Chapter 6
A week later I was fulfilling punishment. Guard duty at the cells. About twenty prisoners for various reasons were in the cells. My job was to watch them, stop fights, and make sure no one escapes, like they could. It wasn't the best job ever. Actually it was down right boring.
A yell came from one of the furthest cells. Three guys were stored there. One cowered in a corner while the other two went at him.
"I don't know why they let you back in here," one cried as he hit the other.
The other laughed. "I've been hit harder than that." I paused in mid step as I recognized the voice. I knew who it was, but it couldn't be him. I started to run. There were no cameras here, I'd checked. But it couldn't be him.
"You little." the fight raged on.
I reached in and grabbed one of the fighters.
"Stop," the other didn't listen, "now," I growled.
Familiar laughter sounded through the hall. "Whatever you say Angel."
Only one person called me that, just like Zechs was the only one whoever called me Cat. He called Julia that too, but that was so long ago. My eyes were wide; I couldn't hide the surprise, the amazement.
"Duo? But you're dead."
His hair was longer than before, and he had a beard, but I'd recognize him anywhere. I'd had enough dreams of watching Duo being shot, even though I hadn't been there that day. Cobalt blue eyes stared at me, smiling. He didn't seem surprised to see me. "You're dead." I whispered again. It was true; I'd been at his funeral. He'd been there in a coffin, a pale white dead corpse. But he was here in front of me.
"How's Julia?" He asked.
I wasn't sure how I should answer, but I had let go of the other guy and was now cursing in every language I knew, and I knew quite a few. After a few minutes I stopped, every prisoner was looking at me as if I'd just gone crazy. I only shook my head.
"Who the hell is he?" the guy Duo had been fighting with asked.
"No one to worry about-" he paused "-He won't disrupt our escape, only help it." Duo glanced at me, his expression telling me to play along. I didn't know what exactly he was talking about but that was okay.
"So why are you here," I asked. Then corrected myself, "change that, why aren't you dead? And why did you act dead? And how'd you get here?"
Duo chuckled. I was still wondering why he wasn't surprised. "Lady Une shot me, but she used a little trick. Basically I look, feel and am basically dead for about a week. I do breathe, just so slowly and not often enough for anyone to notice."
I nodded. "Yeah, Jules and I made some of that stuff about a year ago, when Zero first showed up. but we were running from Oz back then and it was a little helpful." Duo took every word I said seriously. He seemed to want to learn as much as he could about the outside world. "Why are you in jail anyway?"
Duo laughed. "They don't dare keep me at a high security prison, Heero keeps checking those for anyone important. I mean, would you keep an extremely dangerous, if a little old, prisoner at a basic training base? As for why I'm in jail. that's a long story."
"I'm up for a story, it'll kill time. As long as you don't mind everyone else knowing let's hear it."
Duo's eyes smiled as the rest of him became serious.
"The meeting that day was more than we'd told you two kids. You had been ten at the time and I wasn't sure what all you'd understand. It would ensure which side the United Earth Kingdom went to. Relena helped move them our way but Oz was rather threatening."
"Wait a sec," I said. "The United Earth Kingdom? That fell when I was twelve. I know almost nothing about it."
Duo suddenly looked tired as he nodded. "Yes, it chose the wrong side. The U.E.K. was running the planet as well as it could, but it was easily intimidated, and with me being shot in front of them it was too much pressure. Oz took control of Earth for about three years, till the Preventers stepped in. I don't know what organization rules Earth now, we're not allowed much news. Every now and again a guard will give me a paper, but that's it.
"As for my death. It was the bullet. She put something in it that would 'kill' me, but only temporarily. Kinda like "Romeo and Juliet," and no one knew." His face turned grim, almost vacant. "Alanis was in on it, she helped Lady Une get the supplies, and make the serum. Julia's mother was always the brain." he seemed sad, but had a light smile on his face.
Suddenly it hit me. "Julia's mother. Alanis died in childbirth. None of kids have ever met her. How the hell did she stay alive?"
"She never died. It was all fake, hidden from everyone as they went about creating their own organizations hidden inside of Oz and the Barton foundation. I didn't know till I woke up from the little nap I took." He laughed. "I've never imagined you showing up. And you've grown so much, too." Okay now he was getting sentimental. I can handle the sappy history but I didn't want him to start doing the 'my how you've grown' thing. He could save that for Julia.
