Chapter 14: A Performance To Die For
They arrived at the club just on sundown. Relena had managed to get in touch with the Tiger her and Heero had met from the other day. Jumping out of their cars, they waited around for a certain Tiger to arrive. It didn't take long before the guy turned up. Relena strutted her stuff over to leather pants, followed by Riku.
"Hey there." She said softly, grabbing the guy's arm and smiling.
"Well look who it is. Glad you decided to show. So, you're performing for us tonight huh. You know I never did catch your name." He said smugly, smirking at the beauty hanging off his arm.
"Serenity." She answered sweetly.
"Cute name. Aren't you a bit feisty for it?" He asked still smirking.
"You have no idea." She said, taking off the glasses, which she had been wearing. Giving him a sly look. "I am interested in joining your gang. I was hoping you'd let me hang with you tonight. Give me a grasp at Tiger living. What do you say?" Relena asked. 'He had to say Yes.'
"Anything for you. Serenity." He said softly in his deep gruff voice. Relena smiled back at him.
'Got him.'
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The club was jam-packed. It wasn't a problem for the rest to get in. They had visible fake Tiger Tattoo's on their body, so they wouldn't attract attention. The guy had kept his word and had brought along all the Tigers from the region to party. Relena headed out the back with 'Felix' as he was called, and prepared for her performance. Relena sent Riku to stay with the leader of the club. There was no way he was going to get away now.
"So, is this going to be any good?" Felix asked casually, leaning against the wall waiting for Relena to emerge from the toilet. She opened to door. She had taken off her halter neck to reveal her black bikini top underneath. She had also taken off the jacket and her hair was up in a ponytail with loose strands curled to frame her face. Her makeup was still the same as before.
"Trust me. It's to die for." She said smiling.
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The rest of the group were slowly making their way around the club. Secretly placing bombs in hidden places. They had hundreds of the little devices planted all over the premises when Relena came out for her performance.
"Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen of the Tiger clan. My name is Serenity and I am here to perform for you all tonight in hope to persuade you all in letting me join your gang. Now I hope you all enjoy the show." Relena said into a microphone before loud Techno music filled the club. Grabbing two batons Relena started to twirl them wildly like a cheerleader. Dancing to the music with her batons she headed over to a live flame on the side of the stage and lit up each end of the sticks. Her fire dance continued for a few moments, incorporating cartwheels, splits and other gymnastic moves into her performance. She finished by throwing both batons in the air towards the other side of the stage. Relena did a no-handed cartwheel, then a series of flips and twists before catching the two batons and doing a split.
"Very nice." An elderly man said loudly after Relena had bowed. "I am the leader of the Tigers and I think you'd be a lovely asset to our gang. You and your friends are welcome to join."
"Thank you so much." Relena said in fake excitement.
"How about we go and get you all ready for the trials?" The leader asked happily.
"How about another performance?" Relena asked, trying to buy time. Heero had given her the signal saying that they hadn't set all the bombs yet. "I'm really in the mood for a challenge."
"How about you show us your fighting skills." The elderly man asked in a horse whisper. While patting Riku's head.
"Why not. Bring it on." Relena said excitedly. She needed to relieve some tension. Being so close to Dom's killers was building all the aggression inside and if she wasn't careful, she'd burst and they'd all be sprung.
"I'll take her on." A girl with long black hair and red streaks said loudly. Her eyes were a dark brown, almost black. She was wearing a red glittery boob tube and a pair of black leather hipster pants. Her Tiger tattoo clearly visible. It was in the same place where Relena's, now covered, Panther tattoo was. "She looks like a piece of cake to me." She said earning a few laughs and smirks from her gang members.
"Go Rita!" A guy from the crowd called, earning a smile from the girl in front of Relena.
"I could take you down blind folded." Relena said snarling at the girl angrily.
