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Castle In The Sky
Chapter 2: No Rain
"Eureka, huh?" Hilda spoke softly as she poked at the fire with a stick.
The fire was warm against the skin on her arm. The later it got, the colder it became. The fire was nice and warm; she really enjoyed the warmth of the reddish flame.
Hilda glanced over to the slumbering unknown young woman.
She too could not believe the likeness of that the unknown young woman to Eureka.
Holland sighed softly and nodded his head as he glanced over at the slumbering Eureka look alike.
The mysterious woman lied there asleep in Holland's LFO.
She was lying in the pilot's seat comfortable with a green thermal blanket covering her naked body.
The gang decided to set up camp before heading back to the Gekkostate.
The cave was way too dark to keep moving on. It would be safer to continue in the morning. This area was new to them and it would be foolish to keep moving on. They also have an unconscious woman with them. In addition, the fact they were completely exhausted. The four of them needed a night's rest.
Holland sighed and looked over at Stoner and watched him adjusting his video camera.
"Stoner," Holland said calmly getting the photographer's attention.
"What's up, Holland?" he spoke calmly as he sat down his video camera in his lap.
"What do you think we should do with her?" Holland asked as he crossed his arms over his chest.
Stoner titled his head back and sighed loudly.
He had to give that some thought.
Stoner knew it wouldn't be right just to leave the Jane Doe (Fo: Jane Doe is an anonymous woman or if you are an idiot a Jane Doe is a woman or a girl, especially one who is involved in legal proceedings and whose identity is not known or is being protected. Here. Just in case you never seen any crime shows... Like 'NCIS', 'CSI', 'Castle', and 'Law And Order' ^^ *giggles*).
On the other hand, if this Jane Doe happens to just like Eureka, he knew it would be trouble. It would bring a lot of bad people after them. Or if she turns out to be psychotic like Anemone, there will be problems. Moreover, Stoner did not want to be the one to open Pandora's Box. However, for now he thought they should keep her.
"Take her with us and figure out her true identity," Stoner answered as he picked up his camera from his lap.
Holland nodded his head and looked over at Hilda.
Holland always looked over to Hilda for answers.
She was the rhyme and reason of their crew. She was always calm and collected and that's why she is his second in command.
"Hilda, what do think?" Holland asked as he stared at her blankly.
Hilda crossed her arms over her busty chest as she looked over at the slumbering Eureka look alike.
Hilda missed Eureka along with Renton and Talho.
It was almost as if a chunk of her heart broke off since the three of them been gone and she hated it.
Hilda hated that feeling...
She knew the three of them were never coming back. And she hated that piece of reality.
However, she is very thankful she has Matthieu.
Matthieu is her light and she will do anything to keep it that way.
Hilda took in a deep breath before answering Holland's question.
"We can't leave her here..." she answered with a bit of a monotone in her voice as she gazed into the fire.
It's not that she didn't want to bring the Jane Done with them, when she looks at the Jane Doe she she's Eureka. And that broke her heart.
Holland nodded his head over at an orange tent.
Matthieu was fast asleep, but, was about to woken up by their fearless leader.
"Matthieu!" Holland called out.
The three could hear him moaning and groaning from the small tent.
Hilda and Stoner chuckled a bit.
"What!?" Matthieu shouted out groggily.
All Matthieu wanted to do was sleep. And his friends were making that near impossible for him.
"What do you think we should do with Jane Doe?" Holland asked as he smiled at the bright orange tent.
They could hear tossing and turning from the tent. There was pure silence for a bit.
Holland smiled and shook his head.
Holland knew it was a pain in the ass to talk to Matthieu when he was trying to sleep.
"Well, Matthieu?" Holland spoke still with a smile on his face, waking Matthieu up again.
"Take her with us... Now leave me the hell alone!" Matthieu grumbled at them.
The three of them chuckled a bit at him. They didn't get moments like this that often anymore. It was nice.
"Well... That settles it, we are taking her with us," Holland as he cracked his neck.
Then they heard a small female yawn. The three of them stood up immediately with Hilda and Holland pointing their pistols at the source of the yawn.
"Hang on... It's coming from my LFO..." Holland whispered to Hilda and Stoner as he took slow cautious steps toward the typeB303 Devilfish.
"Holland!" Hilda whispered loudly at him.
Holland glanced back at Hilda and looked back at his LFO.
As he got closer to his typeB303 Devilfish, he was shocked to see their Jane Doe was missing.
His ice blue eyes widened and then looked over at Hilda and Stoner.
"The Jane Doe is missing!" Holland exclaimed.
Hilda and Stoner gasped and started to look around the dimly lighted cave frantically.
"I thought she was in a deep sleep!" Stoner exclaimed as he placed his video camera in it's case as fast as he can.
Holland looked over at Hilda with panic written all over his face.
Holland saw that she had the same expression written all over her face.
"Hilda, go wake up Matthieu!" Holland ordered as he ran to his LFO.
Hilda obeyed and darted towards Matthieu's tent.
Hilda zipped open the tent quickly and started to shake Matthieu's shoulders frantically.
Matthieu started grumbling and pushing Hilda's hand away.
"Babe, wake up!" Hilda exclaimed.
"Go away!" Matthieu mumbled as he turned on his stomach.
Hilda growled, there was not time for this.
"MATTHIEU!" Hilda shouted as loud as she can in his big ear.
Matthieu jolted up and looked over at his wife with a look of 'what-the-hell' written all over his dark skinned face.
