Ami Barton: Usual Disclaimers Apply. Oh yeah, If you couldn't tell Duo is
going to be together with Crystal for a little bit. I'm not sure if I'll
keep them together or not but I just might. Oh, they never searched her FYI
So this Chapter makes sense =^.^= ! And yes, there is going to be a fight
between Crystal and Wufei. (If you couldn't tell!)
Deadly Thoughts
The next day an older man had just given a deadly order to shut off most the air to the prisoner's cells when Crystal awoke. She gasped for air. Duo and Wufei had heard her and told her what was going on. They also told her that Heero was on a mission. Duo threw himself on the ground and rolled around on the ground yelling, "MAN! What a lame way to go!" Crystal sighed and went back to the shadows she had been for most of the time she was in the cell. She pulled out a small radio and turned it on quietly. "Quatre? Big Brother? Are you there?" she whispered quickly. She heard a soft crackling but then heard Quatre's voice, "Crystal! Are you ok?" "Yeah. I'm alright. What about you?" Crystal quickly lied. "Yes, I am alright but when are you getting out of there? I don't think you'll last much more of anything they are doing to you much longer." Crystal laughed at her brother's remark, "Does shutting off the air to our cell count as doing anything bad to me? Please don't yell. You'll alert the others. They don't know about this radio." She could almost see Quatre nodding his head but looking upset, "Alright…but try to stay alive. Tell the others not to move around too much and to try to sleep a lot." Crystal looked baffled and said, "What if they ask me how I know this?" "Just say you just remembered that. I have to go Sis. Be good and take care!" Quatre's voice was fading. "I will…See you soon…." Quatre's signal shut off just then before she could finish, "Big Brother…" She looked up at the dark ceiling and scowled, "Stupid Oz… None of this woulda happened if Oz never was formed!" She got up and put the radio away. She walked over to the guys and said, "You know, If you don't move around so much, we'd have a lot more air." They gave her a look and she continued, "You can also try and sleep more so you don't use up more air then necessary." Where did you learn that?" Duo asked. "Oh just something I picked up." She responded casually. "What? In the Oz camp?" Duo asked in a sharper tone then he actually intended to say it. Crystal stepped back scared. She had never heard him like this. She backed back into her shadows and started to cry quietly so that they wouldn't hear her. Duo got up and went to say something to her but when he touched her shoulder, she snarled, "Get away from me!" Duo backed up and then leaned against the wall, trying to figure out what he had done to make her mad. Then it hit him, the way he had asked her about the camp had scared her. Duo hit his forehead but didn't go and try to apologize because he thought that she had locked him away from her. Unknown to the others, she was locking herself and her feelings deep inside herself. She thought that her personality and her emotions were her weakness. As she stopped crying, she thought that this would be the last time she would cry. She waited nicely until everyone was ready and when her eyes were normal again. She emerged from the shadows and then sat down, looking at her feet, thinking. Duo looked at her eyes and saw that a sparkle that he had seen in her eyes had disappeared. Wufei didn't pay attention to the girl but was sure to watch for any signs of Oz trying to hurt her. He noticed the change in her attitude but said nothing. He didn't want to get to involved with this child they now called a Gundam pilot. Heero came back in and saw how Crystal was acting. He grabbed Duo by the shirt and said under his breath, "What happened?" Duo shrugged his shoulders and said, "I made a sarcastic remark about something she had said and of course she's probably scared about the Oxygen level in here, but she won't talk to me and she's beginning to act like you." Heero gave Duo a disgusted look and then went and tried to talk to Crystal, "Hey. What's wrong?" Crystal looked up at Heero and he saw the abandoned look in her eyes that she had adopted so quickly.