I grimaced suddenly. Duo was like an uncle to me, one I hadn't seen for six years. He hadn't seen anyone he knew for that long. I was his best friend's daughter, I could be a little nicer. "I'm sorry Duo, I just don't know how to act. I've gotten used to the 'he's dead, life goes on' thing. But Jules is going to happy to see you."
"How is she?" he asked again.
I shrugged my shoulders nervously, but not as an answer. "I'm not sure, I haven't seen her for about a week."
He blinked. "How long have you been in Oz?"
"A little more than a week."
"How on Earth did you get guard duty?"
"I got in trouble."
Duo shook his head and rubbed his eyes. "You got in trouble so they have you guard their most important prisoner. Am I missing something?"
"I'm one of the top rookies. Hell, technically I'm the top rookie. Zechs is better than me but he's an ass and I try to ignore him. Everyone here, except Zechs, trusts me." I stated.
"Zechs?" Duo blinked. "Oh, Milliardo's kid."
I nodded. "Yeah, my cousin. I'm in luck 'cause my group's not too fond of him either. It makes life a little easier."
"You're group?"
I blinked as I considered his question. He hadn't been around long enough to figure things out. "Oh, yeah, I made some friends. I joined Oz mostly for the sake of doing it and I ran into a group I just kind of joined in on. Since I didn't really have a plan on what I should do I figured making friends wouldn't be the worst idea," I explained.
Duo nodded, but took a moment to think before he answered. "You didn't make friends with the trouble makers did you?"
I grinned, it was a very smart question. Julia and I didn't have the best history on friends, or the worst. We'd both been popular, me mostly because I was Jules best friend, but I made sure no one made anything of it. As a matter of fact I turned down almost every party invitation and most definitely every date. The only times I did go was when Julia dragged me or I felt like being a jerk and figured it would be a good place to tick people off. As for the troublemakers. We were the troublemakers.
"They're actually the liked group. They're all pretty good at something or another. Max and V are pretty good pilots and Nat and Penrod will make great technicians. Rob's probably going to end up as a spy or top of the interrogation group. I swear he can smell a lie. Luckily I'm an exception. Mike. well I'm not sure what all Mike's good at but he can do a lot of nothing and make it look great."
"So where are you in the group?" Duo asked.
I shifted my weight uncomfortably, not sure why. "I'm another pilot. Max, V, Zechs and this guy Jet are in the special training group with me. Mathew's training us with this stupid system thing which is really starting to bu-" I was interrupted before I could finish.
"Mathew Barton?" Duo made it a question.
I replied, "Yeah, he's head of the Barton foundation."
"I know exactly who he is," Duo growled, "A lying, cheating scumbag. He helped Lady Une out with all of this. My 'death' helped out his social status."
Footsteps sounded not far down the hall. A guard was coming through making rounds. Prisoners shifted at once. Many had been listening in on our conversation, but Duo hadn't said anything so I let it go, they'd hear anyway. Now everyone looked to be either asleep or ignoring everyone else. I silently ran back to my spot as Duo slipped somewhere almost out of sight.
Sticking my feet up on a bench I feigned sleep right before the guard walked in. He came over and poked me. "Hey kid wake up, no sleeping while guarding." I twitched and he poked me again. Mumbling something I sat up and the guard continued on. There wasn't any other time to talk. I was worried my replacement would show up, I'd been here for almost five hours. We switched shifts and Duo didn't so much as glance at me.
~
"So did you see anyone interesting last night?
I ignored the question as I performed a perfect pull shot. Zechs missed the block and I scored, again. It was lunch break the next day and Zechs had said he wanted to talk to me. I said fine, but I wanted to play foosball. So he could talk while we played. In truth we didn't really play, he didn't stand a chance. He amused me with a little effort as I easily kicked his but. He didn't ever try to win at this game, giving it over as my win. It was the one thing he didn't try to beat me in.
"So did you meet anyone interesting last night?" Zechs repeated the question.
I pulled out another ball and handed it to him. "Like what? Was there some movie star who was in jail? Was I supposed to see someone? I was asleep half the time for god's sake." Was it just me or was there a little sarcasm.
"Oh, I heard someone important was in the cells last night," he said as he dropped the ball onto the table. I passed it up quickly, bouncing it back and forth in between the two front men.
