Killjoy
By: EmpathicReader
To Alison Botha, for being the strong soul she is.
A/N: A new story. A new beginning.
There was a storm brewing outside. The sky was darkened with thick grey clouds, which were seemingly humming with electrical energy. Everyone was busy shuffling into buildings to avoid the rain that was going to fall upon them. Inside the FBI headquarters, there was also a storm. Everyone tried to avoid the time-bomb stalking down the corridors angrily. Anyone within ten meters radius could feel the futile waves of anger rolling off the fuming woman. She was the infamous 'time-bomb' of the FBI. Her name is Cagalli Yula Attha.
The blonde narrowed her eyes at the sight of the door that led to her office. Huffing angrily, she wrenched the door open and slammed it shut. The poor door rattled slightly in its frame. The blonde sat down on her chair and tried to calm herself. She was angry and everyone knew it. As the familiar feel of anger ebbed away slowly, a brown head came into view.
"What now?" Cagalli asked, irritated.
"Lighten up! It's not like we're going to stay here forever." Miriallia comforted. She was used to the blonde's hostile words.
"How can I? It has been exactly 3 years, 7 months, 20 days, 2 hours, 40 minutes, 20 seconds and 30 milliseconds since we've been sent here!" Cagalli hissed.
"They must have had their reasons! So, why make yourself frustrated while being here?" Miriallia reasoned gently as she passed a cup of herbal tea to Cagalli.
"Those stuck up superiors think we're too useless to do field work! They just had to put us in the paper work department! I mean, I graduated as one of the top ten in class! In fact, you, me, Shinn, Rey and Luna are one of the top tens!" Cagalli replied heatedly, shaking her fist towards the ceiling. Miriallia sighed and turned back to her work. Sometimes, Cagalli can be such a pain in the neck.
The problem that has been the root of her anger, was their under employment. When they graduated, they came to the FBI hoping to be able to do field missions. But since their three years coming to fourth year of employment, they've not been promoted. Second of all, they were asked (a bit smugly in Cagalli's opinion) to move to the basement for the third floor was needed for building some research labs. Third of all, several other FBI agents kept on gossiping about them. Lastly, she had to climb so many bloody steps down to the basement! The damned place has no windows, thus, no ventilation! How do people work in these conditions?
Cagalli sighed as she turned towards her monitor. She might as well make use of all the free time in helping with some of the cases. Her eyes scanned over the cases on her homepage. To her utter disappointment, there were no free cases. They were all taken or closed or proclaimed unsolved. Cagalli gave a growl of frustration as she made way for the pantry. She needed more tea. While she made her tea, Luna and Shinn walked in.
"Hey, Cagalli!" Luna greeted cheerily. Shinn gave her a nod as Cagalli returned it with a smile and a 'Hi' to Luna.
"So, are you doing anything tomorrow afternoon?" Luna asked as she reached for her cup.
"No, I've no appointments or such." Cagalli replied as she raised her eye brow at the relieved sigh coming from Luna.
"Because I…" Luna trailed as she looked at Shinn sheepishly. Shinn took the hint, pouted a bit before walking out of the pantry.
"Because I have a date with Rey." Luna whispered the latter part. Cagalli smiled faintly and mentally remembered this little knowledge for teasing material.
"And, I need you to help me pick up some medicine for the research labs." Luna asked. Cagalli scoffed slightly at the mention of 'research labs'. Because of those damn things, they had to stay here.
"Please! Pretty please! I'll do anything for you!" Luna pleaded with her trademark puppy-dog face. Unable to resist the face, Cagalli gave a sigh of defeat and nodded her head before dismissing Luna with a wave. Luna squealed happily and thanked Cagalli before skipping out.
Cagalli strolled leisurely towards the white building. The instant she entered the building, a smell of anti-septic surrounded her. The smell made her nauseated since she was once a frequent visitor of this building. The smell she concluded belonged only to saintly people trying to help others. Cagalli made way for the counter and flashed her ID. The nurse inspected the ID before leading Cagalli into the medicine room. She handed the package of medicine to Cagalli before bidding Cagalli goodbye. Cagalli asked to leave the package in her care for a moment before attending the appointment she made with her personal doctor.
Luna wanted to die on the spot. She glared at Cagalli who was laughing her head off. Cagalli tried giving her an innocent look but failed miserably when she broke into another fit of renewed laughter.
"You promised!" Luna whined.
"But it's so funny!" Cagalli choked in between her laughter. Luna pouted at her before stomping her feet to show her displeasure.
"That is a night to remember. Wasn't it Rey?" Cagalli said, grinning widely. She was rewarded with a slight blush across his cheeks. She arched her eyebrows playfully at Luna who had puffed up her cheeks.
Flashback
When Luna came to work the next day, she was cornered by Cagalli who had a wide maniacal grin on her face. Cagalli demanded to know the juicy bits of Luna's date with Rey. Luna gave her a look that said 'No way in hell!' Cagalli just waggled her finger and quoted her promise in a singsong voice.
"Please! Pretty please! I'll do anything for you!"
Luna was dumbfounded. She had made a contract with the devil. She glared at the blonde and told her everything. From her accidentally squirting tomato sauce on her face to her trying to leave from the embarrassment. Plus tripping and ending up with her butt facing the sky then to them kissing. That was the only thing that came out right. The only set back was that her face had tomato sauce on it.
End Flashback
A/N: How's that? R&R!
