Title: Endless betrayals ©
Author: Guardian Julaya-na
Quotes of the fan-fic:
“…There’s nothing left to hide,
Take me as I am, take my life
I would give it all, I would sacrifice…”

“…I can’t help it, there’s nothin’ I want more,
I would fight for you; I’d lye for you
Walk the wild for you; I’d die for you…”

“… Everything I do, I do it for you…”
Bryan Adams, Everything I do, I do it for you

I would like to dedicate this story to my great Uncle who died on mischief night. Saturday October 30 1999
“ I’ll always miss you Unc. No matter what.”
and to my mother, with out you I'd be nowhere! and I'll always miss you! watch for me!!
Lots of love; !!!*Fly*Girl*!!!

Prologue: the Accident

“All right Everyone are E.T.A. is 10 early and we should be landing on the outskirts of Echidnaopolis” Officer Muller said
“ That’s great, were early.” Prince Michael Acorn said
“ Don’t be so sure Mike! I want some slack time as much as you do, but don’t get so excited! It’s embarrassing! Right Laya?”
Locke said paying more attention to his little daughter Julaya or Laya, as he liked to call her, than to who he was talking to.
“ Locke, can I hold Laya?” His wife, Serenity-na, asked him.
“ Of course m’love.” but when Locke started to hand Julaya to Serena there was a hard bump that shook everyone
“ What the Hell what that?” Michael asked
“Nothing guardian, my prince, just a little turbulence that’s al—“
Another bump followed knocking everyone off there feet. Then the panic in the cockpit was heard
“ The Dark legion’s firing upon us! Were loosing altitude!”
One of the pilots said. Everyone heard this as soon as the first shock hit and knocked everyone over. The fire intensified until the engines exploded and they fell faster and faster. The second before the impact in all of the confusion Serena told Locke something haunting
“ Locke, if I die in this crash I don’t want you to live on my memory. My only wish is that if I do die, than I want you to remarry, Julaya will need a mother, if I’m not there. Can you promise me that?”
Serena looked at him with bleeding eyes and then at there daughter
“ I promise Seri.” Locke said with sadness in his voice then came the final crash
“SERENITY!” Locke said
“ I love you Locke, with all of my heart, For now till’ forever.”
Serena said as she kissed her love for the last time
“ I love you too Seri, For now, forever” and he kissed her back. The craft hit the ground and everyone was knocked out.

Chapter one: Life and death

The craft lay smoldering and cracking on the ground. The E.S.T was clearing out the body of Jenna-lu, Sabre’s wife. The guardian child lay on the floor, crouched next to the body of Her father, she could hear his shallow breathing and the Whispers from the others out side, some were clear enough for her to understand but none were too welcome
“ Where’s the guardian and his family?”
“ They haven’t been recovered, sir.”
“No wait I think!”
“ Who are they?”
“ It’s the guardian and his daughter! Sir.”
Someone picked the little child and she started to fuss.
“ Ja-julaya?” a weak voice said.
“ Guardian.” The red echidna who was holding the child said as he
Knelt down
“Take the child, Mia.” He said. He kneeled next to Locke to see how badly he was hurt
“ Where__ is__ Serenity-na__ and __ my_ my Daughter.” He said in a Painfully worried tone
“ Julaya ‘s hurt very badly Guardian, but Lady Serenity were not sure of.”
Locke started to breathe heavily and grabbed the collar of the red
Echidna
“ If _ any_ thing _ happens _to _ me _ or Serena _ give_ Julaya _ to _ my family. __Promise me.”
Locke looked in to the officers eyes, begging for his daughter’s safety
“ Yes guardian, of course. Is there anything else I can do for you?”
“Serena’s __ hand” were Locke’s last words as the red echidna put Serena’s hand gently on Locke’s, he smiled, then lost conciseness.
“All right, lets get the Guardian and his family to the Hospital.”

