Hi mina-sama. This is my first ongoing fanfic. I hope you enjoy it. However I don't own Gundam Wing or/and any of it's Characters. I never will. sniff So don't try to get money from me because I have none. Hope you like it.
CryingAngel83
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"Blah" talking
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Learning to live
"Hey little brat, wake up!" Trowa slowly opened his eyes. He didn't need to look at the face of the soldier who was shaking him like nuts, he already knew the scarred face and he was sick of it. Why don't you just shoot us and be done with it? Trowa indeed wasn't happy with this situation.
He and the other four pilots had been captured almost a week ago. And since that time all five of them have been locked in this cell. Their treatment hadn't been very nice.
"What's your name kid?" Trowa looked up and saw the same face again.
"......" He didn't answer. None of the others had answered any questions asked since, and he wouldn't be the first one to speak.
He looked around in the now bright room. To his left was Heero, his face like always emotionless. Next to him was Duo, he starred directly at the soldier in front of Trowa, to make it clear that he hadn't given up yet, but the smile on his normally cheerful face was gone. To Trowa's right was Quatre, who looked at him with worried eyes. His heart almost shattered when he saw the expression on the Arabic's face. My little Quatre, every time you look at me with those eyes, I fall in love with you all over again. He returned his attention to what happened right in front of him.
He shifted his upper body a little. He still needed to find Wufei. The Chinese pilot sat at the other side of the room, starring blankly into space.
"Now brat, listen to me. We can do this the easy way or the hard way." The soldier threatened him. Trowa braced himself for what would come next. They all had been questioned every day since their arrival, but none of the soldiers had a lot of patience. That was the main reason why every interview ended with punches.
Here we go again, was the last thought that passed Trowa's mind, and then there was only pain.
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I can't believe it. Why is it always me? Why do I always have to rescue some idiots who are not capable of caring for themselves? She was angry, very angry. She had accepted this job nearly three month ago, but by then she hadn't known that she would have to save the butts of some seventeen-year-old bakas.
Her eyes scanned the letters and numbers that rolled over the screen. There it is! Number 9764. She turned the terminal of and walked off.
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9759...9760.... Ahh, there. She looked at the door with the desired number. Huh, no guards? How foolish! I thought these guys are the most wanted rebels, and then they have no guards? Why the heck am I complaining? This way it's easier for me.
Slowly she walked towards the door. She looked at the lock. It's a keycard-lock, let's see... she pulled out a card, which she had taken from a guard she had killed earlier. That should do the trick. She entered the card and the door opened without a sound.
She peeked around the corner. So the guards are inside the cells now, huh? She observed the scene she was witnessing.
There were three soldiers inside. Two of them were standing guard, and the third was beating something at the other end of the room. She carefully looked around. When she got a good look at one of the prisoners she was sure she found the right group. OK, that's one of the guys on the picture.
She heard a yelp, when the soldier kicked the person he was beating directly in the rips.
Sounds like my cue. Without making a sound she entered the room.
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The soldier, who was beating Trowa, was too occupied to recognize what was going on around him, but Quatre did. When the door had opened he was almost sure that more soldiers would come in. But his eyes widened when he saw just the slim figure of a girl entering the room.
Without hesitation she walked towards the two guards whom where standing only three feet away from the door. A second after she had sneaked up behind them both men collapsed to the ground. The girl still standing behind them, in her right hand the knife with which she had slit the soldiers throats.
She turned towards the last soldier remaining in the room, and Quatre could now see her very clear. She was not very high, but not short either. She had silver hair that she had braided into at least two braids. One of them was hanging down to her waist, the other one she had formed into a circle with its end pinned to the back of her head. Her face was emotionless as she observed the scene in front of her.
Why isn't she doing anything? Quatre was confused. If this girl came to rescue them, why did she just watch this man beating Trowa as if he was a punching-ball? Or did she come for another reason?
A whimper drew his attention back to the boy next to him. The soldier had hit his rips again. He looked back at the girl and almost yelped in shock. There stood the same girl all right, but her expression had slightly changed. Her eyes had narrowed dangerously and her face was a mask of pure rage.
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Those bastards! No one treats a person, not even an animal, like that. Either the commander of this base is too weak to control his soldiers or OZ is more ruthless than I was told. In that case I guess I did the right thing when I decided to fight them.
