The Hunter

[Sanguine Frozen Boy]

"No! I won't believe it! It's not true!" Samantha fell to her knees and let the data pad fall down to the deck."You're a liar! I hate you!" She could feel tears slipping from her eyes and dropping down to the floor, she looked up feeling a large mixture of emotions. "I don't want to see you anymore! Make him go away father!" Samantha gripped her hands tightly together and watched as her father looked forward toward the confused looking boy.

"What the hell are you talking about?" The boy asked as he looked forward toward the man.

"I want you gone! Leave me and my father in peace!" She watched as he pulled his arm back and readied the fatal move that had killed the previous oppressors. The boy didn't appear ready, but when he lunged at him, the boy stopped his hand just inches above his stomach.

"What the hell are you doing? I'm your half brother for gods sake!" The boy forced her father's hand down and quickly dodged around behind him, his arms quickly wrapping up around his shoulders trying to restrain him. The boys eyes quickly lit up bright yellow as he pressed his hands behing her father's head. The boy struggled to hold his grip but soon his hands slid down her father's face and a moment later her father was out of the restraint and standing a short distance away. The boy gritted his teeth and stood bent slightly over in what appeared to be a semi sort of stance he had either been taught or learned. Her father didn't wait for more than a second before testing it with an attempt on his jaw. The shot was quickly stopped with both hands, one not being enough to resist the sheer force which left him quite open for the hard knee to his stomach. The boy released her father's fist to hold his stomach and could only watch as another shot to the face sent him tumbling back into the small cabin.

Samantha could hear coughing for a moment before the boy reappeared at the doorway."That's it! No one hits my face!" His eyes started to glow a similiar color to her father's, much lighter however. The boy wiped his lower lip of blood and walked carefully toward her father who stood waiting. The boy leaned back slightly to get a bit of momentum for a punch, but he never got it off. Her father was far too quick and before he could even attempt to punch, he had grabbed that very hand and pulled it hard enough to send the boy overboard. Samantha smiled and noted she was nervously gripping her hands together.

"Thank you so much father." Her father turned around to face her and the moment he did the boy jumped up onto his back and began to choke him. "Father no!" Samantha felt her throat tighten up and almost felt as though she could not breathe as well. Her father obviously wasn't happy about this and broke the hold easily, flipping the boy over his shoulder and laying him flat out on the deck. Her father didn't stop there however, while the boy was still dazed he quickly grabbed his right arm and twisted it until it was backwards before kicking it hard enough for it to pop out of the joint and cause the boy to cry out in pain. He rolled over on his side and whined lightly his ears going limp as well."You could have just left us alone, now you're going to die." Her father lifted him up onto his feet and gripped his shirt in the front. He leaned back preparing to kill the boy with the same method again.

"All I wanted to do, was save you and now, I have to hurt you." In the blink of an eye, the boy slipped out of his shirt and gripped the floor, his feet connecting with her father's helmet, sending him flying toward Samantha. She didn't have time to move as she watched her father's white hair spill out and could see a reflection of herself in his eyes. The impact of her father's body knocked her out cold.

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Samantha felt as thought she was half asleep and everything around her looked blue and distorted. The halls were long and familiar like the cruiser she had been in before but something about this one seemed far more familiar. She looked around her as she was carried by someone who she couldn't see completely. The hallways appeared as though they had been burned badly and on the floor near the doorway they were about to enter she spotted a familiar shape. It was unrecognizeable since it had been toasted to a crisp, but somehow she knew it was her old teddy bear. Samantha felt her vision return completely and she noticed that they were on a slight slant, the light she felt on her face was coming from the ship itself where a few people must have restored some of it so that it might be viewable by others.

She started to feel the pain of her throbbing chin and tasted a bit of her own blood which dripped from her mouth and landed on the boy from earlier's arm. She was shocked to see the color of her blood was a light blueish with small bits of purple in it that were gradually turning red. She looked away from it and up at the boy who's eyes had stopped glowing and his face looked just fine as well as his arm which was being used to carry her. The boy noticed she was scared of him and quickly began to speak.

"Hey, just relax ok, you're fine, I didn't hit you too hard." He continued to carry her onto the deck of the ship where he let her down.

"Where's my father? You killed him didn't you!" Samantha backed away from him, very frightened.

