Reunion
by, Cony
Chapter 3
Nightmares plagued her dreams. Everything was dark, nothing
but blackness around her. She was choking, the darkness
trying to swallow her. Then, suddenly, a bright light appeared
from nowhere. Her eyes were blinded, until she could see
again. There, standing in front of her, was Zoisite. He had a
deep frown on his eyes, and they were as cold as ice.
"Zoi... thank God you are here! Please, take me with you!"
pleaded Mercury. He said nothing, and stared at her with
scorn.
She was taken back, but asked again: "Zoi, save me from the
darkness!. I'm so scared!"
The general remained silent, just looking at her with eyes like
daggers.
"Please!"
Nothing happened. "You despised me, now you are alone
again," was what she heard.
My God, his voice... his voice is so cold. It's like he has no
feelings at all... She tried to look into his soul, but it was
unreadable.
"You never loved me, and I never did. Now, face your
challenges alone" He was becoming brighter and brighter until
he disappeared. Mercury was left alone again, and she
screamed, crying: "ZOI, WAIT!!. I LOVE YOU, I REALLY DO!"
"ZOI!" She jumped on her bed, startling everyone. Still
trembling, she opened her eyes, and looked around. She was
on her bed, on the Moon palace. The rest of the inner Senshi
and Princess Serenity were there too. They were with worry
on their faces. As she woke up, Serenity walked to her side,
and hugging her tightly, said: "Mercury, thank God you are
awake!" Serenity's hug is so warm, she thought. It's like being
in his arms... I feel so good when he hugs me...
Suddenly, she remembered what had happened, and while
she returned the embrace, she started crying again. She
rested her head on the Princess' shoulder, and let everything
out. Her friends waited patiently for her to calm down before
asking her.
Mercury did soon, but the heavy load remained on her heart.
Washing the tears away, she tried to smile, and asked: "What
am I doing here?"
Venus grimaced, and answered, "Queen Serenity felt a
disturbance in the Silver Crystal, and started checking on all
of us. You were the only one missing. We tracked you down
with your communicator, and found you on Earth. You were on
a beach, unconscious. We got you here, and that's it."
Mercury sighed, and looked at the sheets. They were white,
full of wrinkles, as her hands grabbed them tightly, trying to
avoid crying again. She felt hot, and looking at her arms,
noticed that they were very red. I must have been a lot of time
under the sun. I got sunburned.
Nobody talked for a couple of seconds, until Jupiter said, her
voice warm: "Mercury, what happened down there?" She
stiffened as she heard this, her hands grabbing two more
fistfuls of sheets. "It's OK if you don't want to tell us, Merc."
She didn't move, just stayed there, trying to get the words
come out of her mouth.
Mars understood, and standing up, motioned for the rest to do
the same. "Mercury, you just recover your energy. Come on
girls." They were walking towards the door, when a low voice
interrupted them. "Wait!"
They stopped, and turned around. Mercury was looking at
them with watery eyes, and grinning a little, said, "Remember
what happened the last time I hid anything from you?" They
smiled back, and returned to their places. "It all started in the
morning, when Zoi--" At the mention of the name, poor
Mercury choked and coughed softly. Regaining her
composure, she decided to go on.
"…Lord Zoisite and I met at the beach..."
"WHY?, WHY DID SHE HAVE TO FOOL ME LIKE THIS?"
The Earth palace shook in Zoisite's anger. His room was no
longer recognizable. The walls were full of holes, each one
bigger than the other was. His bed was broken, wood chips
everywhere. The sheets, once as white as snow, were now
stained with blood, and formed a pile of mess in the floor. The
mirror hanging over the night table was upside down, the glass
scattered in every place. Zoisite was standing in the middle of
this chaos, blood coming out of his face and body. On his left
hand, he had one of Mercury's pictures she had given to him,
and on the other, one of his crystals shards was shining. He
had a nasty look in his eyes, and was talking to the picture.
"YOU... HOW COULD YOU? YOU KNEW I LOVED YOU.
YOU WERE EVERYTHING TO ME..." He tried to break the
picture in half, but he couldn't. He then tried to prick it with his
crystal, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.
The picture was indeed pretty. It was made by a famous artist,
known all around the universe. It showed Mercury's face. She
was closing an eye, and smiling beautifully. It could be told
she was dressed as a Sailor Senshi, because of the tiara
shining in her forehead. Her hair looked fabulous, and the
opened eye was sparkling with life. It looked almost real. He
saw as she smiled, and he melted with it. The crystal
disappeared from his hand, as he looked deeply to the picture.
She is so gorgeous. If she just loved me... He then
remembered every time they had spent together, and felt as
his heart ached in need to see her, to ask for her forgiveness,
to see her smile again…
But she doesn't love you, rang a little voice in his head.
Despair filled him, and shouting, threw the picture to the wall.
"SHUT UP!" The picture slammed hard against the stone wall,
and dropped to the floor. Just as it left his hand, he regretted
it. Running, he picked it up, and saw the damage was already
done. The wooden border had broken, and the glass had
cracked. Feeling as his heart tensed, he took the painting off
the frame. The soft cloth on which it was made was now
resting over his hand. He looked at it intently, and suddenly
saw as a drop of water landed on it, and spread the paint.
Raising his hand, he touched his face, and was surprised to
see that it was wet, wet with his tears. Then, he could handle
it no more. He pressed the cloth hardly against his chest, and
burying his face on his hands, cried in silence. Between his
sobs, he whispered a silent "I will always love you..."
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