Chapter 12: Attacks And A Narrow Escape
It had been the most frustrating week for both the Panthers and the Wolves. They had to stay inside their gang mansions and were not aloud to leave at all. Tempers were flying and it had taken a lot of self-control for everyone to not kill each other.
It was yet another hiding day at the Panthers mansion, and everyone had clear intentions of staying away from others if they could help it. Fights, about midweek, between others had led to everyone keeping clear of each other.
Duo and Hilde spent most of their time together. Though getting into a few hundred squabbles about nonsense shit, they couldn't stay mad at each other for too long, and eventually were their happy old selves again . Wufie spent a lot of his time in meditation. Blocking out the long days, that grew even longer as the week drew on. Yet, he found himself a companion along the way when Trowa decided he would like to learn how to meditate as well. The two spent a lot of time just mediating and enjoying each other's silent company.
Sally, Noin and Milliardo were constantly discussing amongst themselves. About what, nobody bothered to find out.
Catherine, after leaving the circus, had given up her knife-throwing act, and decided now was a good time to de-stress herself and start it up once more.
Dorothy and Quatre were constantly busy. Quatre was being delivered daily more and more bundles of treaties and reports that he was to overlook sign and send back.
Relena and Riku spent most of their time either in the garage, her room or out in the backyard in their favourite hidey-holes.
Heero found himself also in the garage, just because he couldn't drive his car anywhere, at that point in time, didn't mean he couldn't still sit in it. He found it was his most relaxing and peaceful spot to get away. Heero was actually reclining in his drivers seat thinking hard about the past week since Relena had joined, when she happened to walk in. Relena gave him a knowing nod and he smiled back. Stretching he hoped out of the car and followed her to where she was going. She had headed over to her 'not complete' yet car.
"Pop won't let me order in parts." Relena said to him, knowing that he was behind her. She had opened the boot of the car and leaned in, inspecting the soon to be enhanced engine.
"The Tigers could think that we are hording in weapons and attack. With everything else they know what we are being delivered." He said flatly. Both of their voices were rusty from hardly being used lately. They had decided that staying away from company lessened the chance of having your head bitten off.
"Yeah." She sighed, closing the lid, jumping on the boot and laying back against the car window. She patted beside her, allowing him to join her if he wished, and he did. They didn't talk at first, just laid back against the car and enjoyed each other's company. A set of screaming could be heard coming from in the house.
"They're at it again." Heero said in a bored manner.
"This is the 987th fight they've had." Relena said amused. "Think they'll make a thousand before tomorrow?" They both just burst out laughing for no reason. Call it boredom, but the simple question had sparked amusement between the both. After calming down from their fits of laughter, Heero reached for Relena's hand and held it. They rested like that for hours, eventually falling asleep.
They both woke the next day around ten, totally cramped for their utterly weird and uncomfortable sleeping area. Relena remembered suddenly.
"Hey! We can go out today!" She said excitedly. Stretching they slid of the car and headed inside. Everyone was in the living area, watching some video they had been sent, they were all shell-shocked from the images on the screen.
"What's going on?" Relena asked confused, looking at the trashed cars on the television. They should all be happy and out of the place by now. Half the day was almost gone.
"Tigers." Catherine said as if in a trance.
"What?" Heero and Relena asked at once, as the scooted to find a spot in front of the television.
"Poor Buggers." Duo said sadly. "They went out early today. Got involved in an argument with a Tigers goons, and well, as you can see, they didn't fair well."
The images were horrific. Three cars and one motorbike were smashed. The ten people who had been in the cars and on the motorbike were trapped inside. Their almost mutilated body's a frightening sight. The impact had killed them instantly, but the sight made everyone sick.
"Pop's having a message sent to them. A warning to leave now, and never come back." Noin said in a venomous voice filled with utter hatred. Everyone was pale from the image. Heero turned to look at Relena. She was calm, staring at the image intently. Almost glorifying the image she saw. He squeezed her hand gently, more for his comfort as an image of a longhaired girl was seen, trapped behind the wheel of her car. 'I just hope that it never she never gets hurt that way.' Heero though sullenly to himself. 'I'll never let Relena be hurt. Never.'
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The television was left on for the rest of the day. Everybody was waiting for another current news update. The Tigers this time, were going to be the victims. The report hadn't stopped Relena from persuading everyone, forcefully, that she was going to pick up her parts for her car from JT's. She had left with Riku and Heero, covering their tattoos with loads of waterproof foundation, and they made sure their shirts covered the area, just in case.
