A/N: Ok it's been awhile, I know. But I finally got time to do this. I
promised Katie that while I was on break, I would put out two chapters...
here's one! I forgot to say last chapter, that Tiffany and Cody are my
chars. I don't know anything about Jean's kids, and I got too lazy to look
that up when I first wrote this. At the end of this chapter, Heero and
Trowa are slightly OOC. I think this chapter is the longest one yet... I hope
you enjoy!
Chapter Six: The Concert
*~~~* Six Days Later *~~~*
Everyone, except Lorena and Serena, is sitting around the house, the guys still not used to the cold. Deborah is not so hysterical or quiet as before, and she is starting to get to know Heero a bit more. Lorena likes Duo a bit more everyday. Amanda is more hyper from being cooped up, and nobody, not even Quatra, can calm her down. Heero's gun had been pointed at her more then once, but she just laughed at him and bounced off. The guys, minus Heero, are still wearing loads of clothes, saying that it is really cold there. The girls, except Tiffany, are wearing shorts and tank tops; sweat pouring off of them because the heat is always on bust.
Lorena and Serena enter the house, laughing. They stop soon after entering the small living room, where everyone is. All the seats are taken up, with many sitting on the floor. "We got tickets to the Charity Concert tonight, just like I promised." Lorena announces.
Amanda got excited and ran around the cramped living room, yelling "Yay! Yay! We're going to a concert tonight!"
"Whom is playing?" Trowa asked politely.
"Creed, and the opening band is Spitfire." Serena replied.
"Well, I know it's not for another six hours or something, but I'm going to get my shower now, before all the hot water is gone." Deborah said, jumping up and heading for the bathroom.
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Five Hours Later
The guys were all ready, and waiting for the girls. "What are they doing?! We soon have to leave if we want to get there on time." Matt said, pacing the length of the living room.
He no more then had the words out of his mouth when the girls came out of the room. Deborah's hair is up in its usual half-up style with a small braid running down her back with the rest flowing freely. She is wearing clam diggers and white shirt under a leather jacket. Lorena's hair is up in its tied back, mid-back length style. She is wearing a short skirt with a tight red top under a short leather jacket. Amanda's hair was up in the usual tied back style that she wears, while she is wearing Hip-hugger, dark blue jeans with a tight fitting yellow top. Relena's hair is left down and she is wearing a long, black leather skirt, with a light pink top under a long black leather jacket. Serena is, of courses, wearing her hair in her odangoatama style, with a pair of black, tight fitting dress pants, a light shirt and a leather jacket identical to Deborah's. Tiffany is wearing a pair of loose jeans and tight t-shirt with a Tommy Hilfigure jacket and her hair left loose.
They had rented a large van for the night. As they were walking put to the van, Amanda asked to drive. To the surprise of the guys, Deborah, Lorena and Relena all shouted "NO!"
"Why can't she?" Quatra asked, wondering what was going on.
"Long story. But I'll tell you this much. I want to stay alive." Deborah said. The girls laughed and Amanda pouted. "I'm not that bad, am I?"
This caused the girls to laugh harder. "The last time you drove, you spaced out and almost banged into an airplane, remember? I think we'd all rather that NOT happen tonight." Lorena reminded Amanda.
"Oh yeah... That's why Deb put the auto pilot in the car..."
The guys were now just staring at the girls, wondering what the hell was going on. No one was really sure if they wanted to know or not, so no one asked. They all piled into the van and headed for the concert hall.
Once they arrived, Lorena handed out the tickets to everyone. "We have front row seats. Go on in a sit down. Amanda, Deborah, Relena and I will be there in a few minutes." With that, the four girls went off down a hall. A sign read "Washrooms, Back Stage. -" A couple of the guys shrugged and went on in to get their seats.
