CHAPTER 4
"Must kill... Must kill! Must kill goats!" Kathleen hissed as both Trowa and Quatre were pulling her rather forcefully back down the hill from the goat park. After the unfortunate incident, most of the gang decided to go back down to the chair lift and ride the Farris wheel. But the glint of madness had started to grow in Kathleen's eye and she wouldn't leave until the goats had received her punishment. She had even gone so far as to steal a shovel from a workman at the park and run after the goats shouting, "Who's gonna eat who?" And as soon as she got within range, the goats proceeded to tackle and chew on the teen's hair some more. And again, Heero, Wufei, Trowa, and Quatre had to rescue the poor child. Shannon and Duo wouldn't come near the goats. They stood behind the main gate, holding their mussed hair and sniffing pitifully. Kathleen still wouldn't let the matter slide however. The second attack just made her even more insanely mad. The gundam pilots managed to drag her to the chairlift and Wufei was voted to sit with her, to make sure she didn't jump and run back to the goats. There were several attempts to bale, but Wufei handled all. He threatened to spit in her hair himself if she didn't behave herself. Glaring at him just as hard as Heero could, Kathleen calmed down, but kept muttering about mangled goat corpses. Finally, they all managed to reach the Farris wheel and were about to jump into line, when Hell came swooping in on the Gundam pilots. "Heero! Oh, Heero!" At hearing the screech, Heero's face went white and then turned a sick green. The others stopped and looked around for their worst nightmare. And there she was, standing by the merry-go-round, Relena in her pink business suit, waving wildly in their direction. But she wasn't alone. None other than Trieze and Zechs were standing there. "No way." Heads turned to stare at Shannon. What was she talking about? But Shannon wasn't looking at them. She was walking over to Relena and her group. But she didn't stop at them. The fuming girl stalked passed the new anime arrivals and right to the person behind them. "What are you doing with them? You can't have them. You'll kill 'em. All right, out with it. How did you do it?" The person she was addressing was a slender boy with dark hair. He wore a giant smirk on his face at Shannon's raving. "My dear girl, there isn't any need to get excited. I'll tell you all in good time." "No, you will tell me now." By then the rest of the original group had joined in, with Heero cowering behind Duo, trying to escape Relena. The obsessed girl was reaching around Duo to get to Heero, all the while screeching, "Heero, my Heero. We are finally together!" Meanwhile, Shannon was in a heated argument with the new comer. "Alright, Mark. Out with it! How did they get here?" Mark grinned wider and replied in a patronizing tone, "Shannon, I don't see why you are so upset. Is it because I beat you at something again? That I too have done the impossible? Well, to answer your question, I was reading fanfiction on the net and I opened up a file called Vortex and the three of them popped out. We have been having the best of times, haven't we Treize?" Mark looked up into Treize's face expectantly. "Ummm, yah." Treize answered a little uneasily. Kathleen walked up behind Shannon. She had been helping Duo separate Relena from Heero, a tiring battle. "Who is the short kid?" She asked, looking Mark over. "Who are you calling short, shrimp? At least I'm taller than you." "That isn't saying much. Everyone is taller than me! So you got them from the Vortex too?" She said, gesturing to the two OZ pilots. "What do you mean too?" Shannon took over the conversation. "We were also surfing the net and came upon a fic named Vortex and we also pulled those five out. They came two days ago." "Same as us!" Cried Treize, jumping in. "Do you think we can get home the same way?" Shannon put a knowing look on her face and shook her head. "I don't know. You see, these portals are very tricky. You could end up on the other side of the universe where everything is backwards. Or it could be a one-way portal and if we opened it again, nothing would happen. Or we could open it and everything would work out fine." All of the anime characters were listening now. Quatre said weakly, "Sounds complicated and risky." "Well, lets not dwell on it. We still have a whole day at the park. Lets have some fun!" Shannon said excitedly. She was about to walk in the direction of the Farris wheel, when Treize caught her arm. "PPPPLLLLEEEAASSEE!! Don't leave me with these crazy people. I can't stand it anymore. Relena is always talking about 01 and Zechs won't say anything and that weird kid keeps trying to hug me. Take me with you!" Shannon took pity on the begging man and patted him comfortingly on the back. "Ok, I guess we can stay together until this thing is solved. Now on to the Farris wheel!" She started walking again, but another arm stopped her. "Who said you got to pick where we went? I'm the leader of this group, not you." Mark screeched. Shannon's eyes narrowed as she hissed at him, "There isn't any leader. I was making a suggestion and since