It was a cool day out side. The wind blew through Ray’s beautiful long black hair. She looked down at her watch then looked out at the lake. What a beautiful day she thought as she stared out at the lake longing for the hot days of summer. Where could tan, eat ice cream and enjoy the lazy summer days like she had done in the years before hand. She looked down the path once more and started walking down it thinking maybe her friend Lita thought she meant for them to meet further down the path when she gave her directions. But then she turned around hearing someone (who seemed out of breath) and there was Lita. Her bangs were pasted to her forehead and her ponytail was about to fall out. “What took you so long?” Ray asked. Her voice sounded annoyed but she was glad Lita was late, it gave her time to think.” Give me a break. I was in the shower when you called. So what’s up? I mean you sounded really weird on the answering machine.” Lita said no longer out of breath.” My friend I trust you more than the rest of the Sailor Scouts. Do you trust me?” Lita thought hard for a moment and said” Yes I do trust you, sometimes even with my life.”
Ray looked a little hesitant then said “ Lets walk, and I’ll tell you what I think.”
They walked around the lake several times then sat on a bench. They were both in deep thought and silence filled the park as the sun started to dip down form the sky. Then Lita broke the silence “ You really think that this is necessary. Do you think It’s the only way to tell if. …Well you know, if there is something else out their besides this town and always fighting crime?”
Ray looks at Lita longing for understanding but but sees nothing of the sort so she looks out at the lake once more as she begins to speak. “ I really don’t know. I’m just so sick of this life and this town. I mean this can’t be all there is to life, if it is then I’m afraid to face the days ahead. But that’s not the reason I wished to talk to you. I want you to go with me. Maybe it will mean a new life with an old friend. If you don’t want to go I understand. If you are happy here and I don’t want to take that away from you, but you are my best friend and I want the best for you.”
Neither of them knows what to say. For the longest time Ray has been feeling the urge to move on and she hoped that her friend would feel the same way but as she looks over at her friend she doubts that she feels the same.
Lita then looks up as tears feel her eyes and says in a quaky voice “ I have treasured our friendship. Our silly moment and our sad ones and I would never want to loose that so I will go with you. But only on a trial basis, if I miss my friends and family too much then I will have to return and be friends with you from afar.”
Ray smiles at her friend and says “ We really shouldn’t tell any body about us leaving. It will just make them sad and then make us sad so tell no one. We will leave early tomorrow. How does five a.m. sound?”
“It sounds early. I’ll meet you here tomorrow morning.”
Lita and Ray say their short goodbyes and leave knowing that this will be their last night in this town and in this life. (At least of awhile)
The next morning they meet as they told each other they would. Then they walk down past the library to the train station and buy tickets to the farthest town that the train goes to. They get on the train both anxious and sad but know that a new experience is ahead of them.
Ray says” If you seen a town you think would be nice to live in we’ll get out and look and that’s how we’ll pick our destination.”
“That works for me.” Lita says with a smile of anticipation on her face.
They pass many towns that were to neither of their liking. Then they come to a stop at a place called Cracker Villa. The view was lovely. There were willow trees by the train station and it looked as if they were spread out through out large town. Their was also a large blue lake were they thought they could see ducks swimming. This town they both agreed just seemed to glow so they decided to get off the train and take a look around.
That day they spent looking at the small stores down by the lake, feeding the ducks, and by nightfall they both agreed that this is were they would be staying.
The next couple of weeks went by fast as they found a low priced house over looking the lake. Ray found a job at a near by temple and Lita found a job as a martial arts assistant. They both seemed to be enjoying their newfound life.
But as Lita and Ray were enjoying their newfound life their old friends were in a while pool of chaos. Without the two other sailor scouts the scouts were having to run away from evil at times and barely winning when they did. Plus the enemy was getting stronger. The sailor scout finally found out were their friends lived but they were hesitant to go see them. They made it clear that they no longer wanted to be sailor scouts and probably didn’t want to see them. So they went on trying to fight crime by themselves. Then one day an enemy almost defeated them so they had to run away and accidentally dropped Lita and Rays address and the evil creature found it and decided that it should pay a visit to them. Maybe even hold them for hostage to get the sailor scouts cornered and finally killed.
Meanwhile Lita and Ray had taken the day off and were sitting at home watching movies and talking about work. Then they heard the door open. They thought that maybe it was Ki the person they rented from. They thought maybe she had come for a visit. But then this cute guy entered. They both looked up very surprised.
“Hello ladies. Ray it’s nice to see you again.” Ray looked at him and remembered seeing him at the temple this week and was trying to remember if she had given him her address.
“ Introduce me to your friend!” Lita says looking up starry eyed.
Ray looks up trying to remember his name.
“ My name is Bob. I only live a couple of blocks from here and I was walking by and I decided to stop by and tie you up and hold you hostage”.
Then “Bob” turns into a purple goo looking woman with spiked hair and bright green eyes.
“ Now if you to behave and let me tie you up I won’t kill you. It’s not you I want anyways it’s your friends the sailor scouts.”
Lita and Ray look at each other knowing what they had to do.
“ So you want the sailor scouts hu?” Lita says
“Well you have them right here!” Ray says
Then they both transform and the monster looks at them horrified.
“ You men there are more of you?” The monster says (sounding very annoyed)
“ Yes there are and you are going to get you butt kicked you purple goo girl!!” They both say.
Needless to say they defeat the monster (with a lot of trouble on the account their were only two of them)
Ray looks at Lita “ Well I guess we can’t start a new life crime free. Crime will find us were ever we go so we might as well go were we are probably needed.”
“ Back home you mean.” Lita replies.
“Yep. I think that in ways we were happier their anyways. I know that I miss the rest of the scouts.”
“ So do I. Come on lets pack and go home.”
So Ray and Lita pack and head home. Their friend yelled at them for leaving like that, but was obviously glad to have them back as friends and as scouts.
The Freakin’ end (to this short story)
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