Fulfilling the Vow and Saying Goodbye
Chapter six
"Sarah!" Her friend, Alex, spat, short for Alexandra, "You...you can't just fight it, you had no choice, I mean you were attacked by those damn bugs then your woman instincts kicked in making you grabs kids and protect them then you had no way of getting out of that damn place except through them. They...IT has no right to do this!"
"What do you propose I do then?" Sarah angrily asked.
"You could...sue it, or have it arrested. Heck! If none of that works then run and never look back."
"Alex!" Jumping off the couch laying her hands on top of her head pulling her hair back as she began pacing. She wanted to agree with her friend but that part of the conscious, the part that stood for good just couldn't turn and run. "I can't, I told it I would give it a worthy challenge if it helped me. It would be like lying or breaking a promise. Besides, I wouldn't be surprised if it sent spies to make sure I kept my end of the bargain, so there is nothing I can do about it." Looking at Alex who looked like she would begin to cry at any moment. "And you know how good these guys are, nobody can hide from them."
"I know." Alex croaked, her eyes becoming red. "It's just not fair." Laying her face in her palms as she began crying. Sarah sat beside her. "I mean, you went through hell and back to save those kids and...and you are not being recognized for your efforts." Wiping her tears away, "You're a hero and nobody gives a damn cause you're a woman. You should at least have your own kids. I mean there are not many people who are willingly to give up their lives like you are doing."
"Oh Alex." Hugging her shoulders and upper back.
Alex hugged back, "This just isn't fair, you're my best friend, I don't want to see you die like that."
Sarah also started crying, "I know Alex, I'm afraid too but I can't be like every other jerk around here. I have to keep my promise."
"Why did this have to happen?" Alex asked, "Why are you being punished? You didn't do anything wrong."
"I don't know."
Sarah sat on the old hospital bed waiting for all her kids to get in with her, wrapping her arms around as many of them as she could once they all got in. "What will happen now?" Carlos asked.
"Will we be getting new mommies and daddies?" Aiko-Chan asked.
"Yes, you will."
"What about you?" Jennifer asked, "What will happen to you?"
"I don't know." Sarah tried to say with a loosened throat, trying not to cry.
"Can you be my new mommy?" Robert asked.
"Yeah." Danny said, the others also adding in.
"No kids. I don't think so."
"But why?" Keitaro-kun asked, she only shook her head from side to side.
"Why are you crying?" Michael asked.
"I..." She sniffled, "I will be going away."
"Going away." Wayne said, "Where to?"
"It's...a secret place...a place where people go to when they finished doing something good."
"When will you be coming back?" Ken-Kun asked.
"Well, there is a good chance I won't." The small room was filled with worried and concerned voices. "I just wanted to say goodbye and to tell you guys to be good while I'm gone."
"Can we go with you?" Courtney asked.
"No I'm the only person that can go there." Lowering her head as her cries got louder, the children surrounding her with hugs as they also started to cry, Sarah hugging as many as she could at once.
Alex turned the ignition and the engine to the old jeep shut off in less than a second, she, along with Sarah only sat in the seats not saying a word.
Alex having just drove down a 20 mile long hover trail to reach this secluded destination in the middle of the lush Farsfa Woods, her jeep may have been an antic but it still could make it from place to place.
There was a rustling noise just outside of Sarah's opened window, they both simultaneously turning their heads at the noise but saw nothing, then, a bush's branch was moved to the side as if somebody had brushed against them, but there was nothing there. "What did that?" Alex asked.
Sarah only looking at the dashboard in a blank stare, "It's them."
Alex looking at Sarah in surprise then back at the bush, "But nobody's there."
"It's their cloaking device." Reaching her hand up to the door lever and pulled it then leaned her body weight on the door, with a creak and loud moan the door swung open allowing her to walk out and to the back of the jeep.
Alex jumping out of the driver side running to the back, "Are you sure? I mean. It could just be the wind."
"It's not." Opening the back and pulled out a rolled up blanket. A predator all of a sudden appearing out of thin air making Alex jump back with a gasp, startled from it just appearing out of nowhere and the fact that Sarah was going to be fighting blade to blade against a monster that was five times her size. "You're fighting blade to blade against that?!"
Sarah lifting her head looking at the predator then back to the blanket, "No," Now unwrapping it, Alex letting out a sigh of relief until Sarah spoke again. "I'm fighting the one standing in front of the jeep." With that said Alex jumped out from behind the jeep looking at the front and sure enough, there was a predator standing there.
Sarah grabbing the hilt of the newly bought sword and hefted it in her right hand. She had a collection of swords and knifes but they were left back at the colony, swinging the sword in a circle by her side getting the feel of its weight again. She had practiced swinging it a few days ago but didn't do anything too vigorous, not wanting her arms to be sore and heavy. Most people though had no idea how to sword fight, but luckily she took fencing lessons a few years back, something she needed to do when waiting for a new assignment.
"And how do you know that's the leader?" Alex asked walking back around the jeep.
"He's dressed differently and stands with a position of power then the other's."
"Wait a minute. He?!" Alex said with an insane laugh. "I...I don't believe you. No wonder why you could never find a descent guy to be your husband."
Sarah stopped what she was doing and looked at Alex, an irritated exspression written on her face making Alex come to a halt with her laughing when she saw it had got under her skin. "And what is that suppose to mean?" Asked Sarah.
"N-Nothing." Alex said.
Sarah puffed reaching her hand back inside the jeep and pulled out a boot knife, placing the sword on the tail gate allowing her to place the little knife in her boot then picked up the sword and began to walk to the front. "Sarah." Alex said with a grab to Sarah's arm making Sarah come to a stop.
