Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction ❯ Following Jupiter ❯ Alone in the universe ( Chapter 9 )

Chapter 7

Alone in the universe

Jamie's on the bathroom floor she don't know why

She's shaking underneath the sink can't feel a thing

She'd love to live a life she's afraid of failure

With all the voices in her head

Now what was that I thought I hear you scream?

I know you can feel it

You're already there

Asleep underwater

Just screaming for air

I know you can feel it

You're already...

Don't you know we're freaks and creatures

Wake up I can almost see the light

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Van and Allen were walking back from the cottage, the gruesome discovery and Hitomi's destroyed pendant.

`I know there is still some good in Dilandau; I know Celena will shine though. She's broke him before and she can break him again'

`Right genius, may I remind you who was captive of her body for ten years?'

`Shut up Van, he can't be that strong, he's only been Dilandau for a few days.'

`How far from here do you think he is?' Van inquired.

`He could be anywhere by now, Van' Allen answered.

`I say we search the entire forest, he couldn't have gotten far, and he surely doesn't have the floating fortress, he has to be on a base somewhere on ground' Van said matter-of-factly.

`And you know this how?'

`Well how do you know he could be anywhere?'

`Come on Van, its logic'

`I still say we search this place, we're bound to find something.'

`Okay, we'll search the area and then we'll take the crusade and look in the air.' Allen compromised.

`Right! I'll go north, and um half the crusader's can go west and the other east and you well, lets see, North, east, south. South! You can go south!' Van said, as heroic as possible.

`Okay Van,' Allen said and then yelled, `Gaddes,' when he heard a reply he yelled back, `Split up into two groups, one go east and one go west and look for anything suspicious.' He heard an `Ok Boss!' and some loud shouting and when it finally died down Allen looked to Van, nodded and headed to what appeared to be south and Van went North.

The second group of the A-crew seemed to be walking in circles while Gaddes' group was walking right into a dead-end river, Allen wasn't really getting anywhere and Van ran into something.

Van sat up and shook his head. He looked around to what he could have run into. There was nothing. He quickly stood up and looked around, un-sheathing his sword. There was no answer. He looked in front on him and saw nothing. There was nothing. Van said to himself, `I must of tripped or something.' He started walking forward again when he walked into something again. This time Van stared at it in disbelief and then he reached out his hand and it collided with something. A small smile played at the corner of his lips as he took his sword and made a big gash in the stealth material.

He looked at the material and started to rip at it, he tried looking for an entrance but he couldn't find one. He knew that there was a secret door or something so he stared tapping on it.

The tapping awoke Leaunna. She blinked her eyes. She felt incredibly weak and incredibly sick. She fought to mumble the words, `What' when she thought that someone was knocking on the door, but no one answered. A few seconds later the tapping stopped and she wanted to sit up but she was unable to. She could barely open her eyes she was tired too. The only thing she could do was breath and think about where she was.

She heard the door open and she pried her eyes open and looked towards the door. She saw two blurry figures and then one left, the other one walked towards her.

`Drink this' he said.

`I can't'

`Drink it' he repeated. `Here, open your mouth' she shook her head.

`Please?' her eyes began to focus upon the figure. He was one of the dragon slayers. He had dark eyes and hair, down to his shoulders with a very posh appearance.

`Help me up. I'll drink it myself' she muttered. He put the glass down on the table beside her put his hand behind her back and pushed her up. Once she was up he shoved the pink, thick liquid in her hands. She moaned. `What is this?' she asked lazily. `Pepto bismol?' The slayer looked at her weird and then started to speak again.

`Lord Folken wants you to drink this. He says it will clear up your head, then Lord Dilandau will come in, he needs to explain things to you' he said. `Now drink it' he sounded stricter.

She opened her mouth and poured the liquid in and tried hard to swallow it.

`Ick!' she said.

`Lord Folken wants you to finish it all, in order for it to work' he said. `Do not spit it out or pour it somewhere all right. I'm going to leave and Lord Dilandau will be here soon'

`One question' she said as he turned to leave.

`Hmm?'

`Why do you call him `Lord' Dilandau?' the dragon slayer looked absolutely shocked and appalled at her question.

`Lord Dilandau is our captain, I can't call him anything else' he was totally serious.

`Okay' she responded and he left. She unwillingly finished her "drink" and then set it down on the table and lay down on the bed again just as the door opened.

`Are you asleep' Folken asked. She looked over and then replied simply, `no.' Folken walked over to her. She rolled over and looked at him. She blinked a few times and then said, `that's some stuff, I feel better already' He looked over to the cup which was empty.

`Did you drink it all?' asked Folken.

`Unfortunately yes. What's in it anyway'

`Nothing of Importance, just some spices and potent healing herbs' he looked at her.

`Do you know who Dilandau is?'

`Ya' she gave him a weird look. `Dilandau: some freak that used to be a sadistic twit and wanted badly to kill,' she sighed, `Van, and now is just some kind of softy!'

