| Chapter 9-The Bad Guy |
| "Is a clown needed here?" He looks quiet. "But you don't have any experience, Trowa Barton." He looks at Trowa's resume. Trowa just seemed like he didn't hear the manager, he just walked near the lion cage and put his hand inside. The lion started roaring at Trowa. Trowa didn't move at all. After a while the lion calmed down. . "Animals attack only because they are scared." Then Cathy appears...That boy looks weird...... "Miss Cathy! Why don't you rest for a little longer? Are you hungry?" the ringmaster said. "Yes, I was looking for the kitchen." Cathy smiled. Then the ringmaster looked at his watch. "Oh, I am so sorry, Miss Cathy. It's almost 9:00 and I totally forgot to cook dinner." He does have a lot to do. "It's okay, I see you had a lot to do. Why don't I help you to cook, then you can finish your work! So is the others here yet? I need to count how many people!" "No, I don't know what they are doing....but you don't really have to..cook, you are my guest by the way." "Where's the kitchen?" Cathy didn't seem to listen to him. "You walk foward and turn right." "Okay, Bye!!" Cathy then ran away, not waiting for the ringmaster to answer. This is what she always does: cooking dinner and waiting for Relena and the others to come back and eat. After awhile, Cathy knocked on the ringmaster's door with a lot of great food. "Miss Cathy..Wow, you did that all by yourself?" The ringmaster was shocked, spaghetti, sushi, chicken wings, mashed potatoes and dessert too!!! Like Hilde always said, if she was a man, she would marry Cathy for sure. "I'll go to the quiet guy now...by the way, what is his name, manager?" "Trowa Barton." He sounded so weird when he was eating and talking at the same time. "Okay, I'll find him." Cathy smiled again, and she left. "Mr. Trowa Barton, dinner is ready!!" Cathy said. "........." Then Trowa appeared beside her. Cathy got shocked when she turned around by seeing Trowa face.....He is so quiet...or like a ghost....danger. "Oh, I'm sorry, you are already here. Here's your dinner. Is you lion okay? Did you feed him?" Cathy asked. "........." Trowa didn't talk. So he just doesn't want to talk, does he? Who cares. "Okay, I got to go, bye!" "...Thanks.." He still sounded quiet when he talked. Hey, he finally talked!!!! "You're welcome!" After Cathy smiled, she walked away. Then the other day, Trowa presented a very good performace with his lion. Also, Cathy joined in on the darting daggers show and Trowa was her clown. It was a great show! Everybody clapped. It is a great performance alright...but that's strange how he's not even scared while I was throwing the daggers right beside his face......Cathy was sitting in the bench provided for the audience after the show. She was thinking deeply, then Trowa just walked by her to clean up all the garbage that the people had left after the performance. "Trowa, wait. I want to ask you something." Cathy stood up. "What is it, Miss Catherine." "Is okay to just call me Catherine...I want to know...why weren't you scared while I was throwing the daggers at you." "They don't pay me to run away from the daggers." "But..." He's becoming more and more mysterious now. "That's my job, Catherine" Then with no expression, he walked away. " Oh Trowa...your eyes are telling me that you were asking for death at that time........can he be....no I can't think of him to be my enemy...... After some days, the other stars finally came. Elizabeth, which is to be Meg in the drama "The Phantom of the Opera"; a guy name called John who's being Christine's boyfriend, Raoul, and Thomson who's performing as the Phantom. However, Elizabeth the daughter of the wealthy aristocrat wants to be Christine in the show. "Sorry, but Meg's character doesn't seem to suit me, don't you think Cathy?" Cathy didn't say anything... "But all the positions have been set, Miss Elizabeth. Also it's a rude to take others...." The ringmaster tried to explain, but Elizabeth didn't wait until he finished and cut him off. "I'm so sorry, but Meg's voice is too low for me. I used to sing Soprano, and I'm sure that Cathy's voice is lower than mine, right Cathy?" She looked at Cathy, who didn't seem to be listening to her. Then Cathy looked up and told her: "A professional should be good at being all roles they were assigned to. If Miss Elizabeth is not very comfortable with Meg's place, she can take mine. I'm able to sing Soprano and Alto anyway." With that, she just walked away.....Miss Elizabeth, with that you would just make my mission easier..... you are the major role in this tragedy , and in other words the victim...although you are not what I really aiming to destroy...sorry to sacrifice you...your father shouldn't support the G-Elite force in the first place....she turned around and looked at Elizabeth who's complaining to the ringmaster about how the bed in her room is too small. Cathy looked down and sighed...how many tims do I have to lie to my fans....and to myself.. Cathy started walking again. ______________________________________________________________________________________ "Hi, I'm registering for a job here!" Hilde gave her form to the supervisor in the factory of some mechanic staff. The supervisor looked at her instead of looking at the form. "A girl? Don't make me laugh! Go home and do some cooking!" With that everybody just looked at her. This guy is so mean....if he knew who I am he'll.....Suddenly a shadow appeared between the supervisor and Hilde. He is wearing a cap and priest clothes. But the most unique thing is that he has a long braid. Could it be...him? Hilde ask herself....Duo..!? He pointed to the supervisor. "It is very obvious that you are the bad guy here!!! Don't worry lady...!?" He turns around and sees Hilde, who's shock but with a happy feel. Hey..is really him..alright!!! "Hilde!! Hey why are you here? Something wrong with your car? Something wrong with your machinery at home?" Duo guessed. But none of them are right. "No Duo, I'm registering for a job here!!" "What!? A job..I see. You want to be a housekeeper!!!" Hilde put her hand on her head to support it from drooping and sighed...no one believes I can fix stuff.....actually, a housekeeper can also be my job for this mission...no!no!no!I want to fix stuff.... "Wrong again, I'm a Mechanic, Duo!" You can see 'Question-marks' fly around his head now. Now, everybody in the factory laughs at her. Duo almost laughed too...but Hilde stared at him, with an angry devil glare (Duo: Hey, that's my glare!!) "Duo!!!" I never knew he was like this....he was my enemy after all!!!...Duo Maxwell.... "Hilde..." Hey when did I become the bad guy here? |
