DISCLAIMER: I don't own Weiss(or Schwarz for that matter *pouts* I want
CRAWFORD!), Koyasu Takehito does, and I think he'd have a fit
if he read my fics.....*gets mental image of Koyasu reading 'INSANITY in the world of Weiss'* *rolls around on the floor laughing*
..... Anyhow, I do own Solera and Amber, and a couple of the voices in my head...^_^
Chapter 12 - Shattered
"So, all we have to do is protect a drug lord? Sound's simple enough," said Amber, who was sitting on Schuldig's lap while Crawford was explaining the mission.
"All we gotta do is kick the kittens' asses and then we can go," said Schuldig, smirking.
Nagi snorted. "Schuldig, you, Farf and Crawford wouldn't be able to do it. You're all emotionally tied to Solera, who's part of Weiss whether you like it or not! Even if you destroyed the rest, you couldn't bring yourselves to kill her!"
"Nagi, that's enough!" Crawford raised his hand to silence the boy.
Nagi gave Crawford a death glare and the apartment building shook.
"Come on, Nagi." Farfarello proceeded to carry Nagi to the tech room.
"I can do it myself, thank you very much!" Nagi snapped angrily, and slammed the door behind him.
"Brad, you've got another obstacle in your way of getting Solera."
"Don't call me...who is this obstacle? Not Kudou, is it?"
Schuldig laughed, "Don't get worked up, mein Führer. It's just Abyssinian."
Crawford's eyes narrowed. "Not for long."
He stormed off to get ready, leaving Schuldig and Farf alone to torture each other.
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A last-minute weapons check, and Weiss were ready to go. Aya insisted that Solera rode with him. Solera kissed him, and ran downstairs to the car.
Yohji sidled up to Aya. "Well, aren't you a charmer?"
Aya gave Yohji a slight smile.
Yohji nearly choked. "What made you change?"
"Something she said."
"She's had quite an effect on both of us, then."
The two remaining Weiss boys followed after Solera and drove off.
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The destination was yet another abandoned warehouse, secluded, with drug lords and addicts alike, wandering in and out. Then Schwarz walked out of the shadows and complicated thing a little. Ken went up against Farfarello, Yohji against Schuldig, Omi and Solera against Nagi and Amber, and Crawford against Aya. They fought hard against each other.
Nagi threw Omi into the wall, and Solera charged at Nag, katana in hand. She managed to slice his arm open a little, but not enough for him to be too concerned. She suffered the same fate as Omi, as Amber made her move.
Ken was busy dodging Farfarello's spike. When he saw Farf pause for breath, he took his chance and made a few jagged gashes in his chest. Farf kicked Ken's legs out from under him, causing him to fall.
Yohji had Schuldig's hands tied with his wire. Schuldig managed to get his arms around Yohji's neck, and attempted to strangle him, but Yohji flipped him and threw him to the ground, releasing Schuldig's wrists from his now slightly-bloodied wire.
Amber and Omi were now engrossed in their own battle. Then Omi threw a dart that hit one of the pressure points in her neck, and she collapsed on the ground like a rag doll.
Meanwhile, the two leaders were standing 20 metres apart, glaring at each other. Then Aya charged at Crawford, not seeing the gun that was pointed at him. Only Solera saw it.
"Goodbye, Abyssinian."
Just as Crawford pulled the trigger, Solera pushed Aya out of the way, and copped the full brunt of the attack.
"SOLERA!!!" screamed Yohji, but it was too late.
Solera had been shot in the stomach 4 times, and was losing blood fast. Crawford stared in shock at what he'd done, and as Weiss sped off to the hospital with Solera, he fell to the ground and cried.
"What have I done?! I shot the only person I ever loved! Why was I such a fool?"
Schuldig sat in the car and began to cry as well. "Nagi's right. We couldn't kill Sol even if our lives depended on it. But now, thanks to my big mouth, she might not live anyway. And if she does, we've succeeded in making her hate us."
Nagi sat in the Crawford's car all the way home with a half smile on his face, hidden by the darkness.
