18: Truth be told?
When Hilde awoke, she could the road flying beneath her. She felt weightless with no form at all. The night sky flew overhead of her looking like an impressionist masterpiece, it was mixture of dark beautiful colors and shapes to balance it out. "Where am I?" She wondered to herself as she opened her eyes. "To be blunt, you in a Jeep and presently heading for Preventer HQ," Came a voice. Hilde's aquamarine eyes shifted toward the origin of the voice and fell on Phareil who wore the look of a desperate woman, the German girl sat herself up from the lying position wondering what else could happen to her next. First she got shot in the arm, then she was kidnapped, and to top it all off Duo was killed in that accursed Mobile suit. The minute that horrible image of Wing Zero blasting Wing Gundam to oblivion played her mind, Hilde immediately broke down into tears.
Phareil glanced past her shoulder to take a quick glimpse at the sobbing girl behind her suddenly feeling guilty for what happened. Not that saying sorry would redeem her for what happened or what she had done, but it never hurt to try either. Hilded slumped in the back seat and continued to cry for while. However, as time passed her crying wasn't as intense as it was when she began, Phareil was thankful for this. And after a long drive on the belt way, Hilde spotted the Preventers HQ and directed Phareil toward it. Phareil thanked her for the navigation assistance but what was going to happen when she drove onto their grounds, was what was really on the blonde's mind.
They rode through the entrance gate Phareil felt as though her every move was being watched. She did her best to ignore this as they drove through parking lot and into the garage. Hilde felt the Jeep come to a complete stop, looking up she noticed that Phareil was staring at her through the mirror hanging above her. Whipping her face of all traces and indications that she was crying, Hilde jumped out off the jeep and fell to her knees unable to hold herself up. Phareil unbuckled herself and jumped out of the jeep before making her way over toward Hilde. She kneeled down and pulled the German-teenager up on her wobbly legs, throwing one of Hilde's arms over her shoulder then wrapping an arm around her waist to support her.
Hilde was silent as the platinum blonde traveled toward the exit of the garage and into the P.HQ itself. When Phareil reached the main hallway where the waiting room was located, all eyes averted themselves from a small television that was located high up in a corner toward her. She had the feeling they knew she was, rounding the corner she bumped into someone. Phareil and Hilde stumbled backward but managed to regain their balance long enough to look at the person in front of them. A young man somewhere in his early-20's with long blonde hair and stunning crystal blue eyes stood before them with a soda clasped in his hand. Hilde knew exactly who he was. "Zechs Merquise," Hilde whispered in surprise. Zechs stared at Hilde then turned toward Phareil who was staring up at the ceiling whistling.
Zechs pointed his finger toward the semi-short haired blonde. "Don't I know you?" He asked. Phareil shook her head nervously hoping that wasn't a dead giveaway. For a moment the three of them stared at eachother for the longest of times before Hilde decided speak up and break the silence. "Mr. Merquise, are the others here yet?" She asked. Zechs nodded his head never taking his eyes off of Phareil. "They're in the medical room down this hall behind them and to the left," He informed her. Hilde smiled and gave him her thanks before she signaled Phareil to move. Zechs turned down the hall as the two made their way around the left corner where Sally's medical room was located.
"Are you all right?" Phareil asked. Hilde shook her head wearily looking down at her feet. "I just wanna go home, but I can't without Duo........," Hilde trailed off and remained quiet afterward. Phareil didn't bother her at all after that. When they got to Medical room's front door, Phareil removed her arm from around Hilde's waist and opened the door all the way. What they were greeted by however were Four guns aimed at Phareil only and a stunned Sally Po, Relena Darlain, and Lady Une. Phareil noticed Heero right off despite the purple bruises on his face and visible parts of his body, but she did not Recognize Wufei, Quatre, or Trowa. Hilde stepped up on a speechless Phareil's behalf "Don't kill her, she helped me get here," The German girl pointed out.
Wufei scoffed. "That's all fine and well, but how do we know she wasn't using you to get inside here?" He said. Hilde rolled her eyes at his comment and attempted to walk toward Heero but stumbled over her own feet and fell to the ground. As Heero helped the short haired girl, Phareil sighed placing a hand on her forehead wondering what else could go wrong. "I know when I'm beaten, but that doesn't stop what I've done from happening," Phareil declared sternly.
