Okay a new chappy good yes. Well any way a few little notes, Silver is not
a alcoholic she just likes the stuff but rarely gets it I'm just spoiling
her in this chappy, the girls are eighteen and the boys are nineteen, U.S.O
is the Underground Spy Organization, and all the girls have troubled pasts
but have been with their uncles for a while when they where little. Okay
now enough of my rambling enjoy this new long chappy and remember to
review. +4 reviews means new chappy.
Disclaimer: I own any minor characters and the girls and organizations I make up.
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A day later, a very tired worn out Silver trudged into the room around lunchtime. She only muttered hellos before making her way to her room. She was almost into her room when she collapsed on the hard dark blue carpet. She started to mutter many curses to herself trying to pick herself up at the same time. After five minutes of not being successful she decided on crashing right there in the middle of the hallway. Sparky was leaning on the doorframe of her room watching Silver the whole time. The others looked at Silver who seemed really comfortable there alone on the blue carpet. "Should we move her or wake her up?" Raven asked as many ways to wake up Silver formed in her mind. Sandy shot her a disprovable look as Ivy and Sparky just shrugged going on with life. Dou walked up and picked up the brunette so Raven wouldn't get any ideas. When he brought her into the room they shared (A.K.A Their room) he laid her down on the bed and took off her shoes and pants putting a pair of shorts on her. Meanwhile she slept a peaceful sleep but the scent of alcohol was very present on her breath. He braided her hair just in case she was intoxicated and wouldn't throw up in it. After that was done he left her to her sleep.
"Hey is Silver a alcoholic?" Dou asked walking into the room. The girls looked up from what they where doing and the boys glanced up at him.
"She does have a habit of drinking every once and a while. Why do you ask?" Sandy said tilting her head ever so slightly.
"Well I smelt the scent of alcohol on her breath that's all." He answered as Sparky looking in deep thought for a minute then went back to what she was doing.
"Sparky I don't think she left all that time just to get drunk." Sandy said going back to cooking some food.
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Silver woke up after having one of her many frequent nightmares. She looked around for a while taking in her surroundings. Just then a sharp pain hit her head as she remembered what happened after the mission she was sent on. She had gone back to the colony and staid out all night clubbing and drinking. The she felt nauseous as the room tilted a little. "I shouldn't have had that last beer." She said to herself stumbling into the bathroom that was connected to her bedroom. When she entered Dou was in the shower but she didn't care and hoped he didn't either. She stumbled over to the toilet and threw up all the beer she had, had. That's when she noticed someone braided her hair and took a mental note to thank who ever it was. After she was done puking she heard the shower was off and Dou was in the bedroom getting dressed. She rinsed out her mouth and stumbled into the bedroom. "Sorry if I interrupted your time in the shower." She said wobbling a little.
"Hey that's alright, ya feelin' better?" He asked looking over to her. He was dressed in his pants but that was all (A/N: And underwear but who looks).
"Better then I did after I got smashed." She said with a smile but sat down on the bed and lay down. "Hey thanks for braidin' my hair." She said figuring he was the one that was so nice in doing so.
"No problem." He said starting to braid his hair. He sat down on the bed trying to get his hair to corroborate which wasn't happening. Before he knew what happened Silver braided his hair into a neat tight braid and handed him the end. After he grabbed the end she collapsed on the bed curling up into a little ball holding her head.
"Got any aspirin?" she asked massaging her pounding head. He chuckled and left out the door. A few minutes later he came back with some aspirin and a glass of water. She gratefully accepted it and lay there as he put on his shirt.
"So where did ya go?" He asked trying to start a conversation.
"Well I went one colony over then when I came back here I said what the heck and went out. I passed out in a bar parking lot then came back here." She said to the ceiling. "Do you know how much fun a night out on the town is?"
"Yea it's the best thin' invented yet." Dou said with a big smile. "Unfortunately I usually go out on myself because the others are either saying that a mission is more important, are to innocent for their own good, never say a thin', or are screamin' at you for justice along with other things but that's if they aren't chasin' you around."
"I know what ya mean. They have ta learn to try new thins, lighten up, and speak once in a while." She said turning her head to him. "Makes ya wonder if they are scared to do sometin' else."
"They probably are, I mean Heero stayed behind closed doors trainin' all his life, Quatre was protected by his wealth and family, Trowa rarely show emotions, and Wufie is to busy with his honor and justice that it makes him to serious." He said sitting down on the bed.
"Same with the girls, Sparky trainin', Sandy protected, Ivy emotionless, Raven serious. What about ya? What makes ya so different? So happy-go- lucky?" She asked turning over on her stomach and propping her head on her hands.
"Well I didn't have the best childhood and to hide the pain I act happy to make it go away but the nightmares are very frequent." Dou said lowing his head.
"Oh I'm sorry to stir up bad memories. Though we both had bad pasts." She said allowing one lone tear to fall. Dou saw this and wiped the tear away before it could fall from her face. He held her chin in his hand slowly moving towards her, tilting her head ever so slightly. When there was only a half an inch between them there was a knock on the door.
