Union-- Hello!
Aeon-- You are Union.
Union-- Yes, can I help you?
Aeon-- I want to talk to you.
Union-- Please sit down (motioning to a place next to her)..
Aeon-- I'll stand.
Union-- Well what do you want to talk to me about?
Aeon-- ... Union, you are in Danger from a group who would have you killed to gain control of the power that you currently hold.
Union-- By who?
Aeon-- By me, I suggest that you flee before I am forced to defeat you.
Union-- (Calmly)Why would you wish to hurt me, we just met...what is your name/
Aeon-- My name is Aeon of Australia. Though I am your enemy I am warning you to leave and never come back and you can live.
Union-- I can live?..I would hope so! ( faintly smiling at Aeon)
Aeon-- You know what my peers are capable of, I am considered to be the strongest of them....(he looks into Union's face and sees that she isn't disturbed by his disclosures) ..You aren't the least scared of me?
Union-- I have no reason to be, I sense you to be no threat to me.
Aeon-- Then you also sense that I am a threat to the others.
Union-- I sense your sadness and great displaced anger, which are slowly destroying you...(looking into Aeon's deep green eyes and feeling his 'emotions') You are so numb inside.....(sheds a tear) ..you feel so unloved, Hurt terribly a long time ago.
Aeon-- You can feel what I feel?
Union-- Yes! (with several tears running down her face)
Aeon-- Pity for you !! ( Turns and walks away)
(SECOND ENCOUNTER. A misty day sets onto Paris and Union has been worried about Aeon for several days, but hid the information from the others, thinking that she can resolve with him herself. Wearing a big fluffy coat and a long ankle length dress, Union walks around the "secured area" of the common and breaths the moist, cool air. Union remembers that falls in Alaska felt much like this, chilly but yet invigorating. Union inhales deeply and suddenly exhales as if someone knocked the wind out of her and a icy cold chill rushes over her body. She realizes who it is and without turning, whispers to the person who quietly stands behind her in dark grey clothing.)
Union--Hello, Aeon.
Aeon--You aren't being guarded?
Union-- This area is secure.
Aeon-- Are you feeling "secure", you look as if you found a chill?
Union--(swallows)..I'm fine, I love the cool, wet weather. It's so much like home.
Aeon-- Home?
Union-- Yes,....what is the weather like where you are from?
Aeon-- Dry. Hot and unpromising, other times a sauna shower.
Union-- Which do you prefer?
Aeon-- My preference doesn't matter, wheither a desert or tundra, makes no difference to me. They all have their tactical advantages and disadvantages.
Union-- Tactical, you talk like a soldier!
Aeon-- You know that is what I am.
Union-- I know you are a young man who is hurting inside and full of soooo much anger.....Why are you so angry?
Aeon-- I have my reasons.
Union-- You spoke before of defeating me, and told me to leave FUTURE PEACE, why?
Aeon-- You know why?
Union-- (looks over Aeon) Why do you find me a threat?
Aeon-- You are the leader of FUTURE PEACE! That is why.
Union-- If you know us any, you know that I am only a figure leader. FUTURE PEACE is strong, the members are strong and anyone can step in as a leader. Would you next remove Ezel, or Fire, they maybe the next leader?
Aeon-- We will do whatever is necessary to break FP apart!
Union-- You could pick us off one by one and we would still fight as strongly against you until the last member stands and never give in.
Aeon-- I know, you are stubborn!
Union-- As we should be!
Aeon-- Stubbornness and honor is a valued trait, yet useless to the dead.
Union-- We would live in memory and never die!
Aeon-- You will die and your memory fade.
Union-- Are you so sure that is the way it goes Aeon? (looking deep into Aeon's eyes. Another chill overcomes Union as she feels his coldness and deep sadness and anger.) Is everything so final for you?
Aeon-- Death is final for all!
Union--Are you dead? Is all human emotion void in you? Does no one love you?
Aeon--(stares over Union and breathes deeply the crisp air, his eyes tear slightly. He turns his head away from Union) I have no love and no desire for it.