For the next twenty minutes, the guys kept wondering where the girls are and when they are going to come in. Quatra and Serena kept turning around and scanning the crowd for them. A man then came out on stage and the two get more and more anxious as to where the girls are. The announcer was saying "Welcome to Yellowknife's Charity Concert! We want to thank you for supporting out charity! And now, I ask you to put your hands together for the Opening Band, Spitfire!" but Quatra and Serena weren't paying much attention to him until the curtain to reveal four girls.
The girl on the drums is about 5'11" with black hair and blonde highlights in little tiny braids that reach her ass. The highlights are separated to make blonde braids. She is wearing a short black skirt and a blue halter-top with four inch, high-heeled boots that reach to just below the knee.
The girl on the keyboard is about 5'9" with light blue hair done in two braids down her back. She is wearing a long black skirt that has two slits up either side that stop halfway up her thigh, and a tight fitting, dark red tank top. Her boots are also four inch, high-heels that reach to just below the knee.
The girl on the acoustic guitar is about 5'9" as well. Her blonde hair is left loose, reaching her shoulders. Her outfit consists of a black, leather skort and a dark purple, v-necked halter top that showed off some of her midriff. She had on boots identical to the others.
The girl on the electric guitar is about 6' even. Her hair has one braid in it, running around the back of her head. The rest is left, flowing down her back in a mix of dark brown and bright red. She is wearing tight black pants that have a zipper running up the outside of each leg, and a yellow belly top, revealing her pierced belly button. Her pants are unzipped to reveal boots the exact same as the others.
(A/N: All heights are WITH the boots. So the normal heights of the girls are what are listed minus 4 inches.)
As they begin to play, the guys realize that it is Lorena, Amanda, Relena and Deborah (In order of description). Quatra sighed in relief, thankful that the girls are on stage and not kidnapped or killed like he had first thought. He thought this was a nice surprise the girls gave them. It was better then them knowing that they would be hearing the girls play, which is something neither of them knew the girls could do.
*~~~* Onstage *~~~*
The four girls were playing one of their songs, they write their own. Deborah and Relena had a good view of the crowd, so they were looking around, unnoticeably, for any signs of Steve or his group. So, generally anything that looked out of the ordinary at a charity concert. Deborah noticed an exchange between two guys, and it seemed like they were indicating Tiffany and Cody. She glanced over to Relena.
With a slight nod of her head, Relena indicated that she noticed it as well. Deborah nodded back, indicating that when the time came, something was going to have to be done.
After they played two more songs, Deborah announced, "And now for the band you've all been waiting for, Creed!" with that, the girls came off the stage to sit in the front row with the guys. It ended up with Lorena on the far left, sitting next to Duo, then Trowa, Serena, Wufei, Tiffany, Cody, Relena, Heero, Deborah, Matt, Quatra, and Amanda. The girls felt it best to put Tiffany and Cody in the middle, in case of an attack of any kind, or anything of that sort. Poor Serena and Deborah were stuck between two guys, with no one to talk to.
Creed was about half way through the first song when Relena leaned forward a bit and looked at Deborah. Deborah looked back, nodded slightly, and the two of them got up and to leave. The group looked at them, questioningly, and they said "Got to go to the bathroom. Be right back... maybe ten minutes." The rest accepted this, and they hurried out the back.
The two of them walk into the foyer, past the bathrooms and into a room where two guys are. The two guys sneer at the girls, and one says, "Hey look, the little girlies wanna play!" At this, both of the guys begin to laugh. Relena and Deborah become very serious and look a little bit mad.
Deborah reaches back to take two clips out of her hair. The guys just look at her as if to say, "What the hell is hair clips going to do?" Deborah just smirks slightly, and brings her hands forwards, revealing two daggers. The guys are a little bit shocked at this, but quickly get over it. Relena shouted "OK! I've Had Enough Of This 'Guys Are Better The Girls' Thing!!" and drop kicks one of the guys.
The other guy takes out a five-inch dagger and began to spar with Deborah. "Chad! Get up!" he yells at the other one.