Heero shook his head and said, "Don't do this. Quatre will kill us if you go back to him like this." "So? This means what to me?" Crystal's voice was flat and emotionless and she sounded half bored with life itself. Heero shook his head and said, "This is me…not you. From what I've heard from Trowa, you're the craziest, happy go lucky girl around. Don't do this…You're needed as you were." She gave him a small smile but then it faded just as quickly as it had appeared, "Not anymore…" Heero shook his head and said, "Suite yourself. But when you go back to being you, don't blame me." And walked away. Crystal raised an eyebrow at him and then went back to watching her shoes.
Heero went over to Duo and said, "I tried but sooner or later she'll go back." Duo nodded and sat down, watching the young pilot closely. He watched as tears formed in her eyes and as she brushed them away angrily. The sparkle in her eyes was coming back slowly but surely it was reappearing. Suddenly she buried her face into her arms, shaking with sobs. Duo went over and whispered gently, "Why are you crying Cryst?" Crystal looked up and tried to speak but no words came out. Duo put a hand on her shoulder and then whispered, "Whenever you're ready, you can tell me." Crystal closed her mouth, tears still streaming down her face as she nodded. Duo sat next to her, pulling her close so she could calm down. As he did that, Crystal buried her face into his shoulder, still crying. Duo stroked her hair gently, trying to calm her down. As her sobs slowed, Crystal was becoming herself once again. Wufei shook his head, not believing that the others cared about the child. Crystal, her voice being very soft and quiet, whispered, "My family was killed in an Oz raid 10 years ago. My father was shot in the head and my Mother was killed in a blast after pushing me out of the way of it…" Her voice started to tremble as she went on, "They took me to the Oz orphan academy and trained me to be a Mobile Doll pilot. I finally ran away after Roll Call yesterday and found my Gundam in a near by cave…" She sniffled and Duo shook his head, "You don't have to say anymore…I understand." Crystal looked up into his stormy blue eyes with her own deep sapphire ones. Duo smiled at her and asked, "You ok now?" Crystal nodded and he finished, "I'm sorry for what I said. I wasn't thinking." "Do you ever think?" Crystal asked jokingly. Duo scowled a little but had to smile when she started to laugh.
Ami Barton: I know…no witty comment this time….just Review….Death Threats should be E-Mailed to MercuryDestiny@excite.com and not left in the Reviews. Until the next time I bring another chapter, Ja Ne!
Deadly Thoughts
The next day an older man had just given a deadly order to shut off most the air to the prisoner's cells when Crystal awoke. She gasped for air. Duo and Wufei had heard her and told her what was going on. They also told her that Heero was on a mission. Duo threw himself on the ground and rolled around on the ground yelling, "MAN! What a lame way to go!" Crystal sighed and went back to the shadows she had been for most of the time she was in the cell. She pulled out a small radio and turned it on quietly. "Quatre? Big Brother? Are you there?" she whispered quickly. She heard a soft crackling but then heard Quatre's voice, "Crystal! Are you ok?" "Yeah. I'm alright. What about you?" Crystal quickly lied. "Yes, I am alright but when are you getting out of there? I don't think you'll last much more of anything they are doing to you much longer." Crystal laughed at her brother's remark, "Does shutting off the air to our cell count as doing anything bad to me? Please don't yell. You'll alert the others. They don't know about this radio." She could almost see Quatre nodding his head but looking upset, "Alright…but try to stay alive. Tell the others not to move around too much and to try to sleep a lot." Crystal looked baffled and said, "What if they ask me how I know this?" "Just say you just remembered that. I have to go Sis. Be good and take care!" Quatre's voice was fading. "I will…See you soon…." Quatre's signal shut off just then before she could finish, "Big Brother…" She looked up at the dark ceiling and scowled, "Stupid Oz… None of this woulda happened if Oz never was formed!" She got up and put the radio away. She walked over to the guys and said, "You know, If you don't move around so much, we'd have a lot more air." They gave her a look and she continued, "You can also try and sleep more so you don't use up more air then necessary." Where did you learn that?" Duo asked. "Oh just something I picked