"NO!" Trio screamed. Her wings were out in an instant and in mere
milliseconds, she landed in front of Duo. By the time that any of the men
could blink, or stop the trigger, a bullet flew out of the barrel and hit
Trio in the arm. She deflected it into the cement with deadly accuracy and
determination. The cement cracked as the bullet buried itself into the
ground.
"Watch it, you fools!" Kai spat, hitting the man upside the head. "Don't hit the girl!"
"What are we suppose to do, Sir?" The man rebuked, "she was standing in the way." Kai turned his attention back to Trio. With her ebony wings fully extended, blocking Duo, Shinna and Shiro, Trio stood her ground with a glare, defiant and prepared.
"We can't kill her. I need to do experiments on both of them." He peered at her, just like the day she first met him. He scrutinized her from head to toe. "I need this little bat. She's the perfect experiment."
Smiling, he said, "Use a tranquilizer gun." A man to his left pulled out a small gun and fired.
Before anyone could act, Shiro had pushed his way past Trio's wings and took the tranquilizer dart right in his upper arm. Screaming in pain, he collapsed in a heap at Trios feet. He gasped a few breaths before falling into a deep, artificial sleep.
Trio almost leaned down to check on him, but she saw a man three to the left of Kai move his gun up. Rage flared into her brain, making her unable to think about anything but the threat. She rose to her full height, as tall, angry and deadly as ever.
"You'll pay for that," she stated with an almost sick determination. "One day soon, you'll for all the pain, suffering and deaths you've caused!"
"I'll do nothing of the sort. Your kind will soon be wiped from the surface of the earth!"
"You do nothing for your son, who lies in an artificial sleep!"
"He lies at your feet. Why don't you help him?" Trio glared at him with a look that could have frozen Adolph Hitler. Kai only shrugged. "No? Well, it is as much your fault as it is his," he said as he spat down at his son. "He shouldn't have tried to help a G-Alloid. If he dies because of the severity of the tranquilizer, it serves him right."
"What do you mean by that?" Trio frowned, "is that a stronger dose than a normal human could handle?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact, it is. It's got enough tranquilizer in that one dart to knock out an African Elephant."
"WHAT?! NO! You'll kill him!" Tears sprung to Trio's eyes, despite her will to keep them down.
"Like I said, it'll be half his fault for trying to protect you..." Kai lead off in surprise. Trio's eyes had begun to glow that eerie glow in the pupil of her eye, but in the white part of her eye, it was blood red with anger. A purple and red aura of power rolled all over her body as she let the rage flow. She had tried to keep calm, but that had failed. Everyone knew a human couldn't handle that much tranquilizer. It had put him to sleep almost instantly and if they did not stop the process, it would slowly put his heart to sleep and it would soon stop beating all together.
"You'll pay," Trio muttered between gasps as the power coursed through her veins. Trio made no effort to stop the blood rage. "I could take all the pain and torture you've made me endure, but Shiro can't!" Screaming with a mixture of rage and sorrow, Trio launched with lightning speed at the man who was the core of the horror she and the other G-Alloids had grown up opposing. No one could have stopped her; not even another G-Alloid.
Trio hit Kai with an impact like a car going 60 mph hitting a cement wall. A rib broke at the impact alone. Trio, who still was still in motion shoved Kai into the ground, and he cried out. After a few seconds in pain, he looked up at the girl he had been searching for. Her eyes were still filled with the eerie green and red light. If the situation had not have been so serious, Kai would have laughed at the color of Trio's Christmas-like eyes. But he knew any false move would get him killed.
"Shoot her!" Kai managed to shout. By the time the man had the tranquilizer gun pointed at Trio, she had jumped up and pushed Kai up on his knees. She grabbed his hair and bent his head back, leaving his throat exposed. Then she willed into existence a small scythe and pushed it against his throat.
Leaning close to Kai's ear, Trio whispered, "I should kill you, I should kill you right now." Kai could hear the strain of Trio trying to control herself in her voice.
"Why don't you?" Kai muttered between gasps.
"I don't know if Shiro would approve. I don't want him to be angry, besides, you'll try to get us again, and next time for you, there won't be another next time after that." Leaning away from his ear, in a clear voice, Trio said, "Duo, Shinna, get Shiro to the car. He needs medical help."
"Okay," Shinna replied. Trio kept a close eye and close hands on Kai, but he was in no position to move. While these wounds were light, Trio doubted he'd ever suffered such a severe blow before.
