Magical Strike Force S

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"Did you boys get a good sleep?"

 

"No."

 

Kai simply stared at the training ground, calculating all the possible trajecteries he could use if he were to use the buildings...all possible cover...and all possible areas from which an Ambush could come.

 

He couldn't help it. Living on the colony alone had made him rethink the way he thought and he couldn't change it right now even if he wanted to.

 

"When does the training begin?"

[CommanderQ]

He saluted the Captain.

 

"Did you boys get a good sleep?"

 

"Well enough, ma'am." He said in a cheery tone.

 

He hoped that know one could see the dark cycles under his eyes, that would be a problem. But at least he was ready for the training.

 

He stayed straight, keeping his salute up until the Captain returned it.

 

"So...uh...the training. It won't be too easy will it, ma'am?"

[Shana]

Captain Terranova was still typing in the mission parameters.

 

"It won't be really easy, but since it's your first day I don't want to start you off with more than you can handle. Think of this as test for past training", Captain Terranova said and at that moment a magical bridge leading to the construct appeared infront of them. "Alright, follow me in".

 

Shana followed Captain Terranova and stood in the middle of the street. Illya then pulled up two holographic screens showing some kind of robots.

 

"These are training drones. They have Anti-Magic Field defenses and will attack you on sight. There's the Senate Building up ahead in the middle of the construct. Enemy forces are engaging the building and have taken hostages", Illya said showing them another kind of robot that shined with a purple light. "These are the hostages, beware not to attack them. You are to clear all enemies from the area and secure the hostages. Remember that the Senate Building is a landmark of the city so try not to damage it".

 

"TRAINING EXCERSIZE INITIATED", A computerized voice announced.

 

"I'll be watching you from mission control, communicate, work together and trust each other", Illya said.

 

Shana took her pendant in hand.

 

"Queen's Heart, Setup!", Shana said. "Standby, Ready", Queen's heart replied.

 

Shana transformed on the spot, she had her clothes replaced with a white trenchcoat, a white shirt, a blue, white and red vest and a blue skirt with red laces. Her Device then shifted into a staff.

 

She then lifted into the air and moved towards the center of the city.

 

I will help you with the exterior of the building, you guys concentrate on getting inside, she said in her mind to her teammates.

 

When she arrived she could see the drones waiting for them.

 

They started to fly in to take positions to defend themselves. Shana took her staff and pointed it towards the entrance of the senate building.

 

"Shooting mode", Queen's heart said and the staff changed to sort of a gunblade on the tip.

 

A pink pentagram appeared below her.

 

"Destiny Canon!", Shana said and a pink ball of energy appeared from the tip of the barrel on the staff. "Destiny Canon, standby ready!", Queen's heart replied.

 

"Fire!", Shana said. The ball of energy now became a great beam shooting towards the entrance of the senate building, to the drones in keeping guard outside the lobby. She hit them and some of them were destroyed in the blast that followed.

 

"Cartridge Load", Queen's heart said and Shana readied her staff. "Locator mode". Three orbs of pink energy shot around the area looking for possible targets. "Scan complete".

 

"So there's five over at the east side, three on the west and an automated gun post on the southern entrance", She said to herself.

 

"Alright then, let's do it Queen's heart!", Shana said and her device shined.

 

She aimed her staff and looked over to the east as some of the drones came flying into her direction. Two of the drones fired energy balls over to her.

 

"Round shield", Queen's heart said and materialized directly in front of her a pentagram that blocked the coming attacks.

 

"Eager Cleaver!", Shana shouted and Queen's heart acknowledged by simply replying "Alright, Eager Cleaver, Standby Ready".

 

At that moment several small orbs appearing before her took the form of spearheads and shot towards the drones effectively taking down the three that launched against her but the other two seemed to have a greater defense mechanism as they dispelled the magic using a barrier.

 

"Those drones have a higher Anti-Magic Field, we'll have to make our attacks penetrate by combining our attacks", she said in her mind so that her teammates would know. They could talk to each other telepathically, this was something every mage knew how to do.

[CommanderQ]

Shana had already activated her pendant, and Akira moved to do the same.

 

"New Dawn! Setup!" He waited for a moment, "Standby...ready!"

 

Immediatley, his uniform transformed into black heavy body armor, and he wore a black helmet with a red laser-sight on the side. He also wore guantleys which had two blades portruding from the side.