"I dunno if I can Trev! Find Steve!" He shouts back as he struggles to his feet. He tries to sweep kick Relena, but she is a little bit faster then he. She jumps into the air, and lands on Chad. He hits his head off the table, and is knocked out.
While Relena is knocking out Chad, Trev tries to run off. Deborah attacks him, almost stabbing his arm with one dagger and stabbing him in the side with the other dagger. He blocks her attack on his arm and draws his dagger across one of her arms. She doesn't notice.
As Chad was knocked out, Deborah threw one of her daggers to Relena, who caught it, and stabbed him in the heart, twice.
Deborah stabbed Trev in the side again. Relena killing Chad distracted him. Relena threw the dagger back to Deborah, who took advantage of his distractedness. She plunged both daggers into heart. He stared at her in horror, as he fell over and bleeds to death.
There was a sink in the far back corner of the room where Deborah rinsed her daggers. The two girls walk out of the room, and Deborah puts the daggers back into her hair, making them look like clips again.
No one in the group is surprised that it took the girls ten to fifteen minutes in the bathroom. Deborah and Relena sit down like nothing had happened, and they had actually gone to the bathroom. No one knew the difference.
As Deborah was sitting down next to Heero, he felt something warm and wet start to drip onto his arm. Looking down, he saw multiple drops of a dark liquid on his arm. Dipping a finger into the liquid, he brought the finger to his nose, and smelt it before tasting it. Holding his finger in front of him, he looks at it in surprise. The liquid was blood. Looking over at Deborah, he saw that the blood was dripping from her lower arm. "What is wrong with the arm?" he whispered.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Deborah replied with a question before looking at her arm and panicking.
She grabbed Heero and dragged him out to the foyer, with some of the group looking at them questioningly, not getting an answer. When they got out there, Heero stopped her. "I like them." He said, indicating the band, in a tone that clearly meant "Why me? Why not one of the girls?"
"Yeah, yeah. So do I. But, I know that you'll be calm about it. If I took one of the girls, they would freak and then I would. Then I'd go back into hysterics and it wouldn't be a pretty sight." She added under her breath, "Not to mention all the questions..."
Heero looked at Deborah after her confession. She looked very vulnerable at that moment, and, on impulse, he kissed her, which surprised both of them. He then guided her to the first aid room, where they got her arm bandaged.
They then walked back to their seats, holding hands, looking like they had been going out for months. The rest of their group is surprised and stared after them as they took their seats. Matt's stare quickly turned into a glare.
As soon as the concert was over, the group quickly left and piled back into the van. On the way home, Tiffany was really worried about Deborah and kept asking if she was ok. "Are you ok?"
"Yes, I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, absolutely fine."
"Do you even know where you got it?"
"No. I don't."
The kept up for the whole ride home, worrying some of the guys. 'Deborah has a deep cut on her arm and she doesn't even know where she got it?! Something's not right there.' Quatra and a couple others thought.
When they arrived home, Deborah told Relena, Lorena and Amanda that she needed to talk to them. The four girls walked into the room and locked the door. "While we were on stage, Relena and I saw Steve and two other guys, talking, and what looked to be indicating Tiffany and Cody. So, when we said we were going to the bathroom, we really went to fight theses guys. Needless to say, two are dead. We never found Steve, although one of them wanted to go find him. That's how I got the cut on my arm. I don't know how good I'm going to be in the fight against Steve. I'm still not over the boy..."
"It took you ten to fifteen minutes to kill two guys?!" Lorena exclaimed.
"Well, I had to clean my daggers after. But That's Not The Point! I'm not going to be much good fighting Steve!"
"Well, you'd better be good. I don't know how, but make yourself good, ok? We can't do anything without you..."
"Ok, ok. I'll try."
Amanda looked a little lost for a minute. "You killed two guys?"
Relena rolled her eyes. "Yes, Amanda."
