Chapter 4

(Erishi's POV)

I stood up from where I had been sitting and stretched. I walked over to the door and opened the little window that allowed us to talk to the guards.

"Hey, I need to use the ladies' room. Lemme out." I said. The guard opened the door to let me out.

"You've got five minutes. You go down this hallway-…" the guard started telling me how to get to the restroom. I held up my hand to signal him to stop.

"I know where the bathroom is." I said, and walked off. He stood there in a dumbfounded silence. I grinned smugly to myself. As I got to the bathroom, my thoughts turned back to what Heero had said. As I was washing my hands, I whispered to myself, "Damn. And Heero was so cute. Why do the cute ones always have to be gay? Hmmm, well, Trowa's not that bad lookin' either, and I'm pretty sure he's not gay." When I finished washing my hands, I headed back towards the room. When I got to the door, the same guard who let me out, let me back in. It looked as if he was still trying to figure out how I knew where the restroom was. I figured I should probably have pity on the poor boy, considering he only looked about 16 years old. I leaned over to him.

"Psst. Just to ease your mind, the only reason I knew where the restrooms are is because I used to be stationed here three years ago with my ex-partner." I told him.
"How were you stationed here if you're working with the Gundam pilots?" he asked suspiciously. I sighed. Teenagers are so annoying.

"I used to work for OZ. My name is Erishi Wakatsuki. I left OZ about a year ago." I explained, as patiently as I could. I took out my OZ base id out of my back pocket and showed it to him. For some reason I had kept it when I had left OZ. It certainly came in handy every once in a while. He shrugged, apparently satisfied. "And I got a question for you. How old are you?" I asked him.

"Sixteen." He replied. I nodded, grinned to myself, and walked in the room. 'God, I'm telepathic or something.' I thought to myself. I walked over to Sukie, who was leaning up against the wall.

"Hey, did you notice anything familiar about this place when you got here?" I asked. She looked at me as if I was nuts or something.

"No, I was kinda unable to, considering I was unconscious at the time." She said.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Well, you remember that base we were stationed at about three years ago?" I asked her. She nodded after a little thought. "Well, that's where we are."

"So, if I've got this right, we're at the base that has all those missiles and ammunition, right?" she asked. It seemed like a little light bulb had just gone on over my head.

"That's right! It is! We could use that to our advantage!" I said. Sukie got a wickedly evil smile on her face. She turned to Heero.

"Do you know how to make a homemade bomb out of a missile?" she asked him, her voice low so that our young friend outside the door wouldn't hear. This time, it was Sukie's turn to get the crazy look from everyone in the room.

"Yeah, I do." He replied, even though the looks she got would have told her that. She nodded.

"Could you sneak to the ammunition hangar, make a relatively strong bomb, and get back here within five minutes?" she asked.

"Piece of cake." He replied. I was starting to see what she was planning. Heero turned to Trowa, and they quietly discussed something. Trowa nodded, and Heero stood up.

"You know where the ammunition hanger is?" Sukie asked. Heero nodded. "Ok. Good. I take it you two have a plan?"

"Yeah." He replied.

"'Kay." She said. Heero suddenly lurched towards the door; his arms wrapped his stomach, as if he were about to throw up.

"Lemme out, and hurry! I'm gonna throw up!" he recited. I had to admit he was a pretty good actor when he wanted to be. Our young friend opened the door, and let him out.

"Hey Heero! I thought you said you wanted to see my scar!" Trowa called out. Heero gave a shudder. The kid shut the door, and I could hear him quickly explaining how to get to the bathrooms. I grinned. 'He'd be a nice pet.' I thought to myself. I didn't even stop to think about how Heero knew where the ammunition hanger was.

Chapter 5

(Sukie's POV)

About two minutes later, Heero came back to the room.

"That was quick." I said. Heero's lips did that quirk that we all knew of as his version of a smile, or as close to one as you would get out of him. He shrugged.

"It was just like I said. Piece of cake. And I had to knock out the kid. He was getting to nosy." He said. Erishi looked a little indignant at this.

"Was that really necessary?" she asked. I looked at her, surprised.

"We have around five to six minutes." Heero said. Everyone nodded and started out the door. Erishi looked down at the kid, who now had a bloody streak through his curly blonde hair, and blood running down the side of his face.

"What did you hit him with Heero?" Erishi asked.

"The butt of my gun, what else?" he replied.

"Where do you hide your guns anyways?" Erishi pondered. Heero glared at her.

"Erishi, we don't have time for this!" I cried. Erishi shrugged, bent down, picked up the boy, and put him over her shoulder.

"He looks like a Rufus." She declared.

"Why did you bring him?" Trowa asked.

"I thought we needed a pet. Sukie wouldn't let me have a dog, so I want him." She said. I rolled my eyes.

"Who cares, we need to get out of here! I don't feel like getting blown up today!" I said. I promptly turned around and ran out of the base, not caring if anyone was following me. I ran to the other side of the street, and turned around. Just as Erishi came running out with the kid, the first explosion went off. Then there was a huge explosion and the whole thing went up in flames.

(Normal POV)

None of them noticed the shadowy figure escape from the side of the base.

(Sukie's POV)

Erishi looked at her watch.

"Hmm, three minutes. I thought you said five." She said.

"Even the best of us make mistakes." Heero replied.

"Wow! Heero actually made a mistake!" I teased.

"Yeah? Well, you've made a few in your lifetime. Like when you attacked Quatre?" Erishi said. I glared at her.

"That wasn't my fault! If you remember, I was trying to help you!" I cried. She shrugged.

"Oh well. It doesn't matter. Let's go." She said and started walking towards the safe house.

"Were you the one with the twin swords?" Trowa asked Erishi. She stopped and turned around.

"Yeah, why?"

"I was the one who knocked you down."

"Remind me to mess up your hair when I put this kid down."