Shinna pushed her hands under Shiro's arms. Duo reached up and yanked the dart from his arm and chucking it into the forest before reaching his hands around Shiro' knees. The two lugged Shiro across the street while Trio kept a close eye on the lackeys and Kai. He looked up at her once, but the brightness of her eyes made him soon look away. No one said a word.
"Trio!" Duo shouted a minute or two later, "Come on!"
"I don't dare turn my backs on these cowards!" She shouted in reply.
Trio felt a surge of a familiar power and an acknowledgement in her brain of another strong power nearby. "I've got you covered!" Shinna said.
"Don't move until we get around that corner," Trio said, moving her hand with the scythe in it and pointing it down the street. "If you move, and I'll be watching, I'll come back and finish you off properly. Understand?" The lackeys nodded. They had long put their guns up except the man with the dart gun. He still held the point at Trio, waiting for her to make a mistake.
Trio scowled at Kai again, the eerie lights still in her eyes, and pushed him hard into the ground at her feet. Kai let out a small groan. She backed up slowly, still keeping a close eye on the men.
It felt like an eternity until Trio finally saw Shinna and her triton out of the corner of her eye. Trio glanced into the back seat of the car. Shiro's head was on the right side of the seat. Trio growled and put her wings 'up' and opened the door, lifted up Shiro's head, and made her lap Shiro's pillow. Duo had already climbed in the car and Shinna was inching her way around the back end of the car. Trio was oblivious to everything except the boy who had risked his life for a not-quite-human girl. She pushed his hair one way, then the other as the car rocketed around the corner.
"Trio," Shinna whispered. Trio looked up; the lights in her eyes were gone, it was now replaced with a river of tears. "Oh, Trio."
"You warned me, Shinna, *sniffle* you warned me not to get involved. And what did I do? I fell in love with the son of the enemy, who risked his life for me. He's gonna die! FOR ME! That stupid fool! I'm not worth it!" Breaking down, Trio leaned over Shiro's face crying her heart out.
Shiro's eyes were closed in an artificial, yet peaceful sleep. He might not make it, and everyone knew it. If Shiro had not blocked the dart, however, Trio wouldn't have gone into a blood rage and they might not have made it out of that harrowing experience alive.
Everyone stayed silent as Duo drove as fast as he dared to the nearest military base.
"Watch it, you fools!" Kai spat, hitting the man upside the head. "Don't hit the girl!"
"What are we suppose to do, Sir?" The man rebuked, "she was standing in the way." Kai turned his attention back to Trio. With her ebony wings fully extended, blocking Duo, Shinna and Shiro, Trio stood her ground with a glare, defiant and prepared.
"We can't kill her. I need to do experiments on both of them." He peered at her, just like the day she first met him. He scrutinized her from head to toe. "I need this little bat. She's the perfect experiment."
Smiling, he said, "Use a tranquilizer gun." A man to his left pulled out a small gun and fired.
Before anyone could act, Shiro had pushed his way past Trio's wings and took the tranquilizer dart right in his upper arm. Screaming in pain, he collapsed in a heap at Trios feet. He gasped a few breaths before falling into a deep, artificial sleep.
Trio almost leaned down to check on him, but she saw a man three to the left of Kai move his gun up. Rage flared into her brain, making her unable to think about anything but the threat. She rose to her full height, as tall, angry and deadly as ever.
"You'll pay for that," she stated with an almost sick determination. "One day soon, you'll for all the pain, suffering and deaths you've caused!"
"I'll do nothing of the sort. Your kind will soon be wiped from the surface of the earth!"
"You do nothing for your son, who lies in an artificial sleep!"
"He lies at your feet. Why don't you help him?" Trio glared at him with a look that could have frozen Adolph Hitler. Kai only shrugged. "No? Well, it is as much your fault as it is his," he said as he spat down at his son. "He shouldn't have tried to help a G-Alloid. If he dies because of the severity of the tranquilizer, it serves him right."
"What do you mean by that?" Trio frowned, "is that a stronger dose than a normal human could handle?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact, it is. It's got enough tranquilizer in that one dart to knock out an African Elephant."
"WHAT?! NO! You'll kill him!" Tears sprung to Trio's eyes, despite her will to keep them down.
