Chapter 13: A big misunderstanding.
JayLa's Point of View
A few more days pass and i hide in seclusion. I had no idea who was coming after me but all i knew that he was good, and he was coming. I stayed in my room for the most part, staying away from windows, and looking behind doors. I was paranoid. I knew what it felt like to be a hunter, but i sure didn't like being the hunted. It sucks. I finally grew some balls and decided to go and chill with the pilots. The Heist starts tonight. I walked out my room, which was a mess right now, and walked over to where they were. They were standing by a sheet covered mobile suit. Zero's gundam i suppose. They all looked at me as i approached them.
" well the dead do walk." Duo said smartly.
" haha very funny, what's going on guys?" i asked.
" nothin, we were just figuring out what to do with this thing" trowa said sticking a thumb at the MS.
" another Gundam?" i said acting like i didn't know about it.
" yeah, it's Zero's. That lil project he's been working on." Heero said leaning against it.
" oh so thats what he's been workin on for like the past 3 years?" i asked
" yeah, we just gave him a lil hand." duo said.
" Oh, i never saw it. I'm pretty sure, he'd think it was nice." i said smiling.
They nodded and put their heads down. They were still affected by it. I managed to lock it all down however. I was back to my normal, ruthless, bounty hunting self. And i felt damn good. Besides the whole paranoid part. Other than that i was cool. After a minute of silence, they all dispersed and went about their business. Perfect timing for me. I crawled under the sheet covering it and crawled up to the cockpit. I opened it and looked inside finding it to look like any other mobile suit. Typical. I closed the hatch and crawled down the side where i had entered, i wasn't outside of the sheet when.
" what do you think you're doin?" Duo said glaring at me.
" i was looking at the gundam, i..is something wrong?" i said in my girlie voice.
" yeah somethings wrong. We know who you are and what you do. So what are you doing looking at Zero's Gundam?" Trowa said crossing his arms.
" I was looking, that's it." i pleaded my case. They didn't believe me.
They both walked towards me, getting ready for a fight if need be.
" guys look, i really think we have a misunderstanding here." i said
" yeah, we misunderstood you being on our side." Duo said cracking his knuckles.
" you were going to try to steal the gundam, now we have to restrain you so you don't" trowa said
They were going to do more than restrain me, and i wasn't with it. They took a few more steps closer and i took one back, back against the gundam. I was stuck. Duo went to grab my hand and i gave him something to think about with a fore-fist to the face. He staggered back holding his nose, and then it was trowa's turn. He dashed towards me, with his shoulder down, and pinned me to the wall. Well, the leg of the ms. I brought both of my elbows up and slammed them down on the top of his head. It didn't affect him much. I cocked back and gave him a mean right, that sent him backing away. If they wanted a war they were gonna get one. At this point we were at a stand off. I still had a gun on my side, but had no intentions of using it. They on the other hand was edging towards theirs. I didn't like that. I dashed forward and drop kicked Duo in the chest, sending him flying back into one of the cars.
I hopped up and tried to spin kick trowa. he was quicker than i thought and caught me with a hook, makin my vision swim for a second. I recovered and gave him a high knee to the chest. I heard something crack as he fell to the floor. He had asked for it. Duo was back on his feet, mean mug all in place. He came at me, swinging left and right, but he was sloppy. I was dodging punches like i was a boxer. I stepped back and gave him a straight shot to the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. He doubled over and started gasping for breath, bad idea. I heel dropped him on the top of his head and send him back to the ground. He might not get back up after that one, but trowa did. He came at me again, running full speed. I thought he was going to swing at me, but i was wrong. He plowed straight into me, ramming me into the mobile suit. Again. Then it was my turn to be gasping for breath. I lay on my hands and knees tryin to get my wind back, when and elbow came from above. I almost passed out when my face hit the pavement. It's been a long time since i tasted my own blood, and i didn't like it one bit. He had backed away to check on Duo, when i jumped up. Pissed. I touched my busted lip, and looked at my own blood dripping on the floor. Duo was back up, mean mug back on. Shit, these two keep getting up.
" you had enough yet?" i said wiping my mouth,
" no, but you will soon enough." duo said brushing himself off.
" look i told you, all of this is a misunderstanding, i just wanted to see it." i said back to them
" Highly unlikely, bounty hunter. You've been using zero from the start haven't you?" Trowa said straightening up
" just to get at us, steal a mobile suit. I wonder what kinda price it would fetch? Couple mil maybe." Duo said walking towards me again.
" Look you really don't wanna do this..."
i warned them again. but they kept walkin. Which only meant one thing. They weren't gonna get down...So they had to lay down. I spit somemore blood out my mouth and went back down in my stance. This wasn't going to end pretty. Trowa charged at me again, but this time i was ready. He was one step away from plowing into me, when i dropped down a swung my arm out to meet him. It landed right under his chin, makin him do a half backflip. Half, because he landed on the back of his neck. Duo came at me the same way, but i side stepped and tripped him up, making him plow into the already disoriented, trowa. They fell back to the floor and started scrambling to get back . I took advantage of the moment and tipped over a toolbox on top of them.
Unfortunately, Trowa got out the way and left Duo to suffer the impact. He sidestepped and started to charge me again, he came swingin this time. He swung left and i blocked it, attempting to counter with the right, but he blocked it. I brought my knee up, and he blocked it, i swung left and he blocked it, i swung right and he blocked it. So i backed away. He was playin smart this time, but he made one mistake. He dropped his guard to pull up his pants. I jumped forward and planted my foot on the side of his head. He folded up and fell to the ground. Not moving. But then i fucked up, I forgot about Duo. He took me down with a sweep, and tried to heel drop me. I caught his foot and reversed it into an ankle lock. He flipped over and I sat on his back, foot still in hand. I twisted it somemore and he started to yell. I brought my hand down hard, against the back of his neck. Problem solved. Mission Accomplished. I stood up and brushed myself off, still tasting the blood from my lip. I looked at both of them, still not moving. They weren't gettin up this time.
I'm surprised no one heard all this commotion going on, with us fightin, screamin and all. They must have left, because the STI was gone. Good. I ran to my quarters and grabbed my personal belongings. There was no way i was gonna get a gundam out of here in broad daylight. I was stuck. Duo and Trowa knew, I couldn't just leave them and the gundam here. Then i'd never get it outta here. They'd have this place locked down tighter than the white house. I had to figure somethin out, cuz the other pilots wouldn't be gone for too much longer.