* nope, don't own 'em cute bishonens of weib and schwartz yet.....*
note= hehehehehehehe.....just read and you'll see what i mean.....*grin*
16-Iris
To say that they were surprised was an understatement.
Kurayami and I used Leila's shadow portal to get into the Schwartz's apartment. They were having a late breakfast and it was chaos. Schuldrich had spilled coffee on Brad's tie and the two shouted at each other while Nagi, the telepath, wiped up the mess. The Irishman, Farfello, sat placidly cutting his arms with a butter knife of all things.
They all looked up in surprise when we walked in from out of the portal.
I silently took Crawford's tie from the table and washed the stained part at the sink.
" We weren't interrupting anything important, were we?"
" No....what are you doing here?"
" It's time we spoke to the girl's father. As the designated 'fall guys'...." Schuldrich scowled at that. " ....you need to do the talking."
" If not?" Schuldrich asked challengingly.
" There are alternatives, " I said perfectly mimicking Crawford's voice.
" I see." Crawford said. I turned from the counter, having dried his tie on the still warm toaster top. I walked to him and carefully fixed his tie at his collar. Noticing Schuldrich's smirk, I noted drily.
" You're seeing Cali, aren't you?" He blushed furiously but, didn't say a word. " If you do anything to endanger her or my team, I'll make sure you spend the rest of your life eating from a tube."
I looked up from fixing the tie to give him a sharklike smile. He nodded in return and grabbed his coat before leaving. I stepped away from Crawford and spoke to Kurayami,
" Go to the front room and stand guard."
" Go with her." Crawford told the Irish man.
As the two left the kitchen, I said to Kurayami.
" Try not to kill each other." Kurayami gave me a devilish grin before shutting the door.
" Where are you going?" Crawford asked as the remaining member of his team put on his coat.
" On a date with Tot. Told you last night, remember?"
" ....oh, yes, you did."
* Oh shit!* I thought, I was practically alone with Crawford in his apartment. I smelled a rat. We'd been set-up. I heard Cali and Shuldrich chuckling in my mind. I shut up their voices and turned back to Crawford.
" Let's get down to business...."
* Incoming.* I heard Kurayami say just as Crawford recieved a vision. He pushed me to the floor, landing on top of me as bullets shot through where we'd been standing. Glad I'd worn pants, I pushed him off me and crouched as I let loose my wire, catching one of the two men's legs and causing him to stumble. Crawford put a bullet in his head before he hit the floor. With a flick of my wrist, I had my stiletto in my hand. Avoiding the second man's shooting, I caught his free arm and twisted it behind his back, slashing his throat. Letting him fall to the ground, I followed Crawford to the front room.
It was a bloody massacre. Blood was sprayed all over the white walls and leather upholstered sofa set, Kurayami and Farfello stood back to back. Their blades at hand. Four mutilated bodies lay around them.
* So, this proves that only the psychic team knew who the real kidnappers are. The rest believe it's the Schwartz. Good.*
" You two get rid of this mess," Crawford told Kurayami and Farfello. She looked at me for confirmation and I nodded then said.
" Let's go call the senator."
*****
" Well, that's finished," Crawford said, leaning back on the chair next to mine. He massaged his head wearily. The senator knew we were serious and agreed to cooperate as well as to stop trying to kill us.
" Are you always this tense?" I asked, amused, as I went to stand behind him.
" What are you doing?" He asked, half-rising as I placed my hand on his shoulders and pushed him back down.
" Giving you a massage." He looked at me surprisingly. " I'm not going to kill you....at least not yet. But you know I could just press a pressure point and you'd be dead."
" Is that supposed to make me feel better?" He asked, facing forward again.
" No....just trust me."
"That should be easy," he said wryly.
17- Indigo
I was completely pissed off. Rene and the others had gone to Schwartz headquarters [courtesy of one of MY shadow portals, of course,] and left me, yet again, to babysit. Not that the job was difficult or anything, but what would happen if they were ambushed, sprayed with bullets, and I wasn't there with a TK shield? I thought Rene had made a poor decision leaving me behind. She should have at least left Cali, or Kurayami even. Yeah, definitely Kurayami. The kid was new to the team, and not used to fighting next to the other girls. Cali, Rene and I however, worked like the gears of a Swiss watch.
I momentarily stopped stuffing sushi into my mouth and glanced at my wrist watch. The others should be back soon, I thought. In the meantime....
" Hello Ken?" I cradled the phone between my neck and shoulder, resuming my sushi-stuffing while I waited for him to respond.
" Yeah, hey!" he answered cheerily." What's up?"
" I'm boredddddd," I whined. He just chuckled.