"Ok! I'm in track now! When do we fight Steve?"
"Soon, I'm hoping."
"well, you know what? I'm going to go for a jog. Here, take my jewelry." Deborah announced, taking off her necklace.
Five minutes later, the girls walk out of the room. Deborah has her clothes changed into shorts, and tank top and sneakers with her hair tied back in a bobble under the braid running around her head. "I'm going for a jog. Anyone want to come?" She said, looking around the room.
"I'll go!" Serena said, jumping up and running off the change.
She returned a few minutes later, dressed similar to Deborah. The others had decided not to go with the two. "Let's go!" She said, sounding pumped.
They set out at a fast pace and almost immediately, Serena asked "How are you feeling nowadays?"
"Well, I keep thinking about it, asking myself 'What could I have done to save him?' and then I think, 'It's not my fault.' And keep trying to convince myself that."
"Really? I bet it's not fun. It must hurt. Let's get your mind off of it for a bit. Let me tell you about the boys before you moved here."
"Ok. Sounds like a plan."
*~~~* Meanwhile: At the house *~~~*
"They're crazy! Why are they gone out for a jog at 2 am?" Trowa asked, pacing the floor.
"They'll be ok. They know how to take care of themselves. Besides, if they need help, Deborah has her cell phone on her." Lorena tries calming him down some.
"Well, I'm going to bed. Who else is going?" Relena said, getting tired of watching Trowa, who is acting unnatural, pace.
Amanda, Tiffany, Cody, Duo, Matt, Joey, Quatra, Lorena and Wufei decided that they, too, are going to go to bed. Wufei went into the room and as soon as he sat on the bed, he got up and began pacing the floor. Duo watches from his bed for a bit. "Calm down, Wu-man! I'm sure they'll be ok!"
"IT'S WUFEI!" Wufei yelled, grabbing his katana and running after Duo.
As soon as the middle of the floor was clear, Matt got off his bed and began pacing, while watching Wufei chase Duo around the room in circles.
Duo ran out of the room, Wufei hot on his tail. Amanda happened to be walking up the hall at this instant, and the two fly past her. "Hey! I want to play the game!" She yelled at the two as she turned around and chased after them.
Amanda overtook Wufei and catches Duo. She then begins a type of victory celebration, jumping up and down and screaming "YAY! I WIN! I WIN!"
Wufei glared at her. "You weren't supposed to! It isn't a game!"
"Yes it is! I won, fair and square!" Amanda grabbed the wooden curtain rod as Wufei tried to attack her with his katana. Duo leaned against the wall and watched in amusement. He was having the time of his life, laughing at the two.
Amanda was blocking Wufei pretty good... until he cut through the curtain rod. "Uh oh!" Amanda bolts into the girls' room, and locks the door.
"Aww, too bad, Wu-man! Maybe next time!" Duo says, still laughing.
""I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU, IT'S WUFEI!!!"
While this has been going on, Heero and Trowa have been pacing the living room, worried about the girls. This is very out of the ordinary, as the two never act this way. Being in a new area and not knowing what is really out there has made them a bit uneasy about things.
"How can they have been gone jogging for forty-five minutes? I'm tired after pacing for forty five minutes!" Trowa exclaims, flopping down onto the couch.
Heero sits next to him. "Worry tires you out."
"Want to go look for them?"
"No."
"You're right. They can look after themselves."
They sit in silence for a few minutes, watching Duo run into his room and try locking the door. He doesn't succeed because Wufei beats the door open.
"Let's go." Heero says, jumping up.
"Wise decision."
They are walking through the kitchen, to the porch, when the door opens and two laughing girls enter. As soon as they see Heero and Trowa, they stop.
"About time! We were getting worried." Trowa half exclaimed, half said in his normal quiet voice, as he hugged Serena.
"You mean to tell me that the Perfect Soldier was worried?! Ha!" Serena laughs.
