On Angel's Wings by Dylan Rinald Dylan (c) Dylan Rinald Alethia (c) Kylen Miles Dawn (c) Dianne L. Cricket (c) Emma Brown Hunter, Colleen, Exile, Blitz, Shag, Master (c) Warner Bros. DJ (c) Jake Williams Dervish (c) Casey Johnson Penny (c) Nicole Messina Star (c) Kathrine Gore Scene: RRMC. Alethia, Hunter, Dawn, Colleen, Exile, Blitz, Shag, DJ, Dervish, Penny, Cricket and Star are seen reporting back to the Master in the Briefing Room. To say the least, almost all of them seem rather depressed. MASTER: Hunter, may I have the status on your mission? HUNTER: *straight-faced* Yes sir. The weapons were destroyed successfully, but Parvo got away again. BLITZ: And the base blew up too. CRICKET: *eyeing Blitz* Oh stuff it! MASTER: Well, then I guess everything went smoothly. Good work Rovers. HUNTER: Um, well, Master, I wish we could say that things DID go smoothly, but... MASTER: *concerned look* But? But what? HUNTER: But...well...they didn't. MASTER: Well what went wrong? Alethia hangs her head. Cricket bites her lip. The Master scratches his head, then starts to scan the room. MASTER: ...*mumbling* ...Why do I get the feeling that someone's missing? EXILE: Da... *frowns* Colleen stands up. COLLEEN: Master, it's hard to say this, but...Dylan is the one missing. MASTER: Oh...well then he should be in here. DJ, could you go find him? DJ: Sir, that's just the thing. He isn't...*swallows* here. MASTER: Why's that? He certainly should be. It's necessary for all members to report back and-. Cricket bolts up. CRICKET: *crying* HE'S DEAD!!!!! The Master is thrown off guard. MASTER: I'm sorry. I thought I heard you say he was dead. Cricket drops her head on the table, crying almost hysterically. Exile puts his hand on her shoulder, and she turns to him and hugs him. Exile returns the hug as she cries. DERVISH: *taking a deep breath* That's what she said, Master. MASTER: *turns to Hunter, amazed* Is this true? HUNTER: *sighing with a nod* Yes sir.....he's gone... MASTER: Oh my....But how did he... Dawn gets up. DAWN: Master, may I please be excused? MASTER: What for, Dawn? DAWN: There's...something I need to do... MASTER: Well, okay then. DAWN: Thank you... Dawn leaves her seat and exits the room. Alethia gets up soon after. MASTER: Alethia? Do you need to be excused too? ALETHIA: Yes sir. I...need to help Dawn with...whatever she's doing... MASTER: Fine. Go... Alethia quickly exits. MASTER: This is absolutely horrible to hear. How did this happen?! HUNTER: Well, when we... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some ways down from the Briefing Room, Dawn is seen leaning up against a wall, tears in her eyes. She sniffles as Alethia comes up to her. ALETHIA: Dawn? DAWN: *turning to Alethia* Oh...hey Alethia... ALETHIA: *biting her lip* ...Need a tissue? DAWN: No thanks... She sighs sadly. DAWN: Man, I should've done something back there! Maybe if I had just kept him from running back in the base, he'd-. ALETHIA: Dawn, it's not your fault. You didn't know what was going to happen. If anything, it's my fault. DAWN: No it isn't! ALETHIA: Yes it is. I told you I kept having these bad feelings and...*starts tearing* DAWN: But you didn't know either. You can't blame yourself. We had no control over what he did. ALETHIA: But I should've known that-. DAWN: *sniffles* Look, you weren't sure what you felt. No one can be sure about anything. That's certain. Both remain quiet for a moment. ALETHIA: *sniffle* What he did took a lot of heart... Dawn nods. DAWN: I just can't believe he's gone...