Summer's nights are so beautiful. So hot, so calm… The sky was so clear in the middle of the ocean, all around we can see the stars shinning or their reflect on the water's surface.
But those beautiful nights were now intolerable because of the dramatic event that happened some weeks ago. Marron, the lovely girl of Krilin and C-18, the simple and sweet Marron, was dead. A horrible death in the chalet who caught fire during a big storm. A tragedy. A big lost. Nothing could ever repair the damages in her parents' life.
C-18 was calm, as usual, but there was now an infinite sadness in her eyes, in her moves, in her words. She hadn't cry. She never cried. She was able to control her emotions like no one, except maybe Vegeta… She hadn't really react when Bulma told her what happened to Marron by the phone. Marron, dead? Impossible. Not like that, no so young… Now, the cruel reality slowly took place in her mind…
Sometimes, C-18 couldn't sleep, like this night. So she went out of the house and slowly walked on the beach, in the water… She only wearied a large and black T-shirt, but the night was so hot… If she hadn't be so sad, she would probably be naked in the ocean… But this idea didn't came to her. Marron… She was left forever…
The ocean's wind caressed her skin, brushed her short hair. She closed her eyes and stopped moving. All was too quiet… Why didn't the storm came here? Why did the sky was so clear, why did the ocean was so calm? Why… Why did Marron was dead like that? A horrible death… In the fire… She always lived in the middle of the ocean, with the water all around. And the fire killed her. The irony of the situation made C-18 smile. A smile like only her can do, full of scorn, derision and indifference.
C-18 began to walk again. Her knees were in the water now, but she wasn't care of. Lost in her thought, she slowly turned back to the island, to KameHouse.
Krilin had a sight of relief when he saw his wife walking back to the house. During a moment, he had the fear of losing her too… C-18… His beautiful cyborg, the so special woman who didn't age as fast as him. The only reason for him to live, now that Marron was dead… Krilin closed his eyes one moment. Marron, his little daughter. Gone forever. Dead.
He opened his eyes. It was too hard to think about her, so he looked at his wife again. C-18 had turned her face to the full moon and her expression, so full of sadness and… And something that always been there and that Krilin never knew what it was… That expression wrung Krilin's heart a little bit more.
Krilin knew that he couldn't do anything for her. It was like that. She didn't need his presence beside her, his arm around her shoulders, his voice to comfort her. She was totally independent. But he loved her and was worry about her. Since Marron was dead, C-18 had lost that foolproof arrogance in her look and manners that made her so special before. Now, she seemed resigned… Even if she wasn't very close of her daughter, C-18 loved her, more than what she showed. A little bit like Vegeta… But it was different of the Saiyan. C-18 didn't cried or scream or anything. She just looked more indifferent about everything, totally unworldly in fact.
Krilin sighted again and went back to their bedroom, knowing that he could do nothing for her and that seeing her like that was driving him just sadder.
C-18 contemplated the moon during a long moment. She couldn't have other child now. Physically yes, because she didn't age as fast as a normal woman, but she didn't want another man than Krilin and he was just too old for that now… She had a little smile, but not of derision. Of tender and love. Krilin… The little bald man without nose that felt in love with her, when she was supposed to kill every Earthling on the planet and destroy everything… He was so tired, so old, so sad now… He would die soon. The death of his beloved daughter was ruining his health…
C-18 walked into the house, to her bedroom. She saw Krilin on their bed. He was sitting and sadly smiled to her.
- I can't sleep too, he said.
She sat in front of him, without a word.
- I missed her so much, whispered Krilin, taking her hand. She was…
- Shut up, please. You should sleep, you're very tired.
- I know. You too, you should.
She looked into his eyes, laid him down, put a blanket on him and then laid beside him.
- Now, sleep, she said.
He smiled and passed a hand on her check. Then he closed he eyes and felt asleep. C-18 looked at him, thoughtful. Something wasn't right in the air… She frowned and saw the little smile on Krilin's lips.
- Krilin…
She touched in shoulder and sighted. She could be quiet for this night. He wouldn't die so soon. With a sadly maternal look, she passed a hand into his hair. Some years ago, they were black and thick. Now, almost all grey and began to be rare… He was an old man now…
- Damn! Stupid thing to think about, stupid old girl! whispered C-18 to herself, turning on the other side and closing her eyes.
But she knew that whatever she could say or do, she would love that little man forever and that she missed their daughter very much. The pain of seeing Krilin so sad was worst that the pain of no seeing Marron anymore. C-18 knew that and accepted that, but she would never admitted that to anyone else, even Krilin…
End
Yet another fan work by Valerie.