Trowa's exclamation brought Wufei and Matt running out of the room. After the girls convinced the four guys that they were ok, they headed for separate bathrooms, to shower and get ready for bed. A couple of the guys sigh in relief and head for bed.
Chapter Six: The Concert
*~~~* Six Days Later *~~~*
Everyone, except Lorena and Serena, is sitting around the house, the guys still not used to the cold. Deborah is not so hysterical or quiet as before, and she is starting to get to know Heero a bit more. Lorena likes Duo a bit more everyday. Amanda is more hyper from being cooped up, and nobody, not even Quatra, can calm her down. Heero's gun had been pointed at her more then once, but she just laughed at him and bounced off. The guys, minus Heero, are still wearing loads of clothes, saying that it is really cold there. The girls, except Tiffany, are wearing shorts and tank tops; sweat pouring off of them because the heat is always on bust.
Lorena and Serena enter the house, laughing. They stop soon after entering the small living room, where everyone is. All the seats are taken up, with many sitting on the floor. "We got tickets to the Charity Concert tonight, just like I promised." Lorena announces.
Amanda got excited and ran around the cramped living room, yelling "Yay! Yay! We're going to a concert tonight!"
"Whom is playing?" Trowa asked politely.
"Creed, and the opening band is Spitfire." Serena replied.
"Well, I know it's not for another six hours or something, but I'm going to get my shower now, before all the hot water is gone." Deborah said, jumping up and heading for the bathroom.
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Five Hours Later
The guys were all ready, and waiting for the girls. "What are they doing?! We soon have to leave if we want to get there on time." Matt said, pacing the length of the living room.
He no more then had the words out of his mouth when the girls came out of the room. Deborah's hair is up in its usual half-up style with a small braid running down her back with the rest flowing freely. She is wearing clam diggers and white shirt under a leather jacket. Lorena's hair is up in its tied back, mid-back length style. She is wearing a short skirt with a tight red top under a short leather jacket. Amanda's hair was up in the usual tied back style that she wears, while she is wearing Hip-hugger, dark blue jeans with a tight fitting yellow top. Relena's hair is left down and she is wearing a long, black leather skirt, with a light pink top under a long black leather jacket. Serena is, of courses, wearing her hair in her odangoatama style, with a pair of black, tight fitting dress pants, a light shirt and a leather jacket identical to Deborah's. Tiffany is wearing a pair of loose jeans and tight t-shirt with a Tommy Hilfigure jacket and her hair left loose.
They had rented a large van for the night. As they were walking put to the van, Amanda asked to drive. To the surprise of the guys, Deborah, Lorena and Relena all shouted "NO!"
"Why can't she?" Quatra asked, wondering what was going on.
"Long story. But I'll tell you this much. I want to stay alive." Deborah said. The girls laughed and Amanda pouted. "I'm not that bad, am I?"
This caused the girls to laugh harder. "The last time you drove, you spaced out and almost banged into an airplane, remember? I think we'd all rather that NOT happen tonight." Lorena reminded Amanda.
"Oh yeah... That's why Deb put the auto pilot in the car..."
The guys were now just staring at the girls, wondering what the hell was going on. No one was really sure if they wanted to know or not, so no one asked. They all piled into the van and headed for the concert hall.
Once they arrived, Lorena handed out the tickets to everyone. "We have front row seats. Go on in a sit down. Amanda, Deborah, Relena and I will be there in a few minutes." With that, the four girls went off down a hall. A sign read "Washrooms, Back Stage. -" A couple of the guys shrugged and went on in to get their seats.
For the next twenty minutes, the guys kept wondering where the girls are and when they are going to come in. Quatra and Serena kept turning around and scanning the crowd for them. A man then came out on stage and the two get more and more anxious as to where the girls are. The announcer was saying "Welcome to Yellowknife's Charity Concert! We want to thank you for supporting out charity! And now, I ask you to put your hands together for the Opening Band, Spitfire!" but Quatra and Serena weren't paying much attention to him until the curtain to reveal four girls.