When they had arrived, Relena did a few hours work, to gain some extra cash from JT, while Heero piled up the stock into a truck they had taken from the mansion. While they were at the auto shop, the news report came in of an explosion occurring at a café downtown. Twenty men and women had been killed, all were identified to have Tiger tattoos on their bodies. The Panthers had had their revenge.
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They were driving home when four motorbikes pulled up near them. The drivers pointed their guns at the pair and told them to pull over. They did.
"Where are you going with all that shit?" A tall man with a gruff voice asked. He had dark brown hair, almost black, and he wore a red scarf around his forehead. He had a leather jacket on over top of a red shirt and had black leather pants.
"None of your business!" Relena snapped at the guy.
"It is my business bitch! You see, I have a problem with Panthers and Wolves." He said through clenched teeth, his voice full of venomous anger.
"We're not Panthers or Wolves. Gross! They are the shittiest gangs." Relena said in false disgust. "If we were to join one, it would be the Tigers, like you." She said seductively, while licking her upper lip.
"How do I know you're not shitting me?" He said leaning into the window, obviously intrigued by Relena's last comment.
"Look in the backseat." She said seductively in his ear. He tilted his head to the side in confusion, still with his eyes locked on hers. He eventually moved his head and glanced at the backseat of the Ute.
"That's a.." He stuttered.
"A tiger. See, I hate the Panthers and the Wolves. If you need anymore proof, you can always search for a tattoo." Relena said again licking her lips. 'Got him!' Relena thought happily to herself, but she had to admit, she was glad Heero was there, because she was shit scared that they might find out and kill them. Trowa's words slipped into Relena's mind.
*Flashback*
"They would kill you on site. Then who would Riku have?"
*End Flashback*
The Tigers voice broke Relena's thoughts.
"Maybe another time sweetheart." He said giving her a slow kiss on the lips, before retreating and speeding off with the rest of his little gang on their motorbikes.
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"Screwdriver." Relena said, extending her hand from under the car. Heero placed the utensil in her hand. They had been working on her car for hours now. Her hand was shaky as she grasped the instrument. Heero saw this and grabbed her wrist before it retreated under the car. He gently helped her slid back out from under the car.
"You okay?" He asked holding her chin tenderly, stoking her cheek with his thumb.
"Just, nerves." She said, her voice was shaky, but it soon went back to it's crisp sharp tongue Heero loved. "Can't wait for this baby to burn rubber!" Heero rolled his eyes as she escaped under the car again, working away and singing along with the song on the radio.
They had just finished the engine's upgrade on Relena's new supped up racer. It was gorgeous. It was another Honda S2000. It had no top to it and was only a two seater. This one even three times as fast as her other car. The paint job was all they had left to do, along with accessorising the dull looking car.
"Wanna take it for a spin?" Relena asked cockily, before they settled in for the night. It was late at night and the others were all doing their own. Uh-hem, things.
"Hell yeah." He said running over to the passenger's side and jumping in. They still had their tattoos covered from previously that day.
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"2 Fast, 2 Furious! I'm too fast for y'all mayn! 2 Fast, 2 Furious! I'm to fast for y'all mayn!" Relena sung with the music pumping from the speakers in the car. Heero was amused at how childish she could still be at times, but how hard she really was. They were speeding through the streets, cruising around town. They were about to head home when a mobile phone going off made them stop suddenly. Relena turned off the music and stopped at the lights, while Heero picked up his cell phone. Staring at the caller ID he registered it as the mansion.
"Sup?" He asked seriously. It was three in the morning. They should all be asleep.
"Where are you?" Duo yelled into the phone, Relena could hear what was being said as she drove through the lights and pulled off on the side of the road.
"Breaking in Sylvia. Why?" Heero asked slightly annoyed at the interference.
"The Silver Fang was just bombed!" Came Duo's voice over the phone. Heero didn't have time to reply as Relena hurtled the car forward did a skidding U-turn and headed into the direction of the Silver Fang nightclub.
"Relena! We can't go there!" Heero yelled at her.
"FUCK UP HEERO! FUCKING DOM'S THERE!" She screamed, fear was pulsing through her veins at the thought of the smouldering rubble and Dom being lying dead amongst it.
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They screamed to a halt two blocks away from the club in a parking spot and Relena jumped out and sprinted towards the club. Heero was chasing after her, trying to stop her from going there, as it might attract unwanted attention. His mobile was still in his hands and everyone back at the mansion could hear what was going on over the speaker that Duo had connected them onto.
"RELENA! STOP!" Heero's screams could be heard from the device. She hurtled around a corner and kept running until she was less than three feet from where the clubs entrance was. The building looked fine to Relena. She hadn't noticed the shards of smoking debris on the street and pavement around them.
