Hotaru: hey everyone how's it going? Look until Leo gets over her cold or
whatever she's gonna be absent on this project. So it's just little old me
and Jake.
Jake: *waves* Yo
Hotaru: alright then, I do believe our friend SC made a good point in her review when she said and I quote "An evil Yuy.........ah crap."
Jake: *nods* very wise words indeed.
Hotaru: yep now let's get going with chapter 4, ok?
Jake: ok let's go. Oh and we don't own these words. "Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment"
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The situation between TJ and Crys was worsening by the minute. Now that her true colors had shown through he didn't even like to be in the same room as her. They'd moved the DZ and themselves back but unfortunately Heero and the others had been alerted of the new Gundam. Everyone who was involved with Operation Evolution was on edge. Poor Crys though, her natural Paranoia was driving her insane, she was extra jumpy, and super skittish. She was sitting in her room in the boss's mansion, thinking back on times past.
"Jack, Henry, that guy without a name, Ace! I can call Ace in on this." She picked up the phone and dialed his number. It rang a few times then he picked up.
"Hello?" he asked.
"Is this Ace" she asked.
"Yeah it is" he answered.
"Well this is Crys, hey buddy I need a small favor" she said.
"If its cash ya want I'm sorry, all tapped out" he replied.
"Nah I'm doing alright in that department, I need a ride, I was thinking of the Comet, but I mean it's your choice really" she said.
"Crys I don't know, I got out of that game a while ago" he muttered.
"Hey am I askin ya to get involved? I just need a ride for old time's sake, you know you owe me" she replied "come on Ace, please."
"Damn it, you know I can't say no to you"
"Precisely why I called you, just drop it off under the balcony window of that huge mansion in town kay? I appreciate it Ace, ya know I do" she said with a laugh. She hung up and sighed. "And another guy falls for the Great Con Artist known as Crys Yuy. Heh and people wonder how I get around so easily." She smiled. She raised her hands in an exasperated sigh.
"Sometimes I even scare myself, that was a little too easy but if I know ace then there's something more at stake here. All he really needed was the blood of a Maxwell the last time and only cuz he has this stupid idea about cloning Duo. Well that and he has a beef with him but hey, if I get what I need then who cares who I have ta axe off" she laughed "yeah I'm a real humanitarian. I make Assassins look like angels, oh well. So what if the ends never justify the means, I do things a certain way for a certain reason. It's just...sometimes it's harder to look people like Heero in the eye and lie like a dog. What's wrong with me?" She walked out to her balcony, looked at the full moon, and sighed.
"So what shall I do? I am once again at a crossroads in my life. My life is basically over anyway, both sides want me dead and yet both sides depend on me as well. What would Michi do?" She stopped and contemplated this for a moment as a silent motorcycle pulled up under the balcony.
"Crys, here's your ride now we're even" the driver whispered as he got off and disappeared into the shadows. She jumped down and landed on the bike.
"Now to go figure things out" she muttered as she took off out of the yard and onto the street.
*~*~* in Heero's hospital room *~*~*
Heero sat up in his bed thinking about Crys and where it had all started. Her backstabbing nature and powerful hatred was nothing new to him. At one point he had been the same way, but his training had fixed all that. Crys's Behavior had gone on unchecked and so her actions were in a way justified. As he looked back he realized that he'd only known her for a few years out of their lives, not nearly long enough to know the answer. Perhaps older friends would know. He looked about the room for a possible candidate. Clair was still young and wouldn't understand the meaning of his question. Crys and Amanda were farther apart than even he and Crys. Michi, maybe she would be capable of understanding and answering his query. He got up and nudged her gently. She woke up with a start then calmed down a little.
"What is it Heero" she whispered.
"Can you explain-" she raised her hand to silence him and motioned for him to follow. She led them out of the room and into a separate room that was empty.
"I know what you're asking, and I've been thinking of it myself. You want to know when Crys started acting like she is now?" she asked. He nodded. "It's a long story, but I didn't want to wake the others."
"Of course" he muttered.