Taking the two guards out hadn't even been a challenge for her, but she wouldn't let this guy die that easy. She walked back towards the door and closed it, making sure no one had seen her. Then she turned around and attacked.
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Trowa waited for the next punch, but it never came. On the other hand he heard a scream and a loud -BANG- as something, or more specifically someone hit the wall next to the door.
"Are you all right?" Trowa's eyes opened and he looked into a pair of silver eyes, which were staring at him. He didn't know this girl, but somehow he knew that she was the reason why the beating had stopped.
He looked down and said. "Yea, I guess I'm OK. Thanks." As he looked up again she already had turned her attention to the soldier next to the door.
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"So you like to purposely hurt people, even when they can't defend themselves? You're acting like a coward." She grabbed his collar and lifted him towards her face until he was only two inches away from it. With a deadly glare she said, "And -I- don't like cowards."
She dumped him on the floor and grabbed his chin. "Do you know what I do with cowards like you?"
"N...no." The soldier wasn't able to say more than this word. He felt that this girl was dangerous when an enemy, and right now she certainly was one. He yelped as her grip got even tighter. Painfully slow she lowered her face until her mouth was next to his ear.
"I kill them." She whispered. His eyes widened in shock and he started trembling. And suddenly her hands were gone. He closed his eyes not knowing what would come next.
Oh, I hate cowards. OK, let's make this quick and then get out With this thought she grabbed the trembling mans neck and snapped it.
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All Duo could do was stare at the lifeless body of the soldier. He didn't even notice when the girl opened the manacles that held him. Who the hell is she? All he could do was hope that she wouldn't turn out to be an enemy. This girl is strong. I guess even Heero would have trouble defeating her.
His thoughts were interrupted by her voice. "Hey, braid-boy! Don't sit around and do nothing. Either help your beaten friend out of here or take one of the guards guns and give me a hand!"
He looked up to see that Heero had already taken one of the guns and was checking the magazine. Quatre stood next to him trying to support a totally worn out Trowa.
Wufei also had taken a gun and now went over to the other side of Trowa to help Quatre. Duo walked over to the soldier with the broken neck, taking his gun and wondering, "How will we get out of here anyhow?"
The girl just starred at him. Hell, she is just like Heero. No emotions.
"With this." She said, holding a detonation control in her hand. She turned and opened the door, waving them to follow. When they almost reached to exit of the prison section she suddenly pressed the button of the device.
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The jeep made a full speed turn, almost crashing into a nearby tree. Three of the five pursuers already crashed into something and exploded, leaving only huge balls of fire behind. Their getaway from the complex was everything but silent. After she had turned the whole mobile suit hangar into a fireball. There were only the five guards outside to follow them.
Another turn, but this time they weren't that lucky. The back of the jeep slipped and hit a tree. Not caring about that, she gave full speed again, there were only two enemies left.
-"WOMAN, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING! DO YOU WANNA KILL US!?!?!"- Wufei glared at her from the back seat.
"Listen to me Mr. 'I'm-the-best'! I'm trying to get rid of these guys behind us! If you don't like that then get out of the car and get captured again! But this time I won't be there to safe your ass!" She fumed inside.
Another turn, this time Duo protested. "You could at least be a little more gentle, we have a injured person back here."
"As if I don't know that! Listen to me, and I mean all of you, if you don't stop complaining I'll kick you out. If he's really one of you, than he should at least be able to hold out a little.........-DAMN!"- She almost lost control of the jeep when another of their pursuers kissed a tree, exploding immediately.
Great! I've been only thirty minutes with these guys and I already can't stand two of them! This is going to be a long day.
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It had taken her more then two hours to get rid of the last pursuer. Now sure that no one was left to follow them she slowed down. Hell these guys are stubborn.
"Everybody OK back there?" This question was more or less a habit. She didn't really care if they were OK. Her job was to bring them back. They hadn't told her in what condition.
"Yea, thanks." Quatre said politely. She looked at him through the review-mirror. "Thanks? For what?" She stopped in front of a wooden cabin in the middle of nowhere. She opened the door and got out of the car.
When the others had followed her example she opened the door to the small house. "In the back are rooms enough for everybody, but don't make yourself to comfortable. We will leave when your friend feels a little better."