"Really? Who?" I asked. If I didn't know any better I'd say it was Duo, but of course it couldn't be a dead guy, or so I thought. I grinned from my thoughts, making Zechs frown.
"What's so funny?"
"Huh? Oh nothing." I showed off with a snake shot, one of my favorite moves. It too went in the goal. "You suck at this game." I stated.
"I know." He dropped the ball in again, we fought for it for a few minutes, I scored again.
"Who was it anyway?"
He shifted uneasily, while dropping in the ball. "Um. no one I know, just wondered if you thought anyone unusual was there." Was he nervous? Yes. But he finally scored against me with a stupid pull shot. At least I knew how to get a challenge, make him nervous and he actually played well. You learn something new every day. Funny how people are nervous when they lie.
Practice remained basically the same. Take out a suit, do something boring, go inside the rooms and try different battles. I began to figure out how to control Synz. You could actually call it to help you at specific times. Just address it in your head asking it a question or showing it a problem. It answered quickly and efficiently, telling you, or rather showing you, what to do. If it didn't know the answer, or I didn't have the right memories to see what it was trying to say, then it showed just red, as if a haze of unknowing surrounded me. It was a pain in the ass, but could be dealt with.
I didn't see Duo again. I finished a week of guard duty, and even when I looked I didn't see him. They must have moved him, but I didn't have a clue where to look. Zechs wasn't helping much, he seemed to press the fact that'd I had to have seen something unusual. I insisted I didn't, and twice offered him to put me on a lie detector test. I was a good liar and the tests had never betrayed me. I knew they wouldn't, and just remained calm.
I wanted to get a hold of Julia. I wanted to tell her about Duo, but didn't know how. I couldn't call, all phone calls could be recorded, I couldn't write. People would be suspicious. I'd never written to anyone before and I supposedly didn't really have any other living friends. I was beginning to wish I hadn't sent Tarmine back with such a nasty gram. But as my odd luck would have it, in a way Julia came to me.
A week after I'd been assigned guard duty I heard a very interesting announcement. Julia Maxwell had been captured inside a military base near ours. She'd been removed immediately and was currently being kept unconscious. She was being brought here. The gundam pilots were in hot pursuit though, and some of us fortunate rookies would be able to test our skills in real combat. Oh joy.
I was called to the main battle deck of the base. Max, V, Jet, Zechs, and I were all going out in Virgo II, or in Zechs and my case, gundams. I got to try out the Gemini again, and fight my friends.
Mathew was pacing as he shouted orders. Julia was in a special locked cell, guards were everywhere watching to make sure no one would get into it. I surveyed the room. Red phones were ringing off the hook while jumping operators rushed to answer them while relaying news to Mathew and his officials. I just stood, watching. We were waiting for signs of the gundams. Which I knew wouldn't come soon enough with their crummy radar. Maybe I should help with that, I thought, then immediately ridiculed myself. Yeah, help defeat your friends, Really smart of you.
Maybe it was smart, though. I walked over to radar. Not bothering to ask I pushed one of the guys out of the way, ignoring his cry for me to stop. Grabbing a keyboard I started typing in a hacking program that would allow them to find our gundams. Excuse me, my friends' gundams. It would work for RedZero too, but that wasn't amongst our attackers.
The main screen changed immediately. The map of near by space became more detailed as it began to zero in on our enemy. Soon they had an exact location.
"How'd you do that?" the man I had pushed aside asked.
I stared at him blankly. "The codes in the computer, I have to get to Gemini, they're too close for comfort." I didn't look back, even when Mathew called for me to stop. I walked purposely to dock II, where my gundam was stored. Zechs wasn't far behind me, but the others actually stopped to listen to Mathew. I didn't need his pep talk. I knew what to do.
Right before I walked into my gundam Zechs grabbed my arm. "Let's fight together on this. You know what to do. Just remember, you're fighting with me, not the others. Just like old times."
I closed my eyes a moment, pursing my lips.
Red flashed.
I was in a Leo, the older ones at age eight. Zechs and I were fighting Poe and Tarmine, we knew each others moves, how to work together. Back then we didn't know what hate was. Back when we were naive enough to be friends. When we were kids.
I opened my eyes. "Sounds like a plan, but if you kill one of my friends we'll see how that fight should have ended."
I didn't wait for his answer as I got into my suit.