"About five years ago when Crys was 14 (she's 19) and I was 15 we had a mission together. It was a simple recon mission but somehow the people we were spying on found us, captured us, and questioned us. Of course I didn't tell them anything but Crys...she sang like a canary in exchange for her safety" she stopped and sighed. Heero was intrigued by this story and motioned for her to go on. "It was the very morning of my planned execution; I remember the calm that fell over me, when Crys appeared in the doorway smiling. That smile, I soon learned, was the only window into her mind. She freed me and a small group of prisoners and got us all out safely. But..."
"What?"
"She told me that it was her plan all along, to save us, but the way her eyes sparkled when she was spilling our secrets told me she enjoyed it. So you see she does things the way she wants to, and in her own twisted mind they're justified and reasonable. Her ideas of peace and justice are wrong to us because...because we haven't suffered like she has." Michi said.
"Suffering? I've suffered more than any of you put together" he snapped. She smiled reassuringly then chuckled a little.
"For once, Heero, you're wrong. When she was still young, oh she'll kill me for telling you this, she was living by herself on the streets. She had one friend, a boy named Aaron, which she trusted with her very life. When the war started they were hunted down, because each side thought they knew about the other, and captured. It turns out Aaron did know the secrets but when they asked him about it he lied and said that Crys was the real secret keeper. They threatened her and tortured her until she was on the verge of death then Aaron came forward. He told them everything he knew but only after making certain that they would spare him." She took a deep breath and looked into his eyes. "Heero he told all of it right in front of her and when he was through he turned, looked at her, and then smiled. He was taken away and she was left behind, betrayed and abused. Her trust for any human being was broken forever and she was left thinking that all humans were like this."
"Why would she act like him then, if he betrayed her in such a way" Heero asked.
"She only knows the way she acts now. She never let herself be close enough to anyone to learn any different. They say that the people around a baby influence it more than anyone that child will ever meet in the future. Well if that baby was only exposed to a backstabber then he too will become one, despite himself. This is why many of us tend to, no matter how much we fight it, act like our parents." She replied knowledgeably. He sighed.
"There's so much about my sister that I never knew. It's my fault that she's like this, if I had only been there..."
"It would've made no difference Heero. What ever has happened was meant to happen and though some deny it everything, I believe, is preordained. Only a few people know enough about her to understand." She replied kindly.
"What about Zechs" he asked.
"Even that had its set backs" she muttered
"But she's always with him" he said
"Oh Heero, you didn't know?" he shook his head. "She and Zechs aren't together anymore; again her torn past influenced her actions. It got so bad that she couldn't bear to be in the same room as him, about a week ago she came to us (Michi and Duo.) She was so sick Heero, she could barely speak."
"Why" he asked.
"I don't think Duo realized it but I did, she had stopped eating. She had bruises and scratches all over her" she replied.
"I've seen her get worse in fights" he said.
"Heero..." she shook her head and put on a small smile. "Yeah you're right, so have I."
"This helps a lot, thanks" he said as he left. A soft whisper tickled his ear and led him down the hall to a different corridor. Crys's golden eyes appeared in the shadows and then she walked into the light.
"Hello brother" she said. Her voice was soft, silky and deadly all at once.
"I know" he muttered
"You've been listening to Michi's stories have you?" he nodded and she smiled. "Yes of course, all lies I assure you. I've just come to say goodbye Heero." She seemed saddened at this.
"What" he asked.
"Its funny, I always saw myself going out in a blaze of glory" she smiled inwardly and she stared off into space. "And yet it seems I'm destined to die in secret. Heh, life's not fair is it?"
"Crys I know why you're acting like this, you don't have to hide anymore I- " he was cut off as she grabbed the front of his shirt. She slammed him into the wall and glared.
"Whatever you know about me is useless! I don't need you or anyone else trying to get into my head, got it?! Just. Leave. Me. Alone. Ok?!" She let go of him and turned to leave. "Goodbye Heero." He was about to run after her but decided against it. She opened a window and jumped out, landing on her Motorcycle, and drove away.
"Crys" he muttered. "Goodbye."
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Hotaru: wow?
Jake: we got this idea from this really old movie. The title fits Crys so well.
Hotaru: "into the mind of a psycho." We wanted to do this so that maybe Crys's thinking methods were clear. We wanted to get her past and present out there so that her future made more sense.
Jake: I love this chapter!!!!
