Ok, well here is my new story. I know I have A LOT of unfinished buisness and have no buisness starting something new, but here I am. I just don't have any inspiration for my other stories, save a few, which are in the works. I will finish them all eventually.
If you are mad at me, bite me. :
Anyway, this is different from ANYTHING I have ever done, so please bear with me. Leave comments after reading please, tell me if it is worth continuing. I am trying to find a fic that I really want to update all the time and won't hit writers block with!
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing.
Oh, and ALL senshi are involved! PROMISE!
In the Silence
Prologue
The office of Setsuna Meioh was usually tidy; everything put in its proper place, such as the coat hanger that sat by the door which she always had turned ninety degrees parallel to her desk or the curtains that she always had pulled back four inches from the bottom. Her files were always put away in her file cabinet, no paper left astray or task left undone. Stacy, her secretary who had been hired a few months back, found herself out of work most of the time because Setsuna has done everything prior to her clocking in. With that being said, it is quite obvious to most that Miss Meioh was not having a usual day.
She sat in the floor of her office, sitting on her knees, files and pictures strewn around her. Her hand lay delicately on her chin, dark hair falling around her face with crimson eyes darting between nine photographs. Unknown to everyone excluding Stacy, she had been in this position for three hours straight, not moving a centimeter. This was very unlike Setsuna indeed.
Nine different people… each with nine different letters… all of them completely different…
Her eyes went to the first photograph, trying to go through the information again. Pictured was a blonde male with cerulean eyes favoring his flawless smile. He was pictured in a suit, a podium standing before him, making it obvious that this was taken in public.
Quatre Winner, politician and revolutionary. A 23 year old billionaire with no family. All body guards found dead in the hotel room, along with the letter E painted on the wall.
Taking her eyes off the first picture, she moved them to the second one, running through the timeline in her mind. It was Dr. Ami Mizuno, leading surgeon in both popularity and success ratings around the world. She had never failed in a procedure. She was wearing her coat and scrubs, blue hair cut into a short bob. Most would think her boring if it weren't for the tiniest of smiles she gave to the camera.
Dr. Mizuno, most popular doctor in the world. 22 years old, with a divorced mother and father. Never arrived to work, which was supposedly odd of her, and apartment was found destroyed with the letter N etched into her dining table.
Moving for the first time in hours, Setsuna rubbed her eyes, just realizing how dry they had become from the lack of blinking. Technically she was supposed to be at lunch, like her partners Wufei and Mamoru, but she was too engrossed in this case to even think about ingesting anything.
Progressing to the next two photographs her brain began to ache, beginning to grow tired of devoting itself to these images it had been gazing upon for hours on end. After putting a reminder in the back of her brain to restock her Tylenol supply, she pressed forward.
Rei and Duo Maxwell, siblings and hero's among the world population known for destroying bases along the coast of Africa for lodging nuclear weapons that had a target on the city of New York. They were experts in the mechanics of war jets and planes, and were rumored to have begun planning for their own private company of plane manufacturing. Rei, a black haired girl that stood in her Airforce uniform, looked menacingly at the camera, clenched fists indicating she was not too happy at the moment. Her older brother Duo, a brunette male with a smile lounged against his fighter jet, appearing to be more relaxed than his sibling.
Rei and Duo Maxwell, 18 and 19 year old siblings with no family relations save a grandfather and no home other than the Airforce. Serve the United States in the military. Became famous after their raid on enemy bases housing atomic bombs. House was found deserted with the letters I and C painted on the ceiling.
So far she only had connections between Rei and Duo, considering they were family. The farther Setsuna progressed the more aggravated she became, knowing that each turn met with more questions and no answers. No answers meant unsolved cases, and with this one, also meant people died.
Pushing herself forward she progressed to picture five, meeting a tall brunette with a stony glare. Even if not presented with a name, Setsuna knew who this man was. Trowa Barton, CEO of Barton Industries, leading supplier of new technology around the globe. He stood with a cigarette, brown coat draped over one shoulder and green eyes looking as though they could penetrate the most solid of stone.
Trowa Barton, 25, with one sister, Catherine. CEO of Barton Industries. No known enemies. Rumored to smoke at least one pack of cigarettes a day. Office was found empty by his secretary, the letter F scrawled on the wall with a sharpie.
The next abduction, which happened only hours after that of Mr. Barton, was actress Minako Aino. In the next picture, the young beauty was seen on the red carpet, wearing an orange dress and carrying a golden clutch. Her blonde hair cascading down to her lower back. She was smiling par usual.
Minako Aino, 17, actress with a mother and father. Only known enemies would be people who disliked her as an actress. Never appeared on the set to screen a movie, with dressing room found empty and signs of struggle apparent. The letter A was written on her mirror with lipstick.
"Well, this only seems to get more complicated." She murmured whilst moving on to the next victim, Makoto Kino, a young chef who just won the reality TV show, Star Chef. She wore a chef's apron with her brown hair pulled up on top of her head. In her right hand she held a spatula, which seemed to be melted on one side.
Makoto Kino, 17, an upcoming chef with no parents. Said to love cooking more than life itself. Her best friend and fellow chef Marie Chavez found her apartment trashed and Makoto absent. The letter N was cut into her wooden floors.
In the eighth picture she was greeted with professional racecar driver Haruka Tenoh, who held her helmet between her side and her arm. She wore her racing outfit, sweat marring her brow due to a race previous to the photo-op. As a prominent figure to racing world, her disappearance caused quite a commotion.
Haruka Tenoh, 24, a professional racecar driver with no family with the exception of Michiru Kaioh, who is said to be her partner. Was absent from a race, which signaled alarms to her crew. Location of abduction believed to be in the garage, where the letter E was keyed into the side of her car.
Trying to piece everything together, Setsuna moved onto the most puzzling piece of the entire puzzle. The last picture, which she only obtained hours ago, seemed to throw a wrench in her entire layout. While the others listed prior were all prominent public figures, this one was completely blank. Literally. The computer system had nothing on him, and the only reason they knew of his capture was that someone had taped a paper, with the picture, onto her car door.
Heero Yuy, the final victim, with the letter S printed beneath the picture.
Want to guess what the letters mean? Take a stab at it, I dare ya. ;)
-Xiao