" Do you want me to pick you up? We could go get some sushi." I gulped down my California roll and was about to say yes, when I remembered I was on duty.
" Oh sorry, honey, I'm....babysitting," I said regretfully.
He seemed surprised at this. " Babysitting? Who do you know in this city?"
I lied quickly, " Oh, I've got an aunt who lives here. I'm watching my cousin."
He laughed softly. " Awww, that's sweet. Well, okay, some other time then." We chatted a bit more and then I hung up with a sigh. Somehow, I felt much less angry than I had before I'd called Ken.
*****
* Leila, get us out of here....* Rene's telepathic voice broke through a dream I was having of N'sync.
* Justin? What? Huh?* I responded lamely.
* Oh for.....! Wake up, Lei! And get us out of here, please! We've got stuff to discuss.* She sent me a mental picture of the location and I formed a portal for them to jump into. Then, I opened a door in the fabric of space and they tumbled out, one after the other.
" Ouch!" Cali said trying to stand up from among a tangle of arms and legs. " Geez, Lei! Did you have to be so rough?"
" Sorry," I shrugged." It's hard to be gentle when I'm not WITH you guys." I added some bitterness to those last words.
Rene dismissed my comment with - a wave of her hand.
" Okay, here's the deal. The senator has agreed to our demands, just as long as we deliver hi daughter to him in one piece, and soon. How is she, by the way?" she asked me.
" She's fine. Sleeping like a baby. Plus, she doesn't hate us as much. I gave her sushi." I said happily.
" Great. Win the kid over with food," Kurayami remarked drily.
~*~*~*~*~*
Notes: Back again. Me and Ryan think Rene's weapon sounds like a shoe. Stilleto's... *Snicker* She sayz it's piano wire. *Ponders* She could get tangled up in it with Creepy Crawly on purpose then... I have a death wish. ^_-_~ At least I didn't write an funny Ode to her like Ryan did. She got her eardrums shattered. ^^* Did you know I have a pic of Omi and Nagi in a _bed_?! ... *giggles* Did you know I'm half German but don't know anything? ... gtg! Basketball game tom w/ Ryan and Lei. Rene's the only one on a different team. ;P Matta ne!
Grrr...your are SOOO dead, Cali! And for crying out loud, a stiletto is a small, slim KNIFE as in a sharp cutting blade - like the one Farfie chews at! It is NOT piano wire, though I also use it. Sheesh... - Rene aka Iris
*snicker-snicker* Bosslady's a real grouch, ne? hehehehehehehe*grin* by the way, we're in the finals 4 basketball, Silhouette rocks!!!!we're gonna kick some butt!;) -Ryan aka Neuromancer
~*~*~*~*~*
18-Raven
I was bored. Here I was in the middle of my favorite country in the whole world, and Rene [cruel woman], ordered me to keep a close watch on the old geezer senator. I was set on a nearby rooftop. A nearby _boring_ rooftop.
So, here I was, spending already two entire hours watching him and his wife mope about, as they clutched a piccy of the kid. I was sooooo touched.
......note the sarcasm.
Time for drastic measures.
HaHA! I flipped at my diskman and taking out my Glay and Gackt CD's picked one and listened to the wonderful music. Then _he_ walked into the senator's room.
*Shu-shu!*
*Leibe?*
*Whatever are you doing in there?*
*Following Bradley's orders.* A smirk crept into his face. *Same as you I see.*
*Orders from the boss and from a friend.* I said grudgingly. *Can't disobey.*
He cut off our conversation, then started to talk to Mr. Senator. Afterwards, he left the room only to reappear beside me, "We'll be getting the money soon. Job's almost done."
Damn, he's fast. "Great." I rested my head on his shoulder. "I can buy myself a few things and meet with my brothers."
He looked surprised. "You have a family?"
"Yeah. Two great older twin brothers and a husky pup."
That cute smirk rose again. "Cute. Wouldn't have guessed you were the happy family type."
"We're not. We killed our parents."
We sat in silence for a few minutes, his long bangs tickling my cheek. His hand sought out mine and I clutched it tightly.
How long would this last? I've never been in love before and it wasn't what I expected. I was happy, sad and scared. Happy, because I was loved, sad because I knew it couldn't last. Scared because, I wondered if I would ever be the same.
Schuldrich sensed this. "Leibe, just live a little."
I glowered up at him suspiciously."What do you mean?"
"Take things as they come! Live in the present." He rested his chin on my head. "Don't worry bout something that hasn't come yet."
After a moment's silence, I found my voice, "Okay."
"Good." he sounded smug, that annoyed me.
"And as for the present, there's a movie I wanted to watch!"
"Nani?"
I beamed up at him. " You're paying!"
