Aya: Hi everyone! After a slight hiatus, I am back! SIGH, I flunked that important exam, though.
X: *pat pat* There there now, you can take it again Spring Semester...
Zero: And if you flunk it again, you can take it Fall Semester...
Vile: But if you flunk it then, it's the big boot out of academia for you!
Aya: *Glares at Vile* Okay, this chapter is going to be a bad chapter for you, my sympathetic
friend. *thinks of plot advance* Aw... crud, you're going to have fun this chapter *_*
Vile: Woo hoo!
X: Does this mean what I think it means?
Mob Members: WHHEEE!!!
Aya: No. Upon consideration, I've decided to post R rated stuff up. Maybe later I'll write an
NC-17 version of the yahoo mailing list (and maybe some authors can give me some pointers? That would
be fab!) So yeah, I revised the description to "Shounen Ai alert" instead of "Yaoi Alert." Sorry!
Oh yeah, this chapter will introduce a bit more violence... Did ya think I'd keep Vile all cuddly and
considerate? Heck no! He's going to bruise up poor X because X doesn't really love him!
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The Power Within
Chapter 6 Truth
X woke up and found himself in bed alone, bundled up in all the sheets on the bed. Vile's side of the
bed was empty. It was 11am. He usually didn't sleep this late, even during weekends. The only times
he could stay in bed this late was when he wasn't feeling well. X sat up, and pulled the sheets with
him. It felt cold, even with three layers of wrapping. Scanning the room, X found a purple colored
sweatshirt hanging in the open closet. He hastily made his way across the room and pulled on the
sweatshirt. //That's a little better.// X rubbed his arms, trying to generate more heat. //Why am
I so cold anyway? Maybe I am sick.// Now that he thought about it, his head seemed a little heavier
than usual, his throat was very dry, and he felt a little dizzy. He decided to get a glass of water,
then roll back into bed.
He picked up Vile's voice on the other side of the bedroom door when he approached. He seemed to be
having a conversation with a woman. Out of curiosity, X decided not to alert them and listen in.
"...you should switch it off." The woman said. "It's not good for-"
"Nonsense." Vile cut the woman off, sounding slightly annoyed. "Nothing is wrong at all."
"You're going to burn him out if you keep SP-2 set on that high of a setting. What _are_
you up to anyway?"
"Nothing. What I do with X in this experiment is my business, you do your research and let me
handle this business."
X staggered back, speechless to the new revelation. //Experiment?// X stared at the door as if he could
see through it and directly at Vile. //I'm an experiment?//
"You have no idea what you're doing!" The woman yelled loudly. "Give me back the control pad for SP-2."
"Shut up before you wake him up!" Vile yelled back, not heeding his own advice. "You have a problem
with me, go take it up with Sigma. I am not your subordinate." The doors slid open and Vile came face
to face with X, who glared back accusingly. It only took seconds for Vile to realize X heard key parts
of the conversation. "X. You're up." Vile said offhandedly.
"So I am an experiment?" X said flatly. "Everything you said was just to get me to stay..."
"X..." Vile moved closer to X, but the hunter put up a hand and stepped back.
"I'm going now. So if you'll show me the door."
"But X," Vile said, with a slight condescending tone. "Where will you go? After all, you attacked Zero."
"I don't know." X shook his head. "I'm going now." X repeated. Vile sighed deeply.
"No." Vile's voice was soft, yet very disturbing. The single word seemed to suck all the warmth from the
air and leave a dark chill in the still air. X looked down and saw his hands were trembling. Suddenly he
felt a lot worse than before. His head was buzzing, the room was swirling in and out, and X started to shiver.
He wrapped his arms around himself, trying to get warm again.
"What.." X voice cracked, and he coughed violently. His throat was as dry as sandpaper. "What did you do to me..."
Vile cupped X's chin with his hand. "I'm just taking care of you when you're not well." Vile smiled innocently.
"You're a very fragile person." Those words angered X. The hunter narrowed his eyes, trying to focus on the
situation.
"I am not fragile." X insisted. "I can't be." X seemed to draw strength from his own words. "I need to
protect everyone." The hunter stood up a little taller, with a more defiant glow in his green eyes. "The
hunters need me back." X started to walk past Vile, but the maverick quickly stepped in front of X and roughly
shoved X backwards.
X was still a little under the weather, so the violent shove rattled him quite a bit. The quickly stepped backwards,
trying to regain his footing, but ended up falling headfirst into the nearby nightstand. X screamed out when his head
hit the edge of the nightstand. X landed on his back, and he stared around the room, in a daze from the fall.