Farfarello was quiet and subdued. This sadness was a new feeling to him, and he still wasn't used to seeing Crawford and Schuldig upset. What would Takatori say? And for once they completed a mission successfully, so why weren't they pleased?
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Aya's head was spinning. He couldn't believe what had happened. Solera was in a critical condition, and Aya blamed himself. He had kept a silent bedside vigil for 12 hours, and in that time, he had lapsed back into his old closed-up self.
"Go home and get some sleep, Aya," said Yohji, "If anything happens, I'll call you immediately."
Aya nodded, and walked out of the ICU. Yohji sat down where Aya had been.
It was midday, and the warm sun was shining through the window. They weren't going to open the Koneko for a few days.
Yohji began to contemplate what had happened. Solera had been shot trying to protect Aya. To Yohji, it was obvious that jealousy was a contributing factor as to why Crawford wanted to kill Aya; Schuldig could have told him about Aya and Solera....
Yohji wondered whether or not it was a good idea for Solera to stay in Weiss. Her past had caused a lot of complications since she had joined, and now this.
He became aware of someone else's presence in the room. It was Taia. "Koi, how did you know I was here?"
"Omittchi told me. Do you mind if I sit with you?"
"Go ahead."
Taia sat next to Yohji. "How did this happen?"
"Somebody had it in for her, I guess."
"Are the police going to get involved?"
"None of us want them to. Aya's taken it really hard, he's shut himself off from the rest of us again."
There was silence for a while, except for the beeping machines.
In his mind, Yohji was thinking, Well, Schwarz, I hope you're happy.
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Crawford and Farfarello had shut themselves in their rooms.
Crawford had been too upset to eat. He threw himself into his work, and only came out of his room to use the toilet, have a shower and when he had to see Takatori.
Takatori had congratulated him on putting one Weiss member out of action for a while. At that point, Crawford felt like ripping Takatori's throat out. The image of Solera on the ground, covered in blood, was ever-present in the front of his mind. It was like a never-ending horror movie, playing over and over, driving him insane.
"Solera, forgive me!" Crawford buried his face into his pillow and cried.
Farfarello had been trying to cope with his new emotion. He wasn't quite sure how to express it, so he was content with slicing himself open in various places.
Schuldig probed Crawford's mind without resistance and nearly vomited at what he saw. The same disturbing images that Crawford was seeing were now imprinted on Schuldig's memory, and could not be erased.
"I'm so fucked up," he said to himself, "It's just like me to make Crawford jealous enough about something that he'd do something drastic."
Nagi wasn't sure why he was happy. Maybe it was because for once in his life, he had been right about something, and it had caused the temporary downfall of Weiss. But something didn't feel right. Solera had been nothing but nice to him when she was with Schwarz for those two weeks.
"No! I can't let emotions get in the way of business! Crawford did, and look where that got him!"
Nagi went back to surfing the web, his guilt pushed back as far as possible.
Amber noted everyone's reactions. For the past day, her boyfriend hadn't been his usual cheeky self. It had hit Schuldig and Crawford pretty hard; Crawford had been hit the hardest. It saddened her to see this, and she wished there was something she could do about it.
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Omi and Ken stopped by the hospital to deliver some flowers. It was a trip they made every week, whether the shop was open or not, and the hospital got the flowers free of charge. Their last stop was the ICU, so they stayed in Solera's room for a while. A nurse came by and Ken asked her how Solera was doing.
"She's in a critical condition, so there's a 50/50 chance she'll survive. She's lost alot of blood."
Omi held one of Solera's hands to his cheek as the nurse left the room.
"It's going to be okay, Solera-chan. You're going to be okay. You have to be!"
Ken hugged Omi, who was crying now.
"Come on Omittchi, let's go home."
Omi nodded and he and Ken left the room.
Aya was asleep in Solera's bedroom. Suddenly a figure appeared in his subconscience and said to him, "Aya, don't lose hope. The power of love does wonders."
Aya replied, "What would you know? I love my sister to pieces, but she's still comatose! How much more will my love help Solera?"
"More than you know. Don't lose hope."
