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The EVIL!! (Himiko: EVVIILLL!!!) Fic tha Usachan Made Me Write
Chap 2 - The Shadow Team
Serenity sighed as she looked out the glass plane window. Her arms placed comfortably on the armrest and leaned back on the shuttle seat. She closed her eyes to think more clearly on how al this had happened so fast.
{I'm going back. Back to Japan…I'm gonna see my family again. Sammy…Mother...Father…} a tear trailed down her cheek, which sparkled from the sunlight streaming in from the window.
A smile curved her lips as she remembered how she had earned the money for the shuttle ticket. She was wearing a pair of blue jean, running shoes, a green tank top and a blue windbreaker. Her hand reached inside her blue jacket and she fingered the metal badge. She let herself drift in her newly made memories of her newfound friends.
***Flashback***
She quickly changed into the skimpy outfit she was given and saw that it fit perfectly. A bit too perfectly she saw as she gazed into the body length mirror on the wall. She ran a gloved hand down her side to push out any wrinkles, to find none. The bodysuit fitted her like a second skin, clinging tightly to her body. She ruffled the skirt part a bit and stepped into the high heels. She turned to the mirror and checked herself one more time before stepping out.
She had expected to see Trowa, Catherine or the manager, but it was not them who greeted her. Instead, standing outside of her trailer was a platinum blond haired boy who had his back to her and was conversing with a lady with two braids hooked in rolls on both sides of her head. The lady was wearing a blue uniform of some sort and had a badge that read: Lady Une. The boy wore a pair of blue pants, a pink t-shirt and a white vest over it.
The lady saw her first with her hard brown eyes. She stared right back, not the least bit intimidated. The lady raised an eyebrow at that but her eyes twinkled with some kind joy. The boy having noticed that the lady had stopped talking and was looking at something behind him, he turned around. She saw that he had light blues, the same shade that hers had been…before. She mentally shook herself and looked eyes with the stranger boy. The boy looked into her eyes and smiled.
" Hello, I'm Quatre Rebarba Winner and this is Lady Une." He said and motioned to the lady. " We came to tell you that Trowa can't make it to practice. He um…had other pressing engagements." He and the lady traded a look; she filed that away for future reference. But even as she did that she felt herself grow annoyed, she looked down at the skimpy outfit she had been almost forced to put on.
" So I wore this for nothing?" she said.
Her voice had momentary stunned the lady and the boy, but then they took in what she had said. They blinked and looked down to see what she was wearing, and their eyes widened. The boy fell over with a nosebleed. (Himiko: *giggles* Bad boy Quatre!) He tried to recover his dignity as he got up from the ground and flushed as he looked at her again. He quickly averted his eyes elsewhere to the ground below.
" Go-Gomen!" he said flushing.
She giggled and Lady Une chuckled at him, causing him to redden further from embarrassment.
" It's alright." She said her voice twinkling bells, " So…I guess practice is cancelled." A mischievous twinkle in her eyes, " Unless you want me to give you your own private show." The boy once again fell over as his hands flew to his nose and pinched it. Lady Une laughed heartily and Serenity smiled a 100 watts smile that lit up her whole face.
" What's going on?" a cold voice cut in. They turned to see Trowa in the same blue uniform that Lady Une had, except he didn't have his name on it like Une did. He looked at Une then to Serenity then to Quatre and back to Serenity. Quatre who had just noticed his fingers pinching his nose had let it go and looked to the ground flushed.
Trowa looked at the group again once more before locking eyes with Une.
" Let's go." He said and started to turn around.
" You go first, I want to stay and chat with um…" Lady Une trailed off noticing she didn't know the girls name.
" Serenity." She filled in. The leaves rustled as a random gust of wind came by.
" Serenity over here."
Trowa paused. " Alright. I'll see you at the base. Quatre, let's go."
Trowa never did once look back as he walked or wait for Quatre to catch up. {Why? How? How were they able to make you laugh, and I wasn't? Why did you stop? You were beautiful. The way your face lit up, your lips curved, eye twinkling with the sun beating down on you. Why do I have the feeling I ought to be the one that brought the look to your face?}
" …Trowa?" Quatre asked a bit timidly.
He snapped out of his daze. " Yes?"
" You're being extremely quiet. Even for you. Are you alright?"
" I'm fine." He continued walking and Quatre silently followed.
~~~~~ With Lady Une and Serenity~~~
Une waited for Serenity to come out of her trailer. She came out a moment later in blue jeans, a peach color t-shirt and running shoes. Her costume hung on her right arms and she glared at it.
Une's lip twitched. " I have a feeling you don't like working in that thing."
" You are correct." Serenity replied, " But you are also wrong I don't work here. I was suppose to addition today for the job."
Une looked at her calculatingly. Serenity gave her a weary look, though Une ignored it.
" You don't have a fighter's build or look but something tells me that you can hold our own if need be."
Serenity narrowed her eyes at her and slowly nodded in caution. " So what?"
" I have a special team," Une started, " that so far only contains two members, how would you like it if I offered you a job of joining that team."
" Joining the team?" Serenity asked in interest. " What does that team do?"
