Promenade
By: Camigwen
-Chapter 7-
Her hair floated mid-air in an ethereal matter, as if she were underwater. Her eyes were wide and bright with a blue pigment. Her face was emotionless as she sat upright on the table, starring past the confused faces of FBI agents.
She blinked and all the objects in the room not secured to the floor, walls, or ceiling floated like they were in space. The clutter of objects moved to the back of the room with another blink. When she blinked again, they all flew at the thick glass from which other FBI agents were surveying her torture.
The glass shattered into a million deadly sharp pieces as agents ran screaming from the room.
Agent Sewell burst into the room and grabbed her by the throat. She starred up at him, still emotionless as she blinked and his gun flew from the holster on his belt, cocked, and aimed at his head. "Don't do this Miss Tenou," he said calmly. "Do you really want to be responsible for a human death?"
Haruka's eyes enlarged even more and lost their blue glow as they faded back to their normal emerald coloring and a gasp escaped her throat. The gun dropped to the floor.
Human death... The number one rule, her own personal one that she swore to long ago, was to never take a human life using her abilities. Humans weren't responsible nor involved in the wars and battles she and the other Senshi fought. They were innocent. But, Agent Sewell was far from innocent.
So why couldn't she bring herself to kill him and escape?
"That's a good girl," Sewell murmured as he slipped a hand into his pocket and drew out a tranquilizer dart. He plunged it into her neck and watched as her eyes rolled back in her head and her body slumped back onto the bed.
He grinned. "Once again, I've underestimated you." With a hand, he reached out and stroked her smooth cheek. "Truly a unique and beautiful creature..."
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The Shinigami's anger faded and melted into shock and surprise as a name that he hadn't been called in years passed by Michiru's lips. He starred at her for a few moments before managing a, "Huh?"
Michiru smiled. Good, her plan was going smoothly. "I said 'Shinigami.' You are the Shinigami, are you not?" She paused and looked him up and down and tapped a slender finger on her chin. "Then again... I accepted a Gundam Pilot to be a bit smarter."
He arched a brown eyebrow at her and crossed his arms. "And what exactly is that supposed to mean?"
She laughed. "You know what I mean. You're a sweet guy and all, Duo. But...you're not all that bright. You're kind of slow and air headed. You couldn't possibly be a Gundam Pilot." She smacked her forehead. "What could I have been thinking!?"
Duo blinked, a bit taken aback. What was Michiru trying to pull here? First she says she knows he's a Gundam Pilot, now she says that it was foolish of her to think so? But how did she get to the assumption that he was a Gundam Pilot in the first place? "Michiru, why do you think I'm a Gundam Pilot?"
Again, she smiled. "Oh, it just seemed a tad bit suspicious to me when I walked by Colonel Barton's office yesterday and overheard you calling yourself 'Shinigami.' So, either you are the pilot of the Deathscythe, or you just called yourself 'Shinigami' to make yourself appear a bit less stupid."
He gaped at her. She overheard him talking with Trowa yesterday! Wait a second...she didn't have access to that corridor, she was only a civilian. What was she doing in there? "And just why were you in that corridor?"
"Huh?" She blinked in surprise. She hadn't anticipated he'd ask why she was there.
This time, he grinned. "You said that you overheard me talking with Trowa yesterday. Please, Michiru, tell me. Why were you there? I never took you for the sneaking around type. Maybe a bit heartless--"
"Heartless!?" She snapped. "You don't even know me. Why call me heartless?"
"You must be heartless," Duo said with a slight glare in his eyes, "to make Haruka cry."
She gasped. Haruka cried...because of her? Had Haruka honestly still thought they had a chance? She had a husband and a child on the way; there was no hope of her and Haruka being something more then friends ever again. Oh Haruka...she didn't mean to hurt her. Was that why Haruka went missing. Did she drive her away? "I-I didn't mean...I never meant...I thought she knew it was over."
"Huh?" He was now confused. What was over? "Over?"
Michiru blinked at him. "You mean you don't know?"
"Don't know what?"
A little bit of color stained her cheeks as she met his violet eyes. "Haruka and I were once an item."
Duo nearly fell over. What the hell!? "Haruka's a lesbian!?"
Michiru shook her head and smirked at him. "Oh don't worry, she likes men as well. She's bi. And it seems to me that she's quite fancies you, even if she might not realize it herself."
It was his turn to blush. "What do mean 'fancies me'?"
"She likes you. Yes, in that way. Although, I can't seem to pinpoint exactly why she likes you. You're not much to look at. Then again, I was never really into human men. I like mine Neptunian."
"Neptunian?"
Oops, had she let that one slip out? She had. Oh well, she might as well tell him. He'd find out sooner or later and perhaps if she told him the truth, he'd trust her. "Yes, Neptunian. I'm the Queen of Neptune, didn't you know? Haruka and I aren't from Earth and neither is Kolanto. We're ancient beings chosen to protect the solar system from outside forces. We've been around for over one hundred years now. You've probably heard some urban myths about us, the Sailor Sen--"
All of a sudden, Duo burst out laughing. He clutched his side with on hand and waved at her with the other. "Please, please, stop. You're killing me!"
"What?" All right, what was he smoking?
He laughed some more, before taking a deep breath and quickly righting himself. "Look Michiru, if you're trying to gain my trust, you don't have to make up some story involving aliens and mystic powers with destinies to be fulfilled. Just tell me what you want. You've got through all this trouble to try and lure me into helping you. Tell me what it is, and I'll consider."
Making up some story? Well...perhaps it was better if he thought it a joke. Heh, let him believe what he wants. "Alright. As you may or may not know, Haruka's missing. She contacted me, but I don't know where she is or when she left. She seems...terrified, wherever she may be. Duo, I owe Haruka a lot and if she's in trouble, I owe it to her to help her." She gestured to the surveillance camera pointed at his door. "You have access to the security cameras, I presume."
Duo nodded.
"Well then, I suggest we use the tapes in the surveillance room to see when Haruka left. She's been gone for two days now. I know for a fact that she left for work that morning, I saw her pass by the lounge where I was dinning with Lord Quatre. We need to know when she left and look for possible clues as to where she might be."
Duo reached over and grabbed a shirt off a nearby chair and pulled it on. "Alright, I'll help."
She smiled. "Thanks. Now, let's get going. I can't seem to get to sleep and the sooner we figure this out, the sooner it'll quit tapping at the back of my mind and I'll be able to get some sleep." She rose from the couch, opened the door, and proceeded to walk down the hallway.
He followed. Wait, he didn't ask her about that dream he had. "That still doesn't explain..."
Michiru glanced back over her shoulder at him. "Explain what?"
He shook his head. "Never mind, I was just thinking out loud." No, it was just a dream. Haruka and Michiru couldn't possibly have been alive back then. He smiled slightly. So, Haruka liked him. The question was, did he like her?
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"Honey? Serenity, what is it?"
Neo-Queen Serenity shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know, Endymion. Something just...doesn't feel right." She glanced up from the balcony at the Earth. "Something's going on there, I can feel it. I just don't know what."
**TBC**
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6/07/03