The figure disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, and Aya woke up. He rubbed his eyes, and looked around the dark room. Everything was normal.
That was strange, he thought, maybe the figure knew what it was talking about.
Aya was in a state of slight disbelief.
Maybe I'm just tired and shaken up still, he reasoned with himself.
He trudged downstairs, made himself a cup of coffee, and went back upstairs to the training room.
An hour later, he had the rhythm of the sword strokes downpat; he had practised it time and again. But one look over at Solera's practise katana on the wall was all it took, before Aya lost it completely. He smashed all the windows with his katana, and did as much damage as he could.
Yohji, Omi and Ken heard the commotion and raced upstairs to see what was going on.
Yohji yanked the katana out of Aya's hand, and it took the three of them to hold him down and stop him from doing any further damage to the room and himself.
"Aya! What the hell do you think you're doing?! Don't be so stupid! Trashing the place will not make Solera get any better!"
Aya quit struggling and let Yohji's words sink in. Omi released his hold on Aya's legs, leaving Yohji and Ken to hold him. He looked around at the damage. All 6 windows in the room were smashed, and there were innumerable holes in the walls. Shattered glass covered the floor, and Aya's hands were slashed up.
When Yohji and Ken let go of Aya, he curled into the foetal position on the mat and cried silently. Omi and Ken went back downstairs, while Yohji sat down next to Aya and watched him.
"Shit, Aya. You don't have to handle this on your own."
"Go away."
"Not until you calm down. I'm not going to have you injure yourself further."
Aya grumbled. "You're a pain, Kudou, you know that?"
"I try," Yohji laughed dryly, "This has hit you pretty hard, hasn't it?"
Aya scowled and looked away, his violet eyes focussed on the smashed windows. His tear-stained face told Yohji he was right.
"I'm going for a walk," Aya said, getting up.
Yohji didn't try to stop him. He knew where to find him.
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YAAAAAAY! Another chappy finished! And I left it at a semi-cliffhanger!!!
Ah, yeah. Future warning of character deaths. -___-;;
Read and Review, please?
Or just send chocolate chip cookies. That works too. ^_^
~Blue Silhouette~
if he read my fics.....*gets mental image of Koyasu reading 'INSANITY in the world of Weiss'* *rolls around on the floor laughing*
..... Anyhow, I do own Solera and Amber, and a couple of the voices in my head...^_^
Chapter 12 - Shattered
"So, all we have to do is protect a drug lord? Sound's simple enough," said Amber, who was sitting on Schuldig's lap while Crawford was explaining the mission.
"All we gotta do is kick the kittens' asses and then we can go," said Schuldig, smirking.
Nagi snorted. "Schuldig, you, Farf and Crawford wouldn't be able to do it. You're all emotionally tied to Solera, who's part of Weiss whether you like it or not! Even if you destroyed the rest, you couldn't bring yourselves to kill her!"
"Nagi, that's enough!" Crawford raised his hand to silence the boy.
Nagi gave Crawford a death glare and the apartment building shook.
"Come on, Nagi." Farfarello proceeded to carry Nagi to the tech room.
"I can do it myself, thank you very much!" Nagi snapped angrily, and slammed the door behind him.
"Brad, you've got another obstacle in your way of getting Solera."
"Don't call me...who is this obstacle? Not Kudou, is it?"
Schuldig laughed, "Don't get worked up, mein Führer. It's just Abyssinian."
Crawford's eyes narrowed. "Not for long."
He stormed off to get ready, leaving Schuldig and Farf alone to torture each other.
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A last-minute weapons check, and Weiss were ready to go. Aya insisted that Solera rode with him. Solera kissed him, and ran downstairs to the car.
Yohji sidled up to Aya. "Well, aren't you a charmer?"
Aya gave Yohji a slight smile.
Yohji nearly choked. "What made you change?"
"Something she said."
"She's had quite an effect on both of us, then."
The two remaining Weiss boys followed after Solera and drove off.
