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and BC; their nice reviews for Chapter 2 and the Authors Note convinced me to write this chappie quickly. Anyways, Thankies to them and on with the fic!
Disclaimer: Blanket. Broken Radio. Cat. Book. Book. Book. Computer. This is all I own. Note there is no Gundam Wing- If I owned it, Relena would be dead near the beginning and Dorothy could mysteriously vanish.
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Trowa's finger was about to close around the trigger as Heero shouted , but he was interrupted by a gunshot causing the window pane to shatter behind him. The thin glass made a tinkling noise as it struck the concrete floor, and was soon crushed as all those in the room ducked. Heero's blood mixed with the powdered glass, coating the two men, as Twilight managed to avoid the puddle of red. Silence reigned in the room, except for the sound of labored breathing from T and Trowa and Heero's calmer gasps for air. The door eased open and the normally cheerful sound of the bell above it alerted everyone of the movement. Black shod people swept into the room, aiming lethal and definitely illegal looking guns at the CHA members and the Hacker, a majority keeping a eye on Twilight. A grey suited man stepped into the room, a few people following behind. His pale blue eyes looked over the scene in the room, holding over Twilight for a moment.
"So I see your still alive, and grown too, but I doubt very much you can still speak. You've learned your lesson about cheating and telling, just like a little school child. You were going to spill out about the ring and we couldn't have that could we." His voice took on a harder tone, and this one was laced with a under current of hatred. "We should have finished what we started then. And the others are of no importance-only more CounterHack scum. They would not know of the Plague and Hidden." Twilight's shut her eyes and hunched down, holding her hands over her throat protectively, while Heero and Trowa both narrowed their eyes and glared at the man in the grey suit.
The pale-eyed man smiled slightly, the smile of one who take pleasure in his own power.
"Captain Relena, Sergeant Dorothy- take the others and kill these people. Watch out for the one in black though-kill her from a distance and make sure she can't see you." The blonde's malicious grins betrayed their excitement at the thought of death, especially the one with the funny eyebrows. Heero glared at the blond bitch's, and struggled to stand, holding his hand to his cuts. Trowa did the same in turn, faring little better because of his closeness to the window. T still sat in her corner, shivering, but the movements now seemed to be planned rather than random. The occasional black eyed glance around the room told Heero all he needed to know.
"Mr. Grenagor, I think we can handle this......"
"Fine. Commence with the execution. remember what I said........... Goodbye, for the last time, Twilight."
Quatre and Duo bolted upright at the sharp sound of a gunshot and the following sound of glass shattering. The blond looked over at his friend in terror and puzzlement.
"Duo! What was that!?"
"I don't know. Twi doesn't use guns-only knives and her mutation........" The meaning of the sound finally dawned on him.
"I musta' been followed! That one group-Hydrias, I think it was. They wanted to recruit me, or kill me. I don't remember. Twilight killed a few before they could get in the building."
Quatre sat down and buried his head in his hands. "You too? They came by the shop a week ago, wanting me to supply them some of my new stuff. You know- the stuff I've been experimenting on. They want my project! I knew I shouldn't have told that customer, I just knew it! Help me hide it....." Quatre stood up quickly and walked over to a table with two card sized boxes laying on it. He picked up the steel silver colored metal one and tossed it at Duo, who caught it, the metal slipping slightly and glinting dully in the dim light. He was surprised at it's weight. He hid it in his braid, near the top were it couldn't be seen. The blond Hacker walked over towards his friend, worried expression on his face and the other box in his hand.
"Duo, here's the other one. Get out of he-"
"I will be taking that. Thank you for being so kind. I was worried that I would have to kill you for it. But then who would make more?"
Both Duo and Quatre froze at the sound of the voice. Grenagor stepped into the room, smirking slightly as he tightly shut and locked the door.
"Where's Twilight!? What did you do to her?!" Duo growled at the pale man, who in turn just smiled wider. Quatre looked nervously at the door heading out the back.
"Oh yes, we have people out there too. Your friends out in the shop should be dead in about-"He looked at his watch. "Thirty seconds. The three of them were almost too easy to capture. The famous Shinigami and the Desert Prince ours, including this little bit of technology." Grenagor took the box from Quatre, whose hand fell limp to his side. But the agent from Hydrias wasn't done yet.
"Twilight shall finally fall. She was only good while we controlled what she did. Do you know what she did before you hired her? She was a killer, just for us."
Shots rang out, muffled by the walls.
Duo looked at Quatre, silently mouthing the word- 'Three?'
"Shit, shit, shit, shit." Sorrow typed furiously at the computer terminal, trying to find all the information on GenX's she could. WuFei was at a nearby records station, looking up old goverment housing records for GenX's. The food he brought back was half eaten on a table, left there after all the new information came in.