"Hey look, I think I finally understand what's going on here. Took me a moment, but when I kicked you back there and saw the blood I realized exactly what is wrong with you." The boy walked over to the charred command console and knelt down next to it. He cracked it open and pulled out a moderately sized box made from the material that recorded what happened when a ship went down.

"No, STOP! No more of your lies!" Samantha hissed at him and backed up toward the main viewport.

"Thank goodness they replaced the viewscreen." The boy let the box down on the ground, it's obvious weight registering with a thud. The boy began to play with wires until suddenly the viewport came on. Samantha was startled and backed away from it before staring at it. "I guess you won't believe text so lets hope video will work."

On the screen she watched as her father appeared before her with a reflection of the bridge in it. The place was lit by red lights and the sound took a good moment to stop. She watched as her stood for a good solid second and than began to speak. Samantha did not hear her father's voice however.

"Samantha, I know one day you'll grow up and become a great captain. I know one day you'll have the eyes of the hunter and you'll want to go out and destroy everything that causes you pain. Soldiers are not weak though Samantha and you should consider your options before you take this route." Samantha could hear a woman's voice coming from the speakers and she did not see the same shakiness in their left arm as they brought it up to remove the helmet. It only took a moment for the helmet to come off and reveal the face of her mother. Short magenta colored hair with thin eyebrows, a smooth beautifull face with yellow eyes.

Samantha could not believe her eyes and could feel her memories flushing back into her head like a thousand knives, it was a brief moment of pain, one that she beared before she looked up again at her mother."Mother...."

The woman did not respond, instead she continued to speak."I hope your father finds you before they do and i'm very sorry that I did not eject as well." The woman looked as though she had just heard her whole family had died. "I'm so sorry Samantha. I couldn't let those bastards get ahold of me or you. I never knew you'd carry my ill blood, but someone will tell you how to rid yourself of it i'm sure of it. Samantha, I love you so much, that i'm going to die for your safety." The woman began to cry, but she didn't whine, she kept her eyes straight forward. A small announcement stated they were entering the atmosphere sounded and the woman put her hand over her face. She could not contain her feelings anymore and began to weep. "Don't let them take you. Don't let anyone who knows your full name touch you, unless they know your last name, little ms Itana. I'll take your father's name to my grave even if it was an accident." The screen shook slightly but the woman stood firm even as a small object flew across the room and landed at the doorway of the bridge. It appeared as thought the woman was saying something else, but it was cut off for a moment. "....and you must get rid of your blood. Goodbye Samantha. I love you sweetheart." The woman pressed a button and the image dissapeared.

Samantha didn't stop staring at the image even when it was gone. She couldn't think straight and she felt light headed. She staggered a few steps back and collided with the boy who looked down at her.

"Everything will be ok Samantha Grey Itana. Only half my blood but I still love you." He lifted her up into his arms as she felt herself burst out in tears, crying like she had never done before. Her teeth sank deep into the boy's shoulder, unable to find any other place for her feelings. She felt her thoughts racing as she recalled everything that had happened, feeling so terrible remembering how she had tried to kill the boy on the ship. How she had tried to kill the bounty hunter, how she had grabbed his girlfriend's arm after she had grabbed hers. Samantha couldn't stop the memories, remembering her escape from the pirate station, her own hand having been placed through him. She remembered when she believed her father had left when she had ditched the ship to lose the pirate tail. She remembered commanding the cruiser herself without her father and speaking directly to Angel Eyes. She remembered the fake punishment she had given herself and she remembered dumping her own ice cream cone. She remembered being trapped in the station for the longest time, the torture they had incured on her. She remembered them thawing her out of the life pod and cutting her arm for the fun of watching her bleed the odd colored blood. She watched as years of drifting through space flew past her eyes, all the way back to the day her mother had ejected her into space and the warning she gave of what the pod contained.

She felt her tears finnally stop and she released the boy's shoulder and felt his nose nuzzle her cheek. "lets go home ok? I'm pretty sure that they won't find you where we're going and I know a doctor who gives blood transfusions. He did mine after all." Samantha felt weak and could barely hold onto the boy. She watched as they left the ship and she spotted the writing on the side of the ship. She couldn't quite read the beggining, but the rest was legible. "Cool The Legend....Wonder why my mother would choose a ship name like that...."

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