Other Worlds
Chapter 5
Okay here it is! Chapter 5 turned out shorter than I had first planned it, but it's still okay. I'm gonna leave you on another cliffhanger! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! I'm just so evil, always leavin' you hangin'. Anyway, please tell me what you think and if you would like to see another g-boy in the fic. ^_^ You can e-mail me at onichan01@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: It' s pretty obvious by now.
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"Bandits." Nikita spat. "We're surrounded."
Ten figures walked out from the woods surrounding them, armed with broadswords. Eight more dropped from the trees, each one armed with crossbows. Heero's dream came back to him at the sight of the crossbows cocked and ready to fire. He took a few steps closer to Nikita's side.
"Well, well. What have we here?" said who Heero supposed was the leader. He was a little bigger than the rest and seemed to have a sense of authority over the others. He was very scruffy looking, like he had been in one too many fights. A long scar ran under his right eye. He looked Heero over. "I think we've found what we've been lookin' for boys." he smirked. Heero didn't like the way he was looking at him. "Lady Shara's gonna be most pleased when we deliver you boy."
"What are you talking about? Who's Lady Shara?" Heero demanded. He didn't like where this was going. What the hell was going on? Why did this person want him?
The scarred bandit ignored Heero's questions and turned his dull gray eyes on Nikita. He smirked and grasped her roughly by the chin, forcing her face up to his. This action enraged Heero. Who the hell did this guy think he was, touching Nikita like that?
"What a pretty little thing you are." the bandit said, with a lecherous look in his eyes. "Maybe Lady Shara will let us keep you after we give her him." The other bandits leered at the snarling elf. Heero growled low in his throat, wanting to kill each bandit in the slowest, most painful ways possible. He looked over at Nikita and noticed her lips moving slightly. She was chanting again. Heero hoped she was summoning another fireball to roast these guys with. If he knew how, he would've done so himself just for the pleasure of watching them burn after the way they had been staring at Nikita.
Wait a minute. Why do I care so much? Heero was distracted from his thoughts as the scarred bandit roughly ran his hands down Nikita's sides. Heero was aching to rip his throat out. Nikita suddenly smiled.
"Why thank you for the compliment." she smirked. "It's nice to see that even the ugliest of men know true beauty when they see it."
"What did you say, you little bitch?" snarled the bandit.
"I think you heard me." said Nikita quietly. Heero noticed something strange happening to Nikita's eyes. They were rapidly getting lighter in color.
"Heero, close your eyes now!" she yelled. Heero shut his eyes, just as Nikita's suddenly flared white, filling the forest with a dazzling bright light. The bandits howled in pain as they were blinded and clutched at their temporarily useless eyes. Nikita slammed her elbow into the gut of the bandit that had been groping her and plunged her blade into his neck as he fell forward. Heero quickly fired off four shots, hitting four of the crossbow bearers right between the eyes and feeling an amazing sense of satisfaction as he watched them fall lifeless to the ground.
His triumph was short lived, however, when his gun was suddenly shot out of his hand. A few of the bandits' eyes had cleared up and were now attacking them, enraged by the death of their comrades. A bandit armed with a broadsword charged Heero. Heero nimbly dodged him and hit hard across the back of his head, knocking him unconscious. He picked up the bandit's sword and rushed another two of the crossbow-wielding bandits. They fired rapidly at him, but he managed to dodge the bolts. He drove his sword into the gut of one of the bandits than swung it across and neatly decapitated the other. Blood flew everywhere, covering Heero's blade and arms. He looked over to see how Nikita was doing. She was busily fighting off two of the bandits armed with broadswords while two more shot at her with their crossbows. Heero panicked when he saw the bolts flying towards her, narrowly missing her each time. He turned to attack the bandits shooting at Nikita. They saw him coming and turned their fire on him. He dodged the bolts, but one made it passed his defense and struck him in the upper thigh. He hissed in pain, but didn't slow down. He swung his sword in a wide arc, slashing open the throats of the two surprised men. They dropped their crossbows to the ground, clutching at their throats as their lives came pouring out in a great river of red.
Heero then turned to go help Nikita and didn't notice one of the bandits sneaking up behind him. He cried out in pain when he felt the heavy blow on the back of his head. His sword fell to the ground with him soon following. He cursed as he fell, the sound of Nikita's panicked voice crying, "Heero!" the last thing he heard before falling unconscious.
Well that's it. What will happen to Nikita and Heero now? Who is this mysterious Lady Shara? And why does she want Heero? Well, don't ask me because I am as clueless as you are. I'm just making it up as I go. Please review and let me know if you would like to see Duo in the story. If enough people say yes, I'll put him in. And don't forget to check out my friends Kousei's and Darkslayer's fics too. They're really good and deserve more readers! ^_^