"Is that so?" Une stepped forward with a glare on her face staring down at Phareil with her cold brown eyes. "Wufei, please escort Miss. Catalonia to the interrogation room," Une ordered. Wufei nodded and made his way toward Phareil. The blond made no attempt to escape or attack Wufei, instead she let him escort her to the Interrogation room. Une frowned and followed after them. Heero, Quatre, and Trowa withdrew their guns then turned their attention to Sally who was presently tending to Dorothy's leg. "Is she all right Sally?" Quatre asked worriedly. Sally looked the x-rays of Dorothy's leg over again with a frown. "She's fine for the moment, but her leg is fractured and'll need some work done on it," Sally explained.
Quatred looked up at the x-rays with a look of doubt on his face when he felt a hand on his shoulders. He turned to meet the green eyes of Trowa with a wondering gaze. "Don't worry about it, Dorothy's strong. She'll make it through this with no complications," Trowa said, hoping reassure his friend. Quatre looked down at his feet and nodded in reluctant agreement. Trowa smirked at his handy work then made his way toward the exit of the room. "Where are you going Trowa?" Relena asked. Trowa turned to meet the curious gaze of the honey blonde and flashed a ghost of a smile. "I'm going to find Catherine, I'll you guys around," He said walking out of the room. Heero sighed as he tried to get Hilde to talk to him, but she remained silent letting her tears fall freely.
"What's wrong Hilde? And where's Duo....?" Heero trailed off the minute he noticed Hilde's hands clutch the fabric of her pants. "Hilde?" Hilde raised her head up to meet Heero's concerned expression, his Prussian blue eyes reminded her of Duo's and that's what triggered another crying fit. Heero pulled back the second she busted out wailing, all eyes averted toward him with suspicious gazes in them. Heero only sent them a look that meant he didn't make her cry. Relena stepped in front of Heero and kneeled down in front of Hilde placing a hand on her shoulder, Hilde looked at Relena through her teary vision and buried her face in her chest.
Relena placed a hand on Hilde's head as the grief stricken girl's wails got louder, attracting attention from outside the room. "Hilde, do you know where Duo is?" Relena asked as softly as she could without sounding as though she interrogating her. Hilde's wailing however only got louder. "DUO'S DEAD, I SAW HIM DIE IN THAT MOBILE SUIT!!!!!!! HE'S DEAD, HE'S DEAD!!!!!!" Quatre held his hands to his ears to protect them from her screams that tore right into his very soul. Heero felt a dull numbness overcome him. "Dead?" He muttered in disbelief. "Your just in time, they were going use me and my Gundam for their evil plans," Duo's voice rang through his ears as though he standing right under a church bell. "I couldn't think of a better way to go out. Here, go right ahead and shoot me." Heero stood before his soon-to-be comrade with his gun firm in his grip. After a moment of silence, he found that he could not shoot the annoyance of an American.
"Hey, your really gonna shoot me aren't ya?!" A surprised Duo blurted when he didn't hear the sound of gunshot ring through his prison cell. "If that's what you want me to do," He heard himself utter. All heads inside turned toward him with looks of confusion and questioning gazes, Heero felt as though he was shoved inside a room with no air, it suddenly became hard to breathe. "Heero?" Relena muttered staring at him. Hilde's cries were so deafening that Heero could not hear Relena, backing up toward the door Heero bolted from his place rushing down the hall in a blind furry. Quatre made an attempt to go after him but Sally grabbed by the wrist stopping him before he could ever get to the door. "Leave him be," Was all that Sally said. Quatre's shoulders lumped and he did not make another move afterward. His heart thumped with the doubt and grief he felt when his father die, it was not as nearly as intense. But just as painful. Relena wanted so badly to run after Heero to comfort him, but she knew he wouldn't let her this time 'round.
Jin landed Wing Zero in the most desolate place in the woods he could find, where no would ever think of locating the massive mobile suit. Wing Zero landed on one knee and stretched it arm out while opening his palm, the cockpit opened and Jin leap out landing on the ground bottom first. He groaned in pain as he climbed up onto his feet, making his way toward Wing Zero's hand. He stared at the still body of Duo and wondered if he was even alive, climbing up onto Zero's palm he stood over Duo's body before he kicked him in the back. Immediately Duo flinched releasing the purple pendant on the blue chain from his grasp, Jin almost died of a heart attack when he heard the braided teenager moan in pain and turn on his side. He was still alive!!! Gundam pilots were immortal! He thought in awe.
