Kalis Journey Series-Chapter Three: The Analyzing of Kalli's Heart

Author's Note: The plot thickens...

The boys were shown around the fairly large underground village that Beazin's parents had built. One section was for families to live, play, teach and learn. Young children played games involving complicated hand motions and tossing objects in the air. They even spotted one group of children tossing balls back and forth, except the balls never touched their hands.

"Telekenetic handball." Beazin explained.

"Looks like something out of The Matrix." Duo mumbled.

Another section held meeting rooms full of graphs, plans, maps, anything that could be thought of to help bring down President Gates. There was also a training room. Trowa was the only one to really look inside and find Kalli there, she was attacking a punching bag with kicks and punches so fast it nearly made the boy's head spin.

"Yo Trowa! Wakie wakie!" Duo called. "What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing." Trowa said. He glanced back at the girl then followed the others.

"You caught us at an extremly important time," Beazin said, leading them into a meeting room with a map on the wall of a mansion. "We are about to bring down President Gates once and for all."

"Hold on a minute," Duo said. "Every time someone tries something like this, something goes wrong."

"Things have already been going wrong." Kalli said, apprearing in the doorway. "Half our resistance has dissapeared. More and more dissapear everyday. That was something I wanted to discuss with you, Beazin."

"What's wrong?"

"The other day I encountered Jeir, Lao-Chang," Kalli hesitated. "And Opanai and Ferrero."

Beazin sat down hard on a chair. Her face went white. "What happened?" She asked in a wavering voice.

"They attacked me. I didn't hurt them. Much."

"What did you do Kalli?" Beazin stood and went to her, grabbing the girl roughly by her shoulders. Kalli blinked back, her face blank, emotionless. "Kalli, what did you do?!"

Kalli pushed Beazin off. "I only kept them from hurting the others with me that day and put them out of commission so not even Gates could hurt them without a reason."

Beazin began to cry, falling to her knees in front of the girl. "Why did you hurt them? It wasn't necessary, why didn't you bring them back?"

It was an upetting scene. Quatre bit his lower lip and turned away, Trowa put a comforting arm around him. Duo sighed and shook his head. Heero and Wufei just looked on, but both were amazed. Beazin was getting close to hysterics and Kalli just stood there, without emotion, without any regret for what she may have done.

Even Heero isn't that bad, Trowa thought.

"I couldn't bring them back. They didn't even know who I really was, all they knew was that I was their enemy." Kalli shook her head. "President Gates has sank lower than any living thing on this planet. We did bring Jeir back though."

Beazin looked up. "How?"

"Jeir's brother Zalep was with us. he broke down worse than you are now."

Beazin raised an eyebrow. "Zalep? Break down? That's a laugh,"

"He did. He grabbed Jeir and didn't let go, then Jeir suddenly passed out."

Beazin stood up. "And you tell me this now because-.....what?"

"Jeir woke up a few minutes ago. Tran had come to tell me while I was training. Jeir said that he didn't remember how Gates got a hold on him, nor does he remember what made him and the others so violent. He only remembered one thing."

"Do you have something with suspense?" Duo asked.

Kalli gave him something of a glare. "All Jeir remembered was love. One minute he was sleeping, the next thing he knew was Zalep holding him and telling him how much he loved him. Now if you will excuse me."

Beazin sighed. "Zalep and Jeir were one of the ones who suffered most from this ordeal. Both their parents died in a camp while they worked as slaves in Gates."

"How sad," Quatre murmured.

"Who are the other three Kalli talk about?" Heero asked.

"Lao-Chang was one of my best freinds. She served as our top medical assistant. Very powerful healing spells she has. Opanai is my eldest sister and Ferrero is my father."

"Sorry." Wufei said.

Beazin shook her head. "I've gotten used to the idea, I guess, but I still miss them." Beazin sniffed and wiped her eyes. "Anyway, our plan to get Gates has been carefully planned out. But we need much more information before the plan can be executed."

The discussion went late into the night. By its end, Quatre had nearly fallen asleep on the table. Wufei had been yawning silently. When the others seemed to begin nodding off, Beazin decided it was time to call it quits for the night.

The boys went back into the room they had woken up in. Quatre fell asleep first. Duo was attempting to strike up a conversation with Heero but was failing horribly.

"Shut up Maxwell," Wufei finally snapped.

"As you wish, Wu-man," Duo said.

Trowa could just imagine him grinning in the darkness.

"I've killed people for less than that." Wufei growled.

"Ha."

It was finally quiet. Trowa could hear Duo snoring. Heero muttered in his sleep. He had few doubts that Wufei was still awake. It was odd, but Trowa felt restless. To make it even odder, he felt it wasn't his own. He quietly got out of his bed and walked across to the door.

"Trowa?" Wufei whispered.

Trowa jumped. "What?"

"Thought it was you. What're you doing?"

"Going for a walk."

There was a moment of silence. "Be careful. Something's wrong."

"How so?"

"How am I supposed to know? Just be careful."

"Of course."

Trowa shut the door. He wandered around the complex, a few of the people were up and about, no doubtedly taking guard at various positions to keep any intruders out. They paid little attention to him.

Trowa soon found himself near the training room where he had seen Kalli earlier that day. She was there again, dressed in spandex shorts and a black tank top. This girl could easily pass as Heero's long-lost sister. Trowa watched her fighting the punching bag again, using moves so quick Trowa could swear the scene was unreal. She stepped back at one point and did flips and tumbles across the room, then flipped around on bars and rods set up around the room. She moved from bar to bar, swinging, perching on it then leaping to the next like an animal. It took Trowa a while to realize that the room was fairly high, at least twenty feet from the floor to the ceiling. Kalli reached the top and stopped, staring down. She jumped off the bar and fell to the ground, head first, eyes closed.