The Echidna Trauma Center was buzzing with activity but as soon As the guardian and his family were brought in, everything fell silent. All heads bowed in a reverent manner for a moment then went back to normal.
“ Go contact the former guardian Sabre, he should be told.” Constable Holmes said to his young apprentice, Remington.
“Sir!” Remington said energetically and went off to contact the Former Guardian.
“ Remington, you call Guardian Sabre yet?” officer Prinka yelled
“ No mam! I’m about to.” Remington said as he got to the E.S.T van
And opened a COM-unit and put In the guardians number
“ Come on. Pick up Guardian.”
“ Hello” Sabre finally opened his COM line
“ Hello guardian.” he was getting tense now
“ Oh, Rem? What is it?” Locke and Remington were best friends, Serenity was Rem’s only sister, but Sabre’s tone was pleasant. And he began to wonder how would he tell him about this? But he never spoke to Sabre before on a com-line
“ I’m sorry to be calling you so late in the day, but I have some terrible news.” Remington was sweating just talking to him.
“ What news? Did something happen to Jenna or Locke?”
Now he was the one who was sounding tense, Remington knew that
Sabre always had a calm sound in his voice even when he was stressed out. Rem had to be careful
“ We need you at the Trauma center immediately, your Son’s been hurt in an accident.”
“ The Hover-craft accident. I know, I’m on my way.” Sabre’s voice Was strained and hurt. He wanted his son to be okay and his wife Also. But Remington caught it before Sabre could hang up
“ From what I have over heard, Locke’s fine, But Lady Jenna, well, was, um, Dead On Arrival. And my sister Serenity’s Dying. I’m sorry.”
Remington said in a calm voice.
“ Oh my god” Sabre said in a half whisper “ this can’t be happening. I-I’ll be right there.” And Sabre hung up Remington hung his head and a tear fell on to the floor
“ Definitely an Idiot.”

It was about noon the next day before Sabre was a loud to see his son. When he saw Locke, a soft tear fell down his cheek, he knew. They saved him the right to tell Locke about Serenity’s death. He also knew Locke would NOT take this very well. When he came in Locke smiled, but bombarded him with questions
“ Where’s Julaya? Is she okay? Was she hurt in the crash? Where’s Serena? Is she all right?” Sabre looked at his son and sighed,
“Julaya’s in the Pediatric Intensive care but she should be fine.” Sabre took a deep breath
“ And Serenity? What about Seri? Is she all right?” Locke looked Afraid, could she have died? Locke, almost, did die when Sabre said it
“ I’m sorry Locke, your mother was killed, Marcas, Mardi and Seri were too.”
Sabre locked eyes with his son and then Locke started to cry uncontrollably. Sabre reached out and hugged him and a tear came to his eye too.
“ I ‘m sorry dad, I have to control my self, if not for my self, then
For my daughter.” Locke said with fresh tears forming in his eyes
“ When did she die?”
“ About three hours ago was what I was told, I’m sorry.” Sabre said he bent his head
“ Serenity… no… I can’t have lost her… she… she meant to much to
Me… to our daughter… now what do I do?” Locke was so upset Sabre thought that anymore bad news could kill him
“ So much has happened in the past day, This was a loss for two worlds.” Sabre was saying softly
“ You and Laya were the only two survivors out of the 12 who were on the craft.”
He gently put his hand on his son’s shoulder and nodded to show him that he was sad too
“ Can you get Julaya for me? I want to tell her what happened.” Locke solemnly said
“ She won’t understand Locke, She’s just too young. Don’t bother.”
“ If mom died when I was two, I would like to think that you would explain to me what happened, even if I didn’t understand. Dad, please?”
Locke was using the same eyes that Serena gave to him the second before she died
“ All right I will but I don’t if they’ll let me.” Sabre said
“ I don’t Care.” Locke’s stubborn outer appearance came on, but quickly faded to the face of a worried parent as he looked out of
His window and sighed. Sabre started to the nursery but met Doctor Jay on his way
“ Guardian Sabre do you have a second?”
“ Yes, is it about Serenity, doctor?” Sabre thought
Please let her be alive
“ Um, well, it’s about Lady Serenity & Miss Julaya. Our Small Lady sustained some Massive injuries and is in out pediatric intensive care, she’s too Weak to even breathe on her own. Guardian I don’t think she will be taken off of the respirator for at least two days. As for Lady Serenity we are thinking of an experimental procedure that could prove very…” The doctor was cut off by Sabre who had Finally lost it
“ GET TO THE POINT! WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY DAUGHTER IN LAW!”
“ Locke can come to see Small Lady Julaya tomorrow. And Serena is still hanging on by a thread. We know she won’t make it through the night.”
The Doctor walked off and Sabre sat down on one of the chairs
That was in the hall and put his head in his hands.

