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"Dammit!" yelled the CIC, "I almost had him too! Relena was the perfect bait!"
The remaining soldiers, who hadn't been killed by Heero himself, backed away. After a few more minutes, the soldiers, one by one, began to walk away.
"Where are you all going?" boomed the CIC.
"Well, since we failed, we all figured that we wouldn't be of any use to you anymore and thought that we should go."
"Not of any use, huh? Well then, you have a lot to learn. Since the captain is dead, I will take his title. I am the captain now." He said.
Now, we have a little business that we have to finish. We aren't looking for the Gundam anymore. I have a feeling Heero has already found it. We will go right to the source. First, call back Nat and Kay."
A few of the soldiers shivered slightly. Finally, one spoke.
"Kay and Nat are not going to joining us anytime soon." He stammpered.
The CIC caught the idea and shook with fury. "I can't believe it!" he cried, "Well, we can do this without them. But we have to get rid of those two. That's what they get for their betrayal."
He was in a very nasty mood from that moment on.
"I want a course to Earth on the double!" he said loudly. A few soldiers ran to the controls. "Then I want all the ammunition we got to be taken to the gun tower. Load the guns and prepare for battle."
Three more soldiers ran out of the room leaving 4 left. The captain let them be and sat in the Captains chair and smiled evilly.
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Heero and Nat were talking at the table. It was really early, about 5:00 am. Duo walked out in his white, long sleeve under shirt.
"Good morning." Nat said. Duo yawned and said "Mornin"
"Where's your over shirt, Duo?" asked Heero, mischievously.
Duo yawned again. "I gave it to Kay." He said then stopped. "Wait a minute. When did you come back?"
"Last night. They got here really late and you were already sleeping" Nat explained.
"Yeah, with Kay." Heero said. Nat laughed.
"So you saw her last night. That's cool. Wait until you meet her. She's great and…"
"I'll find out for myself, Duo." Heero said, cutting his friend off.
"Oh ok. So how long were you two up?" Duo asked.
"Well, when they came, Relena fell asleep almost right away. We've been up since then." Nat said and then laughed at Duo's facial expression.
"No sleep? Jeez!" Duo yawned.
Heero smiled slightly. "Well Duo, knowing you, you can't last half a day without sleep."
"Damn straight!" Duo said grinning widely.
Everyone laughed. Just then, Kay came walking out. Duo's black over shirt was really big for her. It ended a little below the middle of her thigh. Even though she was wearing shorts, you couldn't see them. The sleeves lazily hung off her thin arms.
"Wow. That shirt IS big for you." Duo laughed, "It didn't look it last night."
Kay smiled. She saw Heero and said hi.
"Good morning, sleepy head." Nat said.
"Sleepy head? What time is it?" she asked.
"Uh…6:30 am." Nat said, looking at her watch.
"6:30 am! Oh my! I have to…" she suddenly stopped. "Wait. I don't work for the captain anymore." She said and laughed. Nat joined her.
"I guess he left a bigger mark on you than you though, huh?" Nat said.
"I guess. That ass." She said, running her hand through her long, unbraided hair. "Well, at least help me do my hair. Nat?"
"Yeah ok. I'm coming." She replied as she stood up.
Kay sat down and Nat started combing her hair with her fingers. Then she separated it into three parts and started to flip each column of hair over each other. Soon enough, her hair was nicely braided and tied. Kay stood up to do the same to Nat.
Duo watched for a while then turned back to Heero.
"So, I hear you have it for Kay." Heero said talking softly. "Does she know?"
"No. I didn't tell her yet." He said, uneasy.
"Well, what about all that playing you did last night?" Heero asked.
"Oh that. That was just playing around. She kept on taking the blanket on purpose." Duo said.
"Uh huh." Heero said, "Keep going."
"Well, it was cold! So I tickled her stomach. Turns out she is very ticklish." He said, laughing at the thought. We fell back asleep soon after she gave up."
Heero was taking in the story even though he had already known what had happened. At least Duo was telling the truth.
Nat stood up as Kay twisted the rubber band around the end of the long braid. When she was done, both girls twirled around in opposite directions as their tight braids swung with them. When they completed a circle and met each other again they jumped back and both kicked at each other. Both kicks were two inches from their faces. They laughed as they let down their guard.
