Lily
Notes: Hey all! I've done it! Thanks for the reviews! You guys had better feel PRETTY
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not even funny! I have three MAJOR projects for my business and another job on top of that.
Mix that in with some ink-less printers, jammed CD-ROM drives, unreliable partners, lack of
sleep and just overall confusion, you get ME! I'm already probably going to miss my ultimate
Frisbee game tonight *SOB*, so I hope that you review generously! I sacrificed alot! Please,
take the time to write a review!
Oh, and one thing: I spell Hiiro two different ways in here only becaise 1: I like it better spelled Hiiro, and 2: I'm too tired to fix it.
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Treize sat at his desk silently, watching a computer screen when there was a knock at the door.
"Come in." he said as the door opened, and Colonel Une walked in.
"Sir," she started as she saluted, "We were unsuccessful in capturing the one known as Sailor
Moon, but we did manage to capture her comrade, Sailor Venus."
"And the pilots?" His voice was calm and cool, not revealing his frustration.
"Only two were with Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus. We had them, but one of the gundams
rescued them, bringing with it the suits that belonged to the two pilots. All have escaped except
for Venus."
"Interrogate Venus. See if you can find out where the pilots are hiding."
"Yes sir." Colonel Une replied as she turned to leave.
"Oh, and don't be too rough on her."
"Yes, sir.." Une said, a bit confused. She saluted once more and left the room.
Once she was gone, Treize picked up his phone and dialed some numbers. "Diamond.." he
started, "All have escaped but one."
"Which one?" Diamond asked hopefully.
"Venus."
"Kuso...All right. See if she'll tell you where we can find Serenity."
"Pardon?" Trize asked, confused. He'd never heard anything of a Serenity.
"Sailor Moon. Let me know once you have any news." Diamond said before hanging up his
phone.
Treize silently pulled a file folder out his top desk drawer and opened it, revealing a picture of
Sailor Venus along with her information. He ran his fingers across the picture, his lips spreading
into a smile. "I'll have other uses for you once you're done answering questions, my angel."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Silence followed the pilots and Lily all the way back to Quatre's home. Not much was said for
the whole trip. What could they say? One of their own had just been captured by the enemy. It
was a very grave time for all of them.
They exited their gundams silently, walking slowly back into the mansion. The silence held until
Lily finally broke it with a small sob. The five pilots did nothing but stare at her at first, when
finally, Heero did something very out of character. He wrapped his arms around the crying girl
and tried to comfort her.
Lily's body tensed at first, wondering why such a cold person could suddenly be so warm.
Heero's mind wrestled with itself as he held Lily. 'Why am I doing this?' he stayed there for a
moment longer, when he finally pushed her away.
"I'm sorry.." was all he could manage before he made his way up to his room.
Lily said nothing, she just stared as he ascended the stairs. "Arigato, Heero.." she whispered so
that only she could hear.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Colonel Une marched down a long corridor, accompanied by two soldiers. She stopped in front
of one of the cells that lined the hall and punched a few buttons on the keypad as the door to the
cell opened, allowing the three of them in. She frowned at the sight of the sleeping girl.
Une knew that Treize thought the prisoner beautiful. He and that new man, Diamond were both
obsessed with these girls. The thought made her sick. "This is the one." she indicated, pointing
to Minako.
The two soldiers nodded and walked up to Minako, yanking her up roughly. Une stepped in
front of her and smiled cruelly.
"What do you want?" Minako asked groggily.
Colonel Une slapped Minako hard across the face. "I will be the only one asking questions. Do
you understand me?!"
Minako nodded, ignoring the pain in her cheek which was now fiery and red. Une looked up to
the soldiers and nodded as they carried Minako away down the corridor.
'Please..'Minako begged her soul, 'Give me strength...'
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The five pilots and the one remaining senshi sat around a table, melancholy still thick in the air.
But they didn't have any time to waste. The pilots knew how horrible OZ interrogation can be.
They had to get Minako out of there at once.
Quatre took a deep breath to steady his voice before he began to speak. "Tonight, we rescue
Minako." he said, hoping that no one heard the quavering in his voice, but it was too obvious to
go unnoticed. Quatre had grown close to Minako in these last few days, he couldn't bear the
thought of what OZ might do to her. "At 2300 hours, we will break into the main prison."