 

New Dawn became a staff, with a black eagle at its top, and two blades surrounding it.

 

Shana, we'll be rushing the building...keep us covered. He said telepathically.

 

He then dropped into a roll, dodging incoming fire, and sprinted towards the building. Akira reached it quickly, but the front entrance was gaurded, and his helmet's HUD registered that the Hostages were higher up.

 

"Power Claws! Setup!" With that, sharp claws portruded from his gloves and he jumped onto the side of the building, and started climbing fast.

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I will help you with the exterior of the building, you guys concentrate on getting inside

 

Kai nodded. He wasn't exacly sure why he heard Shana's voice in his head or if it was a good thing but It seemed useful.

 

"Dark Guardian...setup." The pendant pulsed once. "Standby...Ready." The pendant answered in a sinister voice and then it laughed.

 

Kai's clothes morphed into a black long coat and his familiar sickle shaped sword appeared in his hand.

 

Without another word Kai took off into the city toward the Senate Building as quickly as he could.

 

After a short while of running he finally ran into his first drone.

 

"Sword Empower..." The sword pulsed once. "Sword Empower...standby ready."

 

Kai took another look at the drone which had it's back turned to him. It either didn't see him or didn't care.

 

"Dark Aura." The sword began to pulse wildly. "Dark Aura...Standby...Ready."

 

Kai jumped forward and managed to slice halfway through it before his sword stopped short of cutting all the way through.

 

Kai stopped to think for a moment as the thing began to fire at him. "Berserker Form Activate."

 

Kai's eyes instantly turned a Dark Red color and his hair began to grow down to his waist at a very fast rate. His muscles began to expand at a much faster rate even as the drone began to fire at him even faster.

 

This is how I should live...through combat.

 

Kai grabbed the drone and simply ripped the thing in half with brute force alone and then turned to five other drones that had appeared when Kai had ripped the last one in half.

 

With a roar of anger, he charged the remaining drones with his sword.

 

"Dark Lightning!" The sword pulsed an eerie red color. "Dark Lightning...Standby...Ready."

 

""Fire!" Kai shouted.

 

The Drones stood there temperarily disabled by Kai's lightning blast, the attack it seemed, wasn't strong enough to destroy them but it looked like it was enough to cut through their Anti-magic shields and disable them.

 

Kai watched grimly and then continued onto the Senate Building.

 

May magic help anyone who stands in my way.

[Shana]

Captain Terranova watched the exersize through the holographic monitors. Captain Aiko walked up to her and stood by her watching everything in the monitors. One camera followed Shana, one followed Kai and the other followed Akira.

 

"Kai is too fierce. Even if it's just an exersize", Captain Terranova said.

 

"I have faith in him. He's a good young man. I have trust that with Shana at his side, he will finally break the chains of his past", Captain Aiko said.

 

Illya turned to look at Juno a bit puzzled.

 

"What do you mean with Shana at his side?", Illya asked.

 

"I have discovered that Shana was able to ease the nightmares that Kai has, she was able to wake him. A security video I collected from last night. I had been watching over Kai since he arrived into the Federation. I had a feeling Shana and him would make contact eventually", Juno said and looked over at Illya who seemed worried. "Don't worry about her. If she's as strong as you think she is, she will endure the path ahead".

 

"I trust you Juno but I'm not comfortable putting my little sister at risk", Illya said.

 

"She won't be at risk. I have confidence that Kai will not harm her", Juno said.

 

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Back on the training field, Shana was taking fire from the drones but she simply covered and dodged everything effectively.

 

She readied her staff once more. "Star Dust", her device said and a heavy cloud of sharp dust surrounded a few of the drones. She effectively penetrated their defenses with this and then used her Eager Cleaver to destroy the remaining ones.

 

"Scanning Area", her device said and then reported. "Area Clear".

 

Shana lowered her staff, it seemed all enemies from the outside were down. She was about to report it when the gun post of the southern entrance came into view. She turned around but at that moment it was too late. The drone fired a beam towards her hitting and causing her to fly backwards and crash through a wall. She got up with effort and looked over at the gun post.

 

"Damn it, I left my guard down", Shana said. She then flew out of the building she crashed into and moved closer to the drone firing her Destiny Canon at it with not much success. "Alright then, Excellion Form Activate!"

