Author's Note: Okay, I re-did some of my last paragraph in the 5th chapter
because, well, I sorta of over did it. But rather then telling people to
go back and read it, I am just gonna post the new conclusion to my 5th
chapter before I start of this chapter. It will be my first recap so that
why people like me, who rarely read the ANs, will not get confused. Hehe.
Sorry this also took awhile to post. I have been working on it awhile
though.
I have thought of a few names that might work as the bad guys in this story. Here they are:
Moshe (pronounced Mo-she) Sabin [main guy] [Moshe means Moses in Hebrew and Sabin is a Jewish last name]
Jiene (pronounced Ya-na) Knell [one of Moshe's main followers] [Jiene is German and I want to saw Knell is too]
And yayness for reaching my goal!!! I have always dreamed of reaching 100 reviews!! I have been jumping up and down with joy for the last few days because of it. Hehe
Thanks baby bunnie-sis for being my beta-reader who didn't correct anything *shakes head at her* THANKS silver-chan for being the bestest beta-reader out there and giving me my longest review ever. hehe
Comments to my reviews...
Silver-chan: repetition... repetition.... I just cant seem to get over it v.v and just to warn ya, my poetry side got the best at me at some points and I have lots of repetition in that. Lol. But that was sorta on purpose... anyway, tell me if you see any more mistakes or anything because you are one of my few beta-readers! And thanks for making me have to rethink over my whole final part of my last chapter. Lol. I suppose it is better now though... or it at least makes more sense.
Jupiter Angel: Gundam? I mentioned something about a gundam? Please tell me that I didn't because I would like to think that after the endless waltz, the g-boys never were in gundams again. If I did seem like I mentioned gundams somewhere in the past chapter, could you please tell me. Hmmm. maybe you are talking about which boy rescued Minako? Well, I barely mention who in this chapter. To be honest, I completely forgot till now that I didn't say who broke into the base and rescued Mina. I am really sorry that I am always confusing. I don't mean to. well, maybe I do alittle but you seemed always lost.
Serenity Angel: I figured that most people would guess that it was Minako. I believe that both of them are strong people, but I needed Usagi to be the tougher one this time in order to make my plot so far work out.
Moonlit Evanescence: sorry about not noticing that you had already said that the pairing was decided before I reviewed. Lol. If you look above, you will see that I state that I barely look at peoples summaries. And I read and reviewed your friend's story and was very sorry to see that she took it off FFN the next day. V.v
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Recap of chapter 5
--the changed part-
The girl, noticing that his back was all tense, forced her coughs to calm down and look to the side of his body, only to see a inescapable site. In front of them were at least a thirty soldiers, all pointing their guns at the two escapees and the boy. The girl gulped and took a small step backward. Looking behind her, she noticed that no one guarded the way that they entered into this room in the building. She stepped forward and got on her tiptoes, whispering into the boys ear, "There is no one behind us. Take Minako and get out of here, please. Leave me; I will only slow you down. I am sure I am what they want and I will block them from chasing you."
The brown-haired boy nodded, not turning to look back at Usagi. He let go off Usagi's arm and took a deep breath.
Usagi heard the sounds of all the guns safety's going out and the soldiers prepared to fire. Usagi shouted, "NOW."
The boy turned in a heartbeat and ran with Minako out of the clearing. The guns started to fire, trying to mechanical chase after the boy and a few bullets got near him. The soldiers gave up with the guns and started to give chase; they ran passed Usagi, knocking her to the ground and went one by one through the door and into the narrow hallway. A few of the soldiers stayed behind, picking Usagi's delicate body up from the ground and tried to forcible carry her away. She squirmed, not liking being held so close to the enemy, and tried to pull herself few from their tight grip, though knowing there was no hope for her. Fifteen seconds had passed now since the boy had run out of the room and Usagi hoped that Minako and the boy were alright. She was so worried about them that she didn't even notice that one of the soldiers holding onto her getting so sick of her pointless antics, that he swung down his gun and hit her with it on the stomach. She fell to the ground, unconscious.