"Dou we have a mission or have you forgotten." Heero's voices said on the other side of the door. He moved away from her and flashed her a small smile before walking out of the door. She sighed silently cursing at Heero for his 'perfect timing'. Not wanting to face the other girls she crawled back under the covers of the bed and went to sleep.
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All of them left except for Sparky and Silver. Sparky was currently in her bedroom sitting at the desk looking at a mirror that was on the desk with a lot of small bolts and gears. She looked into the mirror and sighed slightly, her right eye was a gold orb and was opened. "I should just wear a patch." She whispered to herself taking her tools and began to work on her eye. The one physical thing that no one knew about was her mechanical eye that she had since she was five. As the years went on she would upgraded it and repair it when no one was around to see it. She had no feeling in it so if someone shot her in that eye the bullet would only imbed its' self in the top layer and not go any deeper. She sighed as she finished up the adjustments and looked at the mirror as her eye closed and flipped back to revel the normal red eye it usually was. After that was done she cleaned up her mess and left the room. She took her laptop and was working in the kitchen when the boys came back from their mission.
"Where are the others?" Quatre asked looking at her.
"Silver fell back asleep and the others went to the mall." Sparky said not looking up from her work. Just then Silver walked into the kitchen wearing an olive shirt that said 'DON'T ANNOY THE CRAZY PERSON' written in blue and white letters and a pair of jeans. Her hair was still in a braid and she was wearing a pair of black toe socks. She walked up to a cupboard on a mission by the look in her eyes. She took out a glass and wet the rim, pulling out some salt she dipped the rim into it and set the glass aside. She opened the freezer and pulled out some crushed ice then looked in the frigater pulling out a bottle of Margarita mix. She put the ice in the cup and poured in the mix then sat down. Sparky looked at her and blinked.
"What it's non-alcoholic." Silver said taking a drink of it. "And it's tasty."
"At least it's better then the bottle of half full dry gin in the frigater I know you put there." Sparky muttered while waiting for something to down load.
"I can't slip anythin' pass ya can I." Silver said looking at the red head. "Well that is the only alcoholic beverage I brought into this house." She said as the boys looked at her.
"Ya mean you've been hidin' a half full bottle of dry gin right under our noses?" Dou asked in disbelief. She nodded her head with a big smile thinking of the drink in the frigater.
"It has been there for five days now." Silver said quickly finishing off her margarita. She went over to the frigater and pulled out the drink in question. "It's half empty cause Sandy tried to dump it out but I manage to get half a bottle."
"She doesn't like people drinking around her, it has something to do with her past." Sparky said getting up and leaving. Silver tilted her head a little with a confused look on before shrugging it off and taking off to her room to drink the rest of the bottle. The boys went their separate ways. Dou went to see if Silver would share the rest of the bottle. Wufie went to his room to go threw his normal routine, Quatre was drinking some tea, Trowa was reading the news paper and Heero went to his room to work.
As dinnertime was coming around the other girls walked into the apartment. Sandy had gotten a few things from an herbal store, Ivy got a few more books, and Raven came in with her sword sharpened and polished as well as a new set of daggers. Though Sandy did have something else in a brown bag that wasn't labeled or anything. Silver cereous to what they brought home went to greet them giving the rest of the dry gin to Dou. "Hey guys get me anythin'?" She asked hovering over their things.
"Yes it's in the brown bag but don't have it all at once." Sandy said with a smile. Silver looked in the bag and a huge smile lit up her face.
"Aw ya shouldn't have." She said before taking off. Sparky came in and sat down on the couch with a sigh. She rubbed her temples trying to rid herself of her migraine.
"What's wrong Sparky?" Sandy asked concerned for her friend.
"I just have a headache that's all." Sparky said not looking at the others. She knew her eye was the cause of the whole thing and having Heero asking her questions about it didn't help.
"Probably from looking at that computer all day." Raven said crossing her arms. Sparky closed her eyes just in time so that they wouldn't see that one was mechanical.
"No it's not that." She said still rubbing her head.
"Then what is it?" Heero asked walking into the room.
"My right eye is mechanical." She muttered to low for anyone to hear clearly all except Sandy who happened to be right next to her.
"What?" Sandy said as her eyes widened.
"You heard me my right eye is mechanical." Sparky said her voice was just above a whisper.
"Is that why ever once in a while I see a little lightingin' bolt in your eye?" Silver asked walking into the room. Sparky just nodded her head waiting for the pain to pass. "Now the question is how long has anyone not know 'bout this little secret of yours?"
"I've kept it a secret from everyone around me since the day I got it, thirteen years ago." Sparky said looking at Silver who jumped back at the sight of the eye. It was a gold orb with a semi-circle in the middle and coming form the outer edge to the middle going into the opening was a small triangle that was embedded in the golden orb as well as the circle. Silver involuntary shivered at the sight.
"That must have hurt." She said as the embedded spots glowed red then stopped. Just then a red spotter laser appeared focusing right between Silver's eyes. "Do you have any feeling in it?"
