The wind raced around her as she rode her slick black bike closer and closer to the Genesis building. She urged the bike on, the visor of her helmet pushed up so she could see through the black night. Overhead flew four shadowed figures, keeping pace with the bike as they neared the omnious building on the horizon.
A few minutes later, the bike stopped at the edge of some woods, the rider pulling off her helmet to reveal the face of the Angel Gym leader. Slowly she gazed back in the direction she had come, gazed back at the faint lights of her gym as the flutter of wings beat just above her.
"They'll be all right," Hisui's evolution, Fuu-Tenshi, whispered into her ear as he hovered off the ground. She nodded, getting off the bike before setting the helmet on her seat.
"I know they will," she replied, fingering the bishie balls at her waist. "They train hard, we all do. They'll be fine if Genesis attacks. We can't worry about that though. We're here to get Hotura back."
"So desu," Heaven said, returning from scanning the outside of the Genesis building. "There's three entrances, three guards each entrance. Another four guards patrol the area. The security isn't tight, but all the guards are armed. There's a fourth entrance in the back, a maintence entrance; it isn't guarded but it's locked. What's the plan?" Turning her eyes to the sky, Kyoko gazed at the full moon shining down on them.
"Thirteen guards total. Yosh. Chihaya and Hisui will be our distraction. While Hisui conjures up swirling winds, I want Chihaya to use the birds. Get them to fly low over the guards, and have them fly in a migration pattern. Don't let either of yourselves seen; if everything works, the guards will think the birds are frightened by the wind. When you're done, wait for us here; we'll all head back to the gym together."
"Wakarimashita," Hisui said before he and Chihaya returned to the sky.
"The rest of us?" Yue asked.
"Let's get closer to that maintence entrance. Once the guards are distracted, we'll pick the lock and use the door to get in. It'll also be our exit."
"You can pick locks?" Kyoko winked to her two remaining angels, motioning them to follow her as they made their way to the intended door; on their way, she reached into her hair, pulling out a thin piece of metal ending at a point, almost like a needle.
"Goro's been teaching me. It comes in handy having thieves around the gym. There it is." Retracting their wings, the two bishonen crouched in the shadows of the trees next to their trainer, waiting. Within minutes the sound of rushing wind and chirping birds filled the air. Genesis guards rushed past the hidden trainer and bishonen to see what was going on.
"Here we go," Kyoko whispered as they fled the shadows, making for the door. While Heaven and Yue kept watch, she worked to pick the two locks of the maintence door. She managed to get them open and get inside just before a guard raced past them.
"That was close."
"A little too close," Heaven whispered as Kyoko silently closed the door behind them.
"We'll be getting more close calls before the night is over. Now, let's see if we can find Hotura and get out of here." Opening another door, Kyoko found herself gazing down a white, well lit hallway. She wondered whether to go left or right before Heaven whispered into her ear.
"Right. They went this way before. I faintly sense something like Duo and Heero going right. It's not exactly like them but I still feel it." She nodded.
"Okay then. Heaven, take the front and lead us. Yue, take the back and cover us if someone comes." The angels nodded, quickly responding to her words before they slowly proceeded down the hall.
~This facility is huge,~ Kyoko thought as they walked, ducking into darkened hallways at the sound of approaching footsteps. ~It's almost as big as my gym. But what are they doing here? Why choose to build a place practically on the doorstep of the Angel Gym and not yet try to take any of the angels? Something big is up.~ She felt a yank on her shoulder as Yue pulled her back into a dark hallway, Heaven floating up to disappear in the shadows of the ceiling. The gym leader held her breath as two armed Genesis guards walked up, stopping in front of the hallway Kyoko and Yue were hidden in, right underneath Heaven.
"All this for one little girl?" the closer guard said, lighting a cigarette. Kyoko almost choked and coughed on the smoke drifting her way before a gentle, familiar hand covered her mouth and nose. Even after staying with Yuki so long, she still couldn't get used to the smell of cigarette smoke.
"She's not just a little girl," the other guard replied. "I heard someone saying she was a hybrid of two bishonen."
