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Previously:
It appeared that Relena had stolen the covers and Serena was mumbling to a Mina to give them back as her hand searched for them in futility. Quatre took pity on Serena and covered her up with and extra blanket. She grunted something about dorky blonds and quieted down again. Taking the first watch over the sleeping girls, Quatre slide into a chair and bid Duo a good night.
And now on with the story!
Chapter 9: Introspection
Four hours later, Duo came down and took Quatre's place. "Anything happen?" "No not really, though it is kind of funny..." "Uh huh..." "It is just that Miss Relena keeps stealing Serena's blankets and I have to keep giving her a new one." Duo smiled. "Other than that?" "Nothing, I hope you brought something to do." Duo nodded and held up some comic books.
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Serena groggily awoke and stared at the ceiling for a while. She hurt a great deal, kinda like she had just been run over by a tank. Slowly the events of her last jaunt in the waking world resurfaced from the depths of the abyss that was her mind and she groaned. I've just been blown up, it is no wonder I hurt in places I didn't even know that I had. Then her eyes widened at the realization that she had made a noise. Great! I am such an idiot. Now everyone knows that I'm awake! Cracking open an eye, again she was faced with a stark white ceiling. It dawned on her that she was covered in a blanket and that it was rapidly being stolen. Letting it go, she considered an reasoned that if her holders were considerate enough to cover her with a nice white blanket, they wouldn't shoot if she sat up.
Doing so she looked over to where her missing blanket had disappeared. She smiled at Minako who was cuddled under what looked like six blankets. She never changes. She peered around the room again and took stock of her current situation. She was a mess that was trying to tidy itself. Her personal magic was at another low from holding her body together and healing it on the way back from the explosion to where ever she was. She sported multiple lacerations several broken ribs and a punctured lung that was healing slightly faster than a normal human. She breaths weren't shallow but deep and rapid breathing hurt like no ones business. Tossing the rest of the covers onto the lug she called a friend, she hissed at the bruises that decorated her person like gigantic purple, green and blue freckles. At least she was alive and that was what countered to her.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the appearance of Duo and Wufei at the door. "Oh Serena, your awake." "Hi Duo." Wufei strode over to her and pulled her by the arm off the bed. She stumbled and fell into him, grunting in surprise and pain at the action. Taking in her state, Wufei took his cloth belt and tied her bandaged wrists together be fore scooping her up an exiting the room.
Duo stood staring after his long time tormentor, trying to figure out why Wu-man had secured her wrists and carried her off. So what if Serena was LtCol. Webb, though she seemed awfully young to have that rank. However it meant that he didn't have to do any more research on her through the Preventer's archives like he had been for the last month. He could just grill her instead and make her feel guilty for making him do research when he could have used the time much more efficiently tormenting Wu-man with her. Yes that was the plan and it was a good one.
He followed the Chinese pilot down the hall deep in contemplation. Heero was going to have a problem with this. Probably try to eliminate her once she had answered all his questions. He hadn't been to happy about needing to be rescued and even though his recovery for two bullets was so incredibly fast it almost bordered on scientifically impossible. If he believed in any spirit other than the God of Death he would have claimed it to be a miracle. The fact that his rescue and recover had been handled mainly by a bumbling bubbly blonde schoolgirl didn't help matters at all.
He pondered the friendship that the two of them had. Was his friendship with Serena an act as well? Was he just a cover for her? Duo had made it very plain to himself that he didn't want or need her as a girlfriend after she had told him after a week of hints that he was very nice but she liked him a good friend. To the school she was a ditzy klutz but to the male populace she was also the most gorgeous creature on two legs when she managed to stand on them. She just bounced through the day with a smile on her face and a twinkle in her eye. He would have never matched her in a million years with Lt.. The thought was just crazy. Who would trust important missions and the piloting of...of a very expensive suit to a girl who periodically tripped over her own to feet in the hall. So she was pretty good with computers. Everyone had to be good at something and their involved no lower body coordination so the rest of the students were safe.
Duo watched as Wufei placed Serena on a chair in the middle of an empty white room, then left again, pulling him after him. "Maxwell, go get the others and that onna doctor. No need for her to bleed to death before we find out everything that we can from her." "Wu-man, you do realize that she has known who we are and what we do for the better part of three months, has taken no action against us and has saved our asses a fair number of times. There is no doubt in my mind that you me and Heero would have been diced yesterday if she hadn't been there. And she never once has interfered in our missions." Wufei sighed and rubbed his temples. "Just go get them, would you Maxwell? And it is Wufei." Knowing when to quit, Duo trotted off in search of his fellow pilots and Sally.