Bending down the eleven year old noticed there was blood seeping from behind Duo's neck, he had to get him to someone who knew how to help him and fast. Gathering Duo up in his arms, Jin struggled down off of Zero's hand making his way through the forest toward a small hospital he had seen as he was flying over head. Hastening his travel Jin climbed up the steep hill with the assistance of thick sturdy branches lodged in the ground good for pulling oneself up a hill especially since he had a heavy load. "Damn, he's heavy," Jin grunted in annoyance pulling himself and Duo up the hill with another branch. He continued up the hill until he made it to a road. Now all he had to do was hitch a ride from someone who knew their way to the hospital he saw.
He looked up and down the road, and it looked as though no one was coming for a good while until he caught sight of someone's headlights. Careful not to drop Duo Jin stepped in front of the path of the car hoping it would stop. The sound of thunder could be rumbling in the distance, it would make Jin's situation worse if it began to rain. "Hey, stop! Please stop!" He shouted. The Truck came to a screeching halt only inches away from Jin and Duo. Jin walked around the front of the Truck toward the drivers seat, a curly haired woman's head popped out of the window causing Jin to step back a bit. The woman looked down at Duo's uniform and gasped.
"A preventer! What happened to him kid?" She cried in horror. Jin shook his head unsure how he should explain it to her. "Where are you headed?" He asked. The woman pondered for a brief moment then poked her head back out the window. "I might be able to get you to Preventer's HQ, I know where it is," She offered. "Its about 11 miles from here." Jin looked down the road then down at Duo, would he hold out for that long? Unable to make a choice Jin nodded to her offer. The woman gestured to the back of the truck. Moving quickly Jin lifted Duo over the edge of the truck and dropped him inside before leaping in after him. The woman took off down the road, Jin was thrown against the window from the sudden lurch. "Sorry about that," The woman said sheepishly.
Jin just glared at her before he slumped back against the window. He lifted his hand up and stared lovingly at the pendant hanging from the chain wrapped around his thumb and index finger, there was no doubt in his mind that it was mothers. It smelled just like her, not to mention there was an aura about the small purple jewel traced in gold lining that told him it belong to his mother. But the question was how'd Duo get a hold of it? A thousand thought raced through his mind as he tried to figure out where Duo had gotten it from. Slipping it over his head Jin watched the mid-cloudy nigh sky with a nostalgic emotions welling up inside of him when he noticed the moon come out from behind the clouds. Someday, I'll return to space.... make something of my worthless life. He thought before closing his eyes.
Heero pounded his fist against the walls furiously thinking back to what Duo had said to him. He had a life to live, so much to look forward to when it was him who had more of a life than he did, but he had to go and throw it away by knocking him out, by not taking heed in his advice. Why did Duo have to be so damn-stubborn headed?! Damnit Duo, look what've you done to Hilde!! Heero continued to pound his fist against the wall until he noticed something move in the corner of his eye. Turning his head to right his eyes landed on a clean bodied and freshly clothed Relena with a cup of water in her hand, her hair was clean and her eyes seem to sparkle even the dimmest of light. Heero turned away from her but ceased his wall pounding, Relena smiled and made her way toward him. "Leave me alone, Relena," Heero grumbled whipping his face dry trying to ignore her outfit.
She wore a long blue-gray cardigan over top a matching short sleeved shirt and a long brown skirt with matching flat heeled shoes. Relena slowly advanced toward Heero who made no move to leave the hallway, once she was close enough to him, she slid under him and leaned her head against his cheek. Heero kept his fist against the wall while one arm stayed at his side, he unwillingly inhaled herbal-flower scent of Relena's shampoo. "I'm not exactly clean Relena, you'll get dirty again," He pointed out. Relena shrugged taking a sip of her water, Heero sighed knowning there was no getting rid of her now. Relena looked up at Heero who just looked the other way instead of staring down at her and laced her fingers around his wrist with a sigh. "Hilde's asleep in the lounge now," She informed him. Heero merely grunted in response, Relena sighed pull away from him. Heero felt a bit taken aback by her sudden movement and wondered what he had done wrong this time.