A week later I was fulfilling punishment. Guard duty at the cells. About twenty prisoners for various reasons were in the cells. My job was to watch them, stop fights, and make sure no one escapes, like they could. It wasn't the best job ever. Actually it was down right boring.
A yell came from one of the furthest cells. Three guys were stored there. One cowered in a corner while the other two went at him.
"I don't know why they let you back in here," one cried as he hit the other.
The other laughed. "I've been hit harder than that." I paused in mid step as I recognized the voice. I knew who it was, but it couldn't be him. I started to run. There were no cameras here, I'd checked. But it couldn't be him.
"You little." the fight raged on.
I reached in and grabbed one of the fighters.
"Stop," the other didn't listen, "now," I growled.
Familiar laughter sounded through the hall. "Whatever you say Angel."
Only one person called me that, just like Zechs was the only one whoever called me Cat. He called Julia that too, but that was so long ago. My eyes were wide; I couldn't hide the surprise, the amazement.
"Duo? But you're dead."
His hair was longer than before, and he had a beard, but I'd recognize him anywhere. I'd had enough dreams of watching Duo being shot, even though I hadn't been there that day. Cobalt blue eyes stared at me, smiling. He didn't seem surprised to see me. "You're dead." I whispered again. It was true; I'd been at his funeral. He'd been there in a coffin, a pale white dead corpse. But he was here in front of me.
"How's Julia?" He asked.
I wasn't sure how I should answer, but I had let go of the other guy and was now cursing in every language I knew, and I knew quite a few. After a few minutes I stopped, every prisoner was looking at me as if I'd just gone crazy. I only shook my head.
"Who the hell is he?" the guy Duo had been fighting with asked.
"No one to worry about-" he paused "-He won't disrupt our escape, only help it." Duo glanced at me, his expression telling me to play along. I didn't know what exactly he was talking about but that was okay.
"So why are you here," I asked. Then corrected myself, "change that, why aren't you dead? And why did you act dead? And how'd you get here?"
Duo chuckled. I was still wondering why he wasn't surprised. "Lady Une shot me, but she used a little trick. Basically I look, feel and am basically dead for about a week. I do breathe, just so slowly and not often enough for anyone to notice."
I nodded. "Yeah, Jules and I made some of that stuff about a year ago, when Zero first showed up. but we were running from Oz back then and it was a little helpful." Duo took every word I said seriously. He seemed to want to learn as much as he could about the outside world. "Why are you in jail anyway?"
Duo laughed. "They don't dare keep me at a high security prison, Heero keeps checking those for anyone important. I mean, would you keep an extremely dangerous, if a little old, prisoner at a basic training base? As for why I'm in jail. that's a long story."
"I'm up for a story, it'll kill time. As long as you don't mind everyone else knowing let's hear it."
Duo's eyes smiled as the rest of him became serious.
"The meeting that day was more than we'd told you two kids. You had been ten at the time and I wasn't sure what all you'd understand. It would ensure which side the United Earth Kingdom went to. Relena helped move them our way but Oz was rather threatening."
"Wait a sec," I said. "The United Earth Kingdom? That fell when I was twelve. I know almost nothing about it."
Duo suddenly looked tired as he nodded. "Yes, it chose the wrong side. The U.E.K. was running the planet as well as it could, but it was easily intimidated, and with me being shot in front of them it was too much pressure. Oz took control of Earth for about three years, till the Preventers stepped in. I don't know what organization rules Earth now, we're not allowed much news. Every now and again a guard will give me a paper, but that's it.
"As for my death. It was the bullet. She put something in it that would 'kill' me, but only temporarily. Kinda like "Romeo and Juliet," and no one knew." His face turned grim, almost vacant. "Alanis was in on it, she helped Lady Une get the supplies, and make the serum. Julia's mother was always the brain." he seemed sad, but had a light smile on his face.
Suddenly it hit me. "Julia's mother. Alanis died in childbirth. None of kids have ever met her. How the hell did she stay alive?"
"She never died. It was all fake, hidden from everyone as they went about creating their own organizations hidden inside of Oz and the Barton foundation. I didn't know till I woke up from the little nap I took." He laughed. "I've never imagined you showing up. And you've grown so much, too." Okay now he was getting sentimental. I can handle the sappy history but I didn't want him to start doing the 'my how you've grown' thing. He could save that for Julia.