 

"Standby, Ready. Excellion Form", her deviced replied.

 

A bigger pink pentagram stood below her. Three clones of her device appeared and floated over her, one over her head, one at her left and one on her right.

 

"Excellion...", Shana said as the energy charged infront of her and on each device clone. "Buster!".

 

All three device clones and her device fired an energy beam that came together becoming a huge tidal wave of power that decimated the gun post's defenses and went right through to destroy it.

 

You're all clear outside for the hostage extraction, the rest is up to you guys, Shana said in her mind to Kai and Akira.

[CommanderQ]

The Hostages were near...Akira knew it. In fact, they were right in front of him, just with a concrete wall away. He was still hanging onto the Senate wall, hundreds of feet above the ground.

 

Digging his power claws into the wall, he managed a small hole, which he busted to become larger.

 

He slipped through, and saw the droid hostages. A sudden feeling of pleasure came to him, and he took out a small pistol from his armor, using it to shoot the two gaurd droids. They collapsed in a heap of electricity.

 

Then the unexpected happened.

 

Instead of holstering his pistol and saving the hostages, he adjusted his aim, and blew several holes into the back of the hostage droids, which also collapsed in a heap of broken metal and electric wires.

 

Unknown to him, he was giggling quietly as he did this. He felt extremely good..almost to the point were he really didn't care what happened.

 

He began to kick the hostage droids, this made him even happier for some strange reason. Akira was no longer in complete control of his actions but he didn't care. He emptied more rounds into the already dead hostage droids.

 

After several minutes of giggling, kicking, and shooting, he crumpled to his knees.

 

"What was that...."He said weakly to himself.

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((CQ went bonkers huh?))

 

Kai watched the top of the Senate building as he ran toward it. There were nearly ten guard droids rising from a hole in the top. The droids were arrayed in a circular pattern to watch all areas.

 

He just kept running and jumped up to the very top of the building right in the middle of the droid's circle. The droids instantly turned and began firing at him at full strength.

 

Pain...It hurts...

 

Kai tried to ignore the pain and grabbed two of the droids and slammed them together even as the rest of them increased their rate of fire.

 

He dropped the sword and slammed two more sets of the droids together and then ripped the last few of them apart with his hands.

 

He wasn't even breathing heavily but he was in for a bit of a shock as he looked down and saw Akira begin to slaughter the hostages.

 

Traitor...TRAITOR!

 

Kai leaped down the hole and kept leaping off walls and other objects as he headed for the ground, hit the floor at full speed, drew his sword and cracked Akira over the head with it as hard as he could.

 

I'll kill the traitor later...There is only one Hostage droid left and it looks like there are more guard droids in the area.

 

Kai grabbed the last remianing hostage droid and blew out of the building as fast as he could.

 

The fool went insane. I'm going to end him. Kai broadcast the thought to Shana.

 

"Black Lightning..." Kai growled as we walked back into the building minus the droid. "Black Lightning. Standby...Ready." The sword pulsed once.

 

Kai stared directly at Akira.

 

"Traitors will not be tolerated. You deserve to be put to death for your actions...you have cost us the mission and we have failed."

 

He pointed his sword directly at Akira's head.

[Shana]

Shana could hear what Kai said and her eyes widened. End him? Shana charged full speed ahead and saw Akira on the ground and Kai ready to fire at him. Before the charge hit him. Shana activated her round shield infront of Kai, but Kai had put so much power into his blow it broke through the shield.

 

Just before she took the blow fully she said in her mind in order for Kai to hear.

 

Remember who you are.

 

She took the blow after that and was sent flying through one of the buildings. She lay unconcious on the ground, her armor with several pieces torn apart and was bleeding from others.

 

Captain Terranova raced through the sky and rushed over to Shana. She picked her up in her arms and shot a sad look towards Kai, not anger, not rage, sadness.

 

Captain Aiko landed beside Kai and Akira and bounded both of them with her restraining magic.

 

"I think we should calm down and try to think about what just happened right now", Captain Juno said as Illya flew to the infirmary with Shana in her arms.

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((I was actually going to fire a thunderbolt at him but I guess that works as well.))

 

Remember who you are.

 

Kai's eyes went wide as the shield appeared in front of his attack. He tried desperatly to slow the blow but he had somehow put too much force into it.