They all nodded. Quatre smiled at her. She moaned in annoyance. "OK boy, listen to me. I didn't rescue you because it was the right thing to do. I did it because I was ordered to. OK? No friendly feelings or something like that, it was just a job. I do it because I get paid for it. Understood?"
"But why do you risk your life like that, when you're not interested in what we do?" Quatre was more than slightly confused.
"That's my business!" She snapped. "Be happy that my boss told me to rescue you."
"Who is your boss?" she turned around and looked directly into Heero's expressionless face. "And who are you?"
"We will talk about that later. Now take care of your friend." She turned around and left.
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Later that day when the sun was about to set they all gathered in what was supposed to be the family room. She already sat there reloading and cleaning her gun. She didn't even look up as the five boys sat down.
There was a long and unpleasant silence before Heero finally spoke up. "Who are you? And who sent you to rescue us?"
Slowly she placed the gun back into the holster at her right leg, making sure it was secure then she leaned back and looked at the boys. She eyed everybody closely before she started to speak.
"OK guys, listen closely because I telling this only once." She starred at them to make her point. "My name is Seline Karuma. And even though it doesn't look like it, right now I don't know a lot about what's going on here. I just know that my enemy is called OZ or Romerfeller, and that you guys are fighting against them. My boss told me to free you from this prison, even though I don't understand that. A soldier who can't take care of himself shouldn't be fighting. But anyway, like I told you before, I do it for the money and nothing more." At least at the moment.
"All right, now we know who you are but you still didn't say who sent you." Wufei demanded.
She starred at him, still no emotions to be seen on her face. "I would say you know them."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Duo snapped. "Don't play games with us or..."
"Or what?" She looked at him, her eyes narrowed dangerously. "I think you don't understand what kind of situation you are in, boy. Don't make me mad at you, because if you do you'll end up like one of the guards in your cell."
Duo gulped, and said nothing more. For some reason he knew that this threat wasn't just spoken out. She would do it without even blinking an eye.
Quatre watched the whole scene somehow from a distance. This girl, Seline, was strange. Not only didn't she show any kind of pleasant emotion, but she also didn't even bother to get to know him or his comrades better. Her eyes where like deep silver pools, totally impenetrable but somehow they also reflected her innerself, and it did show pain. Nonsense Quatre. You're just imagining things.
"So who is your boss?" Heero was getting kinda annoyed by her attitude, but he still didn't know her full strength yet. She surely was a lot stronger than she looked, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to snap the neck of the soldier back at the base. If he had known what she was capable of he maybe could have got his answers a little quicker, but not in a pleasant way. For her at least.
"I already told you, you know /them./" All five boys looked at her with confusion. "You're even more stupid than I thought. OK, I'll make it more clear for beginners. The men who send me to rescue you were Doctor J, Professor G, Doctor S, Instructor H and Master O."
Trowa's jaw dropped. "Y...you mean, your bosses are our trainers?" She just nodded as an answer.
Silence followed after that. Nobody knew what to say.
"Now you know who I am. What about you? We have to live together in this house at least for two days, so I will at least need your names. Or should I just call all five of you 'Hey boy'?" Duo chuckled by that comment. She glared at him and said flatly. "I don't know what could possibly be funny." Duo swallowed hard. Geez, this girl is even worse than Heero.
"Let me introduce you to everybody. The guy with the short brown hair and the blue eyes is Heero, the cheerful one with the braid is called Duo, the guy with black hair and ponytail is Wufei, that is Trowa and I'm Quatre."
She just nodded once with every name she heard, but didn't say anything. Trowa struggled to get to his feet since his rips still hurt badly from the beating. After Quatre had helped him up he smiled slightly and said. "I don't know about you guys, but I'll go hit the sack."
"Good idea Trowa, I'm kinda tired too." Duo bounced out of his chair and left the room. Wufei walked over to Quatre to help him walking Trowa to the room they shared . Heero and Seline were to only ones left in the room.
Seline starred at him and Heero couldn't help but feel uncomfortable. This girl was totally different from what he had ever seen. The girls he knew where more or less at least a little fragile, even Dorothy had her weak points. But he couldn't find a weak point on her. It was like looking into a mirror. There sat another perfect soldier, just was he a she. But what frightened him was that she seemed even more perfect than he was.