-------End of chapter 5------
Chapter 6: awaken?
Her eyes twitched
And she opened them slightly.
Only wishing them to be closed again
And be rid of her memories.
Rid of her failure and mistakes.
She was once again trapped in a little dark prison.
Whimpering, she heard the sounds of punches and muffled cries in the other cells.
Men, hidden in the darkness of the cell, surrounded her and were shouting words at her.
The words all blurred together
And she felt too numb to feel their hits and kicks.
Another scream was heard
And the echoes of it's pain filled her body
Causing her to wince
And to feel like her heart was going to break.
Closing her eyes,
She felt another strike
And then another.
The pain stopped,
The harsh words quietly left
And the whimpers of her three friends unexpectedly stopped.
The dream,
No, the nightmare had ended.
Her eyes stopped twitching
And her breathing returned to normal.
~*~
The cornflower-blonde haired boy stared at the sleeping girl in the guest bed. Harsh bruises marred her face and she continued to tremble in her sleep. The girl had lost a lot of blood and had gone through much internal bleeding, but luckily no major injures had occurred. The boy's eyes flashed with pain when he knew that Trowa had spoke of another girl in just as pitied condition. Feeling that his hand was holding her pale, limp hand in his own, he wondered when he had done that. Glancing backwards, he saw that his silent friend had finally stealthily exited to return to the place he had left the other girl.
Turning back his blue eyes became more troubled. The girl's trembling lips and flickering eyes had abruptly stopped. He wondered why for a second, but decided that since it stopped maybe whatever nightmare she was having had ended.
The tolls of the grandfather clock filled the silent halls and empty rooms. It was four in the evening and the boy decided it was about time he ate something, even though he didn't feel hungry; his stomach was too filled with worry. He had been sitting there ever since Trowa had shown up with the girl in his arms about five hours ago. He slowly let go of the girl's hand, afraid that she might start trembling again and stood up. Exiting the room, he without warning heard foot steps rushing up his entrance stairs. Hurrying over there, knowing that Rashid and the rest of his friend were on vacation, and that he had to greet whatever visitors had entered. He started to pull out a gun from his back pocket just in case. The foot steps came his way and the boy stopped. The steps turned the corner and the boy cocked his head. Hiiro didn't say anything about visiting, especially with some striking black haired girl. He placed his gun back in to his back pant's pocket.
The dark blue-eyed boy swiftly walked up to the blonde, "Quatre, did Trowa come here?" He asked in monotone, and his eyes held nothing in them.
Nodding his head in a yes, Quatre stepped back towards the room with the sleeping blonde.
"Was there two girls?" The female voice standing a few feet behind Heero questioned.
How? How did Hiiro and this girl know about the two girls Trowa met? Quatre was completely baffled and opened a door, to revel a dark room. The light from the hall way showed a blonde on the bed and the black-haired girl ran from behind Heero's back to the girl's side. Turning around, her eyes glimmered with unshed tears, "Where is Usagi?"
Tilting his head in confusion again, the memory of Duo in the playground was still fresh in his mind. A few days after that sad day, Duo, Hiiro, Wufei and Trowa left to continue on their lives. That was three weeks ago. Quickly getting the image out of his head, he knew that this Usagi was a different one because Duo's Usagi was long dead. His mind quickly became less confused over why Heero and the other girl were there and he finally worked up the nerve to speak. "Ah. The other blonde. Trowa said he had to return for her. Do not worry, everything will be okay." Quatre gave her a smile that did nothing to reassure the raven-haired girl. She merely gave him a weak smile and turned back to the blonde in the bed. Turning back towards Hiiro, Quatre gave him a questing glance. "How did you know about the two girls and Trowa?"
The boy responded in monotone, "It was a guess. Trowa and I had connecting missions which I failed and so I assumed the people I was supposed to protect where captured and led to the base that Trowa was sent to investigate for suspicious activity. Didn't Trowa inform you of this?"