"No!" Trowa yelled, running forward in time to catch her before she hit the ground.

Kalli had began to flip in the air when she was halfway to the ground so when Trowa caught her, she landed neatly in his arms. She stared at him.

"What was that for?" Kalli asked.

"Were you trying to kill yourself?" Trowa asked, setting her on her feet.

"I have found that people who commit suicide are depressed and can't deal with the real world." Kalli said, brushing off her shorts. "I'm sure Beazin has told you my little problem. Gates has trained me to build up an emotional wall. All I care about right now is bringing down that thing and restore the peace to my planet."

Trowa stared after her as she took a sip of water from a glass on the floor and wiped her head with a towel. He wasn't sure why, but he felt an attraction to her. He knew love could spring up anytime and anywhere, but this was just too strange. It was at the same level as his love for Cstherine. He supossed it sprang from a sense of guilt, no one loved Kalli just because she couldn't love back.

"How old are you?" Trowa asked.

"The same age as you and your friends I suppose. Fourteen, fifteen,"

"How do you live?"

"Excuse me?"

"How can you live with no emotion? Just a machine?"

Kalli shrugged. "I just live. After the libration of my people, who knows? I guess who would care? Maybe by then death would be my only option."

Kalli began to walk out. Trowa grabbed her wrist. She looked at him, a bit confused.

"I'm sure people would care." Trowa said.

"I know what people say about and feel about me. I'm respected, but who would want a machine as a ruler?"

Trowa gave her a small, rare smile. "I'm sure that will change. No one can go on like this forever. Goodnight Kalli."

He dropped a light kiss on her hand and went to bed, now feeling satisfied.

Kalli stared after the boy, not believing what took place. She didn't understand. All she knew was that he pressed his lips to her hand. And it felt strange. She looked at the place where his lips touched, no reactions, no color-changing skin, nothing. She brought her hand to her face, wondering, then walked off to bed.

Trowa suppressed a yawn as he made his way back to bed. He felt better somehow.

"You feel better because she isn't restless anymore,"

"Beazin?"

He turned to find himself nearly face to face with the other.

"I have been following you since I saw you come out of the training room. Forgive me, I have been poking around your mind a bit."

"Hmm, it's allright."

"Your restlessness has been caused by her."

"How?"

"That's what I intend to find out. Will you trust me, Trowa?"

"I guess so,"

The gap between Beazin and Trowa quickly closed. She placed her hand on the side of his head, her middle finger resting on his temple, her little finger resting just on the edge of his eye. He didn't feel anything, but he could see in her eyes that she was searching for something. Her nose wrinkled slightly as she backed away.

"Hmm, strange,"

"What is it?"

"You, you seem to have the same qualities as a magical person."

Trowa blinked. "What does this mean?"

"Hmm, not sure. The dimension travel was something that had me concerned. I don't know if it has any effects on you. I already sensed something from your friend Quatre."

"He's had that about him for a while. I don't understand it yet, none of us do I think."

"This dimension may have some effects on you boys. If you were born here, it's possible you would have been magical. It just means that you may have some of the same powers as any of us." She gave Trowa a quick hug and turned away. "If you do have the power, use it. Don't ever be afraid."

The next morning, Trowa spoke lightly about his night walk, giving the information he felt was necessary.

"So, we may have the ability to do magic as these people do too." Trowa finished.

"I kinda like Kalli," Quatre said shyly.

"Whoa, Quatre you stud you!" Duo said loudly enough to make the boy blush.

"Well, she feels like a sister to me." Quatre said almost defensively, ignoring the look Trowa was giving him.

"I respect her." Wufei admitted.

"What about you Heero?" Duo asked. Then he gave an evil grin. "Or are you still stuck on Relena?"

"Hell no," Heero mumbled. "It's none of your buisness."

"Heero's in love! Heero's in love!" Duo sang.

Heero smirked. "I think it's you who's really in love with the girl."

Duo threw his braid back indignantly. "Maybe. But then again, I'm sure she'd fall for me before you."

"The girl can't love anyone Maxwell." Wufei said coldly.

"Maybe the Wu-man's in love with her." Duo said with a grin.

Wufei had Duo up against the wall in a second, Duo giggled maniacally.

"Enough." Kalli said, walking up to them.

"Good morning Kalli." Trowa said.

"Wow! Hey, Kalli! You got the Sacred Silent One to talk!" Duo said, then he groaned as Wufei gave him a cautionary slam against the rock wall. Then Wufei dropped him. "Owww, thanks alot you weak Wu-Man,"

Wufei spun around. "I'll kill you for that!"

Kalli grabbed Wufei's wrist. "Leave him alone."

Wufei blinked at her. "You know that you're the only woman to approach me like that."

"I may be the last if you don't watch it."

Wufei could only stare as she left.

"She has that effect don't she?" Duo said as Quatre helped him up.

"She has more in her heart than she thinks." Beazin said.

"Oh, morning Beazin," Quatre said.

"Good morning. I heard you guys talking about Kalli." All the boys blushed. "Just wanted to warn you five, emotions could kill her. It's been too long,"

"But you can't let the girl live her entire life as a machine." Duo argued.

"She's lived like that for years. Who is anyone to change it?"

"Who are you not to?" Heero challenged.

Beazin sighed. "I don't want to get onto the wrong foot with you boys since we'll be spending quite a while with each other. As far as Kalli goes, I just say I've warned you."