03-16-2009, 10:18 PM
Descending down the cavern wall, Juno panted despairingly. His black Saiyan hair was matted to his head from sweat, and in the shimmer of the candlelight his pale façade glistened with even more perspiration.
He dared not to even look at her—at Sophia. He had thrown himself out there for her. He had thought her to be—above all things—a good person, something he knew he could never even hope to aspire to. Now, her image was stained, and he didn’t think he could take the sight of her beautiful face teasing him once more with an innocent masque.
Then, his brief moment of internal monologue was cut off by a gunshot. “Let’s go!” Sophia yelled in urgent alarm, grabbing his wrist.
What the heck did she think she was doing? “Don’t touch me!” he barked, jerking his arm away from her grasp. He refused to make eye contact as the not-so-dynamic duo raced down the tunnels of the cave, shots of ki speeding just past them, sometimes barely missing their mark.
They reached a small ledge, just a bit taller than Juno himself, and the halfling leapt down with a grace normally impossible to one of his heritage—it was his human genes—and looked up unconsciously to make sure that Sophia made it down alright. She jumped, but he realized what he was doing and looked away, letting her fall flat to the cave floor.
“Hey!” she shouted, but Juno didn’t give her the satisfaction of seeing the fury on his face. No, he wouldn’t. But suddenly—
“Get away from me, creep!” said a woman’s voice that came from just around the next bend in the rocky tunnels. Juno smirked. It seemed someone else was having quite a similar problem as he was.
A male and the same female argued back and forth for several seconds before finally coming into view. The woman seemed oddly familiar; although he was quite sure he’d never seen anything like her before. Pale skin, long, brown hair; it was a common mold, but there was something unique about her.
The boy was less appealing to Juno’s eye, however, to a woman, Juno might’ve considered him slight competition. A lanky but stern build with crimson hair, he seemed to be—pun intended—a ‘fiery’ lad.
“Who the heck are you?” he spouted.
“I could ask you the same thing,” Zena retorted. And then, with an eerie echo of the cherry-haired beauty that’d recently tormented them, she asked, “Friend or foe?”
Suddenly, the quartet was ambushed by the soldiers that Juno and Sophia had been evading. From the top of the small cliff, several men in blast suits knelt down, aiming their rifles at the warriors. Shots of ki rained down upon the group, and they quickly turned tail and ran back the way Zena and Ares had come.
“What on earth did you guys do?” Ares asked.
“We didn’t exactly play by the rules,” Juno answered, and Sophia shot him a stern look. He avoided her glance, but rather looked straight ahead, and fell into a short vision. He stumbled, then looked dead at Sophia.
He took her by the collar and leapt over the edge of the path, as it was swerving down into another chamber.
They glided towards the ground, and behind them, Juno heard the mine that Sophia had stepped upon explode in a rush of embers. They landed quickly, Sophia panting with shock and awe. Juno looked about for Zena and Ares and saw that they’d barely escaped the blast, but seemed alright, albeit a bit shaken up. It seemed the group of warriors had more problems than just soldiers chasing after them here. Sophia looked up at him.
“Now,” Juno said coldly, “We’re even.”
He dared not to even look at her—at Sophia. He had thrown himself out there for her. He had thought her to be—above all things—a good person, something he knew he could never even hope to aspire to. Now, her image was stained, and he didn’t think he could take the sight of her beautiful face teasing him once more with an innocent masque.
Then, his brief moment of internal monologue was cut off by a gunshot. “Let’s go!” Sophia yelled in urgent alarm, grabbing his wrist.
What the heck did she think she was doing? “Don’t touch me!” he barked, jerking his arm away from her grasp. He refused to make eye contact as the not-so-dynamic duo raced down the tunnels of the cave, shots of ki speeding just past them, sometimes barely missing their mark.
They reached a small ledge, just a bit taller than Juno himself, and the halfling leapt down with a grace normally impossible to one of his heritage—it was his human genes—and looked up unconsciously to make sure that Sophia made it down alright. She jumped, but he realized what he was doing and looked away, letting her fall flat to the cave floor.
“Hey!” she shouted, but Juno didn’t give her the satisfaction of seeing the fury on his face. No, he wouldn’t. But suddenly—
“Get away from me, creep!” said a woman’s voice that came from just around the next bend in the rocky tunnels. Juno smirked. It seemed someone else was having quite a similar problem as he was.
A male and the same female argued back and forth for several seconds before finally coming into view. The woman seemed oddly familiar; although he was quite sure he’d never seen anything like her before. Pale skin, long, brown hair; it was a common mold, but there was something unique about her.
The boy was less appealing to Juno’s eye, however, to a woman, Juno might’ve considered him slight competition. A lanky but stern build with crimson hair, he seemed to be—pun intended—a ‘fiery’ lad.
“Who the heck are you?” he spouted.
“I could ask you the same thing,” Zena retorted. And then, with an eerie echo of the cherry-haired beauty that’d recently tormented them, she asked, “Friend or foe?”
Suddenly, the quartet was ambushed by the soldiers that Juno and Sophia had been evading. From the top of the small cliff, several men in blast suits knelt down, aiming their rifles at the warriors. Shots of ki rained down upon the group, and they quickly turned tail and ran back the way Zena and Ares had come.
“What on earth did you guys do?” Ares asked.
“We didn’t exactly play by the rules,” Juno answered, and Sophia shot him a stern look. He avoided her glance, but rather looked straight ahead, and fell into a short vision. He stumbled, then looked dead at Sophia.
He took her by the collar and leapt over the edge of the path, as it was swerving down into another chamber.
They glided towards the ground, and behind them, Juno heard the mine that Sophia had stepped upon explode in a rush of embers. They landed quickly, Sophia panting with shock and awe. Juno looked about for Zena and Ares and saw that they’d barely escaped the blast, but seemed alright, albeit a bit shaken up. It seemed the group of warriors had more problems than just soldiers chasing after them here. Sophia looked up at him.
“Now,” Juno said coldly, “We’re even.”