Chapter 2

(Sukie's POV)

Even though I'd been with Quatre for a little over a year, seeing him smile still made me melt inside. We came to a small park, and we walked to the nearest bench and sat down. I snuggled as close to him as I could. He put his arm around me and I felt safe. I always felt safe when I was with Quatre and the boys. I knew none of them would do anything to hurt me, even though Heero didn't really like me. I still didn't understand why Heero didn't trust me yet. 'Maybe it's because I used to work for OZ.' I thought to myself. But I knew that Heero trusted Quatre enough to have good judgment about me, and would probably protect Quatre and me if needed. I just sincerely hoped that it wouldn't be needed. I shivered at the thought of OZ coming after me. Quatre squeezed me gently.

"You cold?" he asked me. I didn't want to tell him the real reason I had shivered, so I lied.

"Yeah. A little bit." I said, and shivered again just for effect.

"You wanna go back to the house?" he asked. I nodded. We stood up and started walking back towards the house. When we turned the corner, I gasped. I grabbed Quatre by the arm, and pulled him back and put him behind me and held up one finger to tell him to wait a minute. For the first time, I was glad our neighbors were stingy. They had a 9-foot tall privacy fence that extended around the corner. I peeked around the corner again. I was right. There were OZ cars in front our house! As I watched, I saw OZ soldiers come out. Then I gasped again. The boys and Erishi had been arrested! They were being led to an armored car that was sitting on the curb. It looked like Erishi and Heero had put up fights, because they had bruises that were starting to blossom on their faces. One of the officers pulled Duo off to the side. I quickly backed up. I heard him call to one of his buddies, and I tentatively peeked out again. His buddy had come over, and I noticed he was shorter than the one who pulled Duo away.

"What Munroe?" he said.

"This one could almost make me turn gay, with his looks. What about you Clark?" The guy he had called Munroe said, laughed gruffly, and took hold of Duo's chin. Clark laughed.

"Yeah. I agree. 'Cept I gots me a pretty woman at home, plus a little girl of my own." Clark replied and walked away. Munroe grinned and turned to Duo again.

"Now, beautiful, don't make me get rough with you. Just tell me what I wanna know, and I'll let ya go peacefully with your friends. Where are the other girl and your other pilot friend?" Munroe asked. My eyes widened. 'They're looking for me, but they figure, if they get me, they can get the Gundam pilots too!' I thought. I was ready to walk out and turn myself over, but I felt Quatre grab onto my arm. I looked back at him and he shook his head. I looked out again. "Where are they, boy?!" Munroe shouted and slapped Duo in the face. "Well, you gonna tell me where they are, or am I gonna have to force it out of you?" Munroe asked. I guess Duo had had enough, and the next thing I saw was Duo spit in Munroe's face and take off running. I groaned. He was running towards us, which meant we'd have to run too, because I was sure that somebody would follow him.

"Run." I whispered to Quatre. He nodded and we took off running. I could hear Ozzies yelling behind us. It wasn't very long before Duo caught up with us. I had forgotten what a fast runner he was. I had always envied him because he was always in such good shape.

"Sukie! Q-man! What're you two doing here?!" he cried while he was running.

"We were listening around the corner. Were they after me?" I asked. I could still see the place where Munroe had slapped him. He nodded the best way he could while running. I looked over my shoulder quickly and saw the soldiers running after us. I also heard them shouting to one another that they had found Quatre and I, and were chasing us too. I noticed one of them had a nasty gash in his forehead. 'Either Erishi or Heero did that…' I thought to myself as I ran. I grinned. I could just see Erishi picking up an ashtray and bashing some guy over the head with it. Heero would probably use the butt of his gun to whack somebody in the head. I was still trying to figure out where Heero kept his gun. Part of me didn't want to know. I looked over at Duo and grinned. He probably knew where Heero kept his gun, but then again, he knew more about Heero than most of us would ever want to know. I glanced over my shoulder again, and noticed that they were slowly but steadily catching up to us. And I was starting to get tired. I looked over at Quatre, and I saw that he was getting tired too. The only one of us who was still going strong was Duo. For a moment I cursed him and his 6:00 am morning runs that he took every morning, no matter what the weather was. There could be a tornado warning, and he would still go out running. All of a sudden, I tripped on something, fell, and landed on my left arm. I tried to cry out in pain but all the air had been forced out of my lungs. I tried to get up, but I couldn't. Quatre came back to try and help me.

"Go on! There's no need for them to catch us both! Go!" I gasped, and then winced.

"I won't leave you!" he said. I gave him a look that said I wasn't kidding.

"Go. I mean it Quatre. I'll be fine. You and Duo can come save us later. Ok? Just go, before they capture you too. If we escape, I'll call you on your mobile phone." I told him. He reluctantly nodded, turned around, looked back at me once, and took off running again. He had started running just in time, because the Ozzies got to me.

"Hey guys! We found the other girl! But the other two Gundam pilots are still on the loose though!" one of them called back. One of the other soldiers tried to grab me and drag me up, but I screamed in pain and held onto my left arm.

"Hey hey. Be careful. The boss doesn't want us to hurt them more than necessary." One said.

"I didn't do it! I think her arm's broken or something." The one who grabbed me said.

"Well, duh, smart one. My arm's only turned in a direction that it's not supposed to be going in. And, I've got a question. Has your face always been that messed up, or did Erishi hit you in the face with an ashtray?" I said sarcastically. The soldier's face filled with rage. He raised his hand to backhand me, but his partner stopped him. The one that stopped him pulled him aside, and they talked quietly for a minute. I barely overheard the words "valuable" and "promotion." I narrowed my eyes in frustration and disgust. 'So, that's what they think of me, huh? Just a prize? Well, I don't think so. I will not be treated as some kind of possession that you can trade in for something else!' I thought to myself. For a second, I thanked OZ for the one thing that they had taught me that was actually useful in everyday life, my martial arts skills. There was a soldier standing near me, but he wasn't paying attention. With my right hand and with lightning speed, I chopped at his neck. He fell to the ground unconscious. I smiled at my accomplishment. 'Erishi's not the only one who can say she beat up an OZ soldier now.' I thought and grinned. As I reveled in pride, I forgot about the two soldiers that were behind me. One of them crept up behind me, and clapped his hand over my mouth, and grabbed my good arm and twisted it behind me. I winced in pain, and then had a strike of brilliance. Or what I thought was a strike of brilliance. I calmly opened my mouth and then bit down hard on the soldier's hand. He screamed in pain, let go of me, and was shaking his hand in the air.

"Damn! The bitch bit me!" he cried. I wiped my mouth off with my hand.

"Yeah? Well, your hand doesn't taste that great anyways." I spat. The other soldier was trying his hardest not to burst out laughing. Another soldier walked up, and it took me a second to recognize him as Munroe, the guy who had slapped Duo earlier.

"Johnson! What's going on here?" he said to the soldier I hadn't bitten.

"The prisoner bit O'Reilly, sir." Johnson said in between snickers. O'Reilly was just about to punch Johnson when Munroe interfered.

"Soldiers! That is enough!" he shouted. "Just get the prisoner with the others." He said, and made a quick motion of his hand. An Ozzie must've snuck up behind me, because somebody hit me in the back of the head with something hard, and everything went black.