but me. I slowly sat up and stretched my sore muscles. Standing up and I stripped myself down while putting on a fresh change of clothes then headed out to the kitchen to find something to eat. I noticed everyone was walking around as they acknowledged me and said good morning while bowing a bit. As I did the same back to them.
'I see they've warmed up a bit or maybe these coralians have been alive longer.' I thought as I began rummaging through the kitchen cupboards and fridge looking for something to eat. I decided on making myself scrambled eggs and bacon. I prepped all the food then began cooking it after about twenty minutes of slow cooking my food it was ready. I added a little ketchup onto the eggs and began digging in. After I was finished I noticed a few coralians and people gathered into the kitchen due to the good smell of everything. I turned around when I was finished and went wide ahead due to seeing thirty people behind me filling the entranceway looking intently at me.
"Does everyone want some too?" I asked as everyone nodded as I slowly got up and washed off my plate then back into the fridge getting enough eggs and bacon for everyone. Then prepped the food again and began cooking which took me about forty minutes to cook enough for everyone. I rushed a tad bit but it they still turned out good.
"Alright everyone come dish up. I'll be heading off now!" I stated as I walked past everyone as they began dishing themselves up. I could hear down the hall how everyone was enjoying my food. I passed by Kanon as she was heading to the kitchen.
"Morning Kanon! You should try the food I cooked!" I exclaimed as I ran by her before she could say anything. As she showed a tiny smile of amusement then her face went back to being monotone as she headed to the kitchen.
I ran to the hanger where Adir was as I noticed everyone's mechs were already prepped and ready to go.
"You're late Shawn." Holland stated
"Sorry everyone in the building wanted me to cook breakfast for them." I said laughing a bit as the scene replied in my mind.
"I see. Well let's hurry this up." Holland stated as Dominic, Anemone, Talho, Akane, Myself and Aimi all boarded the mechs and took off heading to the Tresor town. Once we finally arrived we landed by the restaurant that we parked at a year ago. Everyone hopped out of the mechs as Talho gave out the orders of what everyone needed to pick up and then sent everyone their own separate ways to accomplish the task quickly. Aimi and I were sent to pick up the food and drinks so we quickly went about our business.
"You have some interesting friends Shawn." Aimi said out of nowhere which startled me a bit
"I'll say but I enjoy being around all of them due to that." I said happily by this time we were already in the store shopping picking up a few things here and there.
"I agree. So what are you hoping to find in Bellforest?" Aimi asked curiously even though she knew the answer.
"Some answers and hopefully some memories too." I replied as I look through the drink section now.
"I see. You sure recovering your memories is such a great thing?" Aimi asked
"Even if I remember things I don't wish to remember it's still better knowing then remembering nothing." I stated sounding a bit harsher then I intended to.
'Sorry Aimi but I need to know.' I thought as I continued looking through the drinks
'Baka. I don't want you hurting my sister! What's so great about this Amarante person!' Aimi thought angrily but didn't show it.
"Have you decided on the drinks for the party?" Aimi asked sounding like her usual self
"Yep!" As I grabbed a few cases of coke, dr. pepper, and some mixes to make fruit punch for everyone.
"Alright we're all set. Let's go check out then put the groceries into Adir and lounge around." I stated as Aimi nodded as we walked to cash register. Paid for everything then headed back to the mechs.
The streets got busy with tons more people now walking around. I always noticed a lot of people gave me a lot of attention due to my wings and who I was, seeing as they all thought I had died, which was true so coming back to life would be a big deal. A few kids would come up here and there asking to touch my wings. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a blonde woman that seemed to look familiar as she rounded the corner disappearing out of sight. As my vision blurred as some fuzzy memories tried coming back. They weren't very clear but I could hear a muffled voice in it as I came back to reality as Aimi nudged me.
'What was that?' I thought
"Who was that?" Aimi asked curiously
"I don't know. I get this feeling like I know her." I replied
"Why not go say hello?" Aimi suggested
"Nah, we have other things to do." I replied as the rest of the time we talked how life on the base was and about her village.
We reached the Mechs then off loaded the groceries then lounged around in a nice grassy spot waiting for everyone else. About an hour later everyone was back and staring at me while I was sleeping. Akane gently poked my forehead as my eyes opened scanning the area.
"I must be that good looking to get this much attention." I said as I began laughing while Akane blushed while everyone laughed a bit.
"Sure Shawn. Keep telling yourself that." Aimi said in a sarcastic manner.