*tear running down her face* Cricket's taking it pretty hard... ALETHIA: *wiping her eyes* I think she really looked up to him. She always had a lot of respect for him. DAWN: Yeah... ALETHIA: Dawn? DAWN: Yeah? ALETHIA: Have you ever---. Her sentence is broken by a loud "SHUT UP!!!!" Alethia and Dawn are jolted, and rush down the hall towards the Briefing Room, but stop a few feet away from the door to listen. DAWN: *whispering* What the... (From inside) BLITZ: I can speak freely if I want to! CRICKET: Not like that, Fluff!!! You're so mean!! BLITZ: You think I care? CRICKET: You should!! I can't believe how you can live with yourself!! You don't care at all! BLITZ: *yawning* Yeah yeah... Loud clutter is heard... EXILE: Easy Cricket. Easy!! CRICKET: I'm not through with him! BLITZ: Whatever. DERVISH: Blitz, stop being such a stinkin' jerk, would you?! We just lost Dylan and THIS is how you react?! If I didn't know better, I'd say you didn't like him. BLITZ: Well you should, Einstein. CRICKET: See? He doesn't care!! DJ: Blitz, what the heck is your problem?! What do you have against Dylan, huh? BLITZ: What's it to you? HUNTER: Plenty! Why don't you tell us just what you didn't like about him, hmm? BLITZ: He was a freak of nature. So what?! CRICKET: Freak of nature?! HE WAS NOT!!!!!! BLITZ: Was too. Keep in mind you all thought so too. DERVISH: And when was that? BLITZ: When that measly mutt first showed his sorry self in this place. Admit it. DERVISH: So maybe we were a bit uneasy and wary then. At least we've come to accept him for who he is, Blitz, not what he is. So what if he was a mutt... Does that really matter? No it doesn't. BLITZ: Yes it does. Besides, he was too nice to trust anyway. CRICKET: Well at least he had a heart, unlike you, you poor excuse for a purebred! BLITZ: HEY!! You watch it girly! I'll bite your tushie clean off!!! CRICKET: Go ahead, weird boy! Make my millenium! We heard crashing and banging...Alethia and Dawn are stunned. ALETHIA: My God! (from inside) COLLEEN: Barbara Waaaaaaaaal-ters!!!!! Blitz's scream is heard, and we see him blown back and out the door forcefully. He hands a few feet away from Dawn and Alethia. He is bruised and battered rather badly, and is so disoriented he can hardly move. Dawn and Alethia walk up to him. Dawn glares down at him and gives him a faint kick to the leg. DAWN: ...Jerk... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Later, we see Penny and Dawn talking outside Dawn's room. PENNY: You gonna be okay, Dawn? DAWN: Yeah...I hope so... PENNY: *putting her arm around Dawn* Everything will be okay...somehow... DAWN: *sighing* Things won't be the same... PENNY: There's always hope, Dawny. There's always hope. DAWN: Hope for what? PENNY: ......well... DAWN: Well I think I know what you mean, anyway. I'm gonna try and get some sleep. PENNY: *nodding* Yeah...*starting to walk away* G'night, Dawn. DAWN: Good night. Dawn goes into her room and slowly closes the door. She then weakly plops herself down on her bed. DAWN: Why.... *sigh* I just don't get it...why? She crawls under the covers and is so tired that she passes out... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VOICE: Dawn...Dawn... Dawn slowly opens her eyes. DAWN: Hmm...? Wha..? Dawn squints her eyes as she tries to look in front of her. The room has become so bright that she has trouble adjusting. VOICE: Sorry for it being so blinding in here. Not really much I could do about it. DAWN: Who...you sound so familiar... VOICE: It should sound familiar. The light dies down some, and Dawn's eyes begin to adjust. She can now see a figure before her...a familiar figure...but she cannot make out any distinct features yet. DAWN: I can't see you... VOICE: Open your mind, Dawn. Then you will see... Dawn concentrates on the figure as best she can...and she starts to see...Dawn's eyes open wide, a sudden rush racing through her body. DAWN: .....D-D-.. The figure smiles. DAWN: DYLAN!!!! Dylan nods. Dawn leaps up and hugs him tightly. Dylan returns the hug happily. DAWN: My-! You-... DYLAN: No need. I already understand. It's okay. Dawn wipes a tear from her eye and slowly sits