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Don't cry for pain

 

Click. Alice was frozen on her spot, facing the famous “door knocker” on the hands of Randel. Slowly, he began pulling the trigger. She closed her eyes, waiting for the shot that would definitely kill her to come.

BANG! Alice was surprised to hear a gun shot but not feeling any pain. She slowly opened her eyes and saw the gun lying a few inches away from her and a small trail of blood flowing from Randel's hand. Behind him, Helena was holding a gun that she took from Kaplan's corpse. Randel seemed surprised to see the blood running down his hand, but his stoic face showed no pain, no other emotion. He turned to face Helena and she loaded the gun one more time and pointed it at his heart. Alice could see that her hands were shaking, her mind hesitating to pull the trigger once more.

“Totën Sië” Randel whispered, taking a step closer to Helena.

“Randel stop it!” Helena cried at him. He ignored it and slapped her on her face, sending her flying a few meters on the air and crashing in a glass shelf filled with medical supplies. Helena stood with multiple cuts and scratches covering her bare arms and legs, blood flowing down them. Alice stood up and took the gun lying next to her. She aimed at the Corporal.

“Alice, don't do it!” Helena cried at her, before Randel ran to her and lifted her by the throat. His eyes were open wide, all the humanity from them long lost. Helena tried to split his grasp on her, but to no avail.

“Kill” Randel said.

“Stop it! You are a soldier! You are not a 901 trooper anymore! You are part of Pumpkin Scissors now!” Alice yelled at him, “we are a war relief unit, we are not murderers!”

Randel's eyes suddenly softened when he heard the last sentence.

“War relief…” He whispered and then he looked at Helena, “Helena…”

His grasp loosened, but then he held her tighter.

“Totën Sië” He whispered. Alice ran to him and pointed her rifle at his back. Randel turned around and pushed her back, smashing her against the shelves. Alice rolled on the floor, unconscious.

Soon he felt something wet running down his hand. He turned to see and instead of blood he saw a shinning trail falling down his hand. He lifted his head to see his prey and saw that she was crying. But on Helena's face there was no pain, no hatred. Her eyes shined with love.

“Randel please remember” She managed to choke out the words. “Look deep, you know who you are.”

I never meant to be this complicated

All I know is

I don't cry for pain

Don't cry from fear

You know that

Randel's eyes began to soften once more, and his hands began to shake and to loose his grip on Helena's throat. He felt his memories from the war time coming back, of the hundreds of men he killed; of the time he rescued Helena from the tank. Of the time he proposed her to marry him. Of the pain he had been through for the last three years, of not knowing where she was. Of the joy he felt that day when he saw her photo on the file Machs gave him. He remembered the time he spend with her the night he found her and the love in her eyes the morning she woke up curled on his chest.

I don't cry in the rain

No, not a tear

You know that.

Helena felt his grip getting loose and she fell down the floor. Alice woke up and stood up. She smiled when she saw Helena getting up. If there was anyone capable of snapping him out of it, she was the one.

Randel put his hands on his head, his mind stopping at one single memory.

 

Flashback.

 

Randel stood in front of a small village on the eastern provinces. His hands were toying with a small wooden box. In the innumerable times he had faced a tank, he had never felt so nervous. Gee, this is even harder than shooting at a double armored tank, he chuckled to himself, his thoughts being interrupted by the sight of a young female soldier that came out of an officer's tent. Helena was carrying her hair tied up in her usual braid only that this one fell down to her shoulders.

Randel hid on a dark alley, which she was about to cross. She walked with her usual serious face, when she felt an arm holding her by her waist and a big hand covering her mouth. She was about to pull her swords out, when strong lips that she knew so well began kissing her passionately. She smiled on the kiss and placed her arms around his waist, pulling him closer to her and returning the kiss with equal passion.

“You scared the hell out of me, Randel!” She laughed when her lover pulled away from the kiss, seeking for some needed air, “I almost knocked you out!”

He laughed at the look of her disheveled uniform and blushed face.

“Sorry about that, but I really needed to see you”

“Have you considered sending a letter, maybe? Or something a little less scary? You mister”, she said, poking his chest mockingly with her finger, “are making me lower my guard, and one of this days, when I need to be alert, I am gonna be in big trouble!”

He laughed again and kissed her lightly on her lips.

“I am sorry to be on your mind everyday my love” he said, smiling at her, “But this poor soldier is going on a mission and I wanted to see my beloved girlfriend before I leave”

Helena's face grew serious, concern all over her eyes.

“You are leaving to the front? But you just came back!”

Randel grabbed her hand and squeezed it a little hard.

“I know that I just came, but my unit has to go back. You know we have to.”

Tears began falling down her eyes.

“This is the price we have to pay for being soldiers, right? I have a mission too, that's why I was at the Commander's tent. He wants me to take down a General and his Officers tomorrow at their usual party. I am going undercover as a “company lady” he said. Gee, I hate being at those stupid parties, playing to be some ugly General's hooker. The only way I can stand it is knowing that you are waiting for me” She said, while she hugged him and he held her. Randel pushed her back and stared at her eyes. It's now o never, he sighed and kneeled before Helena.