"Nope, I lost feeling in the right side of my face when I lost my eye." Sparky said simply. The eye flipped back reveling the normal looking eye that they where used to. "I think I should just wear an eye patch instead of hassling with the mechanical eye."
"I like it." Sandy said with a smile. Raven and Ivy nodded their head as Silver looked scared. The boys agreed with Raven and Ivy.
"Well the glitches that come every once a year after I adjust it give me headaches." Sparky said plainly with a shrug.
"How did you lose your eye?" Trowa asked looking at her.
"Well I was in a explosion that killed my family and from there it was training. I fixed up my eye and healed before any one knew I had lost it." She answered as it started flipping back and forth. "At first it was a normal looking eye then as the years wore on I adjusted it so it fit my job."
"It's creepy." Silver said shuttering a little. Sparky looked at her and her eye turned black and data ran a crossed it. "How can you see wit' it?"
"A microchip connected to my brain." Sparky said as it went back to normal.
"What just happened?" Ivy asked looking at Sparky.
"Glitch." Sparky said putting her head in her hands again. "The microchip is just getting used to the adjustments, but it gives me one hell of a headache."
"I'd believe it." Sandy said looking at Sparky.
"But it doesn't hurt as much as when I lost the eye." Sparky said as her headache finally subsided and her eye went back to normal. "And it only lasts a half an hour."
"I'm guessing the half an hour is over." Raven said looking at Sparky who got up and walked out. "Talk about mistress of secrets." Raven said before leaving the room.
"You know Raven is right for thirteen years she has kept it a secret I wonder what else she has kept a secret from us." Sandy said lowing her head a little. "Well I'm going to go lay down."
"Wha' it's only ten." Silver said still holding her brown bag. "Well I guess power shoppin' does tire someone out. Thanks for the present."
"I knew you would like it." Sandy said before going to her room.
"What did she get you?" Wufie asked allowing his curiosity show a little. Silver smiled a great big smile before pulling out a six-pack of beer.
"She said not ta drink it all at once and I assume she wants me ta eat sometin' first." Silver said putting it back into her brown bag. "I'll drink any alcoholic beverage ya give me but I do save it sometimes." With that she went into the kitchen and stored her six-pack somewhere where no one would find it. "Ya touch my present ya gonna regret it." She said sitting down on the couch.
"I take it they don't give you alcohol a lot." Quatre said as the boys including Dou who came out when Sparky was explaining about her eye.
"Nope, they don't willin'ly give me anythin' unless it's my birthday. Though lately they are startin' ta give less and less." Silver said flipping threw some channels on the TV.
"Why is that?" Trowa asked looking at her.
"Well 'bout a year ago when we first met I um, how ta say this, I sortta stole their money but was caught by the red spy that doesn't let anythin' get past her." Silver said shuttering. "Never steal her money unless ya feel like gettin' pounded inta a wall or more like tossed threw a wall. It was brick, too."
"She tossed you threw a brick wall?" Heero asked as that grabbed all of their attention.
"Um, well it was three wall I don't know what happened after that." She said rubbing the back of her head. "I was knocked out."
"Interesting." Heero said going back to his work. "What where your injuries like?"
"Um, my head was cracked open, both legs broken, a rib broken and my wrist was dislocated." She said watching the TV not bothering with the boys' winces. "Not ta mention all the bruises." She said stopping on a news channel before an important message appeared on the TV. As they watched the more Silver gripped the remote soon after the message was over Silver crushed the remote in her hand. She looked down at it and frowned. "If only that remote was Dorothy." She said before dropping the pieces on the table and going to the door. She put on her coat and walked out with Dou close at her heels.
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Raven was on her back looking at the ceiling of Wufie's and her room. She had the watch on listening to what was going on and to tell you the truth she didn't like it she didn't like it one bit. She was given the couch to sleep on but she didn't mind she normally slept on a mat on the ground a couch was no different. She had many things running threw her head some good some bad. Some involved the past some the present but all involved one certain blonde hair double eyed girl that didn't know the first thing about them. She gritted her teeth and threw a knife at the door just as it opened. She could see a blinking Wufie out of the corner of her eye. The knife had imbedded itself in the doorframe just inches away from his face. "Sorry about that." She said still looking up at the ceiling.
"Well I guess not even my own room is safe." He mumbled taking the knife out of the doorframe and putting it on a dresser not far away. Raven flicked him off still looking at the ceiling. "What are you looking at?"
"The ceiling any one can see that, baka." She said not taking her eyes away from the ceiling.
"What did you call me onna?" He asked looking at her.
"Baka and that's what you are." She said still not looking at him. She knew right about then he would be mad but she was capable of taking him down if she wanted.
"Humph, look who's talking baka yowaii onna." He retorted not expecting her to throw another knife this one just barely missed his head.