up." She responded casually. "What? In the Oz camp?" Duo asked in a sharper tone then he actually intended to say it. Crystal stepped back scared. She had never heard him like this. She backed back into her shadows and started to cry quietly so that they wouldn't hear her. Duo got up and went to say something to her but when he touched her shoulder, she snarled, "Get away from me!" Duo backed up and then leaned against the wall, trying to figure out what he had done to make her mad. Then it hit him, the way he had asked her about the camp had scared her. Duo hit his forehead but didn't go and try to apologize because he thought that she had locked him away from her. Unknown to the others, she was locking herself and her feelings deep inside herself. She thought that her personality and her emotions were her weakness. As she stopped crying, she thought that this would be the last time she would cry. She waited nicely until everyone was ready and when her eyes were normal again. She emerged from the shadows and then sat down, looking at her feet, thinking. Duo looked at her eyes and saw that a sparkle that he had seen in her eyes had disappeared. Wufei didn't pay attention to the girl but was sure to watch for any signs of Oz trying to hurt her. He noticed the change in her attitude but said nothing. He didn't want to get to involved with this child they now called a Gundam pilot. Heero came back in and saw how Crystal was acting. He grabbed Duo by the shirt and said under his breath, "What happened?" Duo shrugged his shoulders and said, "I made a sarcastic remark about something she had said and of course she's probably scared about the Oxygen level in here, but she won't talk to me and she's beginning to act like you." Heero gave Duo a disgusted look and then went and tried to talk to Crystal, "Hey. What's wrong?" Crystal looked up at Heero and he saw the abandoned look in her eyes that she had adopted so quickly.
Heero shook his head and said, "Don't do this. Quatre will kill us if you go back to him like this." "So? This means what to me?" Crystal's voice was flat and emotionless and she sounded half bored with life itself. Heero shook his head and said, "This is me…not you. From what I've heard from Trowa, you're the craziest, happy go lucky girl around. Don't do this…You're needed as you were." She gave him a small smile but then it faded just as quickly as it had appeared, "Not anymore…" Heero shook his head and said, "Suite yourself. But when you go back to being you, don't blame me." And walked away. Crystal raised an eyebrow at him and then went back to watching her shoes.
Heero went over to Duo and said, "I tried but sooner or later she'll go back." Duo nodded and sat down, watching the young pilot closely. He watched as tears formed in her eyes and as she brushed them away angrily. The sparkle in her eyes was coming back slowly but surely it was reappearing. Suddenly she buried her face into her arms, shaking with sobs. Duo went over and whispered gently, "Why are you crying Cryst?" Crystal looked up and tried to speak but no words came out. Duo put a hand on her shoulder and then whispered, "Whenever you're ready, you can tell me." Crystal closed her mouth, tears still streaming down her face as she nodded. Duo sat next to her, pulling her close so she could calm down. As he did that, Crystal buried her face into his shoulder, still crying. Duo stroked her hair gently, trying to calm her down. As her sobs slowed, Crystal was becoming herself once again. Wufei shook his head, not believing that the others cared about the child. Crystal, her voice being very soft and quiet, whispered, "My family was killed in an Oz raid 10 years ago. My father was shot in the head and my Mother was killed in a blast after pushing me out of the way of it…" Her voice started to tremble as she went on, "They took me to the Oz orphan academy and trained me to be a Mobile Doll pilot. I finally ran away after Roll Call yesterday and found my Gundam in a near by cave…" She sniffled and Duo shook his head, "You don't have to say anymore…I understand." Crystal looked up into his stormy blue eyes with her own deep sapphire ones. Duo smiled at her and asked, "You ok now?" Crystal nodded and he finished, "I'm sorry for what I said. I wasn't thinking." "Do you ever think?" Crystal asked jokingly. Duo scowled a little but had to smile when she started to laugh.
Ami Barton: I know…no witty comment this time….just Review….Death Threats should be E-Mailed to MercuryDestiny@excite.com and not left in the Reviews. Until the next time I bring another chapter, Ja Ne!