"What is it now Alex?" Alex saying nothing but lifted her arms hugging Sarah, Sarah silently answering back to Alex with her own hug. "Be careful." Alex croaked, already starting to cry.
"I will." With that said Alex let go and Sarah walked to the leader, just now realizing all the crew members had gathered into a small crowd just 20 feet from the jeep. This really must mean something to them, Sarah said to herself, For ALL of them to come here just to watch me get mauled to death.
A loud bark making Sarah jumped to attention and out of her dreamy state, "Human...ready, fight?"
She answered with a nod of her head then the leader walked to the small crowd that just so happened to also be gathered in a small clearing. Sarah followed and soon she as well as the leader was surrounded by the crew members that had formed into a large circle, the largest they could get in the small clearing.
Sarah looked back at Alex one last time but couldn't see her, she could barely see the jeep from a towering bulky crew member that stood in the way and that's when she saw a small head emerging from behind the predator, then, a torso. Alex had climbed to the top of the jeep and was now cheering for her victory.
Sarah slightly smirked but soon found herself on a spinning ground, the back of head already swelling and pulsing with pain, not even noticed the sword flying out of her grip. The fight had just begun and she was already in pain and weaponless. Looking up just in time to see the tip of the leaders spear falling for her head but quickly rolled away and jumped to her feet, cursing out loud as she arched herself backwards barley missing the blow that could have cut her torso in half, so close she felt the dull end of the spear as well as the hilt brush against her skin. Though she did miss the hit she also lost her balance falling back to ground, looking again just in time to see the leader's spear come falling back down for her, again, she rolled and in the process felt something touch her hand, it was the hilt of her sword. The leaders spear missing the rolling woman by an inch as it penetrated the dirt. Sarah grabbing the sword and once again was back on her feet.
Already the leader's spear was in the air again. Sarah jumping back from the swing but wasn't fast enough as the edge cut her shirt grazing into her soft belly. He lifted his spear for another swing but in the process Sarah saw an open and defenseless side, taking this opportunity to her advantage and went for it. Jumping forward with a scream as she swung the sword, obviously the leader saw what she was doing and was lucky enough to jump out of the way but didn't get out unharmed as the tip of her sword grazed his side as he did to her stomach. The two now walking in a circle, Sarah smirked then bolted for his legs, letting him think she was going slash at his chest but instead fell to the ground letting herself slide to his feet, as expected, he wasn't prepared for her to just drop to the ground. The move worked and left baffled for a just a few short seconds but it was enough time she needed, slashing at his legs making sure the blade dug in deep.
The leader howled in pain stumbling backwards but was still somehow able to stay standing on his feet, looking in Sarah's direction then lunged forward with a howl. Sarah went to dodge but wasn't fast enough. The leader quickly placing the spear in his left hand and brought his right arm forward unsheathing his wrist blades. Sarah's eyes widened but still had a second to swing her hand with the sword in it forward.
The two connected, his wrist blades digging into her right shoulder going through and her sword deeply digging into his side, the momentum from him moving plus all his weight made the sword easier to go through his side. Both of them screaming in agony together, though injured and in pain the leader dug his blades deeper and leaned his weight into it even though the blade of her sword was digging deeper into him as well.
Sarah soon found herself with her back to the ground and the leader on top of her, the pain in right shoulder tightening as it got harder to breathe. Lifting her leg with a painful wheeze pulling the knife out if her boot and plunged it into his other side.
The leader screeched loudly and rolled onto his right side also bringing Sarah onto her side. In the roll her knife was pulled out of his side but luckily she was still holding onto it, lifting her arm for a quick blow to his neck but the leader pulled his wrist blades out of her side. Sarah lowering her arm with a gasp from the sudden pain. Painfully lifting the upper half of his body up and dug the blades into her other shoulder.
Sarah screaming at the top of her lungs in a loud screech as she dropped the knife and wrapped her hands around the blade that was implanted into her shoulder. Miraculously, out of all the pain she was able to see something out of the corner in her eye, it was a knife nicely tucked into his belt, quickly pulling the knife out of the belt and planted into the soft tissue just under the breast bone.
The leader let out a wheeze as he yanked the wrist blade out of her shoulder and wrapped his hands over her as she did to him, he wiggled about like a lamed animal then sluggishly pushed himself to his feet, Sarah also getting to her feet.
Sarah forcing a smile as she watched his bright green blood trickle from the edges of his mask, he was bleeding on the inside, though Sarah soon started gagging then soon found herself coughing up her own blood.
The leader letting out another screech as he pulled the sword out of his side then looked at his own knife that was dug into his diaphragm and pulled it out. Sarah knowing the leader wasn't through with her until one of them was dead and she readied herself.
The leader leaping forward with gurgled scream. Planning on his dodging his attack thinking her reactions would be fast enough but soon found out she was too slow.
"No!" Alex screamed.
Sarah went to lift her arms but they wouldn't move, nothing did, watching as the leader and everything around her fade away, then, everything went black.
The leader firmly holding his knife with his left hand and his right cupped over the end. The blade deeply dug into Sarah's throat with the tip sticking out the back, red blood flowing down the blade and dripping onto the ground. With a quick jerk he pulled the knife out and Sarah's lifeless body tumbled to the ground like a doll.
"Oh god." Alex sobbed. "Sarah!"
The leader's arms dropping to his side and the knife slipping out of his grip, his breathing quickly turning into gurgles as he swayed from side to side then fell to his knees a few seconds later he fell forward onto the ground. Then, his gurgled breathing came to a stop, like Sarah he to was dead.
The End!