"Hilda!? What is it?" Matthieu said as he stared at Hilda.
"The Jane Doe is missing," she said as she was exiting the tent.
Matthieu gasped as he crawled out of the tent in a hurry.
"Are you serious!?" Matthieu exclaimed with wide eyes.
Holland looked left and right for the missing Jane Doe.
"Where are you?" Holland whispered as he stood still to listen for her foot steps.
He could not believe that the Jane Doe escaped so quietly.
He was in the SOF for Christ's sake: how could she get past him without him noticing?
There was no way!
Then suddenly there was a small tap on his shoulder. Without thinking about it Holland grabbed the hand and spun the unknown person in front of him. There was a grunt of a woman.
He was shocked to be face to face with the Jane Doe.
The two of them gazed into each others eyes for a moment, before Holland cleared out his throat.
"Can you speak?" he asked calmly.
The Jane Doe titled her head to the side letting her blue hair fall off her shoulder. She was intrigued by Holland; it was almost as if his words were one of the Seven Wonders of the World. She examined his face with her eyes. She was so intrigued about everything about him. The Eureka look alike took her hands and cupped Holland's face in them and smiled excitedly as if she found the most amazing treasure.
Holland felt himself to blush as she ran the tips of her fingers across his face.
She was so amazed by Holland; it was almost as if she has never seen another human being.
He took her hands in his and this caught her attention.
'How long has she been trapped here?' Holland asked himself as he stared at her.
Holland cleared out his throat again getting the Jane Doe's attention.
She looked at him with sudden surprise.
Holland was not patient enough to take it slow with her; he took a deep breath as he released her hands.
"Can you speak?" he asked again.
Still, she said nothing. It was getting old.
Holland was slowly losing his patience with her.
The girl titled her head to the side, trying to understand at what he was saying.
Hilda, Matthieu, and Stoner walked up to the two.
The Jane Doe looked over at the three curiously.
"I don't think she understands us," Matthieu pointed out.
Holland ignored what Matthieu had said and continued to try to communicate with the Jane Doe.
"Can you speak!?" he shouted frightening her.
The Jane Doe pushed Holland away and ran towards where she was discovered.
Holland grunted and smacked his forehead with the palm of his head.
"Nice job fearless leader," Stoner said mockingly as he crossed his arms over his chest.
Holland glared at Stoner for that comment.
Holland without a word, darted off after the Jane Doe.
Hilda walked up next to Stoner with her arms crossed over her chest.
"Matthieu is contacting the others to come pick us up," Hilda said as she looked over at Stoner.
Stoner sighed as he looked over at Hilda.
"We better wait here..." he said.
"Where are you!?" Holland shouted as he looked behind a large boulder.
To his disappointment, she wasn't there.
Holland was getting frustrated; it was cold, it was damp, it was dark, and he was tired.
Holland gave up; he was lost.
"Dammit!" he swore aloud as he threw his flashlight against the cave wall in defeat.
Holland slumped to the floor letting his head fall onto his knees.
Holland was so lost without Talho.
She was the only that kept him in line.
He was so frustrated it was unreal.
Then he started to hear that hymn again.
He lifted his head up and saw the shattered greenish shards that once contained the Eureka look alike started to glow and float.
In the middle of it was the Jane Doe singing on praying knees.
Her small nude body glowed a light blue tint and midnight blue tribal tattoos started to appear all over her body as her long blue hair flew wildly in the air.
He was stunned to see such mystic beauty.
Her beauty was mesmerizing to him.
She looked just like a goddess.
Her face was so serene; just by looking at her he felt at peace.
Holland got the courage to go to her.
As he got closer to her, the light got brighter. Suddenly the singing came to a stop.
He saw that the Jane Doe's bright purple eyes were fixated on him.
He stared into her eyes that seemed like hours.
Holland could not help, but feel that he was staring at Eureka.
In addition, he could have sworn that Eureka was in the room with them. As the light faded and the rocks gently fell to the ground, their eye contact was broken, by the Jane Doe falling to the ground.
Holland stumbled to get up and run to her.
Holland got on one knee and was shocked as he watched all the tattoos on her body disappear.
"What the hell?" Holland muttered as he saw all the tattoos were gone as if they were never there.
Holland lifted her up by her bare shoulders.
She shook in his hands. She was obviously freezing and Holland needed to cover her quickly as possible before hypothermia kicked in.
"Hey, wake up, Eureka!" Holland exclaimed as a started to cradle her.
The Jane Doe opened her bright purple eyes and gave him a confused look.
He smiled a little bit as she came too quickly.
She looked up at him with a small smile.
"Are you alright?" he asked as he checked her head for injuries.
He was relieved that there were not any.
"Hey, I'm sorry about earlier..." he apologized as he got a glance of a royal blue robe up under a few shards.
He pulled it out and when he saw it, he was floored how beautiful it was.
It was navy blue with light blue diamond patterns on it.
He watched as she ran a hand across the sleeve.
She gazed upon it with a hint of a smile as if she seen it before.
"My name is Holland," he said as he wrapped the robe around her.
He picked her up bridal style and was proceeding to walk towards the others.
The strange woman looked at him with so much curiosity in her eyes.
"Holland?"
End of Chapter
Fo: End! I am juggling here!
Taichi: I know! You are doing four chapters at once!
Fo: It's tough!
Taichi: You're doing a good job though...
Fo: Why you being so nice, Taichi?
Ryuk: This chapter is named after the song by the band 'Blind Melon'.