The Silver Gundam
Chapter 6

Usagi rolled her eyes and smiled. "Ok, here we go!"
She crossed her arms so that her hands were at her sides with her index and middle fingers pointing out together. She closed her eyes in concentration.
"Phase Two! Suit up!" she shouted.
A crimson slash split down her chest and silver sprung from the glowing streak. A black swimsuit-like outfit flashed into existence along with a silver skirt that was way to short to avoid seeing her black panties every time she moved. She spun in a circle and a pair of silver knee-highs appeared with earrings and armbands. Silver bands wrapped around her uppermost thighs, a gun tucked securely in either one.
Knifes were tucked into her boots and guns were strapped to her sides and thighs. She had her hair in a braid that had small silver pieces of metal sticking out here and there. If you had a good eye, you could recognize the tiny silvers as parts of throwing stars. The front of her swimwear was cut in a V that came down lower than it should have.
She had a large supply of bombs strapped to her waste and strapped in an X over her chest and her skin seemed to have obtained an odd silver tint.
She smirked.
"Complete!" she announced. "Send in a machine." She spoke in a chilling voice now. Her eyes were the same shade that they had been in the locker room, an odd hue of ocean blue that made one shudder at the very sight of their empty depths. Her smoldering blue orbs moved to the door that was opening ever so slowly to her left.
*&*
Quatre noticed how her eyes moved slower than her body. They seemed not to focus or waver. She blinked every now and then, moving her pupils to study a new area.
So this was phase two. The phase that he had first met her in.
No wonder she never seemed to focus on anything.
*&*
Usagi watched calmly as a huge droid entered the room. She cracked her knuckles, smirking faintly.
And attacked.
*&*
"As you can see, Sel is well-equipped for any type of mission. Assassinations, mass destruction, bombings, info. retrievals, all the most prized aspects of a soldier she has mastered. Her body's capabilities are limitless!" Dr. J smiled proudly.
Trowa's eyebrow twitched slightly as Usagi smashed the droid to bits, only to have two more attack with a vengeance.
Duo frowned. "That's cruel what you're doing to her."
"Nothing any crueler than taking away what she never had." Dr. J shrugged carelessly.
"Nani?" Wufei's eyes sparked. "This is injustice! That you would expose a woman to such inhumane treatment is an offense to all real men!"
Dr. J shrugged again, pushing several more buttons to send four more droids in. "Her humanity was lost the very first day she took my hand and promised herself to protecting the colonies. She gave her life to me then and I've used it to the fullest. There's nothing wrong with that." He said simply.
Heero ground his teeth together. Usagi had just aquired a cut on her left arm and it was bleeding pretty bad, though she ignored it completely.
"How can you let her do that?!" Quatre burst out.
Dr. J rolled his eyes. "Be silent boy. Sel can take care of herself. I already told you that."
"Demo!"
"Be quiet! Just watch!" Dr. J interrupted.
Everyone stared at Usagi's lightening quick attacks.
*&*
Usagi felt the droid's knife cut through her left arm. She growled. The injury, though commonly dismissed in phase one, only served to fuel her anger in phase two. It was one of the more disturbing aspects of the phase.
Her movements grew more swift and accurate. She was taking this thing seriously now. She grabbed her guns in either hand, leaping in the air and flipping while pulling the triggers. The bullets hit home, her acrobatic achievement serving to confuse her prosthetic assailants. They fell to the ground one by one, defeated. She growled, her mind suddenly beginning to ramble with the past.

*Flashback*
"Lacing?" The little girl looked at him curiously.
He nodded. "Hai. It will make you undefeatable. Perfect."
"I thought I already was perfect."
"Iie. Look." He made no gestures, she simply understood.
"It...hurts." The little girl stared at her crimson-coated hand. A long, deep gash curved from her forefinger to her wrist.
"Hai, that's what we call pain." The man explained, making no move to assist her.
"Nande?" She tipped her palm over, letting the crimson liquid spill to the lab floor.
"Because it's human to feel pain. That's what we've got to take care of about you. Until you no longer feel the full extent of serious injuries, you are not perfect." It was harshly spoken, especially to her.
She gazed at him solidly now. "Ne, I want to overcome this 'pain'. Teach me?"
He nodded, offering his hand. "Let's go. I'll show you the procedure for the Lacing. You won't regret this Sel, I promise."
She nodded, taking his hand with her clean one and following him, crimson trickling after her, leaving a bloody trail in her wake.
*End flashback*

Usagi stood alone in the room now, the droids defeated. She waited patiently for any orders that might follow her accomplishment. None came.
"Doctor," she called out, fully aware that he could hear her. "Was that enough?"
The intercom beeped.
"Sel, you were hurt because your enemies were mechanical. You couldn't predict their moves because you can't think like them. You need to improve your radar to successfully avoid all attacks. We'll break shortly and patch up that cut. Then we'll move on to phase three. Any questions?"
Usagi shook her head negative.
"Good. The doctor is coming in now."
The door opened again and a man in a white coat and rubber gloves came in with a bag of medical equipment. He began to clean her arm.
*&*
"What's he going to do?" Duo asked, gulping as he watched the doctor thread a needle and aim it at Usagi's arm.
Heero frowned. "He has to disinfect the injury, then sew it up, and then cover it. It won't take very long if he knows what he's doing."
Everyone looked a little pale as they saw the needle going through Usagi's arm and back and forth and back and forth and oooohh...
Quatre was looking slightly green.
Dr. J rolled his eyes. "Alright. Why don't you guys leave for now. We'll finish up here and Usagi will be out shortly."
Despite wanting to stay, the pilots left quickly. Each knew that watching further would only anger them and that wouldn't help anything. They all left with similar feelings of guilt and anger.
Dr. J frowned at their backs.
"Looks as if Usagi is going to have to begin her mission a bit sooner than I thought. Damn." He turned to Usagi's emotionless figure.
"Sel, initiate phase three."
"Hai." Was the toneless reply.

To be continued...

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