From:  "Mary Batista" [email protected]
Date:  Wed Jan 3, 2001 8:18pm
Subject:  An angel is lost: Chapter 5

 
Chapter Five

M

erle, I need you to tell me something. Allen's voice
resounded on the enormous room's walls. It was late in the
morning, and there were no signs of Van.

 By these moments the Fanelian troops had orders to be
alert, while many squads were sent in an exhaustive search.
Allen and Merle knew they were just wasting their time, but
both of them had different reasons. 

I need to know if that man, Yolza is somebody we can
really trust.

 Of course he is! Sir Yolza is a good man. It was him who
make the reunion of the survivors possible, when they
were obliged to escape to the mountains, even when he
was seriously wounded he took charge. He was one of
the few men who survived, and he is without a doubt, an
honorable man.

 If it is so, I need to talk to him. 

 Sir Allen What Happens? Sir Allen, I know that you may
see me just as an animal or a servant� but, Sir Allen I
can understand if you tell me what is going on, please,
trust me� There's no one in this place that cares about
Lord Van more than I do - Merle's voice was cracking on
this plea, that found its way to Allen's heart.

 That I know for sure - Allen looked at the sweet woman
Merle had grown up in, moved by the innocence, ad the
love in her words- and you're right, It�s better for you to
know. Merle - He put his hand on her shoulder, and
looking her right in the eye - Fanelia could be in danger,
It's just a possibility but� 

Merle felt weak� "Fanelia in danger, again" Allen sat her
in front of him, and continued 

Just a few weeks ago, a stranger came to Asturia,
making questions about the Ryuujins� We didn�t say
anything about what we know of Atlantis and Van, but,
you know Merle, the legend is well known around Gaea y
nowadays after the war, the rumors about Van and the
girl from the mystic moon� 

 Who was this? What was he looking for?

 We don't know. He said his name was Hess 

Hess?

 I know, It's a strange name� He is a strange man. 

I Understand. Do you think this man has anything to do
with my lord Van?

 I Hope I'm wrong. We don't want to drop a false alarm, I
just came here to talk of this with Van, to warned him
but� I didn't expect this 

 I will better go and look for Yolza� 

Merle went looking for Yolza. Her face showed her
evident preoccupation, but what only Yolza could
understand was the pain that the fear caused her. Sahu was
looking at her from a point in the second floor, until she got
to where Yolza was, and Yolza perceived that he was there.
Sahu looked to another point when he realized that Yolza
was looking at him. 

Yolza laughed to himself. He was surprised of Sahu trying to
hide something from him.

Sir Yolza, Sir Allen something very important to tell you� 

It's true, I was on my way to see him. Come with me -
Sahu wasn't there anymore when he tried to find him.
Yolza trusted him, because Sahu had been left alone, an
orphan during the war. He was a restless commoner, and
he had learned to fight just because the circumstances
were so. He needed to defend himself in loneliness. If
the circumstances had been different, he would have
been happy as a farmer, never a soldier, but he was one
now, and had to learn to act like one. 

Allen by then was thinking about Valgus. Fanelia had
been his and he had died protecting this land and his king,
Van. Valgus was master for the both� It was curious to
think how similar were their lives: Death father, sibling
disappeared, mother death after that, and the return of the
lost sibling both were in Zaibach�

Celena was safe on Paras, under the protection of
Princes Eries� Celena was a beautiful woman now, but her
case was� fragile. It wasn't usual to him to left her alone,
but he was in Fanelia and knew very well that the king didn�t
welcome her�

 If Van had forgiven Folken just when he was dead,
forgive her was even more difficult. Van knew it wasn't
Celena's fault at all, he knew that she was even a victim but
he couldn't forget that easy.

 And now that she had left Dilandu on the past� Her
condition wasn't what Allen would want: she used to wake
up at night, and trying hard not to make a sound she didn't
sleep, to avoid the nightmares; She had believed that Allen
didn't know anything of her nightmares. She was a totally
innocent child; she just wanted to please Allen and whoever
was around her� She was absolutely the contrary to what
once she had been obligated to be. 

What is that so important you want to tell me? - Yolza
interrupted Allen Schezar's divagation



She couldn't understand what was going on. Something
wasn't right, that was obvious. This feeling oppressed her
soul. It was hot, but north breeze was fresh. In other
circumstances she would be in the garden, looking up the
night and enjoying the weather, but not this night, when a
part of she was lost. 

It was like standing in a stick, with nothing to hold, waiting
to fall in any move� and there was not Van, to save her this
time. She did not care for herself, but for him� She felt
powerless and that was not something she was used to. 

"Hitomi, you have to calm down and think� If you
continue this way, you're just wasting energy" She tried to
tranquilize herself "No. It can't be about Atlantis� no. Who?
I did not write a thing about Atlantis to avoid something like
this� but" she had the note of the paper in her hands "
What does this mean why is somebody suddenly searching?
Why there and not in the Atlantic?" She couldn't find any
answers.

 She felt the necessity of going outside, so left her
bedroom and went downstairs quietly. She found nothing in
the garden, but old memories from her childhood. "It was all
so different then, when my grandma lived" she sat in the
entrance steps with her head resting on her hands " I
remember when grandma used to comfort me at night, when
I couldn't sleep." 

Hitomi, you shouldn't be afraid because� Can I tell you
a secret? 

At this memory Hitomi felt a shake, now she realized
what her grandmother really wanted to say

Can you keep a secret Hitomi? You shouldn't be afraid,
because angels exist. 

Her eyes were now fixed on the horizon; the impotence
feeling had vanished, to make place to determination and
courage� She had the feeling that destiny had a difficult
task waiting for them, but this time, she was prepared to
confront destiny. The sun was rising. She had taken a
decision.