"What can I do to help?" Lily asked, demanding that she take part.
"We don't need your help, onna." Wufei muttered, angered by the burden that these two brought
with them.
"What do you mean?! You're going to need all the help you can get!!" Lily shouted angrily.
"We're already going though enough trouble to save this weak onna! We don't need another one
to get in the way!" Wufei shouted back as tears formed in Lily's eyes.
Wufei tried to turn his head, but a hand grabbed him tight by the hair, making it impossible.
"Take that back.." Heero said in a harsh whisper.
There was no response from Wufei. Heero yanked his head back. "Take it back!!! NOW!!! She
is NOT weak! She's strong!!! Much stronger than you'll EVER be!"
Wufei frowned, but another yank on his hair changed his expression. "I'm sorry....I should not
have said what I did."
"It..It's all right.." Lily managed, frightened by Heero's reaction, but calmed, knowing that he did
it for her.
"So what's the plan?" Duo piped in, moving back to the matter at hand.
Quatre blinked. "Oh yes! Duo, Trowa. You two will stay outside and make sure that no one
gets in the way of our escape once we're out of there." Trowa nodded.
"Aaaww..but that's boring!" Duo complained.
"Shut up, baka!" Wufei shouted, "It won't be boring once they discover us and send Aries' out to
attack us before we escape!"
Duo smiled. "Well in that case..."
"Wufei, Heero and Lily," Quatre continued, "You three and I will enter the base and search for
Minako. Once she is found, make sure to notify everyone for a quick escape." The rest nodded.
"Wufei, call Sally Po and let her know that we may need her medical assistance right away. We
don't know how bad she could be.." he trailed off, trying not to think about it.
"Is the interrogation really that bad?" Lily asked Heero, worry lining her voice.
Heero frowned. "Yes." he replied, "But Sally Po is a doctor, she'll take care of Minako once
we're out of there."
Lily nodded in understanding.
"Besides," Heero tried to comfort her, "She's strong. She'll make it through."
Lily smiled and hugged Heero. "Thank you, Heero." she whispered.
Heero slowly hugged her back. "You're welcome.." 'Angel....'
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Minako stared straight ahead, her chest rising and falling with each breath that she took. Colonel
Une and the soldiers took her to an empty room and locked her down by her wrists in a chair.
She didn't know how long she had been there for. Maybe hours...maybe days. She couldn't tell.
"Where are they hiding?!?!" Une asked angrily, "Answer me!"
Minako turned her head to the side, indicating that she would never tell. Colonel Une growled
angrily, and marched over to the desk at the side of the room. She yanked open one of the
drawers and marched back, holding a syringe in her hand.
'Oh gods..' Minako thought, 'Not another one.' This will have been her fourth injection...no,
wait...fifth. Minako didn't know anymore. Each one sent her mind more and more into a state of
disorientation. It messed with her thinking. She was afraid that if she had too much of this, she
would reveal where the others were.
Minako winced as the needle pierced her arm. Colonel Une discarded the empty needle and went
back to Minako. "Now tell me!"
"Never.." Minako managed to murmur.
She was answered by another hard slap across the face. This time, Minako discovered the
metallic taste of blood in her mouth.
Une smirked as an idea came to mind, despite her orders from Treize. "Maybe if I bruise up your
pretty little face, Treize won't like you so much anymore."
"What are talking abou-"
Minako was cut short by another slap, this one sending blood all over her outfit. Une smiled.
"I'm going to enjoy this..."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Duo pouted as he sat back in the cockpit of his gundam. His screen was blank. Nothing was
happening and he was getting bored. "Why are we here again?" he moaned.
"We're supposed to wait here incase the others are discovered. If they are, there will be lots to
do. Trust me." came Trowa's calm response.
Duo crossed his arms and sighed. "Yea, but until then, I'm still bored..."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Lily, Quatre and Wufei waited silently and patiently as Hiiro concentrated on breaking into OZ's
security system. The panel beeped and blipped little lights blinked. After a few moments, the
panel stopped bleeping, and the lights stopped blinking. "We're in." Hiiro said quietly.