"What?" He asked. Relena shook her head as she turned to leave. Now Heero felt as though he did do something wrong, grabbing her wrist he turned Relena around to face him. "Is there something you wanted to talk to about?" Heero asked. Relena bit her lip staring into her cup of water with an uncertain look on her face. "Came here to talk to you about Hilde. I don't think we should let her go home alone," Relena explained hesitantly. "I would stay with her but, I have to get back to the sanc Kingdome soon. I'm pretty sure Pegan is worried sick about me by now. I know this might be much to ask, but could you stay with her?" Heero nodded with very little thought put behind his choice. Relena's eyes brightend exceptonally, she embraced Heero in a big hug, Heero hugged her back feeling all the more silly.
"Thank you Heero, you won't regret this!" She proclaimed happily pulling out of his embrace. Heero let her go and shoved his hands into his pockets, wondering how he would regret deciding to stay with Hilde, since he was already temporarily living with her and.......deceased Duo. The name of his friend brought him back into the sate of mind he was in before he noticed Relena. The honey-blonde teenager noticed the change of expression Heero's face but thought it best not to nag him about it. Lacing her arm through the space between Heero's side and arm, Relena lead him toward the meeting room. "Une wants to talk to you and the others about your mission, so we'd better get a move on to the meeting room before she get's angry," Relena explained. Heero nodded and the two were on their way to meeting room.
When they got there however, they were met by strange stares and whispers. Heero ignored them while Relena stared down at her water trying her best not to stare back at the them, she unwrapped her arm from around Heero's the second he stepped into the meeting room. Une stood at the head of the long table, Trowa and Catherine sat on the right of the table, Wufei sat at the end of the table accompanied by Sally, while Quatre sat alone on the left of the table. Heero made his way toward Quatre then flopped down into a chair. Relena settled herself against the wall nearest to the door.
Une assumed everyone was inside the room and accounted for so she began her breifing. "Thank you all for coming," Une said curtly. As you well know, Miss Phareil Catalonia devised a plan much like Dekim to take over the earth sphere unified nation with an army of mobile suits and former rebels of past rebel factions and organizations. However since, Heero sent me information concerning all information on where her other rebels and factories were. Since then a number of preventer HQ's around the world have sent their preventers to handle the rest of the situations out of reach and jurisdictions. All of you have sucessfully completed you mission with loss of but one person; Duo Maxwell who was last seen at the Crosica base which no longer stands in existence anymore." Une looked down from the file she was reading at all four preventers who fliched slightly under gaze. "Your performance in the mission was excellent despite the fact that you destroyed the base, its safe to say you have done well in completing your objections. I hereby relieve you from duy until ferther notice. That means you as well Wufei."
Wufei's shoulders slumped in defeat wondering what he was going to do now that he was put on vacation until further notice. Une turned to Relena. "And I can safely say, that you are in the green Vice forigen minister. You are free to go back the Sanc Kingdom, with an escort of your choice course," She said. Relena breathed a huge sigh of relief at the sound of that. "Thank you Une, I appreciate it," Relena replied smiling. Heero watched her turn and leave the room, shutting the door behind her. "All of you are dismissed." All four preventers along with Catherine rose from their seats and made their exits through the door. Quatre sighed strechting his arms out into the air. "I think I'll head back to space once Dorothy's on her feet," He said happily. Trowa smirked pulling Catherine close. "I'll back into space in a week or so, I'm not ready for traveling just yet," He yawned. "Oh, poor baby Trowa's tired," Catherine teased poking in him the stomach. Trowa grunted in embarrassment, Wufei rolled his eyes at their childish behavior. "I going back to my apartment to sleep. I deserve the rest," The Chinese teenager grumbled.
Heero just smirked at all of their plans remembering he had to take Hilde home back to her and Duo's home. "I've gotta take Hilde home and stay with her for the time being," Heero anounced. Everyone was suddenly silent, making Heero feel unwelcome. Catherine reached over and touched his shoulder catching his attention. "Make sure she eats and gets enough sleep, Heero," She said with a small smile. Heero looked down at her hand for a momen then back up at her and nodded slowly. Catherine smiled and withdrew her hand. Heero bobbed his head slightly, at least Catherine was willing to make him feel better. As they all headed for the exit of the building the sound of tires screeching caught their attention.