"Excellent idea. A blindfolded fight, with swords." The Leader said loudly. "First one to draw blood from their opponent wins." Loud cheers accompanied the decision. Tigers were known for their reckless performances. Many people had died doing what Relena and her opponent were about to do.
"Fine with me." Both girls said in unison as two men in black brought out a sword and a blindfold for each girl. Once blindfolded they drew their swords, all went silent as the fight began.
The girls now blinded, walked around the stage carefully, straining their ears to hear even the slightest movement from their enemy. Rita swung her sword in careful movements, hoping she might graze her opponent by accident, but, the swishing noise of her sword gave her location away to Relena as she brought her sword op for the attack. Rita only just heard the movement of Relena's sword and was quick to defend herself. Their swords clashed in a small furious battle. Rita lunged towards Relena, but Relena flipped gracefully over her opponent with ease, and landed gracefully with only the slightest thud. Charging Relena engaged her opponent, ruefully attacking, pushing Rita back, before a swift lunge at Relena made her jump back.
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People were whispering at how good these two girls were. 'Relena's better.' Heero thought, staring at the fight. He'd planted all his bombs and was waiting for confirmation from the rest that they had done the same. While waiting, he watched the fight, not blinking, because he wanted to see every step, every swing and every lunge made by the two opponents. 'Don't get killed Relena.' Heero thought seriously to himself. 'I don't know what I'd do if I lost you.'
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Rita decided a different approach. She jumped into the air, hoping to surprise her opponent and beat her once and for all. Relena heard the movements and the jumped, attacking her Rita and managing to cut her top slightly, not enough to pierce skin on the girl, but it was close.
"Bitch." Rita mumbled.
'Shouldn't have said anything.' Relena thought smiling. 'Now I know exactly where you are.'
She circled to Rita's side and brought her sword down attacking. She was met though by the girls defending sword. Using all her force Rita pushed Relena backwards and aimed a horizontal a slice towards Relena's stomach. Relena heard the movement and bent backwards. Her body became as flat as a tabletop as the swords skimmed over her safely. Relena flew upright and attacked, being deflected once more. The two flipped away in unison.
'I'm ending this right now.' Relena thought slightly panting. 'I can't take the risk of being killed anymore.'
She threw her sword in the air and did a small half spin and caught the sword gracefully behind her back. She hurtled the sword into the air and did a cartwheel, before doing three back flips and jumping in the air doing a twist, she caught her sword. Gliding down she managed to scrape Rita's arm, drawing blood from the wound. They both lifted their blindfolds.
"I win." Relena said casually. Smiling then and bowing to the cheering crowd.
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"Heero were all set." Duo's voice came through the hidden earpiece.
"Gotcha." Heero said casually, pretending to be drinking from his beer. He looked at Relena bowing to the crowd. When she looked up, he gave her a thumbs up and a smile, before clapping along like the rest. 'Now the fun part.'
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'This is it.' Relena thought taking in a deep breath and letting it out slowly. 'Show time.' "You've all been great!" Relena said loudly smiling away.
"Come here my dear." The leader said happily with Riku sitting patiently by her side. "Excellent work, you'll make a lovely member to our gang." The elderly man said, bringing Relena on to his lap, he was about to continue when there were loud shouts from the door to the back stage area.
"Look we just want to see our friend!" Duo yelled at the guy blocking his way.
'Uh-oh. Not good.' Relena thought seriously as her friends stood trying to get through to the door that they had allocated their safe point. It would be the only place without detonators in it, and it had a back entrance out of the club.
"What's the problem?" The Tiger Leader yelled.
"I thought the brown haired guy was cute. I told them I'd meet them backstage as soon as I'd finished my performance." Relena said hurriedly covering for her friends. Nobody suspected they were Panthers with their fake tattoo's showing.
"Well they can't go back there." He said with an amused smile. "Because there is a Panther in here."
"What?" Relena asked in shock. 'How did he know?'
