A Normal Life
By: Jade Starlight
Chapter Fourteen: ICS Soldiers At Last!
Duo's instincts kicked in and immediately he grabbed Amara around the waste
and jumped over the side of the stairs as high and as far as he could. He landed on the
ground with a thud! Hitting his head hard.
"Damn! That smarts!" he yelled as he felt for Amara. When he didn't feel her
body, he forced his eyes to open, despite the pain that was shooting through his head. He
looked over, and about three feet away was Amara's form, lying completely still.
That can't be good, he thought, sitting up. He winced at the pain coursing
through his side as well. Slowly making his way to Amara, he almost forgot about
Jeremiah and Isis, but when he looked behind him, he cursed again. The stairs gave way,
as well as the top floor they were on moments ago.
"Oh, my head," a hoarse voice said. Amara was waking up, and rubbing her
forehead.
"Amara, you okay?" Duo slid next to her and helped her sit up.
"Yeah, I'll be-OUCH!" She winced in tremendous pain as she looked at her
ankle.
"What is it?"
"I think my ankle's twisted severely. It hurts like hell!"
"Can you walk?"
"Yeah, why?" Duo climbed to his feet, ignoring the shots of pain in his head and
side. He grabbed one of Amara's arms and helped her up as well.
"We have to find Jeremiah and Isis. Look," he pointed to the spot they dove
from.
"Uh oh, we'd better hurry!" Duo nodded, and they began searching for another
way out.
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Wufei, Jade, Quatre, and Alondra were in their Gundams, heading towards the
mobile suits.
"Alright, this is the plan. Wufei and I will take those on the left, while Quatre and
Alondra take those on the right. Under no circumstances are you to let any past you,
understand?" Jade instructed.
"Who made you the leader?" Wufei barked.
"I did, now move out!" Altron and Cupid parted with Twister and Sandrock.
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Relena and Heero brought Noin to lie next to Millardo on the bed. Relena
caressed her brother's hand, and Noin's as well.
"Relena, we have to get them out of here before any soldiers come," Heero said.
Relena nodded silently in agreement.
"But how?"
"I saw a van that appeared to be usable about a block from here. I'll get it and
come for you three. In the meantime, you stand watch." Heero headed to the door,
determination in his eyes.
"Heero?"
"Hm?"
"Try to come back in one piece, okay?" she smirked. He gave her a genuine
smile before disappearing into the night. Relena sat on the floor, gun in hand, praying for
everything to be all right.
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Trowa and Shiri quickly ushered the survivors into the caves, keeping them out of
site of the battle.
"Trowa, we should be out there, helping!" Shiri argued for the hundredth time.
"Shiri, we were ordered to remain here until further instructions. We must wait
for Duo, Isis, Jeremiah, Amara, Relena, and Heero before we do another thing," he told
her for the hundredth time.
"Fine, but I do not like this! There's way too many of those suits for those four!"
"They can hold off for a while," he said. Shiri saw the look in his eyes, and she
shut her mouth, understanding that there was no way for her to win the argument. She
knew it.
"Fine," she huffed. "I'll park it over here and keep watch for any soldiers." She
sat on a boulder and crossed her arms, looking at the cave entrance and watching the
battle.
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Isis woke up with a throbbing head. As her sight came into focus, she saw the
huge mess, and also the fact that she and Jeremiah were sealed on this side by the debris.
Jeremiah! Oh no, where is he? She quickly stood up, ignoring the pain her head
was experiencing, and tried to concentrate on him.
"Jeremiah? Are you there?" she called, looking around the dark room. Again a
throb came from her forehead, but she ignored it.
"Isis, is that you yelling?" a groggy voice said. She searched for the person, and
saw the silhouette of someone lying on the ground five feet to her right. She ran to the
figure.
"Jeremiah, are you okay?" she asked, helping him sit upright. He nodded in
reply, and winced when she tried helping him up.
"What is it?"