Quatre nodded. "All right. Hiiro, Lily, you two go left, Wufei, you and I will go right." The
others nodded and went inside.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Minako stared straight ahead as Colonel Une injected her once more. Her mind was slipping
away. She could feel herself plunging into darkness. She was about to lose consciousness when
Une grabbed her roughly by her raw, injured shoulder. SHe screamed out as pain seared though
her whole body.
"I don't have any time to waste, you little brat!" Une shouted angrily.
"I won't tell you!" Minako managed, barely audible, "I'll die first."
Une smiled. "That can be arranged, you know." she squeezed her shoulder again, causing
Minako to shriek once more.
"Colonel Une!" a voice shouted from the entrance of the room. Une gasped when she recognized
the voice. She turned around and bowed her head. "Yes, sir." she answered.
"I told you not to hurt her too much." Trieze said.
"Forgive me, sir. But she refused to answer my questions."
Treize walked over to Minako and studies her broken form. He wiped some of the blood off of
her face with his hand. "Leave her." he ordered, "She's had enough for today. You will continue
the interrogation tomorrow."
Minako's muscles tightened at his touch. She tried to back away, but the ropes around her
restricted movement.
"Don't be scared, my dear." Treize said soothingly, "If you tell us what we want to know, you
won't be hurt anymore."
Minako shook her head defiantly, too weak now to speak. Treize frowned, and turned to leave.
"Clean up here, then report to my office."
"Yes, sir." Une replied obediently.
Once Treize was gone, Colonel Une shot Minako a dirty look. She then looked over to the desk
of syringes and grinned. She picked one up and walked over to Minako. This would be her
thirteenth injection.
Minako shut her eyes as the needle pierced her skin once more, but she felt nothing. Her arm
was numb, and the numbness was spreading rapidly throughout her whole body.
Une discared the syringe and turned to leave. "Sweet dreams.." she said before shutting the cell
door, leaving Minako alone, bleeding and barely conscious.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Hiiro and Lily glided silently down the long corridor. Hiiro pulled Lily by the hand, and didn't
stop until he heard her suppress a small sob. He turned around and saw tears falling from her
eyes. He drew her into his arms and began to stroke her hair. "Shh...Don't cry, Lily." he
comforted, "We'll find her. Don't worry."
Lily took a deep breath and held the tears until they stopped threatening to fall. She looked up to
Hiiro and nodded. "Arigato.." she whispered with a smile.
Hiiro nodded, and took her hand again. "Are you ready to go find Minako?"
Lily nodded back. "Hai. Let's go."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Quatre and Wufei moved quickly and silently as they searched all around them for any sign of
danger. The corridor finally came to an end, with two doors on either side.
"We're going to have to split up." Wufei concluded.
Quatre nodded. "Be careful." He said before taking the door on the left, Wufei taking the door
on the right.
Quatre walked a bit slower this time, for this corridor was dark, and he certainly didn't want to
bump into something...or someone.
He walked for what seemed like hours when he finally came to a row of cells. 'This must be
where she is..' he thought to himself.
He searched each and every cell, straining his eyes looking for Minako through the darkness.
Then, he finally found her. She was tied to a chair, obviously unconscious. He went right to
work on the lock.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Wufei crept quietly down the hall, when he heard a click. He carefully brandished his katana and
searched all around him.
"Don't move!" a voice shouted.
Wufei spun in the direction of the voice's source. He smirked when he realized that it was only
one man.
"Put your hands in the air!" the soldier shouted a BIT SHAKILY. He seemed to be new.
Wufei growled and lunged towards the soldier. A gunshot was fired and bounced carelessly off
the side of the wall. The soldier panicked and pulled a small device out of his pocket.
"INTRUDER!!" he shouted into the device.
"Kuso.." Wufei swore as alarms sounded all around the building.
Before the soldier had a chance to do anything else, Wufei took off down the hall.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"RUN!" Hiiro shouted once the alarms sounded, "We have to get out of here!"
"NO!" Lily shouted, "Not without Minako!"
"We don't have a choice!!" Hiiro shouted, tugging at her hand.
"Maybe you don't, but I do! I'm going to find Minako!"
