Shinna scowled. "I KNEW IT! I KNEW you were up to something! Who are you,
really?!" Shiro looked up at the two girls, the pain of his knowledge
radiating in his eyes. "ANSWER ME!" Shinna lifted up her leg to kick Shiro,
but Trio stood in front of him. As Trio turned around, she saw a look of
confusion and love cross his face.
"Shiro, answer her question, please."
"My name's always been the same, and for the first time in my life, I'm ashamed of it."
"Why would that be?" Trio asked, squatting down.
"You don't know who Kai Nanzaki is do you?"
"Should I?"
"He's the leader of the 'X' and."
"And your father," Shinna finished off with, venom dripping from every word.
"I regret to tell you that is the truth."
"No, Shiro. It can't be. That can't be. I.I don't think I can believe you, the man I love is the enemy. I.I just can't."
"Diana.I mean, Trio, I've never been so.ashamed of my name before. I'm sorry."
"How did you know?"
"I overheard, not EXACTLY by accident you called her 'Shinna'. And that set my mind rolling. I knew I'd heard that name from somewhere. Then she called you 'Trio' and I hit upon where I'd heard your names before."
~~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~~
I was working on a big report due in a few days and I went into dad's study to ask him for help.
We lived in a mansion at the time.
I came in and stood in front of him, but he was too busy look over reports, articles, and maps, so he didn't see me. By the time he did, a list of names caught my eye. It had a long list of names, most of which were crossed off. The only ones that weren't were five at the top. They were Trio Hawk, Shinna Ling, Trey Gun, Daemon Zero and Alex Sand.
He saw me then and he covered up the list.
~~~~~END OF FLASHBACK~~~~~
"At the time, those names meant nothing to me. But they do now." His eyes rose and locked on Trio's. "And I swear to you, I won't tell a soul. I.I.I love you, Trio. I would NEVER do anything that would betray you, or Shinna. I'll admit, Shinna, you've never been very nice to me, but, I could never betray either of you."
A bush crackled off to Shiro's left. He saw a little red dot. He realized that while he had been following Trio, someone else had been following him.
"Run!" He whispered fiercely. "What?" Shinna whispered. Shiro looked back and saw the red light settle on Trio. He ran his hand over the ground until he found a pebble. He picked it up and chucked it at the red light. A shot went off into the trees above them, sending branches crashing down.
"RUN!" Shiro screamed again. He pushed the two girls into a dead run. They ran past the tree Shinna had originally sitting at. Shinna swiped up her backpack without stopping.
They ran for what seemed like hours. Finally, Shinna pulled up short underneath a streetlight.
"I.I can't keep running. I'm too tired."
"I think we lost him anyway," Shiro said between gasps.
"Who was that?" Trio gasped.
"One of my dad's lackeys I guess."
"I'm calling Ken." Trio pulled out her cell phone and dialed in the number.
"Hello?" Came the fuzzy reply.
"Ken?"
"Trio, why are you calling?"
"I've got a major problem."
"What do you mean problem? Ack.."
"Trio?!" It was Duo.
"Yea."
"What's wrong?"
"Let's see, to start out, the guy I love is the son of the enemy, one of his dad's lackeys tried to sniper us, um, and we just had a run for our life. Wanna come pick me up?"
"Where are you?"
"Jordan street, across from the school, underneath the streetlight."
"Get out of the light!"
"Fine, but hurry."
"I'll be there in a sec." Duo hung up. Trio, putting up her cell, sighed.
"What did Ken say?"
"He didn't say much, Duo stole the phone."
"Duo? As in Duo Maxwell?"
"As in my birth father, well, blood father. He'll be here in a sec, but he wants us out of the light."
"It's only logical," Shiro commented. "It'll make it easier for them to find us if we stay here."
Reaching an agreement, the three teenagers retreated into the safe, dark forest.
The teens sat there in the dark for only two minutes before a white car came rocketing around the corner. It pulled to a stop on the other side of the street, quite a ways from the trees. It turned off and Duo came running around the front of the car.
"Trio? Where are you?" His face was flooded with worry.
"I'm not that invisible," Trio said, stepping into the light. Duo smiled in relief.
"That's great, I'm glad you're all okay. Now let's get out of here."
"I'm afraid," a man said, stepping into the light. A few men with sniper rifles surrounded him. The others backed up into the shadows. "You can't hide, don't try to run."
"Dad? Is that you?" Shiro stepped forward, barely in the light.
"Shiro? What are you doing here? Oh, yes, I remember. You're the one who led me to Trio. Thank you, son."
"Leave her alone! Leave them all alone!"
Kai Nanzaki shook his head. "I'm afraid I can't do that, son. I've been trying to find her for 16 years. I'm not going to stop now."
"But dad! It's not HER fault she's like this! It's not!"
"I don't care. I can't see them, LIGHTS." A bunch of spotlights hit the group from the air. The light, however, was not enough to blind them. "That's better. Duo Maxwell? Well, well, this'll make things easier."
"LEAVE THEM ALONE!" Shiro screamed at his father.