"My arm. I think it's broken," he said. She walked around him to his other arm
and grabbed it, pulling him to his feet.
"Do you know where Duo is? What, what is it?" she asked when he stared at her
face. His eyes were bulging as he stuttered.
"Y-Your forehead. I-it's bleeding badly." She touched it and felt a huge gash
from one side to the other. She also noticed the blood trailing down her face.
"We don't have time to mess with that. We've got a mission remember?"
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean ignore your own health. Hold on." He grabbed a
torn part of his shirt and ripped a huge strip off, handing it to her. She took it with
agitation on her face and tied it around her head to stop the bleeding.
"There, now lets find a way out so we can meet up with Amara and Duo." The
two teens left the hallway in search of a way out.
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"Sir, should we move in on them now?"
"No, Jake. We'll wait and see where they're all hiding. Then we attack," the
older man with dark red hair and blazing green eyes commanded. He smiled evilly,
snickering as well.
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Relena tensed up when she heard footsteps on the stairs. Slowly she climbed to
her feet, sinking into the shadows near the doorway. As she waited, gun in hand, she
could hear them getting closer.
Here they come in three, two, one... She darted the gun up, pointing it at the
figure. Her Cerulean blue eyes met violet.
"Whoa Lena, chill. It's just me," Duo said. She sighed with relief, putting the
gun into the waste of her pants.
"What happened? Where are Isis and Jeremiah?"
"We had an accident at the Democrat's. The floor and ceiling gave way, and we
were separated. We looked for them Lena, but they were nowhere to be found," Amara
explained. She limped into the room, heading for the bed.
"So you don't know what happened to them at all?" Relena asked calmly. Duo
shook his head, walking slowly to the bed. His eyes grew wide as he saw the two forms.
"Oh Relena, I'm sorry," Amara whispered. She turned to face Relena.
"Don't worry, they'll be fine," she replied all too calmly. Duo knew it was an act,
and that inside she was probably blaming herself for this mess.
"Relena," Amara started again, but stopped when she saw a figure standing in the
doorway, gun raised.
"No one move, or you'll die," the voice commanded. All they did was freeze.
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Isis inspected the intruders and sighed.
"Sorry guys, I couldn't tell who your were with it being so dark," she said,
tucking away her gun. She disappeared from the doorway for a few moments, and then
came back with Jeremiah on her, using her body for support.
"Jeremiah, are you alright?" Relena asked as she helped get him over to the bed.
He eased himself onto it, careful not to disturb the other two who were already occupying
it. He brushed his red bangs away as he inspected his wounds.
"Man are we ever glad to see ya! We thought you'd gotten taken or something!"
Duo exclaimed. He saw the blood soaked material wrapped around Isis's forehead.
"What happened?" Amara asked, beating Duo to the punch. Isis shrugged.
"I have a big gash across my forehead, that's all. It's not like I'll die or
anything."
"Yeah, you've had worse," Amara said, smiling. Relena, in the meantime, was
helping Jeremiah with his arm. She tore some curtains down and used it as a spring for
him. Then she looked at his ankle, which was huge.
"Looks like you may have broken your ankle, or at least pulled tendons," she said.
He smiled meekly.
"Oh well, at least I'm alive."
"That's for sure," a voice said. Everyone whirled around to see Heero in the
room. He had a bag in his left hand, and a gun in his right.
"Got the van?" Relena asked. When he nodded, she started giving orders.
"Duo and Isis, grab Noin. Heero and I will get Millardo, while Jeremiah and
Amara support each other and take the bag and gun."
"Yes ma'am," Duo gave a mock salute and smiled. Relena smirked and shook
her head. Then they all prepared for the task they each had, and they went to work.
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Trowa heard what sounded like a vehicle of some sort approaching he cliff's
ledge above the hidden caves. Shiri must have as well, because when he searched for
her, she was nowhere to be seen. Sighing heavily, he told one of the civilians to stay put
and he'd be back in a little while. Then he went to the rope and began climbing up,
certain that's where she had gone.