"It has been a while since we did that." Kay said.
"Yup. I think the last time we did that we missed and hit the sensei (Teacher)." Nat said and they giggle at the thought.
"That was when we were five years old" Kay said.
Duo and Heero both looked shocked. This only made the girls laugh more.
A sudden noise made the girls stop laughing. Someone was there. The boys, who didn't hear anything, asked, "What's wrong?"
The girls didn't answer and looked towards the door. They slowly walked over. When they were about 3 yards away, the door burst open. In came three soldiers.
Nat and Kay backed off in surprise. One soldier put is gun to Kay's head.
"I'm supposed to kill you both. CIC's order." But I won't." he said, lowering his weapon.
"Why not?" Nat asked.
"Because, the captain had no right to do that to you. Plus, you saved mine and these men's lives a number of times." He said. "But we want the boys. Heero, Duo and Trowa and the girl named Relena."
"No way! If you want them, you will have to kills us first." The girls said together, blocking the path to where the guys were.
"Kay, you know I don't want to harm you. Please, step aside. Both of you." The soldier said. He took a step forward. Kay gritted her teeth.
"No! If you are with the CIC, then you are against us. And no one said you were going to harm us, Jack." Nat said.
The two other soldiers started walking toward Heero and Duo.
"Stop!" yelled Kay. She picked up a knife that lay on a nearby table and flew it toward one of the soldiers.
It missed his face by inches and hit the wall, piercing the metal. There it hung, it's blade dug deep in the solid wall. The soldiers backed off.
"Keep them away. I could've killed them right now." Kay said. "Nat can do the same."
The warning seemed to work because they walked back to the door.
"Now leave." Nat said, pointing to the door.
The soldiers turned to leave. Then Jack turned around and held a knife against Nat's neck. Kay tensed and looked at Nat. Nat nodded slightly and Kay stood back.
Nat started to push his hand with the knife in it away from her neck. Jack tried to push it back. If Nat let go, the knife would plunge into her throat. Shaky but slowly, the knife moved away. One inch, two inches, three and finally far enough to get away. Nat grabbed hold of his wrist and twisted it. She pushed his own hand toward himself. The knife dug deep into his stomach. He staggered back in total shock and collapsed to the floor.
Kay and Nat walked to his body. They watched as his eyes closed.
"And he said he was going to hurt us." Nat said.
Kay sighed. "Oh well. And he was so nice to us. I don't see why he had to go bad."
Nat nodded and turned to the two remaining soldiers. They were mortified and staring at the dead soldier.
"Hey!" Kay yelled to get their attention. They looked up. "Go back to the CIC and tell him that we don't want to have to kill any more of our former friends." Tell him to go find trouble elsewhere. Go!" Kay said, loudly.
The two soldiers ran out of the room. Soon, Kay and Nat heard their ship taking off.
She turned around and walked to Duo and Heero. Duo was speechless. Heero watched them walk over.
"You killed him…just like that." Duo said.
"We apologize for that." The girls said.
"No problem. Are you two ok?" Heero asked.
"Yes. We are fine." Nat said. "Duo, are you all right?"
"Huh? Oh yeah." He said.
Kay stood up and walked to the far side of the room. There, she pulled out the knife that she threw at one of the soldiers and walked back.
"Here Duo. I kind of borrowed this." She said, handing back the knife.
"No problem. What are we going to about 'Old Lifeless' there?" he said pointing to the body with the knife in its stomach.
"Well, I think the best thing to do is just toss him out." Heero said.
Everyone agreed and they helped pick him up. ("Damn this guy is heavy!") They walked to the door. They opened it and threw it out. It floated out into the darkness.
"Bye Jack" Kay whispered.
"What's the deal with you and him?" Duo asked.
"Well, we were together for a while. He taught Nat and I the ropes." Kay said.
"Then he became the chief of the army. He started ordering us around. When we were n a battle, Kay saved his life." Nat said.
"That's all" Kay said. She went to a chair and sat down. Nat joined her and Duo and Heero walked to the room where Trowa was working on something else. He hadn't heard a thing under all the noise from that room. He was working on his Gundam. Heero and Duo decided not to say a thing to him as they went to help Trowa.