"Don't make me force you.." Hiiro challenged, but Lily tried to pull away. So Hiiro did the only
thing that he could do.
"AAAHH!!! Let me go!!! PUT ME DOWN!!! NOW!!!" Lily screamed as Hiiro picked her up
and lifted her over his shoulder and ran.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Quatre finally managed to open the cell when the alarms went off. He suppressed words which
were out of his character, he just ran over to Minako and untied her. "Minako.." he called,
"Minako, wake up!"
No answer. A horrifying realization hit him and he immediately checked for a pulse. He
breathed a sigh of relief when he found one. It was faint, but still there. He gathered her in his
arms and ran out of the cell.
After a few minutes of running, he found Wufei. Wufei looked at Minako. "Is she...?"
Quatre shook his head. "She's got a pulse, but we have to get her out of here."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Hiiro ran and ran until he finally reached the exit. Lily kept screaming, but he wouldn't let go. It
killed him to have to do this to her, but he had no choice.
He was about to run outside when he saw Quatre and Wufei running in his direction. He
breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Quatre carrying Minako.
Setting Lily back down, he looked straight at her. "Look." he pointed to Quatre. Lily gasped and
ran up to Minako's form.
"Is she okay?" she asked frantically.
"She's alive, but until we get her to Sally Po, we don't know anything else." Quatre answered
her.
Lily nodded and turned to Hiiro. "Let's go then."
"DON'T MOVE!" came an angry shout. Everyone spun around to see Ami, Rei and Makoto.
"You're not going anywhere! Give us our friends back!"
Lily frowned. "Don't you get it?!" she shrieked. "We're on the same side! WE aren't the ones
who've been brainwashed! YOU are!"
Rei shook her head and was about to speak, but Lily cut her off. "Just LOOK what your friends
did to Mina!!" Lily shouted, motioning to her unconscious friend.
Rei's face turned pale white and the other girls followed in suit.
"They...they did that?" Ami asked quietly.
Quatre nodded. "Yes, and they would have done much worse, had we not arrived to rescue her."
Tears formed in Rei's eyes as the shame of her actions haunted her. "I'm..I'm so sorry. I didn't
realize that they were doing this to her."
"They told us that she was recovering...we.." Makoto couldn't continue.
"Do you get it now? OZ is evil! You have to understand!"
"We do..now." Rei said, ashamed still. "You have no idea how sorry we are...."
"Come with us." Lily offered, "Come join us against them."
"We...we can't.." Makoto amswered.
"Why not??" Hiiro demanded. "You know that they're the enemy!"
Rei held out her arm to reveal a small chip implanted in her arm. "It's a tracking device. They
said that it was for incase one of us were captured."
Lily held back the tears in her eyes. How did all of this happen? She didn't know anymore.
Shouts could be heard down the hall. More soldiers were on their way. "Go." Rei ordered.
"But-"
"GO!! There's no other choice! We'll be fine! Don't worry about us..they still think that we're
on their' side. Just get out of here! NOW!"
Lily waited one moment, before being pushed out the door by Hiiro.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Everyone ran into their gundams just as a battle broke out. Aries' swarmed all over.
"All right!!" Duo shouted. "Time for some action!"
(AN: I would write a battle scene, but to tell you the truth, I STINK at those! Plus, it would take
me SOOOO long that you would be waiting another month for this! I'm sure you guys don't
mind, ne?)
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Lily and the pilots waited silently outside Minako's bedroom where Sally was helping her. She
didn't think that there was much that she could do, but she decided to try anyway.
After what seemed like hours, the door opened. Everyone stood at attention as Sally emerged, a
solemn look on her face.
"How is she?" Quatre asked hopefully.
Sally shook her head. "They injected her with some kind of drug, only they used way more than
any human can take. I'm sorry, but..."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Notes: *sings* Cliff Hanger! Hanging from a cliff! And that's why he's called Cliff
Hanger!!(the writers of Between the Lions is a GENIOUS!)
Hehehe..sorry guys, but I couldn't resist...would you blame me? Now, PLEASE review! If I get
enough reviews, I might make this a priority over my other stories..it's up to you! Now review!