 

no...No....NO!

 

And then his heart nearly stopped as Shana herself stepped in front of the attack.

 

NO! The traitor was one who was supposed to pay for costing us the mission! He was the one! Not the girl! Him!

 

He watched as they flew Shana presumbly to the infirmary and he attempted to follow even as he felt the restaining magic take hold. His sword flashed and turned back into the Dark Guardian pendant.

 

No...Not this time...I will not be stopped.

 

"I think we should calm down and try to think about what just happened right now"

 

"Go...to Hell. The traitor...cost us the mission...and I will deal with him later. But not...right now."

 

Kai strained even harder against the restraining magic and his pendant began to flash wildly.

 

"You must stop. The injuries you took in your advanced form are begining to catch up with you. You must get medical attention. Your body is going into overload."

 

"Shut...Up! I need...to make sure I...didn't kill her. I will not be stopped by a pendant...I will not be stopped...by your captains...or by my body's...Injuries. I will...make it!"

 

He forced himself to go even harder against the magic until he finally felt the spell 'break' and he staggered forward toward the infirmary.

 

I will make it...I will make it...I will make it...I will make it...I will make it...I will make it...I will make it...

 

Kai kept on forcing himself forward...away from the traitor, away from the captains who were most likely already preparing an even more powerful spell to restain him.

 

I...couldn't have killed her...I must not have killed her...I will deal with the traitor...in my own time...I...Need to make sure she's alive...

[Shana]

Juno looked at Kai, her expression remained serious. Akira was still out cold. Juno's expression softened.

 

"She's alive Kai, I'm sure she'll be alright. What was it she told you?", Juno said and calmly repeated the words Shana had used. She thought if she told him the words, he'd remember Shana's voice and stop himself and calm down. "Remember who you are. That's what she said wasn't it?"

 

Juno did not attempt to restrain him again. She wanted him to react on his own. To come back to his senses on his own.

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"Remember who you are. That's what she said wasn't it?"

 

Kai kept staggering toward the Infirmary, the impact of her words didn't hit him until a moment later.

 

"I..am myself...right now." he panted as the pain began to reach agonizing levels. "And I will tell you...right now. If I ever see...that traitor....near her...again....I will kill him...and I promise you...he will suffer."

 

Kai's pendant began to pulse red rapidly and the pendant began to chime repeatedly in alarm. "Warning: Metabolic functions are at Critical levels. Body strength is at Critical levels. Magic levels are at Critical levels. Massive internal and external damage to your body has been detected. Injuries may become fatal if medical attention is not recieved immediatly. Possibility of fatal injury is at sixty percent and slowly rising."

 

Kai kept on going even as the left side of his body and then part of his right side flared in pain.

 

"Warning: Possibility of Fatal injury has just jumped to Ninety percent probability. Immediate Medical assistance must be found."

 

Kai growled as his legs buckled under him and he hit the ground face first. He began to drag himself along with his arms now.

 

I...will...make...it!

[Shana]

Juno stared at him. He was forcing himself too much, he would die pretty soon if he did not stop. A voice carried itself towards them. A voice of another woman.

 

"Healing wind", the voice said and a green pentagram appeared beneath Kai. "This spell will stop the damage temporarily. You can't get to the infirmary on your own young man. If you want to see her again, don't you think that killing yourself on the way defeats the purpose?"

 

Captain Juno looked around and saw two other women standing there. One was Vice-captain Isara Ine of the Star Squad and the other who performed the spell was the Chief medical officer Asuza Keichi.

 

Juno then looked over to Kai. He was now engulfed by a green light. The spell helped the person inside the pentagram heal slowly but effectively.

 

"Kai, don't throw your life away like this. There are still those who need your strength", Juno said.

 

Captain Terranova comunicated at that moment with Juno.

 

"We're in the infirmary now. The doctor's say she's only got flesh wounds and minor injuries. She suppresed most of the attack with her defensive magic. She's gonna be out for a couple of days but she's going to be alright", Illya said and the camera turned over to Shana lying in the hospital bed wrapped up in bandages but her life signs were normal.

 

Juno turned the holographic screen towards Kai.

 

"See? She's sleeping right now, but she's gonna be fine", Juno said and then knelt before him. "I have high hopes for you Kai, I've watched you for a long time. Just give yourself time, the load you carry will lessen, but for that you need to stay alive".

