Jake: HI everyone.
Hotaru: hello Jake, what's up?
Jake: well it's nearly my birthday
Hotaru: oh, ok is that all?
Jake: Hotaru! A birthday is a very important thing!
Hotaru: yeah so is a TV
Jake: come on Hotaru! Don't be such a stick in the mud.
Hotaru: sticks don't have birthdays...
Jake: then start the story!
Hotaru: sure
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There's an old saying that goes: hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Well with the hell fire dancing in Crys's eyes it might need to be revised a little. As she walked into the room where Damien was she growled. Damien was lying on the floor with Akuma kneeling next to him.
"You bastard" Crys muttered as she ran over to him. She saw the blood and the smoking hole but the facts just wouldn't add up in her mind. "You jerk! How dare you go out like this?!" There was no point in yelling at Damien, he was already gone.
"You can't die, I haven't finished yelling at you yet" she snapped. She looked at Akuma "who was it?"
"The Mutants attacked, we weren't expecting it. Damien had his back turned when Leo jumped him" Akuma answered.
"I thought Leo and his gang were on our side" she muttered looking around.
"Yeah well remember that little deal we made with em in return for their assistance in the liberation" he asked.
"Uh, yeah we promised their freedom and...oops."
"Big oops, so now their after all of us" Akuma said.
"Alright, what are we looking at here" she asked.
"Leo has them in species divisions. Each guarding an area they specialize in"
"So Leo wants to play general huh? Well he's got one hell of a war in front of him. And I'm about to go rock the boat." She smirked.
"Crys, be careful" he whispered then held out his gun. "Take it." She took it and looked it over.
"A P-83 Wanad? These are illegal in this country" she smiled. "Thank you, I'm outta here" Crys walked out of the room and into a dark hallway.
"They must've cut the lights" she whispered to herself. Her eyes were useless to her, that's how dark it was, but she had her old standby...her ears.
"Crys" she nearly jumped five feet in the air. She turned and saw Akuma behind her.
"I told you to stay behind" she hissed.
"They won't come after Damien now, they're after you" he replied.
"Now there's a comforting thought, alright but be quiet" she muttered. He nodded then pointed ahead of them. There in the doorway to one of the barracks was a huge guy. He had acid green eyes with slit pupils. Black fur ran down his face and arms, and he had gleaming white fangs. Akuma was about to say something but Crys silenced him with a look. Crys knew that this beast had better hearing...even their breathing would be detectable over time. She pressed against the wall as he looked their way. There was a little snuffling sound from beside her.
"I'm allergic to cats." He was trying to stop from sneezing but he couldn't hold it off for much longer. Then she got a small idea. She pushed him into the middle of the hall where he sneezed.
"Intruder" the guard growled jumping toward them. He was half way there when he dropped dead to the ground, care of a very good shot by Crys. Akuma was shaking slightly. The bullet had gone right past his ear.
"You might wanna go watch Damien" Crys suggested grabbing a gun that was on the guard's belt. Her hand was shaking a little as she pulled out a dagger and cut one of the wicked curving claws off it. "You'll do nothing but get in my way and alert them of our position."
"Oh and that isn't alerting them" he hissed pointing to the dead guard. She smiled and showed him the gun.
"Silencer" she said as she put her ear to the door he'd been guarding. There were definitely people behind that door. As she contemplated a decision a group of canine-humans came walking down the hallway. "Shit!" They spotted Akuma and Crys and were on all fours and running in seconds. Crys took off down the hall with the mutants right behind her.
"Crys" Akuma shouted. "RIGHT!" She looked ahead and saw a fork in the hall. She took a sharp right and jumped over another of the hybrids and through a door. She slammed it shut and stood with her back against it, holding the door closed.
"Gonna...die" she panted.
"Not necessarily" she looked up and saw Leo walking towards her. He was covered in tan fur and his fangs were long and pointed. And the end of each finger was a curved claw at least three inches long.
"Leo! Hi how are you doing" she asked in a friendly tone. He growled and glared at her.
"You traitor" he snarled. Crys was suddenly being detained by two more dog guys.
"Traitor is such a harsh word" one put a knife to her throat "but in this case only proper." He smirked and looked down at her.
"Your pathetic, they said you were the perfect soldier...the one we had to beat. They were dead wrong, you're not perfect" he purred.
"I never recall saying I was! The damn scientists did it not me, blame them. Oh wait, you can't! Because I killed them, while you all ran for it! I was the one who saved us not you" she spat.
"I never recall saying I did" he said in a mocking tone. "You left us behind! Why?!"
"Gee I don't know could it have something to do with the three inch long claws protruding from you finger tips" she replied rolling her eyes. "TJ didn't think you were outside material-" at this he punched her across the jaw making her fall back a little.
"You don't have the right to judge us" he growled. Crys looked at him, blood dripping down the side of her face where his claws had dug in.
"You don't have the right to attack me for judgment" Crys replied "especially one I didn't make! Take this problem up with TJ; I just wanted to destroy this base's files."