Shaking his head no, Quatre had now gone into shock over how the perfect soldier could have lost a mission. He took one more glance at the raven haired girl too focused on the blonde to even notice him. He wouldn't have let her near the recovering patient lying in the guest bed, much less into his house, had Hiiro not allowed her. He trusted that his friend would not bring some security risk into his home. Looking back at Hiiro, he decided to leave and figure out what was happening later on. First he needed to eat some food and get some rest.
~*~
Her eyes flickered open and then shut. Her throat was sore and her ears were ringing. Her head was throbbing and her stomach wanted to keel over. She felt cold metal on the back of her arms and legs. Trying to move her hands, she found that they were tied to something, along with her feet. She squirmed, trying to break free, when a voice was heard in her background. It took her a few second to focus on it and realize what had been said.
"I see that you are finally awake."
Snapping her eyes open, she saw that she was tied to a metal table, staring up at a white paneled ceiling. Turning her head slightly, she saw a cold looking woman in her early thirties gazing at her. She had a long light brown hair tied up into a ponytail and curling slightly right at her waist. She was standing very proud and posed, with a determined look in her dull hazel eyes. Her lips curved up in to a immoral small smile as she gazed at the girl. Steeping towards her, the women leaned over her and blocked some of the fluorescent light glowing down.
"It is a pleasure to meet you Ms. Minako Aino."
Steeping back at that moment, the woman did not see Usagi's sudden blink in surprised. Her thought were bedazzled for a second. She wasn't Minako, she was Usagi. Why did this woman think she was Minako? Who is that woman? How should she respond to this? Pretend. Yes, pretend to be Minako to that woman finds out she isn't.
Usagi nodded her head. "And who are you?'
"Ah. A pleasure to finally meet such an infamous spy as yourself. I am Jiene Knell; one of the main people behind Alpha."
"Alpha?" Usagi looked at her questioning.
"Silly girl; I have watched too many superhero movies to give away my plan to the hero."
The woman walked out of Usagi's viewpoint, forcing Usagi to try to lift up her head off the table to see what she was doing. Jiene stood in front of a computer screen, typing in some info. Turning around, Jiene saw her looking at her with wonder and smiled at Usagi, with her teeth showing. The smile didn't look that pleasant. "Trying to see what I am doing, little one? Just checking out OZ's old info on you. See exactly who you are. After all, my lord and master Moshe never gave me any information on you, just to greet you when you awoke."
Busted. What to do now. The stress of being caught pretending to be someone else, and the pain in her neck from lifting it too long caused Usagi to bang her head back down on the table. The sound of her head colliding with the hard metal caused a loud echo to fill the room. Jiene gave a short, sharp laugh. It was like she knew that Usagi really wasn't Minako already.
A few seconds passed and Usagi decided to lift her head back up again. On the computer screen, she saw a picture of a younger Minako. She was wearing the same old red ribbon in her hair but her blue eyes didn't sparkle with joy or any emotion at all. They were dull and Usagi's heart ached to see such a dear friend like Minako looking so sad and detached. Jiene clicked a button on the keyboard, her eyes were angry, when she glanced over at Usagi and then back to the computer screen. This new screen contained many small words. The words were too far away from Usagi to read but she saw the words 'Spy', 'Traitor', 'Kill on Sight' clear as day and she gave off a soft gasp.
Usagi's head banged against the table again. What had Minako done when she was younger?
Usagi heard a sudden clack of a heel and then heels pounding towards her. Jiene once again lend over her body and looked down at her. "Who are you, and where was the real Minako Aino taken, and by who?" Her voice was calm but sent shivers down Usagi's spine. Jiene eyes flashed. They looked ready to murder, when suddenly a knock was heard at the door. Both pairs of eyes glanced towards the area where the knock was heard, and Jiene broke away from staring at Usagi with crazy eyes to open the door. A young man with a soldier's uniform containing many badges and medals stood there. He handed Jiene a shiny locket.
A Locket? Her locket! How did they get that? Fear filled Usagi's body. She started feeling numb and sick.
