For
The Soul of The Stars: An End leads to Destiny’s Beginnings
Written
By: Lynderia
Disclaimer:
I don’t own any characters from the anime Outlaw Stars. I do own Kat, Proteus,
Rock, and Jaguar.
He watched them. They were on a
totally different level. Suzuka and Aisha wouldn’t be able to keep up, and Gene, forget about
it, he would be out skilled on every account. For the most part the old man
really surprised him. Jim didn’t believe what he was seeing. For an old guy,
Rock was holding his own extremely well. Blow for blow they attacked each
other. Jim could hardly follow their movements.
It was the silent alarm. What
could be going on in the docking bay? Only the mechanics knew about the silent
alarm. Swanzo almost never used it unless something
bad was going down. The only thing she could do now was to run.
He watched his opponent with an
unwavering stare. He would not give in without a fight. He would die to protect
the precious life of the one they were after. “Have I tired you out, Jaguar?”
“Old you, tire me out! Don’t
make me laugh, Rock. The again, I think that I will.” Jaguar laughed. He had
his orders, and that meant by any means necessary. “I’m going to give you one
more chance. Tell me where Uriel is.”
Rock smirked. He was Uriel’s protector-guardian. He would not let Uriel down. Rock continued to smirk.
“Your funeral,
old man.” He did not want the game to end just yet, but if this old fool
would not give the needed information there was no way he would let him live.
He had his orders. Rock would take the whereabouts of Uriel
to his grave.
“I can’t get the damn door to
open!” This wasn’t good. He kept on trying.
She got out her small computer.
She had the override code. Something else must be keeping the door shut. Handing her computer to him, “Try and override the system another
way. I’m going in through the vents.” All she hoped was that she could
get to him in time.
He tried to reach him but it was
no use. Jaguar was using Tao magic to let no one interfere with his fight.
“Damn it all!” Gene felt himself reaching for his gun. He quickly remembered
where he was. He couldn’t put every ones life in danger. He cursed to himself
again.
He watched his opponent. He gave
him the credit of being a worthy adversary for so many years. He couldn’t count
the years. Jaguar smiled, and he began to run toward his opponent with
incredible speed.
He watched as Jaguar ran toward
him. To untrained eyes, it would have been unable to watch him, but he had been
doing this for so long. He was s tired of this game they had played. Rock knew
he been worn down, his defense was weakened. He stood in a defense stance,
proving his diligence.
They all gasped when Jaguar
suddenly appeared in front of Rock. Where was his hand? It couldn’t be, could
it?
She crawled as fast as she
could. She knew something horrible was happening. She had to get there in time.
He smiled. It wasn’t so bad. He
felt the waves of dizziness wash over him. He looked down to see the blood
oozing from his stomach. He had failed-he wouldn’t be able to protect Uriel.
Jaguar stood with his hand
through Rock’s stomach. “You know what they say, it’s all guts” he started
pulling out his hand, “and glory.” Jaguar removed his hand and watched Rock
fall to the ground.
They had all witnessed the
defeat of Rock, the old man. Gene ran toward him-able now since the magical
barrier was no longer needed. He placed a hand over the wound trying to stop
the bleeding.
Rock watched the young man
before him. Did Gene actually believe he could save him? He knew he was done
for. He was too old for this game. There was one more thing he needed to do,
but from the looks of things, he wasn’t going to be around to. “Protect.” His
voice was harsh and barely audible.
“Suzuka!” Gene shouted. “Save your energy, don’t
talk.”
“You…protect Uriel.”
Suzuka
snapped out of her trance. It was a shock to see Jaguar rip into Rock’s
stomach. It was a most vicious attack, and Rock had the most pure smile she
ever seen before he fell to the cold floor. She knew there was nothing that
could save Rock. From where she stood, “Gene, all you can do now is make him
comfortable.” She felt guilty, in a way, for saying it, but they couldn’t do
anything to save him.
“Protect Uriel.”
He was so tired. He had to say one last thing, “K…at…m…know…”
Darkness and coldness, was seen and felt respectively by Rock, the old man that
had come to see Hellfire Diamond. He never got the chance to finish his one
last sentence.
She stood there unable to speak,
unable to move. She watched as Gene bowed his head over the figure that laid in a pool of blood. She watched a man with a blood
covered hand stand with a smirk above them. Was she seeing…was it real? She
silently wished the front of her hood were longer to block some of her sight.
She didn’t want to see this, she wasn’t expecting this. Would this have
happened if she were here in 10 minutes instead of 20 minutes? ‘Not Rock,
please let in not be him.’ she mentally prayed.
She took a step forward.
They all turned their heads to
watch the white cloaked-hooded figure head toward Gene and the now dead Rock.
Her casual walk became strides,
soon she couldn’t help but run toward him.
She pushed Gene away from Rock
as hard as she could. It hurt to see Rock like this. She almost vomited. “Rock,
why did you…?” she whispered. “Damn old fool.” She spoke clearly and calmly.