"Everyone knew you were the leader behind TJ, you were the brains" he said.
"Hardly! TJ never listens to me"
"You let D live" Leo pointed out.
"Yeah but he didn't do anything to you!" Crys snapped. "the man helped us out!"
"He created us" he said.
"He saved us" she yelled.
"You, he saved you" Leo corrected. Crys finally got free of her captors and pulled out her gun, pointing it at Leo's forehead.
"I swear to god I'll kill you" her voice was strong and truthful. Leo stared at the gun then laughed. "Ya know from where I'm standing you really shouldn't be laughing."
"You won't shoot me" he said
"Yeah just keep telling yourself that"
"No, you can't, because if you do you brother and TJ will die" he motioned to the monitors on the side. Crys looked at it them gave a startled cry.
"You Bastard" she yelled looking at Leo. Heero and TJ were surrounded by different half humans. Crys growled but kept the gun leveled at him. "It matters not what you do to them, their deaths mean nothing to me."
"Fine, then" he muttered. He waved his hand and one of the dogs was about to leave when Crys spoke.
"Wait, I want your promise that no harm will come to them" she said.
"Of course"
"Then I'll go along with whatever quietly" she muttered lowering the gun.
"Drop the weapon and any others on your person" he said. She dropped the gun then set three daggers, two more guns, a detonator, and four pairs of earrings on the ground. "Why the earrings?" She picked one up and threw it against the far wall. The result being a smoking hole in the wall.
"Any other questions" she asked. He smiled flashing those feline fangs.
"Still the same girl" he chuckled.
"What do you want from me, Leo" she asked sadly.
"We need a small favor-"
"I'm not calling D, I wouldn't call him for Damien so what chance do you have" she snapped.
"Perish the thought, could you go and fetch the rest of your little friends? And the pilots" he asked.
"What do they have to do with this?! They're Norms, you can't get them involved!" she yelled.
"They know about us, that's enough" he replied.
"No they don't! They hardly know me let alone you or the others" Crys said.
"It doesn't matter" he said "they know you, we can't let them or you live"
"I refuse to bring my friends into slaughter" she screamed.
"It's either them or you" Leo said.
"Then take me! I'm the one who screwed you over anyway; TJ had nothing to do with the decision." She lowered her head and her voice became quieter. "TJ was unconscious when we escaped...I led the others to freedom and left you and your people behind. I was responsible."
"So you admit it" he asked.
"I did what I thought was best" she looked up "and this is what I was trying to prevent!" Once again he hit her across the face but this time with enough to send her reeling. She fell to the floor and groaned.
"You were doomed from the start anyway, killing you won't help anything" he muttered rubbing his hand.
"Of course I was, just read the files. I was made to be used until I became too strong, they foresaw it. Then they'd kill me" she muttered dizzily. "Let me die with my brother."
"Why would I being doing you any favors" he asked.
"Because I know enough about you to put you at odds with your little army" she replied. He growled and waved his hand. She moaned as she got up and left, of course her captors were following but at a distance.
*~*~* with TJ and Heero *~*~*
They were surrounded, outnumbered, and injured.
"We have a snowballs chance in hell of surviving this" TJ said. Heero nodded. "I wish Crys were here. Or Akuma or Damien or anyone else" he was getting panicky now. Heero smacked him in the back of the head.
"Stop" he growled.
"Thanks Heero, so what now? Die with honor? I never thought I'd go out like this"
"They're not attacking us, they're waiting for orders" Heero muttered.
"Hmm?" TJ looked around and nodded "your right, hey these guys all look like supers. They have above average hearing, you can tell." He was starting to annoy Heero. Suddenly the crowd parted and Crys walked in.
"What are you guys doing here" she asked.
"We're here to save you" TJ answered.
"Oh and I can see how well that's working" she muttered rolling her eyes "look I won't sugar coat this. One of us is probably gonna die today. There's no way we can get away Scot free. Leo's out for blood."
"Understood, so what's the plan" Heero asked.
"On three we run for it, if you get lost your dead got it? Good now on my count" she looked at the mutants and smirked. They closed ranks. "One...two...three run!" She ran forward and jumped over the heads of the crowd with Heero and TJ right behind her. All the warriors were following close behind.
"Why didn't we think of that" TJ asked Heero as he ran.
"Your guys, you don't think well" Crys muttered. They reached a fork and Crys hesitated. "Right!" She took the right path and headed for what looked like the outer door. She was nearly there when she ran into someone.
"Crys, guys, I'm glad I found you" it was Akuma. Crys pulled back her fist and knocked him out.
"What'd you do that for" TJ yelled.
"Trust me" she said as she threw open the doors. "Let's go!" The three of them reached fresh air and didn't stop until they hit the quarry wall. Crys looked down at herself and patted the sides of her jeans. She pulled out a metal case and opened it.
"What's that" TJ asked. She pressed a few buttons on it then looked up at the base.