[CommanderQ]

Last thing Akira knew, he was out cold. Falling down right next to the victims of his outburst. Darkness closed in on his vision, and he lost complete control.

 

A while later...

 

Akira cracked an eyelid, examining the area.

 

He couldn't move his hands, arms, legs, anything....he was restrained.

 

What is this place? Where am I?

 

He provided his own answers...a medical facility, and in the hands of the enemy...whoever they were.

 

He could still use his fingers, and the strap was high on enough on his wrist that he could....

 

It only took a moment, his fingers danced on the lock, which was quickly out of the way. He discreetly moved the free hand and undid the other strap, then the legs and chest.

 

The other people in the room, presumably Medical Officers, had failed to notice him.

 

He stood quickly, and right behind one of the nearby Officers who was examining some sharp looking metal instruments. He grabbed her by the back of the head and slammed her onto the tray, knocking her out and injuring her pretty badly. As she fell, he grabbed a pistol sidearm that was on her coat.

 

He then turned, pistol at the ready, he aimed at the first Medical Officer who turned to face him.

 

"I demand to know what's going on!!!!"

[Shana]

"I demand to know what's going on!!!!"

 

"Don't dig your grave too soon kid", Vice-Captain Isara said as she performed a binding spell on him. "My name is Vice-Captain Isara Ine. I'm a commanding officer of the Star Squad in Division 9. You're still a rookie, you jump to conclusions too early".

 

She moved closer to him and removed the weapon from his hand.

 

"What were you intending to do? Shoot a friendly? Don't you know you could get court martialed for this?", Isara asked him not really wanting answers. She moved over to the medical attendant who was injured by him and she performed a healing spell for her, not as advanced as Asuza's but enough to make her come to her senses.

 

"You were brought here in restraints because you lost your control out there. You killed the hostages in a training session and laughed about it as you did. Care to explain these actions?", Isara questioned him.

[CommanderQ]

Akira arched an eyebrow, "What?"

 

He looked around the area, something was familiar, but at the same time it wasn't.

 

Strange...

 

"Lies. I know it. You are the enemy, I'm sure of it. Therefore, I don't care about your Court-Martials. I'm dead anyways!"

 

He tried to move to the side, but he was bound in position. His legs seemed to be able to move though...

 

Akira sweeped the Vice Captain and tried to retrieve his weapon.

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"This spell will stop the damage temporarily. You can't get to the infirmary on your own young man. If you want to see her again, don't you think that killing yourself on the way defeats the purpose?"

 

Kai was still stuck on the ground as the Captain's words echoed in his head. Although the magic was doing it's job, he still felt like he couldn't move.

 

Damn it...

 

"Kai, don't throw your life away like this. There are still those who need your strength"

 

I...Decide who uses my strength...

 

"See? She's sleeping right now, but she's gonna be fine I have high hopes for you Kai, I've watched you for a long time. Just give yourself time, the load you carry will lessen, but for that you need to stay alive".

 

Kai finally felt like he could stand and he rose unsteadily to his feet.

 

"I will live how I choose to live."

 

Kai turned and watched through narrowed eyes as they carried the still out-cold Akira away. "When he wakes up...tell the traitor that if he goes near her...I'll kill him. Consequences be damned."

 

Kai turned back toward the infirmary and limped toward it.

 

His pendant chimed and flashed once. "Damage to the body has been temporarily stopped. Estime time until the healing wears off: Fifteen minutes, thirty-two seconds. When the spell wears off your body will be at seventy percent chance of fatal injury."

 

"Status of my body?"

 

"Body and Metabolic rate are slightly above critical levels. Immediate medical attention is required. Heart rate has temporarily increased to slightly above critical levels. Immediate medical attention is required. Internal and external injuries are still present and require immediate medical attention."

 

Good enough.

 

Kai limped off toward the infirmary at a slightly faster pace.

 

Later.

 

Kai limped into Shana's room around fourteen minutes later with a grimance on his face. The pain was begining to return.

 

He looked down at her in the bed wrapped in bandages and he smiled briefly. She...is breathing. They weren't lying...I didn't kill her.

 

"Warning: Possibility of fatal injury at ninety percent."

