She nodded. Duo was wondering why the tone of her voice was so.. flat.
- Did it hurt?
- Hurt..?
- The lashing, y'know, that flashy silver thing!
- ..I do not feel instant pain..
- Huh?
- I will.. feel the pain.. Of this.. Soon..
- What do you..!? HUH!?
Crystal fell down on her knees and gripped her sides hard, but her face remained emotionless.
Not a scream came out, not a whimper.. Almost not a breath. Duo was amazed and scared by
this, The scars left on her body flashed once and Crystal's body jerked, but it remained passive,
and she got up after it, more pale than she already was. She brushed hairs off her face and stared
outside by the one window that was in the room. Duo's eyes were still blinking at what he had
just saw. The pain in her body had been delayed, and she did not scream once at all of it. He
knew little who could do so. He knew who was likely to be like so, and he thought both of them
matched.. Oh well, he thought, he would meet her later. Duo walked to Crystal and putted
his hand on his shoulder, wich only got him an empty look.
- So hey, if ya, like, need anything call me up ok?
- I will not need anything..
- Nothing but? Huh? Hey thats the alarm! Oh hell.. Wait for me here ok Crystal?
Duo ran out before she gave him an answer, not that there was any to expect. Red lights were
flashing down the hospital hall when Duo runned outside. He gave a pissed off look at the mobile
dolls, they were as easy to kill as flies. He ran up to his gundam, and ignited the main reactors.
The gundam came to life, lifting its head up and igniting it's huge scythe, the green beam sabers
bursting out. Trowa was already in his Heavyarms and Quatre was giving orders around.
- They know we're here Trowa?
- no not yet..
- Then let's show 'em! Gerrrooonniiimmoooooo!!!
- ...
Duo flew up and slashed down 2 mobile dolls by suprise, the pilots escaping by the escape pods.
Trowa took aim and shot many down badly, wich Duo took care of finishing easely. More came around
and surronded Duo in a few seconds. Some were starting to advance to him from behind, and were
aiming.. But then they were slashed down in 2 parts. Duo grinned to himself as the other beam sabers
were igniting at the other end of the scythe. He had thought of it himself, and was quite proud of
the results. As he was about to slash others, a cool voice came on the communicators.
- Cut off the attack.
- What!? But they're coming up in forces!!
- Do not questions your orders Maxwell, call it off.
- Damn you Heero..
Duo shutted off the scythes and landed, Trowa coming out of his gundam, Quatre and Wufei running
to them, both surprised. They started to talk out why Heero had called off the attack, and when
he had came back, but they were cut off when Heero himself walked out of the shadows, his face
cool and expressionless like always. He was wearing his uniform, just like Relena's, but the lady was
far off into colonies. He stared them down, all wondering what was the meaning of evrything. Duo
finally asked out.
- Why did you call off the attack?! They're going to destroy evrything!
- We've got something they want..
- Something..?
- That would.. Be me..
Crystal walked besid Duo. Trowa's mouth gaped out, as did Quatre's. Wufei just stood and stared
at the girl, muttering under his breath. Heero turned and met the girl face to face. The whitish
skin, the deep eyes, And the scar.. He had never seen a human being like her, she wasn't even
breathing faster from the effort of walking, she was just perfectly cool. But, even though he
didn't show it, her eyes scared him the most. Cold. Nothing. Not a gleam of fear, worry, love,
caring.. Nothing. He took a step back and looked at the mobile dolls, wich were just waiting..
- They said they wanted something back.. They never mentionned it was a human..
- See i told you, they're going to destroy evrything!!
- Why would they want a girl? She seems perfectly normal to me..
- Don't let looks fool you Quatre.. Maybe she has secret information..
Quatre looked at Wufei and shook his head. A girl as old as them, wich they didn't know a thing
about holding information? he doubted it very much. He gave a look to Trowa wich was silently
studying the pale, slender form of the girl.
- So what are we going to do Heero?
- I don't know Quatre.. This is a delicate choice..
- Aw c'mon Heero! We've done this many times before, we can throw them off our grounds!! And
if they threaten us, we can still go and kick their..
- Alright. Get all in your gundams.
All nodded and ran off. Heero was about to do the same, but he felt a gaze upon him. He turned
around to see that the girl was still there, and she didn't moved from an inch.
- Why don't you just go back inside..
- If it is.. Me they want.. Why not just.. Give.. Me away..
- We can't do that, it's against our laws, your a living being, and we sworn to protect..
She cutted him off, still her voice cool as ever.
- If it's.. That your protecting.. Give.. Me to them..
Heero stared at her. He didn't know what she was talking about, and he was getting freaked out
so he ordered her to go back inside, wich she did without a word. He ran to his gundam, the new
wing zero advanced. He jumped in and opend the monitors to all gundams.
- Alright, let's all get 10 of them, it should be done fast..
- Yeee-hah! Let's go kick some mechanical butts!
Duo blasted off first, fallowed by a chuckling Quatre, and the 2 silent Wufei and Trowa. Heero
shook his head, and blasted off.