"Well I guess it's time to get some rest." He stood up and left the room.
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Almost a week had passed since the Gundam boys and Seline had arrived at the safehouse. In this time Seline hadn't bothered to talk very much to the boys. Duo once had tried to start a conversation with her, but when he had asked about her past she had reacted very rough and had snapped 'That's none of your business!' So all of them had more or less agreed to leave her alone.
Very quick they had learned that her expression never changed. No one could tell if she was happy, nervous, or sad. If she really had a mood, which ever it was, she would never show. She was always serious and silent, and when she asked a question it was really important. So the days had passed more or less without action or surprises, and everybody was happy with that except Duo. Duo can become a real pain with nothing to do.
Breakfast this morning wasn't going very well. Trowa hadn't slept well last night, because the pain in his chest didn't go away. Quatre decided to give him some Aspirin or another painkiller but they were already used up. So he went over to Heero's room to ask him if he had some painkillers. On his way over there he had tripped over the carpet and had fallen. The noise he had made had woken the whole house.
Now he, Trowa, Heero, Wufei and Seline were sitting in the kitchen with nerves as tense as tightropes. Exactly this moment Duo was entering the room. As soon as Duo sat down he started chattering. Quatre already not in his best mood gave Duo a warning glare. "Duo we all had a bad night, so would you please shut up?"
Duo reacted as if he hadn't heard Quatre and continued talking.
"If someone isn't going to stop his chattering I will do it." They all looked surprised at Seline, who never had complained about any of them since now.
Wufei chuckled: "Would be kinda interesting to see how you will do that. Even Heero couldn't succeed in that."
"Hey guys, have you heard that one yet..." Seline's right eye started twitching and everybody stepped back a little. She really looked as if she was going to explode.
"...and the nurse said.......eeeeph!!!!" Seline had moved so quickly that no one had been able to follow her movement. But she now stood in the middle of the kitchen, lifting Duo above her head on his throat, using only her right arm. She glared at him and said in a sharp voice that allowed no denial. "If you ever open your mouth today without being asked, I guarantee you, you won't be able to open it for the rest of your then short life. Understood?" Duo could only nod since he didn't have the air to talk. "Fine."
After Seline had lowered him to the floor, she sat down again. Duo and Quatre stared at her in disbelieve, Heero and Wufei on the other hand gave her a thankful look.
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Seline was to busy with calming herself down to notice the strange looks the five boys gave her. My god, I can't believe he actually is a trained terrorist. What the hell is he doing? Talking his enemy to death? Suddenly she had the urge to change the subject. She looked at Trowa and asked. "Hey Trowa, do you think you would be able to make it to the base or do you wanna wait a little more?"
Trowa took some time to think about that question. He still felt pain in his rips, but the imagination of two or three more days with a bored Duo weren't very pleasant either. "I think I can make it."
"OK, than we will leave tomorrow morning."
"Are you sure Trowa, don't push yourself. You don't need to." Quatre gave his koi a worried glance. Trowa slowly lifted himself out of the chair and walked over to Quatre. He put his hand on the smaller boys' waist and said. "Don't worry little angel, everything will be all right. I wouldn't say I could do it, if I can't. I'm feeling strong enough and when we arrive at the base I can finally go to a doctor."
"You mean -*IF*- we arrive at the base. With her way of driving I really have doubts about that." Wufei glared at the girl who had almost managed to kill them in a car-accident.
"You can always walk the 230 miles if you don't want a ride. This way there would be more space in the back-seat." She said, not bothering to look up.
Wufei turned red in anger, what was that woman thinking, talking to him like that. Duo started to chuckle but was cut off by Seline's glare. He certainly planned to live a little longer.
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CryingAngel83: Well? How do you like it?
Wufei: That onna is crazy.
CryingAngel83: No one asked you!
Duo: She tried to kill me!!!!!!! Make her go immediately!
Seline: (Glares at Duo) It's not like I'm happy to be here. I hope that was
the last I've seen of them. (Steps towards CryingAngel83.)
CryingAngel83: (Sweatdropped) Hey come on. It wasn't that bad. (Seline is still
walking towards her) Heero! A little help?
Heero: Wait Seline I hold her.
Seline: I most certainly don't need your help.