Hotaru: me too. Well enjoy, review please!!!!!
Jake: *waves* Yo
Hotaru: alright then, I do believe our friend SC made a good point in her review when she said and I quote "An evil Yuy.........ah crap."
Jake: *nods* very wise words indeed.
Hotaru: yep now let's get going with chapter 4, ok?
Jake: ok let's go. Oh and we don't own these words. "Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment"
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The situation between TJ and Crys was worsening by the minute. Now that her true colors had shown through he didn't even like to be in the same room as her. They'd moved the DZ and themselves back but unfortunately Heero and the others had been alerted of the new Gundam. Everyone who was involved with Operation Evolution was on edge. Poor Crys though, her natural Paranoia was driving her insane, she was extra jumpy, and super skittish. She was sitting in her room in the boss's mansion, thinking back on times past.
"Jack, Henry, that guy without a name, Ace! I can call Ace in on this." She picked up the phone and dialed his number. It rang a few times then he picked up.
"Hello?" he asked.
"Is this Ace" she asked.
"Yeah it is" he answered.
"Well this is Crys, hey buddy I need a small favor" she said.
"If its cash ya want I'm sorry, all tapped out" he replied.
"Nah I'm doing alright in that department, I need a ride, I was thinking of the Comet, but I mean it's your choice really" she said.
"Crys I don't know, I got out of that game a while ago" he muttered.
"Hey am I askin ya to get involved? I just need a ride for old time's sake, you know you owe me" she replied "come on Ace, please."
"Damn it, you know I can't say no to you"
"Precisely why I called you, just drop it off under the balcony window of that huge mansion in town kay? I appreciate it Ace, ya know I do" she said with a laugh. She hung up and sighed. "And another guy falls for the Great Con Artist known as Crys Yuy. Heh and people wonder how I get around so easily." She smiled. She raised her hands in an exasperated sigh.
"Sometimes I even scare myself, that was a little too easy but if I know ace then there's something more at stake here. All he really needed was the blood of a Maxwell the last time and only cuz he has this stupid idea about cloning Duo. Well that and he has a beef with him but hey, if I get what I need then who cares who I have ta axe off" she laughed "yeah I'm a real humanitarian. I make Assassins look like angels, oh well. So what if the ends never justify the means, I do things a certain way for a certain reason. It's just...sometimes it's harder to look people like Heero in the eye and lie like a dog. What's wrong with me?" She walked out to her balcony, looked at the full moon, and sighed.
"So what shall I do? I am once again at a crossroads in my life. My life is basically over anyway, both sides want me dead and yet both sides depend on me as well. What would Michi do?" She stopped and contemplated this for a moment as a silent motorcycle pulled up under the balcony.
"Crys, here's your ride now we're even" the driver whispered as he got off and disappeared into the shadows. She jumped down and landed on the bike.
"Now to go figure things out" she muttered as she took off out of the yard and onto the street.
*~*~* in Heero's hospital room *~*~*
Heero sat up in his bed thinking about Crys and where it had all started. Her backstabbing nature and powerful hatred was nothing new to him. At one point he had been the same way, but his training had fixed all that. Crys's Behavior had gone on unchecked and so her actions were in a way justified. As he looked back he realized that he'd only known her for a few years out of their lives, not nearly long enough to know the answer. Perhaps older friends would know. He looked about the room for a possible candidate. Clair was still young and wouldn't understand the meaning of his question. Crys and Amanda were farther apart than even he and Crys. Michi, maybe she would be capable of understanding and answering his query. He got up and nudged her gently. She woke up with a start then calmed down a little.
"What is it Heero" she whispered.
"Can you explain-" she raised her hand to silence him and motioned for him to follow. She led them out of the room and into a separate room that was empty.
"I know what you're asking, and I've been thinking of it myself. You want to know when Crys started acting like she is now?" she asked. He nodded. "It's a long story, but I didn't want to wake the others."
"Of course" he muttered.
