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Children of War
By,
LunaDragon
"He's late," Kaiya pointed out to no one in particular.
"He usually always is." Akiko sighed. They had been waiting for about a half-hour and the Prof still hadn't shown his face. "We could've slept for a while at least, jeez."
Faint footsteps were heard as two figures walked into the lab. "Sorry to have kept you waiting, I had some first step preparations to make." Professor Tomoe said, in his white trench coat, dark glasses, and messy white hair.
The girl to his right stayed silent. Her hair was black and brushed her shoulders, her eyes were a violet shade. She was wearing tight, black leather pants, barely visible in the dim light of the laboratory, and a dark violet shirt.
"Oh, really?" Akiko asked. "And what, may I ask, were those?"
Professor Tomoe smirked. "Your weapons for your assassination mission of course." At this, the girl standing beside him clenched her fists in disgust.
"And who are we ordered to kill this time?" Kaiya snapped. They had no choice but to obey, for they would be killed otherwise. If not, just like the first assassination mission that they refused, a small earring would be placed on them, allowing for a computer to take control. In the process, they wouldn't be able to control their movements, thoughts, or actions, and wouldn't know what they were doing until afterwards.
"The ex-Gundam pilots are your next targets. I expect you won't refuse?" Came his reply.
"What!" Akiko and Kaiya yelled at once. "Naturally we refuse!" Kaiya shouted.
"They're innocent people who did nothing but save the Earth from sick bastards like you!" Akiko yelled. The words escaped her mouth before she could stop them and at once she regretted saying them . . . a little. [You go Akiko! stand up to the bastard! (^-^)*]
Infuriated, Professor Tomoe raised his hand and grabbed Akiko by the neck, lifting her at least two feet off the ground. "I do not tolerate such narrow-mindedness, not even from you!"
Kaiya grabbed her handgun that she always carried with her and clicked the safety off. She pointed it at Professor Tomoe's head. "I suggest you put her down. Now."
Evidently surprised at this, all the violet-eyed teenager could do was stare in shock. The Professor threw down Akiko and she slammed into the computer's monitor. She landed on the floor with a yelp and a thud.
"Akiko! Kaiya! Stop this irresponsibility!" Professor Tomoe yelled. "You remember what those Gundam's and their pilots did to your home!"
Akiko got up and rubbed her sore and bruised neck. "That's not the point. They're still as innocent as everyone else we've assassinated."
"So what's the difference this time?" Professor Tomoe asked.
"The difference," said the violet-eyed girl, "is that the ex-Gundam pilots fought a war, won, and saved the Earth and the colonies."
"Killing plenty of pacifist leaders in the process," the Prof added. Infuriated, the girl turned her heel and left the lab, slamming the door in the process. The Prof smirked at this. "Now, you remember what happened that one time, do you not?"
Kaiya snarled. "It won't happen again if I put this bullet through your head!"
"You will be killed on the spot; I have guards and automatic guns at my command." He replied. "Killing me isn't worth the death of you and your friend, is it?"
Kaiya once again snarled and lowered her gun. "I. Refuse. To. Do. It."
"So do I." Akiko said.
"Very well then," Professor Tomoe smiled. "Guards, strap them into the chairs." At once, two muscle hulks entered the room. Kaiya turned and pulled the trigger of her gun. Where the bullet should have pierced flesh, it bounced off. "Meet my new robot toys." Professor Tomoe smirked.
Kaiya and Akiko stared wide-eyed as the robots came closer. Though they were robots, they each had a letter etched onto their foreheads: V and X.
X grabbed Kaiya and V grabbed Akiko. "Get off of me you metal bound freak!" Akiko yelled as she struggled from V's bear hug, only battering and bruising herself in the procedure. She looked over and saw that her friend was having the same problem.
Kaiya was giving her all, in trying to breathe that is. X had his whole arm around Kaiya's neck, holding her in a headlock, and threatening to suffocate her. Kaiya started to cough as X moved her into a chair. He threw her down and straps immediately covered her wrists, ankles, and neck.
'If a gun doesn't work . . .' Akiko thought as she was being carried into a different room. Strapped to her thigh, she pulled out a pocketknife and stuck it into the only place she could reach, his robotic arm.
The pocketknife pierced the metal skin just barely and the robotic arm jerked up in surprise. It hit Akiko square in the chin and she had a strange taste in her mouth that she knew all too well. She was thrown into a chair and a red liquid trickled down her jaw as straps held her wrists, ankles, and neck. She was in a circular room with her chair and Kaiya's right behind her. Everything was black and dim except for the center of the circular wall, which was white.