Wufei turned his attention back to the most aggravating female he had met since his wife, Meron. She was nothing like she made people believe at school. She was exceptional at gymnastics but could seemingly not for the life of her apply that ability to the real world and walking down the halls. She was usually given detention for being late or sleeping in class or not having her homework done. He had been assigned to pass back tests a couple of times and she had scored perfectly on all of them. He had idlely wondered at the time if she had something to hide. After all it was practically a prerequisite to being a woman. Now he knew that she did and it was a doozy.
She was an excellent fighter, his treacherous mind brought up. Perhaps when she is mended she would provide a suitable challenge. And Wufei wanted, as he was sure the others did as well, to pick over her hard- suit and her mind regarding its making. He wanted to know the schematics, the capabilities, weapon systems, and it's piloting abilities as well as how she interfaced with it on such small proportions.
He continued to watch the silent bunny through the observation window of the room as she sat with her head bowed. On a closer look, it almost appeared to him as if she were sleeping. He leaned up against the wall and waited for the braided baka to return.
Heero was checking on Relena when Dup found him. He didn't know why he was there. It was no longer his duty to protect her. She had set bodyguards form the Preventers who guarded her twenty-four...seven... That thought made him pause. How did Relena, perfect, pacifistic princess in pink, Banshee of the West and model damsel in distress manage to slip four of the best security guards that the Preventers could procure. He knew, he had checked them out himself before handing over her security to them. Then there was her arrival in the hanger: the bike, the jump, the cloths, and the attitude. It just didn't match the Relena Peacecraft that had been preaching for peace the last four years. And it was really Relena, he had had Sally confirm it with a blood test. Relena had eased off of him in the stalking department which was a relief...sort of. It is a blow to the ego that the female that had been faithfully harassing him for the last for four years had eased off, right about the time when Serena showed up at school actually.
Heero leaned up against the doorframe in contemplation. Relena seemed to know Lt even before the boys knew her to be Serena. She knew how to open the suit and extract the pilot. Lt had requested that if her mission went to hell to bring back the leftovers to Relena. What else was she keeping from them? It wasn't like she was on a mission to need to keep secrets and to his knowledge, Relena was never been really good about keeping secrets in the first place, and now she was lying on a bed buried under about six or seven blankets looking as innocent as ever. Pink lips pursed cutely.... HE DID NOT JUST THINK THAT!!!!
It was at this point that Duo bound over to him and announced that Wufei needed him to question Lt. and that the other guys were already there and that Sally was on her way. Happy to leave the surprising thoughts at the doorway, Heero followed Duo.
Review Review and may the writing get better : P
Thank you very much for the reviews guys. It feels good to know that someone enjoys my story.
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Previously:
It appeared that Relena had stolen the covers and Serena was mumbling to a Mina to give them back as her hand searched for them in futility. Quatre took pity on Serena and covered her up with and extra blanket. She grunted something about dorky blonds and quieted down again. Taking the first watch over the sleeping girls, Quatre slide into a chair and bid Duo a good night.
And now on with the story!
Chapter 9: Introspection
Four hours later, Duo came down and took Quatre's place. "Anything happen?" "No not really, though it is kind of funny..." "Uh huh..." "It is just that Miss Relena keeps stealing Serena's blankets and I have to keep giving her a new one." Duo smiled. "Other than that?" "Nothing, I hope you brought something to do." Duo nodded and held up some comic books.
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Serena groggily awoke and stared at the ceiling for a while. She hurt a great deal, kinda like she had just been run over by a tank. Slowly the events of her last jaunt in the waking world resurfaced from the depths of the abyss that was her mind and she groaned. I've just been blown up, it is no wonder I hurt in places I didn't even know that I had. Then her eyes widened at the realization that she had made a noise. Great! I am such an idiot. Now everyone knows that I'm awake! Cracking open an eye, again she was faced with a stark white ceiling. It dawned on her that she was covered in a blanket and that it was rapidly being stolen. Letting it go, she considered an reasoned that if her holders were considerate enough to cover her with a nice white blanket, they wouldn't shoot if she sat up.
Doing so she looked over to where her missing blanket had disappeared. She smiled at Minako who was cuddled under what looked like six blankets. She never changes. She peered around the room again and took stock of her current situation. She was a mess that was trying to tidy itself. Her personal magic was at another low from holding her body together and healing it on the way back from the explosion to where ever she was. She sported multiple lacerations several broken ribs and a punctured lung that was healing slightly faster than a normal human. She breaths weren't shallow but deep and rapid breathing hurt like no ones business. Tossing the rest of the covers onto the lug she called a friend, she hissed at the bruises that decorated her person like gigantic purple, green and blue freckles. At least she was alive and that was what countered to her.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the appearance of Duo and Wufei at the door. "Oh Serena, your awake." "Hi Duo." Wufei strode over to her and pulled her by the arm off the bed. She stumbled and fell into him, grunting in surprise and pain at the action. Taking in her state, Wufei took his cloth belt and tied her bandaged wrists together be fore scooping her up an exiting the room.