"Duck" was all she said as she pressed the final button. TJ dropped to the ground while Heero and Crys stood. It was instantaneous. The explosion was massive and destroyed the whole building. Screams, cries, roars, and growls were heard then it grew quiet. Crys walked over to the remnants of the building and pushed aside the iron door revealing Akuma's scorched body.
"You killed him!" TJ yelled. Crys's face showed no emotion as she pulled off his gloves, revealing a long set of claws. TJ stared down at him "he was one of them. How did you know?"
"His story didn't add up. He told me that Damien had his back turned when Leo attacked him. But there was a bullet in Damien's chest."
"So?" TJ asked.
"Leo doesn't use a gun for one and he'd never leave his control room while I was roaming the premises. Akuma killed Damien, and Akuma said he was allergic to cats" Crys answered.
"So a lot of people are" TJ said.
"One thing, Akuma used to have a pet cat. He never sneezed then; he was warning the guard of our presence. And the soldiers didn't hurt him at all" she motioned to her face where she was still bleeding "they weren't as gentle with me." TJ gasped, he'd just now seen her face. She'd kept her back to him till then.
"My god, what'd they do to you" he asked moving forward and looking it over.
"It's nothing" she muttered. She didn't like it when people fused over her. "Heero give me your gun."
"Why" TJ asked as Heero handed it over. She looked around then fired in a seemingly random direction. Heero and TJ looked confused as she raised her head and listened.
"I missed" she whispered. Three things happened at once. Leo's tattered body jumped out of the wreckage claws forward aimed at Crys, TJ moved forward between them, and Crys fell back. Heero fired two shots into Leo's forehead then pushed the body off of TJ. Crys sat up slowly but couldn't get to her feet. "Damn leg! I'm fine Heero, help TJ" Heero picked TJ up and slung him over his shoulder. There was a lot of blood; TJ's face was torn right open. He was muttering something about being ill prepared.
"If he's to live we have to get him to a hospital immediately" Heero said. Crys nodded and tried to get up, only to fall back to the ground. She couldn't put any weight on her left leg.
"Go, I'll be fine" she said. Heero gave her an apprehensive look. "IF HE DIES, SO WILL YOU NOW GO!!" She was glaring at him. Heero nodded and began the hike up the quarry wall. Crys just sat there watching the burning remains of her past. She was vaguely aware of the swat team and police and the fire department showing up. By then her whole body was shaking. They tried to get her in an ambulance but she refused to go with them.
"I left here on my own before, so I shall again" she muttered as she got up. As painful as it was she could stand it. The EMT's put the bone back in place and splinted it before they let her go. It was official; Crys was out of commission for the next day or so. She needed stitches and surgery but she'd never go to get it. It wasn't her style, nor her brother's, or TJ's but he didn't have a say in the matter.
*~*~* at the hospital *~*~*
Heero was sitting in a chair when Crys stumbled in. She was tired and angry and worried all at once. The bleeding had stopped but her face was deathly pale and her eyes were dark and grim.
"They can find a donor, he lost too much blood" Heero said. Crys looked up at the ceiling.
"Of course, but he's got a rare blood type" she muttered pulling a knife out of her back pocket and digging the blade into her finger. A small drop of blood formed on her finger tip, she looked down at it. "It's amazing, it really is...but TJ can only get blood from one person, and he might be dead."
"I have type O, that's the universal donor." Heero said. She smiled but shook her head.
"His body won't accept any other blood but his other's." she replied. Heero looked a little confused. "Because of the genetic cocktail that our blood is only one person can donate. And I have no clue who it is."
"So what do we do?" Heero asked. She buried her face in her hands.
"I don't know...hold up" she raised her head. "Get me a laptop and a phone line and I can save him." Heero shrugged and she looked around. She spotted a hospital computer and sat down in front of it.
"No phone line" he muttered walking up behind him. She brought out her cell phone and pulled a small phone cord from it, hooking it up to the computer. Her fingers flew over the keyboard as she typed. TJ's life was in her hands and she hated that responsibility. "Find anything?"
"I just got into their files, the computers weren't damaged thankfully." She answered.
"How can their only be one" Heero asked.
"The scientists wanted us expendable but worth the while. They paired each of us off and we had the same blood type. In battle we were to leave the stragglers unless they were still capable of fighting, in which case we were to donate." She replied "but they never told us who was whose donor, you only found out if your partner was injured and needed the blood. TJ and I may have been Partners in Crime but I doubt we were Partners in blood." She finished typing and waited as a new screen pulled up.
"Well" he asked.
"Found it, the list of blood pairings." Her eyes skimmed the screen as she scrolled down. "My god! Those bastards!"
"What?"
"It's not important, I got the match...we're lucky, I know where he is" she muttered getting up. "Watch over him Heero, I'll be back I promise. Give him this for me. He'll understand" she handed Heero a small cross on a golden chain as she left.
*~*~* following Crys (ooh we're stalkers!) *~*~*
Crys ran through the alleys and up a fire escape (broken leg and all!) A mission was a mission and this one was majorly important to her. She flipped over the edge of the roof and landed on the next one.
