Twilight Thoughts

[Jeremy Hunter]

A picture, drawn during the early days. It was one of Izzy's most precious possessions, one of her only links to Jeremy. It was only a sketch done by Rika back at Destiny. The outline in rainbow, because she was bored. Purposely drawing them younger. A few tears dripped onto the heavy paper and soaked in. Izzy lightly dabbed them, avoiding smudging the lines. She set it aside and picked up her PDA. Another twilight hour.

Entry Two: Hunting

Barely a day has passed, and still I must let it out. My head is so cluttered, I can barely think straight. Why is it too much to ask...for the ones I love?



It all started with a man named Nathanial Valentine. He was an Order agent like any other. The proud commander of a gunship, he flew with pride...until that day.
Valentine was neither the first, nor the last, human to become indoctrinated. His mind, filled with the lies of the Nomads, promises and false testimony of light and misunderstanding. He lured Jeremy and others to the Dyson Sphere, attempting to trap them. Victory would have been his, had not a Recon Cruiser been caught in the act, one equipped with a Jump Drive. After that, Jeremy took his Sekhmet and hunted Valentine down. From what Aqua told me, they met in battle at the Iota Jump Hole. Jeremy was outgunned by the gunship, and he ejected Aqua as Valentine dragged him into the Nomad Capital. The trail ended there, and we thought him dead. Alone, cut off from us, there was no way he could have survived. But he did. Somehow, against the odds, he escaped.

He was gone for some time after that. I heard rumors of the "Ghost of Black Icarus", a moniker that was flamboyant and would draw attention. It was all part of the idea. It was so flamboyant, and, well, idiotic, that it gained barely any attention. It worked for a bit, but everything went wrong when the Neo-Terran Front expelled them from Kansas. This was after it happened.

Nathanial Valentine, feeling the pressure the Oracion, and Knight as Jeremy was calling himself, was putting on him, he attempted something. He attempted to murder Rika.
Oracion, using it's Blitz Armor to avoid detection, dropped Jeremy onto Manhattan. It was our doing, the supplies to the Oracion; Morgenroete's support of Knight and the small crew of the Resheph was simple: Stop Valentine.

Nathanial Valentine committed murder. Multiple times. He showed no remorse as he attempted to flush Jeremy out, and finally succeeded. Valentine had targeted someone who was the reason Jeremy fought; his driving force.
Nathanial Valentine went after Rika Hunter.

Me and Ellie were off planet, but we sped back as fast as we could. But we were too late. Jeremy had taken his twin Katanas and other technology from the Oracion and fought Valentine. But even with the tech and telekinesis, Jeremy fell. Ten stories, straight down. He had taken the blade meant for Rika. He nearly died, for Rika. We two managed to get his body away and signaled Seth...otherwise known, as Paladin. We thought he had died, we swore he had died. Everyone thought he had died. But he didn't. Rage, adrenaline, love...you can survive almost anything with those. If not for his telekinesis, his will...he would not have survived. As it went, he almost died again.

Valentine disappeared after that. He was gone from Sirius for so long, we thought the nightmare was over. But I received one last thing from Jeremy before all signals coming from Minor were lost.

The image of Nathanial Valentine, in his bomber. Then the bomber wobbling, then spiraling out of control, smashing into a Bullhead. The ship rocked, momentarily blinded, leaving it open for a full broadside from the Oathkeeper. That was the last I heard from him. He was gone forever.

Rika came back weeks later, shaken and devoid of tears. She refused to talk about anything, refused to even say a word regarding what had happened. We couldn't push it, especially not Alexis. Something spooked the girl, while she was on her trip.

I lost him again. This time...forever....


Why is fate so cruel...take him away once, then return him...but why must you take him away again? I want him back...

Why can't I, at the very least, keep Ash? Why can't fate just let me love someone again, someone who doesn't disappear on me?

Why?

Entry Two. closed.

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May you ever walk in the Light, Shizune.