"I can't. I'm sorry. They all must die." Kai pointed a finger at Duo, "and you'll be the first. Men." One man stepped forward and took aim right at Duo. Kai didn't see Trio reach into her back pocket and push down the 'on/off' button. "FIRE."
"Shiro, answer her question, please."
"My name's always been the same, and for the first time in my life, I'm ashamed of it."
"Why would that be?" Trio asked, squatting down.
"You don't know who Kai Nanzaki is do you?"
"Should I?"
"He's the leader of the 'X' and."
"And your father," Shinna finished off with, venom dripping from every word.
"I regret to tell you that is the truth."
"No, Shiro. It can't be. That can't be. I.I don't think I can believe you, the man I love is the enemy. I.I just can't."
"Diana.I mean, Trio, I've never been so.ashamed of my name before. I'm sorry."
"How did you know?"
"I overheard, not EXACTLY by accident you called her 'Shinna'. And that set my mind rolling. I knew I'd heard that name from somewhere. Then she called you 'Trio' and I hit upon where I'd heard your names before."
~~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~~
I was working on a big report due in a few days and I went into dad's study to ask him for help.
We lived in a mansion at the time.
I came in and stood in front of him, but he was too busy look over reports, articles, and maps, so he didn't see me. By the time he did, a list of names caught my eye. It had a long list of names, most of which were crossed off. The only ones that weren't were five at the top. They were Trio Hawk, Shinna Ling, Trey Gun, Daemon Zero and Alex Sand.
He saw me then and he covered up the list.
~~~~~END OF FLASHBACK~~~~~
"At the time, those names meant nothing to me. But they do now." His eyes rose and locked on Trio's. "And I swear to you, I won't tell a soul. I.I.I love you, Trio. I would NEVER do anything that would betray you, or Shinna. I'll admit, Shinna, you've never been very nice to me, but, I could never betray either of you."
A bush crackled off to Shiro's left. He saw a little red dot. He realized that while he had been following Trio, someone else had been following him.
"Run!" He whispered fiercely. "What?" Shinna whispered. Shiro looked back and saw the red light settle on Trio. He ran his hand over the ground until he found a pebble. He picked it up and chucked it at the red light. A shot went off into the trees above them, sending branches crashing down.
"RUN!" Shiro screamed again. He pushed the two girls into a dead run. They ran past the tree Shinna had originally sitting at. Shinna swiped up her backpack without stopping.
They ran for what seemed like hours. Finally, Shinna pulled up short underneath a streetlight.
"I.I can't keep running. I'm too tired."
"I think we lost him anyway," Shiro said between gasps.
"Who was that?" Trio gasped.
"One of my dad's lackeys I guess."
"I'm calling Ken." Trio pulled out her cell phone and dialed in the number.
"Hello?" Came the fuzzy reply.
"Ken?"
"Trio, why are you calling?"
"I've got a major problem."
"What do you mean problem? Ack.."
"Trio?!" It was Duo.
"Yea."
"What's wrong?"
"Let's see, to start out, the guy I love is the son of the enemy, one of his dad's lackeys tried to sniper us, um, and we just had a run for our life. Wanna come pick me up?"
"Where are you?"
"Jordan street, across from the school, underneath the streetlight."
"Get out of the light!"
"Fine, but hurry."
"I'll be there in a sec." Duo hung up. Trio, putting up her cell, sighed.
"What did Ken say?"
"He didn't say much, Duo stole the phone."
"Duo? As in Duo Maxwell?"
"As in my birth father, well, blood father. He'll be here in a sec, but he wants us out of the light."
"It's only logical," Shiro commented. "It'll make it easier for them to find us if we stay here."
Reaching an agreement, the three teenagers retreated into the safe, dark forest.
The teens sat there in the dark for only two minutes before a white car came rocketing around the corner. It pulled to a stop on the other side of the street, quite a ways from the trees. It turned off and Duo came running around the front of the car.
"Trio? Where are you?" His face was flooded with worry.
"I'm not that invisible," Trio said, stepping into the light. Duo smiled in relief.
"That's great, I'm glad you're all okay. Now let's get out of here."
"I'm afraid," a man said, stepping into the light. A few men with sniper rifles surrounded him. The others backed up into the shadows. "You can't hide, don't try to run."
"Dad? Is that you?" Shiro stepped forward, barely in the light.
"Shiro? What are you doing here? Oh, yes, I remember. You're the one who led me to Trio. Thank you, son."
"Leave her alone! Leave them all alone!"
Kai Nanzaki shook his head. "I'm afraid I can't do that, son. I've been trying to find her for 16 years. I'm not going to stop now."
"But dad! It's not HER fault she's like this! It's not!"
"I don't care. I can't see them, LIGHTS." A bunch of spotlights hit the group from the air. The light, however, was not enough to blind them. "That's better. Duo Maxwell? Well, well, this'll make things easier."
"LEAVE THEM ALONE!" Shiro screamed at his father.
"I can't. I'm sorry. They all must die." Kai pointed a finger at Duo, "and you'll be the first. Men." One man stepped forward and took aim right at Duo. Kai didn't see Trio reach into her back pocket and push down the 'on/off' button. "FIRE."