the majority of the group is for the Farris wheel, we are going on the Farris wheel. Unless you're too scared!" Mark immediately rose to the challenge. "I am not scared. You are the one that will be screaming for your mother when we're up there." And with that, the two ran off. Kathleen watched them go, giggling. She turned to the rest of the group. "Well, lets go." No one was willing to sit with the two rivals as they fought to make each other scream with their shaking of the chair. Trowa, Quatre, and Wufei took one seat, with Relena, Heero, and Duo in the next. Duo refused to let Heero out of his reach with the pink idiot around. The last seat was left to Kathleen, Zechs, and Treize. They had a great time the whole ride, telling jokes and laughing at Relena and Duo fighting over Heero. The three could easily hear all of the name-calling going on. "You blond idiot. Keep your hands off my property!" "Your property? He was destined to be mine the day he was born!" But far up high, there was the basket with Shannon and Mark in it. They were sitting on opposite sides of the seat, to avoid contact. Both were pushing the basket wildly, waiting for the moment the other would scream with fright. But the basket that housed Duo, Relena, and Heero was getting some abuse too. Duo and Relena were in the middle of a catfight, pulling hair, scratching, and screaming insults at one another, all of this going on with Heero in the middle. There is only so much that a Perfect Soldier can take. Heero could feel his sanity at the breaking point. He tried to get the two to stop trying to kill on another, but it didn't work. So he did the next best thing. He climbed out of the basket and was about to jump over. Duo and Relena were oblivious to the suicide attempt and kept pulling, scratching, and screaming. Heero let go of the basket and sailed over the edge of the Farris wheel. Unfortunately, the soldier didn't look at the height of the basket. He was only five feet from the ground and wasn't hurt at all when he landed. But he was out of the line of fire and that was all that mattered. He slipped over the popcorn stand and watched from the ground the two fights that were going on, far above, while munching on buttery kernels. Meanwhile, Shannon still couldn't get Mark to scream and Mark was having just as much success as she was. Duo had yet to kill Relena and Kathleen, Zechs, and Treize had had quiet enough of the Farris wheel and signaled to be let off. The three walked over to Heero, having watched his escape, and joined him in his gazing at two pairs of violent competitors.
"Must kill... Must kill! Must kill goats!" Kathleen hissed as both Trowa and Quatre were pulling her rather forcefully back down the hill from the goat park. After the unfortunate incident, most of the gang decided to go back down to the chair lift and ride the Farris wheel. But the glint of madness had started to grow in Kathleen's eye and she wouldn't leave until the goats had received her punishment. She had even gone so far as to steal a shovel from a workman at the park and run after the goats shouting, "Who's gonna eat who?" And as soon as she got within range, the goats proceeded to tackle and chew on the teen's hair some more. And again, Heero, Wufei, Trowa, and Quatre had to rescue the poor child. Shannon and Duo wouldn't come near the goats. They stood behind the main gate, holding their mussed hair and sniffing pitifully. Kathleen still wouldn't let the matter slide however. The second attack just made her even more insanely mad. The gundam pilots managed to drag her to the chairlift and Wufei was voted to sit with her, to make sure she didn't jump and run back to the goats. There were several attempts to bale, but Wufei handled all. He threatened to spit in her hair himself if she didn't behave herself. Glaring at him just as hard as Heero could, Kathleen calmed down, but kept muttering about mangled goat corpses. Finally, they all managed to reach the Farris wheel and were about to jump into line, when Hell came swooping in on the Gundam pilots. "Heero! Oh, Heero!" At hearing the screech, Heero's face went white and then turned a sick green. The others stopped and looked around for their worst nightmare. And there she was, standing by the merry-go-round, Relena in her pink business suit, waving wildly in their direction. But she wasn't alone. None other than Trieze and Zechs were standing there. "No way." Heads turned to stare at Shannon. What was she talking about? But Shannon wasn't looking at them. She was walking over to Relena and her group. But she didn't stop at them. The fuming girl stalked passed the new anime arrivals and right to the person behind them. "What are you doing with them? You can't have them. You'll kill 'em. All right, out with it. How did you do it?" The person she was addressing was a slender boy with dark hair. He wore a giant smirk on his face at Shannon's raving. "My dear girl, there isn't any need to get excited. I'll tell you all in good time." "No, you will tell me now." By then the rest of the original group had joined in, with Heero cowering behind Duo, trying to escape Relena. The obsessed girl was