"If I'm so weak then why do you think I've been alive all this time? The life of a spy is noting more then a suicide life. Every turn you make can very well be your last. A fast life with dark shadows always looming over you and sometimes those shadows attack so you have to be careful. A gundam pilot is more simple then any other. You can hide behind your mobile suit whenever you feel. You can have more places to hide. A spy life is hard, life, as a spy is always moving never stopping. I was arranged a marriage at a young age but I had to move because I was a spy ever since I was able to go out alone at night. I took easy jobs but soon people where looking for me so that they could get back their information so I left. When I turned around my house was in flames and my parents trapped along with my siblings. After that I was off on my own tell my uncle found me. Even then I was on the move every day never stopping never taking a break. So tell me Wufie which would you rather have the ability to stop after the war and enjoy a normal life or keep going on the long track of a spy?" She said still looking up at the ceiling. "Which a normal life or a spy life?"
"I would want a normal life but how did you know about being a gundam pilot?" Wufie answered looking at her as she still stared up at the ceiling.
"I know many things, like why you cry in your sleep sometimes. No matter how much you try to forget you always remember that day that L5 five colony was destroyed and your arranged wife died for you." She said still looking up at the ceiling. "I also know that you helped out Sally before she perished with the preventer's headquarters."
"I miss them I admit that." He said sitting down on his bed getting into the conversation.
"We always miss the ones we lose, but you're lucky they perished for a cause." She said glancing at him. "All the ones I cared about perished because of my foolishness."
"That can't be true there must be one person that perished for you or a cause other then your foolishness." Wufie protested not knowing why he was but he felt like it was necessary.
"The only one I know of is one I never met." She said closing her eyes. "She never got to see me and I never got to see her."
"Your mother?" He asked quietly.
"Yes she died giving birth to me and my twin brother. The one I thought was my mother was my dad's girlfriend he married a month after my mother's death." She said just as quiet. After that there was an eerie silence as both were at a loss for words. "Wufie what's it like to have your two real parents?" she asked tilting her head towards him.
"Well I guess like having two loved ones that watch over you. I never really took notice to tell you the truth. I've always found it normal." He answered not looking at her.
"Hmm, it must be nice having someone that loved you. I was always out on my own." She said looking back at the ceiling.
"//Open the door and come out here I have to talk to you. \\" Her watch commanded. She looked at it and there was Sparky. She waited a little while hoping Sparky wasn't talking to her. "//Raven don't press your luck. \\" Sparky said over the watch. Raven sighed and left the room. She walked down the hallway looking at the clock. When she went passed the living room she saw Dou and Silver kissing but paid little attention to it. She made it to the door she slipped on her shoes and put on her jacket before exiting the apartment.
"You called?" Raven asked the red head that stood in front of her. Sparky motioned her to follow so she did but was on guard incase something was fishy about Sparky's recent request. When they got to the park the sun was rising and they stopped at a bench.
"I need your help." Sparky said sitting down on the bench. Raven took a seat next to her scanning her surroundings. "As you probably know that Dorothy has became the new self-proclaimed princes of the World Space Federation. We have to find any information to stop her world conquest and put her away for a long time. Though just one spy isn't enough for this job. I was hoping that you would help me out not as an associate but as a friend. You don't have to agree but I want you to think about it. If you agree to help me then meet me here tomorrow with your bag of clothes, we'll be leaving to go to earth and other places. Then if we pull this off the U.S.O will allow you to chose to be a spy or you can officially retire and no one would bother you again. It's your chose I wont force you to chose what you want just remember. You have to meet me here tomorrow with your stuff or no deal." Sparky said looking at her. "Think about it." With that Sparky stood up and left. Raven sat there for a minute before heading towards home. Sparky's words still ran threw her head. 'If we pull this off the U.S.O will allow you to chose to be a spy or you can officially retire and no one would bother you again. Is that what will happen? What happens if we fail? Of coarse we will probably be died. But still a normal life, I could have a normal life.' She thought walking into the door. She was so into her thoughts she ran into Silver knocking her over and walked on.
"What's up wit her?" Silver asked Sandy who witnessed the little incident. Sandy just shrugged and watched as Raven ran into Heero and just went on.
"Something's up that I'm sure of." Sandy said as Heero rubbed his sour head from getting plowed over by Raven. "Are you okay Heero?"
"I'll be fine." He said monotonously.
"What do you think has gotten into Raven?" Quatre asked walking from down the hall.
"Well there can be many things up. Like last time it was her bombing a mission, or that time when Silver turned all her stuff a very puckish green, or one time she had a mission that was coming up and it was very hard." Sandy said thinking harder. "Or she's like this when she has to chose something that could very well end her life if she isn't careful."
"Where is Sparky?" Ivy asked looking around to all the faces.
"I don't know she didn't come home by what I saw." Sandy said and Silver started to nod uncontrollably.
"She came to the door and asked for Raven then they both left." Wufie said from his spot up against the wall.
"How do ya know?" Silver asked looking at him.
"Sparky was talking to the door and it was picked up on Raven's watch or have you forgotten about the video camera onna?" Wufie said still leaning up against the wall.
"Oh so ya where listenin' ta what they had ta say." Silver said crossing her arms.
"No I just heard that Sparky needed to talk to her and then she left. I don't know what happened after that but I figure they went somewhere considering what time Raven came back." He said leaving the room.
"And so the plot thickens." Ivy said to her self before leaving the room also.