The girl on the drums is about 5'11" with black hair and blonde highlights in little tiny braids that reach her ass. The highlights are separated to make blonde braids. She is wearing a short black skirt and a blue halter-top with four inch, high-heeled boots that reach to just below the knee.
The girl on the keyboard is about 5'9" with light blue hair done in two braids down her back. She is wearing a long black skirt that has two slits up either side that stop halfway up her thigh, and a tight fitting, dark red tank top. Her boots are also four inch, high-heels that reach to just below the knee.
The girl on the acoustic guitar is about 5'9" as well. Her blonde hair is left loose, reaching her shoulders. Her outfit consists of a black, leather skort and a dark purple, v-necked halter top that showed off some of her midriff. She had on boots identical to the others.
The girl on the electric guitar is about 6' even. Her hair has one braid in it, running around the back of her head. The rest is left, flowing down her back in a mix of dark brown and bright red. She is wearing tight black pants that have a zipper running up the outside of each leg, and a yellow belly top, revealing her pierced belly button. Her pants are unzipped to reveal boots the exact same as the others.
(A/N: All heights are WITH the boots. So the normal heights of the girls are what are listed minus 4 inches.)
As they begin to play, the guys realize that it is Lorena, Amanda, Relena and Deborah (In order of description). Quatra sighed in relief, thankful that the girls are on stage and not kidnapped or killed like he had first thought. He thought this was a nice surprise the girls gave them. It was better then them knowing that they would be hearing the girls play, which is something neither of them knew the girls could do.
*~~~* Onstage *~~~*
The four girls were playing one of their songs, they write their own. Deborah and Relena had a good view of the crowd, so they were looking around, unnoticeably, for any signs of Steve or his group. So, generally anything that looked out of the ordinary at a charity concert. Deborah noticed an exchange between two guys, and it seemed like they were indicating Tiffany and Cody. She glanced over to Relena.
With a slight nod of her head, Relena indicated that she noticed it as well. Deborah nodded back, indicating that when the time came, something was going to have to be done.
After they played two more songs, Deborah announced, "And now for the band you've all been waiting for, Creed!" with that, the girls came off the stage to sit in the front row with the guys. It ended up with Lorena on the far left, sitting next to Duo, then Trowa, Serena, Wufei, Tiffany, Cody, Relena, Heero, Deborah, Matt, Quatra, and Amanda. The girls felt it best to put Tiffany and Cody in the middle, in case of an attack of any kind, or anything of that sort. Poor Serena and Deborah were stuck between two guys, with no one to talk to.
Creed was about half way through the first song when Relena leaned forward a bit and looked at Deborah. Deborah looked back, nodded slightly, and the two of them got up and to leave. The group looked at them, questioningly, and they said "Got to go to the bathroom. Be right back... maybe ten minutes." The rest accepted this, and they hurried out the back.
The two of them walk into the foyer, past the bathrooms and into a room where two guys are. The two guys sneer at the girls, and one says, "Hey look, the little girlies wanna play!" At this, both of the guys begin to laugh. Relena and Deborah become very serious and look a little bit mad.
Deborah reaches back to take two clips out of her hair. The guys just look at her as if to say, "What the hell is hair clips going to do?" Deborah just smirks slightly, and brings her hands forwards, revealing two daggers. The guys are a little bit shocked at this, but quickly get over it. Relena shouted "OK! I've Had Enough Of This 'Guys Are Better The Girls' Thing!!" and drop kicks one of the guys.
The other guy takes out a five-inch dagger and began to spar with Deborah. "Chad! Get up!" he yells at the other one.
"I dunno if I can Trev! Find Steve!" He shouts back as he struggles to his feet. He tries to sweep kick Relena, but she is a little bit faster then he. She jumps into the air, and lands on Chad. He hits his head off the table, and is knocked out.