Vile's head coming into view brought him back to reality; he realized how much trouble he's in. //No armor, sick, no
help coming...// X thought desperately. //How am I getting out of this one?// Vile easily grabbed X's sweatshirt and
lifted the hunter to his feet. Vile was angry, his eyes glowed through the T shaped gap on his helmet.
"You're going back to Zero, aren't you?" Vile shook X vigorously. "That pathetic fool doesn't deserve you! I do."
Vile stopped shaking X and shoved in backwards again, this time into the wall. "He hasn't come charging in to save you,
has he now?"
"It doesn't matter." X struggled to speak between labored breaths. He leaned against the wall for support. "He still
cares for me a lot more than you ever will." X pushed himself to stand up taller. "I was right about you. You don't
care at all." At the next moment, Vile's right fist slammed against the wall beside X's head. Pieces of drywall flew
fast X's face. Vile's other hand grabbed X's wrist. The maverick leaned in close to X, with a sinister expression.
"Maybe you're right." Vile admitted. "I desperately wanted you by my side... by any means necessary... But that
doesn't matter either, does it?" Vile leaned his head in and whispered into X's ear. "Because now I have you exactly
where I want you." X felt his wrist snap with a sick crack, and let out an anguished scream. After what seemed like
an eternity, X stopped screaming and breathed shallow, difficult breaths. He looked down at his wrist and saw that Vile
had crushed it with this grip. Blood was oozing out from between Vile's fingers. X desperately tried to stay conscious
despite the pain. Reploids and humans were the same in that their systems shut down when their nervous systems experience
great pain. Now was not the time for that luxury, X had to get away. X leaned his head forward, too weak to keep it
upright. X's other hand grasped Vile's now bloody hand and tried to wring it off. Vile responded by gripping harder,
sending fresh waves of pain up X's arm. X tried to scream again, but Vile managed to take off his helmet and his lips
sealed off the scream. It was the most detestable kiss X had ever encountered in his life. Vile seemed to have enjoyed it,
though, if the self satisfied smile said anything about it.
"Why do you insist on staying with Zero?" Vile asked playfully. "Aren't I good enough for you?" Vile raised X's bleeding
wrist up his face level. "Should I bandage this up for you?" X remained silent, wincing a bit from this injured wrist.
"I think I shall." Vile put his other hand on X's shoulder and sat the hunter down on the bed. X resisted at first,
but Vile gripped X's wrist again and the hunter complied. Finally, Vile let go of X's wrist and went over to the closet
for some bandages. Cradling his broken wrist with the other hand, X examined the damage. A lot of blood had been lost,
which explained why he was getting lightheaded again. The major circuits was intact, so he could still move his wrist, but
at the cost of agitating the broken wires, which would cause unpleasantness.
Vile returned with a first aid kit, and started to wrap the bandage around X's wrist to stop the bleeding. X avoided
looking directly at Vile, because he knew if he looked at the maverick, he would feel sorry for Vile. It was exhausting
for X, being with someone who had so much malice. Even when Vile was breaking his wrist, X thought about how he might be
able to help Vile... and even he gets tired of that.
X felt the prick of a needle on his wrist, and saw that Vile was injecting something in his wrist. Immediately X tried to
pull his arm back, but Vile expected this and clamped down on X's arm to keep him still.
"Hey!" X yelled. As soon as that word was out of his mouth, he started to feel drowsy. //Damn.//
"It's just something to take the edge off the pain." Vile's voice seemed to float, along with X's surroundings. He fell
backwards onto the bed.
//The bed feels soft...// X thought to himself as he grew more tired. His eyelids were getting heavier...
//NO!// Another voice shouted inside his head. //Get up!//
//The bed feels so soft...// As X started to close his eyes, he felt himself being lifted into the air. //Vile's
taking me somewhere...//
//NO!// The persistent voice shouted in X's head again. //NOOOOOOoooo....//
Finally the voice was drowned out by a deep void.
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Mob Member 1: Might I suggest adding a bit more...
Aya: Nah... you know you were dying for that update, yaoi or no yaoi ^_~
X: Well, you WERE keeping everyone waiting long. You should apologize!
Aya: Okay, okay. Sorry for the long wait between updates! *bows*
X: Now apologize for doping me up again.
Aya: Never! *thunder clap*
Zero: Am I going to show up again soon?
Aya: Yes..er, sort of.... next chapter.