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Shiri's baby blue eyes searched frantically for the sound. When she saw the black
van, she ducked behind a large bush to her right. She pulled her gun out and crouched
low, awaiting the scene of the passengers in the van.
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Duo practically jumped out of the van, glad that they were finally there. He
almost forgot about his broken rib until that moment. Wincing, he opened the back,
exposing a still unconscious Zechs and a coming to Noin.
"Hey Lena, Noin's comin' back!" he yelled. Then he gently lifted Noin upright,
as she slowly gained her vision. When she saw the goofy smile of a braided pilot, she
smiled faintly.
"Hey Duo," she whispered.
"Hello Noin. Did ya sleep well?" he asked. She smiled again. Relena appeared
behind Duo with a small duffle bag that looked to be packed full.
"Noin, are you okay? Do you feel anything broken? Any cuts?" the former
princess asked. Noin smiled.
"Look who suddenly became doctor," she said. Relena smiled as she and Duo
helped Noin out of the van. When Noin put pressure on her right ankle, she began to fall.
Luckily Relena and Duo were there to stop her.
"Sit down Noin. Heero will have a look at that," Relena commanded. Noin did
as she was told as Heero kneeled to inspect it. Noin's ankle was swelled the size of a
softball, and a large bruise was forming.
"It's not broken, but it looks like you pulled some tendons. We need to wrap it at
least."
"Okay Heero, go ahead," Relena said handing him some medical wrap. He raised
a brow before getting to work.
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Shiri couldn't quite make out the figures from the van, but by the looks of it there
were at least four. Quietly, she army crawled to the van, unnoticed by its occupants. She
made her way to the side and snuck around to the end. On the count of three she jumped
out, gun raised at a head.
"Don't move, or I'll have no choice but to shoot," she growled. The other
occupants were completely still, but the one whom she was pointing the gun at turned
slowly.
"Hey Shiri!" Duo chirped. He flashed her a lop sided grin. Her eyes went wide
as she lowered the gun. Before she could think, she was hugging Duo fiercely around his
neck.
"Duo! I'm so glad you're okay! I thought something happened!" A tear fell as
she whispered this. She felt his body shudder, and she immediately let go.
"Well, nothing big did, but we-Hey, what are you doing?" He watched as she
lifted up his black shirt, exposing his side. She saw a huge bruise across a rib.
"You're hurt," she said.
"It's nothing big, just a broken rib or two, that's all."
"I don't care, you need to take it easy Duo." Before they could continue, a throat
was being cleared. Shiri looked to her left and saw a head poking out of a window.
"Um, if you don't mind, we'd like to get out now," Isis said.
"No problem. Actually, we'd better get going. We have company," Trowa said,
appearing from behind Relena. Everyone jumped, except for Relena and Heero, who
heard him a while back.
"Where?"
"There," he said, pointing up. Sure enough, there were about a hundred more
mobile suits coming through the air, heading for the four Gundams that were already
there.
"We need to move, now," Relena barked. Everyone nodded, and started heading
for the rope. Relena stopped, a smirk on her face.
"What's so funny, Relena?" Trowa asked. She shook her head.
"Oh nothing. It's just amusing that you climbed a rope instead of using the
stairwell."
"What stairwell?" Shiri asked. Relena walked over to the bush Shiri was behind
before and dropped to her stomach. She reached under it and felt around for a small
control device. Her hand brushed it and she pushed a button. The sounds of cement
scraping together were heard, and a hole in the ground appeared in front of the bush.
Relena stood brushing her hands and clothes off. Everyone stared in bewilderment.
Relena smiled before entering the stairway that descended downward.
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"Good, we've found them. You seven, return to your suits and go join the battle.
The rest, come with me." A red haired man and five soldiers walked to the place the
unexpecting teens had just entered. He smiled evilly.
Soon my son, you will be with me, and not with that Pacifist brat!
