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Date Posted: 18:07:04 04/20/03 Sun
Author: Amanda Vegita-Williams Hashiba Curtindolph
Subject: Chapter Seventeen: ‘Nightmares: Premonitions, Or Just Bad Dreams?’ (First Person, Amanda)

Chapter Seventeen: ‘Nightmares: Premonitions, Or Just Bad Dreams?’ (First Person, Amanda)

“J.T.’s in France with Star, aino-chan.” Daniel raised an eyebrow at me. I tapped my right temple. “Connected, ’member? I’m not sure, but I’m beginning to think I’m the only one who’s thrilled about all this. Tay’s all panicked about being related to Ayeka, not to mention she doesn’t wanna be connected to Joe for some strange reason.” I jumped up into the branches of one of the pines; Daniel followed. “I love it. I’m an expert swordswoman, I’m fluent in both Japanese and Sayigo, I’m a reincarnated Sayin, I don’t have to color my hair anymore, it’s now five feet, four inches long, and now I don’t have to take any flack from anybody. But best of all,” I reached out and took his hand. “I finally have you. This is the best day of my life.” Then my cell broke the atmosphere. I answered it.

“Amanda! Where are you?!”

“I’m over at Tay’s house. I’m gonna spend the night,” I lied, silently thanking myself for becoming a pathological liar. “I’ll be there in a few minutes to pick up my clothes. Bye.” I hung up before she could say anymore. “Tay! Call your parents and tell them you’re spendin’ the night at my place!” I tossed my phone at Tayliana. “Maybe you’re luckier. At least they care. Mine just see me as a tax deduction. Just as well, I suppose.”

“I’m stuck here. Where am I supposed to stay?” I sighed.

“I’d suggest my place, but my parents would have a fit. How much money did you bring with you?”

“A hundred. Why?”

“Good. You can pay for a motel room with me.” Daniel almost fell out of the tree. “With two beds, of course.” Daniel regained his grip on the branch.

“I hope so! I don’t want Junior making worse comments about us.”

“I know.” I jumped down off the tree and said “Folks, I hope you brought money with you. Everyone’s staying in a motel tonight. Tay will lead you to the nearest Motel Six. No,” I focus my gaze on Junior, “Not ‘Motel Sex’. This is not a crappy porn, thank Kami-sama. I’ll meet ya’ll there.” I turned and walked towards my car. I went home, picked up the bag I had packed in case I ever had to run away to Daniel, then grabbed my second wallet with the 250 dollars in it, then ran out, jumped back in, then made my way to the motel. Tayliana told me what room Daniel had, then went home to get her stuff. I knocked at the door.

“Mandi-chan?”

“Yeah, it’s me.”

“Come on in.” I entered to see that he had already selected his bed, judging from the fact he was sprawled out on the bed nearest the door. “Hey.”

“Hi.” I gestured to the bathroom. “You don’t mind if I go and change into my PJs, do ya?”

“Nope. Go ahead.” I walked in and changed into my longest purple gown and a pair of black pants. I debated whether or not to pull back my hair since it was so long. I chose not to, then walked back out. “Don’t trust me?”

“Hey, you might respect me and my choice to remain a virgin until marriage, but you’re still a man, and you do have a sex drive, now especially that you’re an incubus. No sense in testing your limits, ne?”

“You plan for everything, don’t you?”

“I was a Girl Scout once. Sure I only made it to second year Juniors, but I learned enough.” I climbed into my bed. “My back is going to kill me in the morning. Oyasumi nasai, Iggy-chan. Ai shiteru.”

“You’re going to bed now?” I chuckled.

“It’s almost ten fifteen, dear. You’re still running on Chicago time. Besides, it’s been a long day. You know as well as I do that magic takes a lot outta ya.”

“Don’t I get a good-night kiss?” I rolled over to face him.

“Ya sure that’s safe? An unsupervised kiss can turn into more between a nymphomaniac and an incubus.”

“I’ll try to control myself.” I grinned, then got out of my bed to sit down on his.

“’Kay. But,” I held up a finger. “Just one, understand?”

“Understood.” He took my chin in his hand and lowered his lips onto mine. After a minute, he released me. “Ai shiteru, Mandi-chan.”

“Ai shiteru, Dan-chan.” I walked back over to my bed, laid down, and fell asleep.

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There was some kind of monster in front of us. I didn’t know what it was or what it looked like, but I did know it was here to kill us. Joe had already fallen, as had REBB and Tayliana. J.T., Star, Red, myself and Daniel were the last of the first wave still conscious. We knew Joe was dead for sure, when he had tried to save Tayliana he had taken a ki blast to his right lung. REBB was, at the least, unconscious, we weren’t sure. Tayliana was still bleeding, so I knew she was still alive. She was gouged in the abdomen by the same blast that had taken Joe. J.T. was in command of the offensive, while I was forced to command defensive.

“I’m telling you I can handle offense just fine! I’m not an invalid!” I screamed at J.T. while ducking a blast.

“No, you’re not,” he agreed, allowing something nearby to explode. “You’re just six months pregnant, is all.”

“So?! That... thing has nearly killed my best friend and has killed her husband! I deserve my revenge! Tay and Joe are part of my family! I love both of them!”

“Mandi-chan, J.T.’s right. You’re not an invalid, but you can’t endanger Alexandriana.”

“For all you know, I might be carrying Alexander Daniel Jr! And do you think that just because you’re my mate that you can boss me around?!”

“No, but...”

“Then let me fight! I don’t want to lose anymore of my family!”

“It’s fine with me, so long as you go with her, Alex,” said J.T., shielding Star.

“I don’t know...”

“You would deny your wife something? Sounds like the mark of a bad husband to me.”

“Okay. I’ll go with you.” He took my hand and helped me out of the trench. “Just promise me you won’t take crazy risks, okay?”

“I’m a Daltonian. To stay alive I had to take crazy risks. But,” I said when he frowned, “I promise to try.” I lifted up Golden Sun and my wand. “Now let’s kick some ass!” He and I ran off into the fray.

“Ah, the mother comes against me. Very well.”

“Die, you damn bastard!” I screamed. Then Daniel and I ran at whatever it was. For awhile, it seemed our spells a physical blows were having an effect. Then the creature lifted a hand and... blew a hole through Daniel! He fell to the ground, a gaping hole in his chest.

“Mandi-chan...”

“Daniel!” I knelled on the ground next to him, and took a hand. “Don’t you dare die on me! We’ve only been married for seven months! It’s too soon!” His eyes started to close. “Alexander Daniel Curtindolph, Sr.! Don’t close those eyes!”

“We’ll... find... e-each... other... in... th-the... next... life... Mandi... chan...” He gasped out. “Ai... shiteru...”

“No... no...” He can’t be... dead. I felt for his pulse. It was gone. “NO!” I turned towards the being. “Kill me,” I requested.

“As you wish.” There was a flash of light, then...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I woke up screaming. “Oh Kami, Daniel!” I leaped out of my bed and ran over to his. “Daniel! Daniel!” I screamed as I shook him awake.

“What? Amanda, it’s two AM.”

“I had a nightmare. Can I stay with you? I’ll feel safer.”

“Climb in.”

“Thank you.” I curled up as close as I could to him. It was a nightmare. It was just a nightmare... wasn’t it?

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A/N: I request that Iggy write the next chapter.

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