"Ha! Still got it after all those injuries...two broken wrists and suddenly I'm a freakin Olympic gymnast, come to think of it I didn't get much of a choice" she muttered stretching slightly as she rested. "Now if this is E block than I should be just about there. Maybe I'm imagining it but I get the strange feeling I usually do when I'm acting stupid." She shrugged it off and began to walk.
"No point in wearing myself out before I get to fight. And knowing Curt there will be a fight. That guys a real pain in the ass, but he's loyal to a fault" she replied. "I feel at odds with myself, I don't get it. Why is this TJ thing hurting so badly?! I wanna throw myself off a building right now" she sighed. She saw no point in talking since only one person could hear her. She punched the air and growled.
"No one to hit, damn! I want this over with, if TJ goes it'll be one less Meta I have to worry about and one more sigh of relief so why the hell can't I just let him go?!" she stopped and peered over the edge of the roof. This was the place alright. She put her hands on the edge of the roof and lowered herself down to the fire escape. She rapped on the window as Kurt walked into the room.
"Crys" he asked opening the window. She climbed in and smiled.
"Hello Kurt, hey you remember my friend TJ right?" she asked. he nodded. "Well you're his partner and he needs you."
"Crys, I can't, I have plans, and this girl I just met is coming" he muttered. She grabbed him by the front of the shirt and growled.
"Your coming, is that clear?!" she growled.
"Crystal" he replied nodding. She let go and laughed.
"You don't by chance have a car do you" she asked.
"Motorcycle" he answered.
"Grab the keys and let's go" she said with another smile. Two minutes later they were in route to the hospital. Crys was driving. "I love these things."
"Car, 'nother car, truck, TREE" he yelled.
"Stop being a back seat driver!" Crys snapped as she dodged the tree. "I know what I'm doing!"
"Yeah right" he muttered.
"Did you say something" she asked in a dangerous voice.
"No"
"Didn't think so" she sped up and screeched to a stop in the parking lot. She practically dragged Kurt up the stairs and to the doctors. "Test his blood for a match to TJ's!" the doctors took him away and she sat down next to TJ.
"Crys" he asked looking up.
"Tenshi (Angel)" she muttered "Gambaru (Don't give up)"
"Dame Desu (no good) they can't find him" he replied. She was shocked that he'd heard him.
"Don't say that, I brought your blood brother" she whispered.
"It's impossible to think that he was located so quickly" he said.
"I found him myself." The doctor walked in and motioned to Crys.
"May I speak with you" he asked. She nodded and walked into the hall with him. "The boy that came with you wasn't the right type."
"Masaka (it can't be!) Unless the scientists lied on the list." She gasped.
"Your friend's blood type is unheard of; it seems to have animal DNA as well as human." The doctor said. She nodded.
"Yes I'm aware of that" she muttered wiping some dry blood out of her eyes. "So there's no hope?"
"We have maybe a one in a billion chance in finding someone with blood like his" the doctor said. Crys sighed.
"There's no way to find out which of us is his type in the little time he has left." Crys replied with a sudden coldness in her voice. She was never emotional about death and it was showing here. She wanted to, for TJ, but it wasn't in her nature anymore. "So he's as good as dead, oh well. One less nuisance." The doctor looked shocked.
"How can you just write someone off like that" he asked. She turned and looked at him with those cold golden eyes.
"You said it yourself doctor, the odds are terrible, so why lie to yourself and say he'll be ok? You norms are terrible with Death. It happens everyday and you can't accept it and move on. Had it been me in that room he'd be out here saying the same thing, trust me" she said walking back in.
"So it's hopeless" he whispered.
"You heard my little escapade out there" she asked. He nodded slowly. "Yes well that saves me the trouble of telling you."
"Am I really a nuisance to you" he asked.
"You can be. Look I did my best, ok, it's not as if I'm the one with your blood type! So stop pushing me into a guilt trip" she said.
"Didn't know I was" he muttered.
"I'm sorry that this had ta happen but it's your fault not mine. If you hadn't pushed me out of the way-" he raised his hand to silence her.
"I did what I thought was right, the repercussions of said action were clear when I acted. If forced to choose between my life and yours I'd take the bullet for you every time." Crys was surprised to say the least. He was gonna die because of her but he actually sounded as if he liked it. She looked at the far wall for a moment then smacked herself.
"Gah! I'm such an idiot, there's one guy who would know!" she exclaimed. She picked up her cell phone and dialed quickly. "Hello, yes is D there?"
"This is him"
"D? Look D this is very important I need ta knows who has TJ's Blood type" she said.
"Crys I presume, the answer is very simple actually"
"Then tell me" she snapped.
"You" D hung up and Crys was left just staring at the phone.
"me?"
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Hotaru: hate ta do this to you fans but like, we were running way long. 12 pages! So we'll have ta leave it here for now.
Jake: I'll take the next chapter.
Hotaru: mmkay Jake, good luck
Leo: wait! How come he gets it?
Hotaru: cuz he offered.
