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Enjoy.

Angelicus Daemon

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katsumi

"Everything is all right in the end. If it's not all right, it's not the end."

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*I saw him again; the one who had saved me. I wonder if he recognized me, if he even remembers me. Not many people remember a shadow. He could make me smile for real. He's so cheerful, so lively; just like I used to be; so like how I act. I know underneath all his smiles and laughter he's hurting like me. But how bad. He was kind to me, but I'm afraid that he'll disappear in a cloud of smoke like everyone else, leaving me all alone. It's not worth getting close to someone 'cause in the end they'll all leave me just like always.*

A lone figure in a black coat sits at a table and sips a cappuccino while reading the day's paper at a local café. A satisfied grin plays on her lips as she reads the front page.

"Um, excuse me, Miss," Monica looks up toward the waiter who addressed her, "Shouldn't you be in school now?"

"Oh no, today is a holiday, so I'm certainly not gonna be there if it's not open, that would be silly wouldn't it?" Monica responded fluttering her eyelashes and smiling.

"No.no, that wouldn't be to smart. Sorry for disturbing you." the waiter said and walked clumsily back to the counter.

Monica opened up the lap-top on the table next to the newspaper, and quickly started typing. Bingo, she found what she was looking for. Quickly pressing a few more buttons she found the exact data needed and closed up the computer and put it in her bag. Walking up to the counter she placed a twenty down in front of the waiter of him, "Keep the change" she told him.

As she was walking to the door she turned around and walked back towards him.

"Here have this, maybe you'll learn something from it," she said tossing him the newspaper.

The waiter looked at the front page and saw a large picture of Earth Sphere Alliance officers making a press release the headline "Gundams and the Fallen Angel." Across the front the picture the word "suckers" was written. He quickly up towards the door where she had been walking towards but she was already gone, back into the shadows.

Monica walked along the streets of the city, biding her time for sunset. She had nowhere to go; nowhere to be. Her information told her that the Earth Sphere Alliance were holding Heero at their medical center near the sea. She had no reason to worry about it, Duo certainly wouldn't allow him to stay there for too long. Monica smiled at the thought of Duo.

*Flashback*

'Where am I? What am I doing here?'

Monica sat bolt up in a bed that wasn't her own. She glanced around hysterically with a look of panic in her eyes. Her gaze fell upon a boy sitting at a table. He had a long chestnut colored braid and violet eyes. He was reading a newspaper. He put the newspaper down and looked up at her when he heard her sit up.

"So you're awake now," he commented.

"Who are you? Why did you take me here and what have you to me!" Monica screamed and launched herself from the bed - and promptly collapsed on the floor.

He got up and walked over to help her. Monica struggled to her feet, and staggered over towards him. With all the force her bruised and broken frame held, she propelled herself towards the boy knocking him to the ground. She landed on top of him and started beating on his chest with her fists with all the force she could muster. He grabbed her wrists and said,

"Hold on a second now, I haven't done anything to you. I found you in the forest behind my apartment. You were unconscious and bruised and scarred. I took back here and you've been asleep for the last four days."

"Your not part of the military?"

"Not at all. I hate the military. They can all go to Hell," he spat out with vehemence in his voice.

"Oh.. My .. name is .. Monica," Monica weakly replied and then promptly fell into the boy's arms.

"Hello Monica. My name is Duo."



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12-18-01