By: Jade Starlight
Chapter Fourteen: ICS Soldiers At Last!
Duo's instincts kicked in and immediately he grabbed Amara around the waste
and jumped over the side of the stairs as high and as far as he could. He landed on the
ground with a thud! Hitting his head hard.
"Damn! That smarts!" he yelled as he felt for Amara. When he didn't feel her
body, he forced his eyes to open, despite the pain that was shooting through his head. He
looked over, and about three feet away was Amara's form, lying completely still.
That can't be good, he thought, sitting up. He winced at the pain coursing
through his side as well. Slowly making his way to Amara, he almost forgot about
Jeremiah and Isis, but when he looked behind him, he cursed again. The stairs gave way,
as well as the top floor they were on moments ago.
"Oh, my head," a hoarse voice said. Amara was waking up, and rubbing her
forehead.
"Amara, you okay?" Duo slid next to her and helped her sit up.
"Yeah, I'll be-OUCH!" She winced in tremendous pain as she looked at her
ankle.
"What is it?"
"I think my ankle's twisted severely. It hurts like hell!"
"Can you walk?"
"Yeah, why?" Duo climbed to his feet, ignoring the shots of pain in his head and
side. He grabbed one of Amara's arms and helped her up as well.
"We have to find Jeremiah and Isis. Look," he pointed to the spot they dove
from.
"Uh oh, we'd better hurry!" Duo nodded, and they began searching for another
way out.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wufei, Jade, Quatre, and Alondra were in their Gundams, heading towards the
mobile suits.
"Alright, this is the plan. Wufei and I will take those on the left, while Quatre and
Alondra take those on the right. Under no circumstances are you to let any past you,
understand?" Jade instructed.
"Who made you the leader?" Wufei barked.
"I did, now move out!" Altron and Cupid parted with Twister and Sandrock.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Relena and Heero brought Noin to lie next to Millardo on the bed. Relena
caressed her brother's hand, and Noin's as well.
"Relena, we have to get them out of here before any soldiers come," Heero said.
Relena nodded silently in agreement.
"But how?"
"I saw a van that appeared to be usable about a block from here. I'll get it and
come for you three. In the meantime, you stand watch." Heero headed to the door,
determination in his eyes.
"Heero?"
"Hm?"
"Try to come back in one piece, okay?" she smirked. He gave her a genuine
smile before disappearing into the night. Relena sat on the floor, gun in hand, praying for
everything to be all right.
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Trowa and Shiri quickly ushered the survivors into the caves, keeping them out of
site of the battle.
"Trowa, we should be out there, helping!" Shiri argued for the hundredth time.
"Shiri, we were ordered to remain here until further instructions. We must wait
for Duo, Isis, Jeremiah, Amara, Relena, and Heero before we do another thing," he told
her for the hundredth time.
"Fine, but I do not like this! There's way too many of those suits for those four!"
"They can hold off for a while," he said. Shiri saw the look in his eyes, and she
shut her mouth, understanding that there was no way for her to win the argument. She
knew it.
"Fine," she huffed. "I'll park it over here and keep watch for any soldiers." She
sat on a boulder and crossed her arms, looking at the cave entrance and watching the
battle.
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Isis woke up with a throbbing head. As her sight came into focus, she saw the
huge mess, and also the fact that she and Jeremiah were sealed on this side by the debris.
Jeremiah! Oh no, where is he? She quickly stood up, ignoring the pain her head
was experiencing, and tried to concentrate on him.
"Jeremiah? Are you there?" she called, looking around the dark room. Again a
throb came from her forehead, but she ignored it.
"Isis, is that you yelling?" a groggy voice said. She searched for the person, and
saw the silhouette of someone lying on the ground five feet to her right. She ran to the
figure.
"Jeremiah, are you okay?" she asked, helping him sit upright. He nodded in
reply, and winced when she tried helping him up.
"What is it?"