Leo: please REVIEW
Hotaru: hello Jake, what's up?
Jake: well it's nearly my birthday
Hotaru: oh, ok is that all?
Jake: Hotaru! A birthday is a very important thing!
Hotaru: yeah so is a TV
Jake: come on Hotaru! Don't be such a stick in the mud.
Hotaru: sticks don't have birthdays...
Jake: then start the story!
Hotaru: sure
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There's an old saying that goes: hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Well with the hell fire dancing in Crys's eyes it might need to be revised a little. As she walked into the room where Damien was she growled. Damien was lying on the floor with Akuma kneeling next to him.
"You bastard" Crys muttered as she ran over to him. She saw the blood and the smoking hole but the facts just wouldn't add up in her mind. "You jerk! How dare you go out like this?!" There was no point in yelling at Damien, he was already gone.
"You can't die, I haven't finished yelling at you yet" she snapped. She looked at Akuma "who was it?"
"The Mutants attacked, we weren't expecting it. Damien had his back turned when Leo jumped him" Akuma answered.
"I thought Leo and his gang were on our side" she muttered looking around.
"Yeah well remember that little deal we made with em in return for their assistance in the liberation" he asked.
"Uh, yeah we promised their freedom and...oops."
"Big oops, so now their after all of us" Akuma said.
"Alright, what are we looking at here" she asked.
"Leo has them in species divisions. Each guarding an area they specialize in"
"So Leo wants to play general huh? Well he's got one hell of a war in front of him. And I'm about to go rock the boat." She smirked.
"Crys, be careful" he whispered then held out his gun. "Take it." She took it and looked it over.
"A P-83 Wanad? These are illegal in this country" she smiled. "Thank you, I'm outta here" Crys walked out of the room and into a dark hallway.
"They must've cut the lights" she whispered to herself. Her eyes were useless to her, that's how dark it was, but she had her old standby...her ears.
"Crys" she nearly jumped five feet in the air. She turned and saw Akuma behind her.
"I told you to stay behind" she hissed.
"They won't come after Damien now, they're after you" he replied.
"Now there's a comforting thought, alright but be quiet" she muttered. He nodded then pointed ahead of them. There in the doorway to one of the barracks was a huge guy. He had acid green eyes with slit pupils. Black fur ran down his face and arms, and he had gleaming white fangs. Akuma was about to say something but Crys silenced him with a look. Crys knew that this beast had better hearing...even their breathing would be detectable over time. She pressed against the wall as he looked their way. There was a little snuffling sound from beside her.
"I'm allergic to cats." He was trying to stop from sneezing but he couldn't hold it off for much longer. Then she got a small idea. She pushed him into the middle of the hall where he sneezed.
"Intruder" the guard growled jumping toward them. He was half way there when he dropped dead to the ground, care of a very good shot by Crys. Akuma was shaking slightly. The bullet had gone right past his ear.
"You might wanna go watch Damien" Crys suggested grabbing a gun that was on the guard's belt. Her hand was shaking a little as she pulled out a dagger and cut one of the wicked curving claws off it. "You'll do nothing but get in my way and alert them of our position."
"Oh and that isn't alerting them" he hissed pointing to the dead guard. She smiled and showed him the gun.
"Silencer" she said as she put her ear to the door he'd been guarding. There were definitely people behind that door. As she contemplated a decision a group of canine-humans came walking down the hallway. "Shit!" They spotted Akuma and Crys and were on all fours and running in seconds. Crys took off down the hall with the mutants right behind her.
"Crys" Akuma shouted. "RIGHT!" She looked ahead and saw a fork in the hall. She took a sharp right and jumped over another of the hybrids and through a door. She slammed it shut and stood with her back against it, holding the door closed.
"Gonna...die" she panted.
"Not necessarily" she looked up and saw Leo walking towards her. He was covered in tan fur and his fangs were long and pointed. And the end of each finger was a curved claw at least three inches long.
"Leo! Hi how are you doing" she asked in a friendly tone. He growled and glared at her.
"You traitor" he snarled. Crys was suddenly being detained by two more dog guys.
"Traitor is such a harsh word" one put a knife to her throat "but in this case only proper." He smirked and looked down at her.
"Your pathetic, they said you were the perfect soldier...the one we had to beat. They were dead wrong, you're not perfect" he purred.
"I never recall saying I was! The damn scientists did it not me, blame them. Oh wait, you can't! Because I killed them, while you all ran for it! I was the one who saved us not you" she spat.
"I never recall saying I did" he said in a mocking tone. "You left us behind! Why?!"
"Gee I don't know could it have something to do with the three inch long claws protruding from you finger tips" she replied rolling her eyes. "TJ didn't think you were outside material-" at this he punched her across the jaw making her fall back a little.
"You don't have the right to judge us" he growled. Crys looked at him, blood dripping down the side of her face where his claws had dug in.
"You don't have the right to attack me for judgment" Crys replied "especially one I didn't make! Take this problem up with TJ; I just wanted to destroy this base's files."