`No.' he said. She pouted and gave him a questioningly look. `I know that you have read a book about this place. Hitomi did what she shouldn't have; write about a land that doesn't exist on her planet. Are you aware of the name Celena by any chance?'

`Allen's little sister' she whispered

`Yes, She was fighting the devil for years, and I guess he overpowered her again.'

`But, He lost her when she was five not fifteen' she said shocked.

`Precisely, Zaibach better known as Dornkirk, wanted an elite squad of Dragon Slayers to help take over Gaea until he was ready to use his fate altering machine, and if I had known what he was up to three years ago, I would have stopped him sooner'

`Just say I feel bad for him, I'm not exactly sure what he wants right now'

`Oh' she said and looked down.

`Anyway, I think Dornkirk just had his eyes set on Allen's sister I guess and the sorcerers used her as their model. Dilandau was experimented on every day and that is what turned him into a blood thirsty, aggressive, little brat that killed millions of people. Now I think that he isn't as strong as before and Celena is waiting for the right moment when she can come out again and make sure that he will stay that way forever'

`Charming story Folken' Leaunna looked up almost in tears when she saw Dilandau standing at the doorway, arms crossed and looking quite impressed. For some reason she felt so bad for him, all the pain he went though, all his suffering, it wasn't really his fault. She just wanted to take him in her arms and hold him there for eternity.

`Why are they here again then, I thought you all died?'

`They did' Dilandau answered for Folken. `But with you, I brought them back to life, well, that stupid witch in the forest did, but I took care of her, I didn't really trust her'

`Is that who you were talking about when you said you couldn't kill me?'

`What?'

`You said you couldn't kill me because you already killed somebody or something like that I think'

`Whatever'

`If you really want to hear what happened, I'll tell you. It's true that Celena had finally freed herself from my wrath but it was only a matter of time before I came out again and was going to keep her body from her forever until I die and there is absolutely nothing she can do about it because I am much more stronger than she is now and I have more will power that Celena ever did'

`You ARE Celena, you can't have any more or any less power than what she has, in fact you probably have less, if any!' Leaunna said, disgusted.

`Right and you are the one that is able to say that right? Demon!' He shouted back, equally disgusted.

`What?' she breathed.

`You're a demon. On the Phantom Moon you were fine since dragon energists don't exist, but since you've come back to your planet of origin, it wants to be freed from its self inflicted prison and that'll start out slow, you know, by getting wet or too cold, then eventually it'll have complete control over you and you wont have any power over it'

`H- how can this………be. I'm not a thing, a demon. Am I?' she asked looking at Folken. He nodded.

`Celena,' Folken started. `Celena's mother was just like you, although she was one who was able to control it, become it when ever she wanted but it eventually it killed her. This happened because her will of finding her daughter and the will of the demon inside her just became too much for her. Your mother was the same way as well'

`Your mother was part of an ancient demonic summoning tribe that dated back at least nineteen years ago. The following couple of years you were born, in that particular tribe every female child is sacrificed to become a sort of demon, which will, like Dilandau said, take over your body.

`Your mother, however, wanted more for you, so she summoned a column of light that brought you to another planet, where Dragon energists don't exist, a place called the Earth, if I am correct but more commonly spoken as the Phantom Moon.

`What your mother did was a very offensive thing to do, so they tortured her until she told them where you were, but she never did, and so they killed her. What ever happened between those fourteen years I don't know but your mother never sealed off the light that connected the two worlds and as a result, Hitomi Kanzaki's pendant reacted with your mother's power, bringing her here.'

`Now, you might wonder what Dilandau needed with your finger. Demon blood is especially potent, as such, demon blood is also the base ingredient in most potions.'

`So what your saying is, that I'm going to die all because this dumb ass loser brought me back to Gaea so he could bring back his petty soldiers so he can………what exactly ARE you going to do with them?'

`You'll see, but right now you're coming with me' Dilandau said and grabbed her arm and dragged her down the hall.

`What? Where are you taking me?'

`In here' Dilandau pushed Leaunna through a door and in front of her were many beds and in the far left one she saw a figure lying in the bed breathing heavily and un-steadily.

`You did that, yesterday' Leaunna looked almost uncaring but was shocked.

`I did that?'

`He'll die, eventually. Unless…'

`Unless what?'

`You give him blood'

`Blood?'

`Yes. Your blood and mine'

`Why yours' she asked.

`Mine as well, since Celena must be a part of me somewhere' Dilandau looked almost unwilling to say that.

`Glad you finally excepted that'

`All right, so what do I do? Cut myself open?'

`Yes, that's about the right'

`Okay, I'll help him, I guess'

Leaunna walked over to a table and grabbed a knife that was sitting on it and brought it back over to where she was standing.

`Here?' she asked holding the knife just above the inside of her elbow. Dilandau nodded. She ripped though the few layers of skin, her blood pouring. She winced. Dilandau held up a tin cup where he let some blood poor in and the he pulled it away, handing her a towel.

He cut himself open and let his blood poor in as well. Then he added some different herbs. It started make green smoke.

`I hope this works' Leaunna whispered.