While Relena is knocking out Chad, Trev tries to run off. Deborah attacks him, almost stabbing his arm with one dagger and stabbing him in the side with the other dagger. He blocks her attack on his arm and draws his dagger across one of her arms. She doesn't notice.
As Chad was knocked out, Deborah threw one of her daggers to Relena, who caught it, and stabbed him in the heart, twice.
Deborah stabbed Trev in the side again. Relena killing Chad distracted him. Relena threw the dagger back to Deborah, who took advantage of his distractedness. She plunged both daggers into heart. He stared at her in horror, as he fell over and bleeds to death.
There was a sink in the far back corner of the room where Deborah rinsed her daggers. The two girls walk out of the room, and Deborah puts the daggers back into her hair, making them look like clips again.
No one in the group is surprised that it took the girls ten to fifteen minutes in the bathroom. Deborah and Relena sit down like nothing had happened, and they had actually gone to the bathroom. No one knew the difference.
As Deborah was sitting down next to Heero, he felt something warm and wet start to drip onto his arm. Looking down, he saw multiple drops of a dark liquid on his arm. Dipping a finger into the liquid, he brought the finger to his nose, and smelt it before tasting it. Holding his finger in front of him, he looks at it in surprise. The liquid was blood. Looking over at Deborah, he saw that the blood was dripping from her lower arm. "What is wrong with the arm?" he whispered.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Deborah replied with a question before looking at her arm and panicking.
She grabbed Heero and dragged him out to the foyer, with some of the group looking at them questioningly, not getting an answer. When they got out there, Heero stopped her. "I like them." He said, indicating the band, in a tone that clearly meant "Why me? Why not one of the girls?"
"Yeah, yeah. So do I. But, I know that you'll be calm about it. If I took one of the girls, they would freak and then I would. Then I'd go back into hysterics and it wouldn't be a pretty sight." She added under her breath, "Not to mention all the questions..."
Heero looked at Deborah after her confession. She looked very vulnerable at that moment, and, on impulse, he kissed her, which surprised both of them. He then guided her to the first aid room, where they got her arm bandaged.
They then walked back to their seats, holding hands, looking like they had been going out for months. The rest of their group is surprised and stared after them as they took their seats. Matt's stare quickly turned into a glare.
As soon as the concert was over, the group quickly left and piled back into the van. On the way home, Tiffany was really worried about Deborah and kept asking if she was ok. "Are you ok?"
"Yes, I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, absolutely fine."
"Do you even know where you got it?"
"No. I don't."
The kept up for the whole ride home, worrying some of the guys. 'Deborah has a deep cut on her arm and she doesn't even know where she got it?! Something's not right there.' Quatra and a couple others thought.
When they arrived home, Deborah told Relena, Lorena and Amanda that she needed to talk to them. The four girls walked into the room and locked the door. "While we were on stage, Relena and I saw Steve and two other guys, talking, and what looked to be indicating Tiffany and Cody. So, when we said we were going to the bathroom, we really went to fight theses guys. Needless to say, two are dead. We never found Steve, although one of them wanted to go find him. That's how I got the cut on my arm. I don't know how good I'm going to be in the fight against Steve. I'm still not over the boy..."
"It took you ten to fifteen minutes to kill two guys?!" Lorena exclaimed.
"Well, I had to clean my daggers after. But That's Not The Point! I'm not going to be much good fighting Steve!"
"Well, you'd better be good. I don't know how, but make yourself good, ok? We can't do anything without you..."
"Ok, ok. I'll try."
Amanda looked a little lost for a minute. "You killed two guys?"
Relena rolled her eyes. "Yes, Amanda."
"Ok! I'm in track now! When do we fight Steve?"
"Soon, I'm hoping."
"well, you know what? I'm going to go for a jog. Here, take my jewelry." Deborah announced, taking off her necklace.