Vile: I had fun, let's do that again soon!
X: *pat pat* There there now, you can take it again Spring Semester...
Zero: And if you flunk it again, you can take it Fall Semester...
Vile: But if you flunk it then, it's the big boot out of academia for you!
Aya: *Glares at Vile* Okay, this chapter is going to be a bad chapter for you, my sympathetic
friend. *thinks of plot advance* Aw... crud, you're going to have fun this chapter *_*
Vile: Woo hoo!
X: Does this mean what I think it means?
Mob Members: WHHEEE!!!
Aya: No. Upon consideration, I've decided to post R rated stuff up. Maybe later I'll write an
NC-17 version of the yahoo mailing list (and maybe some authors can give me some pointers? That would
be fab!) So yeah, I revised the description to "Shounen Ai alert" instead of "Yaoi Alert." Sorry!
Oh yeah, this chapter will introduce a bit more violence... Did ya think I'd keep Vile all cuddly and
considerate? Heck no! He's going to bruise up poor X because X doesn't really love him!
-----------------
The Power Within
Chapter 6 Truth
X woke up and found himself in bed alone, bundled up in all the sheets on the bed. Vile's side of the
bed was empty. It was 11am. He usually didn't sleep this late, even during weekends. The only times
he could stay in bed this late was when he wasn't feeling well. X sat up, and pulled the sheets with
him. It felt cold, even with three layers of wrapping. Scanning the room, X found a purple colored
sweatshirt hanging in the open closet. He hastily made his way across the room and pulled on the
sweatshirt. //That's a little better.// X rubbed his arms, trying to generate more heat. //Why am
I so cold anyway? Maybe I am sick.// Now that he thought about it, his head seemed a little heavier
than usual, his throat was very dry, and he felt a little dizzy. He decided to get a glass of water,
then roll back into bed.
He picked up Vile's voice on the other side of the bedroom door when he approached. He seemed to be
having a conversation with a woman. Out of curiosity, X decided not to alert them and listen in.
"...you should switch it off." The woman said. "It's not good for-"
"Nonsense." Vile cut the woman off, sounding slightly annoyed. "Nothing is wrong at all."
"You're going to burn him out if you keep SP-2 set on that high of a setting. What _are_
you up to anyway?"
"Nothing. What I do with X in this experiment is my business, you do your research and let me
handle this business."
X staggered back, speechless to the new revelation. //Experiment?// X stared at the door as if he could
see through it and directly at Vile. //I'm an experiment?//
"You have no idea what you're doing!" The woman yelled loudly. "Give me back the control pad for SP-2."
"Shut up before you wake him up!" Vile yelled back, not heeding his own advice. "You have a problem
with me, go take it up with Sigma. I am not your subordinate." The doors slid open and Vile came face
to face with X, who glared back accusingly. It only took seconds for Vile to realize X heard key parts
of the conversation. "X. You're up." Vile said offhandedly.
"So I am an experiment?" X said flatly. "Everything you said was just to get me to stay..."
"X..." Vile moved closer to X, but the hunter put up a hand and stepped back.
"I'm going now. So if you'll show me the door."
"But X," Vile said, with a slight condescending tone. "Where will you go? After all, you attacked Zero."
"I don't know." X shook his head. "I'm going now." X repeated. Vile sighed deeply.
"No." Vile's voice was soft, yet very disturbing. The single word seemed to suck all the warmth from the
air and leave a dark chill in the still air. X looked down and saw his hands were trembling. Suddenly he
felt a lot worse than before. His head was buzzing, the room was swirling in and out, and X started to shiver.
He wrapped his arms around himself, trying to get warm again.
"What.." X voice cracked, and he coughed violently. His throat was as dry as sandpaper. "What did you do to me..."
Vile cupped X's chin with his hand. "I'm just taking care of you when you're not well." Vile smiled innocently.
"You're a very fragile person." Those words angered X. The hunter narrowed his eyes, trying to focus on the
situation.
"I am not fragile." X insisted. "I can't be." X seemed to draw strength from his own words. "I need to
protect everyone." The hunter stood up a little taller, with a more defiant glow in his green eyes. "The
hunters need me back." X started to walk past Vile, but the maverick quickly stepped in front of X and roughly
shoved X backwards.
X was still a little under the weather, so the violent shove rattled him quite a bit. The quickly stepped backwards,
trying to regain his footing, but ended up falling headfirst into the nearby nightstand. X screamed out when his head
hit the edge of the nightstand. X landed on his back, and he stared around the room, in a daze from the fall.