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Yes the plot does thicken and this is one long chappy. I wont put up another unless I get four more reviews I'm am I asking for so much just one little review. Well I guess I could work on the next chappy while I wait because I'm sortta winging it wit the chappies trust me. Well you've read now review or no new chappy remember four new reviews.
Disclaimer: I own any minor characters and the girls and organizations I make up.
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A day later, a very tired worn out Silver trudged into the room around lunchtime. She only muttered hellos before making her way to her room. She was almost into her room when she collapsed on the hard dark blue carpet. She started to mutter many curses to herself trying to pick herself up at the same time. After five minutes of not being successful she decided on crashing right there in the middle of the hallway. Sparky was leaning on the doorframe of her room watching Silver the whole time. The others looked at Silver who seemed really comfortable there alone on the blue carpet. "Should we move her or wake her up?" Raven asked as many ways to wake up Silver formed in her mind. Sandy shot her a disprovable look as Ivy and Sparky just shrugged going on with life. Dou walked up and picked up the brunette so Raven wouldn't get any ideas. When he brought her into the room they shared (A.K.A Their room) he laid her down on the bed and took off her shoes and pants putting a pair of shorts on her. Meanwhile she slept a peaceful sleep but the scent of alcohol was very present on her breath. He braided her hair just in case she was intoxicated and wouldn't throw up in it. After that was done he left her to her sleep.
"Hey is Silver a alcoholic?" Dou asked walking into the room. The girls looked up from what they where doing and the boys glanced up at him.
"She does have a habit of drinking every once and a while. Why do you ask?" Sandy said tilting her head ever so slightly.
"Well I smelt the scent of alcohol on her breath that's all." He answered as Sparky looking in deep thought for a minute then went back to what she was doing.
"Sparky I don't think she left all that time just to get drunk." Sandy said going back to cooking some food.
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Silver woke up after having one of her many frequent nightmares. She looked around for a while taking in her surroundings. Just then a sharp pain hit her head as she remembered what happened after the mission she was sent on. She had gone back to the colony and staid out all night clubbing and drinking. The she felt nauseous as the room tilted a little. "I shouldn't have had that last beer." She said to herself stumbling into the bathroom that was connected to her bedroom. When she entered Dou was in the shower but she didn't care and hoped he didn't either. She stumbled over to the toilet and threw up all the beer she had, had. That's when she noticed someone braided her hair and took a mental note to thank who ever it was. After she was done puking she heard the shower was off and Dou was in the bedroom getting dressed. She rinsed out her mouth and stumbled into the bedroom. "Sorry if I interrupted your time in the shower." She said wobbling a little.
"Hey that's alright, ya feelin' better?" He asked looking over to her. He was dressed in his pants but that was all (A/N: And underwear but who looks).
"Better then I did after I got smashed." She said with a smile but sat down on the bed and lay down. "Hey thanks for braidin' my hair." She said figuring he was the one that was so nice in doing so.
"No problem." He said starting to braid his hair. He sat down on the bed trying to get his hair to corroborate which wasn't happening. Before he knew what happened Silver braided his hair into a neat tight braid and handed him the end. After he grabbed the end she collapsed on the bed curling up into a little ball holding her head.
"Got any aspirin?" she asked massaging her pounding head. He chuckled and left out the door. A few minutes later he came back with some aspirin and a glass of water. She gratefully accepted it and lay there as he put on his shirt.
"So where did ya go?" He asked trying to start a conversation.
"Well I went one colony over then when I came back here I said what the heck and went out. I passed out in a bar parking lot then came back here." She said to the ceiling. "Do you know how much fun a night out on the town is?"
"Yea it's the best thin' invented yet." Dou said with a big smile. "Unfortunately I usually go out on myself because the others are either saying that a mission is more important, are to innocent for their own good, never say a thin', or are screamin' at you for justice along with other things but that's if they aren't chasin' you around."
"I know what ya mean. They have ta learn to try new thins, lighten up, and speak once in a while." She said turning her head to him. "Makes ya wonder if they are scared to do sometin' else."
"They probably are, I mean Heero stayed behind closed doors trainin' all his life, Quatre was protected by his wealth and family, Trowa rarely show emotions, and Wufie is to busy with his honor and justice that it makes him to serious." He said sitting down on the bed.
"Same with the girls, Sparky trainin', Sandy protected, Ivy emotionless, Raven serious. What about ya? What makes ya so different? So happy-go- lucky?" She asked turning over on her stomach and propping her head on her hands.
"Well I didn't have the best childhood and to hide the pain I act happy to make it go away but the nightmares are very frequent." Dou said lowing his head.
"Oh I'm sorry to stir up bad memories. Though we both had bad pasts." She said allowing one lone tear to fall. Dou saw this and wiped the tear away before it could fall from her face. He held her chin in his hand slowly moving towards her, tilting her head ever so slightly. When there was only a half an inch between them there was a knock on the door.
"Dou we have a mission or have you forgotten." Heero's voices said on the other side of the door. He moved away from her and flashed her a small smile before walking out of the door. She sighed silently cursing at Heero for his 'perfect timing'. Not wanting to face the other girls she crawled back under the covers of the bed and went to sleep.