"My arm. I think it's broken," he said. She walked around him to his other arm
and grabbed it, pulling him to his feet.
"Do you know where Duo is? What, what is it?" she asked when he stared at her
face. His eyes were bulging as he stuttered.
"Y-Your forehead. I-it's bleeding badly." She touched it and felt a huge gash
from one side to the other. She also noticed the blood trailing down her face.
"We don't have time to mess with that. We've got a mission remember?"
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean ignore your own health. Hold on." He grabbed a
torn part of his shirt and ripped a huge strip off, handing it to her. She took it with
agitation on her face and tied it around her head to stop the bleeding.
"There, now lets find a way out so we can meet up with Amara and Duo." The
two teens left the hallway in search of a way out.
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"Sir, should we move in on them now?"
"No, Jake. We'll wait and see where they're all hiding. Then we attack," the
older man with dark red hair and blazing green eyes commanded. He smiled evilly,
snickering as well.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Relena tensed up when she heard footsteps on the stairs. Slowly she climbed to
her feet, sinking into the shadows near the doorway. As she waited, gun in hand, she
could hear them getting closer.
Here they come in three, two, one... She darted the gun up, pointing it at the
figure. Her Cerulean blue eyes met violet.
"Whoa Lena, chill. It's just me," Duo said. She sighed with relief, putting the
gun into the waste of her pants.
"What happened? Where are Isis and Jeremiah?"
"We had an accident at the Democrat's. The floor and ceiling gave way, and we
were separated. We looked for them Lena, but they were nowhere to be found," Amara
explained. She limped into the room, heading for the bed.
"So you don't know what happened to them at all?" Relena asked calmly. Duo
shook his head, walking slowly to the bed. His eyes grew wide as he saw the two forms.
"Oh Relena, I'm sorry," Amara whispered. She turned to face Relena.
"Don't worry, they'll be fine," she replied all too calmly. Duo knew it was an act,
and that inside she was probably blaming herself for this mess.
"Relena," Amara started again, but stopped when she saw a figure standing in the
doorway, gun raised.
"No one move, or you'll die," the voice commanded. All they did was freeze.
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Isis inspected the intruders and sighed.
"Sorry guys, I couldn't tell who your were with it being so dark," she said,
tucking away her gun. She disappeared from the doorway for a few moments, and then
came back with Jeremiah on her, using her body for support.
"Jeremiah, are you alright?" Relena asked as she helped get him over to the bed.
He eased himself onto it, careful not to disturb the other two who were already occupying
it. He brushed his red bangs away as he inspected his wounds.
"Man are we ever glad to see ya! We thought you'd gotten taken or something!"
Duo exclaimed. He saw the blood soaked material wrapped around Isis's forehead.
"What happened?" Amara asked, beating Duo to the punch. Isis shrugged.
"I have a big gash across my forehead, that's all. It's not like I'll die or
anything."
"Yeah, you've had worse," Amara said, smiling. Relena, in the meantime, was
helping Jeremiah with his arm. She tore some curtains down and used it as a spring for
him. Then she looked at his ankle, which was huge.
"Looks like you may have broken your ankle, or at least pulled tendons," she said.
He smiled meekly.
"Oh well, at least I'm alive."
"That's for sure," a voice said. Everyone whirled around to see Heero in the
room. He had a bag in his left hand, and a gun in his right.
"Got the van?" Relena asked. When he nodded, she started giving orders.
"Duo and Isis, grab Noin. Heero and I will get Millardo, while Jeremiah and
Amara support each other and take the bag and gun."