He grumbled loudly but the pressure of his hand on mine tightened as he pulled me up.
note= hehehehehehehe.....just read and you'll see what i mean.....*grin*
16-Iris
To say that they were surprised was an understatement.
Kurayami and I used Leila's shadow portal to get into the Schwartz's apartment. They were having a late breakfast and it was chaos. Schuldrich had spilled coffee on Brad's tie and the two shouted at each other while Nagi, the telepath, wiped up the mess. The Irishman, Farfello, sat placidly cutting his arms with a butter knife of all things.
They all looked up in surprise when we walked in from out of the portal.
I silently took Crawford's tie from the table and washed the stained part at the sink.
" We weren't interrupting anything important, were we?"
" No....what are you doing here?"
" It's time we spoke to the girl's father. As the designated 'fall guys'...." Schuldrich scowled at that. " ....you need to do the talking."
" If not?" Schuldrich asked challengingly.
" There are alternatives, " I said perfectly mimicking Crawford's voice.
" I see." Crawford said. I turned from the counter, having dried his tie on the still warm toaster top. I walked to him and carefully fixed his tie at his collar. Noticing Schuldrich's smirk, I noted drily.
" You're seeing Cali, aren't you?" He blushed furiously but, didn't say a word. " If you do anything to endanger her or my team, I'll make sure you spend the rest of your life eating from a tube."
I looked up from fixing the tie to give him a sharklike smile. He nodded in return and grabbed his coat before leaving. I stepped away from Crawford and spoke to Kurayami,
" Go to the front room and stand guard."
" Go with her." Crawford told the Irish man.
As the two left the kitchen, I said to Kurayami.
" Try not to kill each other." Kurayami gave me a devilish grin before shutting the door.
" Where are you going?" Crawford asked as the remaining member of his team put on his coat.
" On a date with Tot. Told you last night, remember?"
" ....oh, yes, you did."
* Oh shit!* I thought, I was practically alone with Crawford in his apartment. I smelled a rat. We'd been set-up. I heard Cali and Shuldrich chuckling in my mind. I shut up their voices and turned back to Crawford.
" Let's get down to business...."
* Incoming.* I heard Kurayami say just as Crawford recieved a vision. He pushed me to the floor, landing on top of me as bullets shot through where we'd been standing. Glad I'd worn pants, I pushed him off me and crouched as I let loose my wire, catching one of the two men's legs and causing him to stumble. Crawford put a bullet in his head before he hit the floor. With a flick of my wrist, I had my stiletto in my hand. Avoiding the second man's shooting, I caught his free arm and twisted it behind his back, slashing his throat. Letting him fall to the ground, I followed Crawford to the front room.
It was a bloody massacre. Blood was sprayed all over the white walls and leather upholstered sofa set, Kurayami and Farfello stood back to back. Their blades at hand. Four mutilated bodies lay around them.
* So, this proves that only the psychic team knew who the real kidnappers are. The rest believe it's the Schwartz. Good.*
" You two get rid of this mess," Crawford told Kurayami and Farfello. She looked at me for confirmation and I nodded then said.
" Let's go call the senator."
*****
" Well, that's finished," Crawford said, leaning back on the chair next to mine. He massaged his head wearily. The senator knew we were serious and agreed to cooperate as well as to stop trying to kill us.
" Are you always this tense?" I asked, amused, as I went to stand behind him.
" What are you doing?" He asked, half-rising as I placed my hand on his shoulders and pushed him back down.
" Giving you a massage." He looked at me surprisingly. " I'm not going to kill you....at least not yet. But you know I could just press a pressure point and you'd be dead."
" Is that supposed to make me feel better?" He asked, facing forward again.
" No....just trust me."
"That should be easy," he said wryly.
17- Indigo
I was completely pissed off. Rene and the others had gone to Schwartz headquarters [courtesy of one of MY shadow portals, of course,] and left me, yet again, to babysit. Not that the job was difficult or anything, but what would happen if they were ambushed, sprayed with bullets, and I wasn't there with a TK shield? I thought Rene had made a poor decision leaving me behind. She should have at least left Cali, or Kurayami even. Yeah, definitely Kurayami. The kid was new to the team, and not used to fighting next to the other girls. Cali, Rene and I however, worked like the gears of a Swiss watch.
I momentarily stopped stuffing sushi into my mouth and glanced at my wrist watch. The others should be back soon, I thought. In the meantime....
" Hello Ken?" I cradled the phone between my neck and shoulder, resuming my sushi-stuffing while I waited for him to respond.
" Yeah, hey!" he answered cheerily." What's up?"
" I'm boredddddd," I whined. He just chuckled.
" Do you want me to pick you up? We could go get some sushi." I gulped down my California roll and was about to say yes, when I remembered I was on duty.