Union-- You are lying! You at one time gave love and were rejected for it. Now you refuse to love again.
Aeon-- You sensed all that from me?
Union-- It is readable in the way that you talk....You try to act as if you are totally incapable of love but, I sense some capacity for it in you..... But it is all buries under soooo much anger that I can hard to find it.
Aeon-- (turns to Union quickly) You love all?
Union--I, I...don't know you very well but, I don't sense hateable things about you, simply anger and.... confusion.
Aeon--I confuse you. (looking into Union's eyes)
Union--Yes.
Aeon--Do you trust me?
Union--I have no reason not to.
Aeon-- I am the leader of the opposing team.
Union-We don't sem to be on a playing field right now.
Aeon--Yes we are Union (this is all part of the game) the stakes are high.
Union-- (swallows) I trust you.
Aeon-- Close your eyes then.
[Union closes her eyes and moments later opens them to see that Aeon is gone. Union takes a deep breath then walks back into the building.]
[LATER THAT NIGHT. Union is in her room, and she reaches into her coat pocket to retrieve a trinket and finds a note from Aeon. She glances around to be certain she is alone, then reads it.]
{Union,
Prove your trust
[Union holds the note tightly and thoughtfully reads it again before placing it back in her pocket.]
[11:00. Union meets Aeon at the common again, the thick fog conceals their identities to anyone not under five feet away. Union waits for a few moments before Aeon steps up behind her. She recognizes his soft step and turns to him.]
Aeon-- At what point do you begin to love a person?
Union-- At what ever point I feel it inside of me. It is different with different people, some people you love almost instantly while others have to grow on you!
Aeon- How unpredictable.
Union-- You approach Love like a machine, why exactly do you think it so sterile? Love in it's most strong form is mushy and unpredictable. There is no recipe for it, each time is a unique experience. Sadly, sometimes the recipe goes bad and two people will fall out of love.
[Epic who has gone out for a walk hears voices in the distant, hidden in the whip cream thick fog. He seeks out the couple, since he recognizes Union's voice. He comes near Union and Aeon quietly and listens to the conversation.]
Aeon-- Have you fallen out of love with a person ?
Union-- Well, as far as a romantic relationship goes, I haven't fallen in love yet.
Aeon-- What about Epic?
Union--I love Epic deeply, he is my best friend and, he is my brother. But he isn't my lover, I'm not in love with him.
Aeon--(turns away from Union) To bad that neither of us has experienced passionate love.( Aeon's eyes tear up)
Union-- Love's a personal thing which, comes to different people at different times in their lives.
[Epic comes a few steps closer and stumbles over a tree root. Aeon is alarmed and quickly puts up all his defenses and steps away from Union, further into the fog. Union looks toward Aeon.]
Union--(pleading)I didn't tell anyone!
Epic--Union, who are you talking to, I heard my name? What is all this talk of Love about? (walking closer to Union, not seeing Aeon)
Union-- GO AWAY EPIC! (impatient) I'll talk to you later!
[Epic turns his attention to where Union is glancing and sees the shadow of Aeon through the mist.]
Epic-- Who are you? (to figure)
[Aeon steps out of the thick, staring Epic straight in the eye with a contained anger and frown.
Aeon--(strong voice) You know who I am.
[Epic stares the tall, angry young man in the face and looks over him to make a judgement as to who he is.]
Epic-- A "Dark Soldier"? (looking into Aeon's cold eyes)
Aeon-- My name is Aeon of the Confederate States of Australia.
Epic--(challenging Aeon) Do you come to make war?
Aeon--(accepting the challenge) YES!-
Union-- NO WAIT! This doesn't have to be a confrontation. We can all part peaceably.
Aeon--(looking to Union) It is too late for Peace, it has been since the day I was born.
[Aeon flashes a look of extreme anger to Epic before darting at him and punching him. Union becomes upset.]
Union-- Why are you doing this, I thought you were-
[Aeon tosses Epic against a tree with his telekinetic powers, knocking hin unconscious. Union begins to cry and runs up to Aeon in a defensive measure. She takes a karate stance.]