They all peered through glass windows and automatic doors at the rusty blue for truck, there was a young boy in back and a woman who jumped through the window of the truck obviously in a rush. "I wonder what's wrong," Quatre thought aloud. The young boy jumped out of back of the truck and reached in to pull something out. They all leaned toward the window to get a better look, an arm was the first thing that they saw the boy pull on, it was wearing a preventers jacket. It was mangled one but it gave them some sense who the person was, next they saw the woman grab the man legs, his pants were tattered and torn. "He must've been in some fight," Trowa whistled at the condition of the man's pants. Heero and the others stepped back as they saw the woman and little boy shuffle into the building out of the down pour.
They came stumbling into the building slipping on the smooth title floors, all four ex-pilots examined the man's face; it was covered with bruises, dirt, and blood. His hair was a chestnut brown color, his bangs obscured his face making it impossible to tell who he was until they caught sight of a coalbolt blue eye crack open and his mouth curl into a faint smirk. "Oi, g-guys," Was all that came out of his mouth before he lost consciousness. Heero's Prussian blue eyes widened in shock, as did everyone elses. "DUO!" They (excluding Heero) all cried in unison running after the little boy and woman. Trowa grabbed the boy's shoulder forcing him to turn around, the boy's hood fell from off his head revealing onyx blue eyes, unruly hair and a braid hanging down behind his head. "Jin!" He blurted out in surprise. Wufei and Heero pulled out their guns, causing the woman to leg go of Duo's leg.
Jin glared at all four young men before gently resting Duo's upper body on the ground. "He's hurt," pointed out the obvious. Trowa pushed the boy into a passing preventer's path, Jin tried to escape but the preventer grabbed his arms. "Take him to miss Sally Po," Trowa ordered. The man nodded and tossed Jin over his shoulder. Jin made no attempts to fight him, instead he simply gave all four ex-pilot the finger time two before he vanished around the corner. Heero rolled his eyes as he and Wufei put their gun back into its holsters. Catherine bent down beside Duo and checked his pulse, it was dangerously low and almost unresponsive, his breathing was shallow and ragged as well. Catherine lifted his head up onto his lap as Trowa hooked his arms under Duo's underarms and Heero grabbed his legs, they lifted him off the ground and made their way past the stunned and confused woman. "Ma'am I think its time for you to leave now," Wufei suggested pointed to the door. The woman snapped herself out of her trance and made her way the exit of the door back to her truck. Quatre sighed whiping his brow of the nervous sweat that plauged it. With one look at Wufei, the two were off trailing after Trowa, Catherine, and Heero.
Relena traveled down the halls of Preventers H.Q. searching for her brother and Noin. She had caught a glimpse of him when she first came in but when she tried to call out to him, Heero picked her up off her the ground and carried her to Sally Po's medical room. Now on her own, she couldn't find hair nor hide of her brother. He shouldn't have been this hard to find, he was only one with blondest hair in the entire building let along long blonde hair. Relena sighed as she headed toward the second exit in the building when a flash of red and platinum blonde pass the exit vanishing pass corner wall. Bolting into a run, Relena chased after red and blonde until she tripped over her brown skirt sending herself sliding across the floor like she was a hockey puck. "Milliardo!" She cried in a desprate attempt to get his attention. The long-haired blonde stopped in his tracks making sure the little red haired girl was still on his back before looking down at Relena in question.
"Relena? Is that you?" Zechs asked lending the girl a hand. Relena looked up then grabbed her brother's hand, Zechs pulled her up off the ground without even trying. "Milliardo, I was wondering if you and Noin could give me a ride back to the Sanc Kingdom, if it isn't too much trouble," Relena said nervously. Mariemaia peered through Zechs' hair and waved to Relena. "Hi Miss Relena," She said pleasently. Relena simply waved to her before returning her attention back to Zechs. "I'll take you, Noin's a bit busy wtih paper work," Zechs said quickly. Relena smiled and hugged her brother, Zechs stumbled backward feeling a bit awkward with Relena hugging him, so he gently pulled her from off of him and grabbed her hand. "C'mon," He said leading her out of the building. Relena followed him feeling happier than she had in weeks.
Sally walked around in a circle as she examined Dorothy's x-rays over and over again. She was doctor, but she knew her limitations; there was no way she would able to work Dorothy's leg in its current condition, she would have to transfer the young lady to the critical room down the hall from her that specialized in this sort of work. Bitting the end of her inkpen, Sally placed the x-rays back into their folder. Frist she had to take care of Heero after his incounter with a smoke bomb, then she had to examine Dorothy's leg and afterward sedate Hilde before she went into hysterics. What was next?