Heero: (Glares at her)
CryingAngel83: Well I think it's better we go for now. Don't wanna explain the
bloodstains to my mom tomorrow. C ya in part two.
CryingAngel83
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"Blah" talking
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Learning to live
"Hey little brat, wake up!" Trowa slowly opened his eyes. He didn't need to look at the face of the soldier who was shaking him like nuts, he already knew the scarred face and he was sick of it. Why don't you just shoot us and be done with it? Trowa indeed wasn't happy with this situation.
He and the other four pilots had been captured almost a week ago. And since that time all five of them have been locked in this cell. Their treatment hadn't been very nice.
"What's your name kid?" Trowa looked up and saw the same face again.
"......" He didn't answer. None of the others had answered any questions asked since, and he wouldn't be the first one to speak.
He looked around in the now bright room. To his left was Heero, his face like always emotionless. Next to him was Duo, he starred directly at the soldier in front of Trowa, to make it clear that he hadn't given up yet, but the smile on his normally cheerful face was gone. To Trowa's right was Quatre, who looked at him with worried eyes. His heart almost shattered when he saw the expression on the Arabic's face. My little Quatre, every time you look at me with those eyes, I fall in love with you all over again. He returned his attention to what happened right in front of him.
He shifted his upper body a little. He still needed to find Wufei. The Chinese pilot sat at the other side of the room, starring blankly into space.
"Now brat, listen to me. We can do this the easy way or the hard way." The soldier threatened him. Trowa braced himself for what would come next. They all had been questioned every day since their arrival, but none of the soldiers had a lot of patience. That was the main reason why every interview ended with punches.
Here we go again, was the last thought that passed Trowa's mind, and then there was only pain.
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I can't believe it. Why is it always me? Why do I always have to rescue some idiots who are not capable of caring for themselves? She was angry, very angry. She had accepted this job nearly three month ago, but by then she hadn't known that she would have to save the butts of some seventeen-year-old bakas.
Her eyes scanned the letters and numbers that rolled over the screen. There it is! Number 9764. She turned the terminal of and walked off.
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9759...9760.... Ahh, there. She looked at the door with the desired number. Huh, no guards? How foolish! I thought these guys are the most wanted rebels, and then they have no guards? Why the heck am I complaining? This way it's easier for me.
Slowly she walked towards the door. She looked at the lock. It's a keycard-lock, let's see... she pulled out a card, which she had taken from a guard she had killed earlier. That should do the trick. She entered the card and the door opened without a sound.
She peeked around the corner. So the guards are inside the cells now, huh? She observed the scene she was witnessing.
There were three soldiers inside. Two of them were standing guard, and the third was beating something at the other end of the room. She carefully looked around. When she got a good look at one of the prisoners she was sure she found the right group. OK, that's one of the guys on the picture.
She heard a yelp, when the soldier kicked the person he was beating directly in the rips.
Sounds like my cue. Without making a sound she entered the room.
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The soldier, who was beating Trowa, was too occupied to recognize what was going on around him, but Quatre did. When the door had opened he was almost sure that more soldiers would come in. But his eyes widened when he saw just the slim figure of a girl entering the room.
Without hesitation she walked towards the two guards whom where standing only three feet away from the door. A second after she had sneaked up behind them both men collapsed to the ground. The girl still standing behind them, in her right hand the knife with which she had slit the soldiers throats.
She turned towards the last soldier remaining in the room, and Quatre could now see her very clear. She was not very high, but not short either. She had silver hair that she had braided into at least two braids. One of them was hanging down to her waist, the other one she had formed into a circle with its end pinned to the back of her head. Her face was emotionless as she observed the scene in front of her.
Why isn't she doing anything? Quatre was confused. If this girl came to rescue them, why did she just watch this man beating Trowa as if he was a punching-ball? Or did she come for another reason?
A whimper drew his attention back to the boy next to him. The soldier had hit his rips again. He looked back at the girl and almost yelped in shock. There stood the same girl all right, but her expression had slightly changed. Her eyes had narrowed dangerously and her face was a mask of pure rage.
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Those bastards! No one treats a person, not even an animal, like that. Either the commander of this base is too weak to control his soldiers or OZ is more ruthless than I was told. In that case I guess I did the right thing when I decided to fight them.
