Title: Crossing Paths. Pt.13/?

Author: Deathangelgw

Disclaimer: The only ones here who are my evil creations are the OCs.  So, no sue and such.  THANKIES!

Warnings: it only gets darker, so just hang on for the ride!

Rating: R-NC-17

Pairings: um….gads….don’t get me started….

Note: ok, I was bored, got my anime back, started writing for another genre and said…well, why not work on this.  SO, hope ya’ll like!  Also….a note.  I have an RPG that is basing itself somewhat off of this fic.  I got a couple of ideas from it and so….the credit goes to my fellow rpgers! LOVE YA GUYS!

Feedback: Much loved, thankies! ^_^

/shadow talk/

‘thoughts’

Ryo looked around as he and the other twelve Troopers went cautiously, but steadily through the world of Shadows.  He caught Heero’s eyes and they held each other’s gaze as they sliced through more shadows.  ‘Things are heating up, and we have yet to get anywhere near where our friends are,’ Ryo thought in frustration as he looked over at Touma.  Touma was being watched over by Rajura and Shuten as they fought, his pain and weakness were obvious as he struggled to keep up. 

“Touma is sure struggling,” Duo observed softly as he and Shin sliced through a few more shadows and they all stopped, trying to gather themselves a bit.  

Looking around, Anubis murmured softly, “We are getting closer to the main castle.”

Trowa looked at the Trooper and asked, “How do you know this?”

“Yea, and what are we looking for?” Duo added as he looked around at the dark-enshrouded realm.

Naaza sighed softly as he looked over at Shuten, who nodded. “When…when we were in Arago’s service…we had to deal with the Shadow realm.  So, we kinda know more than you in this instance.”  Naaza’s voice was full of anger and regret as he explained their knowledge.  The other Troopers said nothing, and then looked around.

“So…what are we looking for?” Shu asked as they saw a group of shadows heading for them.

Grimly, as they got ready to fight, Anubis replied, “Look for a castle with many towers and a sense of evil from it.  That is where they might be.”  Nodding as one, the Troopers then faced the hissing crowd of shadows.

*~~**~~*

Quatre moaned softly as he came back to consciousness.  Pain lanced through him and he hissed in pain, but he pushed it away as he looked around.  “Seiji?  Genaisa?  You guys still ok?” he asked in a croaking voice as he looked over at the two Troopers hanging nearby.

Scrunching up her face in pain, Genaisa looked up and smiled weakly at Quatre. “If you call feeling like an electric pole ok, then yea I’m peachy,” she replied sassily, trying to ease her straining muscles as she hung there.

Laughing slightly, then coughing hard, Quatre smiled back at his friend.  “Well…it’s better than being dead,” he commented softly, but was answered by a snort.

“Yea whatever.  If we don’t get out of here, they’ll do something to us that will cause us to somehow help them take over the mortal realm,” Seiji replied snidely then sighed softly. 

“Seiji, you had better not be giving up!” Genaisa almost snarled at him, and he looked up at her.  “We’ve gotten through worse.  And it’s not like you to be such a quitter!” she chided softly as she held his gaze.  They looked into each other’s eyes, then smiled softly at each other, love very evident in their gaze.

Nodding slightly, Seiji replied, “You’re right, my love.  And we will get out of here.  It’s just figuring on how.”  The other two nodded, then looked around.

“Genaisa, can’t you teleport us out of here or something?”  Quatre asked as he looked at the shadow ropes and the walls.

Genaisa shook her head. “No.  My mind is so muddled from our ‘hosts’ attentions that I can’t get a focus.  But, I do know that the others are in this realm,” she stated and smirked as Quatre’s eyes widened.

Seiji chuckled softly. “I thought I felt Shu’s stomach,” he commented and Genaisa smirked.

“How?” Quatre asked softly as he gazed at his two comrades.

“We Troopers have a bond that is beyond anything normal.  It’s based on love, a past connection, and our yoroi.  We can sense each other and well….it made us very close,” Seiji answered softly, blushing slightly as he remembered some of the ‘close times’.  Genaisa laughed softly and smirked at a blinking Quatre.  Quatre nodded then in understanding and smiled at them.  Sighing again, Seiji muttered, “I wonder what they are going to do to us?” 

They stiffened as an icy laugh echoed through the room.  The Queen of the Shadows floated from the shadows and towards them.  /My little petsss….your torment hasss only jussst begun./ Her voice scratched onto the air, chilling them.  Slowly, she went over to them, then, once in the center of their inadvertent triangle, she looked up.  The ropes coiled then wrapped around the three Troopers’ bodies.  They cried out in pain as barbs emerged and plunged past their subyoroi to the flesh underneath.  Laughing softly, the Queen then let her hands come up and mimicked grabbing them and started walking away.  The three were dragged along, unable to move as they were pulled to a doorway. 

Going through, they found themselves on top of a large tower, the largest in the castle.  The ropes suddenly vanished, dropping the three roughly to the ground.  Gasping in pain, the three wounded Troopers struggled to get up, but when they finally got to their knees, more shadow ropes appeared, pinning them to the roof in that position. 

Looking down at them, the Queen laughed again then looked over her shoulder at Arago.  He moved forward till he was standing before Genaisa. “I say that we take her first, my Queen. Then, there will be nothing to stop us,” he suggested derisively as she glared up at him.  The other two struggled in vain within their bonds at this, cursing as they tried to get loose.