Messaging her forehead Sally made her toward the door intending to get a cup of caffeinated Coffee to sip on her break when the door swung open from a kick of a muddy sneaker. Sally jumped back in utter surprise as the preventer walked into the room with young man hung over his shoulder. "Another patient, Dr. Po," The preventer chuckled after seeing the exasperated look on her face. Sally made her way toward Jin who sat atop of the marble counter surrounded by incubators and needles, Jin looked up at her through his saoked bangs that obscured most of his vision. "We meet again Jin," Sally said goodheartedly.
The eleven year old just scoffed turning his head the other way. "I'll leave you two alone now," The preventer chuckled walking out of the room. Jin gave the closing a second glance before felt Sally's stethoscope against his bare chest. He looked down to find that his shirt had been pulled up. "You could've just asked me to lift my shirt," He muttered. Sally ignored him and continued to listen to his heart beat. Jin sat still and quiet as she finished up, once she was done Sally placed her stethoscope around her neck. "You have a irregular heart beat Jin, is there any reason that you know of that could cause this irregularity?" Sally asked.
Jin looked down at his chest then shook his head, bitting the side of her lip Sally placed two fingers under his chin and pulled out a small pocket light. Jin flinched when she shined it in his eyes but managed to keep his eyes open long enough for her look them over. He began to wonder why he wasn't sent to the interrogation room instead, anywhere else had to be better than sitting here under the examining eye of a doctor or nurse, or whater she was. "Nothing wrong with your nervous system, your reaction is time is better than some people," Sally complemented. Jin cracked a smile blushing, Sally would have laughed but thought it was best not to since she knew it wound his pride.
Pulling a seat from against the bottom half of the counter, Sally seated herself in front of Jin who had stopped smiling and blushing. She pulled the chain the pendant hung from out of his shirt, Jin watched her examine the purple jewel knowing exactly what was going to coming out of her mouth. "Its' pretty, where'd you get from? Thrift shop?" Sally asked. Jin's onyx blue eyes widened at the change sentence in the most frequently asked question, but since giving her a straight answer would leady to only more questions he decided to lie. "Uhhh---- yeah, I can't remember the name of the shop though," He chuckled nervously. Sally simply nodded her head placing the pendant back underneath his filthy gray shirt. "I tell you what Jin," She began catching the attention of the young boy. "If you promise not to join any rebel armies that plan to destroy world peace, and stick around long enough this time, I might be able to help you find someplace to stay. Where are you originally from?"
Jin raised a finger upward to the ceiling, Sally looked up at the ceiling with furrowed eyebrows. "I'm from the colonies, in the L3 area," Jin explained. "Oh! Are you test tube baby?" Sally asked. "It might explain the irregularity in your heart. Your body's not used to the gravity on earth as it would be on a colony." Jin shook his head at her question. "I'm natural born. And I had accident while in space with my parents, it might be cause of my irregular heart beat." Sally nodded in agreement before something hit her, Jin mentioned he had parents. If he did, where were they now? She stared into his onyx blue eyes and noticed for the first time, a sort of emptiness she hadn't noticed when she first looked at him.
Deciding not to press the issue any further than she had, she rose from her seat. Placing her small pocket flashlight into her pants pocket, Sally helped the young boy off the counter. Jin opened his mouth to say something, but a disembodied voice over a speaker beat him to it. Sally Po, please report to the critical area at once. Its' important. Sally stared into space for a moment before turning her attention back to Jin "Now Jin, I wan-----!" Her pupil's dilated in shock; he was gone! Turning her head toward the door, she caught a glimpse of the door closing. Sally rushed out after the Juvenile delinquent but to her surprise, he was nowhere in sight. Cursing under her breath through gritted teeth she headed to the critical room wondering what she was thinking when she took her eyes off that boy. He was fast as Heero was when he wanted to be. "Damnit," She sighed running her hands through her hair.
Jin rushed down the semi-crowded halls toward the exit of the building, his heart pounded against his chest as the fear of getting caught was slowly growning on him. His mother's pendant pulsated against his chest everytime it would swing away and land against his father's cross. Rushing past the last bit of people in the crowd, Jin rushed through all three automatic doors out into the pouring rain. He then took off through the parking lot. He wanted to get as far away from this place as he could.
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