~PV ^^v
Notes: Hey all! I've done it! Thanks for the reviews! You guys had better feel PRETTY
special! I worked VERY hard to get this out so soon! I'm under SOO much stress right now it's
not even funny! I have three MAJOR projects for my business and another job on top of that.
Mix that in with some ink-less printers, jammed CD-ROM drives, unreliable partners, lack of
sleep and just overall confusion, you get ME! I'm already probably going to miss my ultimate
Frisbee game tonight *SOB*, so I hope that you review generously! I sacrificed alot! Please,
take the time to write a review!
Oh, and one thing: I spell Hiiro two different ways in here only becaise 1: I like it better spelled Hiiro, and 2: I'm too tired to fix it.
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Treize sat at his desk silently, watching a computer screen when there was a knock at the door.
"Come in." he said as the door opened, and Colonel Une walked in.
"Sir," she started as she saluted, "We were unsuccessful in capturing the one known as Sailor
Moon, but we did manage to capture her comrade, Sailor Venus."
"And the pilots?" His voice was calm and cool, not revealing his frustration.
"Only two were with Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus. We had them, but one of the gundams
rescued them, bringing with it the suits that belonged to the two pilots. All have escaped except
for Venus."
"Interrogate Venus. See if you can find out where the pilots are hiding."
"Yes sir." Colonel Une replied as she turned to leave.
"Oh, and don't be too rough on her."
"Yes, sir.." Une said, a bit confused. She saluted once more and left the room.
Once she was gone, Treize picked up his phone and dialed some numbers. "Diamond.." he
started, "All have escaped but one."
"Which one?" Diamond asked hopefully.
"Venus."
"Kuso...All right. See if she'll tell you where we can find Serenity."
"Pardon?" Trize asked, confused. He'd never heard anything of a Serenity.
"Sailor Moon. Let me know once you have any news." Diamond said before hanging up his
phone.
Treize silently pulled a file folder out his top desk drawer and opened it, revealing a picture of
Sailor Venus along with her information. He ran his fingers across the picture, his lips spreading
into a smile. "I'll have other uses for you once you're done answering questions, my angel."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Silence followed the pilots and Lily all the way back to Quatre's home. Not much was said for
the whole trip. What could they say? One of their own had just been captured by the enemy. It
was a very grave time for all of them.
They exited their gundams silently, walking slowly back into the mansion. The silence held until
Lily finally broke it with a small sob. The five pilots did nothing but stare at her at first, when
finally, Heero did something very out of character. He wrapped his arms around the crying girl
and tried to comfort her.
Lily's body tensed at first, wondering why such a cold person could suddenly be so warm.
Heero's mind wrestled with itself as he held Lily. 'Why am I doing this?' he stayed there for a
moment longer, when he finally pushed her away.
"I'm sorry.." was all he could manage before he made his way up to his room.
Lily said nothing, she just stared as he ascended the stairs. "Arigato, Heero.." she whispered so
that only she could hear.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Colonel Une marched down a long corridor, accompanied by two soldiers. She stopped in front
of one of the cells that lined the hall and punched a few buttons on the keypad as the door to the
cell opened, allowing the three of them in. She frowned at the sight of the sleeping girl.
Une knew that Treize thought the prisoner beautiful. He and that new man, Diamond were both
obsessed with these girls. The thought made her sick. "This is the one." she indicated, pointing
to Minako.
The two soldiers nodded and walked up to Minako, yanking her up roughly. Une stepped in
front of her and smiled cruelly.
"What do you want?" Minako asked groggily.
Colonel Une slapped Minako hard across the face. "I will be the only one asking questions. Do
you understand me?!"
Minako nodded, ignoring the pain in her cheek which was now fiery and red. Une looked up to
the soldiers and nodded as they carried Minako away down the corridor.
'Please..'Minako begged her soul, 'Give me strength...'
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The five pilots and the one remaining senshi sat around a table, melancholy still thick in the air.
But they didn't have any time to waste. The pilots knew how horrible OZ interrogation can be.
They had to get Minako out of there at once.
Quatre took a deep breath to steady his voice before he began to speak. "Tonight, we rescue
Minako." he said, hoping that no one heard the quavering in his voice, but it was too obvious to
go unnoticed. Quatre had grown close to Minako in these last few days, he couldn't bear the
thought of what OZ might do to her. "At 2300 hours, we will break into the main prison."