Five minutes later, the girls walk out of the room. Deborah has her clothes changed into shorts, and tank top and sneakers with her hair tied back in a bobble under the braid running around her head. "I'm going for a jog. Anyone want to come?" She said, looking around the room.
"I'll go!" Serena said, jumping up and running off the change.
She returned a few minutes later, dressed similar to Deborah. The others had decided not to go with the two. "Let's go!" She said, sounding pumped.
They set out at a fast pace and almost immediately, Serena asked "How are you feeling nowadays?"
"Well, I keep thinking about it, asking myself 'What could I have done to save him?' and then I think, 'It's not my fault.' And keep trying to convince myself that."
"Really? I bet it's not fun. It must hurt. Let's get your mind off of it for a bit. Let me tell you about the boys before you moved here."
"Ok. Sounds like a plan."
*~~~* Meanwhile: At the house *~~~*
"They're crazy! Why are they gone out for a jog at 2 am?" Trowa asked, pacing the floor.
"They'll be ok. They know how to take care of themselves. Besides, if they need help, Deborah has her cell phone on her." Lorena tries calming him down some.
"Well, I'm going to bed. Who else is going?" Relena said, getting tired of watching Trowa, who is acting unnatural, pace.
Amanda, Tiffany, Cody, Duo, Matt, Joey, Quatra, Lorena and Wufei decided that they, too, are going to go to bed. Wufei went into the room and as soon as he sat on the bed, he got up and began pacing the floor. Duo watches from his bed for a bit. "Calm down, Wu-man! I'm sure they'll be ok!"
"IT'S WUFEI!" Wufei yelled, grabbing his katana and running after Duo.
As soon as the middle of the floor was clear, Matt got off his bed and began pacing, while watching Wufei chase Duo around the room in circles.
Duo ran out of the room, Wufei hot on his tail. Amanda happened to be walking up the hall at this instant, and the two fly past her. "Hey! I want to play the game!" She yelled at the two as she turned around and chased after them.
Amanda overtook Wufei and catches Duo. She then begins a type of victory celebration, jumping up and down and screaming "YAY! I WIN! I WIN!"
Wufei glared at her. "You weren't supposed to! It isn't a game!"
"Yes it is! I won, fair and square!" Amanda grabbed the wooden curtain rod as Wufei tried to attack her with his katana. Duo leaned against the wall and watched in amusement. He was having the time of his life, laughing at the two.
Amanda was blocking Wufei pretty good... until he cut through the curtain rod. "Uh oh!" Amanda bolts into the girls' room, and locks the door.
"Aww, too bad, Wu-man! Maybe next time!" Duo says, still laughing.
""I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU, IT'S WUFEI!!!"
While this has been going on, Heero and Trowa have been pacing the living room, worried about the girls. This is very out of the ordinary, as the two never act this way. Being in a new area and not knowing what is really out there has made them a bit uneasy about things.
"How can they have been gone jogging for forty-five minutes? I'm tired after pacing for forty five minutes!" Trowa exclaims, flopping down onto the couch.
Heero sits next to him. "Worry tires you out."
"Want to go look for them?"
"No."
"You're right. They can look after themselves."
They sit in silence for a few minutes, watching Duo run into his room and try locking the door. He doesn't succeed because Wufei beats the door open.
"Let's go." Heero says, jumping up.
"Wise decision."
They are walking through the kitchen, to the porch, when the door opens and two laughing girls enter. As soon as they see Heero and Trowa, they stop.
"About time! We were getting worried." Trowa half exclaimed, half said in his normal quiet voice, as he hugged Serena.
"You mean to tell me that the Perfect Soldier was worried?! Ha!" Serena laughs.
Trowa's exclamation brought Wufei and Matt running out of the room. After the girls convinced the four guys that they were ok, they headed for separate bathrooms, to shower and get ready for bed. A couple of the guys sigh in relief and head for bed.