"Everyone knew you were the leader behind TJ, you were the brains" he said.
"Hardly! TJ never listens to me"
"You let D live" Leo pointed out.
"Yeah but he didn't do anything to you!" Crys snapped. "the man helped us out!"
"He created us" he said.
"He saved us" she yelled.
"You, he saved you" Leo corrected. Crys finally got free of her captors and pulled out her gun, pointing it at Leo's forehead.
"I swear to god I'll kill you" her voice was strong and truthful. Leo stared at the gun then laughed. "Ya know from where I'm standing you really shouldn't be laughing."
"You won't shoot me" he said
"Yeah just keep telling yourself that"
"No, you can't, because if you do you brother and TJ will die" he motioned to the monitors on the side. Crys looked at it them gave a startled cry.
"You Bastard" she yelled looking at Leo. Heero and TJ were surrounded by different half humans. Crys growled but kept the gun leveled at him. "It matters not what you do to them, their deaths mean nothing to me."
"Fine, then" he muttered. He waved his hand and one of the dogs was about to leave when Crys spoke.
"Wait, I want your promise that no harm will come to them" she said.
"Of course"
"Then I'll go along with whatever quietly" she muttered lowering the gun.
"Drop the weapon and any others on your person" he said. She dropped the gun then set three daggers, two more guns, a detonator, and four pairs of earrings on the ground. "Why the earrings?" She picked one up and threw it against the far wall. The result being a smoking hole in the wall.
"Any other questions" she asked. He smiled flashing those feline fangs.
"Still the same girl" he chuckled.
"What do you want from me, Leo" she asked sadly.
"We need a small favor-"
"I'm not calling D, I wouldn't call him for Damien so what chance do you have" she snapped.
"Perish the thought, could you go and fetch the rest of your little friends? And the pilots" he asked.
"What do they have to do with this?! They're Norms, you can't get them involved!" she yelled.
"They know about us, that's enough" he replied.
"No they don't! They hardly know me let alone you or the others" Crys said.
"It doesn't matter" he said "they know you, we can't let them or you live"
"I refuse to bring my friends into slaughter" she screamed.
"It's either them or you" Leo said.
"Then take me! I'm the one who screwed you over anyway; TJ had nothing to do with the decision." She lowered her head and her voice became quieter. "TJ was unconscious when we escaped...I led the others to freedom and left you and your people behind. I was responsible."
"So you admit it" he asked.
"I did what I thought was best" she looked up "and this is what I was trying to prevent!" Once again he hit her across the face but this time with enough to send her reeling. She fell to the floor and groaned.
"You were doomed from the start anyway, killing you won't help anything" he muttered rubbing his hand.
"Of course I was, just read the files. I was made to be used until I became too strong, they foresaw it. Then they'd kill me" she muttered dizzily. "Let me die with my brother."
"Why would I being doing you any favors" he asked.
"Because I know enough about you to put you at odds with your little army" she replied. He growled and waved his hand. She moaned as she got up and left, of course her captors were following but at a distance.
*~*~* with TJ and Heero *~*~*
They were surrounded, outnumbered, and injured.
"We have a snowballs chance in hell of surviving this" TJ said. Heero nodded. "I wish Crys were here. Or Akuma or Damien or anyone else" he was getting panicky now. Heero smacked him in the back of the head.
"Stop" he growled.
"Thanks Heero, so what now? Die with honor? I never thought I'd go out like this"
"They're not attacking us, they're waiting for orders" Heero muttered.
"Hmm?" TJ looked around and nodded "your right, hey these guys all look like supers. They have above average hearing, you can tell." He was starting to annoy Heero. Suddenly the crowd parted and Crys walked in.
"What are you guys doing here" she asked.
"We're here to save you" TJ answered.
"Oh and I can see how well that's working" she muttered rolling her eyes "look I won't sugar coat this. One of us is probably gonna die today. There's no way we can get away Scot free. Leo's out for blood."
"Understood, so what's the plan" Heero asked.
"On three we run for it, if you get lost your dead got it? Good now on my count" she looked at the mutants and smirked. They closed ranks. "One...two...three run!" She ran forward and jumped over the heads of the crowd with Heero and TJ right behind her. All the warriors were following close behind.
"Why didn't we think of that" TJ asked Heero as he ran.
"Your guys, you don't think well" Crys muttered. They reached a fork and Crys hesitated. "Right!" She took the right path and headed for what looked like the outer door. She was nearly there when she ran into someone.
"Crys, guys, I'm glad I found you" it was Akuma. Crys pulled back her fist and knocked him out.
"What'd you do that for" TJ yelled.
"Trust me" she said as she threw open the doors. "Let's go!" The three of them reached fresh air and didn't stop until they hit the quarry wall. Crys looked down at herself and patted the sides of her jeans. She pulled out a metal case and opened it.
"What's that" TJ asked. She pressed a few buttons on it then looked up at the base.