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All of them left except for Sparky and Silver. Sparky was currently in her bedroom sitting at the desk looking at a mirror that was on the desk with a lot of small bolts and gears. She looked into the mirror and sighed slightly, her right eye was a gold orb and was opened. "I should just wear a patch." She whispered to herself taking her tools and began to work on her eye. The one physical thing that no one knew about was her mechanical eye that she had since she was five. As the years went on she would upgraded it and repair it when no one was around to see it. She had no feeling in it so if someone shot her in that eye the bullet would only imbed its' self in the top layer and not go any deeper. She sighed as she finished up the adjustments and looked at the mirror as her eye closed and flipped back to revel the normal red eye it usually was. After that was done she cleaned up her mess and left the room. She took her laptop and was working in the kitchen when the boys came back from their mission.
"Where are the others?" Quatre asked looking at her.
"Silver fell back asleep and the others went to the mall." Sparky said not looking up from her work. Just then Silver walked into the kitchen wearing an olive shirt that said 'DON'T ANNOY THE CRAZY PERSON' written in blue and white letters and a pair of jeans. Her hair was still in a braid and she was wearing a pair of black toe socks. She walked up to a cupboard on a mission by the look in her eyes. She took out a glass and wet the rim, pulling out some salt she dipped the rim into it and set the glass aside. She opened the freezer and pulled out some crushed ice then looked in the frigater pulling out a bottle of Margarita mix. She put the ice in the cup and poured in the mix then sat down. Sparky looked at her and blinked.
"What it's non-alcoholic." Silver said taking a drink of it. "And it's tasty."
"At least it's better then the bottle of half full dry gin in the frigater I know you put there." Sparky muttered while waiting for something to down load.
"I can't slip anythin' pass ya can I." Silver said looking at the red head. "Well that is the only alcoholic beverage I brought into this house." She said as the boys looked at her.
"Ya mean you've been hidin' a half full bottle of dry gin right under our noses?" Dou asked in disbelief. She nodded her head with a big smile thinking of the drink in the frigater.
"It has been there for five days now." Silver said quickly finishing off her margarita. She went over to the frigater and pulled out the drink in question. "It's half empty cause Sandy tried to dump it out but I manage to get half a bottle."
"She doesn't like people drinking around her, it has something to do with her past." Sparky said getting up and leaving. Silver tilted her head a little with a confused look on before shrugging it off and taking off to her room to drink the rest of the bottle. The boys went their separate ways. Dou went to see if Silver would share the rest of the bottle. Wufie went to his room to go threw his normal routine, Quatre was drinking some tea, Trowa was reading the news paper and Heero went to his room to work.
As dinnertime was coming around the other girls walked into the apartment. Sandy had gotten a few things from an herbal store, Ivy got a few more books, and Raven came in with her sword sharpened and polished as well as a new set of daggers. Though Sandy did have something else in a brown bag that wasn't labeled or anything. Silver cereous to what they brought home went to greet them giving the rest of the dry gin to Dou. "Hey guys get me anythin'?" She asked hovering over their things.
"Yes it's in the brown bag but don't have it all at once." Sandy said with a smile. Silver looked in the bag and a huge smile lit up her face.
"Aw ya shouldn't have." She said before taking off. Sparky came in and sat down on the couch with a sigh. She rubbed her temples trying to rid herself of her migraine.
"What's wrong Sparky?" Sandy asked concerned for her friend.
"I just have a headache that's all." Sparky said not looking at the others. She knew her eye was the cause of the whole thing and having Heero asking her questions about it didn't help.
"Probably from looking at that computer all day." Raven said crossing her arms. Sparky closed her eyes just in time so that they wouldn't see that one was mechanical.
"No it's not that." She said still rubbing her head.
"Then what is it?" Heero asked walking into the room.
"My right eye is mechanical." She muttered to low for anyone to hear clearly all except Sandy who happened to be right next to her.
"What?" Sandy said as her eyes widened.
"You heard me my right eye is mechanical." Sparky said her voice was just above a whisper.
"Is that why ever once in a while I see a little lightingin' bolt in your eye?" Silver asked walking into the room. Sparky just nodded her head waiting for the pain to pass. "Now the question is how long has anyone not know 'bout this little secret of yours?"
"I've kept it a secret from everyone around me since the day I got it, thirteen years ago." Sparky said looking at Silver who jumped back at the sight of the eye. It was a gold orb with a semi-circle in the middle and coming form the outer edge to the middle going into the opening was a small triangle that was embedded in the golden orb as well as the circle. Silver involuntary shivered at the sight.
"That must have hurt." She said as the embedded spots glowed red then stopped. Just then a red spotter laser appeared focusing right between Silver's eyes. "Do you have any feeling in it?"
"Nope, I lost feeling in the right side of my face when I lost my eye." Sparky said simply. The eye flipped back reveling the normal looking eye that they where used to. "I think I should just wear an eye patch instead of hassling with the mechanical eye."
"I like it." Sandy said with a smile. Raven and Ivy nodded their head as Silver looked scared. The boys agreed with Raven and Ivy.