"It was a joke." She laughed to herself. "Good one guys." She said shakily. The others could hear her denial at the house, now that Heero had caught up with her.
"We have to go. Now!" Heero said in a low and dangerous voice, grabbing Relena painfully on the arm. Relena ignored his threats and pulled away from him and ran inside. She stopped suddenly, once inside. The whole place was black. There was rubble all over the place. The half of the second level had collapsed on the dance floor, crushing hundreds of Wolf and Panther members. Heero followed her in tentatively, examining the view. His mobile had picture messages, so he took a few snapshots of the remains of the club and it's visitors. Sending them immediately to Duo's mobile.
Relena walked carefully over the collective debris. There was still half of the second floor. Dom was always up there. 'He's alive I know he is.' She said reassuring herself as she sprinted and jumped grasping onto what was left of the stairs. Swinging herself up she inspected the area. Heero followed her up there. More smoking debris covered the floor. All the floors above it had collapsed.
'It'll collapse in on itself.' He thought frightfully. "We have to go Relena. This place is going to fall apart any minute."
"I have to find Dom." She said in a shaky but determined voice. A coughing sound stopped Heero from retaliating and the two ran towards the sound. Heero dropped his mobile and together the removed the debris from on top of the survivor.
"DOM!" Relena screamed as she scooted round so she was in front of him. He was covered in blood. It was pouring freely from a wound on his left side. Relena ripped up her pants and covered the wound, apply pressure to it, while trying to talk to him.
"DOM. Jesus. You're okay. Thank Christ!" She said, bending down placing her pale forehead against his sweaty, dirty and blood stained forehead.
"Hey, Serenity." He wheezed, coughing up more blood afterwards. "I knew you'd come for me."
"I couldn't leave you here to die now could I?" She said smiling sadly at her friend.
"At least.got to see you.once last time." He slowly said, gazing at her lovingly.
"Don't talk shit Toretto! You're going to be fine!" Relena said almost casually.
"Take good care of her." Dom said to Heero. "Love her always."
"I will." Heero said sincerely, grabbing the guys hand.
"Hey.Love you..sister." He whispered to Relena drawing in his last breath he closed his eyes and stilled.
"DOM!!"
AN: In case anybody didn't know it's Relena who screams Dom at the end. But I'm sure you all knew that ^_~. What will happen to them now?
It had been the most frustrating week for both the Panthers and the Wolves. They had to stay inside their gang mansions and were not aloud to leave at all. Tempers were flying and it had taken a lot of self-control for everyone to not kill each other.
It was yet another hiding day at the Panthers mansion, and everyone had clear intentions of staying away from others if they could help it. Fights, about midweek, between others had led to everyone keeping clear of each other.
Duo and Hilde spent most of their time together. Though getting into a few hundred squabbles about nonsense shit, they couldn't stay mad at each other for too long, and eventually were their happy old selves again . Wufie spent a lot of his time in meditation. Blocking out the long days, that grew even longer as the week drew on. Yet, he found himself a companion along the way when Trowa decided he would like to learn how to meditate as well. The two spent a lot of time just mediating and enjoying each other's silent company.
Sally, Noin and Milliardo were constantly discussing amongst themselves. About what, nobody bothered to find out.
Catherine, after leaving the circus, had given up her knife-throwing act, and decided now was a good time to de-stress herself and start it up once more.
Dorothy and Quatre were constantly busy. Quatre was being delivered daily more and more bundles of treaties and reports that he was to overlook sign and send back.
Relena and Riku spent most of their time either in the garage, her room or out in the backyard in their favourite hidey-holes.
Heero found himself also in the garage, just because he couldn't drive his car anywhere, at that point in time, didn't mean he couldn't still sit in it. He found it was his most relaxing and peaceful spot to get away. Heero was actually reclining in his drivers seat thinking hard about the past week since Relena had joined, when she happened to walk in. Relena gave him a knowing nod and he smiled back. Stretching he hoped out of the car and followed her to where she was going. She had headed over to her 'not complete' yet car.
"Pop won't let me order in parts." Relena said to him, knowing that he was behind her. She had opened the boot of the car and leaned in, inspecting the soon to be enhanced engine.
"The Tigers could think that we are hording in weapons and attack. With everything else they know what we are being delivered." He said flatly. Both of their voices were rusty from hardly being used lately. They had decided that staying away from company lessened the chance of having your head bitten off.
"Yeah." She sighed, closing the lid, jumping on the boot and laying back against the car window. She patted beside her, allowing him to join her if he wished, and he did. They didn't talk at first, just laid back against the car and enjoyed each other's company. A set of screaming could be heard coming from in the house.