After one day had rolled into three and Locke was released but was with Julaya in intensive care
“ You’re still here?” A female voice asked
“ Hun, who are you?” Locke asked her
“ Don’t you know that it’s rude not to look at someone when you’re talking. I’m Lara-Le, you?”
“ The names Locke, and, I have other things on my mind than conversation right now, thank you very much.”
“ Like what, the kid?” she snapped back at him
“ Yeah, the kid, I don’t know what to do with her.”
“ What do you mean by that? Why don’t you keep her wouldn’t that be
Easier?” Lara was beginning to grate on Locke’s nerves
“ Her mother died. She made me promise I wouldn’t let her be…” he cut himself off, got up and left Lara knew too much as is it is
* * *
“ I think this will be for the best Locke.” Sabre said in front Of the full Brotherhood “ You should wait to show her Serena’s grave.”
“Yeah she’ll be happy here, I hope. It just hurts too much to raise her right now” Locke was still holding Julaya in his arms
“ She just reminds me too much of Serena.” As Locke handed Julaya to Thunderhawk, he started to get a little misty about leaving his daughter here
“ Locke, this is what Serenity would have wanted, don’t live on her memory.” Spectre said
“ You better go.” Sabre said with a half smile
“ Yeah, I’ll come get her soon, bye Julaya.”
After Locke left Everyone looked at Julaya and was thinking about what to do with her until
! BREEP, BREEP, BREEP, BREEP!
“ What was that?” Sabre asked
“ Signal beacon, something must have happened outside” Thunderhawk said handing Julaya to Spectre
“ Do something with her until we get back.” Everyone else left but Julaya and Spectre were still and Julaya’s room
“But what do I with do her?” Spectre called after them, Julaya started to open her eyes
Oh God, She’s waking up
She looked up at him, then closed her eyes tightly in fear.
“ Hi, it’s okay, everything’s okay I promise.”
“ I guess I never told you who I am.” He smiled at her “ I’m Spectre, I think you’re Julaya-na, or is it Julaya-na, Well Julaya-na, how about Laya?” Julaya smiled back at him and closed her eyes again and snuggled against his robe
“ I think, this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship Laya.” He walked over to a chair in the corner of her room and sat down with her
“ Goodnight, Dear Laya. I’ll see you in the morning.”

In the main communications room everyone was gathered but there was no emergency; Locke had set it off to get there attention and on a tree there was a message,

