Note: There has been a plot change, and this takes place 15 years
after Endless Waltz. The children are all 13 years of age except Rashid,
who is 8 years old.
The caravan stopped, and all of the children looked up. The sleepy Rashid held to his sister Peace, afraid. Heero looked over at the Winner duo.
"They have an advantage on strength, so we will have to only attack their sensitive areas if we want to make a break for it. Peace, hang back and protect Rashid in case we're unsuccessful."
Li took a place at Heero's right hand, Trinity on his right. Triton hung in just behind them and out of sight, where he would undoubtedly spring into battle with an acrobatic flip. As the door opened, they noticed all the soldiers armed and ready with pistols. Heero thought. He shot a look at his comrades that told them to stay in position as they were rushed out of the car. Heero looked down, defeated. then dropped in a spinning sweep kick that dropped three guards to the ground. One of the guards escorting Trinity rushed over to nail Heero, but Trinity knocked him down with a solid crescent kick to the kidney.
"Move!" Li called. Peace led Rashid out of the area and then watched the other four fight, ready to intervene if necessary. Triton launched in a handspring, then an aerial somersault and landed on the back of one of the guards. He found a pressure point, struck, and went for a next target as the man sulked down, unconscious.
"Run everyone!" Heero shouted over the chaos as more guards came to fill the ranks. Sure enough, Triton, Trinity, and Li rushed away from the scene. But Heero, stayed, trying to evade the guards who had surrounded him. They had him smashed into a wall, slowly beating him with their batons. Triton, Trinity, and Peace rushed over to assist.
"No! That's what they want!" The guards jumped back, encircling the new occupants. Attacked from all sides, the four children could do little to defend themselves. Li rushed to aid, but the guards nearly encircled him.
"We give up!" he cried. "Stop this injustice now!" A man in decorative uniform emerged from the scene, laughing.
"My name is Commander Long, but you can call me uncle if you want," The man said to Li. Li backed up, only to be spurred forward by the guards. "Or did your father not tell you? He had a brother. A brother he left to die on an colony slowly being destroyed."
"How would he know that you were alive after the colony was gassed? Besides, if I were him, I would have left scum like you to die too!" Li yelled. Long smiled at him.
"I would torture you first, but I have plans for you." Long looked over the horrified children. "I think you'll go first." He pointed to Trinity, who recoiled. Heero stepped in front of her.
"No! What reason do you have for torturing us? Just what is it you want to know?" The kids looked over at Heero, hesitantly, hoping he knew what he was doing.
"Oh, don't worry about that. It is more a question of what I want YOU to know," he said deviously. The message was clear to Heero. Long was trying to break them down. And he would start with-
"I won't let you!" Heero said, taking one more step in front of Trinity. All the guards bored down on him and the others, despite their protests, and separated them from their comrade who was being carried off inside.
"You can't stop us." Long followed the others inside.
The caravan stopped, and all of the children looked up. The sleepy Rashid held to his sister Peace, afraid. Heero looked over at the Winner duo.
"They have an advantage on strength, so we will have to only attack their sensitive areas if we want to make a break for it. Peace, hang back and protect Rashid in case we're unsuccessful."
Li took a place at Heero's right hand, Trinity on his right. Triton hung in just behind them and out of sight, where he would undoubtedly spring into battle with an acrobatic flip. As the door opened, they noticed all the soldiers armed and ready with pistols. Heero thought. He shot a look at his comrades that told them to stay in position as they were rushed out of the car. Heero looked down, defeated. then dropped in a spinning sweep kick that dropped three guards to the ground. One of the guards escorting Trinity rushed over to nail Heero, but Trinity knocked him down with a solid crescent kick to the kidney.
"Move!" Li called. Peace led Rashid out of the area and then watched the other four fight, ready to intervene if necessary. Triton launched in a handspring, then an aerial somersault and landed on the back of one of the guards. He found a pressure point, struck, and went for a next target as the man sulked down, unconscious.
"Run everyone!" Heero shouted over the chaos as more guards came to fill the ranks. Sure enough, Triton, Trinity, and Li rushed away from the scene. But Heero, stayed, trying to evade the guards who had surrounded him. They had him smashed into a wall, slowly beating him with their batons. Triton, Trinity, and Peace rushed over to assist.
"No! That's what they want!" The guards jumped back, encircling the new occupants. Attacked from all sides, the four children could do little to defend themselves. Li rushed to aid, but the guards nearly encircled him.
"We give up!" he cried. "Stop this injustice now!" A man in decorative uniform emerged from the scene, laughing.
"My name is Commander Long, but you can call me uncle if you want," The man said to Li. Li backed up, only to be spurred forward by the guards. "Or did your father not tell you? He had a brother. A brother he left to die on an colony slowly being destroyed."
"How would he know that you were alive after the colony was gassed? Besides, if I were him, I would have left scum like you to die too!" Li yelled. Long smiled at him.
"I would torture you first, but I have plans for you." Long looked over the horrified children. "I think you'll go first." He pointed to Trinity, who recoiled. Heero stepped in front of her.
"No! What reason do you have for torturing us? Just what is it you want to know?" The kids looked over at Heero, hesitantly, hoping he knew what he was doing.
"Oh, don't worry about that. It is more a question of what I want YOU to know," he said deviously. The message was clear to Heero. Long was trying to break them down. And he would start with-
"I won't let you!" Heero said, taking one more step in front of Trinity. All the guards bored down on him and the others, despite their protests, and separated them from their comrade who was being carried off inside.
"You can't stop us." Long followed the others inside.