back down, a bit shaken. DAWN: Wh-what happened? DYLAN: Don't worry, Dawn. There's nothing to worry about. DAWN: ...you look...different... Dawn takes a good look at Dylan. She notices he looks pretty much the same, but now he is wearing a white and teal headband and jersey, as well as black jeans...but what strikes her the most is that he has a pair of elegant, snow white wings...Dawn reaches out and touches one of his wings. DAWN: How... DYLAN: Oh these? *smiling* Nice, huh? DAWN: Yes but...did you....? DYLAN: *shakes head* Like I said, there's nothing to worry about. DAWN: *a bit distressed* But how can everything be fine if you're...you know... DYLAN: Oh, the "d" word? Dawn nods and tears up a little. DYLAN: Dawn, listen... He takes her hand, and Dawn looks up at him, worried. DYLAN: You have to keep hope in your heart, Dawn. You and all the others need to. You have nothing if you don't have hope. Dawn is struck by this statement. DAWN: Dylan... DYLAN: Believe what I said, Dawn. DAWN: .....I do...I mean... Dylan slowly lets go of Dawn's hand, and he starts to back away. DYLAN: Be strong, Dawn... DAWN: *panicked* Dylan! Wait! DYLAN: Everything will be fine. Believe me... The room grows brighter and brighter, and Dylan disappears in the light. DAWN: Wait!!! The light is so bright that Dawn becomes swallowed up by it... DAWN: DYLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUDDEN VOICE: Dawn! Dawn, wake up! Dawn jolts up, sweating. DAWN: Wait!! She breathes heavily... VOICE: You were having a dream, Dawn. It's okay now. Dawn looks to her left and right. Alethia and Penny are next to her. At the door are Colleen, DJ, and Dervish. Dawn runs a hand through her hair and sighs. ALETHIA: Are you okay? That must've been some dream. DAWN: *weakly* Wha? PENNY: We heard you talking in your sleep. When we came to check on you, you were tossing and turning... DAWN: ...I... DJ: You had us worried, Dawn. Are you sure you're okay? DAWN: *turning to DJ* I...think so. DERVISH: Dang, what exactly were you dreaming about? Must've been something bad if you were so uneasy. DAWN: It was weird. There was this light, and Dylan was there... COLLEEN: Dylan?? You sure about this? DAWN: *nodding* Yeah, it was him, but he was different... PENNY: Different? Like how? DAWN: *rubbing her eyes* He was...well...it was like he was an angel... DJ: An angel? DAWN: He said everything would be okay... PENNY: *sighing* Wish it was... DERVISH: *shaking head* You probably had that because of what's happened. That's my guess. DAWN: ...You're probably right...but... COLLEEN: I think it might be best to discuss this in the morning. It's too late at night to think clearly. DJ: *nodding* Rest would probably make it more understandable for all of us. Penny gets up. PENNY: Don't worry, Dawn. Dawn gives her a faint smile, then Penny leaves. Dervish walks over to Dawn and pats her on the shoulder. DERVISH: We'll all manage, Dawn. Somehow we'll pull through. Dawn nods, and Dervish leaves. DJ goes over to Dawn and gives her a light hug. Dawn tears up a little again. DJ: Everything will be okay, Dawn. I know it will. DJ gets up and looks back from the doorway for a moment, then leaves, Colleen following. Something then goes off in Dawn's mind... ALETHIA: *concerned* Dawn? DAWN: *to herself* "Everything will be.....okay..." ALETHIA: Dawn? What are you-. DAWN: *to herself* "You have to keep hope.....in your heart..." ALETHIA: Dawn, what's wrong? DAWN: *to herself* "You don't have anything if you don't have..." *turning to Alethia* "...hope..." ALETHIA: Dawn? DAWN: Alie...I just have this feeling... Alethia looks confused, but starts to see through Dawn's expression... ALETHIA: *puzzled* Dawn, could... DAWN: I don't know...but...that dream... ALETHIA: You mean... DAWN: I can't be sure, but it just might be... TO BE CONTINUED...