I grimaced suddenly. Duo was like an uncle to me, one I hadn't seen for six years. He hadn't seen anyone he knew for that long. I was his best friend's daughter, I could be a little nicer. "I'm sorry Duo, I just don't know how to act. I've gotten used to the 'he's dead, life goes on' thing. But Jules is going to happy to see you."
"How is she?" he asked again.
I shrugged my shoulders nervously, but not as an answer. "I'm not sure, I haven't seen her for about a week."
He blinked. "How long have you been in Oz?"
"A little more than a week."
"How on Earth did you get guard duty?"
"I got in trouble."
Duo shook his head and rubbed his eyes. "You got in trouble so they have you guard their most important prisoner. Am I missing something?"
"I'm one of the top rookies. Hell, technically I'm the top rookie. Zechs is better than me but he's an ass and I try to ignore him. Everyone here, except Zechs, trusts me." I stated.
"Zechs?" Duo blinked. "Oh, Milliardo's kid."
I nodded. "Yeah, my cousin. I'm in luck 'cause my group's not too fond of him either. It makes life a little easier."
"You're group?"
I blinked as I considered his question. He hadn't been around long enough to figure things out. "Oh, yeah, I made some friends. I joined Oz mostly for the sake of doing it and I ran into a group I just kind of joined in on. Since I didn't really have a plan on what I should do I figured making friends wouldn't be the worst idea," I explained.
Duo nodded, but took a moment to think before he answered. "You didn't make friends with the trouble makers did you?"
I grinned, it was a very smart question. Julia and I didn't have the best history on friends, or the worst. We'd both been popular, me mostly because I was Jules best friend, but I made sure no one made anything of it. As a matter of fact I turned down almost every party invitation and most definitely every date. The only times I did go was when Julia dragged me or I felt like being a jerk and figured it would be a good place to tick people off. As for the troublemakers. We were the troublemakers.
"They're actually the liked group. They're all pretty good at something or another. Max and V are pretty good pilots and Nat and Penrod will make great technicians. Rob's probably going to end up as a spy or top of the interrogation group. I swear he can smell a lie. Luckily I'm an exception. Mike. well I'm not sure what all Mike's good at but he can do a lot of nothing and make it look great."
"So where are you in the group?" Duo asked.
I shifted my weight uncomfortably, not sure why. "I'm another pilot. Max, V, Zechs and this guy Jet are in the special training group with me. Mathew's training us with this stupid system thing which is really starting to bu-" I was interrupted before I could finish.
"Mathew Barton?" Duo made it a question.
I replied, "Yeah, he's head of the Barton foundation."
"I know exactly who he is," Duo growled, "A lying, cheating scumbag. He helped Lady Une out with all of this. My 'death' helped out his social status."
Footsteps sounded not far down the hall. A guard was coming through making rounds. Prisoners shifted at once. Many had been listening in on our conversation, but Duo hadn't said anything so I let it go, they'd hear anyway. Now everyone looked to be either asleep or ignoring everyone else. I silently ran back to my spot as Duo slipped somewhere almost out of sight.
Sticking my feet up on a bench I feigned sleep right before the guard walked in. He came over and poked me. "Hey kid wake up, no sleeping while guarding." I twitched and he poked me again. Mumbling something I sat up and the guard continued on. There wasn't any other time to talk. I was worried my replacement would show up, I'd been here for almost five hours. We switched shifts and Duo didn't so much as glance at me.
~
"So did you see anyone interesting last night?
I ignored the question as I performed a perfect pull shot. Zechs missed the block and I scored, again. It was lunch break the next day and Zechs had said he wanted to talk to me. I said fine, but I wanted to play foosball. So he could talk while we played. In truth we didn't really play, he didn't stand a chance. He amused me with a little effort as I easily kicked his but. He didn't ever try to win at this game, giving it over as my win. It was the one thing he didn't try to beat me in.
"So did you meet anyone interesting last night?" Zechs repeated the question.
I pulled out another ball and handed it to him. "Like what? Was there some movie star who was in jail? Was I supposed to see someone? I was asleep half the time for god's sake." Was it just me or was there a little sarcasm.
"Oh, I heard someone important was in the cells last night," he said as he dropped the ball onto the table. I passed it up quickly, bouncing it back and forth in between the two front men.