"Like I said, it'll be half his fault for trying to protect you..." Kai lead off in surprise. Trio's eyes had begun to glow that eerie glow in the pupil of her eye, but in the white part of her eye, it was blood red with anger. A purple and red aura of power rolled all over her body as she let the rage flow. She had tried to keep calm, but that had failed. Everyone knew a human couldn't handle that much tranquilizer. It had put him to sleep almost instantly and if they did not stop the process, it would slowly put his heart to sleep and it would soon stop beating all together.
"You'll pay," Trio muttered between gasps as the power coursed through her veins. Trio made no effort to stop the blood rage. "I could take all the pain and torture you've made me endure, but Shiro can't!" Screaming with a mixture of rage and sorrow, Trio launched with lightning speed at the man who was the core of the horror she and the other G-Alloids had grown up opposing. No one could have stopped her; not even another G-Alloid.
Trio hit Kai with an impact like a car going 60 mph hitting a cement wall. A rib broke at the impact alone. Trio, who still was still in motion shoved Kai into the ground, and he cried out. After a few seconds in pain, he looked up at the girl he had been searching for. Her eyes were still filled with the eerie green and red light. If the situation had not have been so serious, Kai would have laughed at the color of Trio's Christmas-like eyes. But he knew any false move would get him killed.
"Shoot her!" Kai managed to shout. By the time the man had the tranquilizer gun pointed at Trio, she had jumped up and pushed Kai up on his knees. She grabbed his hair and bent his head back, leaving his throat exposed. Then she willed into existence a small scythe and pushed it against his throat.
Leaning close to Kai's ear, Trio whispered, "I should kill you, I should kill you right now." Kai could hear the strain of Trio trying to control herself in her voice.
"Why don't you?" Kai muttered between gasps.
"I don't know if Shiro would approve. I don't want him to be angry, besides, you'll try to get us again, and next time for you, there won't be another next time after that." Leaning away from his ear, in a clear voice, Trio said, "Duo, Shinna, get Shiro to the car. He needs medical help."
"Okay," Shinna replied. Trio kept a close eye and close hands on Kai, but he was in no position to move. While these wounds were light, Trio doubted he'd ever suffered such a severe blow before.
Shinna pushed her hands under Shiro's arms. Duo reached up and yanked the dart from his arm and chucking it into the forest before reaching his hands around Shiro' knees. The two lugged Shiro across the street while Trio kept a close eye on the lackeys and Kai. He looked up at her once, but the brightness of her eyes made him soon look away. No one said a word.
"Trio!" Duo shouted a minute or two later, "Come on!"
"I don't dare turn my backs on these cowards!" She shouted in reply.
Trio felt a surge of a familiar power and an acknowledgement in her brain of another strong power nearby. "I've got you covered!" Shinna said.
"Don't move until we get around that corner," Trio said, moving her hand with the scythe in it and pointing it down the street. "If you move, and I'll be watching, I'll come back and finish you off properly. Understand?" The lackeys nodded. They had long put their guns up except the man with the dart gun. He still held the point at Trio, waiting for her to make a mistake.
Trio scowled at Kai again, the eerie lights still in her eyes, and pushed him hard into the ground at her feet. Kai let out a small groan. She backed up slowly, still keeping a close eye on the men.
It felt like an eternity until Trio finally saw Shinna and her triton out of the corner of her eye. Trio glanced into the back seat of the car. Shiro's head was on the right side of the seat. Trio growled and put her wings 'up' and opened the door, lifted up Shiro's head, and made her lap Shiro's pillow. Duo had already climbed in the car and Shinna was inching her way around the back end of the car. Trio was oblivious to everything except the boy who had risked his life for a not-quite-human girl. She pushed his hair one way, then the other as the car rocketed around the corner.
"Trio," Shinna whispered. Trio looked up; the lights in her eyes were gone, it was now replaced with a river of tears. "Oh, Trio."
"You warned me, Shinna, *sniffle* you warned me not to get involved. And what did I do? I fell in love with the son of the enemy, who risked his life for me. He's gonna die! FOR ME! That stupid fool! I'm not worth it!" Breaking down, Trio leaned over Shiro's face crying her heart out.
Shiro's eyes were closed in an artificial, yet peaceful sleep. He might not make it, and everyone knew it. If Shiro had not blocked the dart, however, Trio wouldn't have gone into a blood rage and they might not have made it out of that harrowing experience alive.
Everyone stayed silent as Duo drove as fast as he dared to the nearest military base.