Union--(angry and upset)I cannot allow you to hurt him further!
Aeon-- You can't stop me.
[With a simple gesture of his hand he sends a telekinetic blow to the back of Union's neck and head, knocking her unconscious immediately. A moment later Aeon realizes what he has done and his face softens to that of concern for Union. He bends down to her and wraps her coat more tightly around her. He lightly touches her cheek, while staring at her face.]
Aeon-- (whispers) If I love anyone, it is you, Union.
[Aeon draws closer and lifting Unions head up off the ground he softly kisses upon the lips and gently places her head back down on the pavement. He then gets up ans walks away into the mist.]
Aeon--(whispering from the fog) I appreciate your trust.
***************
(After the confrontation with Aeon, Epic is sure that he doesn't like Aeon. Union on the other hand is even more confused and, also more compelled to help Aeon. Union lies to the others that she didn't know who Aeon was before the night he attacked her and Epic. Unions whole manner changes, she becomes more quit & secretive, avoiding the others and barely performing her duties.
Several more secret encounters take place between Aeon and Union, though all very brief. Each time Aeon seems to open more and Union becomes more secretive. Union's personality changes, she becomes more and more like Aeon.]
[In a dark room, Union and Aeon whisper to each other from the dimness while sitting on the floor.]
Aeon-- Don't they know that you visit me by now?
Union-- No, why should they?
Aeon-- (shrugs his shoulders slightly and then persists) Even after my hostile actions to you and Epic, you still trust me?
Union-- Yes, I still do.
Aeon-- Why.
Union-- Because you don't speak to me with hostility.
Aeon-- But that is how I act.
Union-- That is how you learned to react when you feel threatened.
Aeon-- It is who I am.
Union-- I don't think so. You are a very complex, very faceted individual. I too am that way!
Aeon-- You are nothing like me, I am violent.
Union--You are angry.
Aeon-- Anger is destructive and I destruct.
Union-- You could learn to manage your anger and release it.
Aeon-- What would that accomplish?
Union-- It might keep you from self-destructing.
Aeon-- I don't self destruct, I destroy others.......Besides, I could demolish a thousand cement walls and a million punching bags and still have the anger for a thousand more.
Union--I could help you do whatever it takes to help you the anger that has been pent up inside of you so long. It worries me how long you have been this way.
Aeon--My anger is apart of me down to the core of my soul.
Union--(firmly) No it isn't. I want to help you release the anger you have inside you so it doesn't destroy you!
Aeon-- Then meet the beast!
[Aeon totally opens his mind and thoughts to Union who is flooded by them. Aeon's emotions and experiences overwhelm Union, sending her into seizures and convulsions on the floor. As a unexperianced, new empath Union isn't able to manage Aeon's strong emotions and losses consciousness.
Aeon closes his mind again and moments later, Union regains consciousness and finds herself alone in the dark room.]
Union continues to hide what she learned about Aeon from the others. On top of her already erratic Union becomes irritable and has problems sleeping the following weeks. She has nightmares of what things were like for Aeon as a child.
When Union had the first seizure attack, her memories were flooded with experiences Aeon had as a child, growing up with no love, no family. The memory flashes and pain cause Union to occasionally have panic attacks when she sees something or is in a situation that surfaces one of Aeon's memories.]
Enchanted by his looks and scared of his demons, Union walks into Aeon's realm and finds a young man in complete madness who attempts to envelop her into the hatred within him.
Union is a sweetly natured, caring, and non prejudiced person who believes all people are good and is very trusting of everyone. A highly gifted student, good listener and hard working peace ambassador, Union is the leader of the joint group, FUTURE PEACE. Union's blind trust however gets her into trouble as she is taken in by Aeon, of Dark Squad and thinking she can change him, she is almost suffocated by his anger and hatred.