"Well the glitches that come every once a year after I adjust it give me headaches." Sparky said plainly with a shrug.
"How did you lose your eye?" Trowa asked looking at her.
"Well I was in a explosion that killed my family and from there it was training. I fixed up my eye and healed before any one knew I had lost it." She answered as it started flipping back and forth. "At first it was a normal looking eye then as the years wore on I adjusted it so it fit my job."
"It's creepy." Silver said shuttering a little. Sparky looked at her and her eye turned black and data ran a crossed it. "How can you see wit' it?"
"A microchip connected to my brain." Sparky said as it went back to normal.
"What just happened?" Ivy asked looking at Sparky.
"Glitch." Sparky said putting her head in her hands again. "The microchip is just getting used to the adjustments, but it gives me one hell of a headache."
"I'd believe it." Sandy said looking at Sparky.
"But it doesn't hurt as much as when I lost the eye." Sparky said as her headache finally subsided and her eye went back to normal. "And it only lasts a half an hour."
"I'm guessing the half an hour is over." Raven said looking at Sparky who got up and walked out. "Talk about mistress of secrets." Raven said before leaving the room.
"You know Raven is right for thirteen years she has kept it a secret I wonder what else she has kept a secret from us." Sandy said lowing her head a little. "Well I'm going to go lay down."
"Wha' it's only ten." Silver said still holding her brown bag. "Well I guess power shoppin' does tire someone out. Thanks for the present."
"I knew you would like it." Sandy said before going to her room.
"What did she get you?" Wufie asked allowing his curiosity show a little. Silver smiled a great big smile before pulling out a six-pack of beer.
"She said not ta drink it all at once and I assume she wants me ta eat sometin' first." Silver said putting it back into her brown bag. "I'll drink any alcoholic beverage ya give me but I do save it sometimes." With that she went into the kitchen and stored her six-pack somewhere where no one would find it. "Ya touch my present ya gonna regret it." She said sitting down on the couch.
"I take it they don't give you alcohol a lot." Quatre said as the boys including Dou who came out when Sparky was explaining about her eye.
"Nope, they don't willin'ly give me anythin' unless it's my birthday. Though lately they are startin' ta give less and less." Silver said flipping threw some channels on the TV.
"Why is that?" Trowa asked looking at her.
"Well 'bout a year ago when we first met I um, how ta say this, I sortta stole their money but was caught by the red spy that doesn't let anythin' get past her." Silver said shuttering. "Never steal her money unless ya feel like gettin' pounded inta a wall or more like tossed threw a wall. It was brick, too."
"She tossed you threw a brick wall?" Heero asked as that grabbed all of their attention.
"Um, well it was three wall I don't know what happened after that." She said rubbing the back of her head. "I was knocked out."
"Interesting." Heero said going back to his work. "What where your injuries like?"
"Um, my head was cracked open, both legs broken, a rib broken and my wrist was dislocated." She said watching the TV not bothering with the boys' winces. "Not ta mention all the bruises." She said stopping on a news channel before an important message appeared on the TV. As they watched the more Silver gripped the remote soon after the message was over Silver crushed the remote in her hand. She looked down at it and frowned. "If only that remote was Dorothy." She said before dropping the pieces on the table and going to the door. She put on her coat and walked out with Dou close at her heels.
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Raven was on her back looking at the ceiling of Wufie's and her room. She had the watch on listening to what was going on and to tell you the truth she didn't like it she didn't like it one bit. She was given the couch to sleep on but she didn't mind she normally slept on a mat on the ground a couch was no different. She had many things running threw her head some good some bad. Some involved the past some the present but all involved one certain blonde hair double eyed girl that didn't know the first thing about them. She gritted her teeth and threw a knife at the door just as it opened. She could see a blinking Wufie out of the corner of her eye. The knife had imbedded itself in the doorframe just inches away from his face. "Sorry about that." She said still looking up at the ceiling.
"Well I guess not even my own room is safe." He mumbled taking the knife out of the doorframe and putting it on a dresser not far away. Raven flicked him off still looking at the ceiling. "What are you looking at?"
"The ceiling any one can see that, baka." She said not taking her eyes away from the ceiling.
"What did you call me onna?" He asked looking at her.
"Baka and that's what you are." She said still not looking at him. She knew right about then he would be mad but she was capable of taking him down if she wanted.
"Humph, look who's talking baka yowaii onna." He retorted not expecting her to throw another knife this one just barely missed his head.
"If I'm so weak then why do you think I've been alive all this time? The life of a spy is noting more then a suicide life. Every turn you make can very well be your last. A fast life with dark shadows always looming over you and sometimes those shadows attack so you have to be careful. A gundam pilot is more simple then any other. You can hide behind your mobile suit whenever you feel. You can have more places to hide. A spy life is hard, life, as a spy is always moving never stopping. I was arranged a marriage at a young age but I had to move because I was a spy ever since I was able to go out alone at night. I took easy jobs but soon people where looking for me so that they could get back their information so I left. When I turned around my house was in flames and my parents trapped along with my siblings. After that I was off on my own tell my uncle found me. Even then I was on the move every day never stopping never taking a break. So tell me Wufie which would you rather have the ability to stop after the war and enjoy a normal life or keep going on the long track of a spy?" She said still looking up at the ceiling. "Which a normal life or a spy life?"