/I agree, Arago.  Let the transssformation COMMENCCCE!/  Lightening struck near them at these words and the Shadow Realm’s ruler floated over to Genaisa.  Bending slightly down, the Queen grabbed Genaisa around the neck, bringing her up so that she was standing.  Choking and struggling, Genaisa fought down the fear she felt as she glared at the evil queen.  Releasing her, the Queen stepped back slightly then held up one finger.  It glowed a sickly green, then a small ball formed at the tip.  Watching the ball with sudden terror as it came closer to her, Genaisa started struggling harder in her bonds.

“No! Stop!”  Seiji screamed as he watched the Queen touch Genaisa with the light.  Genaisa screamed in pain, her body and head thrown back as the glow increased around her.  It pulsed up and down her body, and then a pillar of light glowed around her, the same color as the ball.  Shrieking in agony, Genaisa’s eyes widened in pain as her yoroi was cracked, destroyed.  Her hair flew wildly around her as her body contorted, the bonds gone as she began to transform.  Her fingers lengthened, sharpened into dangerous claws, her skin whitened to a deathly pale color.  Her body hunched in more and suddenly, black scaled wings came out of her shoulders, spreading quickly.  Her screams deepened as her body then arched in pain and floated off the ground slightly.  Then, suddenly, the glow stopped and she dropped down to the ground.

Seiji and Quatre watched her in horror, not noticing the tears that streamed down their faces as they waited for a sign of Genaisa’s living.

*~~**~~*

Wufei looked around then gasped in shock as he pointed. “Over there!  That pillar of light!” he cried out and the others looked as well, gasping in horror.  The pale green pillar of light grew in strength as they watched, and then they all turned in shock as the four Troopers cried out in pain, falling to the ground in agony.

“What’s happening!?” Duo shouted as he tried to soothe a writhing Shin.  Trowa was doing the same with Touma, while Heero and Wufei tried to help Ryo and Shu.

“It’s begun!  The Keys are getting transformed!” Shuten stated in grim realization.

“It must be Genaisa.  For only her connection with them could be this strong and she is the most powerful,” Rajura whispered softly and the Gundam Troopers looked at them in horror.

“Oh no!  We have to help them!”  Duo cried as he tried to soothe Shin more as he trembled.

“It’s too late,” Anubis replied softly and they all looked to see the glow had died.  The Troopers stood with difficulty, and then they all started for the castle that had been revealed as the world around them lit up with lightening.  They ran to the castle, fighting off any resistance with grim determination as they hurried to help their friends.

Getting to the castle, they ran in, fighting off the shadows that challenged them.  They climbed the stairs in the tallest tower, then came onto a horrible sight.  Seiji and Quatre were kneeling, bound by shadow ropes as they gazed at a pale form lying before them.

“Seiji! Quatre!”  Duo cried out as he ran towards them, but then screamed as black lightening hit him and flung him into a wall.  Trowa and Shin cried out in horror as did Seiji and Quatre as they watched the stunned Trooper slide down.  Getting up slowly, Duo glared at the now laughing woman that was in front of Seiji and Quatre.

/SSSo, you are here to sssee our rule begin.  Excccellent.  Let me introduccce you to my newessst ssservant./ The queen’s icy voice picked across them like a winter wind and they all got into defensive postures.  Suddenly, a wall of lightening appeared, effectively cutting them off from their friends.  Laughing again at their anger, the Queen looked down at the still form of Genaisa. /Rissse, my child.  Your dutiesss await you,/ she commanded softly and they all watched in horror as the form stirred.  Slowly, it stood up, back facing them, and spread its wings.  Turning then, it faced the Troopers.

“No! Genaisa!”  Touma screamed as he saw her.  Her deathly pale face grinned evilly, her sharp fangs showing slightly in the evil mirth as her glowing red eyes gazed at them.  Her hair blew around her naked body, rustling between the demon wings that adorned her back. 

Laughing softly in evil amusement, Genaisa walked over to Quatre, who watched her with wide terrified eyes.  She caressed a clawed hand down his cheek, and then grabbed him up by the collar of his subyoroi. “Now, little one.  It is time for you to meet your new self,”  Genaisa hissed out softly and Quatre struggled vainly in her grip.

“No, Genaisa! Don’t do it!  Fight it!” Seiji screamed at her, struggling harder in his bonds as he watched two people he loved most go into the most danger.  Genaisa looked over at him and her smile widened, showing glinting white fangs.

“No, Seiji Date.  I shall do it.  And you will join us soon enough,”  Genaisa replied softly, her once light voice deep with evil.  Turning her head back to look at Quatre, she smiled again, then brought her other hand up.  The same glow that had transformed her came again and, when she touched him, Quatre screamed in pain. 

Stepping back, she watched with the others as Quatre was transformed into a blond version of what she had become.  His black scaly wings spread, enveloping him briefly in black.  Then, kneeling down, he bowed to the Queen and said softly, “My Queen.  Allow me to serve you.”

“NO!!” Seiji’s scream cut through the dark air as they all watched them both kneel before the Queen, then turn to Seiji.  He…was next.

TBC

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