"You mean she's the kid of two gay guys?!" Kyoko frowned; she knew if Ele was there she'd kick the guards' asses for calling Hee and Shin "gay guys" even if, essentially, that's what they were.
"Yeah."
"How'd that happen?!"
"Don't know. That's what everyone's trying to find out."
"Why bring her here? This facility isn't even complete."
"Why do you ask so many questions, huh? We're just guards. We get paid to guard a little girl and shut up about it. Now put of that thing; you'll die of lung cancer one day. We're on duty." Grumbling the first guard put out his cigarette before the two of them left. The gym leader waited a moment before ducking back into the hallway.
"Well that was interesting," she commented as Heaven dropped down from the ceiling next to her.
"She's not far," he said. "Down this hallway, then left, down that hallway, then right." Kyoko nodded, checking her watch. It was 11:20; they had arrived at Genesis at 11, which meant they had been roaming the halls for 20 minutes.
"This place creeps me out. Let's see if we can be out of here and back at the gym by midnight." The two angels nodded as they continued their journey down the hall. They were about to make the first left when Heaven suddenly spun around, pushing his trainer and fellow angel back the way they had come.
"What's the idea?!" Kyoko hissed.
"There's a camera mounted on the far wall." Peeking around the corner, sure enough the trainer found a camera mounted on the opposite wall down a few feet from them, a red light flashing periodically just below the lens.
"What do you think the red light is?" she asked her two bishonen, her eyes still focused on the camera as it slowly spun this way and that down the hall.
"Power indicator," Yue suggested.
"Most likely a security sensor," Heaven said.
"I agree," the trainer interjected, ducking back into the hall as the camera swung her way. "It probably has a laser sensor as well. We aren't familiar to the grounds; it'll probably pick up on that right away and try to shoot us down while alerting the security system."
"How do you suggest we get past it?" the silver haired Clow guardian asked.
"There isn't another way to Hotura?" Heaven shook his head.
"There's probably another way out once we reach the room she's being held in, but there's only one way to get to her. We're screwed if we don't go down this hall." Smirking slightly as her angel's choice of words, Kyoko's mind worked, trying to figure out a way to get past the camera.
"Let's try this," she said, snatching Yue's capture ball from her waist. "For this obstacle, go back into your ball, Yue." He nodded once before being recalled, the ball being replaced at Kyoko's waist once he was back inside. "Now, Heaven, let's go up and see if we can't crawl past the camera on the ceiling."
"As you wish," he replied before gathering his trainer into his arms and hovering up towards the ceiling. He then began to crawl on the ceiling as easily as if he were crawling on the floor, Kyoko holding onto him as the shadows clung to them both. Twice they had to stop as guards passed below them. Holding their breaths, they waited for the camera to swing back the way they had come before dropping from the ceiling, ducking into the next hallway.
"Great, now that that's cleared.....oh well that's just peachy." The hallway before them was darker than the rest, making it easy to spot the red lasers bouncing from one wall to the other in all sorts of directions and angles. Kyoko blew her bangs out of her face in frustration.
"As Hee would say...baka kaba kuso!"
"Now what?" Heaven asked, eyeing the red lasers criss-crossing in front of them. Kyoko took a full look at the situation before making a decision.
"Some of the lasers pass too close to the ceiling for us to try the same trick again," she said. "And we can't crawl on the floor for the same reason. This one I'll have to do alone."
"But..." She touched her fingertips to his lips lightly, silencing him. A smirk came to her face as she winked, retrieving his bishie ball.
"You boys aren't the only ones training at the gym, you know. I've clocked in a few hours myself with Goro and Ryota. Don't worry, I'll let you guys loose again when I'm on the other side." Slowly he nodded; there was no point in arguing when Kyoko made up her mind about something. She smiled softly as Heaven consented to her decision. She kissed his cheek before recalling him; she loved all of her boys for the care and affection they gave her. There was no way in all heaven or hell she would forgive Genesis if they harmed her angels. There was no way she would forgive them anyway for hurting Ele like they did.
Replacing Heaven's bishie ball to her side, Kyoko took a deep breath, stretching out the muscles in her shoulders, neck, arms and legs.