"Really? Who?" I asked. If I didn't know any better I'd say it was Duo, but of course it couldn't be a dead guy, or so I thought. I grinned from my thoughts, making Zechs frown.
"What's so funny?"
"Huh? Oh nothing." I showed off with a snake shot, one of my favorite moves. It too went in the goal. "You suck at this game." I stated.
"I know." He dropped the ball in again, we fought for it for a few minutes, I scored again.
"Who was it anyway?"
He shifted uneasily, while dropping in the ball. "Um. no one I know, just wondered if you thought anyone unusual was there." Was he nervous? Yes. But he finally scored against me with a stupid pull shot. At least I knew how to get a challenge, make him nervous and he actually played well. You learn something new every day. Funny how people are nervous when they lie.
Practice remained basically the same. Take out a suit, do something boring, go inside the rooms and try different battles. I began to figure out how to control Synz. You could actually call it to help you at specific times. Just address it in your head asking it a question or showing it a problem. It answered quickly and efficiently, telling you, or rather showing you, what to do. If it didn't know the answer, or I didn't have the right memories to see what it was trying to say, then it showed just red, as if a haze of unknowing surrounded me. It was a pain in the ass, but could be dealt with.
I didn't see Duo again. I finished a week of guard duty, and even when I looked I didn't see him. They must have moved him, but I didn't have a clue where to look. Zechs wasn't helping much, he seemed to press the fact that'd I had to have seen something unusual. I insisted I didn't, and twice offered him to put me on a lie detector test. I was a good liar and the tests had never betrayed me. I knew they wouldn't, and just remained calm.
I wanted to get a hold of Julia. I wanted to tell her about Duo, but didn't know how. I couldn't call, all phone calls could be recorded, I couldn't write. People would be suspicious. I'd never written to anyone before and I supposedly didn't really have any other living friends. I was beginning to wish I hadn't sent Tarmine back with such a nasty gram. But as my odd luck would have it, in a way Julia came to me.
A week after I'd been assigned guard duty I heard a very interesting announcement. Julia Maxwell had been captured inside a military base near ours. She'd been removed immediately and was currently being kept unconscious. She was being brought here. The gundam pilots were in hot pursuit though, and some of us fortunate rookies would be able to test our skills in real combat. Oh joy.
I was called to the main battle deck of the base. Max, V, Jet, Zechs, and I were all going out in Virgo II, or in Zechs and my case, gundams. I got to try out the Gemini again, and fight my friends.
Mathew was pacing as he shouted orders. Julia was in a special locked cell, guards were everywhere watching to make sure no one would get into it. I surveyed the room. Red phones were ringing off the hook while jumping operators rushed to answer them while relaying news to Mathew and his officials. I just stood, watching. We were waiting for signs of the gundams. Which I knew wouldn't come soon enough with their crummy radar. Maybe I should help with that, I thought, then immediately ridiculed myself. Yeah, help defeat your friends, Really smart of you.
Maybe it was smart, though. I walked over to radar. Not bothering to ask I pushed one of the guys out of the way, ignoring his cry for me to stop. Grabbing a keyboard I started typing in a hacking program that would allow them to find our gundams. Excuse me, my friends' gundams. It would work for RedZero too, but that wasn't amongst our attackers.
The main screen changed immediately. The map of near by space became more detailed as it began to zero in on our enemy. Soon they had an exact location.
"How'd you do that?" the man I had pushed aside asked.
I stared at him blankly. "The codes in the computer, I have to get to Gemini, they're too close for comfort." I didn't look back, even when Mathew called for me to stop. I walked purposely to dock II, where my gundam was stored. Zechs wasn't far behind me, but the others actually stopped to listen to Mathew. I didn't need his pep talk. I knew what to do.
Right before I walked into my gundam Zechs grabbed my arm. "Let's fight together on this. You know what to do. Just remember, you're fighting with me, not the others. Just like old times."
I closed my eyes a moment, pursing my lips.
Red flashed.
I was in a Leo, the older ones at age eight. Zechs and I were fighting Poe and Tarmine, we knew each others moves, how to work together. Back then we didn't know what hate was. Back when we were naive enough to be friends. When we were kids.
I opened my eyes. "Sounds like a plan, but if you kill one of my friends we'll see how that fight should have ended."
I didn't wait for his answer as I got into my suit.