" It's a top secret spy team. It gathers information from the enemies and brings it back to me." Une explained in a low voice all the while looking from side to side to make sure no one was around to hear it except them. " They answer only to me and no one knows of their existence. They're doing fine as they are but I have a feeling that you would be the finishing touch."
" No one knows?" Serenity picked apart the information she was given. " Hm…it seems like a good deal but it seems I don't know what association you're working for."
" The Preventors, I think you must have heard of them."
Serenity nodded, " and you are…?"
" The head of it." Une answered curtly.
Serenity blinked hen broke into a grin, " alright you have a deal."
" Great." Une said, " I think you should leave a note for Trowa and Catherine to tell them you're leaving. But don't let them catch you and talk you into staying. The enemy can't find out who you are or they'll target those around. Get your stuff and come to the office. The others will be there and will take you to the hide out."
Serenity nodded and Une left. Serenity walked back to the apartment and left a note saying that Une had introduced her to someone and that she now had a job. But the job required her to move somewhere else, and that was it. She didn't leave an address, a phone number or anything that they could contact her by.
That done she left for the Preventor's building.
***End Flashback***
Serenity tuned her head to look at her two new comrades. The first one had ebony black hair that reached her shoulders untied, but was now tied back in a French twist. She stood at 5'4 but was sitting now and her black sunglasses covered up her brown eyes. She sat reading a book about Japan in Chinese and she wore a black halter-top, black pants and black streaked sneakers.
The girl sitting next to her had her head rolled back onto the black-haired girls shoulder and was half dozing. Her blond bangs [and her closed eyelids] covered up her stormy blue-gray eyes, her pale peach lips were open slightly mumbling, slurring out non sensible words. Round blue earrings decorated her earlobes and her shoulder length hair was pulled back into a half-bun half letdown fashion that kind of reminded her of Setsuna's. Her clothing consisted of a blue blouse, knee length blue skirt and blue high heels.
Serenity's lips quirked in wanting of a smile as she could clearly see why the first was called 'The beauty in black' and the second ' The beauty in blue'.
She looked down at herself with an amused smile; unlike them she didn't wear all one color. She wore a light pink drawstring tank top and baby blue jeans with a pair of white socks and running shoes.
She didn't have a name for her part in the team, mostly because nobody actually knew there was a third member. Often the girls and Une referred to her as their secret weapon, 'the lady of Mystic'.
" All passengers prepare for landing. We are to land in five minutes. Thank you." The captain said over the plane speakers.
Serenity saw the ebony haired girl shake awake the blond. As soon as the plane landed the three got up and left to find their bags. As they looked for their escort in the crowded airport, they talked to ass the time.
" I can't believe we here, in Japan. I heard they say that this part of the world is 100 years behind!" the blonde exclaimed.
" Japan, China, India, Russia." The black haired girl shrugged, " They barely acknowledge that the colonies exist, they even follow a different calendar!"
" Hai." Serenity said, " The After Christ one, not the After Colony."
" Now where is our contact?" the blonde said skimming the crowd and spotted a silver flash of light. " Ah! There her is! The Lighting Count, Zechs Marquise!"
They hurried over to the man and bowed. He bowed along with them and helped get their bags into the limo he called. As soon as they settled into the seats and the driver too off he turned to them.
" Hello ladies. I'm Zechs Marquise and I was sent here to sort out where you were to live and your money problems. I got you a place near the ocean in the Juuban district as you requested." He handed them three keys and a piece of paper with the address, " I will be leaving in a short while, probably by the end of today. If you don't mind me asking, why are you here?"
" For our long earn vacation!" the blonde exclaimed.
Zechs nodded, he was hesitant to continue, and "I was wondering, if you happen to know anything of Une's suppose Shadow Team that rumors have been going on about? Since are Une's assistants and all, uh…. never mind it is none of my business."
The ebony haired, place skinned girl gave him a tooth smile, " Oh it's no trouble. We know of Une's special team."
Zechs did a double turn, " You mean that it's true? That she actually has an elite spy team? That it actually exists?!"
" Yup!" the girl continued " and you're looking at 'em."
Zechs stared with wide eyes behind his mask, "You? You are they? You three barely look like he top fighters they say!"
" Which is to our advantage Lighting Count." The blonde said briskly, " Let us introduce ourselves." She extended her hand to shake his.
Serenity smiled as they went into their introductions, the same one that they had given her when they first met.
" Midii Une, missing in action. Hasn't been sighted for 7 years." She gave him a amused smile, " actually has been sighted but those who has seen me has never been able to live to tell about it." He nodded slowly.
"Chang Meiran; died in colony explosion. I believe you know my husband." She said as she shook his hand.
Zechs' jaw dropped. " You mean Chang Wufei?!"
Meiran nodded smugly.
He turned to the last member with a question in his eyes of what story she had. Serenity smiled at him and shook his hand.
" Serenity Moon Cosmos. Never existed."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of Chapter 2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Himiko: That's the end of this chap! *sigh* I have so many writer's blocks everytime I try to write anything. I'll try to get more out, but with my busy shedules these days you might not see any of my work until the end of this month.
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