"Duck" was all she said as she pressed the final button. TJ dropped to the ground while Heero and Crys stood. It was instantaneous. The explosion was massive and destroyed the whole building. Screams, cries, roars, and growls were heard then it grew quiet. Crys walked over to the remnants of the building and pushed aside the iron door revealing Akuma's scorched body.
"You killed him!" TJ yelled. Crys's face showed no emotion as she pulled off his gloves, revealing a long set of claws. TJ stared down at him "he was one of them. How did you know?"
"His story didn't add up. He told me that Damien had his back turned when Leo attacked him. But there was a bullet in Damien's chest."
"So?" TJ asked.
"Leo doesn't use a gun for one and he'd never leave his control room while I was roaming the premises. Akuma killed Damien, and Akuma said he was allergic to cats" Crys answered.
"So a lot of people are" TJ said.
"One thing, Akuma used to have a pet cat. He never sneezed then; he was warning the guard of our presence. And the soldiers didn't hurt him at all" she motioned to her face where she was still bleeding "they weren't as gentle with me." TJ gasped, he'd just now seen her face. She'd kept her back to him till then.
"My god, what'd they do to you" he asked moving forward and looking it over.
"It's nothing" she muttered. She didn't like it when people fused over her. "Heero give me your gun."
"Why" TJ asked as Heero handed it over. She looked around then fired in a seemingly random direction. Heero and TJ looked confused as she raised her head and listened.
"I missed" she whispered. Three things happened at once. Leo's tattered body jumped out of the wreckage claws forward aimed at Crys, TJ moved forward between them, and Crys fell back. Heero fired two shots into Leo's forehead then pushed the body off of TJ. Crys sat up slowly but couldn't get to her feet. "Damn leg! I'm fine Heero, help TJ" Heero picked TJ up and slung him over his shoulder. There was a lot of blood; TJ's face was torn right open. He was muttering something about being ill prepared.
"If he's to live we have to get him to a hospital immediately" Heero said. Crys nodded and tried to get up, only to fall back to the ground. She couldn't put any weight on her left leg.
"Go, I'll be fine" she said. Heero gave her an apprehensive look. "IF HE DIES, SO WILL YOU NOW GO!!" She was glaring at him. Heero nodded and began the hike up the quarry wall. Crys just sat there watching the burning remains of her past. She was vaguely aware of the swat team and police and the fire department showing up. By then her whole body was shaking. They tried to get her in an ambulance but she refused to go with them.
"I left here on my own before, so I shall again" she muttered as she got up. As painful as it was she could stand it. The EMT's put the bone back in place and splinted it before they let her go. It was official; Crys was out of commission for the next day or so. She needed stitches and surgery but she'd never go to get it. It wasn't her style, nor her brother's, or TJ's but he didn't have a say in the matter.
*~*~* at the hospital *~*~*
Heero was sitting in a chair when Crys stumbled in. She was tired and angry and worried all at once. The bleeding had stopped but her face was deathly pale and her eyes were dark and grim.
"They can find a donor, he lost too much blood" Heero said. Crys looked up at the ceiling.
"Of course, but he's got a rare blood type" she muttered pulling a knife out of her back pocket and digging the blade into her finger. A small drop of blood formed on her finger tip, she looked down at it. "It's amazing, it really is...but TJ can only get blood from one person, and he might be dead."
"I have type O, that's the universal donor." Heero said. She smiled but shook her head.
"His body won't accept any other blood but his other's." she replied. Heero looked a little confused. "Because of the genetic cocktail that our blood is only one person can donate. And I have no clue who it is."
"So what do we do?" Heero asked. She buried her face in her hands.
"I don't know...hold up" she raised her head. "Get me a laptop and a phone line and I can save him." Heero shrugged and she looked around. She spotted a hospital computer and sat down in front of it.
"No phone line" he muttered walking up behind him. She brought out her cell phone and pulled a small phone cord from it, hooking it up to the computer. Her fingers flew over the keyboard as she typed. TJ's life was in her hands and she hated that responsibility. "Find anything?"
"I just got into their files, the computers weren't damaged thankfully." She answered.
"How can their only be one" Heero asked.
"The scientists wanted us expendable but worth the while. They paired each of us off and we had the same blood type. In battle we were to leave the stragglers unless they were still capable of fighting, in which case we were to donate." She replied "but they never told us who was whose donor, you only found out if your partner was injured and needed the blood. TJ and I may have been Partners in Crime but I doubt we were Partners in blood." She finished typing and waited as a new screen pulled up.
"Well" he asked.
"Found it, the list of blood pairings." Her eyes skimmed the screen as she scrolled down. "My god! Those bastards!"
"What?"
"It's not important, I got the match...we're lucky, I know where he is" she muttered getting up. "Watch over him Heero, I'll be back I promise. Give him this for me. He'll understand" she handed Heero a small cross on a golden chain as she left.
*~*~* following Crys (ooh we're stalkers!) *~*~*
Crys ran through the alleys and up a fire escape (broken leg and all!) A mission was a mission and this one was majorly important to her. She flipped over the edge of the roof and landed on the next one.