"How stupid do you think I am?" He said looking at Relena. "I know you are a Panther. You were planning on winning me over, then killing me, crippling my gang that I worked so hard to get. I don't blame you though. I did the same thing once, but it was to this gang's old leader."
He seized her roughly and brought her up onto the stage. Her arms were cuffed behind her back, by someone she couldn't see. He placed a small gadget in her hand and whispered.
"Go get 'em."
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The others had been given strict orders to stay out, if anything should go wrong and to keep Riku out of harms way. Though they found it hard to do so. Heero jumped onto the stage with the cuffs and the detonator hidden in his hand. He Roughly cuffed her, cursing to himself loudly at being so violent towards her. After he cuffed her, he slipped the detonator into her hand and whispered just loud enough so she could hear.
"Go get 'em."
"Any lasts words before I kill you here. Panther." The leader spat venomously. Heero and the others were still standing by the back stage exit. Waiting for their opportunity. Although they hated leaving her. She had made them promise, and they were all good to their word.
"Yeah." Relena said cockily. "This is for Dom." She clicked the little button on the detonator in her hands.
A collection of flashes went up all at once, smoke filled the area as the building began to crumble. The sound of the explosions and the mixture of screams of fright and the bellows of death were deafening to all inside. Then the heat came. The explosions washing a heat as hot as the sun over the people in the building as it all came crashing down.
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After the first explosions went off Relena's friends were out the backstage door, dragging a reluctant Heero and Milliardo with them Riku they hadn't been able to retrieve. His large tiger form pushing them out of the way as he ran head first into the inferno. They blocked the door from anyone else getting though. No Tigers were going to escape this inferno. They deserved it after all.
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Relena was dodging the debris as it fell from above her. The ground shook violently and she felt sick from the smell of blood that hung in the air. Explosions were still going off. Triggered by a timing code. 'Goodbye Heero and Riku. I love you both.' Relena thought. There was no way she could survive this. A large and heavy object pushed Relena to the ground. She crashed to the ground, hitting her head on the corner of some debris, cutting her head. She fell into a black oblivion.
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They arrived at the club just on sundown. Relena had managed to get in touch with the Tiger her and Heero had met from the other day. Jumping out of their cars, they waited around for a certain Tiger to arrive. It didn't take long before the guy turned up. Relena strutted her stuff over to leather pants, followed by Riku.
"Hey there." She said softly, grabbing the guy's arm and smiling.
"Well look who it is. Glad you decided to show. So, you're performing for us tonight huh. You know I never did catch your name." He said smugly, smirking at the beauty hanging off his arm.
"Serenity." She answered sweetly.
"Cute name. Aren't you a bit feisty for it?" He asked still smirking.
"You have no idea." She said, taking off the glasses, which she had been wearing. Giving him a sly look. "I am interested in joining your gang. I was hoping you'd let me hang with you tonight. Give me a grasp at Tiger living. What do you say?" Relena asked. 'He had to say Yes.'
"Anything for you. Serenity." He said softly in his deep gruff voice. Relena smiled back at him.
'Got him.'
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The club was jam-packed. It wasn't a problem for the rest to get in. They had visible fake Tiger Tattoo's on their body, so they wouldn't attract attention. The guy had kept his word and had brought along all the Tigers from the region to party. Relena headed out the back with 'Felix' as he was called, and prepared for her performance. Relena sent Riku to stay with the leader of the club. There was no way he was going to get away now.
"So, is this going to be any good?" Felix asked casually, leaning against the wall waiting for Relena to emerge from the toilet. She opened to door. She had taken off her halter neck to reveal her black bikini top underneath. She had also taken off the jacket and her hair was up in a ponytail with loose strands curled to frame her face. Her makeup was still the same as before.
"Trust me. It's to die for." She said smiling.
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The rest of the group were slowly making their way around the club. Secretly placing bombs in hidden places. They had hundreds of the little devices planted all over the premises when Relena came out for her performance.
"Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen of the Tiger clan. My name is Serenity and I am here to perform for you all tonight in hope to persuade you all in letting me join your gang. Now I hope you all enjoy the show." Relena said into a microphone before loud Techno music filled the club. Grabbing two batons Relena started to twirl them wildly like a cheerleader. Dancing to the music with her batons she headed over to a live flame on the side of the stage and lit up each end of the sticks. Her fire dance continued for a few moments, incorporating cartwheels, splits and other gymnastic moves into her performance. She finished by throwing both batons in the air towards the other side of the stage. Relena did a no-handed cartwheel, then a series of flips and twists before catching the two batons and doing a split.
"Very nice." An elderly man said loudly after Relena had bowed. "I am the leader of the Tigers and I think you'd be a lovely asset to our gang. You and your friends are welcome to join."
"Thank you so much." Relena said in fake excitement.
"How about we go and get you all ready for the trials?" The leader asked happily.
"How about another performance?" Relena asked, trying to buy time. Heero had given her the signal saying that they hadn't set all the bombs yet. "I'm really in the mood for a challenge."
"How about you show us your fighting skills." The elderly man asked in a horse whisper. While patting Riku's head.
"Why not. Bring it on." Relena said excitedly. She needed to relieve some tension. Being so close to Dom's killers was building all the aggression inside and if she wasn't careful, she'd burst and they'd all be sprung.
"I'll take her on." A girl with long black hair and red streaks said loudly. Her eyes were a dark brown, almost black. She was wearing a red glittery boob tube and a pair of black leather hipster pants. Her Tiger tattoo clearly visible. It was in the same place where Relena's, now covered, Panther tattoo was. "She looks like a piece of cake to me." She said earning a few laughs and smirks from her gang members.
"Go Rita!" A guy from the crowd called, earning a smile from the girl in front of Relena.
"I could take you down blind folded." Relena said snarling at the girl angrily.
"Excellent idea. A blindfolded fight, with swords." The Leader said loudly. "First one to draw blood from their opponent wins." Loud cheers accompanied the decision. Tigers were known for their reckless performances. Many people had died doing what Relena and her opponent were about to do.
"Fine with me." Both girls said in unison as two men in black brought out a sword and a blindfold for each girl. Once blindfolded they drew their swords, all went silent as the fight began.
The girls now blinded, walked around the stage carefully, straining their ears to hear even the slightest movement from their enemy. Rita swung her sword in careful movements, hoping she might graze her opponent by accident, but, the swishing noise of her sword gave her location away to Relena as she brought her sword op for the attack. Rita only just heard the movement of Relena's sword and was quick to defend herself. Their swords clashed in a small furious battle. Rita lunged towards Relena, but Relena flipped gracefully over her opponent with ease, and landed gracefully with only the slightest thud. Charging Relena engaged her opponent, ruefully attacking, pushing Rita back, before a swift lunge at Relena made her jump back.
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People were whispering at how good these two girls were. 'Relena's better.' Heero thought, staring at the fight. He'd planted all his bombs and was waiting for confirmation from the rest that they had done the same. While waiting, he watched the fight, not blinking, because he wanted to see every step, every swing and every lunge made by the two opponents. 'Don't get killed Relena.' Heero thought seriously to himself. 'I don't know what I'd do if I lost you.'
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Rita decided a different approach. She jumped into the air, hoping to surprise her opponent and beat her once and for all. Relena heard the movements and the jumped, attacking her Rita and managing to cut her top slightly, not enough to pierce skin on the girl, but it was close.
"Bitch." Rita mumbled.
'Shouldn't have said anything.' Relena thought smiling. 'Now I know exactly where you are.'
She circled to Rita's side and brought her sword down attacking. She was met though by the girls defending sword. Using all her force Rita pushed Relena backwards and aimed a horizontal a slice towards Relena's stomach. Relena heard the movement and bent backwards. Her body became as flat as a tabletop as the swords skimmed over her safely. Relena flew upright and attacked, being deflected once more. The two flipped away in unison.
