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A few words before you read this:
For those who like mushy stuff-you'll like the ending
For those who like action-you'll love this chapter!
Enjoy! ( ************************************************************************
Chapter 5
Mendel motioned to Nanashi, "Stay here and don't make a sound." Nanashi nodded obediently. Mendel stealthily moved through the shadows. Nanashi thought, and she freaked out when I told her I moved in the shadows. He looked over to where she was standing; face set, ready to strike at any time. She turned her head and looked at him; her eyes flashed like fire, and her face looked like something out of one of his bad dreams. She crept along, always alert, always ready for anything; that was how she was taught. Mendel lifted her head; a guard was at the front of the lieutenant's tent. She smiled, first target of the night. Slowly and silently, she crept up until she was about ten feet away from her prey. Then she jumped up and took the guard completely by surprise. She jumped up and behind the soldier, hitting him in the back of the neck; killing him instantly.
The guard fell to the ground with a loud thump and noises were heard in the tent he was guarding. Mendel bent down and took the gun from the man's belt, and then headed into the tent.
Nanashi watched Mendel as she entered the tent; after a while a loud yell was heard and then a gunshot erupted over the whole camp. Soldiers from everywhere rushed to where the lieutenant was. They opened the tent and one woman screamed.
Lieutenant Berkeley was on the ground; he wasn't moving, "Lieutenant!" Naomi cried. Cadet Veradale leaned down to check his pulse; then shook his head.
"He's gone."
"But where's that kid?" a soldier asked.
"She went out the back," another said, pointing to a large roughly cut hole in the back of the tent.
"Naomi," cadet Veradale looked at her. She nodded, then left out of the back hole.
As soon as Naomi was outside she heard voices. A girl and a boy were casually chatting under a tree not to far away. Naomi knew almost instantly who they were. She slowly approached the two. All of a sudden, the boy stopped talking and looked right in her direction. Naomi almost gasped and ducked behind a tree. The small boy leaned over and whispered something in the girl's ear. She nodded, then got up and headed to where Naomi was. Come on, Naomi hissed, Come on.
Mendel stopped suddenly, Something's not right, that was too easy. She looked behind her and saw that Nanashi was shaking his head. Mendel took this simple signal as a warning and headed back.
Naomi silently fumed behind the tree, and watched them as they walked away. She decided she would not let them get away alive. She drew her gun and fired.
Mendel stumbled forward, gasping for air; she had been shot in the chest. She turned around only to see her greatest rival.
"You-!" she was cut off by her lack of air. Naomi smiled evilly and kneeled down beside her. She drew her gun and aimed it at her head.
"It ends here," she hissed. Nanashi jumped up and got in the way of the gun.
"Get out of the way!" she yelled.
"Nanashi, what the heck do you think you're doing?!" Mendel looked at him in disbelief; Nanashi said nothing, but he would not move. Naomi raised her gun.
"NO! Wait, I can explain!" Mendel cried furiously. Naomi lowered her gun. She was grateful; she never wanted to kill anyone.
"Nanashi, you know that place we went to earlier with all the rubble? I found you there when you were a baby." Nanashi turned to her, "But-"
"No! Nanashi no! I just raised you. You're real family is dead,"
"Dead?"
"Let me finish. I'm not related to you, you're not even legally bonded to me. You could have left whenever you wanted to. but you didn't.you stayed," tears filled Mendel's eyes, "you stayed."
Nanashi turned to Naomi. He looked into her eyes; and Naomi thought, this girl didn't mean to do what she did. She was simply defending herself and trying to stay alive. Now the reason she did this was to stay alive so that she could take care of this boy. I did this to her out of revenge; but now I realize that nothing can be accomplished with revenge; hatred will only result in bringing more hatred. She nodded and looked at her.
"Can you stand?" she asked kindly.
"I think," Mendel said as she picked herself up.
"Take the boy as far away as possible; I'll keep the soldiers at bay." Naomi said turning to them, "You know; you probably won't live through this." "I'm aware of that." She snapped back, and then smiled. Nanashi looked up at Naomi,
"Thank you."
Mendel once again took his hand and led him down the road. They walked until they came up to a hill.
"Go on Nanashi," she said, her eyes once again filling with tears, "On the other side of this hill is a camp of some sort. Now try to forget all of this as best you can." Nanashi nodded, "And from this day forward you have no name, okay?" Nanashi once again nodded, and headed up the hill, Mendel following him slowly. When she got up to the top, Nanashi was already at the bottom. A man there saw him and said,
"Hey kid, what's your name?" Nanashi shook his head. "No-name, huh. come on. We can feed you at least." At that the man held out his hand and Nanashi took it. Mendel looked on, a silent tear slipped down her cheek,
"Good-bye, Nanashi." She whispered into the cold night air. She turned around and headed down the hill.
Mendel never saw Nanashi again; nor did she ever find out what became of him. But he always remained in her heart; and she never forgot his kindness and courage. As for Nanashi, he moved on to become the gundam pilot we all know today, Trowa; but he never forgot Mendel and the endless love she gave him.
