TAKE ME OR LEAVE ME




Chapter 4 by sue



*who is at this moment a very bad and a very lazy girl. Oh yeah, do I mention one busy girl ;) hee*

After much persuasion and goading from one certain individual *yes sweetie, that would be you BigSis :)* I've decided to finish this off as soon as I can. Yeah, I have a really annoying test staring at me and I'm not in the mood to study *shrug* Anyway, I'm sorry if this is too short, but I'm too busy and way too lazy to write longer hee sorry about that and I really hope you'll like it :) And a special thanks to the sweet Beatrice with her help. If you guys wanted to know, I just typed this and dumped the rest onto BigSis's lap. *Bad sue! Bad bad sue* yes, I know that. *hugs BigSis* thanks hon, you're the BEST!! Mwaah


494 looked around the deserted hallway and almost smiled as he saw that it's deserted ... as expected. He walked faster, the unmoving body of the rogue 599 was securely on his shoulder.

'Do you know how heavy your ex-CO is 452?' he whispered into his earpiece, this silence was slowly getting onto his nerve.

'Oh shut up 494! For once in your life, try to concentrate will you?' came the annoyed reply.

494's smile got even wider as he said, 'I am concentrating. How in the world can you say that I'm not? And I'm not kidding about 599. He is heavy. What do you guys eat anyway?'

'What are you talking about? It's not like I've been living with him for the last ten years,' she said, gritting her teeth in exasperation.

'You know what they say, your childhood is the base for your future,' he said in smiling tone. God, don't I just love it when she's annoyed. I really wish I could see her now; she must've getting all riled up by now. Okay 494, time for the work at hand now. 'Am I clear till the third checkpoint, 452? I would absolutely hate it if we encounter another civilian. One is enough you know.'

'Yes 494, you are. I'll let you know if there's anything,' she said matter of factly. I won't let him bother me again, that smart aleck 494.

'If you say so.'

'YES!! I said so!! Is that all right with you, your highness?' she growled into her mouthpiece, all earlier thoughts gone.

'Tsk.. tsk.. control yourself soldier, you're on a mission remember?' he said, grinning as if he could hear her control snapping in half.

452 clenched her teeth in anger but refused to reply. He won't succeed this time, she thought to herself as she tried to concentrate on the blinking monitor in front of her.

'What? No answers? Hey, are you all right 452? Don't tell me you're sick at this particular time?' he asked, sounding worried.

Hmph, worried my ass, she thought grumpily. How on earth did she end up with this particular X5? It's not like we're good with each other as a team or anything, 10 minutes with that guy and I'm ready to kill him with my bare hands. Manticore should've realized this by now but they keep sending us together. Oh yeah, I forgot.. Manticore is always that weird. How could I expect anything less than this? She thought crankily.

She was too lost in her thoughts that she missed those little blips on her monitor. By the time she does, it was too late. Two guards were fast approaching 494's recent location and she groaned in frustration. Damn! How could everything turns out this way? But before she could even opened her mouth to warn him, her earpiece crackled to life.

'Damn 452! 599 is coming to! He's starting to gain consciousness.' 452 closed her eyes as she heard him. Everything is getting better and better, she thought dimly.

'You have two guards approaching you from behind. I repeat, there's two guards behind you!' the desperation in her voice was very apparent as she typed furiously, trying hard to find an escape route for him.

494 almost groaned as he heard it. Dammit! And now with the rogue 599 on his hand, this has better been worth it. Quickly, he dumped the blonde 599 unceremoniously onto the cold floor and struck him on the head with the butt of his gun. Without a sound, 599 slipped back to the waiting darkness. Okay, one problems taken care off, now the two guards.

'599 is off the list 452,' he said briskly as he started to walk towards the two guards, 'I'm moving onto the two guards now.'

'Wait!' she almost shouted and 494 grimaced as the loud voice nearly blasted his eardrums off, 'there's two more coming in the opposite direction!' Trapped. That one word bounced crazily in his head as he stood besides the unconscious 599. God dammit, I'm trapped!