"What can I do to help?" Lily asked, demanding that she take part.
"We don't need your help, onna." Wufei muttered, angered by the burden that these two brought
with them.
"What do you mean?! You're going to need all the help you can get!!" Lily shouted angrily.
"We're already going though enough trouble to save this weak onna! We don't need another one
to get in the way!" Wufei shouted back as tears formed in Lily's eyes.
Wufei tried to turn his head, but a hand grabbed him tight by the hair, making it impossible.
"Take that back.." Heero said in a harsh whisper.
There was no response from Wufei. Heero yanked his head back. "Take it back!!! NOW!!! She
is NOT weak! She's strong!!! Much stronger than you'll EVER be!"
Wufei frowned, but another yank on his hair changed his expression. "I'm sorry....I should not
have said what I did."
"It..It's all right.." Lily managed, frightened by Heero's reaction, but calmed, knowing that he did
it for her.
"So what's the plan?" Duo piped in, moving back to the matter at hand.
Quatre blinked. "Oh yes! Duo, Trowa. You two will stay outside and make sure that no one
gets in the way of our escape once we're out of there." Trowa nodded.
"Aaaww..but that's boring!" Duo complained.
"Shut up, baka!" Wufei shouted, "It won't be boring once they discover us and send Aries' out to
attack us before we escape!"
Duo smiled. "Well in that case..."
"Wufei, Heero and Lily," Quatre continued, "You three and I will enter the base and search for
Minako. Once she is found, make sure to notify everyone for a quick escape." The rest nodded.
"Wufei, call Sally Po and let her know that we may need her medical assistance right away. We
don't know how bad she could be.." he trailed off, trying not to think about it.
"Is the interrogation really that bad?" Lily asked Heero, worry lining her voice.
Heero frowned. "Yes." he replied, "But Sally Po is a doctor, she'll take care of Minako once
we're out of there."
Lily nodded in understanding.
"Besides," Heero tried to comfort her, "She's strong. She'll make it through."
Lily smiled and hugged Heero. "Thank you, Heero." she whispered.
Heero slowly hugged her back. "You're welcome.." 'Angel....'
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Minako stared straight ahead, her chest rising and falling with each breath that she took. Colonel
Une and the soldiers took her to an empty room and locked her down by her wrists in a chair.
She didn't know how long she had been there for. Maybe hours...maybe days. She couldn't tell.
"Where are they hiding?!?!" Une asked angrily, "Answer me!"
Minako turned her head to the side, indicating that she would never tell. Colonel Une growled
angrily, and marched over to the desk at the side of the room. She yanked open one of the
drawers and marched back, holding a syringe in her hand.
'Oh gods..' Minako thought, 'Not another one.' This will have been her fourth injection...no,
wait...fifth. Minako didn't know anymore. Each one sent her mind more and more into a state of
disorientation. It messed with her thinking. She was afraid that if she had too much of this, she
would reveal where the others were.
Minako winced as the needle pierced her arm. Colonel Une discarded the empty needle and went
back to Minako. "Now tell me!"
"Never.." Minako managed to murmur.
She was answered by another hard slap across the face. This time, Minako discovered the
metallic taste of blood in her mouth.
Une smirked as an idea came to mind, despite her orders from Treize. "Maybe if I bruise up your
pretty little face, Treize won't like you so much anymore."
"What are talking abou-"
Minako was cut short by another slap, this one sending blood all over her outfit. Une smiled.
"I'm going to enjoy this..."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Duo pouted as he sat back in the cockpit of his gundam. His screen was blank. Nothing was
happening and he was getting bored. "Why are we here again?" he moaned.
"We're supposed to wait here incase the others are discovered. If they are, there will be lots to
do. Trust me." came Trowa's calm response.
Duo crossed his arms and sighed. "Yea, but until then, I'm still bored..."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Lily, Quatre and Wufei waited silently and patiently as Hiiro concentrated on breaking into OZ's
security system. The panel beeped and blipped little lights blinked. After a few moments, the
panel stopped bleeping, and the lights stopped blinking. "We're in." Hiiro said quietly.