"She actually bites! Ain't that something." I replied nodding to myself like I discovered some secret. Aimi just shook her head while cracking a small smile.
"You all ready to go?" I asked
"Yep let's head back and get everything prepared then tomorrow will be the party." Talho stated
We all headed back and got everything almost prepped. Putting the food and drink in the fridge ready to be placed out tomorrow evening. Seeing as it was about five in the afternoon I decided on going to grab something to eat as Akane, Moondoggie and Gidget followed me.
"Hey man mind if we come along?" Moondoggie asked
"Sure man. It'll livin things up a bit." I said happily as we headed to the cafeteria. I decided on grabbing some soup and something to drink as we all sat down.
"How was it in town?" Moondoggie asked
"It was really interesting and a lot of people seem to give me a lot of attention." I said laughing a bit.
"Well duh! You are a hero after all, who came back to life." Moondoggie stated
"Hai, Hai. But still it's really different." I said shrugging as I continued eating.
"Want to go lifting afterwards?" Moondoggie asked me sounding really excited
"I take it great waves?" I asked back
"Yep!" He replied
"You got it then! Let's go lifting after this." I said excitedly!
"You boys have fun. Akane and I will have our girl time." Gidget said happily as she nudged Akane winking at her. Akane was a tad confused and a bit disappointed she couldn't come with us but quickly brushed it aside.
"It'll be fun!" Akane said happily as Moondoggie and I put our plates in the bin and headed to the Gekko Go to get our boards.
"I'm so letting loose, man!" Moondoggie said sounding very excited, like he hadn't been lifting in weeks.
"Sounds like a damn good idea man!" I said agreeing with Moondoggie. We quickly grabbed our boards and began lifting. We were up in the air for what seemed like hours just having a blast, pulling off tricks and shootin the shit. Talking about girls, the changes that happened while I was away and about the rebels as something unexpected happened, a huge gust of wind hit me hard knocking me off the board disorienting me as I began falling towards the ground. I finally managed to correct myself and slow myself enough with my wings that when I hit the grass it wasn't as painful. Just then more memories began flooding back. Memories of Moondoggie and Gidget flooded back to me in mere seconds. This time though I didn't pass out I just laid motionless letting everything sink in.
"Man are you okay?" Moondoggie asked extremely worried
"Somewhat James." I stated as Moondoggie got ready to say something then paused for a moment.
"You remembered me!" James said sounding extremely happy
"I did and Gidget as well. So wanna help me to my room." I asked as James leened down helping me up and handing me my board.
"Man this is damaged really bad." I said as the board was very scrapped up and a few cracks here and there.
"I'll fix them for ya." James offered
"Thanks man. That means a lot." I said sounding a bit relieved
"Not a problem." James replied as he helped me back to building 30. The moment we entered Kanon ran up showing me what I thought was a very mild worried expression.
"I'm okay Kanon. Just a minor injury." I said patting her head
"How?" Kanon asked curiously
"Spacing out while lifting and a strong wind hit me hard enough to throw me off my board." I explained
"I see. Want anything?" Kanon asked
"Sure, a glass of water and some cookies if you guys have any made. Go ahead and bring them to my room if you don't mind." I said as she nodded then ran off to the kitchen.
"These guys really like you." James stated
"It's nice to be able to help people of my own race." I stated as James looked at me funny.
"I'm more Coralian then I am Human James. You all will still be my friends regardless though." I stated as James just nodded and smiled
"Alright man, thanks for the help back here. I'll be fine from here on out." I stated as James nodded
"K, Man. Get some rest you have a big day tomorrow. I'll go let Holland know what happened." James stated
"Thanks man. Catch ya later." I said giving him a thumbs up and corny smile.
"Later dude." James replied as he waved while leaving the room.
Moments later Kanon came into the room with a glass of water and chocolate chip cookies. The cookies immediantly caught my attention as I love those type of cookies.
"Kanon you must be able to read minds cause I love those type of cookies." I said sounding really happy.
"I made these. I hope you like them." Kanon stated with a bit of emotion behind her words. She brought the plate and glass over to me setting them on the night stand next to my bed then sitting down on the chair across from me as I slowly ate the cookies and drank the water. We talked about random subjects that came to mind till I decided on falling asleep while she took the plate and glass.