"Dammit!" yelled the CIC, "I almost had him too! Relena was the perfect bait!"
The remaining soldiers, who hadn't been killed by Heero himself, backed away. After a few more minutes, the soldiers, one by one, began to walk away.
"Where are you all going?" boomed the CIC.
"Well, since we failed, we all figured that we wouldn't be of any use to you anymore and thought that we should go."
"Not of any use, huh? Well then, you have a lot to learn. Since the captain is dead, I will take his title. I am the captain now." He said.
Now, we have a little business that we have to finish. We aren't looking for the Gundam anymore. I have a feeling Heero has already found it. We will go right to the source. First, call back Nat and Kay."
A few of the soldiers shivered slightly. Finally, one spoke.
"Kay and Nat are not going to joining us anytime soon." He stammpered.
The CIC caught the idea and shook with fury. "I can't believe it!" he cried, "Well, we can do this without them. But we have to get rid of those two. That's what they get for their betrayal."
He was in a very nasty mood from that moment on.
"I want a course to Earth on the double!" he said loudly. A few soldiers ran to the controls. "Then I want all the ammunition we got to be taken to the gun tower. Load the guns and prepare for battle."
Three more soldiers ran out of the room leaving 4 left. The captain let them be and sat in the Captains chair and smiled evilly.
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Heero and Nat were talking at the table. It was really early, about 5:00 am. Duo walked out in his white, long sleeve under shirt.
"Good morning." Nat said. Duo yawned and said "Mornin"
"Where's your over shirt, Duo?" asked Heero, mischievously.
Duo yawned again. "I gave it to Kay." He said then stopped. "Wait a minute. When did you come back?"
"Last night. They got here really late and you were already sleeping" Nat explained.
"Yeah, with Kay." Heero said. Nat laughed.
"So you saw her last night. That's cool. Wait until you meet her. She's great and…"
"I'll find out for myself, Duo." Heero said, cutting his friend off.
"Oh ok. So how long were you two up?" Duo asked.
"Well, when they came, Relena fell asleep almost right away. We've been up since then." Nat said and then laughed at Duo's facial expression.
"No sleep? Jeez!" Duo yawned.
Heero smiled slightly. "Well Duo, knowing you, you can't last half a day without sleep."
"Damn straight!" Duo said grinning widely.
Everyone laughed. Just then, Kay came walking out. Duo's black over shirt was really big for her. It ended a little below the middle of her thigh. Even though she was wearing shorts, you couldn't see them. The sleeves lazily hung off her thin arms.
"Wow. That shirt IS big for you." Duo laughed, "It didn't look it last night."
Kay smiled. She saw Heero and said hi.
"Good morning, sleepy head." Nat said.
"Sleepy head? What time is it?" she asked.
"Uh…6:30 am." Nat said, looking at her watch.
"6:30 am! Oh my! I have to…" she suddenly stopped. "Wait. I don't work for the captain anymore." She said and laughed. Nat joined her.
"I guess he left a bigger mark on you than you though, huh?" Nat said.
"I guess. That ass." She said, running her hand through her long, unbraided hair. "Well, at least help me do my hair. Nat?"
"Yeah ok. I'm coming." She replied as she stood up.
Kay sat down and Nat started combing her hair with her fingers. Then she separated it into three parts and started to flip each column of hair over each other. Soon enough, her hair was nicely braided and tied. Kay stood up to do the same to Nat.
Duo watched for a while then turned back to Heero.
"So, I hear you have it for Kay." Heero said talking softly. "Does she know?"
"No. I didn't tell her yet." He said, uneasy.
"Well, what about all that playing you did last night?" Heero asked.
"Oh that. That was just playing around. She kept on taking the blanket on purpose." Duo said.
"Uh huh." Heero said, "Keep going."
"Well, it was cold! So I tickled her stomach. Turns out she is very ticklish." He said, laughing at the thought. We fell back asleep soon after she gave up."
Heero was taking in the story even though he had already known what had happened. At least Duo was telling the truth.
Nat stood up as Kay twisted the rubber band around the end of the long braid. When she was done, both girls twirled around in opposite directions as their tight braids swung with them. When they completed a circle and met each other again they jumped back and both kicked at each other. Both kicks were two inches from their faces. They laughed as they let down their guard.