"I would want a normal life but how did you know about being a gundam pilot?" Wufie answered looking at her as she still stared up at the ceiling.
"I know many things, like why you cry in your sleep sometimes. No matter how much you try to forget you always remember that day that L5 five colony was destroyed and your arranged wife died for you." She said still looking up at the ceiling. "I also know that you helped out Sally before she perished with the preventer's headquarters."
"I miss them I admit that." He said sitting down on his bed getting into the conversation.
"We always miss the ones we lose, but you're lucky they perished for a cause." She said glancing at him. "All the ones I cared about perished because of my foolishness."
"That can't be true there must be one person that perished for you or a cause other then your foolishness." Wufie protested not knowing why he was but he felt like it was necessary.
"The only one I know of is one I never met." She said closing her eyes. "She never got to see me and I never got to see her."
"Your mother?" He asked quietly.
"Yes she died giving birth to me and my twin brother. The one I thought was my mother was my dad's girlfriend he married a month after my mother's death." She said just as quiet. After that there was an eerie silence as both were at a loss for words. "Wufie what's it like to have your two real parents?" she asked tilting her head towards him.
"Well I guess like having two loved ones that watch over you. I never really took notice to tell you the truth. I've always found it normal." He answered not looking at her.
"Hmm, it must be nice having someone that loved you. I was always out on my own." She said looking back at the ceiling.
"//Open the door and come out here I have to talk to you. \\" Her watch commanded. She looked at it and there was Sparky. She waited a little while hoping Sparky wasn't talking to her. "//Raven don't press your luck. \\" Sparky said over the watch. Raven sighed and left the room. She walked down the hallway looking at the clock. When she went passed the living room she saw Dou and Silver kissing but paid little attention to it. She made it to the door she slipped on her shoes and put on her jacket before exiting the apartment.
"You called?" Raven asked the red head that stood in front of her. Sparky motioned her to follow so she did but was on guard incase something was fishy about Sparky's recent request. When they got to the park the sun was rising and they stopped at a bench.
"I need your help." Sparky said sitting down on the bench. Raven took a seat next to her scanning her surroundings. "As you probably know that Dorothy has became the new self-proclaimed princes of the World Space Federation. We have to find any information to stop her world conquest and put her away for a long time. Though just one spy isn't enough for this job. I was hoping that you would help me out not as an associate but as a friend. You don't have to agree but I want you to think about it. If you agree to help me then meet me here tomorrow with your bag of clothes, we'll be leaving to go to earth and other places. Then if we pull this off the U.S.O will allow you to chose to be a spy or you can officially retire and no one would bother you again. It's your chose I wont force you to chose what you want just remember. You have to meet me here tomorrow with your stuff or no deal." Sparky said looking at her. "Think about it." With that Sparky stood up and left. Raven sat there for a minute before heading towards home. Sparky's words still ran threw her head. 'If we pull this off the U.S.O will allow you to chose to be a spy or you can officially retire and no one would bother you again. Is that what will happen? What happens if we fail? Of coarse we will probably be died. But still a normal life, I could have a normal life.' She thought walking into the door. She was so into her thoughts she ran into Silver knocking her over and walked on.
"What's up wit her?" Silver asked Sandy who witnessed the little incident. Sandy just shrugged and watched as Raven ran into Heero and just went on.
"Something's up that I'm sure of." Sandy said as Heero rubbed his sour head from getting plowed over by Raven. "Are you okay Heero?"
"I'll be fine." He said monotonously.
"What do you think has gotten into Raven?" Quatre asked walking from down the hall.
"Well there can be many things up. Like last time it was her bombing a mission, or that time when Silver turned all her stuff a very puckish green, or one time she had a mission that was coming up and it was very hard." Sandy said thinking harder. "Or she's like this when she has to chose something that could very well end her life if she isn't careful."
"Where is Sparky?" Ivy asked looking around to all the faces.
"I don't know she didn't come home by what I saw." Sandy said and Silver started to nod uncontrollably.
"She came to the door and asked for Raven then they both left." Wufie said from his spot up against the wall.
"How do ya know?" Silver asked looking at him.
"Sparky was talking to the door and it was picked up on Raven's watch or have you forgotten about the video camera onna?" Wufie said still leaning up against the wall.
"Oh so ya where listenin' ta what they had ta say." Silver said crossing her arms.
"No I just heard that Sparky needed to talk to her and then she left. I don't know what happened after that but I figure they went somewhere considering what time Raven came back." He said leaving the room.
"And so the plot thickens." Ivy said to her self before leaving the room also.
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Yes the plot does thicken and this is one long chappy. I wont put up another unless I get four more reviews I'm am I asking for so much just one little review. Well I guess I could work on the next chappy while I wait because I'm sortta winging it wit the chappies trust me. Well you've read now review or no new chappy remember four new reviews.