Quatre nodded. "All right. Hiiro, Lily, you two go left, Wufei, you and I will go right." The
others nodded and went inside.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Minako stared straight ahead as Colonel Une injected her once more. Her mind was slipping
away. She could feel herself plunging into darkness. She was about to lose consciousness when
Une grabbed her roughly by her raw, injured shoulder. SHe screamed out as pain seared though
her whole body.
"I don't have any time to waste, you little brat!" Une shouted angrily.
"I won't tell you!" Minako managed, barely audible, "I'll die first."
Une smiled. "That can be arranged, you know." she squeezed her shoulder again, causing
Minako to shriek once more.
"Colonel Une!" a voice shouted from the entrance of the room. Une gasped when she recognized
the voice. She turned around and bowed her head. "Yes, sir." she answered.
"I told you not to hurt her too much." Trieze said.
"Forgive me, sir. But she refused to answer my questions."
Treize walked over to Minako and studies her broken form. He wiped some of the blood off of
her face with his hand. "Leave her." he ordered, "She's had enough for today. You will continue
the interrogation tomorrow."
Minako's muscles tightened at his touch. She tried to back away, but the ropes around her
restricted movement.
"Don't be scared, my dear." Treize said soothingly, "If you tell us what we want to know, you
won't be hurt anymore."
Minako shook her head defiantly, too weak now to speak. Treize frowned, and turned to leave.
"Clean up here, then report to my office."
"Yes, sir." Une replied obediently.
Once Treize was gone, Colonel Une shot Minako a dirty look. She then looked over to the desk
of syringes and grinned. She picked one up and walked over to Minako. This would be her
thirteenth injection.
Minako shut her eyes as the needle pierced her skin once more, but she felt nothing. Her arm
was numb, and the numbness was spreading rapidly throughout her whole body.
Une discared the syringe and turned to leave. "Sweet dreams.." she said before shutting the cell
door, leaving Minako alone, bleeding and barely conscious.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Hiiro and Lily glided silently down the long corridor. Hiiro pulled Lily by the hand, and didn't
stop until he heard her suppress a small sob. He turned around and saw tears falling from her
eyes. He drew her into his arms and began to stroke her hair. "Shh...Don't cry, Lily." he
comforted, "We'll find her. Don't worry."
Lily took a deep breath and held the tears until they stopped threatening to fall. She looked up to
Hiiro and nodded. "Arigato.." she whispered with a smile.
Hiiro nodded, and took her hand again. "Are you ready to go find Minako?"
Lily nodded back. "Hai. Let's go."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Quatre and Wufei moved quickly and silently as they searched all around them for any sign of
danger. The corridor finally came to an end, with two doors on either side.
"We're going to have to split up." Wufei concluded.
Quatre nodded. "Be careful." He said before taking the door on the left, Wufei taking the door
on the right.
Quatre walked a bit slower this time, for this corridor was dark, and he certainly didn't want to
bump into something...or someone.
He walked for what seemed like hours when he finally came to a row of cells. 'This must be
where she is..' he thought to himself.
He searched each and every cell, straining his eyes looking for Minako through the darkness.
Then, he finally found her. She was tied to a chair, obviously unconscious. He went right to
work on the lock.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Wufei crept quietly down the hall, when he heard a click. He carefully brandished his katana and
searched all around him.
"Don't move!" a voice shouted.
Wufei spun in the direction of the voice's source. He smirked when he realized that it was only
one man.
"Put your hands in the air!" the soldier shouted a BIT SHAKILY. He seemed to be new.
Wufei growled and lunged towards the soldier. A gunshot was fired and bounced carelessly off
the side of the wall. The soldier panicked and pulled a small device out of his pocket.
"INTRUDER!!" he shouted into the device.
"Kuso.." Wufei swore as alarms sounded all around the building.
Before the soldier had a chance to do anything else, Wufei took off down the hall.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"RUN!" Hiiro shouted once the alarms sounded, "We have to get out of here!"
"NO!" Lily shouted, "Not without Minako!"
"We don't have a choice!!" Hiiro shouted, tugging at her hand.
"Maybe you don't, but I do! I'm going to find Minako!"