"It has been a while since we did that." Kay said.
"Yup. I think the last time we did that we missed and hit the sensei (Teacher)." Nat said and they giggle at the thought.
"That was when we were five years old" Kay said.
Duo and Heero both looked shocked. This only made the girls laugh more.
A sudden noise made the girls stop laughing. Someone was there. The boys, who didn't hear anything, asked, "What's wrong?"
The girls didn't answer and looked towards the door. They slowly walked over. When they were about 3 yards away, the door burst open. In came three soldiers.
Nat and Kay backed off in surprise. One soldier put is gun to Kay's head.
"I'm supposed to kill you both. CIC's order." But I won't." he said, lowering his weapon.
"Why not?" Nat asked.
"Because, the captain had no right to do that to you. Plus, you saved mine and these men's lives a number of times." He said. "But we want the boys. Heero, Duo and Trowa and the girl named Relena."
"No way! If you want them, you will have to kills us first." The girls said together, blocking the path to where the guys were.
"Kay, you know I don't want to harm you. Please, step aside. Both of you." The soldier said. He took a step forward. Kay gritted her teeth.
"No! If you are with the CIC, then you are against us. And no one said you were going to harm us, Jack." Nat said.
The two other soldiers started walking toward Heero and Duo.
"Stop!" yelled Kay. She picked up a knife that lay on a nearby table and flew it toward one of the soldiers.
It missed his face by inches and hit the wall, piercing the metal. There it hung, it's blade dug deep in the solid wall. The soldiers backed off.
"Keep them away. I could've killed them right now." Kay said. "Nat can do the same."
The warning seemed to work because they walked back to the door.
"Now leave." Nat said, pointing to the door.
The soldiers turned to leave. Then Jack turned around and held a knife against Nat's neck. Kay tensed and looked at Nat. Nat nodded slightly and Kay stood back.
Nat started to push his hand with the knife in it away from her neck. Jack tried to push it back. If Nat let go, the knife would plunge into her throat. Shaky but slowly, the knife moved away. One inch, two inches, three and finally far enough to get away. Nat grabbed hold of his wrist and twisted it. She pushed his own hand toward himself. The knife dug deep into his stomach. He staggered back in total shock and collapsed to the floor.
Kay and Nat walked to his body. They watched as his eyes closed.
"And he said he was going to hurt us." Nat said.
Kay sighed. "Oh well. And he was so nice to us. I don't see why he had to go bad."
Nat nodded and turned to the two remaining soldiers. They were mortified and staring at the dead soldier.
"Hey!" Kay yelled to get their attention. They looked up. "Go back to the CIC and tell him that we don't want to have to kill any more of our former friends." Tell him to go find trouble elsewhere. Go!" Kay said, loudly.
The two soldiers ran out of the room. Soon, Kay and Nat heard their ship taking off.
She turned around and walked to Duo and Heero. Duo was speechless. Heero watched them walk over.
"You killed him…just like that." Duo said.
"We apologize for that." The girls said.
"No problem. Are you two ok?" Heero asked.
"Yes. We are fine." Nat said. "Duo, are you all right?"
"Huh? Oh yeah." He said.
Kay stood up and walked to the far side of the room. There, she pulled out the knife that she threw at one of the soldiers and walked back.
"Here Duo. I kind of borrowed this." She said, handing back the knife.
"No problem. What are we going to about 'Old Lifeless' there?" he said pointing to the body with the knife in its stomach.
"Well, I think the best thing to do is just toss him out." Heero said.
Everyone agreed and they helped pick him up. ("Damn this guy is heavy!") They walked to the door. They opened it and threw it out. It floated out into the darkness.
"Bye Jack" Kay whispered.
"What's the deal with you and him?" Duo asked.
"Well, we were together for a while. He taught Nat and I the ropes." Kay said.
"Then he became the chief of the army. He started ordering us around. When we were n a battle, Kay saved his life." Nat said.
"That's all" Kay said. She went to a chair and sat down. Nat joined her and Duo and Heero walked to the room where Trowa was working on something else. He hadn't heard a thing under all the noise from that room. He was working on his Gundam. Heero and Duo decided not to say a thing to him as they went to help Trowa.