'I'm ending this right now.' Relena thought slightly panting. 'I can't take the risk of being killed anymore.'
She threw her sword in the air and did a small half spin and caught the sword gracefully behind her back. She hurtled the sword into the air and did a cartwheel, before doing three back flips and jumping in the air doing a twist, she caught her sword. Gliding down she managed to scrape Rita's arm, drawing blood from the wound. They both lifted their blindfolds.
"I win." Relena said casually. Smiling then and bowing to the cheering crowd.
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"Heero were all set." Duo's voice came through the hidden earpiece.
"Gotcha." Heero said casually, pretending to be drinking from his beer. He looked at Relena bowing to the crowd. When she looked up, he gave her a thumbs up and a smile, before clapping along like the rest. 'Now the fun part.'
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'This is it.' Relena thought taking in a deep breath and letting it out slowly. 'Show time.' "You've all been great!" Relena said loudly smiling away.
"Come here my dear." The leader said happily with Riku sitting patiently by her side. "Excellent work, you'll make a lovely member to our gang." The elderly man said, bringing Relena on to his lap, he was about to continue when there were loud shouts from the door to the back stage area.
"Look we just want to see our friend!" Duo yelled at the guy blocking his way.
'Uh-oh. Not good.' Relena thought seriously as her friends stood trying to get through to the door that they had allocated their safe point. It would be the only place without detonators in it, and it had a back entrance out of the club.
"What's the problem?" The Tiger Leader yelled.
"I thought the brown haired guy was cute. I told them I'd meet them backstage as soon as I'd finished my performance." Relena said hurriedly covering for her friends. Nobody suspected they were Panthers with their fake tattoo's showing.
"Well they can't go back there." He said with an amused smile. "Because there is a Panther in here."
"What?" Relena asked in shock. 'How did he know?'
"How stupid do you think I am?" He said looking at Relena. "I know you are a Panther. You were planning on winning me over, then killing me, crippling my gang that I worked so hard to get. I don't blame you though. I did the same thing once, but it was to this gang's old leader."
He seized her roughly and brought her up onto the stage. Her arms were cuffed behind her back, by someone she couldn't see. He placed a small gadget in her hand and whispered.
"Go get 'em."
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The others had been given strict orders to stay out, if anything should go wrong and to keep Riku out of harms way. Though they found it hard to do so. Heero jumped onto the stage with the cuffs and the detonator hidden in his hand. He Roughly cuffed her, cursing to himself loudly at being so violent towards her. After he cuffed her, he slipped the detonator into her hand and whispered just loud enough so she could hear.
"Go get 'em."
"Any lasts words before I kill you here. Panther." The leader spat venomously. Heero and the others were still standing by the back stage exit. Waiting for their opportunity. Although they hated leaving her. She had made them promise, and they were all good to their word.
"Yeah." Relena said cockily. "This is for Dom." She clicked the little button on the detonator in her hands.
A collection of flashes went up all at once, smoke filled the area as the building began to crumble. The sound of the explosions and the mixture of screams of fright and the bellows of death were deafening to all inside. Then the heat came. The explosions washing a heat as hot as the sun over the people in the building as it all came crashing down.
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After the first explosions went off Relena's friends were out the backstage door, dragging a reluctant Heero and Milliardo with them Riku they hadn't been able to retrieve. His large tiger form pushing them out of the way as he ran head first into the inferno. They blocked the door from anyone else getting though. No Tigers were going to escape this inferno. They deserved it after all.
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Relena was dodging the debris as it fell from above her. The ground shook violently and she felt sick from the smell of blood that hung in the air. Explosions were still going off. Triggered by a timing code. 'Goodbye Heero and Riku. I love you both.' Relena thought. There was no way she could survive this. A large and heavy object pushed Relena to the ground. She crashed to the ground, hitting her head on the corner of some debris, cutting her head. She fell into a black oblivion.
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