"They're at it again." Heero said in a bored manner.
"This is the 987th fight they've had." Relena said amused. "Think they'll make a thousand before tomorrow?" They both just burst out laughing for no reason. Call it boredom, but the simple question had sparked amusement between the both. After calming down from their fits of laughter, Heero reached for Relena's hand and held it. They rested like that for hours, eventually falling asleep.
They both woke the next day around ten, totally cramped for their utterly weird and uncomfortable sleeping area. Relena remembered suddenly.
"Hey! We can go out today!" She said excitedly. Stretching they slid of the car and headed inside. Everyone was in the living area, watching some video they had been sent, they were all shell-shocked from the images on the screen.
"What's going on?" Relena asked confused, looking at the trashed cars on the television. They should all be happy and out of the place by now. Half the day was almost gone.
"Tigers." Catherine said as if in a trance.
"What?" Heero and Relena asked at once, as the scooted to find a spot in front of the television.
"Poor Buggers." Duo said sadly. "They went out early today. Got involved in an argument with a Tigers goons, and well, as you can see, they didn't fair well."
The images were horrific. Three cars and one motorbike were smashed. The ten people who had been in the cars and on the motorbike were trapped inside. Their almost mutilated body's a frightening sight. The impact had killed them instantly, but the sight made everyone sick.
"Pop's having a message sent to them. A warning to leave now, and never come back." Noin said in a venomous voice filled with utter hatred. Everyone was pale from the image. Heero turned to look at Relena. She was calm, staring at the image intently. Almost glorifying the image she saw. He squeezed her hand gently, more for his comfort as an image of a longhaired girl was seen, trapped behind the wheel of her car. 'I just hope that it never she never gets hurt that way.' Heero though sullenly to himself. 'I'll never let Relena be hurt. Never.'
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The television was left on for the rest of the day. Everybody was waiting for another current news update. The Tigers this time, were going to be the victims. The report hadn't stopped Relena from persuading everyone, forcefully, that she was going to pick up her parts for her car from JT's. She had left with Riku and Heero, covering their tattoos with loads of waterproof foundation, and they made sure their shirts covered the area, just in case.
When they had arrived, Relena did a few hours work, to gain some extra cash from JT, while Heero piled up the stock into a truck they had taken from the mansion. While they were at the auto shop, the news report came in of an explosion occurring at a café downtown. Twenty men and women had been killed, all were identified to have Tiger tattoos on their bodies. The Panthers had had their revenge.
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They were driving home when four motorbikes pulled up near them. The drivers pointed their guns at the pair and told them to pull over. They did.
"Where are you going with all that shit?" A tall man with a gruff voice asked. He had dark brown hair, almost black, and he wore a red scarf around his forehead. He had a leather jacket on over top of a red shirt and had black leather pants.
"None of your business!" Relena snapped at the guy.
"It is my business bitch! You see, I have a problem with Panthers and Wolves." He said through clenched teeth, his voice full of venomous anger.
"We're not Panthers or Wolves. Gross! They are the shittiest gangs." Relena said in false disgust. "If we were to join one, it would be the Tigers, like you." She said seductively, while licking her upper lip.
"How do I know you're not shitting me?" He said leaning into the window, obviously intrigued by Relena's last comment.
"Look in the backseat." She said seductively in his ear. He tilted his head to the side in confusion, still with his eyes locked on hers. He eventually moved his head and glanced at the backseat of the Ute.
"That's a.." He stuttered.
"A tiger. See, I hate the Panthers and the Wolves. If you need anymore proof, you can always search for a tattoo." Relena said again licking her lips. 'Got him!' Relena thought happily to herself, but she had to admit, she was glad Heero was there, because she was shit scared that they might find out and kill them. Trowa's words slipped into Relena's mind.
*Flashback*
"They would kill you on site. Then who would Riku have?"
*End Flashback*
The Tigers voice broke Relena's thoughts.
"Maybe another time sweetheart." He said giving her a slow kiss on the lips, before retreating and speeding off with the rest of his little gang on their motorbikes.
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"Screwdriver." Relena said, extending her hand from under the car. Heero placed the utensil in her hand. They had been working on her car for hours now. Her hand was shaky as she grasped the instrument. Heero saw this and grabbed her wrist before it retreated under the car. He gently helped her slid back out from under the car.
"You okay?" He asked holding her chin tenderly, stoking her cheek with his thumb.
"Just, nerves." She said, her voice was shaky, but it soon went back to it's crisp sharp tongue Heero loved. "Can't wait for this baby to burn rubber!" Heero rolled his eyes as she escaped under the car again, working away and singing along with the song on the radio.