"About five years ago when Crys was 14 (she's 19) and I was 15 we had a mission together. It was a simple recon mission but somehow the people we were spying on found us, captured us, and questioned us. Of course I didn't tell them anything but Crys...she sang like a canary in exchange for her safety" she stopped and sighed. Heero was intrigued by this story and motioned for her to go on. "It was the very morning of my planned execution; I remember the calm that fell over me, when Crys appeared in the doorway smiling. That smile, I soon learned, was the only window into her mind. She freed me and a small group of prisoners and got us all out safely. But..."
"What?"
"She told me that it was her plan all along, to save us, but the way her eyes sparkled when she was spilling our secrets told me she enjoyed it. So you see she does things the way she wants to, and in her own twisted mind they're justified and reasonable. Her ideas of peace and justice are wrong to us because...because we haven't suffered like she has." Michi said.
"Suffering? I've suffered more than any of you put together" he snapped. She smiled reassuringly then chuckled a little.
"For once, Heero, you're wrong. When she was still young, oh she'll kill me for telling you this, she was living by herself on the streets. She had one friend, a boy named Aaron, which she trusted with her very life. When the war started they were hunted down, because each side thought they knew about the other, and captured. It turns out Aaron did know the secrets but when they asked him about it he lied and said that Crys was the real secret keeper. They threatened her and tortured her until she was on the verge of death then Aaron came forward. He told them everything he knew but only after making certain that they would spare him." She took a deep breath and looked into his eyes. "Heero he told all of it right in front of her and when he was through he turned, looked at her, and then smiled. He was taken away and she was left behind, betrayed and abused. Her trust for any human being was broken forever and she was left thinking that all humans were like this."
"Why would she act like him then, if he betrayed her in such a way" Heero asked.
"She only knows the way she acts now. She never let herself be close enough to anyone to learn any different. They say that the people around a baby influence it more than anyone that child will ever meet in the future. Well if that baby was only exposed to a backstabber then he too will become one, despite himself. This is why many of us tend to, no matter how much we fight it, act like our parents." She replied knowledgeably. He sighed.
"There's so much about my sister that I never knew. It's my fault that she's like this, if I had only been there..."
"It would've made no difference Heero. What ever has happened was meant to happen and though some deny it everything, I believe, is preordained. Only a few people know enough about her to understand." She replied kindly.
"What about Zechs" he asked.
"Even that had its set backs" she muttered
"But she's always with him" he said
"Oh Heero, you didn't know?" he shook his head. "She and Zechs aren't together anymore; again her torn past influenced her actions. It got so bad that she couldn't bear to be in the same room as him, about a week ago she came to us (Michi and Duo.) She was so sick Heero, she could barely speak."
"Why" he asked.
"I don't think Duo realized it but I did, she had stopped eating. She had bruises and scratches all over her" she replied.
"I've seen her get worse in fights" he said.
"Heero..." she shook her head and put on a small smile. "Yeah you're right, so have I."
"This helps a lot, thanks" he said as he left. A soft whisper tickled his ear and led him down the hall to a different corridor. Crys's golden eyes appeared in the shadows and then she walked into the light.
"Hello brother" she said. Her voice was soft, silky and deadly all at once.
"I know" he muttered
"You've been listening to Michi's stories have you?" he nodded and she smiled. "Yes of course, all lies I assure you. I've just come to say goodbye Heero." She seemed saddened at this.
"What" he asked.
"Its funny, I always saw myself going out in a blaze of glory" she smiled inwardly and she stared off into space. "And yet it seems I'm destined to die in secret. Heh, life's not fair is it?"
"Crys I know why you're acting like this, you don't have to hide anymore I- " he was cut off as she grabbed the front of his shirt. She slammed him into the wall and glared.
"Whatever you know about me is useless! I don't need you or anyone else trying to get into my head, got it?! Just. Leave. Me. Alone. Ok?!" She let go of him and turned to leave. "Goodbye Heero." He was about to run after her but decided against it. She opened a window and jumped out, landing on her Motorcycle, and drove away.
"Crys" he muttered. "Goodbye."
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Hotaru: wow?
Jake: we got this idea from this really old movie. The title fits Crys so well.
Hotaru: "into the mind of a psycho." We wanted to do this so that maybe Crys's thinking methods were clear. We wanted to get her past and present out there so that her future made more sense.
Jake: I love this chapter!!!!
Hotaru: me too. Well enjoy, review please!!!!!