Pit 12

Slowly, light begins to enters Naomi's eyes as she blinks after it goes dark for a moment. As her eyes adjusts, she hears the the stomping of footsteps coming closer to her. When she is finally able to see clearly, she sees Kaylee standing over her with her mom and brother, starring at her as if she had just come back to life.

"Why are you all standing over me?" Naomi asks.

Within an instant, her mom is crying, Kaylee is hugging her like crazy, and her brother? Well, let's just say that he was more worried about getting to the next level of his nintendo game than her.

"Will you let go of me?! I can't breath!" Naomi snaps as Kaylee holds her tight.

Kaylee does as asked and lets her go, allowing Naomi to gasp in air.

"Oh Honey, I was so worried about you. When I got the call from Mr. Stevens that you had been rushed to the hospital, I couldn't believe it." her mom says as tears still fall from her cheeks.

Naomi's eyes widen in surprise.

"Hospital?" Naomi says as she looks around, just now noticing that she's in a hospital, an IV stabbed into her left arm.

"You mean you don't remember?" Kaylee asks.

Naomi shakes her head.

"Well, as you were being introduced to your new team-mate, you two keeled over and wouldn't wake up. After about 10 minutes, Penny called 911 an for the past day or two, you've been out." Kaylee explains.

"Is Alonsa alright?" Naomi asks, unusally worried about her.

Kaylee nods.

"She woke up about 20 minutes ago, she's been escorted downstairs to get something to eat." her mom says as she points to the door.

Naomi thinks of all that has happened to her over the past two days. Was she really in ancient Egypt? Did she really meet Calankaiana? Or did she just dream it all. Though, the thought of Calankaiana brought a dull pain to her chest, thinking of how she was so brutally murdered. Suddenly, her hand raises to clutch something around her neck. Her eyes widen as she looks down to see the pendant Heru had given Calankaiana around her neck. Except now, it's slightly different. Now, the middle crystal petal is tinted red unlike how it was clear before.

"Where did you get that?" Kaylee asks as she notices the necklace around Naomi's neck.

"You mean you didn't give it to me?" Naomi asks, surprised.

Kaylee shakes her head, as well as her mom.

Naomi turns her attention back to the pendant, then turns and pulls off her covers.

"What are you doing?" her mom asks Naomi turns to have her legs hanging off the right side of the bed.

"What does it look like? I'm getting out of this bed, then going downstairs to get something to eat." Naomi says as she jumps off the bed, her bare feet landing on the cool tiled floor.

"Don't you think you should wait for the doctor?" her mom asks as Naomi walks around the end of the bed to grab the IV pole and push it towards the door.

"Nope, see ya." Naomi says as she walks out of the room turning out to the hallway.

"Naomi! Come back!" her mom calls, only to be answered by the sound of the opening elevator door.

Naomi watches as her mom and Kaylee run out of her room after her, just to be met by the closing door.

She sighs as it begins to lower, glad that they didn't get to the elevator soon enough to drag her back to the room. She then turns her focus back on her necklace, that last she knew, was around Alonsa's neck in this time. Did this mean that what happened, was real?

When the door opens to the main floor, Naomi exits quickly and turns down the hall leaing to the cafeteria, the same one she has volunteered in before. As she walks quickly into the cafeteria, she instantly spots Alonsa's long, curly, blonde hair sitting with her back to her, eating. Naomi wastes no time walking over to her and putting her mouth to Alonsa's ear.

"Come with me to the bathroom. You've got some explaining to do." Naomi whispers, surprising Alonsa.

But, Alonsa nods and follows Naomi to the nearby bathroom, luckily getting in before her mom and Kaylee walk in. As soon as Naomi shuts the door and locks it behind her, she turns back to Alonsa, who's leaning against one of the sinks.

"Ok, please tell me that I'm not crazy and that what happened, really happened. Because if it didn't, I think I need to get some help. Especially after seeing her get killed like that. Man it still-" Naomi starts.

"Everything was real and you aren't crazy." Alonsa interupts, her orange wings suddenly appearing, "And these are here to prove it."

"Ok, you never did tell me why you have wings." Naomi comments.

"Well, I don't think I should tell you yet." Alonsa says.

"Oh, c'mon. I'm gonna get so irritated by them until you spill."

"I don't know-"

"Seriously, how weird can it be?"

Alonsa stays quiet for a minute, then sighs and looks back at her.

"Well, I guess explaining your mission will be easier to understand if I tell." she says.

"So..?" Naomi groans.

Alonsa sighs.

"I am a Douin Junsei(Pure Agent), or what you would call a "Guardian Angel". I have been sent by God to protect and guide you through your journey. My wings are proof." Alonsa says as her wings unfold slightly.

Naomi becomes speechless as she stares at Alonsa in shock.

...A Guardian Angel...sent by God..?!....

"You're joking, aren't you?" Naomi says after a moment or two.

"WHY WOULD I JOKE ABOUT THIS!?" Alonsa yells, aparentlly irritated by Naomi's question.

Naomi is stunned by Alonsa's response to her question. The act gives Naomi the weird gut feeling that what Alonsa said is true.

"Sorry, it's just hard to believe. I'm mean, you're an angel! It's gonna take more then two seconds to fully believe it." Naomi apologizes.

Alonsa looks irritated for another moment, before sighing, and chuckling.

"I guess you're right. I should of anticipated that, I suppose."

Naomi laughs, then sits on the top of the foot operated trashcan in the corner.

"So, what exavtly do you need me so much for?"