 

Kai fell back into one of the chairs and promptly lost the ability to stay awake. He fell back and was out cold.

[Shana]

Asuza followed Kai inside Shana's room and when he was completely out cold she took him to a healing chamber. She placed him inside and put a breathing mask on him. She then proceeded to fill the chamber with the healing liquid they used. He was going to be ok. He'd probably be cured by the time he woke up.

 

Juno came inside the room and walked over to Asuza.

 

"Do me a favor Asuza. Put him in the same room Shana's in", Juno said.

 

"But Illya asked me not to disturb Shana", Asuza replied frowning.

 

"I'll talk to Illya", Juno said and Asuza nodded in agreement.

 

A few hours later they moved Kai to a bed beside Shana's. Juno was sitting down looking from Shana's bed to Kai's.

 

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Isara was not caught off guard by Akira, and so she took out her device which was in the form of an Axe and placed it under his chin.

 

"Any last words cadet?", Isara said with a grin on her face. Captain Terranova entered the room.

 

"Isara!", Illya said as she walked in. Isara removed the weapon from Akira's chin and destroyed the pistol before he'd get another funny idea.

 

Illya then showed Akira what happened through a holographic interface, the moment he went crazy, all that followed after that and the moment Shana stood infront of Kai to protect him. At the sight of this Illya closed her eyes, a single tear coming down her eyes.

 

"Care to explain why you killed the hostages in this training exersize?", Illya asked looking at him straight into his eyes. "What happened out there?"

[CommanderQ]

"Any last words cadet?"

 

Akira smiled a large grin, and he began to chuckle quietly.

 

He actually felt slightly disappointed that she didn't finish the job. The enemy was weak. They couldn't kill.

 

"Care to explain why you killed the hostages in this training exercise? What happened out there?"

 

"Uh....." He tried his best to think back.

 

He tried and tried, but couldn't recall anything....but then suddenly, he remembered something.

 

He was climbing the side of the building, and then busted a whole in the side of the building. He saw the hostages, killed the gaurds, but then...then...then...he was no longer Akira, and killed the hostages. For that moment, he was no longer Akira.

 

Suddenly, Akira returned, and his face visibly softened. His eyes registered disbelief, and utter regret. He also began to weep quietly, as much as he didn't want to, he could no longer hold it back.

 

"What have I done...."

 

He felt weak, and probably would have fallen to his knees if it hadn't been for the binding spell.

[Shana]

"It is as you thought Illya", Isara said looking at Akira.

 

Illya nodded and then looked over at the door. Asuza went in, examining everything in the scene before it.

 

"Judging from what we've seen right now, it seems that he's suffering from some kind of dual personalities. It's best if we keep you under observation for now Akira, at least a few days until Shana wakes up", Asuza said. And Illya turned to Akira.

 

"It's probably best if you stay away from Shana for a while, at least until we can sort things out", Illya said and walked out of the room. Isara sat Akira down on a wheelchair with the binding charm still active. They took him to a room with a ECG machine.

 

"We're gonna perform some tests Akira to see what got zapped while you were out there and compare that to the stats during the exersize", Asuza said. "Just relax, it will be over pretty soon".

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Kai couldn't help but dream whenever he fell asleep, and that was when the nightmares came for him again.

 

But this time...this time was different.

 

Even as he stood against the hordes of the mage and battled against them he couldn't help but feel that something was different.

 

There was another presence within his dream. He could feel the presence on the otherside of the army and he could feel whoever it was fighting.

 

He battled his way through the army as he always would and that was when the dream took an unexpected turn.

 

The mage's blasts did not hit and he was not consumed by pain. He saw the mage surrounded by his warriors and he could hear screams coming from behind the wall of invaders.

 

"Get out of the way!"

 

Kai sliced his way through praying that this time it would be different...that this time it would turn out better.

 

But he was horrified this time...this time he saw something that nearly stopped his heart.

 

The two squad captains were laying on the floor with blood pooling out from under them. Kai couldn't take his eyes off them for a long while.

 

Kai took a shocked step forward and the mage grinned and then pulled his hand from behind his back and threw another body on top of the other two.

 

The familair face of Shana stared up with blank lifeless eyes and Kai's eyes blazed with hatred as he looke down at the bodies.

 

"Why...Why is it not simply you and I fighting as we always do?! Why are the others included in the dream?! WHY?!"