Duo stood staring after his long time tormentor, trying to figure out why Wu-man had secured her wrists and carried her off. So what if Serena was LtCol. Webb, though she seemed awfully young to have that rank. However it meant that he didn't have to do any more research on her through the Preventer's archives like he had been for the last month. He could just grill her instead and make her feel guilty for making him do research when he could have used the time much more efficiently tormenting Wu-man with her. Yes that was the plan and it was a good one.
He followed the Chinese pilot down the hall deep in contemplation. Heero was going to have a problem with this. Probably try to eliminate her once she had answered all his questions. He hadn't been to happy about needing to be rescued and even though his recovery for two bullets was so incredibly fast it almost bordered on scientifically impossible. If he believed in any spirit other than the God of Death he would have claimed it to be a miracle. The fact that his rescue and recover had been handled mainly by a bumbling bubbly blonde schoolgirl didn't help matters at all.
He pondered the friendship that the two of them had. Was his friendship with Serena an act as well? Was he just a cover for her? Duo had made it very plain to himself that he didn't want or need her as a girlfriend after she had told him after a week of hints that he was very nice but she liked him a good friend. To the school she was a ditzy klutz but to the male populace she was also the most gorgeous creature on two legs when she managed to stand on them. She just bounced through the day with a smile on her face and a twinkle in her eye. He would have never matched her in a million years with Lt.. The thought was just crazy. Who would trust important missions and the piloting of...of a very expensive suit to a girl who periodically tripped over her own to feet in the hall. So she was pretty good with computers. Everyone had to be good at something and their involved no lower body coordination so the rest of the students were safe.
Duo watched as Wufei placed Serena on a chair in the middle of an empty white room, then left again, pulling him after him. "Maxwell, go get the others and that onna doctor. No need for her to bleed to death before we find out everything that we can from her." "Wu-man, you do realize that she has known who we are and what we do for the better part of three months, has taken no action against us and has saved our asses a fair number of times. There is no doubt in my mind that you me and Heero would have been diced yesterday if she hadn't been there. And she never once has interfered in our missions." Wufei sighed and rubbed his temples. "Just go get them, would you Maxwell? And it is Wufei." Knowing when to quit, Duo trotted off in search of his fellow pilots and Sally.
Wufei turned his attention back to the most aggravating female he had met since his wife, Meron. She was nothing like she made people believe at school. She was exceptional at gymnastics but could seemingly not for the life of her apply that ability to the real world and walking down the halls. She was usually given detention for being late or sleeping in class or not having her homework done. He had been assigned to pass back tests a couple of times and she had scored perfectly on all of them. He had idlely wondered at the time if she had something to hide. After all it was practically a prerequisite to being a woman. Now he knew that she did and it was a doozy.
She was an excellent fighter, his treacherous mind brought up. Perhaps when she is mended she would provide a suitable challenge. And Wufei wanted, as he was sure the others did as well, to pick over her hard- suit and her mind regarding its making. He wanted to know the schematics, the capabilities, weapon systems, and it's piloting abilities as well as how she interfaced with it on such small proportions.
He continued to watch the silent bunny through the observation window of the room as she sat with her head bowed. On a closer look, it almost appeared to him as if she were sleeping. He leaned up against the wall and waited for the braided baka to return.
Heero was checking on Relena when Dup found him. He didn't know why he was there. It was no longer his duty to protect her. She had set bodyguards form the Preventers who guarded her twenty-four...seven... That thought made him pause. How did Relena, perfect, pacifistic princess in pink, Banshee of the West and model damsel in distress manage to slip four of the best security guards that the Preventers could procure. He knew, he had checked them out himself before handing over her security to them. Then there was her arrival in the hanger: the bike, the jump, the cloths, and the attitude. It just didn't match the Relena Peacecraft that had been preaching for peace the last four years. And it was really Relena, he had had Sally confirm it with a blood test. Relena had eased off of him in the stalking department which was a relief...sort of. It is a blow to the ego that the female that had been faithfully harassing him for the last for four years had eased off, right about the time when Serena showed up at school actually.
Heero leaned up against the doorframe in contemplation. Relena seemed to know Lt even before the boys knew her to be Serena. She knew how to open the suit and extract the pilot. Lt had requested that if her mission went to hell to bring back the leftovers to Relena. What else was she keeping from them? It wasn't like she was on a mission to need to keep secrets and to his knowledge, Relena was never been really good about keeping secrets in the first place, and now she was lying on a bed buried under about six or seven blankets looking as innocent as ever. Pink lips pursed cutely.... HE DID NOT JUST THINK THAT!!!!
It was at this point that Duo bound over to him and announced that Wufei needed him to question Lt. and that the other guys were already there and that Sally was on her way. Happy to leave the surprising thoughts at the doorway, Heero followed Duo.