Dad, Come To The tree, Important

“ Leave it to Locke to vandalize a tree, for some odd purpose, while I’m gone why don’t you get to know Julaya?”
“ Where’s Spectre?” Sojourner asked
“ With the Girl.” Tobor replied “ I think she likes Spectre, don’t you?”
“ Yeah, really but doesn’t she talk? I mean she IS almost three.” Sojourner added
“Maybe Spectre can get her to talk.” Thunderhawk spoke up
“ Let’s Go see.”
When they had reached Julaya’s room they were shocked to see Spectre talking to Julaya, in a sense talking
“ What are you doing Father?” Sojourner asked after seeing all of the paper on the floor
“ What’s it look like, I’m doing, I’m talking to Julaya.”
“ Talking, Grandfather Spectre? How?” Thunderhawk said
“ Yes, with pictures! She can talk! She just doesn’t know how to, I’m going to teach her!”
“ You can’t teach her! Locke said that he and Serenity did” Halking said
“ Then they did bad job. I do not know why she won’t talk. I can get through to her, if you’ll give me the time that I need. You will understand her, I think that she’s probably scared out of her mind, Growing up with her father and mother, then us, all she needs is time.”
“ I hope that you’re right Spectre.” Halking took this as his key to leave Everyone looked down just to see that the girl was gone
“ Oh no, NO, no, no, how are we going to find her.” Thunderhawk
Said starting out of the -room
“How hard could it be to find a three year old?” Tobor asked
“ She doesn’t talk, Remember!” Sojourner kindly snapped out
“ I know where she would go, come on!”
As Spectre hurried off everyone stood there in amazement that Spectre, of all echidnas, would know where this child was
“ I don’t know how he does it, but if the girl likes him, lets leave it At that! Come on.” Thunderhawk left followed by everyone else
“ The Comm room?” Janelle-Li asked, “ Stranger things have Happened, well getting any stranger Locke’s daughter liking Spectre and now you have.” She was cut off by Spectre
“ Bizarre Janelle-Li?”
“ Oh, Spectre! I didn’t see you there, I didn’t mean to say well I mean. Julaya-na what’s wrong with her”
Spectre was holding the little child in his arms and she was softly crying into his shoulder
“ She misses her father” he said bluntly “ and want’s to go home.”
She looked up at Spectre and started to say yes but when she opened her mouth to speak, all that came out was a soft squeak Tobor mocked at the squeak, but Julaya locked eyes with him then she hugged Spectre and started to cry into his shirt again
“ Please father. Don’t. Now Excuse me I’m going to go teach Julaya how to speak.
* * *
“ Okay Julaya-na what word is this?” Spectre said while he was holding up a stuffed doll to Julaya
“ Da--da aach.” She snapped her mouth back shut from Embarrassment
“ That’s better, don’t be embarrassed, that’s much better now try It again, Doll.” He handed the doll to her
“ Da-Ah-al- Da-hal. Do-doll.” Julaya squeaked out in her raspy tone “ doll.”
“ You did it! You did it! You can talk! That’s wonderful!” Spectre picked Julaya up and Spun her around
“ Great Job I knew you could do it! You’ll be talking in no time!” Julaya was trying to agree but all that came out was a breathy, Raspy Giggle
“ Lets go show the others how well you can talk!” Spectre and Julaya were on their way to the comm room when They were met by Sabre
“ Spectre A hover-transport just crashed on the island, we have to Go check for survivors.”
“ What about Julaya, Sabre? We can’t leave her here!”
“ Unless someone decides to be Baby sitter She’s going to have to Come with us. Lets go.”
* * *
“Why does this look Sickeningly familiar?” Thunderhawk said once they got to the debris field
“ Because it looks like the Crash Locke was in?” Sojourner said
“Will you shut up! Whose team leader?” Sabre asked
“You do it Sabre!” Spectre spoke up
“ I agree. You go first we’ll cover you.” Sojourner said laughing at Sabre. Sabre rolled his eves and stared walking.”
“ Okay. Let’s go check for survivors.” Sabre went in to the shuttle leaving everyone else behind looking at him like he was nuts for taking this possession
“Put Julaya over there out of the way.” Thunderhawk pointed to an open area
“ Let’s go.” Sojourner Said stepping inside
“ This poor Soul is gone” Sabre said sadly
“ Sabre over here I’ve found a survivor!” Sojourner called over
” It’s a baby!”
“ We better get him to the med-labs for examination! Just what we need, another kid.”
“ Sabre come quick!” Thunderhawk yelled
“ What is it grandfather Thunderhawk?”
“We have some Company! The overlanders are landing!”
“ Great, They’re going want to search the craft.”
“ Sabre this is no time for TECHNICALITIES! JUST LYE THEM.”
“ Thunderhawk, I can’t just, just lye to them.”
“ Yes you can, go! I’ll help get Julaya and the boy out of here.”
“ But I’m a bad liar.” It was too late. Thunderhawk had already left leaving Sabre to handle the overlander