"You, are the reincarnation of-"

"Calankaiana. I know, I know." Naomi interupts.

"Well, not only her."

"Huh?"

"You are actually the reincarnation of four different girls. Calankaiana was only the first."

"So, who are the others?"

"After your death as Calankaiana, you were Princess Icicene of Greece, Empress Hikaheme of Japan, and Countess Liliana of Spain."

"Wow..."

"In each of your lifetimes, you had a different ability. But sadly, your powers never reached their full potentials."

"Why not?"

Alonsa becomes quiet, worrying Naomi.

"Alonsa, what happened?"

Finally, Alonsa looks back at her.

"...Your powers never fully developed because your powers fully awake when you turn 19, and you never have lived past 18..." Alonsa confesses.

Naomi eyes widen in shock.

"What...?" Naomi says.

"You always died before you could truly use your full power."

"But...why?..."

Calankaiana's death runs past Naomi's mind, sending shivers down her spin.

"That's part of your mission...actually."

"Just tell me!" Naomi snaps.

"You always died because the Devil was afraid of what would happen if your powers became stronger."

Naomi is surprised.

"What?"

"The Devil sent a Douin Kuroi(Black Agent) or "Fallen Angel" to each of the time periods that you lived in and had them kill you without drawing attention to themselves."

"He's that scared of me?"

"Yes."

"You still haven't really explained this misson."

"You must fight against the Devil and seal him."

"WHAT??!!"

"Shh!" Alonsa snaps as she runs over and covers Naomi's mouth.

"How in the world can I seal the Devil?! He's like the ultimate evil!"

"I wasn't done!" Alonsa says as she lowers her voice, "Before you can fight the Devil, you must master all four of your special attacks that you acquired from each life. This will take time, but in the end, you will be more powerful then you can ever imagine."

"How the heck am I supposed to do that?"

"Like when we visited the last day's of Calankaiana, we must travel to the last days of your past lives and gain information on what happened, then inbetween, work to master that incarnation's ability. For example, before we go to any other time periods, you must master the Sekhmet Lightning Inferno. If you don't, then your progress will become slower and your powers will take longer to awaken."

"I have to watch myself die three more times!?"

"I'm sorry, but you have to."

Naomi grits her teeth as she slams her clutched fist into the trashcan, slightly denting it. Alonsa frowns, concerned by Naomi's reaction.

"Oh, there's one other thing."

"What?" Naomi asks in an irritated tone.

"Come with me." Alonsa says, a ball of light appearing in her hand, surprising Naomi.

"What the heck is-" Naomi starts before being blinded by light.

When she reopens her eyes, she finds herself in a humid swimming pool area of what appears to be a public YMCA or something.

"How the heck did I get here?" Naomi says to herself, before looking down to see herself in a plain, teal bikini, "And when the heck did I change?!"

"Just one of the many little tricks you can do when you're an angel." Alonsa's voice says from across the room.

Naomi looks up from her swimsuit to see Alonsa standing on the opposite side of the pool wearing a very revealing orange poka-dot one-piece swimsuit, her hair up in a high ponytail. And, sticking right of her back in broad daylight are her large orange wings, making Naomi believe in her as an angel even more.

"You can teleport?"

"Yep, now get in."

"Why?" Naomi asks, confused.

"You'll see."

Naomi looks down into the clear water and smiles.

"Whatever you say." Naomi says as she steps back, then runs and jumps, "CANNONBALL!"

With a big splash, Naomi lands in the water, met with a chill when the cool water hits her skin. Naomi smiles as the water soaks through her hair, it wizzing gently around her face. From above she hears another splash, probably Alonsa jumping in. But, at the moment, she doesn't care. for some reason, swimming had always calmed her, though it then again sometimes she had a hesitense to get in, like she was scared of something. Oh well, but for now she was as happy as can be, soaring through the water like she had wings of her own. She smiles as she imagines beautiful, swan-like, no, angel-like wings flowing gracfully around, open and light connected to her body. It's now that she finally comes up for air, breathing in the nice air, then blinking to see Alonsa starring happily at her, her orange wings floating right on the top of the water.

"This is so much fun! I love this!" Naomi says as she makes a few small splashes.

Alonsa grins.

"I'm glad, but to have fun is actually not the reason I brought you here." Alonsa says.

Naomi is confused.

"Then why?"

"This might sound strange, considering you were just able to accept me being an Angel, but then again, it won't even be fully complete after you visit your last incarnation and master her power-" Alonsa babbles.

"What, Alonsa?!" Naomi interupts.

Alonsa looks irritated at her for interupting her out-loud thoughts, but sighs and gets to the point anyway.

"The reason that you have always been reicarnated as a powerful girl is because you are said to be the prophesied "Mortal Guardian Angel" sent by God himself to watch over his children and protect them from the dark intentions on the Devil and his followers, the Douin Kuroi." Alonsa explains.

Naomi's eyes widen.

"I'm the what?!" Naomi yells.

"Mortal Guardian Angel." And there is a little thing that happens in the prophesy when you transform, as told by God himself."

"What?" Naomi asks.

"Why don't you go under again with these and look." Alonsa says as she holds out a pair of goggles to Naomi.

She nods and takes them, easily slipping them under her hair and onto her eyes so her hair can float freely. With a deep breath, Naomi dives back under and kicks slowly as as swims towards the deep end. She smiles as she flies, the true feeling of imaginary wings making her feeling like she's soaring. But it's not until she turns that she finds that her little feeling, wasn't exactly as she thought...