Cherry Blossom: New series! Whoo hoo!!
Heero: ::rolls eyes:: Great. What's this one about?
Cherry Blossom: Actually I…haven't figured that out quite…yet.
Trowa: You're writing a story, and you don't know what it's about.
Cherry Blossom: When you put it that way…no.
Quatre: ::sigh:: This is gonna be a looooong day.
Matteo: Actually only Duo needs to stay. You guys don't come in until later.
Duo: Aw, man! Why is it always meeeeeeeeeeee?
Wufei: Buahahahahaha!! See you later Maxwell.
Heero: Don't worry. We won't wait up for you.
Duo: Smeg.
Matteo: Let's get started.
Disclaimer: I am poor. Therefore I own nothing and you should not waste your time suing me.
Warnings: Um…I don't have any yet. Just don't be surprised if this turns out to be weird and cheesy.
Ware O Mamoru – Part 1- Welcomed Darkness
It was quite a warm night for September. Silver-tipped clouds hazily obscured the sickly-green paleness of the moon and the air was filled with a stillness that reverberated through the city. It was the type of night that lulled you to sleep with its laziness, which, admittedly, wasn't a very good thing for various OZ troops who were supposed to be guarding the East compound. At post #2, two guards went on break, stretching wearily and complaining bitterly about the total lack of excitement associated with their job. At post 3#, one soldier checked the safety on his gun for about the millionth time, reflecting on how this was his very first night shift and he'd better not blow it. At post #1, one guard yawned and closed his eyes, just for a moment, letting the silence envelop his mind. Amid the stillness, one mildly pissed off Shinigami slipped into the shadows of the compound.
'This was supposed to be my night off. But noooooo. I get a mission. I get to creep around a guarded compound and risk my neck while that slacker Yuy gets to stay home and relax. No rest for the God of Death. And the worst part is, I had to leave my buddy Deathscythe at home 'cause Howard wasn't done with repairs yet. Too bad Heero wouldn't let me borrow Wing.'Duo smiled as he remembered the exact look on Heero's face when he asked him. His eyes had widened and he had gone two shades paler. It was the most expression Duo had ever seen the pilot have. Duo took a deep breath and pressed himself close to the gray stone wall that separated him from the center of the compound. He quickly peeked around the corner and assessed the situation. One guard, half asleep on the right side. Two security cameras, one facing east, the other facing west. No alarms, or at least, no visible alarms.
'Guess it's time to see if I've lost my edge.'Coming in at an angle that obscured him from the video cameras' view, Duo crept up behind the sleepy soldier and gave him a good whack in the back of his neck. The guy slunk to the floor silently, out cold.
"Nighty-night," Duo whispered to the soldier. Then he swept off the pack that dangled over his shoulder and brought out a square black box.
He opened the lid to display a highly effective explosives unit. Duo whistled softly as he connected the wires and set the timer.
"G really knows his stuff. This'll blow the whole building sky high. I'll just give myself some time to get safely away from here when it does. 15 minutes ought to do it."
Placing the explosive on the ground at his feet, Duo slung the pack back over his shoulder and turned his attention to getting the fuck out of this place and maybe getting some sleep.
A sudden shuffling noise assaulted his ears and Duo winced as he pulled back into the shadows.
'Damn guards. They always come when they're not wanted.'The footsteps sounded closer and Duo could just make out a voice…
"Come on Stas! Hurry up! We need to get back soon or Leah will skin us alive."
Duo froze. That was no soldier. That was a kid's voice. There was a kid in a building that was all set to blow in about 15 minutes.
'Shit. This is not my day.'Duo slid against the wall to blend into the darkness and moved slowly towards the source of the voice.
"I'm working as fast as I can. They changed the system on me. I can't get the codes figured out. I need a few more minutes, kay?"
"Just hurry up, will ya?"
Two. There were two kid's voices. Two kids in a factory about to blow sky high.
'Shit, shit, shit!'Duo slipped around the corner, making sure he was well hidden. In the darkness he could barely make out the two dark figures that were bending over a counsel at the far end of the room. Both were female, and small.
'They can't be more then ten years old. What are they _doing_ here?'"Come on, Stasya. The guards are gonna come back soon. We need to get out of here, now," one of the girls exclaimed, looking around her, nervously.
"Would you like to do this?" the second girl, Stasya, sneered back, her fingers flying over the keyboard. "'Cause you can go right ahead."
"Don't be stupid. You know I'm no good at hacking."
"Then shut up and let me finish—a ha!"
After a few more clicks, Stasya smiled triumphantly and said, "Done."
"You got it?"
"Of course I got it. What else could 'done' mean? Honestly, Rhi, you're so dense sometimes."
"Just pop the stupid disk and let's get out of here before they catch on."
"Right."
Both girls turned towards the doorway and Duo breathed a sigh of relief. They were leaving. With only ten minutes left to go.
"Hold it right there!"
Duo froze for the second time.
'That was no child'.Slowly, he turned his head towards the doorway. An OZ soldier was pointing a nasty looking rifle at the two girls, a sneer on his face.
"What are you two doing in here? Who are you?"
Rhi had the good sense to look scared. She searched the counsel behind her for some sort of weaponry. There was none to be found. Stasya, on the other hand, didn't look the least bit afraid. She crossed her arms over her chest and glared menacingly at the soldier.
"We're not telling you anything, pig. So why don't you just go to hell."
"Stasya!"
The OZ soldier's sneer turned into a scowl as he raised the rifle.
"Why you little—"
The phrase was interrupted by the impact of Duo's foot slamming into the soldier's face. He dropped immediately and Duo wiped imaginary dust from his hands in satisfaction.
"I am so good."
The girls were staring up at Duo with equally terrified expressions on their faces. Duo held out his hands in a gesture of goodwill and said,
"Hey now. I'm not gonna hurt ya."
"Look out!" one of the girls cried, and hand flinging out to point at something behind Duo's left shoulder.
Duo started to turn around but was interrupted by the sensation of something hard slamming into his shoulder. A strange burning infused throughout his body and the image of the floor rushing up to meet him was the last thing he saw as his world went black.
To be continued???
Duo: What the hell? I've been in one chapter and I've already been shot?
Cherry Blossom: Don't complained to me. Matteo's the one working this operation.
Matteo: I had to move the plot.
Duo: What plot?!
Matteo: The one that's…going to be explained in the next part…hopefully.
Cherry Blossom: With our luck no body will read this and we won't need a next part.
Duo: Oh they'll read. ::tries for a threatening look but ends up only glaring kawaii-ly::
Matteo: Only one way to tell if we should continue.
Cherry Blossom: And that's to send money! I'll take cash or cheques or credit cards or—
Matteo: No, no, no. We need them to review.
Cherry Blossom: ::looks confused:: No money?
Matteo: Well, maybe a little.
Cherry Blossom: Jaa!!!