Next morning I woke up feeling refreshed and not hurt anymore. I didn't even feel sore. To this I always had to thank my coralian blood for the fast healing. I stood up yawning loudly while stretching. It looked like a good morning. I threw on some cloths then added out to the kitchen. I noticed Kanon was in the kitchen. I slightly bowed my head and she copied this greeting as I grabbed a muffin then headed outside squinting my eyes as the warm sun came in contact with my face. I noticed Holland and Talho were out training the new recruits still. The day went by slow until it was finally time to bring out all the food to the hanger. We got the rest of things setup as everyone began changing. Matthieu, Hilda and I were already there in casual attire before anyone showed up. People slowly came in dressed a little nicer then us three but we didn't really care. Once everyone was mostly here it was show time.
"Thank you everyone to coming to my celebration party. I hope in due time I remember everyone I knew when I was alive before that horrible incident happened last year. So without further ado. Matthieu drop it!" I yelled the last part as the music started with the hardcore genre as everyone cheered. I set the mic down next to matthieu and ran out into the crowds of people as we all began dancing. I noticed Akane come in as she looked around for someone, presumably me. I walked out of the crowd and was quite stunned. She was wearing a Burgendy colored haltertop with tight form fitting black jeans and black shoes while her hair was straightened. It made her look really attractive.
"Wow someone went through a transformation. Very lovely." I said complimenting Akane as Aimi decided on wearing a dark gold colored knee high dress. It fit her quite nicely.
"Thanks Shawn." Akane said blushing a bit but due to the lights going on I couldn't tell.
"You too Aimi. You look great as well!" I said as Aimi blushed a bit.
"Thank you Shawn." Aimi replied
"Anytime! Anyways let's go dance the night away!" I exclaimed as I grabbed both Aimi's and Akane's hands and brought them into the middle of the crowd as I started dancing to the music as they soon followed getting over their shyness. Seems that they've never been to an event like this. The entire night went by with us dancing, chatting and just having a blast. Matthieu switched from hardcore music to regular music with some slow songs factored in too. As the end of the night came and Matthieu slowly brought the music to a stop as everyone looked up.
"Shawn, wanna do the honors and finish with a closing song?" Matthieu asked over the mic.
"Yeah!" I exclaimed as I ran through the crowd coming up to the stage. I took out my Ipod and hooked it into his system as I scrolled through the Ipod choosing the song called It's your Love by Tim McGraw & Faith Hill. The song started as I began singing.
Yea yea
Dancin' in the dark middle of the night
Takin' your heart and holdin' it tight
Emotional touch touchin' my skin
And asking you to do what you've been doin' all over again
Oh it's a beautiful thing don't think I can keep it all in
I just gotta let you know what it is that won't let me go
It's your love
It just does something to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough
And if you wonder
About the spell I'm under
Oh it's your love
Better than I was, more than I am
And all of this happened by taking your hand
And who I am now is who I wanted to be
And now that we're together,
I'm stronger than ever
I'm happy and free
Oh it's a beautiful thing,
Don't think I can keep it all in
If you asked me why I've changed,
All I gotta do is say your sweet name
It's your love
It just does something to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough
And if you wonder
About the spell I'm under
Oh, it's your love
Baby, Oh oh, oh,
Oh it's a beautiful thing,
Don't think I can keep it all in
I just gotta let you konw what it is that won't let me go
It's your love
It just does something to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough
And if you wonder
About the spell I'm under,
Oh it's your love
It's your love, it's your love, it's your love
As the song came to an end everyone cheered while Aimi, Akane, Akio, Ayuma, Jessica and Kevin all stood there stunned at what Shawn had done while Kamin and Rya weren't surprised at all.
As I jumped off the stage and walked back to my friends with my usual grin on my face due to their reactions.
"Shawn we never knew you could sing!" Akane said excitedly
"Yes Shawn has done that on more then one occasion." Kamin stated
"I have?" I asked
"Yes you have. You also sang to Amarante on multiple occasions too." Kamin stated
"I see." I replied as the rest of time was spent chatting as Holland set down a glass.
"Let's have a drink boy." Holland said
"Sure." I said picking up my glass as we clanged them together then started drinking our glasses.
"Phew! That's some good stuff." I stated as it went down smooth.
The rest of the time Holland and I began chatting about subjects as we walked back to the coralian dorms followed by everyone else. We reached the building as Holland headed back to the Gekko Go waving to all of us. The rest of us went inside and everyone headed to bed while I grabbed myself a cookie as I headed to my room. Flopping onto my bed with the cookie in my mouth as I munched on it, after finishing it and wipping off the bed sheets that had crumbs off and stripping down to my undergarments as I climbed into bed while I slowly drifted off to sleep for the night.