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laurus_nobilis) wrote2005-06-08 12:10 pm
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Foresight [Card Captor Sakura; English]
Title: Foresight
Rating: PG
Genre: Sci-fi, AU
Characters: Touya, Clow, Yue, Cerberus
Warnings: Character death
Summary: The whole planet depends on one person's gift to avoid a war.
Notes: Written for Tsukimine Shrine's "Prologue" challenge.
Foresight
Touya walked down the corridor with a certain apprehension. He couldn’t ignore the feeling that something was wrong.
He had never come this far into the high-security wing before. Nobody he knew had. Yet he had received this call… Why he was wanted here, he didn’t know. He had no instructions except to come. He had thought it impossible, but whoever had called him promised there would be no obstacles. You will be allowed, was all the voice had said. It sounded human, but Touya could tell it was an android speaking.
That made him more nervous. That air of mystery could only mean one thing: against the rules. But it didn’t make sense. Even the Seer had to follow the Council’s orders… didn’t he?
The Seer. Touya didn’t know much about him. The veil of secret around him had turned him into a living legend. People told the wildest stories about him. And he was going to meet him now, though he couldn’t imagine why. It was rare for anyone to enter the Seer’s quarters, let alone a young pilot.
Definitely against the rules.
But, so far, he was being allowed to go on. He hadn’t seen anyone in the corridor; and when he reached the last door, only a computer awaited him.
This was it, the moment that would define if he’d find success or arrest. Touya wasn’t too worried; he had faced worse things than arrest, after all. But he’d certainly have a hard time trying to explain how on earth he’d gotten so far.
Still, he had to try. With an annoyed sigh, he placed his right hand on the computer’s screen.
“Captain Kinomoto Touya,” he announced.
Against everything he had expected, the metallic door slid open.
Touya found himself in a circular room with screens all around the walls. The constant movement of faces and battleships on them nearly made him dizzy, and he was grateful that no sounds were coming from them at the time. However, his eyes immediately focused on the center of the room. There, sitting on a luxurious armchair, was the Seer himself.
He was nothing like Touya had imagined; just a dark-haired, bespectacled man with a tired smile. Yet Touya could feel the wave of power coming from him… and from the two androids beside him.
So those were real, at least. He had heard stories about them: a winged lion, an angel-like being. It was rumoured that the Seer treated them as real people, his only companions in his confinement. Touya couldn’t blame him. If he hadn’t known better, he would have sworn that the beautiful creatures weren’t artificial- they looked alive. They were silent, but kept their eyes on him, making it clear that he was not to harm their Master.
“I was expecting you, Captain,” the Seer said quietly.
“You wished to see me, sir?” Touya asked, realizing too late that he hadn’t been told how to address him.
“Do you know what I do?”
“I know what they say, sir,” he answered. “That your foresight helps us win the battles before the enemy comes too close to the planet. That you are the one who prevents the real war from starting.”
“That is true,” the Seer said with an empty look. “But to achieve that, I have to see everything. All the time.”
He waved his hand at the screens around him before he turned to Touya again.
“I’m afraid I have been weak, however,” he said, a sad smile twisting his lips. “I have grown fond of you, Captain.”
Touya’s only answer was a startled look. He certainly wasn’t expecting that.
“There will be battle today,” the Seer whispered, absently petting his lion-android. Touya could barely hold back a snort. There had always been battle, ever since he could remember.
The Seer looked at him in the eye. “I have something for you.”
Touya approached him; now he could see the earpiece the man was wearing. It was true, then, that he was constantly connected to the members of the Council. That couldn’t be nice. The Seer placed a minute earpiece on Touya’s hand.
“I want you to do exactly as I tell you.”
* * *
“You have never been wrong, Clow,” he heard Yue’s voice beside him. “It won’t change.”
“I had to try.”
“The Council won’t like it,” said Kerberos. “And he won’t listen. Such a stubborn- ”
“Kerberos, please.”
“He is stubborn. That’s why you like him.”
“He must listen. His life is not the only one at stake.”
Yue looked at him with knowing eyes. “But it’s him who worries you.”
Clow couldn’t deny that. He had been watching everyone for so long that he didn’t try to keep track of time anymore. They were nameless faces to him; but Captain Kinomoto –no, Touya- was different. He was the son he would’ve wished for, had he been allowed to live his own life.
And he was going into battle, exactly- now.
The first explosion passed. Clow set the screens to show Touya’s battleship.
“Can you hear me, Captain?”
“Yes, sir.”
“I need you to protect the Shield.”
Touya seemed to doubt; others were there already. But he did as he was told. It worked for a while; though their losses were great, the Shield remained safe. That was Clow’s priority.
It wasn’t Touya’s, however.
“They’re destroying us!” he snapped. “I can’t stay here!”
“You have to.”
He didn’t listen. His ship left the Shield to join the others.
“No!” Clow shouted, overwhelmed with emotion for the first time in decades. “Don’t- ”
Another explosion; Touya’s death and the loss of the Shield were simultaneous. Then came the visions- enemies on the planet, fire and screams… death…
Clow came to his senses to find Yue supporting him, Kerberos pushing him to his chair, and the Council yelling in his head. Furious and terrified, they demanded explanations.