Taking the two guards out hadn't even been a challenge for her, but she wouldn't let this guy die that easy. She walked back towards the door and closed it, making sure no one had seen her. Then she turned around and attacked.
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Trowa waited for the next punch, but it never came. On the other hand he heard a scream and a loud -BANG- as something, or more specifically someone hit the wall next to the door.
"Are you all right?" Trowa's eyes opened and he looked into a pair of silver eyes, which were staring at him. He didn't know this girl, but somehow he knew that she was the reason why the beating had stopped.
He looked down and said. "Yea, I guess I'm OK. Thanks." As he looked up again she already had turned her attention to the soldier next to the door.
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"So you like to purposely hurt people, even when they can't defend themselves? You're acting like a coward." She grabbed his collar and lifted him towards her face until he was only two inches away from it. With a deadly glare she said, "And -I- don't like cowards."
She dumped him on the floor and grabbed his chin. "Do you know what I do with cowards like you?"
"N...no." The soldier wasn't able to say more than this word. He felt that this girl was dangerous when an enemy, and right now she certainly was one. He yelped as her grip got even tighter. Painfully slow she lowered her face until her mouth was next to his ear.
"I kill them." She whispered. His eyes widened in shock and he started trembling. And suddenly her hands were gone. He closed his eyes not knowing what would come next.
Oh, I hate cowards. OK, let's make this quick and then get out With this thought she grabbed the trembling mans neck and snapped it.
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All Duo could do was stare at the lifeless body of the soldier. He didn't even notice when the girl opened the manacles that held him. Who the hell is she? All he could do was hope that she wouldn't turn out to be an enemy. This girl is strong. I guess even Heero would have trouble defeating her.
His thoughts were interrupted by her voice. "Hey, braid-boy! Don't sit around and do nothing. Either help your beaten friend out of here or take one of the guards guns and give me a hand!"
He looked up to see that Heero had already taken one of the guns and was checking the magazine. Quatre stood next to him trying to support a totally worn out Trowa.
Wufei also had taken a gun and now went over to the other side of Trowa to help Quatre. Duo walked over to the soldier with the broken neck, taking his gun and wondering, "How will we get out of here anyhow?"
The girl just starred at him. Hell, she is just like Heero. No emotions.
"With this." She said, holding a detonation control in her hand. She turned and opened the door, waving them to follow. When they almost reached to exit of the prison section she suddenly pressed the button of the device.
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The jeep made a full speed turn, almost crashing into a nearby tree. Three of the five pursuers already crashed into something and exploded, leaving only huge balls of fire behind. Their getaway from the complex was everything but silent. After she had turned the whole mobile suit hangar into a fireball. There were only the five guards outside to follow them.
Another turn, but this time they weren't that lucky. The back of the jeep slipped and hit a tree. Not caring about that, she gave full speed again, there were only two enemies left.
-"WOMAN, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING! DO YOU WANNA KILL US!?!?!"- Wufei glared at her from the back seat.
"Listen to me Mr. 'I'm-the-best'! I'm trying to get rid of these guys behind us! If you don't like that then get out of the car and get captured again! But this time I won't be there to safe your ass!" She fumed inside.
Another turn, this time Duo protested. "You could at least be a little more gentle, we have a injured person back here."
"As if I don't know that! Listen to me, and I mean all of you, if you don't stop complaining I'll kick you out. If he's really one of you, than he should at least be able to hold out a little.........-DAMN!"- She almost lost control of the jeep when another of their pursuers kissed a tree, exploding immediately.
Great! I've been only thirty minutes with these guys and I already can't stand two of them! This is going to be a long day.
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It had taken her more then two hours to get rid of the last pursuer. Now sure that no one was left to follow them she slowed down. Hell these guys are stubborn.
"Everybody OK back there?" This question was more or less a habit. She didn't really care if they were OK. Her job was to bring them back. They hadn't told her in what condition.
"Yea, thanks." Quatre said politely. She looked at him through the review-mirror. "Thanks? For what?" She stopped in front of a wooden cabin in the middle of nowhere. She opened the door and got out of the car.
When the others had followed her example she opened the door to the small house. "In the back are rooms enough for everybody, but don't make yourself to comfortable. We will leave when your friend feels a little better."