reaching around Duo to get to Heero, all the while screeching, "Heero, my Heero. We are finally together!" Meanwhile, Shannon was in a heated argument with the new comer. "Alright, Mark. Out with it! How did they get here?" Mark grinned wider and replied in a patronizing tone, "Shannon, I don't see why you are so upset. Is it because I beat you at something again? That I too have done the impossible? Well, to answer your question, I was reading fanfiction on the net and I opened up a file called Vortex and the three of them popped out. We have been having the best of times, haven't we Treize?" Mark looked up into Treize's face expectantly. "Ummm, yah." Treize answered a little uneasily. Kathleen walked up behind Shannon. She had been helping Duo separate Relena from Heero, a tiring battle. "Who is the short kid?" She asked, looking Mark over. "Who are you calling short, shrimp? At least I'm taller than you." "That isn't saying much. Everyone is taller than me! So you got them from the Vortex too?" She said, gesturing to the two OZ pilots. "What do you mean too?" Shannon took over the conversation. "We were also surfing the net and came upon a fic named Vortex and we also pulled those five out. They came two days ago." "Same as us!" Cried Treize, jumping in. "Do you think we can get home the same way?" Shannon put a knowing look on her face and shook her head. "I don't know. You see, these portals are very tricky. You could end up on the other side of the universe where everything is backwards. Or it could be a one-way portal and if we opened it again, nothing would happen. Or we could open it and everything would work out fine." All of the anime characters were listening now. Quatre said weakly, "Sounds complicated and risky." "Well, lets not dwell on it. We still have a whole day at the park. Lets have some fun!" Shannon said excitedly. She was about to walk in the direction of the Farris wheel, when Treize caught her arm. "PPPPLLLLEEEAASSEE!! Don't leave me with these crazy people. I can't stand it anymore. Relena is always talking about 01 and Zechs won't say anything and that weird kid keeps trying to hug me. Take me with you!" Shannon took pity on the begging man and patted him comfortingly on the back. "Ok, I guess we can stay together until this thing is solved. Now on to the Farris wheel!" She started walking again, but another arm stopped her. "Who said you got to pick where we went? I'm the leader of this group, not you." Mark screeched. Shannon's eyes narrowed as she hissed at him, "There isn't any leader. I was making a suggestion and since the majority of the group is for the Farris wheel, we are going on the Farris wheel. Unless you're too scared!" Mark immediately rose to the challenge. "I am not scared. You are the one that will be screaming for your mother when we're up there." And with that, the two ran off. Kathleen watched them go, giggling. She turned to the rest of the group. "Well, lets go." No one was willing to sit with the two rivals as they fought to make each other scream with their shaking of the chair. Trowa, Quatre, and Wufei took one seat, with Relena, Heero, and Duo in the next. Duo refused to let Heero out of his reach with the pink idiot around. The last seat was left to Kathleen, Zechs, and Treize. They had a great time the whole ride, telling jokes and laughing at Relena and Duo fighting over Heero. The three could easily hear all of the name-calling going on. "You blond idiot. Keep your hands off my property!" "Your property? He was destined to be mine the day he was born!" But far up high, there was the basket with Shannon and Mark in it. They were sitting on opposite sides of the seat, to avoid contact. Both were pushing the basket wildly, waiting for the moment the other would scream with fright. But the basket that housed Duo, Relena, and Heero was getting some abuse too. Duo and Relena were in the middle of a catfight, pulling hair, scratching, and screaming insults at one another, all of this going on with Heero in the middle. There is only so much that a Perfect Soldier can take. Heero could feel his sanity at the breaking point. He tried to get the two to stop trying to kill on another, but it didn't work. So he did the next best thing. He climbed out of the basket and was about to jump over. Duo and Relena were oblivious to the suicide attempt and kept pulling, scratching, and screaming. Heero let go of the basket and sailed over the edge of the Farris wheel. Unfortunately, the soldier didn't look at the height of the basket. He was only five feet from the ground and wasn't hurt at all when he landed. But he was out of the line of fire and that was all that mattered. He slipped over the popcorn stand and watched from the ground the two fights that were going on, far above, while munching on buttery kernels. Meanwhile, Shannon still couldn't get Mark to scream and Mark was having just as much success as she was. Duo had yet to kill Relena and Kathleen, Zechs, and Treize had had quiet enough of the Farris wheel and signaled to be let off. The three walked over to Heero, having watched his escape, and joined him in his gazing at two pairs of violent competitors.