Struggling for breath, he barely managed to whisper the one word that answered their questions.
“War…”
Rating: PG
Genre: Sci-fi, AU
Characters: Touya, Clow, Yue, Cerberus
Warnings: Character death
Summary: The whole planet depends on one person's gift to avoid a war.
Notes: Written for Tsukimine Shrine's "Prologue" challenge.
Foresight
Touya walked down the corridor with a certain apprehension. He couldn’t ignore the feeling that something was wrong.
He had never come this far into the high-security wing before. Nobody he knew had. Yet he had received this call… Why he was wanted here, he didn’t know. He had no instructions except to come. He had thought it impossible, but whoever had called him promised there would be no obstacles. You will be allowed, was all the voice had said. It sounded human, but Touya could tell it was an android speaking.
That made him more nervous. That air of mystery could only mean one thing: against the rules. But it didn’t make sense. Even the Seer had to follow the Council’s orders… didn’t he?
The Seer. Touya didn’t know much about him. The veil of secret around him had turned him into a living legend. People told the wildest stories about him. And he was going to meet him now, though he couldn’t imagine why. It was rare for anyone to enter the Seer’s quarters, let alone a young pilot.
Definitely against the rules.
But, so far, he was being allowed to go on. He hadn’t seen anyone in the corridor; and when he reached the last door, only a computer awaited him.
This was it, the moment that would define if he’d find success or arrest. Touya wasn’t too worried; he had faced worse things than arrest, after all. But he’d certainly have a hard time trying to explain how on earth he’d gotten so far.
Still, he had to try. With an annoyed sigh, he placed his right hand on the computer’s screen.
“Captain Kinomoto Touya,” he announced.
Against everything he had expected, the metallic door slid open.
Touya found himself in a circular room with screens all around the walls. The constant movement of faces and battleships on them nearly made him dizzy, and he was grateful that no sounds were coming from them at the time. However, his eyes immediately focused on the center of the room. There, sitting on a luxurious armchair, was the Seer himself.
He was nothing like Touya had imagined; just a dark-haired, bespectacled man with a tired smile. Yet Touya could feel the wave of power coming from him… and from the two androids beside him.
So those were real, at least. He had heard stories about them: a winged lion, an angel-like being. It was rumoured that the Seer treated them as real people, his only companions in his confinement. Touya couldn’t blame him. If he hadn’t known better, he would have sworn that the beautiful creatures weren’t artificial- they looked alive. They were silent, but kept their eyes on him, making it clear that he was not to harm their Master.
“I was expecting you, Captain,” the Seer said quietly.
“You wished to see me, sir?” Touya asked, realizing too late that he hadn’t been told how to address him.
“Do you know what I do?”
“I know what they say, sir,” he answered. “That your foresight helps us win the battles before the enemy comes too close to the planet. That you are the one who prevents the real war from starting.”
“That is true,” the Seer said with an empty look. “But to achieve that, I have to see everything. All the time.”
He waved his hand at the screens around him before he turned to Touya again.
“I’m afraid I have been weak, however,” he said, a sad smile twisting his lips. “I have grown fond of you, Captain.”
Touya’s only answer was a startled look. He certainly wasn’t expecting that.
“There will be battle today,” the Seer whispered, absently petting his lion-android. Touya could barely hold back a snort. There had always been battle, ever since he could remember.
The Seer looked at him in the eye. “I have something for you.”
Touya approached him; now he could see the earpiece the man was wearing. It was true, then, that he was constantly connected to the members of the Council. That couldn’t be nice. The Seer placed a minute earpiece on Touya’s hand.
“I want you to do exactly as I tell you.”
“You have never been wrong, Clow,” he heard Yue’s voice beside him. “It won’t change.”
“I had to try.”
“The Council won’t like it,” said Kerberos. “And he won’t listen. Such a stubborn- ”
“Kerberos, please.”
“He is stubborn. That’s why you like him.”
“He must listen. His life is not the only one at stake.”
Yue looked at him with knowing eyes. “But it’s him who worries you.”
Clow couldn’t deny that. He had been watching everyone for so long that he didn’t try to keep track of time anymore. They were nameless faces to him; but Captain Kinomoto –no, Touya- was different. He was the son he would’ve wished for, had he been allowed to live his own life.
And he was going into battle, exactly- now.
The first explosion passed. Clow set the screens to show Touya’s battleship.
“Can you hear me, Captain?”
“Yes, sir.”
“I need you to protect the Shield.”
Touya seemed to doubt; others were there already. But he did as he was told. It worked for a while; though their losses were great, the Shield remained safe. That was Clow’s priority.
It wasn’t Touya’s, however.
“They’re destroying us!” he snapped. “I can’t stay here!”
“You have to.”
He didn’t listen. His ship left the Shield to join the others.
“No!” Clow shouted, overwhelmed with emotion for the first time in decades. “Don’t- ”
Another explosion; Touya’s death and the loss of the Shield were simultaneous. Then came the visions- enemies on the planet, fire and screams… death…
Clow came to his senses to find Yue supporting him, Kerberos pushing him to his chair, and the Council yelling in his head. Furious and terrified, they demanded explanations.
Struggling for breath, he barely managed to whisper the one word that answered their questions.
“War…”