Her insides hurt so badly. She stood and faced the man with the blood covered
hand.
Jaguar smiled at her. Was she
going to try and kill him? Was this the one they called Hellfire Diamond? She
sure didn’t look like much. However, he knew better than to under estimate an
opponent.
“I…feel sorry for you.” Her
voice was calm and collective. Why did she say it? She wanted to hate this man
so much, but why didn’t she? He killed a man she knew her entire life. Wouldn’t
she hate him? Why was she like that?
Jaguar laughed. “You feel sorry
for me. Don’t you hate me? Aren’t you the notorious Hellfire Diamond that Rock had
come to meet?”
She thought about what he said.
The word ‘hate’ grabbed her attention the most. Every time she had killed
someone, she never hated him or her. When Hilda died, she didn’t feel ‘hate’,
but she did feel unbearable pain.
“Don’t you want revenge? Don’t
you want to kill me now, for Rock?” Jaguar asked. He circled her. He was
getting no reactions, no negative emotions from her. Who was this girl?
Revenge never was her thing.
“You’ll die. I will kill you.” She said this with an icy tone. She will kill
him for what he did. Her heart wasn’t filled with rage and hate, her heart was
telling her it was right to kill this monster that stood in front of her, and
it had to be done.
Jaguar wondered if she was
making fun of him. What kind of person doesn’t want some kind of revenge or
have negative emotions fill their blood as to seeing what he had just done? He
sensed Gene’s anger and hatred clearly. “Who the hell are you?!” He said it
slow and in a ruminative tone.
Hellfire Diamond stared at him
straight into his eyes, and she saw his blood lust, his violent nature. She
could now kill him freely having a just cause. She continued to stare.
“Are you deaf? Didn’t you hear
me?” Jaguar took a step forward he stared at her-her eyes. They were beautiful.
He tried looking into her soul, just as she had done
with him, but he saw her window closing itself from him. It was replaced by a
deadly ice stare. He smiled; she was an exquisite female, now his new playmate.
He took a step closer.
*Jaguar, is it done?* a voice
asked. Telepathy was an amazing way to communicate.
*Yes, you eminence. Rock did not
tell me where I could find Uriel, now he is dead.* What bad timing, he was in the middle of something.
*Very well. Return*
Damn it all. He didn’t want to
leave just yet. She was just too exquisite to leave now, but he had his orders.
“We will meet again, and our meeting will not be so short.” Jaguar smiled and
he faded away into darkness from which he came.
Melfina
was shaking. How could someone’s hand just go through a human’s stomach as it
were water? This was very unnerving. She watched the figure in the white hooded
cloak. Was that Hellfire Diamond? Melfina noticed
that the figure wasn’t moving. She took it upon herself to walk over to the
figure. She held the figure’s shoulder trying to comfort Hellfire Diamond in
some way before asking, “Are you okay?”
Had she heard
the question right? Why should Melfina care? Melfina didn’t know her, personally anyway. “Don’t touch
me. You’re filthy.” Hellfire Diamond said this statement so coldly she felt Melfina’s hand shake before she removed it from her
shoulder. Hellfire Diamond turned around to face her, and only gave Melfina an icy stare.
“K…K..a…Kat?!” Melfina was shocked to see this girl.
Their heads looked at the hooded
figure. Was Melfina right?
She paid them no mind. She had
to do something about her dead friend. Why had he died? What had he died for?
Was it worth his life? Unanswered questions filled her mind as she stared at
the dead body in a pool of blood. “I’ll miss you.” she whispered. Kat took off
her white cloak, and it was placed over Rock’s body.
The doors opened, “Kat, are we
too late?!” Proteus didn’t get an answer. He looked at her; she was staring at
the floor. He followed her gaze. Her white cloak covered a body. Proteus walked
to Kat and hugged her saying, “I’m sorry that we didn’t get here in time.”
Kat smiled. He was so
supportive. If he wasn’t here she would have broken down into sobs and look
weak, something she wouldn’t and could not do. She hugged him back, “Thanks,
but it’s not our faults. He shall find peace.” With those words, her cloak
transformed into a large glass case that held Rock’s body. “Goodbye Rock.” The
case floated towards the walls disappearing, and was seen floating into space.
Kat watched the case until she couldn’t watch anymore.
He noticed how strong she stood.
Was she really sad her friend had died? No, that’s a stupid question, Kat
wasn’t that type. Proteus noted that she was holding onto him tight-if she let
go she would fall off an unknown cliff. He had always thought it was weird how
Kat showed her emotions. She was sometimes a mystery to even him.
End
After
Thoughts: I’m really sorry for killing Rock. For all those who got some what
attached to him, it was necessary. He couldn’t give away all the secrets, but
he did have a some what nice funeral, I hope. What is your opinion on Jaguar? SailorRai@aol.com