After the soldier told a few hushed words to Jiene, she turned back around and closed the door. She once again gave Usagi a big smile, and dread raced up and down Usagi's spine. "It seems that you are more useful then I thought you would be a few seconds ago. Maybe even more useful then that worthless Minako." Her smile grew bigger. "For the moment, Ms. Usagi.that is how you pronounce it, correct?"
Usagi slowly nodded her head. She didn't want to believe that this woman know knew who she was.
"Good. Well Ms. Usagi, for the moment you shall live"
Her eyes gleamed with an evil joy and her heels sharply turned. Her feet strode out of the room, with loud clanks after every step and the door slammed shut.
Usagi felt emotionally worse then she had in days. The slamming of the door felt like the closure of her ultimate ending and doom.
~*~
Rei held Minako's hand in to her own and kept begging in her head for Minako to be okay and to wake up. She blamed herself for what had happened. She should have known; she should have been there. Glancing behind her, she saw Hiiro leaning against the doorway at her. His eyes were glazed over. He must be thinking, Rei decided, as she turned back her thoughts back to Minako. She sat on the chair placed beside the bed and decided to lay her head down on the bed. Her face turned towards Minako's peaceful sleeping one. "Thank you for bringing me here Hiiro," she spoke without much though.
Hiiro didn't answer but she heard a light "Hn" coming from his direction, followed by the sudden sounds of him exiting the room.
"Wait!" she softly cried after him, still resting herself on the bed. The footsteps stopped and she knew he was listening. Not even looking at him, she spoke, "Could you call someone to watch over my two friends in Tokyo? I am worried that something like this may happen to them and I don't want to find myself having to travel to another colony to watch them while they recover, or worse, mourn their death. I don't want to leave them all alone, but I can't watch two groups of people who are in different places."
Footsteps were heard walking away again and Rei knew in her heart that this trusted stranger would get someone to watch over Makoto and Ami. Of course, she knew that those two would be mad at her for sending a body guard to watch them when Makoto was such a strong fighter and Ami figured she could get herself mathematically out of anything. She decided then that maybe she should call them and glancing at the clock, she knew that they had been out of school for a very long time. The time passed since early dawn till now had gone by quickly in her eyes due to all the worry and fears that had filled her thoughts.
Standing up and walking away from Minako's bedside, she entered the magnificent hallway. She had been very surprised when Heero had lead her in to the biggest home she had even seen, filled with so many splendors. Had she not been so worried, she probably would have reacted much like Usagi or Minako to so much glamour. She stared upon the many paintings that graced the hall; absorbing in the portraits of past generations, and the beautiful landscapes that some on the paintings held. Suddenly she heard quick, unwavering footsteps coming towards her. Turning, she saw that Hiiro had returned. She hid her wonder about how quickly time had seemed to pass since he had left.
"So?" She directly asked him.
"My friend Duo is heading to Tokyo. He will watch them."
She nodded his head at him. "May I call my friends then?"
"Yes," a voice answered out of no where. Quatre had snuck up on her somehow. "There is a phone in your friend's guest room, but before you do, would you like to have some dinner? While I was down there I had a servant prepare one for you and Hiiro. Another one is preparing a guest bedroom for you right now."
Nodding her head at him, she now did feel a little hungry. She saw Hiiro start walking towards the staircase downstairs and followed him. Makoto and Ami would have to wait.
~*~
She felt alone.
Her body started to shake and shiver
And she could hear her friend's echoes of pain off in the distance.
Her mind fought seeing the images of her past again.
She was so young back then.
She was only thinking about making her friends torments stop.
She wasn't even thinking about herself
When she made a pact with the Devils.
She didn't know.
She didn't realize.
Her mind needed to escape.
She didn't want her nightmare to torment her anymore.
She wanted out.
She wanted to escape from the past.
~*~
Minako slowly awoke. The world was bright and she felt warm. The cover over her was so comfortable that she wanted to get back to sleep, but then she remembered the nightmare she was having. Knowing that she didn't want to go back to her dreadful dream world, she opened her eyes only to be greeted by the sight of a pair of worried blue eyes staring down her. The eyes twinkled with happiness when they saw that she was awake, and she naturally smiled back.