" Oh sorry, honey, I'm....babysitting," I said regretfully.
He seemed surprised at this. " Babysitting? Who do you know in this city?"
I lied quickly, " Oh, I've got an aunt who lives here. I'm watching my cousin."
He laughed softly. " Awww, that's sweet. Well, okay, some other time then." We chatted a bit more and then I hung up with a sigh. Somehow, I felt much less angry than I had before I'd called Ken.
*****
* Leila, get us out of here....* Rene's telepathic voice broke through a dream I was having of N'sync.
* Justin? What? Huh?* I responded lamely.
* Oh for.....! Wake up, Lei! And get us out of here, please! We've got stuff to discuss.* She sent me a mental picture of the location and I formed a portal for them to jump into. Then, I opened a door in the fabric of space and they tumbled out, one after the other.
" Ouch!" Cali said trying to stand up from among a tangle of arms and legs. " Geez, Lei! Did you have to be so rough?"
" Sorry," I shrugged." It's hard to be gentle when I'm not WITH you guys." I added some bitterness to those last words.
Rene dismissed my comment with - a wave of her hand.
" Okay, here's the deal. The senator has agreed to our demands, just as long as we deliver hi daughter to him in one piece, and soon. How is she, by the way?" she asked me.
" She's fine. Sleeping like a baby. Plus, she doesn't hate us as much. I gave her sushi." I said happily.
" Great. Win the kid over with food," Kurayami remarked drily.
~*~*~*~*~*
Notes: Back again. Me and Ryan think Rene's weapon sounds like a shoe. Stilleto's... *Snicker* She sayz it's piano wire. *Ponders* She could get tangled up in it with Creepy Crawly on purpose then... I have a death wish. ^_-_~ At least I didn't write an funny Ode to her like Ryan did. She got her eardrums shattered. ^^* Did you know I have a pic of Omi and Nagi in a _bed_?! ... *giggles* Did you know I'm half German but don't know anything? ... gtg! Basketball game tom w/ Ryan and Lei. Rene's the only one on a different team. ;P Matta ne!
Grrr...your are SOOO dead, Cali! And for crying out loud, a stiletto is a small, slim KNIFE as in a sharp cutting blade - like the one Farfie chews at! It is NOT piano wire, though I also use it. Sheesh... - Rene aka Iris
*snicker-snicker* Bosslady's a real grouch, ne? hehehehehehehe*grin* by the way, we're in the finals 4 basketball, Silhouette rocks!!!!we're gonna kick some butt!;) -Ryan aka Neuromancer
~*~*~*~*~*
18-Raven
I was bored. Here I was in the middle of my favorite country in the whole world, and Rene [cruel woman], ordered me to keep a close watch on the old geezer senator. I was set on a nearby rooftop. A nearby _boring_ rooftop.
So, here I was, spending already two entire hours watching him and his wife mope about, as they clutched a piccy of the kid. I was sooooo touched.
......note the sarcasm.
Time for drastic measures.
HaHA! I flipped at my diskman and taking out my Glay and Gackt CD's picked one and listened to the wonderful music. Then _he_ walked into the senator's room.
*Shu-shu!*
*Leibe?*
*Whatever are you doing in there?*
*Following Bradley's orders.* A smirk crept into his face. *Same as you I see.*
*Orders from the boss and from a friend.* I said grudgingly. *Can't disobey.*
He cut off our conversation, then started to talk to Mr. Senator. Afterwards, he left the room only to reappear beside me, "We'll be getting the money soon. Job's almost done."
Damn, he's fast. "Great." I rested my head on his shoulder. "I can buy myself a few things and meet with my brothers."
He looked surprised. "You have a family?"
"Yeah. Two great older twin brothers and a husky pup."
That cute smirk rose again. "Cute. Wouldn't have guessed you were the happy family type."
"We're not. We killed our parents."
We sat in silence for a few minutes, his long bangs tickling my cheek. His hand sought out mine and I clutched it tightly.
How long would this last? I've never been in love before and it wasn't what I expected. I was happy, sad and scared. Happy, because I was loved, sad because I knew it couldn't last. Scared because, I wondered if I would ever be the same.
Schuldrich sensed this. "Leibe, just live a little."
I glowered up at him suspiciously."What do you mean?"
"Take things as they come! Live in the present." He rested his chin on my head. "Don't worry bout something that hasn't come yet."
After a moment's silence, I found my voice, "Okay."
"Good." he sounded smug, that annoyed me.
"And as for the present, there's a movie I wanted to watch!"
"Nani?"
I beamed up at him. " You're paying!"
He grumbled loudly but the pressure of his hand on mine tightened as he pulled me up.
