Chapter 10 Final Showdown
Later, Haruka and Michiru sat down with Lita and told her about what they planed to do. "Haruka, are you crazy? How do you know Mr. Newman won't cast his little spell and take her back and use her to kill you?"
"I don't Lita, but if we don't confront him on our own. . . Who wknows what he would have planed. At lest this way we have the element of surprise."
Lita looked from Haruka to Michiru. "How do I know you aren't leading Haruka blind into a trap?"
Michiru bowed her head and said slowly. "There is nothing I could say to you to prove that I am not leading Haruka into a trap."
She opened her mouth to protest, but she knew that Michiru was speaking the truth. "I'm sorry, Michiru. . . I know how you feel for Haruka. . . But when the mind is tampered with. . . It's hard to filter out truth from lies." She closed her eyes and looked down.
Haruka looked between the two most important girls in her life. "I know a way to prove to you, Lita, that she is telling the truth."
They both looked at Haruka and said at the same time. "How?"
She sweetly smiled at Michiru as she moved closer to her. Without a warning she kissed Michiru. At first Michiru hesitated, but then she gave in and was soon kissing her back. When Haruka finally broke the kiss, she gave Michiru a small smile then looked at Lita. "When Michiru was in her trance, she was more like a machine then a human."
Lita looked from Haruka to Michriu then realized what Haruka was getting at. "No way Michiru under a trance could kiss like that." She took a deep breath and looked at them. "Ok, what do you two plan on doing?"
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A few minutes later Wolf-man and Blue-Jay crept into the building where they last heard Mr. Newman was hanging out. The entry way was dark, so Wolf-man put night vision goggles down over her eyes. She scanned the room. Blue-Jay knelt beside her and whispered, in her ear. "You see anything?"
Wolf-man shook her head. "The coast is clear."
"We should split up."
She made her goggles go up and looked at Blue-Jay. "No way B.J. if Mr. Newman gets ahold of you. . ."
"If we stay together, we are a bigger target." Without waiting for Wolf-man's protest, Blue-Jay quickly gets up and runs into the shadows.
When Wolf-man saw Blue-Jay, was was out of reach. She whispers into the shadows. "Blue-Jay!" But she got no response. Wolf-man sighs and starts to walk deeper into the building.
Blue-Jay came into the room as if she was in a trance. Mr. Newman quickly stood up and said. "Slave, why are you here? How did you get that way?"
In a machine voice she said. "I came here to get rid of you. . . But when I heard your voice, I fell into my trance."
"Did you come alone, or did Mr. Tenou fallow too?"
"Mr. Tenou is here too. . . Master, if you plan on going out and looking for him, keep my by your side and let me protect you."
"How did I know you won't go emotional on me?"
"This trance feels different, Master. . ."
He smiles and turns to a nearby hit. "I will be going alone with Michiru. I will not need your protection."
"But, Mr. Newman!"
"No buts! I'm going alone!" He turned to Blue-Jay. "Lead the way, slave."
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Wolf-man walked into a dark room. About half way through the room, the lights came on. She quickly looked around and saw Mr. Newman and Blue-Jay. "Blue-Jay!"
Mr. Newman stood beside her sharpening a dagger. "Blue-Jay is my slave, Mr. Tenou."
"What do you mean, Mr. Newman?"
He sneers and hands the dagger to Blue-Jay. "It seems that just the sound of my voice can put her under a deeper trance then my little chant." He turns to Blue-Jay. "Slave, I want you to kill Mr. Tenou."
Blue-Jay slowly walks over to Wolf-man. She steps in front of Mr. Newman and winks at Wolf-man. All of a sudden she turns around and stabs Mr. Newman. "You made your own monster, ass hole!"
As he fell to the floor, he smiled at her. "If I made you. . . I will take you with me." He started to chant.
She turned to Wolf-man scared. "H-Haruka. . ." She tilted her head down and fell into her trance.
Wolf-man ran to Blue-Jay and shook her. "Michiru!" She shook Blue-Jay again and yelled louder. "MICHIRU!"