I have thought of a few names that might work as the bad guys in this story. Here they are:
Moshe (pronounced Mo-she) Sabin [main guy] [Moshe means Moses in Hebrew and Sabin is a Jewish last name]
Jiene (pronounced Ya-na) Knell [one of Moshe's main followers] [Jiene is German and I want to saw Knell is too]
And yayness for reaching my goal!!! I have always dreamed of reaching 100 reviews!! I have been jumping up and down with joy for the last few days because of it. Hehe
Thanks baby bunnie-sis for being my beta-reader who didn't correct anything *shakes head at her* THANKS silver-chan for being the bestest beta-reader out there and giving me my longest review ever. hehe
Comments to my reviews...
Silver-chan: repetition... repetition.... I just cant seem to get over it v.v and just to warn ya, my poetry side got the best at me at some points and I have lots of repetition in that. Lol. But that was sorta on purpose... anyway, tell me if you see any more mistakes or anything because you are one of my few beta-readers! And thanks for making me have to rethink over my whole final part of my last chapter. Lol. I suppose it is better now though... or it at least makes more sense.
Jupiter Angel: Gundam? I mentioned something about a gundam? Please tell me that I didn't because I would like to think that after the endless waltz, the g-boys never were in gundams again. If I did seem like I mentioned gundams somewhere in the past chapter, could you please tell me. Hmmm. maybe you are talking about which boy rescued Minako? Well, I barely mention who in this chapter. To be honest, I completely forgot till now that I didn't say who broke into the base and rescued Mina. I am really sorry that I am always confusing. I don't mean to. well, maybe I do alittle but you seemed always lost.
Serenity Angel: I figured that most people would guess that it was Minako. I believe that both of them are strong people, but I needed Usagi to be the tougher one this time in order to make my plot so far work out.
Moonlit Evanescence: sorry about not noticing that you had already said that the pairing was decided before I reviewed. Lol. If you look above, you will see that I state that I barely look at peoples summaries. And I read and reviewed your friend's story and was very sorry to see that she took it off FFN the next day. V.v
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Recap of chapter 5
--the changed part-
The girl, noticing that his back was all tense, forced her coughs to calm down and look to the side of his body, only to see a inescapable site. In front of them were at least a thirty soldiers, all pointing their guns at the two escapees and the boy. The girl gulped and took a small step backward. Looking behind her, she noticed that no one guarded the way that they entered into this room in the building. She stepped forward and got on her tiptoes, whispering into the boys ear, "There is no one behind us. Take Minako and get out of here, please. Leave me; I will only slow you down. I am sure I am what they want and I will block them from chasing you."
The brown-haired boy nodded, not turning to look back at Usagi. He let go off Usagi's arm and took a deep breath.
Usagi heard the sounds of all the guns safety's going out and the soldiers prepared to fire. Usagi shouted, "NOW."
The boy turned in a heartbeat and ran with Minako out of the clearing. The guns started to fire, trying to mechanical chase after the boy and a few bullets got near him. The soldiers gave up with the guns and started to give chase; they ran passed Usagi, knocking her to the ground and went one by one through the door and into the narrow hallway. A few of the soldiers stayed behind, picking Usagi's delicate body up from the ground and tried to forcible carry her away. She squirmed, not liking being held so close to the enemy, and tried to pull herself few from their tight grip, though knowing there was no hope for her. Fifteen seconds had passed now since the boy had run out of the room and Usagi hoped that Minako and the boy were alright. She was so worried about them that she didn't even notice that one of the soldiers holding onto her getting so sick of her pointless antics, that he swung down his gun and hit her with it on the stomach. She fell to the ground, unconscious.
-------End of chapter 5------
Chapter 6: awaken?
Her eyes twitched
And she opened them slightly.
Only wishing them to be closed again
And be rid of her memories.