“Randel, what are you doing there? Someone is going to see you!”

“I don't care if anybody sees me.” He pulled the box out of his coat pocket and opened, revealing the golden ring that was given to him the day he “graduated” as a 901 trooper, “I know this is not a lot, but I do know how much I love you. What I am trying to say is… Helena Dawn, would you marry me?”

Helena opened her mouth in shock and tears fall down her eyes. Randel knew that this time they weren't tears from pain or fear. These ones were tears of love. She nodded and pulled him up to kiss her.

End of flashback

 

Before you leave

When you go

I think you ought to know

Don't cry for pain

I only cry for love

 

Helena stood up, seeing Randel fall down to his knees.

“How could I...” He said to himself, shaking his head.

Helena kneeled too and lifted his face to look at her. She leaned to him and kissed him lightly on his lips.

“It's not your fault.” She whispered to him as she pulled back, “you fought it and you won. That is all that matters now”

He put his arms around her and held her closer to him as she did the same. They stood like that for long, until Alice realized something.

“We have to get out of here!”

They turned and saw her pulling them up.

“Oreld and Machs are setting charges to destroy the building. We have to leave now!

Randel stood up and turned to help Helena up. She tried to stood, but she fell down again.

“I can't walk.” She said. Randel lifted her up and they ran outside the room. A few minutes later a huge explosion was heard and the building began to crumble. One hour later, all that was left was a pile of rubble, all the research on the Invisible 9 series destroyed forever.

 

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The next day the news on everybody's mouth was the terrible attack on the Kaplan Institute. No one seemed to care about the fact that all the Section III took the day off, and announced the resignation of Corporal Oland.

Alice L. Malvin, heir princess of the Thirteen Appointed Families was on the balcony of her room, looking at the sun that shone on the early morning sky. She smiled as she remembered the events of the night before. Corporal, take a good care of her. She thought, looking at the gardens of her house.

“Alice! Are you there? Lord Schultz is here to see you!” The voice of her sisters was heard through the door. Alice took a deep sigh and answered back:

“I am not feeling well! Please tell him that I am too tired!”

The voice of her younger sister was heard.

“You are not fooling me! Get out of there immediately!”

Alice turned around and walked inside her room. At least they have what they want, she thought as she walked to the doors of her room.

 

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The train was rolling fast through the railroad. Inside of a second class wagon, a young girl was sitting by the window, her head leaning to the glass of the window, her eyes closed and her breath indicating that she was in a deep slumber. What she didn't know was that a pair of eyes were locked on her figure. A tall man was sitting next to her, the wooden seat too small for his big body, but still he didn't care. His whole attention was settled on the little girl next to him. The long black coat she was wearing covered her arms, but he knew that under the fabric scars covered her arms. And to think that is my entire fault, he said, his hand resting in the lantern that hung from his belt.

The girl lifted her head and rub her eyes with her gloved hands. She stretched herself a little and turned to look at her travel companion. She gave him a sweet smile and leaned to kiss him. She broke the contact and leaned to rest her head on his lap.

“What is wrong?” She asked, with her eyes closed.

The man smiled, that fact being unnoticed by her.

“What makes you think that there is something wrong with me?”

She shrugged.

“Call it feminine intuition. I can tell what you are thinking right now”

He smirked.

“And what am I thinking?”

She sat up. “You are feeling guilty for what happened to me on Kaplan's Lab. I already told you that there is nothing you could have done. If I am not blaming you, then why are you blaming yourself?”

He looked down. “I guess that I am blaming myself for letting you get hurt like that,” he pointed at her arms,”but what I really blame on myself was the fact that I let you down, I stopped looking for you when I had the chance.”

Helena sat up and looked at him in the eye.

“You never let me down. I was the one who chose to hide; I was the one who chose to run” she rested her head on his shoulder, “I was scared, that was all. But now the nightmare is over, we can start over”

Randel placed his arm around her shoulders and held her closer.

“I guess you are right,” he said, “So, where do you want to go?”

Helena smiled at him.

“This train goes to the borders of the empire, so I guess that is were we are going. What about we leave the country? I think we should stay away until the incident on Kaplan's lab is forgotten.”

“Yeah, you are right. So out of the country we are going.”

He leaned to kiss her and they remained there for a while. The train kept of going, taking them away from the painful situations they had been in. It was time for them to start over, to begin the recovering of the war injuries they had.

 

The End

 

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So this is the ending of my first Pumpkin Scissors fanfic. The lyrics on this chapter belong to the song “Don't cry for pain” of Ana Johnsson. I really like that song, and I thought that the choir was good for the part where Helena breaks Randel out of his trance. If you want a sequel just let me know!! Right now I am gonna finish my Sailor Moon story, as a promise I made to one of my reviewers!! See ya!!!