The End
A few words before you read this:
For those who like mushy stuff-you'll like the ending
For those who like action-you'll love this chapter!
Enjoy! ( ************************************************************************
Chapter 5
Mendel motioned to Nanashi, "Stay here and don't make a sound." Nanashi nodded obediently. Mendel stealthily moved through the shadows. Nanashi thought, and she freaked out when I told her I moved in the shadows. He looked over to where she was standing; face set, ready to strike at any time. She turned her head and looked at him; her eyes flashed like fire, and her face looked like something out of one of his bad dreams. She crept along, always alert, always ready for anything; that was how she was taught. Mendel lifted her head; a guard was at the front of the lieutenant's tent. She smiled, first target of the night. Slowly and silently, she crept up until she was about ten feet away from her prey. Then she jumped up and took the guard completely by surprise. She jumped up and behind the soldier, hitting him in the back of the neck; killing him instantly.
The guard fell to the ground with a loud thump and noises were heard in the tent he was guarding. Mendel bent down and took the gun from the man's belt, and then headed into the tent.
Nanashi watched Mendel as she entered the tent; after a while a loud yell was heard and then a gunshot erupted over the whole camp. Soldiers from everywhere rushed to where the lieutenant was. They opened the tent and one woman screamed.
Lieutenant Berkeley was on the ground; he wasn't moving, "Lieutenant!" Naomi cried. Cadet Veradale leaned down to check his pulse; then shook his head.
"He's gone."
"But where's that kid?" a soldier asked.
"She went out the back," another said, pointing to a large roughly cut hole in the back of the tent.
"Naomi," cadet Veradale looked at her. She nodded, then left out of the back hole.
As soon as Naomi was outside she heard voices. A girl and a boy were casually chatting under a tree not to far away. Naomi knew almost instantly who they were. She slowly approached the two. All of a sudden, the boy stopped talking and looked right in her direction. Naomi almost gasped and ducked behind a tree. The small boy leaned over and whispered something in the girl's ear. She nodded, then got up and headed to where Naomi was. Come on, Naomi hissed, Come on.
Mendel stopped suddenly, Something's not right, that was too easy. She looked behind her and saw that Nanashi was shaking his head. Mendel took this simple signal as a warning and headed back.
Naomi silently fumed behind the tree, and watched them as they walked away. She decided she would not let them get away alive. She drew her gun and fired.
Mendel stumbled forward, gasping for air; she had been shot in the chest. She turned around only to see her greatest rival.
"You-!" she was cut off by her lack of air. Naomi smiled evilly and kneeled down beside her. She drew her gun and aimed it at her head.
"It ends here," she hissed. Nanashi jumped up and got in the way of the gun.
"Get out of the way!" she yelled.
"Nanashi, what the heck do you think you're doing?!" Mendel looked at him in disbelief; Nanashi said nothing, but he would not move. Naomi raised her gun.
"NO! Wait, I can explain!" Mendel cried furiously. Naomi lowered her gun. She was grateful; she never wanted to kill anyone.
"Nanashi, you know that place we went to earlier with all the rubble? I found you there when you were a baby." Nanashi turned to her, "But-"
"No! Nanashi no! I just raised you. You're real family is dead,"
"Dead?"
"Let me finish. I'm not related to you, you're not even legally bonded to me. You could have left whenever you wanted to. but you didn't.you stayed," tears filled Mendel's eyes, "you stayed."
Nanashi turned to Naomi. He looked into her eyes; and Naomi thought, this girl didn't mean to do what she did. She was simply defending herself and trying to stay alive. Now the reason she did this was to stay alive so that she could take care of this boy. I did this to her out of revenge; but now I realize that nothing can be accomplished with revenge; hatred will only result in bringing more hatred. She nodded and looked at her.
"Can you stand?" she asked kindly.
"I think," Mendel said as she picked herself up.
"Take the boy as far away as possible; I'll keep the soldiers at bay." Naomi said turning to them, "You know; you probably won't live through this." "I'm aware of that." She snapped back, and then smiled. Nanashi looked up at Naomi,
"Thank you."
Mendel once again took his hand and led him down the road. They walked until they came up to a hill.
"Go on Nanashi," she said, her eyes once again filling with tears, "On the other side of this hill is a camp of some sort. Now try to forget all of this as best you can." Nanashi nodded, "And from this day forward you have no name, okay?" Nanashi once again nodded, and headed up the hill, Mendel following him slowly. When she got up to the top, Nanashi was already at the bottom. A man there saw him and said,
"Hey kid, what's your name?" Nanashi shook his head. "No-name, huh. come on. We can feed you at least." At that the man held out his hand and Nanashi took it. Mendel looked on, a silent tear slipped down her cheek,
"Good-bye, Nanashi." She whispered into the cold night air. She turned around and headed down the hill.
Mendel never saw Nanashi again; nor did she ever find out what became of him. But he always remained in her heart; and she never forgot his kindness and courage. As for Nanashi, he moved on to become the gundam pilot we all know today, Trowa; but he never forgot Mendel and the endless love she gave him.
The End