"Don't make me force you.." Hiiro challenged, but Lily tried to pull away. So Hiiro did the only
thing that he could do.
"AAAHH!!! Let me go!!! PUT ME DOWN!!! NOW!!!" Lily screamed as Hiiro picked her up
and lifted her over his shoulder and ran.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Quatre finally managed to open the cell when the alarms went off. He suppressed words which
were out of his character, he just ran over to Minako and untied her. "Minako.." he called,
"Minako, wake up!"
No answer. A horrifying realization hit him and he immediately checked for a pulse. He
breathed a sigh of relief when he found one. It was faint, but still there. He gathered her in his
arms and ran out of the cell.
After a few minutes of running, he found Wufei. Wufei looked at Minako. "Is she...?"
Quatre shook his head. "She's got a pulse, but we have to get her out of here."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Hiiro ran and ran until he finally reached the exit. Lily kept screaming, but he wouldn't let go. It
killed him to have to do this to her, but he had no choice.
He was about to run outside when he saw Quatre and Wufei running in his direction. He
breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Quatre carrying Minako.
Setting Lily back down, he looked straight at her. "Look." he pointed to Quatre. Lily gasped and
ran up to Minako's form.
"Is she okay?" she asked frantically.
"She's alive, but until we get her to Sally Po, we don't know anything else." Quatre answered
her.
Lily nodded and turned to Hiiro. "Let's go then."
"DON'T MOVE!" came an angry shout. Everyone spun around to see Ami, Rei and Makoto.
"You're not going anywhere! Give us our friends back!"
Lily frowned. "Don't you get it?!" she shrieked. "We're on the same side! WE aren't the ones
who've been brainwashed! YOU are!"
Rei shook her head and was about to speak, but Lily cut her off. "Just LOOK what your friends
did to Mina!!" Lily shouted, motioning to her unconscious friend.
Rei's face turned pale white and the other girls followed in suit.
"They...they did that?" Ami asked quietly.
Quatre nodded. "Yes, and they would have done much worse, had we not arrived to rescue her."
Tears formed in Rei's eyes as the shame of her actions haunted her. "I'm..I'm so sorry. I didn't
realize that they were doing this to her."
"They told us that she was recovering...we.." Makoto couldn't continue.
"Do you get it now? OZ is evil! You have to understand!"
"We do..now." Rei said, ashamed still. "You have no idea how sorry we are...."
"Come with us." Lily offered, "Come join us against them."
"We...we can't.." Makoto amswered.
"Why not??" Hiiro demanded. "You know that they're the enemy!"
Rei held out her arm to reveal a small chip implanted in her arm. "It's a tracking device. They
said that it was for incase one of us were captured."
Lily held back the tears in her eyes. How did all of this happen? She didn't know anymore.
Shouts could be heard down the hall. More soldiers were on their way. "Go." Rei ordered.
"But-"
"GO!! There's no other choice! We'll be fine! Don't worry about us..they still think that we're
on their' side. Just get out of here! NOW!"
Lily waited one moment, before being pushed out the door by Hiiro.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Everyone ran into their gundams just as a battle broke out. Aries' swarmed all over.
"All right!!" Duo shouted. "Time for some action!"
(AN: I would write a battle scene, but to tell you the truth, I STINK at those! Plus, it would take
me SOOOO long that you would be waiting another month for this! I'm sure you guys don't
mind, ne?)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Lily and the pilots waited silently outside Minako's bedroom where Sally was helping her. She
didn't think that there was much that she could do, but she decided to try anyway.
After what seemed like hours, the door opened. Everyone stood at attention as Sally emerged, a
solemn look on her face.
"How is she?" Quatre asked hopefully.
Sally shook her head. "They injected her with some kind of drug, only they used way more than
any human can take. I'm sorry, but..."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Notes: *sings* Cliff Hanger! Hanging from a cliff! And that's why he's called Cliff
Hanger!!(the writers of Between the Lions is a GENIOUS!)
Hehehe..sorry guys, but I couldn't resist...would you blame me? Now, PLEASE review! If I get
enough reviews, I might make this a priority over my other stories..it's up to you! Now review!
~PV ^^v
