Demon Sign
Part 3
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Raksha walked into the bedroom and came out with a large suitcase and an overcoat thrown over her arm. She dropped them both next to the door and walked into the kitchen.
"Do you guys want anything to eat? There's plenty." she called from the kitchen.
Duo, who was always up for a snack, followed her.
"I could eat something. If you don't mind." Duo said while practicly salivating at the prospect of free food.
Raksha opened the refridgerator and took out some ham, cheese, turkey and other meats. She made a bunch of assorted sandwiches while Duo and Heero sat at the table eating. She stacked them in a few bags and started adding bags of chips, cans of soda, bottled water and other nonperishable edables.
Duo was watching her curiously and asked, "What are you doing?"
"I'm packing. We are going to need lots of food. I already know a place were we can stay. Do you guys need to stop anywhere before we leave?"
"What are you talking about?" Duo asked.
Raksha turned around and looked at them.
"You two and the other pilots are going to help me. But we have to find them first."
Heero was watching her with a closed expression.
"What makes you think that we are going to help you?" He asked.
"In exchange for saving you, Duo said that you and the others would help me."
Heero gave Duo a death glare.
"What? She was holding my braid in her hand. What was I supposed to say?"
Raksha sighed. She was going to have to negotiate this one. Heero was going to be a lot tougher to convince than Duo had been.
"Listen, I can help you and you can help me. You can get into places I can't and I have information that you and the other Gundam pilots would definately love to get your hands on." She looked back and forth between them.
"What else?" Asked Heero.
"I guess you were going to find out sooner or later. I'm also a Gundam pilot. My fire power is good but it's not enough for what I have to do."
"What do you have to do? Destroy OZ?" Asked Duo.
"Amoung other things. I need to get some information and... lets just say that my hacking skills aren't what they should be. All I need is some backup and someone to teach me."
"Where's your Gundam?" Asked Duo.
"I have it hidden not far from here. It's where we are going anyway. So, is it a deal?" Raksha crossed her arms over her chest.
Heero nodded. "For now."
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Duo and Heero directed Raksha to the abandoned building a few miles away that they had been staying at. Raksha sat in the drivers seat of the blue-gray van she had stolen while the other pilots gathered the few items they owned and tossed them into the van. While they drove Raksha her plan to them.
She had a place about ten hours drive from the city that was very secluded and had plenty of room for what she had in mind. They would find the other three pilots and persuade them to help. They would all train together and teach eachother what they knew; hand to hand and mobile suit combat. Occationally Raksha's skills made themselves known when she needed them desperately enough, but she wasn't comfortable leaving it to chance.
She knew that she needed to gain as much knowledge and skill from the other pilots as possible before she infilatated OZ for the information she needed to find on her past. She wasn't sure how she knew, but OZ was the key to this particular Pandora's box.
Part 3
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Raksha walked into the bedroom and came out with a large suitcase and an overcoat thrown over her arm. She dropped them both next to the door and walked into the kitchen.
"Do you guys want anything to eat? There's plenty." she called from the kitchen.
Duo, who was always up for a snack, followed her.
"I could eat something. If you don't mind." Duo said while practicly salivating at the prospect of free food.
Raksha opened the refridgerator and took out some ham, cheese, turkey and other meats. She made a bunch of assorted sandwiches while Duo and Heero sat at the table eating. She stacked them in a few bags and started adding bags of chips, cans of soda, bottled water and other nonperishable edables.
Duo was watching her curiously and asked, "What are you doing?"
"I'm packing. We are going to need lots of food. I already know a place were we can stay. Do you guys need to stop anywhere before we leave?"
"What are you talking about?" Duo asked.
Raksha turned around and looked at them.
"You two and the other pilots are going to help me. But we have to find them first."
Heero was watching her with a closed expression.
"What makes you think that we are going to help you?" He asked.
"In exchange for saving you, Duo said that you and the others would help me."
Heero gave Duo a death glare.
"What? She was holding my braid in her hand. What was I supposed to say?"
Raksha sighed. She was going to have to negotiate this one. Heero was going to be a lot tougher to convince than Duo had been.
"Listen, I can help you and you can help me. You can get into places I can't and I have information that you and the other Gundam pilots would definately love to get your hands on." She looked back and forth between them.
"What else?" Asked Heero.
"I guess you were going to find out sooner or later. I'm also a Gundam pilot. My fire power is good but it's not enough for what I have to do."
"What do you have to do? Destroy OZ?" Asked Duo.
"Amoung other things. I need to get some information and... lets just say that my hacking skills aren't what they should be. All I need is some backup and someone to teach me."
"Where's your Gundam?" Asked Duo.
"I have it hidden not far from here. It's where we are going anyway. So, is it a deal?" Raksha crossed her arms over her chest.
Heero nodded. "For now."
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Duo and Heero directed Raksha to the abandoned building a few miles away that they had been staying at. Raksha sat in the drivers seat of the blue-gray van she had stolen while the other pilots gathered the few items they owned and tossed them into the van. While they drove Raksha her plan to them.
She had a place about ten hours drive from the city that was very secluded and had plenty of room for what she had in mind. They would find the other three pilots and persuade them to help. They would all train together and teach eachother what they knew; hand to hand and mobile suit combat. Occationally Raksha's skills made themselves known when she needed them desperately enough, but she wasn't comfortable leaving it to chance.
She knew that she needed to gain as much knowledge and skill from the other pilots as possible before she infilatated OZ for the information she needed to find on her past. She wasn't sure how she knew, but OZ was the key to this particular Pandora's box.