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The destination was yet another abandoned warehouse, secluded, with drug lords and addicts alike, wandering in and out. Then Schwarz walked out of the shadows and complicated thing a little. Ken went up against Farfarello, Yohji against Schuldig, Omi and Solera against Nagi and Amber, and Crawford against Aya. They fought hard against each other.
Nagi threw Omi into the wall, and Solera charged at Nag, katana in hand. She managed to slice his arm open a little, but not enough for him to be too concerned. She suffered the same fate as Omi, as Amber made her move.
Ken was busy dodging Farfarello's spike. When he saw Farf pause for breath, he took his chance and made a few jagged gashes in his chest. Farf kicked Ken's legs out from under him, causing him to fall.
Yohji had Schuldig's hands tied with his wire. Schuldig managed to get his arms around Yohji's neck, and attempted to strangle him, but Yohji flipped him and threw him to the ground, releasing Schuldig's wrists from his now slightly-bloodied wire.
Amber and Omi were now engrossed in their own battle. Then Omi threw a dart that hit one of the pressure points in her neck, and she collapsed on the ground like a rag doll.
Meanwhile, the two leaders were standing 20 metres apart, glaring at each other. Then Aya charged at Crawford, not seeing the gun that was pointed at him. Only Solera saw it.
"Goodbye, Abyssinian."
Just as Crawford pulled the trigger, Solera pushed Aya out of the way, and copped the full brunt of the attack.
"SOLERA!!!" screamed Yohji, but it was too late.
Solera had been shot in the stomach 4 times, and was losing blood fast. Crawford stared in shock at what he'd done, and as Weiss sped off to the hospital with Solera, he fell to the ground and cried.
"What have I done?! I shot the only person I ever loved! Why was I such a fool?"
Schuldig sat in the car and began to cry as well. "Nagi's right. We couldn't kill Sol even if our lives depended on it. But now, thanks to my big mouth, she might not live anyway. And if she does, we've succeeded in making her hate us."
Nagi sat in the Crawford's car all the way home with a half smile on his face, hidden by the darkness.
Farfarello was quiet and subdued. This sadness was a new feeling to him, and he still wasn't used to seeing Crawford and Schuldig upset. What would Takatori say? And for once they completed a mission successfully, so why weren't they pleased?
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Aya's head was spinning. He couldn't believe what had happened. Solera was in a critical condition, and Aya blamed himself. He had kept a silent bedside vigil for 12 hours, and in that time, he had lapsed back into his old closed-up self.
"Go home and get some sleep, Aya," said Yohji, "If anything happens, I'll call you immediately."
Aya nodded, and walked out of the ICU. Yohji sat down where Aya had been.
It was midday, and the warm sun was shining through the window. They weren't going to open the Koneko for a few days.
Yohji began to contemplate what had happened. Solera had been shot trying to protect Aya. To Yohji, it was obvious that jealousy was a contributing factor as to why Crawford wanted to kill Aya; Schuldig could have told him about Aya and Solera....
Yohji wondered whether or not it was a good idea for Solera to stay in Weiss. Her past had caused a lot of complications since she had joined, and now this.
He became aware of someone else's presence in the room. It was Taia. "Koi, how did you know I was here?"
"Omittchi told me. Do you mind if I sit with you?"
"Go ahead."
Taia sat next to Yohji. "How did this happen?"
"Somebody had it in for her, I guess."
"Are the police going to get involved?"
"None of us want them to. Aya's taken it really hard, he's shut himself off from the rest of us again."
There was silence for a while, except for the beeping machines.
In his mind, Yohji was thinking, Well, Schwarz, I hope you're happy.
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Crawford and Farfarello had shut themselves in their rooms.
Crawford had been too upset to eat. He threw himself into his work, and only came out of his room to use the toilet, have a shower and when he had to see Takatori.
Takatori had congratulated him on putting one Weiss member out of action for a while. At that point, Crawford felt like ripping Takatori's throat out. The image of Solera on the ground, covered in blood, was ever-present in the front of his mind. It was like a never-ending horror movie, playing over and over, driving him insane.
"Solera, forgive me!" Crawford buried his face into his pillow and cried.
