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Lost, Found, And Lost Once More
Part 6: The Power



Cassandra groaned as she stirred awake, her ears already taking in her surrounding before her eyes. From the soft whir of engines, she could tell she was on some kind of aircraft. The scent of a rose told her Treize was somewhere nearby, Treize or Zechs. Her head pounded and she blinked, opening her eyes.

"Did you have a nice rest my child?" Treize's voice asked. Cassandra blinked to awaken her vision more clearly, looking at Treize. She sat up a bit more, shifting to face Treize at her right side and rubbed her eyes.

"Yes Father." She said. Treize smiled, leaning back, swirling the wine in his glass. Cassandra didn't move, still watching Treize. From the space shuttle window, she could see that Zechs and another soldier of high rank were sitting beside her across the aisle, carefully monitoring the situation. Suddenly, she sputtered in surprise as the normally calm Treize threw the wine into her face.

"Father?!" She asked, stunned, reaching up to wipe the wine from her face and eyes. Treize caught her by the wrist, using his other hand to wipe the wine from her eyes. The sweet liquid still dripped from her bangs, all over her black clothes, but he paid no attention.

"What do you know my dear Cassandra? When I first took you in, you didn't remember, or did you?"

"I didn't." Cassandra immediately said. Treize laughed.

"You cannot lie to me my sweet. I can see right through you."

"Then why do you ask?"

"Do not question his Excellency!" Zech's interrupted. Treize raised his hand to silence the other man.

"I question to see what you really think, if you really lie. You could have made your escape my simply telling the truth.

"I never said I lied. It's true that I didn't remember when you first took me in. But then I found out."

"How?" Treize asked, interested.

Blue fire raged in Cassandra's eyes. "You think I don't know how you tested me? You pumped me full of all these experiments only to find that my system changed all that harmed me into good. You stopped because I was becoming too strong, and drugged me so I couldn't do anything. You don't know what your experiments did to me."

"Oh, but I do." Treize laughed. "I know very well because I kept you carefully monitored. Everything little thing you did I knew about."

'That means there is a spy around. I would have detected a camera…' Cassandra didn't say a word.

"Someone must have forgotten to give you your dosage of medicine for the week. That's why you gave off so much power, transporting the boy back into his suit and powering the suit, running, fighting, and even succeeding in blowing up the base. My sweet, there is almost nothing you cannot destroy."

'Almost…?'

"Almost all except for me."

"What makes you so different?"

"That is not your concern. You are my child and will not do the questioning. Now answer me, dear Cassandra, what do you know?"

"I know who I am. I know my past now."

"So you are no longer a lost one."

"Not for a long time."

"That's why you set off to find the boy with the braid."

"Yes."

"Why did you lead them back to OZ?"

"Because I knew they needed something. I needed to confirm their status as well."

"Always my smart daughter." Treize laughed again.

"…" Cassandra looked Treize in the eye now. "Where are you taking me? Where are we going?"

"I don't think I should tell you, I'll leave it as a surprise. You do seem to know now that you are pumped full of experiments, so I shall have to keep you carefully monitored in case you do something wrong. Can't have you blowing up all my bases now, can I?"

"What do you want?" Cassandra asked quietly. In her mind, she frantically searched for a source of Duo, but found it rather weak. Suddenly, she gasped when someone intruded her mind, blocking out Duo. She snapped her head around to look at the soldier and Zechs, and then back at Treize.

"You…"

"I am no different. Only I was born this way."

"You knew."

"I did. I know that you can do just about anything you want. I know what you want to do, to find that boy and destroy OZ. But alas, my child, I have bigger plans for you."

There was a gun at her head, as Treize pulled out a needle.

"Now don't move my child, we wouldn't want this going in the wrong place and killing you now, would we?" He said, taking Cassandra's right arm. Only then did the girl realize how strong Treize's grip was. With a gun at her head, Cassandra didn't dare move. She couldn't afford to die now, now that she found Duo was really still alive. She had to at least go back and explain to him about this OZ incident, tell him that she was sorry. The needle was slipped into her arm, and she gasped when she felt the rush of cool liquid rushing into her. She blinked, dizzy, and tried to fight off the wave of nausea, shaking her head to clear it. Zech's simply ended her struggle, bringing the butt of his gun on the back of the girl's head, knocking her unconscious once more.

"So, Your Excellency, what power exactly does this girl have?" Zechs asked.

Treize took a sip of his new glass of wine. "She can overpower even you Zechs. She has the power to kill and destroy all she wants, yet in the same situation, protect those she wants safe."

"You mean like in the case of the base explosion, if the pilots were still in the base, they would still be alive?"

"Yes. She has telepathy, the ability to sense what others cannot. The scientists were fools to pump her with all those experimental fluids. She, even at such a young age, is close to my range of powers."

"You're powers, Your Excellency?"

"Very much similar to hers. She's coming to close."

"What do you plan to do?"

Treize smiled. "You will see, as soon as we get to our destination. After this, there will no longer be a need to hold the child back." He looked at the unconscious Cassandra. "She will be allowed to run free."

"You aren't afraid of her destruction?"

"There won't be any other destruction that we don't want." Treize said mysteriously. "Now sit down, we're about to land."

"Yes sir."





Saori: So where exactly are they? What does Treize plan to do? What about Duo and Heero? Where are the others now? What's going to happen to Cassandra? Review please, and I promise, I'll write, unless I'm flamed and no one wants my stuff…Read on to find out!