 

The mage grinned and then the pile of bodies on the ground were lit up in flames.

 

"Stop this!"

 

The mage grinned again and Kai lept at him just as the power the mage had been gathering struck him and knocked him to the floor as it always would.

 

This time the mage leaned in close and whispered in his ear. "Your feelings make you weak boy...You'll never be able to kill me...not by yourself, not with your friends and not with your precious 'feelings.' The girl...the two captains you are begining to respect...I'll find them all and end them, just as I ended them here."

 

Kai screamed in rage and attempted to strike the mage only to be blasted to the ground yet again. "I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"

 

The mage powered up another blast in his hands. "You'll never stop me...never find me....Never reverse the curse on your pendant. Every night I'll come back and kill them and you won't be able to stop me."

 

Kai growled in rage as the mage's blast hit him full in the face and the dream began again...just as it always would.

[Shana]

Illya entered the conference room. Commander Carrington and Juno were already there. Isara and Asuza followed soon after and finally the other Vice-Captain of the Lightning Squad Kotomi Furawa also joined the conference.

 

"I've been going over the video of the training session. It doesn't really look very good", Commander Carrington said.

 

"Terra, they slipped up, they'll make up for it, it will be fine", Illya said.

 

"Well, I have to be honest with you. I don't see any future in this unit if things carry on like this", Terra said getting up from her chair and pacing around the room. "I started this unit with the desire to stop those who will do harm to others for power, by obtaining artifacts to get this power. What can we hope to do if our own members can't keep it together?"

 

Juno looked around at everyone and then she looked down.

 

"I am sorry Illya, I know I said nothing would happen to Shana. But I still have faith in Kai, because we're somewhat similar. I too had a curse my mother put on me and thanks to all of you I was able to break that curse and carry on", Juno said and then looked at everyone in the room. "I want him to have the same chance I had, to live freely like I do".

 

Illya smiled warmly at her friend.

 

"I understand, you also opened my eyes. I almost lost her back there. I can't remain silent anymore. I will tell her the truth", Illya said.

 

"I trust all of you to put them on the right path my friends. It is my hope that this unit will become the power needed to retain peace. To save all those we care about", Terra said and then turned to face all of them. "We'll talk later, dismissed".

 

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2 days later...

 

Asuza was checking Shana's life signs, everything was normal. She was bound to wake up any moment now. Illya remained in the room sitting on a chair close to Shana. And Juno kept silent and sitting right infront of Kai's bed. She knew Kai was having the nightmares as he always did. She had nothing to help him with except a voice recording of Shana saying "Remember who you are". She would play it to him in hopes it helped him sleep better.

[CommanderQ]

Two days stuck in an observation room.

 

Two days.

 

And Akira spent the entire time anxious as to what would happen to him.

 

He didn't even know he lost control during the training exercise, he wouldn't be able to tell if he switched back suddenly. Maybe that was the only time it would happen?

 

Akira hoped that was the case, but all odds pointed against it.

 

He paced back and forth in front of the observation window, letting the food that was set out go cold. His stomach wouldn't let him eat, he was that nervous and anxious.

 

There was a chair in front of the observation window, so, to break the habit of walking back and forth endlessly, he sat down and stared at the window.

 

"So....how is she doing?"

 

He knew that those observing had heard him, and they knew who he was asking about.

[Shana]

Isara and Kotomi were watching Akira, at least until Illya or Juno came back to check on him.

 

"She's fine Akira, she should be waking up any moment now", Isara said. "Have you remembered anything from the training exersize, from the point where you got to the hostages and what happened next?"

 

Isara looked over to the monitors, they were recording everything. He wouldn't spend more time in observation, they had already gathered some data and knew there was different brain activity during the time he went insane and before that.

[CommanderQ]

"She's fine Akira, she should be waking up any moment now. Have you remembered anything from the training exersize, from the point where you got to the hostages and what happened next?"

 

He nodded, "I'm glad she'll be waking up soon.....and no..I'm sorry....I'm trying my best to remember anything out of the ordinary...but I can only remember the circumstances not anything else...I'm sorry."

 

For the first 24 hours of observation, he had done nothing but try to remember. But to no avail, but something came to mind.

 

"I do not know, but my former Sergeant, Yamamoto, might know. Have you contacted him yet?"