They all nodded. Quatre smiled at her. She moaned in annoyance. "OK boy, listen to me. I didn't rescue you because it was the right thing to do. I did it because I was ordered to. OK? No friendly feelings or something like that, it was just a job. I do it because I get paid for it. Understood?"
"But why do you risk your life like that, when you're not interested in what we do?" Quatre was more than slightly confused.
"That's my business!" She snapped. "Be happy that my boss told me to rescue you."
"Who is your boss?" she turned around and looked directly into Heero's expressionless face. "And who are you?"
"We will talk about that later. Now take care of your friend." She turned around and left.
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Later that day when the sun was about to set they all gathered in what was supposed to be the family room. She already sat there reloading and cleaning her gun. She didn't even look up as the five boys sat down.
There was a long and unpleasant silence before Heero finally spoke up. "Who are you? And who sent you to rescue us?"
Slowly she placed the gun back into the holster at her right leg, making sure it was secure then she leaned back and looked at the boys. She eyed everybody closely before she started to speak.
"OK guys, listen closely because I telling this only once." She starred at them to make her point. "My name is Seline Karuma. And even though it doesn't look like it, right now I don't know a lot about what's going on here. I just know that my enemy is called OZ or Romerfeller, and that you guys are fighting against them. My boss told me to free you from this prison, even though I don't understand that. A soldier who can't take care of himself shouldn't be fighting. But anyway, like I told you before, I do it for the money and nothing more." At least at the moment.
"All right, now we know who you are but you still didn't say who sent you." Wufei demanded.
She starred at him, still no emotions to be seen on her face. "I would say you know them."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Duo snapped. "Don't play games with us or..."
"Or what?" She looked at him, her eyes narrowed dangerously. "I think you don't understand what kind of situation you are in, boy. Don't make me mad at you, because if you do you'll end up like one of the guards in your cell."
Duo gulped, and said nothing more. For some reason he knew that this threat wasn't just spoken out. She would do it without even blinking an eye.
Quatre watched the whole scene somehow from a distance. This girl, Seline, was strange. Not only didn't she show any kind of pleasant emotion, but she also didn't even bother to get to know him or his comrades better. Her eyes where like deep silver pools, totally impenetrable but somehow they also reflected her innerself, and it did show pain. Nonsense Quatre. You're just imagining things.
"So who is your boss?" Heero was getting kinda annoyed by her attitude, but he still didn't know her full strength yet. She surely was a lot stronger than she looked, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to snap the neck of the soldier back at the base. If he had known what she was capable of he maybe could have got his answers a little quicker, but not in a pleasant way. For her at least.
"I already told you, you know /them./" All five boys looked at her with confusion. "You're even more stupid than I thought. OK, I'll make it more clear for beginners. The men who send me to rescue you were Doctor J, Professor G, Doctor S, Instructor H and Master O."
Trowa's jaw dropped. "Y...you mean, your bosses are our trainers?" She just nodded as an answer.
Silence followed after that. Nobody knew what to say.
"Now you know who I am. What about you? We have to live together in this house at least for two days, so I will at least need your names. Or should I just call all five of you 'Hey boy'?" Duo chuckled by that comment. She glared at him and said flatly. "I don't know what could possibly be funny." Duo swallowed hard. Geez, this girl is even worse than Heero.
"Let me introduce you to everybody. The guy with the short brown hair and the blue eyes is Heero, the cheerful one with the braid is called Duo, the guy with black hair and ponytail is Wufei, that is Trowa and I'm Quatre."
She just nodded once with every name she heard, but didn't say anything. Trowa struggled to get to his feet since his rips still hurt badly from the beating. After Quatre had helped him up he smiled slightly and said. "I don't know about you guys, but I'll go hit the sack."
"Good idea Trowa, I'm kinda tired too." Duo bounced out of his chair and left the room. Wufei walked over to Quatre to help him walking Trowa to the room they shared . Heero and Seline were to only ones left in the room.
Seline starred at him and Heero couldn't help but feel uncomfortable. This girl was totally different from what he had ever seen. The girls he knew where more or less at least a little fragile, even Dorothy had her weak points. But he couldn't find a weak point on her. It was like looking into a mirror. There sat another perfect soldier, just was he a she. But what frightened him was that she seemed even more perfect than he was.
"Well I guess it's time to get some rest." He stood up and left the room.