QUAD OF N.A.E. SUMMIT CAMPUS. LATE DAY
[The meetings are over for the day and Union is sitting under a tree, reading a old leather binding of Grimm's Tales. The birds chirp in the trees and few other people are around in the large grassy Quad/Park. The other Peace Keepers are off doing various activities at the moment and Union is alone, except for a guard who stands several yards away. A young man with long curly dark blonde hair walks up a path approaching Union who is still wearing her uniform. The young man's well tanned brown skin shimmers in the sunlight and his brown coat and casual dress make him seem very common. As he approaches Union realizes that the birds have stopped chirping and are gone. As she looks up to the young man now silently standing above her she sees that the sun has somehow dimmed in his presence. She closes her book. The gaud sees the young man as no threat and doesn't react, only watches as he is unable to hear the conversation. The young man speaks in a quite , yet stern tone.]
further by meeting me
later tonight at the
same place at 11:00.}
[MENTAL HOSPITAL. Anoki and Crystal are visiting Union when she suddenly has one of her panic attacks. At the time of the panic attack, Union's mental wall is weak and Crystal now determined to find the cause of Union's illness forcibly reads Union's thoughts and is also over washed by Aeon's experiences that are in Union's mind. Crystal leaves and becomes infuriated with Union and turns to Anoki who was also sensing the emotions. Union's seizure ends.]
Crystal--(raising her voice) You went into his mind!!.....How could you be so foolish? Aeon's anger is the root of his power. His strong emotions are drowning you, crushing your spirit!
Anoki--(looking to Crys. and worried) How bad is it?
Crystal-- Union took in his negativity, it is overpowering her goodness. If she is unable to beat the darkness she'll become Aeon.
Anoki--We cannot allow that. Crystal-- Do you think we could purge her of the memories?
Anoki-- I don't think so, we can perhaps help her fight them from inside he mind, but that would be very dangerous for us.
Crystal--Then what can we do, besides wait for her to go insane.
Anoki-- I don't know.
Crystal-- Union, you have to fight it!
Union-- I can't fight the pain, it's too strong.
Crystal--You are strong Union, don't let your spirit die. Please, to many people care about you for you to destruct like this.
[Union begins to have another strong seizure and Crystal goes against protocol and goes into Union's mind]
Anoki-- I hoped I wouldn't have to do this! (following Crystal into Union's mind)
[ Now that both Anoki and Crystal are in Union's mind, they start the long fight against all the anger on the mental level. Crystal fights the fiercest to show Union that the memories aren't hers and break her out of them, Anoki also helps talk Union to reason. The three battle the memories for hours, one by one acknowledging them and removing Union from the role of Aeon in them. After breaking the reality of the memories so that they can become objective rather than subjective Union is freed from that memory. They are all cast into the darkest, most isolated region of Union's memory where they are sealed away. After all the memories are dealt with, the three teens wake from the semi-conscious state. union wakes, to a grear extent her old self with little memory of Aeon's "demons". Union breathes hard and seems confused to find herself in a hospital. Crystal wakes with a vague memory of the "demons" and Anoki like her. Crystal gasps for breath and speaks roughly to Anoki.]
Crystal-- Never, never again do I want to do that!!
Anoki--(lightheaded) Uh!.....Oh goodness, at least she has control.
Union-- There were too many people in my head.
Crystal--Too many emotions, too much anger, too many horrible memories......Don't ever try to encounter Aeon alone again, lying is so unlike you.
Anoki--You had lied about knowing him, and continued to meet him after he hurt you and Epic....I wish I knew why you did that.
Union-- I don't know why I did it myself.
Crystal-- Well, those memories aren't gone from inside your head, we would have to wash your brain to get them out. I suggest that you cope with them, don't let them hurt you again.
Union-- Well can't they fade away. Anoki-- Time will fade them, naturally, but I doubt you could ever forget them. Once you've experience something it is always in your head. If not properly dealt with it could resurface at any time in the future.
Union-- I'll be careful.....Thanks for saving my life!
[Crystal quietly looks to Union with a nervous smile]
Crystal-- We'll be her to help in anyway we can.
Anoki-- Count on it Union, we won't let you stumble again.