Farfarello had been trying to cope with his new emotion. He wasn't quite sure how to express it, so he was content with slicing himself open in various places.
Schuldig probed Crawford's mind without resistance and nearly vomited at what he saw. The same disturbing images that Crawford was seeing were now imprinted on Schuldig's memory, and could not be erased.
"I'm so fucked up," he said to himself, "It's just like me to make Crawford jealous enough about something that he'd do something drastic."
Nagi wasn't sure why he was happy. Maybe it was because for once in his life, he had been right about something, and it had caused the temporary downfall of Weiss. But something didn't feel right. Solera had been nothing but nice to him when she was with Schwarz for those two weeks.
"No! I can't let emotions get in the way of business! Crawford did, and look where that got him!"
Nagi went back to surfing the web, his guilt pushed back as far as possible.
Amber noted everyone's reactions. For the past day, her boyfriend hadn't been his usual cheeky self. It had hit Schuldig and Crawford pretty hard; Crawford had been hit the hardest. It saddened her to see this, and she wished there was something she could do about it.
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Omi and Ken stopped by the hospital to deliver some flowers. It was a trip they made every week, whether the shop was open or not, and the hospital got the flowers free of charge. Their last stop was the ICU, so they stayed in Solera's room for a while. A nurse came by and Ken asked her how Solera was doing.
"She's in a critical condition, so there's a 50/50 chance she'll survive. She's lost alot of blood."
Omi held one of Solera's hands to his cheek as the nurse left the room.
"It's going to be okay, Solera-chan. You're going to be okay. You have to be!"
Ken hugged Omi, who was crying now.
"Come on Omittchi, let's go home."
Omi nodded and he and Ken left the room.
Aya was asleep in Solera's bedroom. Suddenly a figure appeared in his subconscience and said to him, "Aya, don't lose hope. The power of love does wonders."
Aya replied, "What would you know? I love my sister to pieces, but she's still comatose! How much more will my love help Solera?"
"More than you know. Don't lose hope."
The figure disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, and Aya woke up. He rubbed his eyes, and looked around the dark room. Everything was normal.
That was strange, he thought, maybe the figure knew what it was talking about.
Aya was in a state of slight disbelief.
Maybe I'm just tired and shaken up still, he reasoned with himself.
He trudged downstairs, made himself a cup of coffee, and went back upstairs to the training room.
An hour later, he had the rhythm of the sword strokes downpat; he had practised it time and again. But one look over at Solera's practise katana on the wall was all it took, before Aya lost it completely. He smashed all the windows with his katana, and did as much damage as he could.
Yohji, Omi and Ken heard the commotion and raced upstairs to see what was going on.
Yohji yanked the katana out of Aya's hand, and it took the three of them to hold him down and stop him from doing any further damage to the room and himself.
"Aya! What the hell do you think you're doing?! Don't be so stupid! Trashing the place will not make Solera get any better!"
Aya quit struggling and let Yohji's words sink in. Omi released his hold on Aya's legs, leaving Yohji and Ken to hold him. He looked around at the damage. All 6 windows in the room were smashed, and there were innumerable holes in the walls. Shattered glass covered the floor, and Aya's hands were slashed up.
When Yohji and Ken let go of Aya, he curled into the foetal position on the mat and cried silently. Omi and Ken went back downstairs, while Yohji sat down next to Aya and watched him.
"Shit, Aya. You don't have to handle this on your own."
"Go away."
"Not until you calm down. I'm not going to have you injure yourself further."
Aya grumbled. "You're a pain, Kudou, you know that?"
"I try," Yohji laughed dryly, "This has hit you pretty hard, hasn't it?"
Aya scowled and looked away, his violet eyes focussed on the smashed windows. His tear-stained face told Yohji he was right.
"I'm going for a walk," Aya said, getting up.
Yohji didn't try to stop him. He knew where to find him.
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YAAAAAAY! Another chappy finished! And I left it at a semi-cliffhanger!!!
Ah, yeah. Future warning of character deaths. -___-;;
Read and Review, please?
Or just send chocolate chip cookies. That works too. ^_^
~Blue Silhouette~