The other man sneered. "The Prince of Saiyans does not explain himself to
third class scum."
"Ha! Third class! I'm Ginias! One of the highest ranking officers in the Zion empire!"
At this point the black-haired woman spoke up. "You're a prince. And you're a Zion official. I'm Twilight Susuka. A bounty hunter. A good one. (and occasional hired assassin) What about you two?" She looked to Hotaru and the other woman.
"I'm Relena Peacecraft of the Sanq kingdom and former queen of the earth (sphere alliance)," chirped the mousy haired one. The Prince of Saiyans rolled his eyes. "These humans have such amusing delusions of grandeur," he muttered.
"I'm Hotaru Tomoe. I'm a student at the Beijing University. I study math."
Susuka raised an eyebrow. "That can't be all. What are you really?"
"Well…I am a Sailor Scout and the Princess of Saturn…"
"I see…So what's the common ground? Why are we here? Why us?…What are we going to do about it?" (You are all powerful and influential political leaders and I'm a hired assassin…what could POSSIBLY be the connection?)
"We should see if there are any more of us," answered Ginias. The others nodded.
"We need to be careful," the short prince warned. These rooms are booby-trapped. A lesser being than myself could easily be killed."
The group moved cautiously toward a hatch and carefully pulled it open. They peered inside, and saw a lean man standing in the middle of another room. He crawled out of the hatch into the larger room. "Heero Yuy. It's a pleasure," he said and offered his hand to the group. Relena quickly grabbed it. "Relena Peacecraft of the Sanq kingdom." Heero glared at her and stated, "Omae o korosu." Then he looked to the rest of the group for their names.
"I'm Vegeta. Prince of all Saiyans."
"I'm Ginias and this is Susuka and Hotaru."
"Do any of you know what's going on here?" the new comer asked. "I thought not," he added when the others made no reply. "We're in some sort of prison, I think. A bunch of the rooms have been rigged. I don't know if this is some sort of sadistic game or what, but we need to find a way out."
"But how do we know which ones are rigged?"
Vegeta turned to look at the whining Relena with a smirk. "We throw you into them first and see if anything happens."
"No," Heero countered. "But close. Take off your shoes." Everyone one removed their shoes, while looking at Heero curiously. Ginias eyed him suspiciously. Heero took is own boots and began to tie the laces together.
A look of comprehension dawned on Susuka's face, and she followed suit. Heero then opened a hatch and threw in a boot. Flames shot out of the walls at it. He pulled back a charred boot. "That's how we tell if the room is rigged."
"Well, that's nice and all," Susuka observed, "but we don't have any water or anything. We're going to dehydrate."
Heero turned toward her with a smile and pulled a button out of his mouth. " So you keep salivating and don't get dehydrated." A collective noise of comprehension sounded from the group. Everyone proceeded to pull a button off of their prison uniforms and stuck them in their mouths.
Ginias turned to Heero. "How do you know all this? You seem to have experience with this sort of situation."
"I'm an ex gundam pilot." At this declaration everyone nodded and gave each other knowing looks.
Next, Heero moved to another hatch began to open the door. Immediately acid began to spray at his face…from the opposite wall. The others watched in horror as he screamed and clawed at his face in agony. Eventually he collapsed to the floor, the only sound a slight hissing coming from his burnt flesh. No one moved.
"Is he dead?" Hotaru whispered. Susuka slowly walked to his body and gingerly checked his pulse. After a moment she nodded. Relena gasped, and looked around frantically. "What just happened?!"
"It looks like the acid we used on the Apsalus," Ginias observed. "I guess we'll have to be more cautious when we open the hatches."
With a communal shudder, the group moved away to try another hatch. They threw a boot in front of one. Nothing happened. Making sure that no one was standing in front of it, they pulled open the hatch. Ginias threw his boot into the new room. Again nothing happened. Everyone climbed through the hatchway.
"Ha! Third class! I'm Ginias! One of the highest ranking officers in the Zion empire!"
At this point the black-haired woman spoke up. "You're a prince. And you're a Zion official. I'm Twilight Susuka. A bounty hunter. A good one. (and occasional hired assassin) What about you two?" She looked to Hotaru and the other woman.
"I'm Relena Peacecraft of the Sanq kingdom and former queen of the earth (sphere alliance)," chirped the mousy haired one. The Prince of Saiyans rolled his eyes. "These humans have such amusing delusions of grandeur," he muttered.
"I'm Hotaru Tomoe. I'm a student at the Beijing University. I study math."
Susuka raised an eyebrow. "That can't be all. What are you really?"
"Well…I am a Sailor Scout and the Princess of Saturn…"
"I see…So what's the common ground? Why are we here? Why us?…What are we going to do about it?" (You are all powerful and influential political leaders and I'm a hired assassin…what could POSSIBLY be the connection?)
"We should see if there are any more of us," answered Ginias. The others nodded.
"We need to be careful," the short prince warned. These rooms are booby-trapped. A lesser being than myself could easily be killed."
The group moved cautiously toward a hatch and carefully pulled it open. They peered inside, and saw a lean man standing in the middle of another room. He crawled out of the hatch into the larger room. "Heero Yuy. It's a pleasure," he said and offered his hand to the group. Relena quickly grabbed it. "Relena Peacecraft of the Sanq kingdom." Heero glared at her and stated, "Omae o korosu." Then he looked to the rest of the group for their names.
"I'm Vegeta. Prince of all Saiyans."
"I'm Ginias and this is Susuka and Hotaru."
"Do any of you know what's going on here?" the new comer asked. "I thought not," he added when the others made no reply. "We're in some sort of prison, I think. A bunch of the rooms have been rigged. I don't know if this is some sort of sadistic game or what, but we need to find a way out."
"But how do we know which ones are rigged?"
Vegeta turned to look at the whining Relena with a smirk. "We throw you into them first and see if anything happens."
"No," Heero countered. "But close. Take off your shoes." Everyone one removed their shoes, while looking at Heero curiously. Ginias eyed him suspiciously. Heero took is own boots and began to tie the laces together.
A look of comprehension dawned on Susuka's face, and she followed suit. Heero then opened a hatch and threw in a boot. Flames shot out of the walls at it. He pulled back a charred boot. "That's how we tell if the room is rigged."
"Well, that's nice and all," Susuka observed, "but we don't have any water or anything. We're going to dehydrate."
Heero turned toward her with a smile and pulled a button out of his mouth. " So you keep salivating and don't get dehydrated." A collective noise of comprehension sounded from the group. Everyone proceeded to pull a button off of their prison uniforms and stuck them in their mouths.
Ginias turned to Heero. "How do you know all this? You seem to have experience with this sort of situation."
"I'm an ex gundam pilot." At this declaration everyone nodded and gave each other knowing looks.
Next, Heero moved to another hatch began to open the door. Immediately acid began to spray at his face…from the opposite wall. The others watched in horror as he screamed and clawed at his face in agony. Eventually he collapsed to the floor, the only sound a slight hissing coming from his burnt flesh. No one moved.
"Is he dead?" Hotaru whispered. Susuka slowly walked to his body and gingerly checked his pulse. After a moment she nodded. Relena gasped, and looked around frantically. "What just happened?!"
"It looks like the acid we used on the Apsalus," Ginias observed. "I guess we'll have to be more cautious when we open the hatches."
With a communal shudder, the group moved away to try another hatch. They threw a boot in front of one. Nothing happened. Making sure that no one was standing in front of it, they pulled open the hatch. Ginias threw his boot into the new room. Again nothing happened. Everyone climbed through the hatchway.