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Post by Shukko]| on Jun 8, 2008 16:24:23 GMT -5
"When I was four... My mother took me to a parade..." Her crying which had seemed to stop started up again as she went over what happened. She took another scared step away from Pyran. "She said that you'd meet us there... After awhile there was an explosion... A white flash... Then I was on the Sky Vorp ship... alone, crying... Blood stained on my fur..."
She leaned back againest the wall, sliding down it into a sitting position. "They never told me... Where I was... I thought it was 2012... When I first got there... I didn't know..."
"My own family doesn't even believe me..."
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Post by Pyre on Jun 8, 2008 16:35:04 GMT -5
((Aws. Doesn't match up with the RRP, but who cares? Poor Hikari.))
Pyran's tail flicked again, taking another step. He crouched down reluctantly in front of her. "You know I have no idea what you're talking about," he said simply but firmly. He was surprised at how little her tears affected him. But then how many times had Pyran slaughtered the screaming child and the horrified mother and father? 'Course...he'd been insane and had no idea what he was doing during those times, but still.
"Try not to cry. Please. I know that's a hard request. But keep talking. What happened then? Who's 'they'?"
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Post by Shukko]| on Jun 8, 2008 17:14:35 GMT -5
"They're Queen Lanza and Azel... The leaderso f the new world... Th-they stuck... needles... in me... did tests and experiments and told me it was going to help me..." She shook her head, refusing to say anymore, refusing to tell Pyran about what they did to her and what had happened to her. Hikari didn't want to talk about that anymore, it wasn't fair... She was alone in this world, it wasn't fair that he didn't believe her...
"It's not fair... I'm alone... and you... you... don't believe me..."
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Post by Pyre on Jun 8, 2008 18:56:20 GMT -5
Pyran sighed, rocking back on the balls of his feet and straightening his back. "No...I don't," he said shortly. It occurred to him that if this really was Hikari then what a cruel step-father he was...
"But that doesn't mean I won't...eventually. You just might have to give me time....Come on and get up, Hikari. Stop crying..." He lifted his head and looked above at the ceiling, around the room. "This place gives me the creeps. But if Relka sees you she'll shoot first and ask questions later. Would you like to go some place...better? The bridge or something." Some place where Pyran could cool his head.
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Post by Shukko]| on Jun 8, 2008 21:31:01 GMT -5
"P-please..." She said, her voice was nothing more than a whisper, that's all it really was a whisper. She stood up, shaking until she stood fully, she was actually, slightly taller than Pyran. Hikari reached up, wiping the tears that were on her face, but they continued to pour down anyways.
"What I'm I going to... I don't want to die..."
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Post by Pyre on Jun 8, 2008 22:44:59 GMT -5
"You're not going to...Not if I can help it, and believe me I can. ....Most of the time."
He stood up slowly to stand next to her. Hesitation shone in his eyes, plain in his face, but slowly he reached out and rested his hand on her shoulder. "Let's get out of here...where'd you send us anyways?" Pyran started walking to get her to walk. Anything to get them going. He had a black feeling that this place was familiar, but then he'd been in just about every abandoned building in Westopolis.
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Post by Shukko]| on Jun 9, 2008 12:04:44 GMT -5
"It's an abandond building... Near the channel..." Hikari started walking with Pyran, just a step behind through and still crying, but atleast she had calmed down, through she still felt cold and she was still shaking. "What's she like...? My mo- I mean... Relka...?" She asked, her voice was still shakey and weak as she turned to Pyran, expecting a honest answer from him... Hopefully.
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Post by Pyre on Jun 9, 2008 12:53:12 GMT -5
"Well I love her..." Pyran replied slowly. "Enough not to rip her face off even when she fires a gun at mine." He gave a sudden grin, which to Hikari might seem dark and frightening, but in reality Pyran was making a private joke about the time Relka had fired a gun at his face. Good thing it wasn't loaded...
"Do you remember her at all? Or...do you remember me? Anyone?"
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Post by Shukko]| on Jun 9, 2008 15:52:00 GMT -5
"No... I don't remember much, just voices... Not exactly what happened..." Hikari looked away, normally she was acting all tough and powerful, but right now she wasn't, she was acting scared and alone. Something that she had never done before in her entire life.
"I remember your voice... But, it keeps fading away when I try to remember what you told me..."
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Post by Pyre on Jun 9, 2008 16:43:03 GMT -5
Pyran flicked one ear back and nodded, gently leading her towards the door and opening it. Outside the air was clear (for the city) and cool, carrying the salt and fish scent of the ocean. "Then maybe I'll have to remind you."
He moved his hand from her shoulder to around her body, stopping still. Pyran pulled her towards him and hugged her tightly. It was almost comical really, seeing as how they were the same age and Hikari was actually taller. But Pyran was hugging her not as a lover, but as closely as he could imagine that a father would hug his grown-up daughter, his daughter who had stepped out of ignorance and seen the dark side of the world...and was horrified by it. Pyran hugged her in his strong welcoming arms, taking even breaths, ideas that she might be a liar wiped from his mind.
"I love you," he said simply. "Remember that."
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Post by Shukko]| on Jun 9, 2008 16:50:24 GMT -5
Hikari's eyes widened, she definately wasn't prepared for it, not at all. She was barely shaking, but the tears had gotten worse again, through her lonliness had been washed away by the hug. She slowly put her arms around him, barely still shaking and crying, but she felt happy, normal happy for once.
"I lvoe you too... P-... Dad..."
Suddenly there was a beeping noise, constant and it sounded important, it was from Hikari's waist. The little black communicator on her belt was flashing with whtie light's, which mean't only one thing. They were gonig to teleport her back soon.
"Get away..."
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Post by Pyre on Jun 9, 2008 16:56:32 GMT -5
Pyran's eyes snapped open wide, ears perked. In retrospect, he really should have listened, but sometimes Pyran just didn't react fast enough, he actually stopped to question for once. Probably had something to do with lack of proper circulation to his head. He jerked back from her, but his arms still grabbed her shoulders, his red eyes searching hers. "Wait, what?"
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Post by Shukko]| on Jun 9, 2008 17:00:43 GMT -5
She had no choice now, she would have to attack him to get him away, but just when she was ready to release a bolt of plasma there was a white flash and they reppeared on a platform inside a large room, it was one of Sky Corp's teleporting meachines and this one was massive. Hikari quickly removed Pyran's hands from her shoulders. "Why didn't you listen?! Now your trapped here!"
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Post by Pyre on Jun 9, 2008 17:11:01 GMT -5
"Wha-Trapped where?!" Pyran hissed through gritted teeth, grabbing Hikari by her front with one tight hand, a surge of betrayal welling up inside. But again, come to think of it, she did warn him. "How the heck was I s'posed to--"
"Ah-hem...hmmm..."
Pyran froze, tail and spine stiff, eyes wide. His own heartbeat sounded in his ears loudest, but other drums played, Hikari's breaking into his own frantic beat, and then several more behind him... Slowly he turned. Oh gosh, what now?
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Post by Shukko]| on Jun 9, 2008 17:39:43 GMT -5
Hikari's eyes looked past Pyran, soldiers were here... Great, now they'd go about saying that she brought in a target on her way back, this is not what she wanted to happen, not to Pyran... Anyone but Pyran, would he think this was all a trick?
"I... I, uhh..."
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