'What has Heero and Trowa got themselves into this time?'
WuFei continued looking in the records, flipping from page to page as fast as he could.
"Onna! What have you got so far?" The Chinese man shouted over to the other side of the room.
"I got about three pages of notes. Different types and how the Genni's* genes were screwed up. And the name's Sorrow."
"Whatever. What's the types? And do we need back up for Yuy's and Barton's problem? I mean, now there's about 7 more people."
"Yeah, yeah. Give me a minute." Sorrow glared at WuFei. "It's kinda hard to belive we used to do this to people, and now their bodies do it by themselves. Trust me, you don't want to read some of this stuff-as it is, I'm going to have nightmares."
"Just tell me the facts." WuFei snapped back. "I need to know what this girl-"He pointed at the hunched over figure of Twilight."-Can do. Barton and Yuy need to be warned."
"Ok. Here's the types, according to gradual danger increase. There's Sensor's: People who can sense a certain thing or things." Sorrow scrolled down the HoloVid. "The government uses them in the Covert Section and Security. Other people just pay for the less violent Sensor's talents."
WuFei nodded. There had been a Water Sensor in his village. Earlier he had thought the man just had a electronic sensor, but this proved him wrong. "What's next?"
"Elemental's. I'm one. People with this gene tend to be able to control one or two elements, though more is not unheard of. Here's a list of controlled Element's. Water, Fire, Air look like the most common. Then come Stone, Nature, and Light. The least common and the rarest are Electricity and Shadow."
"Shadow?" WuFei asked, confused.
"Yes, dimwit. Shadow. Ya'know-Darkness, no light, a unopened refrigerator."
WuFei bristled slightly at the smaller girl's tone of voice. Condescending and mocking at the same time.
"Any other's?" He could barely speak out his clenched teeth.
"Yeah, Controller's. Seem like a nasty bunch. The rarest type of GenX, they control anything under their power. Divided into three groups- Cin, Beta, and Alpha. There's only been one documented case of a Alpha Controller GenX. Seems they could control fire, shadows, steel and ............blood?"
"How can something control blood?"
Dark red pools of blood covered the ground, leaving few spots untouched. Two of the guards were down, thanks to a little misdirection of the steel bullets.* *Twilight had disappeared into the shadows after the first few shots were fired, reappearing rarely. It seemed she could work her powers even when hiding. Heero and Trowa were behind the counter, trying to hide and fire at the same time. Captain Relena smiled sadistically as she fired round after round into the area behind the tall metal barrier. Sergeant Dorothy scanned the corners for the missing girl.
"Captain. I think we should concentrate on the missing one, the girl. Mr. Grenagor seemed insistent that she was dangerous."
"Don't be a fool. She was unarmed. Genagor was just being overly cautious. Reload and start helpi-"
The rest of whatever she was about to say was cut off as Dorothy slumped forwards, eyes blank and a long bladed knife disappearing into the shadows.
"Dorothy! Men get over here!" Relena spun quickly around, only to see her last three men fall, the sound of gunshots loud in small room.
"Damn."
This was the last thing Relena, Captain of the Hydrias Personal Guard, would say. Two more echoing gunshots tore into her, the small neat holes showing on the lower part of her uniform. She lifted her gun to aim it at the figure that materialized out of the darkness of her own shadow.
Twilight smiled at the one who had ruined her life. The gun raised at her was no problem. She made a quick slashing motion with her hand. The old cuts on Relena's body reopened. She fell a few seconds after that- probably from blood loss. The theatrics' weren't needed but they were a nice touch. What was the old saying? A eye for a eye? Ruin my life and there goes your's. Loud shouting and screaming from the back room wiped the smile off her face. She unsheathed her knife and went back into the shadows.
Heero and Trowa looked up from behind the counter. The room was a mess and the cleaning cost would phenomenal. The noises in the back room alerted them to the problem at hand.
"Me or you?"
"I'll go, you cover." Heero put his hand on the knob of the door and nodded at his partner. Then he opened the door to chaos.
TBC
*-Abbreviation for GenX
**-Yes, I know bullets are lead. But Twilight can only control steel.
SEC:Longer chappie. Sorry about the end, I'm really tired and got homework.
Shivian:Don't forget the application
SEC: Oh yeah, If you are one of the nice reviewy people (see top) you can become a person in the orphanage! Just put a name, age (15 or under),brief description, and GenX. If the Genni is to extreme,I'll change it. Anyways, Thankies for readin' and please review. Remember: Review+Happy SEC+Computer=Update.