"Time to see my own training pay off," she whispered to herself. Taking another deep breath, she flipped through the air, clearing a quarter of the hallway lasers without setting any of them off. Using the balls of her feet to rebound, she flipped again...and again and again until she had cleared the hallway.
"Whoa, that was way too close for comfort," she said after regaining her balance. Her last landing had been uneasy; Kyoko had almost toppled backwards into the laser net after her right foot caved out from underneath her. Luckily, she regained her balance in time. She took a moment to smooth out her black clothing before releasing Yue and Heaven, Access along with them.
"Well, I made it."
"You certainly did," Yue said, gently patting her head.
"Which door?" A row of closed doors on both the right and left sides stood like silent foot soldiers before them. They couldn't afford to check all of them, there wasn't any time. She had to trust Heaven's senses to get them to the right place. He reached out, feeling the wall next to him, his eyes closed.
"Down the hall, fourth door on the right," he said opening his eyes and removing his hand. She nodded before they proceeded slowly down the hallway. Upon reaching the designated door, Kyoko peeked in, thankful the thick soled boots added two inches to her short height. The inside was dark but she could barely make out a small figure huddled in the farthest corner.
"That must be her," she said, trying the handle of the door to find it locked. She picked it open easily, slowly and gently swinging the door open. Inside the small figure huddled closer in the corner, almost hugging the darkness. As Kyoko stepped into the dark room, the little chibi girl suddenly wrapped herself in an energy coccoon, startling the trainer as a streak of raw energy arced her way.
~Well of course she'd be able to do something like that,~ Kyoko chided herself. ~She's got Hee and Shin's genes in her. Even unconsciously she would have a few powers working.~ She smiled gently as she walked slowly closer to the little girl. Her chibi face was streaked with tears, but her violet eyes had that determined look in them Kyoko had only seen in the eyes of her own Heero and the Angel of War. She ignored the energy shooting past her, nearly missing her head how and then.
"It's all right, sweetie," the gym leader cooed gently, kneeling in front of the girl. "Hotura is it?" Slowly the girl nodded but the energy coccoon didn't phase a bit nor did the look in her eyes waver. "I'm here to take you home."
"Iya!!" Hotura nearly shouted. "You're here to hurt me again! You want to poke me and find out how I work. Omae o korosu!" Kyoko had to chuckle at the words.
"Just like Hee. I wonder how many times I've heard the Angel of War say those words to me." Large violet eyes widened as, finally, the energy coccoon started to die down.
"You know my tou-san?" she asked eagerly.
"Hai, I know your tou-san. I know your daddy too."
"Really?!"
"Yeah. Your tou-san and daddy's trainer asked me to come get you. Would you like to go home?"
"Hai!!" Hotura's chibi eyes moved from Kyoko's face to that of Heaven and Yue's before settling on Access and then on Access' dark wings. "He looks like my tou-san."
"So, he's one of my angels. They'll make sure we get out safely and get you to your tou-san and daddy. Sa, let's get you home." Kyoko held out her arms towards the little one. Slowly, as her coccoon died completely, Hotura crawled over and into the trainer's arms, promptly latching into Kyoko's braid, which somewhat reminded her of Hotura's daddy. Getting back to her feet, Kyoko turned to the angels behind her, the little chibi girl held tightly in her arms.
"Let's get out of here." The three bishonen nodded, ready to leave, when the sound of footsteps and voices stopped them.
"Why are we running tests on the little girl in the middle of the night?" a female voice asked. "She may be a hybrid but she's still a little girl. Let her sleep."
"I can't rest until I find out how she was created," an elderly male voice replied. "She's the only hybrid between a demon and an angel in existence, the only one able to live longer than a day. On top of that, she's the hybrid of two male bishonen. I have got to know how she can survive for so long."
"This is not good," Yue mused, peeking through the just cracked open door at the two scientists and five guards headed their way.
"What do we do?" Access asked.
"There wasn't another way out of this room after all," Kyoko said. She felt Hotura begin to shake in her arms and pulled the child closer as she crouched on the floor against a wall, her angels surrounding them.
~What now?~ she wondered. ~I promised I'd save Hotura and I'm going to do it. But how to get past them? How??~