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Almost a week had passed since the Gundam boys and Seline had arrived at the safehouse. In this time Seline hadn't bothered to talk very much to the boys. Duo once had tried to start a conversation with her, but when he had asked about her past she had reacted very rough and had snapped 'That's none of your business!' So all of them had more or less agreed to leave her alone.
Very quick they had learned that her expression never changed. No one could tell if she was happy, nervous, or sad. If she really had a mood, which ever it was, she would never show. She was always serious and silent, and when she asked a question it was really important. So the days had passed more or less without action or surprises, and everybody was happy with that except Duo. Duo can become a real pain with nothing to do.
Breakfast this morning wasn't going very well. Trowa hadn't slept well last night, because the pain in his chest didn't go away. Quatre decided to give him some Aspirin or another painkiller but they were already used up. So he went over to Heero's room to ask him if he had some painkillers. On his way over there he had tripped over the carpet and had fallen. The noise he had made had woken the whole house.
Now he, Trowa, Heero, Wufei and Seline were sitting in the kitchen with nerves as tense as tightropes. Exactly this moment Duo was entering the room. As soon as Duo sat down he started chattering. Quatre already not in his best mood gave Duo a warning glare. "Duo we all had a bad night, so would you please shut up?"
Duo reacted as if he hadn't heard Quatre and continued talking.
"If someone isn't going to stop his chattering I will do it." They all looked surprised at Seline, who never had complained about any of them since now.
Wufei chuckled: "Would be kinda interesting to see how you will do that. Even Heero couldn't succeed in that."
"Hey guys, have you heard that one yet..." Seline's right eye started twitching and everybody stepped back a little. She really looked as if she was going to explode.
"...and the nurse said.......eeeeph!!!!" Seline had moved so quickly that no one had been able to follow her movement. But she now stood in the middle of the kitchen, lifting Duo above her head on his throat, using only her right arm. She glared at him and said in a sharp voice that allowed no denial. "If you ever open your mouth today without being asked, I guarantee you, you won't be able to open it for the rest of your then short life. Understood?" Duo could only nod since he didn't have the air to talk. "Fine."
After Seline had lowered him to the floor, she sat down again. Duo and Quatre stared at her in disbelieve, Heero and Wufei on the other hand gave her a thankful look.
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Seline was to busy with calming herself down to notice the strange looks the five boys gave her. My god, I can't believe he actually is a trained terrorist. What the hell is he doing? Talking his enemy to death? Suddenly she had the urge to change the subject. She looked at Trowa and asked. "Hey Trowa, do you think you would be able to make it to the base or do you wanna wait a little more?"
Trowa took some time to think about that question. He still felt pain in his rips, but the imagination of two or three more days with a bored Duo weren't very pleasant either. "I think I can make it."
"OK, than we will leave tomorrow morning."
"Are you sure Trowa, don't push yourself. You don't need to." Quatre gave his koi a worried glance. Trowa slowly lifted himself out of the chair and walked over to Quatre. He put his hand on the smaller boys' waist and said. "Don't worry little angel, everything will be all right. I wouldn't say I could do it, if I can't. I'm feeling strong enough and when we arrive at the base I can finally go to a doctor."
"You mean -*IF*- we arrive at the base. With her way of driving I really have doubts about that." Wufei glared at the girl who had almost managed to kill them in a car-accident.
"You can always walk the 230 miles if you don't want a ride. This way there would be more space in the back-seat." She said, not bothering to look up.
Wufei turned red in anger, what was that woman thinking, talking to him like that. Duo started to chuckle but was cut off by Seline's glare. He certainly planned to live a little longer.
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CryingAngel83: Well? How do you like it?
Wufei: That onna is crazy.
CryingAngel83: No one asked you!
Duo: She tried to kill me!!!!!!! Make her go immediately!
Seline: (Glares at Duo) It's not like I'm happy to be here. I hope that was
the last I've seen of them. (Steps towards CryingAngel83.)
CryingAngel83: (Sweatdropped) Hey come on. It wasn't that bad. (Seline is still
walking towards her) Heero! A little help?
Heero: Wait Seline I hold her.
Seline: I most certainly don't need your help.
Heero: (Glares at her)
CryingAngel83: Well I think it's better we go for now. Don't wanna explain the
bloodstains to my mom tomorrow. C ya in part two.