Crash and Burn

Part 3

Author: Nyneve (Nyneve only. Nyn-chan and I kill you)

Sorry it's taken me so long to update this story. But I've been really busy with OSP and Judgement Day and other stuff. So now, we come back to this wonderful wonderful ficcie. Anyways, it will all become clear, so clear. Like, you can see through it. Now I'm talking like my social studies teacher. Creepy. Anyways, I don't own the anime. Read on, loyal fans!

-Nyneve

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I froze when I realized I had just burst into the dorm. I had just broken one of the major rules at school; one that could get me kicked out. Then I snapped back to reality when I remembered why I had barged in in the first place.

"Um, can we help you?" A blond boy asked. He looked by far the most trustworthy of them. At least, as far as not hurting me.

"Wait a minute. You were that girl I bumped into down at the party! Gymnastics champ!" the braided one cried out.

I blushed a bright red. Then I heard an ominous click.

"How long have you been listening?" a monotone voice asked. I slowly turned around to see a boy with wild dark hair standing behind me. And he had a gun pointed straight at me.

Just then, the annoying little voice in my head came back. Except now it wasn't so annoying.

"Be brave, Aino. If you let them intimidate you they'll get away with it. Again," it murmured.

"I—uh—," I stalled for time. But this guy was serious. Slowly, his finger pulled back on the trigger.

"Don't shoot! My friend's waiting for me upstairs. If I don't show up she'll come looking for me!" I cried suddenly. I saw the braided one go pale.

"Lita Kino?" he asked. I nodded.

The boy with the gun paused, then slowly lowered his gun. "What have you heard?"

"More than you think," I whispered dangerously. Suddenly, I heard the door close and lock. A Chinese boy with a tight ponytail had blocked off my entrance.

"Are you going to elaborate on that?" he asked, sounding annoyed.

I had to let it go now. But in the end, what could they do to me?

"They could kill you," the voice in my head replied. It had suddenly gotten annoying again.

"I know what happened at the Moon Embassy. What the five of you did," I whispered, barely loud enough to hear myself.

The boys were silent. Suddenly, I found myself locked with a pair of emerald green eyes. They belonged to a boy I hadn't noticed before. His hair was extremely long in front, and hid half of his face. However, he didn't speak. Not directly. But something in the way he looked at me made me want to explain everything.

"I was there. I saw you kill them. That's why I've been so afraid of you…"

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*flashback*

I was so excited! We were taking a field trip for civics to the Moon Embassy. Ambassador Serena Chiba was visiting Earth with her husband Darien. And we were actually going to meet them!

However, I had noticed how those five weird guys weren't in any of the vans. They had been missing a lot of school lately. Not that that was unusual for them. I assumed they were all just cutting class. But they weren't.

To this day I remember meeting the ambassador. She was my age! And she was married, had a child, and was the Ambassador to the Moon. She had the nicest smile and the prettiest laugh. I couldn't understand how anyone could dislike her.

Her husband was nice too. He was quite a bit older, but not nearly as old as some of the Ambassadors from other colonies. However, there was a strength in him that made you feel safe and protected from anything. If he was around, no one could hurt you.

After we met them, we got to tour the Embassy on our own. Lita wasn't allowed to go on the trip, so I didn't really have anyone to hang out with. I just paced the huge halls by myself, stopping every now and then to admire a particular painting or view from a window.

Then I heard it. A bunch of footsteps, moving fast. I spun around to see five figures running through the area where my hall intersected with another. I was so curious. If I had only mastered my curiosity and kept walking. But I couldn't.

I followed them down the hallway. When I got closer, I recognized them as those five boys who I thought were absent. I couldn't guess what they were doing here.

I stopped when I saw them disappear into a meeting room. They closed the door behind them, but not all of the way. I tiptoed over and hid in a little nook that had a suit of armor in it. I could hear voices in the room.

"Oh, hello. Are you with the tour group?" I heard the ambassador say.

"Not quite," the braided boy replied. I heard five ominous clicks, and a gasp.

"What is going on here?" the ambassador's husband cried.

"Darien, get he—" the ambassador's kind, gentle voice was cut off by five gunshots. I gasped as I heard two thuds.

Then there were more footsteps. I saw the boys run down the hallway and jump out the window at the end.

When they were gone, I darted out of the nook and ran the opposite direction. When I came to the ladies' room, I ran in. Luckily, there was no one inside as I panted and tried to recover from the shock I had just seen.

That was where my teacher found me. She told me that the Ambassador and her husband had been assassinated, and that the building was being evacuated.

I followed her out of the building, trying to forget what I had seen.

*end flashback*

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More silence. But I was satisfied now. I had let it out. I was no longer a bomb waiting to go off. I felt so relieved.

"I don't understand how we could've screwed up that bad! I mean, besides the Prof., and us no one knew about it! No one!" the braided boy cried.

"The fact that a civilian was watching…" the Chinese boy commented.

"Did you tell anyone what you saw?" the boy with the gun asked.

"No. No one. Who would've believed me?" I asked. In truth though, I knew people would've believed me. Not everyone, but enough to catch the five of them. But something inside me knew that if they were caught, they'd escape. And then they'd come after me.

"Well, now what?" the blond asked. "Do we let her go?"

"Please. I admitted it, and I'd like to go now," I pleaded.

The boy with the gun shook his head. "She's heard and seen too much."

"Aw, please Heero? Don't kill her!" the braided boy cried.

Heero. That was the boy with the gun's name. But the fact that he was going to kill me didn't help.

"We can't afford getting caught. We'd better take her to see the professor," Heero replied.

At the mention of the "professor", I shivered. According to what I heard, she was the one who had organized the Ambassador's assassination. She didn't care at all about killing people.

"No way. I'm not going," I murmured. I ran towards the door, shoved the Chinese boy aside, and darted outside. But then, someone caught my wrist.

"I'm really really sorry. I don't wanna do this cause you're so pretty but we can't let you go so please forgive me," I heard the braided boy apologize. Then, something hit my head and I blacked out.

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Well, all for now! R+R everyone!