Rid of her failure and mistakes.
She was once again trapped in a little dark prison.
Whimpering, she heard the sounds of punches and muffled cries in the other cells.
Men, hidden in the darkness of the cell, surrounded her and were shouting words at her.
The words all blurred together
And she felt too numb to feel their hits and kicks.
Another scream was heard
And the echoes of it's pain filled her body
Causing her to wince
And to feel like her heart was going to break.
Closing her eyes,
She felt another strike
And then another.
The pain stopped,
The harsh words quietly left
And the whimpers of her three friends unexpectedly stopped.
The dream,
No, the nightmare had ended.
Her eyes stopped twitching
And her breathing returned to normal.
~*~
The cornflower-blonde haired boy stared at the sleeping girl in the guest bed. Harsh bruises marred her face and she continued to tremble in her sleep. The girl had lost a lot of blood and had gone through much internal bleeding, but luckily no major injures had occurred. The boy's eyes flashed with pain when he knew that Trowa had spoke of another girl in just as pitied condition. Feeling that his hand was holding her pale, limp hand in his own, he wondered when he had done that. Glancing backwards, he saw that his silent friend had finally stealthily exited to return to the place he had left the other girl.
Turning back his blue eyes became more troubled. The girl's trembling lips and flickering eyes had abruptly stopped. He wondered why for a second, but decided that since it stopped maybe whatever nightmare she was having had ended.
The tolls of the grandfather clock filled the silent halls and empty rooms. It was four in the evening and the boy decided it was about time he ate something, even though he didn't feel hungry; his stomach was too filled with worry. He had been sitting there ever since Trowa had shown up with the girl in his arms about five hours ago. He slowly let go of the girl's hand, afraid that she might start trembling again and stood up. Exiting the room, he without warning heard foot steps rushing up his entrance stairs. Hurrying over there, knowing that Rashid and the rest of his friend were on vacation, and that he had to greet whatever visitors had entered. He started to pull out a gun from his back pocket just in case. The foot steps came his way and the boy stopped. The steps turned the corner and the boy cocked his head. Hiiro didn't say anything about visiting, especially with some striking black haired girl. He placed his gun back in to his back pant's pocket.
The dark blue-eyed boy swiftly walked up to the blonde, "Quatre, did Trowa come here?" He asked in monotone, and his eyes held nothing in them.
Nodding his head in a yes, Quatre stepped back towards the room with the sleeping blonde.
"Was there two girls?" The female voice standing a few feet behind Heero questioned.
How? How did Hiiro and this girl know about the two girls Trowa met? Quatre was completely baffled and opened a door, to revel a dark room. The light from the hall way showed a blonde on the bed and the black-haired girl ran from behind Heero's back to the girl's side. Turning around, her eyes glimmered with unshed tears, "Where is Usagi?"
Tilting his head in confusion again, the memory of Duo in the playground was still fresh in his mind. A few days after that sad day, Duo, Hiiro, Wufei and Trowa left to continue on their lives. That was three weeks ago. Quickly getting the image out of his head, he knew that this Usagi was a different one because Duo's Usagi was long dead. His mind quickly became less confused over why Heero and the other girl were there and he finally worked up the nerve to speak. "Ah. The other blonde. Trowa said he had to return for her. Do not worry, everything will be okay." Quatre gave her a smile that did nothing to reassure the raven-haired girl. She merely gave him a weak smile and turned back to the blonde in the bed. Turning back towards Hiiro, Quatre gave him a questing glance. "How did you know about the two girls and Trowa?"
The boy responded in monotone, "It was a guess. Trowa and I had connecting missions which I failed and so I assumed the people I was supposed to protect where captured and led to the base that Trowa was sent to investigate for suspicious activity. Didn't Trowa inform you of this?"
Shaking his head no, Quatre had now gone into shock over how the perfect soldier could have lost a mission. He took one more glance at the raven haired girl too focused on the blonde to even notice him. He wouldn't have let her near the recovering patient lying in the guest bed, much less into his house, had Hiiro not allowed her. He trusted that his friend would not bring some security risk into his home. Looking back at Hiiro, he decided to leave and figure out what was happening later on. First he needed to eat some food and get some rest.
