TM: Next chapter came out quick, ne? Well, that's okay. I want to thank the following people:
Jacquelin Benito, Hikari_angel, Dark Shaedow, Xtreme Nuisance, BuBBles, kawaya, Hotaru, Mirai Megami, Whisper Reilman, JupLuna, Hotaru Yuy, SaturnActingChick, Firefly and Illusion Creator, Oniistar, krystalcat, Lilac, Jenn, Pisces*Angel, Hotaru Maxwell, Enzeru no Yami, and Jedi Knight.
ARIGATO!!!!!!!!! You wonderful, special, magnificent people! I never thought I'd make it chapter twenty...wow. As I said in my bio, I don't think this is going to surpass 25 chapters...though someday I may have a continuation...maybe. I'm still thinking on that one. Well, do you know why I put Rei and Ami in here? I hope you don't hate me for it. Well...read and review!
Chapter Twenty
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The six pilots and two senshi arrived at the place they were holding Makoto. "Okay, I only have a few things to say. We rush into this, then that's all the more likely that Mako will die as well. Do not let anything get in the way of getting Mako out...but do not go in like some durranged maniac. You must take your time." She seemed to be looking at Duo only for this. They nodded. "Good. Let's go. Rei, Ami, you go after Heero and I. Quatre, Duo, you go after Ami and Rei. Trowa, Wufei, you go after Quatre and Duo. We're using two minute intervals." She looked at Heero. "Let's get this party started." She said in a playful voice.
The two jumped out of the van. The group stared at them, wide-eyed. "Ami-chan...I think Taru-chan is enjoying this little escapade too much..." Rei told her blue-haired friend. "Well...she is the Shinimegami after all..." With that, Ami covered her mouth. They looked at her. "Shinimegami? What?" Duo asked. Rei waved it off. "She just reminds us of one." Rei excused. "Oh..." Duo trailed off.
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When Hotaru and Heero cleared the premises, Rei and Ami took off. Two minutes later, Duo and Quatre went to their section. And two minutes after that, Wufei and Trowa hurried to their section.
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Hotaru and Heero crept the halls of the base. "Heero...it's much too quiet here..." Hotaru whispered. Heero nodded in agreement. "Something's wrong..." Just then, a machine gun from above began shooting at them. "Shit! They don't need human guards, they've got plenty machine ones!" Hotaru cried. One began shooting from behind them. In perfect unison, they began shooting the machine guns. Every foot, two machine guns on either side slowly lowered from the ceiling and began shooting at them. "Just how many of these damn things do they have?!" Hotaru cried. "Apparently, a lot." Heero answered as they ran down the corridor, searching for any wall that seemed out of place.
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Quatre stopped suddenly. Duo jumped into him. "Hey, Quatre. You could warn a guy when you stop to suddenly." Quatre kept his eyes forward. "Well..." Duo looked over at the front of Quatre. There were over a thousand little booby traps. "Um...this isn't good..." Duo replied. "Just how do we get past fire blowers, large axe-like objects, shooting knives, and laser beams?" Quatre asked. Duo shrugged. "I think...it's all about timing and agility..." He said, studying it. "All right...let's do this." Duo ran in, dodging every fire streem and came up to the swinging axes. "Qu-man! As soon as I get to the other side of these swinging axes, you come across the fire stream. Don't worry. Just remember your training." Duo replied, going into the feild of axes.
Duo stopped suddenly in front of a hidden one, it cut his arm. He looked at it as it healed suddenly. "WHAT THE?!" He cried. But, then, his mind focused on Makoto. "I'll think about this later." He jumped to the next place, and clearing the axes. "All right Qu-man!" Duo cried. Quatre jumped into the fire stream, but the fire began speeding up and shooting wildly. A fire ball hit his arm and he winced, but the pained cleared and the 3rd degree burn healed instantly. He shook himself from his stupor as he went to the swinging axes.
Duo turned around to see a knife just barely miss him. "Eep!" He cried, running like hell down the path, each sharp blade missing him by a hair. 'What the hell...these crazy people surely use old methods...' He thought to himself as he stepped before the laser beams, shooting out of random places. He pondered this. They seemed to be following a pattern though. He studied the pattern thuroughly. "Aha!" He ducked under a laser beam, jumped over one, did a one-handed cartwheel over four and crawled under a few. However, there were laser beams coming from ahead, so he had to roll along.
Duo waited patiently for Quatre to come from the trap. Quatre finally emerged from the trap. "Took you long enough." Duo replied. "Yeah well, thanks for waiting. Let's go." Duo nodded and they ran down the corridor, searching for any wall out of place.
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Rei and Ami stood in the corridor, using their Elemental powers to sense any distruption. They had already transformed. "Youma!" Rei cried. Suddenly, a large youma with a green body, pink horns, yellow eyes, and a black shell broke through the steel wall. "Burning Mandala!" Mars cried at the youma. The fire did nothing. "Shine Aqua Illusion." Also, her attack did nothing. "Wait. Remember that it has Saturn's power within it. We may have to combine our strongest attacks." Mars told Mercury. Mercury nodded. "Flame Sniper!" "Aqua Mirage!" They cried, combining their attacks in one. The two went on either sides of the youma and attack it from the sides, have burning, have turned to ice and exploding. The girls gave each other high-fives and hurried down the halls to find a misplaced door.
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Trowa and Wufei stopped suddenly as they came to an endless pit that stretch far throughout the corridor. They saw a ladder like railing on the side. "You've got to be kidding me." Wufei mumbled. "That's not all of it...look." Trowa pointed to small guns, ready to shoot laser beams, slots where he predicted knives would shoot out, and movable railings. "Oh shit." Wufei cursed. "Come on...we'll just have to move faster." Trowa replied.
Trowa was the first to climb on the railings. As soon as he reached his hand out, laser beams began shooting at him. "Damn." He cursed silently. He began to move faster, using the moving railings to his advantage by dodging the knives. He safely made it to the other side. "Come on Wufei!" Trowa cried. Wufei nodded and did the same as Trowa. "Well, that wasn't too hard..." "Wufei..." Trowa started. "What?" Trowa pointed to a large, mechanical monster. "Ever get the feeling you just can't win?" Wufei asked him. Trowa nodded.
They brought out their semi-automatic guns out and began shooting at the large object. It returned it's fire, using large bullets and laser beams (AN: I'm a big fan of laser beams...can you tell?). They gracefully dodged the fire, but a laser beam hit Wufei in the leg, causing him to fall against a wall. The monster advanced on him, but he noticed the wound healing automatically. "What the?!" He cried. The monster was just about to bring down a lage, knife-like weapon upon Wufei, when a silver staff stopped it. Wufei looked up at her. "Who are you?" He took a closer look. "Dr. M?" He asked. Pluto's eyes narrowed. "Hurry and rescue Mako, Wufei. I'll take care of the youma." Wufei nodded and motioned for Trowa to follow him. He stopped just to see how this woman would handle it.
A swirling wind was created around her. "Dead Scream." She said in a low voice. The attack struck the youma and it violently shook, causing it to rip apart. Wufei and Trowa stared, wide-eyed. Pluto turned. "Stubborn idiots." She ran up to the two boys. "I guess I'll join you. Come on." Pluto told them. As they ran, Wufei looked at her curiously. "You look oddly familiar, onna." Wufei told her.
Pluto glared at him. "Still calling every girl you meet an onna? I'm glad you haven't changed, Wufei." With that, she remained silent.
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TM: I end that there because I want to get the twentieth chapter out before my mom gets on the computer...which would be now. So, I hope you like it. And review! Ja ne!
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