"Yes ma'am," Duo gave a mock salute and smiled. Relena smirked and shook
her head. Then they all prepared for the task they each had, and they went to work.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Trowa heard what sounded like a vehicle of some sort approaching he cliff's
ledge above the hidden caves. Shiri must have as well, because when he searched for
her, she was nowhere to be seen. Sighing heavily, he told one of the civilians to stay put
and he'd be back in a little while. Then he went to the rope and began climbing up,
certain that's where she had gone.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Shiri's baby blue eyes searched frantically for the sound. When she saw the black
van, she ducked behind a large bush to her right. She pulled her gun out and crouched
low, awaiting the scene of the passengers in the van.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Duo practically jumped out of the van, glad that they were finally there. He
almost forgot about his broken rib until that moment. Wincing, he opened the back,
exposing a still unconscious Zechs and a coming to Noin.
"Hey Lena, Noin's comin' back!" he yelled. Then he gently lifted Noin upright,
as she slowly gained her vision. When she saw the goofy smile of a braided pilot, she
smiled faintly.
"Hey Duo," she whispered.
"Hello Noin. Did ya sleep well?" he asked. She smiled again. Relena appeared
behind Duo with a small duffle bag that looked to be packed full.
"Noin, are you okay? Do you feel anything broken? Any cuts?" the former
princess asked. Noin smiled.
"Look who suddenly became doctor," she said. Relena smiled as she and Duo
helped Noin out of the van. When Noin put pressure on her right ankle, she began to fall.
Luckily Relena and Duo were there to stop her.
"Sit down Noin. Heero will have a look at that," Relena commanded. Noin did
as she was told as Heero kneeled to inspect it. Noin's ankle was swelled the size of a
softball, and a large bruise was forming.
"It's not broken, but it looks like you pulled some tendons. We need to wrap it at
least."
"Okay Heero, go ahead," Relena said handing him some medical wrap. He raised
a brow before getting to work.
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Shiri couldn't quite make out the figures from the van, but by the looks of it there
were at least four. Quietly, she army crawled to the van, unnoticed by its occupants. She
made her way to the side and snuck around to the end. On the count of three she jumped
out, gun raised at a head.
"Don't move, or I'll have no choice but to shoot," she growled. The other
occupants were completely still, but the one whom she was pointing the gun at turned
slowly.
"Hey Shiri!" Duo chirped. He flashed her a lop sided grin. Her eyes went wide
as she lowered the gun. Before she could think, she was hugging Duo fiercely around his
neck.
"Duo! I'm so glad you're okay! I thought something happened!" A tear fell as
she whispered this. She felt his body shudder, and she immediately let go.
"Well, nothing big did, but we-Hey, what are you doing?" He watched as she
lifted up his black shirt, exposing his side. She saw a huge bruise across a rib.
"You're hurt," she said.
"It's nothing big, just a broken rib or two, that's all."
"I don't care, you need to take it easy Duo." Before they could continue, a throat
was being cleared. Shiri looked to her left and saw a head poking out of a window.
"Um, if you don't mind, we'd like to get out now," Isis said.
"No problem. Actually, we'd better get going. We have company," Trowa said,
appearing from behind Relena. Everyone jumped, except for Relena and Heero, who
heard him a while back.
"Where?"
"There," he said, pointing up. Sure enough, there were about a hundred more
mobile suits coming through the air, heading for the four Gundams that were already
there.
"We need to move, now," Relena barked. Everyone nodded, and started heading
for the rope. Relena stopped, a smirk on her face.
"What's so funny, Relena?" Trowa asked. She shook her head.
"Oh nothing. It's just amusing that you climbed a rope instead of using the
stairwell."
"What stairwell?" Shiri asked. Relena walked over to the bush Shiri was behind
before and dropped to her stomach. She reached under it and felt around for a small
control device. Her hand brushed it and she pushed a button. The sounds of cement
scraping together were heard, and a hole in the ground appeared in front of the bush.
Relena stood brushing her hands and clothes off. Everyone stared in bewilderment.
Relena smiled before entering the stairway that descended downward.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Good, we've found them. You seven, return to your suits and go join the battle.
The rest, come with me." A red haired man and five soldiers walked to the place the
unexpecting teens had just entered. He smiled evilly.
Soon my son, you will be with me, and not with that Pacifist brat!
