Victim of Emotions

Chapter 3

I stayed in sight of the grey building for the next few weeks, watching the goings on. I saw Duo a couple of times, but I was too afraid of being caught by those scientist people again that I wouldn't go to see him. After some time, and I was starting to doubt that anything of interest would happen without me going back in there, and I wasn't counting on doing that. I had learnt from my carelessness.

Then I saw a supply truck, larger than any I'd seen before, leave, with Duo in front. You're not getting away from me this time, I thought as I leapt from my hiding place onto the roof of the lorry, gripping for my life so as not to be swung off as the truck spun round a corner.

The journey seemed long, although I think it would have been shorter if I had had a comfortable seat. The lorry finally came to the spaceport it had been heading for. They passed the barrier and the guards without a problem. They didn't notice the teenage girl crouched on the top.

Then they drove up to the car park, and the entrance had a low roof. I looked about me as the wind swept at my brown hair. No one was around and I didn't want to hang around to get hit on the head by the concrete. I leapt to the ground, rolling to a stop, then jumped back up to see the lorry disappear into the building, with Duo inside it. I ran after it. I guess I should have known that my curiosity was getting me into trouble again, but I didn't notice.

The lorry came to a stop, and I watched from behind a pillar as Duo and the scientist guy took the cargo into the spaceport. I kept my head down, letting my hair fall over my face as I followed them so as not to be noticed.

But I only ended up nearly bumping into an engineer. "What are you doing here? This is for authorised personnel only."

"I eh got lost and I found my way down here by accident." I played the innocent, keeping my head down so he couldn't tell I was lying.

"I'll take you back then. Don't want you to get lost totally down here."

"No it's fine. I think I can find my way back"

"But I need to"

I looked into his face. My pleading with him was true even if my reasons were not.

"I guess I could let you go" he said, sounding just as confused as to why he was saying it as I was.

I tried to keep the smile from my face as I realised that something strange else was going on that was for my benefit. I slipped round the still confused engineer and wandered on down the corridor. But I had lost Duo.

I took what I hoped was the best route and ended up in an observation room. I looked out into the spaceport to watch a capsule disappear into space. Something told me that that was where Duo had gone. No, not again! I can't lose you for yet another time!

"You again!" came a call from behind me. I recognised it as the scientist guy.

Great, here we go once more! I thought as I looked up and around for a way to escape.

"You're not getting away from us this time!" he said, slamming a heavy hand onto my shoulder. "You're coming with me."

I felt a sudden surge of anger build up inside me. Duo was gone and these people were going to lock me up. No! It won't happen! I won't let it! "NO!" I screamed out loud, grabbing the guy's arm and flinging it over my head, the body following. I turned to face the other scientists who were all holding guns pointed to me. A few tried to fire at me, but none hit. I leapt into the air, spinning and kicking out to knock the guns out of their hands. I used my hand to hit one under the chin with such force to break his neck. The others backed off and ran out the door, one calling something into a radio.

I stared at the two remaining scientists as the anger disappeared to be filled with horror at what I had done. I had caused pain. I had killed!

I heard voices and ran for a ladder. Pulling myself up at the top, I found myself on a platform. At the far end I heard shouts and instinctively ran from them, dodging the shots that were fired at me. But I wasn't quick enough. One grazed my arm and I winced, slipping and falling to my feet. I heard running towards me and climbed to my feet as best I could and started running again, holding my wound that oozed blood through my fingers.

A door was open to the side of the platform that led into a ship. I took the opportunity for cover and dived in, slamming the door mechanism to close it. I heard more sounds of thumping outside but I tried to ignore it along with the pain of my wound, and the pain of being alone and in danger once again.

The noises of people outside stopped. In their place, I heard a sound like a warning siren. Looking out the screen of the ship I saw the doors to space were opening and a ship was coming through.

Inspiration struck.

I struggled into the cockpit's seat and looked at the complicated clutter of buttons. One of these has to start the ship. I held the one hand that I could move without pain above the buttons, expecting, hoping that some information would give itself to me.

Ah, what the heck! I pressed the first buttons that I saw. They had to do something. I just hoped that they did the things I wanted them to do. I felt the ship lift slightly. I was getting somewhere. Now to find the steering.

One lucky hit and a panel opened in front of me, producing the gearstick. I grabbed it, forcing it forward, giving the ship a sudden burst of speed. I tried to control it the best I could but I heard screeching of the ship's side against the spaceport's walls. I tipped it to the other side, only to bash into the opposite wall. I managed to straighten the ship up enough to get out of the colony, only scraping the ship's roof against the top of the hatchway.

A readout appeared showing a group of mobile suits coming after me. Weapons! Weapons! Where are the weapons? I thought, searching the panels for something.

A red button seemed to glare at me. Press me! It seemed to say. Press me! I pressed it. "Self destruct has been initialised." I quickly pressed it again, cutting off the voice.

"Stupid mind! Why didn't you warn me?" I called to my head, not caring what I was saying. A hit from the mobile suits rocked the ship, nearly flinging me from my chair. "Forget the weapons, how about the shields?" I said, hoping that something would happen automatically.

Yet another button was enticing me. Press me! I'm safe! I won't kill you! I wasn't sure whether to believe it or not. But what did I have to lose. I pressed it.

"Shields raised," said the droning voice of the computer.

I let out a sigh of relief. Now if I could figure out something to speed up the ship and get away from these things, I'd be in the clear, at least until I reached my destination.

Where was my destination? I tried to think, where had Duo gone? Where else was there? Earth! It had to be.

I looked at the buttons again and let my hand run free, apart from avoiding the red button. A barrage of speaking from the computer called over the speakers, the single sentences getting lost. I saw a bolt of laser fire from my ship. I had found the weapons. Now what had I pressed?

But there was no time to think. A sudden burst of speed flung me back in my seat as the ship sped towards Earth.

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