“ Are you the guardian?” the head overlander asked
“ Yes, and the leader of the inspection. Why?”
“ We demand the right to inspect that craft, or prepare for a Forceful inspection.” The overlander head officer was looking Down onto Sabre No. We ask that you respect our neutrality in regards to your War with the house of Acorn! Besides, there’s absolutely nothing For you here! Everyone aboard was killed.” Sabre was looking Straight ahead so the overlander would not realize he was Lying to him
“ Do you not face your superiors? Or do you not hold any respect.” The overlander was still looking down at him
“ If you wish to speak to me, you will speak to me with the respect That I demand, and if you don’t, you will not speak.” Sabre was Still holding his ground
“ Have you reason to doubt my authority?” the overlander was now At Sabre’s level looking him straight in the face
“ Everyone aboard the craft was killed NOW LEAVE! ” Sabre Turned around and moved away at this point
“ Fine, you may have your way this time but never again.” As the Overlander turned away and left Sabre sighed
“ Yes, I did it. Yes.”
“ Queen Aleina ’s ALIVE! Though just barely! We have to get her to Haven!” Spectre was kneeling next to the queen
“ All right everyone here’s the plan. Spectre you and Sojourner will Take Julaya, the baby and Queen Aleina back to haven. While Thunderhawk and I clean up the crash site. All right move out.”
“I have the kid’s you take the queen.” Spectre picked up Elias and Signaled to Julaya to come
“ Were lucky.” Sojourner Said looking at Queen Aleina
“ How do you figure Journer?”
“ Well, the craft crashed close to haven, wasn’t there a little luck in that?”
“ It depends on what you call luck Journer, my definition is one where there is a higher list of survivors and less life lost.”
“ You’re so Pessimistic father, honestly. I’m sorry to say this but… don’t you think that…you might scare one of the children?”
“ I can retract my cowl if I wanted to.”
“ Then why don’t you?” Sojourner was beginning to get on Spectre’s nerves
“ This is why!”
Spectre reached over to a small button on the side of his Cowl and It cranked back and fell into his hood and when Sojourner saw his Face he slipped back.
“ You’re… still a cyborg?” Sojourner tried to sound normal but the metal shards that decorated his fathers face always seemed to bother him. So much. All of that was left from his face plate that was taken off so long ago, it looked as if his face was full of aluminum foil, and he shuttered at the thought of that first battle between him and Spectre. But his thoughts were interrupted by a sound, not like a voice, it was the remnant of Spectre’s tattered vocal cords
“ Cyborg. No I’m not. Trust me, after everything I tried to get the shards of metal out of my face. Nothing worked. That’s why I where the Cowl. I could scare the children if I took it off. Come on let’s go were almost there. I thought that you remembered why I don’t retract my cowl.”
Spectre touched the same spot on the side of his face and the Cowl re-expanded.
“From the Dark legion.” He said touching his cowl softly. “I guess, you can say, I was careless to be captured like that.”
“ I forgot about the Legion? I forgot about all of that. I guess that was a blessing.” Sojourner said
“ I wish I could forget. Let’s go inside.” Spectre went through the force field Once inside Sojourner started to go another way
“ I’m going to check how the clean up committee is doing.” Sojourner said handing the Queen to Spectre
“ Take her to the Med-labs, Tobor should be there.” Spectre nodded and Sojourner went to the Comm-room and turned on the monitors and saw something amazing at the crash site

“ You know what.” Sabre said to Thunderhawk
“ Know what?”
“ Julaya’s been with us about a three months but the only times she has Even the slightest bit of fun is either when she is outside or with Spectre.”
“ Your point. I think that if Spectre can keep her happy than just Shut up.”
“ I’m thinking that maybe the boy might be just what we need to help Julaya.”
“ Your crazy Sabre. Julaya’s home sick, she misses her father that’s all. You’re getting Paranoid about these things, she’ll be fine.”
“ I hope you right. Because Locke will have my head if he finds out she’s miserable.”
“ Yeah your right. Come on. I really want to see how Julaya and the boy are getting along.”
Blip, the screen went off and Sojourner ran from the room to see what happened to Elias
“ Father, Father where’s the boy?”
“ In Julaya’s crib, where else?”
“ Thank the walkers, Sabre will kill us if Julaya and the Boy don’t get along.”
“ Spectre, Tobor, Father, where are you?” Thunderhawk yelled
“ In med-labs” Tobor said coming in “ Spectre I thought that you With the others.”
“I was Tob… Father.”
“ Is the boy Resting Comfortably in his crib? Sabre said as he Entered
“ He’s perfectly fine and happy, for once I’m glad we have Julaya to keep him occupied.” Thunderhawk said stepping towards the queen
“ To bad the same can’t be said for his mother! We’ll have to keep Her in this stasis tube until were ready to transfer her to the Hyber-chamber for the long term.” Tobor was saying
“ That’s to bad.” Spectre Said leaving
“ Where are you going, Spectre” Tobor Said turning around
“ Why should you know. And Julaya voice is almost healed from The crash, so have to find something for her to read from.”
Spectre left with a lot of strange looks following him
“ What’s with Spectre?” Tobor asked
“ I don’t know, Hey Sojourner got any ideas?” Sabre Said
“ Well I did see what happened to his face and that kinda upset Him.”
“ Hey look!” Thunderhawk pointed to Elias and Julaya
“ They’re getting along great!” Sabre said and everyone smiled