Finished with its task, V left with X. "Let us go you bastards!" Akiko demanded.
"Professor Tomoe you damned fuck get us out!" Kaiya shouted, showing her anger as she struggled from the straps.
The mad scientist entered with a smirk on his face, and two earrings in his hand. "Now why would I let you go? It'd ruin all the fun that way." He laughed. The Prof walked up to Kaiya with the teal earring in his hand. "Hold still, and I won't pierce your neck and kill you by mistake."
Kaiya glared at Professor Tomoe and growled. He just snickered evilly and placed the teal earring into Kaiya's right ear. Next he went to Akiko's side. "Your turn my pet."
"I'm not your pet!" Akiko growled. He touched Akiko's chin lightly, wiping the blood. He was about to place the brown earring on Akiko's ear but she spit in his face. "Don't. Touch. Me. Again."
He growled and slapped her. "Your incompetence is wearing my patience thin."
"I'm glad," was her reply. She winced as the brown earring pierced her left ear.
Without another word, Professor Tomoe left.
~*^*^*~
Once outside and in a viewing room, Professor Tomoe watched Kaiya and Akiko's worthless struggle to break free. "They're a strong duet," Came a voice behind him. "A little too strong."
"They're fine," Professor Tomoe replied as he pressed a few buttons and turned a few dials. "But what I need is Perfection."
"Then you can use Hotaru; she's been on a few assassination missions before."
"Yes, she has." Professor Tomoe said. "But she is much too hard to control. A little delinquent mind she has." He paused. "But one day I'll own it, just like I own many more."
"Don't get too cocky, you still need to annihilate those ex-Gundam pilots."
"I should have you exiled for that remark."
"But you won't," The female voice said with a laugh. "I am an important asset to your corporation-"
"That can be replaced."
"That can be replaced in time. And time, my friend, is something you don't have. You will never have it, for it is far beyond your control."
"Possibly," Professor Tomoe answered, "possibly."
~*^*^*~
Mechanical engines roared to life and the white center of the room started to spin, almost uncontrollably fast. Kaiya and Akiko shut their eyes and wished that they could cover their ears at that point. Heard to them, and only them, super swift sounds erupted from the earrings they wore.
Small streams of tears escaped Akiko's eyes as the same sequence replayed over and over in her brain. Hunt them, kill them, destroy the ex-Gundam pilots.
She bit back a sob and a scream as Professor Tomoe turned the sequence so it became faster, louder. Hunt, kill, destroy ex-Gundam pilots.
Kaiya shook her head with remorse. It was just like the last time they were forced into killing the pacifist leader of America. It was all the same; save for the fact the sequence was different. That one time drove her insane just to think about, she didn't know if she'd make it through another one. 'Just stop it!' Her mind yelled.
Hunt them, kill them, destroy the ex-Gundam pilots. The machine challenged.
Then Professor Tomoe had turned it up a few notches. Hunt, kill, destroy ex-Gundam pilots.
Almost at the same time, Akiko and Kaiya's eyes popped open their pupils became larger and lifeless, barely paying attention as information was being transferred into their brains. They barely paid attention as the white center of the room spun, and with it, showing the same scene they saw not even a year ago . . .
They saw the Gundams destroying their home, killing their friends, and killing their families.
Their pupils became small once again, the walls slowed, but the sequence repeated again and again in their brains.
Kill them. Kill them! Kill the Gundam pilots.
Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Quatra Raberba Winner, Chang Wufei. Kill them all.
You must kill them.
They did this. They killed everyone you've known, everyone you've loved. They deserve to die.
Carryout your revenge.
Kill them. Destroy them. Be merciless.
They must die at your hands.
You must kill them.
Kill them . . .
Kill them . . .
Kill . . .
You must . . .
KILL THEM!
Author's Note: Woah, kinda dark and freaky . . . didn't think I could write something like that. I feel bad for putting Akiko and Kaiya through this. . ::sigh:: I might do pairings, but I've got a spot reserved for Quatre and Wufei. The personalities of the scouts interact with each of them. I bet you all are wondering whom the mysterious lady was that was talking to Professor Tomoe! You'll have to wait and see who she was, just like you'll have to wait and see who the teenage girl was that was next to Professor Tomoe when he entered the lab.
IMPORTANT: I SHALL NOT GO ON UNLESS I HAVE 10 OR MORE REVIEWS! Till then, Ja ne!