They had just finished the engine's upgrade on Relena's new supped up racer. It was gorgeous. It was another Honda S2000. It had no top to it and was only a two seater. This one even three times as fast as her other car. The paint job was all they had left to do, along with accessorising the dull looking car.
"Wanna take it for a spin?" Relena asked cockily, before they settled in for the night. It was late at night and the others were all doing their own. Uh-hem, things.
"Hell yeah." He said running over to the passenger's side and jumping in. They still had their tattoos covered from previously that day.
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"2 Fast, 2 Furious! I'm too fast for y'all mayn! 2 Fast, 2 Furious! I'm to fast for y'all mayn!" Relena sung with the music pumping from the speakers in the car. Heero was amused at how childish she could still be at times, but how hard she really was. They were speeding through the streets, cruising around town. They were about to head home when a mobile phone going off made them stop suddenly. Relena turned off the music and stopped at the lights, while Heero picked up his cell phone. Staring at the caller ID he registered it as the mansion.
"Sup?" He asked seriously. It was three in the morning. They should all be asleep.
"Where are you?" Duo yelled into the phone, Relena could hear what was being said as she drove through the lights and pulled off on the side of the road.
"Breaking in Sylvia. Why?" Heero asked slightly annoyed at the interference.
"The Silver Fang was just bombed!" Came Duo's voice over the phone. Heero didn't have time to reply as Relena hurtled the car forward did a skidding U-turn and headed into the direction of the Silver Fang nightclub.
"Relena! We can't go there!" Heero yelled at her.
"FUCK UP HEERO! FUCKING DOM'S THERE!" She screamed, fear was pulsing through her veins at the thought of the smouldering rubble and Dom being lying dead amongst it.
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They screamed to a halt two blocks away from the club in a parking spot and Relena jumped out and sprinted towards the club. Heero was chasing after her, trying to stop her from going there, as it might attract unwanted attention. His mobile was still in his hands and everyone back at the mansion could hear what was going on over the speaker that Duo had connected them onto.
"RELENA! STOP!" Heero's screams could be heard from the device. She hurtled around a corner and kept running until she was less than three feet from where the clubs entrance was. The building looked fine to Relena. She hadn't noticed the shards of smoking debris on the street and pavement around them.
"It was a joke." She laughed to herself. "Good one guys." She said shakily. The others could hear her denial at the house, now that Heero had caught up with her.
"We have to go. Now!" Heero said in a low and dangerous voice, grabbing Relena painfully on the arm. Relena ignored his threats and pulled away from him and ran inside. She stopped suddenly, once inside. The whole place was black. There was rubble all over the place. The half of the second level had collapsed on the dance floor, crushing hundreds of Wolf and Panther members. Heero followed her in tentatively, examining the view. His mobile had picture messages, so he took a few snapshots of the remains of the club and it's visitors. Sending them immediately to Duo's mobile.
Relena walked carefully over the collective debris. There was still half of the second floor. Dom was always up there. 'He's alive I know he is.' She said reassuring herself as she sprinted and jumped grasping onto what was left of the stairs. Swinging herself up she inspected the area. Heero followed her up there. More smoking debris covered the floor. All the floors above it had collapsed.
'It'll collapse in on itself.' He thought frightfully. "We have to go Relena. This place is going to fall apart any minute."
"I have to find Dom." She said in a shaky but determined voice. A coughing sound stopped Heero from retaliating and the two ran towards the sound. Heero dropped his mobile and together the removed the debris from on top of the survivor.
"DOM!" Relena screamed as she scooted round so she was in front of him. He was covered in blood. It was pouring freely from a wound on his left side. Relena ripped up her pants and covered the wound, apply pressure to it, while trying to talk to him.
"DOM. Jesus. You're okay. Thank Christ!" She said, bending down placing her pale forehead against his sweaty, dirty and blood stained forehead.
"Hey, Serenity." He wheezed, coughing up more blood afterwards. "I knew you'd come for me."
"I couldn't leave you here to die now could I?" She said smiling sadly at her friend.
"At least.got to see you.once last time." He slowly said, gazing at her lovingly.
"Don't talk shit Toretto! You're going to be fine!" Relena said almost casually.
"Take good care of her." Dom said to Heero. "Love her always."
"I will." Heero said sincerely, grabbing the guys hand.
"Hey.Love you..sister." He whispered to Relena drawing in his last breath he closed his eyes and stilled.
"DOM!!"
AN: In case anybody didn't know it's Relena who screams Dom at the end. But I'm sure you all knew that ^_~. What will happen to them now?