~*~
Her eyes flickered open and then shut. Her throat was sore and her ears were ringing. Her head was throbbing and her stomach wanted to keel over. She felt cold metal on the back of her arms and legs. Trying to move her hands, she found that they were tied to something, along with her feet. She squirmed, trying to break free, when a voice was heard in her background. It took her a few second to focus on it and realize what had been said.
"I see that you are finally awake."
Snapping her eyes open, she saw that she was tied to a metal table, staring up at a white paneled ceiling. Turning her head slightly, she saw a cold looking woman in her early thirties gazing at her. She had a long light brown hair tied up into a ponytail and curling slightly right at her waist. She was standing very proud and posed, with a determined look in her dull hazel eyes. Her lips curved up in to a immoral small smile as she gazed at the girl. Steeping towards her, the women leaned over her and blocked some of the fluorescent light glowing down.
"It is a pleasure to meet you Ms. Minako Aino."
Steeping back at that moment, the woman did not see Usagi's sudden blink in surprised. Her thought were bedazzled for a second. She wasn't Minako, she was Usagi. Why did this woman think she was Minako? Who is that woman? How should she respond to this? Pretend. Yes, pretend to be Minako to that woman finds out she isn't.
Usagi nodded her head. "And who are you?'
"Ah. A pleasure to finally meet such an infamous spy as yourself. I am Jiene Knell; one of the main people behind Alpha."
"Alpha?" Usagi looked at her questioning.
"Silly girl; I have watched too many superhero movies to give away my plan to the hero."
The woman walked out of Usagi's viewpoint, forcing Usagi to try to lift up her head off the table to see what she was doing. Jiene stood in front of a computer screen, typing in some info. Turning around, Jiene saw her looking at her with wonder and smiled at Usagi, with her teeth showing. The smile didn't look that pleasant. "Trying to see what I am doing, little one? Just checking out OZ's old info on you. See exactly who you are. After all, my lord and master Moshe never gave me any information on you, just to greet you when you awoke."
Busted. What to do now. The stress of being caught pretending to be someone else, and the pain in her neck from lifting it too long caused Usagi to bang her head back down on the table. The sound of her head colliding with the hard metal caused a loud echo to fill the room. Jiene gave a short, sharp laugh. It was like she knew that Usagi really wasn't Minako already.
A few seconds passed and Usagi decided to lift her head back up again. On the computer screen, she saw a picture of a younger Minako. She was wearing the same old red ribbon in her hair but her blue eyes didn't sparkle with joy or any emotion at all. They were dull and Usagi's heart ached to see such a dear friend like Minako looking so sad and detached. Jiene clicked a button on the keyboard, her eyes were angry, when she glanced over at Usagi and then back to the computer screen. This new screen contained many small words. The words were too far away from Usagi to read but she saw the words 'Spy', 'Traitor', 'Kill on Sight' clear as day and she gave off a soft gasp.
Usagi's head banged against the table again. What had Minako done when she was younger?
Usagi heard a sudden clack of a heel and then heels pounding towards her. Jiene once again lend over her body and looked down at her. "Who are you, and where was the real Minako Aino taken, and by who?" Her voice was calm but sent shivers down Usagi's spine. Jiene eyes flashed. They looked ready to murder, when suddenly a knock was heard at the door. Both pairs of eyes glanced towards the area where the knock was heard, and Jiene broke away from staring at Usagi with crazy eyes to open the door. A young man with a soldier's uniform containing many badges and medals stood there. He handed Jiene a shiny locket.
A Locket? Her locket! How did they get that? Fear filled Usagi's body. She started feeling numb and sick.
After the soldier told a few hushed words to Jiene, she turned back around and closed the door. She once again gave Usagi a big smile, and dread raced up and down Usagi's spine. "It seems that you are more useful then I thought you would be a few seconds ago. Maybe even more useful then that worthless Minako." Her smile grew bigger. "For the moment, Ms. Usagi.that is how you pronounce it, correct?"