| "Hilde, I'm sorry about yesterday! I'm just kidding!" Hilde didn't talk to Duo after everyone made fun of her as a female mechanic last time. The supervisor assigned her to be one in this factory anyway. "Why do I have to talk to you, Mr. Duo Maxwell?" Hilde stared at him one more time....Why do I have to talk to you...you are my enemy Duo...and if I start befriending you, I won't have the courage to kill you at the end...is that how Relena feels....funny, I sort of understand why she wants to commit suicide...... "Hello, Hilde! Are you still there?" Duo waved his hand in front of Hilde. The distance where she could feel his warmth...it makes her blush.... "What!! Duo, you are annoying." He just looks at her and makes her face even redder. Hilde just looked alway. "Hey Hilde." Suddenly Duo becomes quiet. However, Hilde is still not answering him. Duo looks at her and starts again. "About your friend...Relena.." Hilde turned to face Duo this time, with a shocked expression on her face...Relena?...What does he want from her.....Duo feels the fear in Hilde's eyes "I know is terrible for you to talk about losing your friend..but.."..Losing?...oh yeah..I almost forgot she is dead to them.....then why does he ask about her?..okay pretend to be hurt... "You know...St. Apple High found a body. They couldn't identify who it belongs to, it must be Relena anyway...but my friend Heero just won't believe it.." "What?" Oh no, what if Heero finds out..... "He said he wants to check out the body...." "No! He can't." With that she stood up. "Hilde?" Hey what's happened to Hilde? "No...I mean he can't...Relena is already dead..what does he want from her...you can't just dig her out..after she is sleeping in peace...they have already killed her!!!!!" She said it with tears rolling down her cheeks....but why..we did so well in hiding her from you guys... "Hilde...I understand..he didn't do it yet. He was just had the intention of doing that..I'm sorry..and for yesterday too....." Why do you have to say sorry Duo? I'm just pretending to cry....If you keep being nice to me..I'll feel more guilty.....I hate to lie....and so the real tears fall out... After that, they went back to being friends. They were becoming very good friends. Sometimes, they seemed like they were more than friends...Until one time....When the boss of the factory wanted to give their workers a treat. A three-day camping trip in Orange Tree National Park. Everyone went including Hilde and Duo, because it's a good way to kill their target. He had finally got targeted. And that 'he' is the one who insulted Hilde on her first day of work. In the camp, they were supposed to cook their own food. But those men are really men, they give all the work to Hilde, who's the only girl in the factory. Duo helped of course. "Hey, Hilde I never knew you can cook?" "There's something you alway can't expect to come." Her voice became cold suddenly. Which is very unusual. "Wow! Now there's something you can't expect! Help!" Duo just cut his finger with his knife, while he was cutting the tomato in half. Now he was bleeding. "How come you cant't take care of yourself, I mean you're bleeding and you don't know how to clean your wounds? How can you surive if you don't how to cook? You're almost an adult..Duo?" She was becoming like Cathy now, but Duo just smiled at her like a kid. "What? Duo." Hilde look at Duo. "I'm just thinking. Sometimes when you talk, you become really weird. Like you are hiding something from me. But now, you are talking like the real you, and that make me feel less stressed." "Duo!" He then put his hand on her cheeks, and they got closer and closer.....Hilde can hear her heartbeats...one beat.....and they got closer.....No, this must stop....he is my enemy..... "Slap!" Hilde hit Duo in the face...then she ran away...... "Hilde..." Seeing her run further and further away....and for some reason he chased after her....She is fast.. I became the bad guy one more time....she is a girl after all.....He then reached out his hands and caught her... "Please let me go...." This was becoming worst by the second. "Hilde. I'm sorry..I didn't know..." Stop chasing after me.....we are enemies...how many times do I have to tell myself....what are you trying to say, Duo.. "But..Hilde, maybe..sometimes..we..I mean you and I, can go out and.."...why can you just... understand....Her tears dropped from her eyes...... "Hilde!?" Hey...what's with Hilde's expression.... "I want us to be friends forever...is that okay.." Forever...we can only be friends...Duo.... "Hilde..." With a shocked..and hurt...undescribable feeling left on his face.....Is that what's we are? .........This frozen image of Duo was imprinted in Hilde's mind...I hurt him...everything is frozen...only time drifts by.... Tomorrow they will become friends again.... _______________________________________________________________________________ It was the night of the performance for Catherine and the others. Trowa was watching as they performed.....Tonight, I will become the real phantom......... So he disappeared into the shadows. During the show, it was going very well with them. Elizabeth's father was sitting on the first row. He was enjoying the play, especially with the biggest star Catherine Bloom in it. Cathy's eyes met his....I am surprised at this man, his daughter is in this play...in the lead role too....but he has paid no attention to her. This is the song where Cathy sings with Elizabeth to " Angel of the Music/ The Point of No Return"..... After this song I will have to kidnap her...... "Clap, Clap, Clap" The audience gave a standing ovation for them. Cathy went backstage to wait for Eilzabeth. But instead of waiting for her, she found something on the floor....it was Thomson who was lying on the floor....unconscious.....There was a gash on his forehead....Someone must had hit him on the head with a hard object....this broom on floor must have been the weapon ....but who did it? If Thomson was here all along, then the Phantom on the stage must have been a fake one......the only one who would do this is the enemy....who is him/her? |
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