Vile's head coming into view brought him back to reality; he realized how much trouble he's in. //No armor, sick, no
help coming...// X thought desperately. //How am I getting out of this one?// Vile easily grabbed X's sweatshirt and
lifted the hunter to his feet. Vile was angry, his eyes glowed through the T shaped gap on his helmet.
"You're going back to Zero, aren't you?" Vile shook X vigorously. "That pathetic fool doesn't deserve you! I do."
Vile stopped shaking X and shoved in backwards again, this time into the wall. "He hasn't come charging in to save you,
has he now?"
"It doesn't matter." X struggled to speak between labored breaths. He leaned against the wall for support. "He still
cares for me a lot more than you ever will." X pushed himself to stand up taller. "I was right about you. You don't
care at all." At the next moment, Vile's right fist slammed against the wall beside X's head. Pieces of drywall flew
fast X's face. Vile's other hand grabbed X's wrist. The maverick leaned in close to X, with a sinister expression.
"Maybe you're right." Vile admitted. "I desperately wanted you by my side... by any means necessary... But that
doesn't matter either, does it?" Vile leaned his head in and whispered into X's ear. "Because now I have you exactly
where I want you." X felt his wrist snap with a sick crack, and let out an anguished scream. After what seemed like
an eternity, X stopped screaming and breathed shallow, difficult breaths. He looked down at his wrist and saw that Vile
had crushed it with this grip. Blood was oozing out from between Vile's fingers. X desperately tried to stay conscious
despite the pain. Reploids and humans were the same in that their systems shut down when their nervous systems experience
great pain. Now was not the time for that luxury, X had to get away. X leaned his head forward, too weak to keep it
upright. X's other hand grasped Vile's now bloody hand and tried to wring it off. Vile responded by gripping harder,
sending fresh waves of pain up X's arm. X tried to scream again, but Vile managed to take off his helmet and his lips
sealed off the scream. It was the most detestable kiss X had ever encountered in his life. Vile seemed to have enjoyed it,
though, if the self satisfied smile said anything about it.
"Why do you insist on staying with Zero?" Vile asked playfully. "Aren't I good enough for you?" Vile raised X's bleeding
wrist up his face level. "Should I bandage this up for you?" X remained silent, wincing a bit from this injured wrist.
"I think I shall." Vile put his other hand on X's shoulder and sat the hunter down on the bed. X resisted at first,
but Vile gripped X's wrist again and the hunter complied. Finally, Vile let go of X's wrist and went over to the closet
for some bandages. Cradling his broken wrist with the other hand, X examined the damage. A lot of blood had been lost,
which explained why he was getting lightheaded again. The major circuits was intact, so he could still move his wrist, but
at the cost of agitating the broken wires, which would cause unpleasantness.
Vile returned with a first aid kit, and started to wrap the bandage around X's wrist to stop the bleeding. X avoided
looking directly at Vile, because he knew if he looked at the maverick, he would feel sorry for Vile. It was exhausting
for X, being with someone who had so much malice. Even when Vile was breaking his wrist, X thought about how he might be
able to help Vile... and even he gets tired of that.
X felt the prick of a needle on his wrist, and saw that Vile was injecting something in his wrist. Immediately X tried to
pull his arm back, but Vile expected this and clamped down on X's arm to keep him still.
"Hey!" X yelled. As soon as that word was out of his mouth, he started to feel drowsy. //Damn.//
"It's just something to take the edge off the pain." Vile's voice seemed to float, along with X's surroundings. He fell
backwards onto the bed.
//The bed feels soft...// X thought to himself as he grew more tired. His eyelids were getting heavier...
//NO!// Another voice shouted inside his head. //Get up!//
//The bed feels so soft...// As X started to close his eyes, he felt himself being lifted into the air. //Vile's
taking me somewhere...//
//NO!// The persistent voice shouted in X's head again. //NOOOOOOoooo....//
Finally the voice was drowned out by a deep void.
-------------------
Mob Member 1: Might I suggest adding a bit more...
Aya: Nah... you know you were dying for that update, yaoi or no yaoi ^_~
X: Well, you WERE keeping everyone waiting long. You should apologize!
Aya: Okay, okay. Sorry for the long wait between updates! *bows*
X: Now apologize for doping me up again.
Aya: Never! *thunder clap*
Zero: Am I going to show up again soon?
Aya: Yes..er, sort of.... next chapter.
Vile: I had fun, let's do that again soon!