Usagi slowly nodded her head. She didn't want to believe that this woman know knew who she was.
"Good. Well Ms. Usagi, for the moment you shall live"
Her eyes gleamed with an evil joy and her heels sharply turned. Her feet strode out of the room, with loud clanks after every step and the door slammed shut.
Usagi felt emotionally worse then she had in days. The slamming of the door felt like the closure of her ultimate ending and doom.
~*~
Rei held Minako's hand in to her own and kept begging in her head for Minako to be okay and to wake up. She blamed herself for what had happened. She should have known; she should have been there. Glancing behind her, she saw Hiiro leaning against the doorway at her. His eyes were glazed over. He must be thinking, Rei decided, as she turned back her thoughts back to Minako. She sat on the chair placed beside the bed and decided to lay her head down on the bed. Her face turned towards Minako's peaceful sleeping one. "Thank you for bringing me here Hiiro," she spoke without much though.
Hiiro didn't answer but she heard a light "Hn" coming from his direction, followed by the sudden sounds of him exiting the room.
"Wait!" she softly cried after him, still resting herself on the bed. The footsteps stopped and she knew he was listening. Not even looking at him, she spoke, "Could you call someone to watch over my two friends in Tokyo? I am worried that something like this may happen to them and I don't want to find myself having to travel to another colony to watch them while they recover, or worse, mourn their death. I don't want to leave them all alone, but I can't watch two groups of people who are in different places."
Footsteps were heard walking away again and Rei knew in her heart that this trusted stranger would get someone to watch over Makoto and Ami. Of course, she knew that those two would be mad at her for sending a body guard to watch them when Makoto was such a strong fighter and Ami figured she could get herself mathematically out of anything. She decided then that maybe she should call them and glancing at the clock, she knew that they had been out of school for a very long time. The time passed since early dawn till now had gone by quickly in her eyes due to all the worry and fears that had filled her thoughts.
Standing up and walking away from Minako's bedside, she entered the magnificent hallway. She had been very surprised when Heero had lead her in to the biggest home she had even seen, filled with so many splendors. Had she not been so worried, she probably would have reacted much like Usagi or Minako to so much glamour. She stared upon the many paintings that graced the hall; absorbing in the portraits of past generations, and the beautiful landscapes that some on the paintings held. Suddenly she heard quick, unwavering footsteps coming towards her. Turning, she saw that Hiiro had returned. She hid her wonder about how quickly time had seemed to pass since he had left.
"So?" She directly asked him.
"My friend Duo is heading to Tokyo. He will watch them."
She nodded his head at him. "May I call my friends then?"
"Yes," a voice answered out of no where. Quatre had snuck up on her somehow. "There is a phone in your friend's guest room, but before you do, would you like to have some dinner? While I was down there I had a servant prepare one for you and Hiiro. Another one is preparing a guest bedroom for you right now."
Nodding her head at him, she now did feel a little hungry. She saw Hiiro start walking towards the staircase downstairs and followed him. Makoto and Ami would have to wait.
~*~
She felt alone.
Her body started to shake and shiver
And she could hear her friend's echoes of pain off in the distance.
Her mind fought seeing the images of her past again.
She was so young back then.
She was only thinking about making her friends torments stop.
She wasn't even thinking about herself
When she made a pact with the Devils.
She didn't know.
She didn't realize.
Her mind needed to escape.
She didn't want her nightmare to torment her anymore.
She wanted out.
She wanted to escape from the past.
~*~
Minako slowly awoke. The world was bright and she felt warm. The cover over her was so comfortable that she wanted to get back to sleep, but then she remembered the nightmare she was having. Knowing that she didn't want to go back to her dreadful dream world, she opened her eyes only to be greeted by the sight of a pair of worried blue eyes staring down her. The eyes twinkled with happiness when they saw that she was awake, and she naturally smiled back.