"Ha! Still got it after all those injuries...two broken wrists and suddenly I'm a freakin Olympic gymnast, come to think of it I didn't get much of a choice" she muttered stretching slightly as she rested. "Now if this is E block than I should be just about there. Maybe I'm imagining it but I get the strange feeling I usually do when I'm acting stupid." She shrugged it off and began to walk.
"No point in wearing myself out before I get to fight. And knowing Curt there will be a fight. That guys a real pain in the ass, but he's loyal to a fault" she replied. "I feel at odds with myself, I don't get it. Why is this TJ thing hurting so badly?! I wanna throw myself off a building right now" she sighed. She saw no point in talking since only one person could hear her. She punched the air and growled.
"No one to hit, damn! I want this over with, if TJ goes it'll be one less Meta I have to worry about and one more sigh of relief so why the hell can't I just let him go?!" she stopped and peered over the edge of the roof. This was the place alright. She put her hands on the edge of the roof and lowered herself down to the fire escape. She rapped on the window as Kurt walked into the room.
"Crys" he asked opening the window. She climbed in and smiled.
"Hello Kurt, hey you remember my friend TJ right?" she asked. he nodded. "Well you're his partner and he needs you."
"Crys, I can't, I have plans, and this girl I just met is coming" he muttered. She grabbed him by the front of the shirt and growled.
"Your coming, is that clear?!" she growled.
"Crystal" he replied nodding. She let go and laughed.
"You don't by chance have a car do you" she asked.
"Motorcycle" he answered.
"Grab the keys and let's go" she said with another smile. Two minutes later they were in route to the hospital. Crys was driving. "I love these things."
"Car, 'nother car, truck, TREE" he yelled.
"Stop being a back seat driver!" Crys snapped as she dodged the tree. "I know what I'm doing!"
"Yeah right" he muttered.
"Did you say something" she asked in a dangerous voice.
"No"
"Didn't think so" she sped up and screeched to a stop in the parking lot. She practically dragged Kurt up the stairs and to the doctors. "Test his blood for a match to TJ's!" the doctors took him away and she sat down next to TJ.
"Crys" he asked looking up.
"Tenshi (Angel)" she muttered "Gambaru (Don't give up)"
"Dame Desu (no good) they can't find him" he replied. She was shocked that he'd heard him.
"Don't say that, I brought your blood brother" she whispered.
"It's impossible to think that he was located so quickly" he said.
"I found him myself." The doctor walked in and motioned to Crys.
"May I speak with you" he asked. She nodded and walked into the hall with him. "The boy that came with you wasn't the right type."
"Masaka (it can't be!) Unless the scientists lied on the list." She gasped.
"Your friend's blood type is unheard of; it seems to have animal DNA as well as human." The doctor said. She nodded.
"Yes I'm aware of that" she muttered wiping some dry blood out of her eyes. "So there's no hope?"
"We have maybe a one in a billion chance in finding someone with blood like his" the doctor said. Crys sighed.
"There's no way to find out which of us is his type in the little time he has left." Crys replied with a sudden coldness in her voice. She was never emotional about death and it was showing here. She wanted to, for TJ, but it wasn't in her nature anymore. "So he's as good as dead, oh well. One less nuisance." The doctor looked shocked.
"How can you just write someone off like that" he asked. She turned and looked at him with those cold golden eyes.
"You said it yourself doctor, the odds are terrible, so why lie to yourself and say he'll be ok? You norms are terrible with Death. It happens everyday and you can't accept it and move on. Had it been me in that room he'd be out here saying the same thing, trust me" she said walking back in.
"So it's hopeless" he whispered.
"You heard my little escapade out there" she asked. He nodded slowly. "Yes well that saves me the trouble of telling you."
"Am I really a nuisance to you" he asked.
"You can be. Look I did my best, ok, it's not as if I'm the one with your blood type! So stop pushing me into a guilt trip" she said.
"Didn't know I was" he muttered.
"I'm sorry that this had ta happen but it's your fault not mine. If you hadn't pushed me out of the way-" he raised his hand to silence her.
"I did what I thought was right, the repercussions of said action were clear when I acted. If forced to choose between my life and yours I'd take the bullet for you every time." Crys was surprised to say the least. He was gonna die because of her but he actually sounded as if he liked it. She looked at the far wall for a moment then smacked herself.
"Gah! I'm such an idiot, there's one guy who would know!" she exclaimed. She picked up her cell phone and dialed quickly. "Hello, yes is D there?"
"This is him"
"D? Look D this is very important I need ta knows who has TJ's Blood type" she said.
"Crys I presume, the answer is very simple actually"
"Then tell me" she snapped.
"You" D hung up and Crys was left just staring at the phone.
"me?"
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Hotaru: hate ta do this to you fans but like, we were running way long. 12 pages! So we'll have ta leave it here for now.
Jake: I'll take the next chapter.
Hotaru: mmkay Jake, good luck
Leo: wait! How come he gets it?
Hotaru: cuz he offered.
Leo: please REVIEW