A/N:
note how Chib and Allenby referred to Michelo as the little mermaid,
this was what my friend's impression of him was and I thought it
would be a funny thing to
use.
March
23
Domon's campsite 2:43 AM
Fuun Saiki whinnied softly,
hearing familiar footsteps approaching. A figure made its way into
the clearing and towards Fuun Saiki. He gently stroked the steed's
mane. "Hello again, old friend," his deep voice
rumbled.
The soft noises of the stallion awoke Domon, and he
stumbled out of the tent, rubbing his eyes. As his vision began to
clear, he blinked dumbstruck at the sight ahead of him. "No....
it... it can't be..." he said to himself before taking a step
forward. "M-Master?"
The man clad in purple
nodded.
Domon blinked again. "But... it can't
be..."
"Domon," the Undefeated of the East
spoke, "I'm standing right in front of you, yet that is all you
can say?"
"If you're really Master then prove it to
me!" Domon demanded.
"Answer me Domon! School of the
Undefeated of the East!"
"Winds of the king!"
Domon replied, softly at first.
"Zenshin,
Keiretsu..."
"Tenpakyouran!" Domon called, his
voice more confident now.
"Look, the East is Burning
Red!" the two called out in unison (why Rain didn't wake up at
this point I will never know).
Domon nearly fell to his knees
crying the way he had in Shinjuku. "Master? How were you able to
come back?"
"I myself am not completely sure of
that. However, the fact is I have come here to warn you."
"Warn
me? Of what?"
"There is an evil presence lurking
here."
"What?"
"Yes, the 4 kings
have been revived, and Michelo and Chapman are attempting to gather
the original pilots."
"But... you are one of
them..."
"I know. For now I will play along, but I
warn you, be on your guard, as soon as they have gathered all pilots,
they'll attack."
"But why don't you take them out
now?"
"Because they are immortal, as I am
too."
"WHAT!? HOW!?"
"It's a serum
I don't know how they came across it but..."
Domon cut
him off. "I DO! THEY MUST HAVE BEEN THE ONES THAT STOLE THE
SERUM AND MURDERED MY FATHER!"
"Don't jump into
anything, fool. There is one flaw in the serum, it only lasts 5 days.
As long as one can get another dose of the serum they will stay
alive. They used the serum to revive me."
March
23
Closet in the Warehouse 6:52 A.M.
Allenby and
Chibodee sat asleep in the corner. Allenby's head resting on
Chibodee's chest and his arm around her shoulders. The metal door
clanged open loudly arousing the two young adults. Michelo and
Chapman stepped in and Chibodee held Allenby closer. Michelo smirked
as he looked at Chibodee. "Looks like we caught a rat."
Chapman
nodded. He grabbed Chibodee by the collar of his red shirt and
dragged him to his feet pulling a knife from his coat pocket.
Chibodee kneed him in the groin, and Chapman lost his grip, "Take
that you loser!" the Neo-American called. Chibodee grabbed
Allenby by the hand and pulled her to her feet. He shoved Michelo to
the ground as he ran out of the small room with Allenby.
Allenby
could feel her heart pounding as she struggled to keep up; she wasn't
well and didn't think she was gonna be able to get out. She knew she
couldn't die but it would be a worse fate to be trapped there.
Chibodee pounded his feet furiously against the floor; he wasn't
going to allow himself and Allenby to be stuck in the hands of these
villains.
They were just about to reach the exit when Master
Asia blocked off their escape path, hitting Chibodee in the head...
HARD. He fell to the floor unmoving. Master Asia took Allenby by the
shoulders and lifted her a few inches off the ground and threw her
aside.
She hit the floor with a loud thud and slid backwards
hitting her head against the wall. Her vision blurred slightly, but
she could still see Michelo standing over Chibodee holding a knife to
the unconscious man's throat. "One less rat to take care
of."
"STOP IT!" Allenby cried attempting to
come to her feet. Michelo shot an angry glance at her. Allenby tried
to lunge at Michelo to knock him off his feet, but Chapman held her
back. "LEGGO'A ME! LEGGO!" she called as she struggled
futilely to break free of Chapman's grip. She looked back to Michelo
who was grinning vindictively as he was about to press the blade to
Chibodee's throat. "PLEASE! PLEASE DON'T HURT HIM! PLEASE!"
she pleaded.
Michelo looked up at her. "What's in it for
me if I let this vermin keep his life?"
"I... I..."
she tried to of some way to convince him to stop him from killing
Chibodee. Only one idea came to mind and it made her sick to think
about it. "I'll ... join you... but only if you let him
live."
Michelo grinned happily but with malice. He turned
back to Chibodee and kicked him in the chest; there was a sickening
cracking sound. "Fine... I'll spare him." He turned to
Chapman. "Lock them up."
Allenby looked puzzled. "Me
too? After I just surrendered to you?"
"No offense,
just don't want to risk you running off," Michelo
replied.
Still in the closet, 10:39 that
night
Allenby sat on her knees watching Chibodee, waiting for
him to finally wake up. She grinned as he finally opened his eyes,
but that smile melted as she remembered that she had just betrayed
him and the shuffle alliance. He sat up holding his chest in pain and
looked at Allenby. "Why do you look so down?"
Allenby
sighed, "I handed myself over to them, Chibodee."
"Are
you out of your mind!?"
"I'm sorry..."
"Why
did you do that!?"
"Michelo would have killed
you..."
"You turned to them to save me?
Why?"
"Because if they had killed you, my heart
would have been broken and I would have joined them anyways."
"What
are you saying?"
"I'm saying I love you." She
wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him softly on the
lips.
The metal door slid open and a figure stepped inside. He
cleared his throat, "I can see I'm interrupting something
here."
The two young adults spun around to see Master
Asia standing in the doorway.
"What do you want?"
snapped Chibodee. "Allenby already agreed to join you guys, so
why not give her a break? What do you want?"
"To get
you two out of here," Fuhai Toho responded
"Huh?"
Allenby looked stunned.
"Did I stutter?" He stepped
out of the door way to let them through. "Get out of here
before Michelo and Chapman wake up. And give this to Domon," he
said, handing Chibodee a piece of
paper.
A/N:
Now that there is one pilot missing from the "team" of the
4 kings, what is Michelo scheming, and what does that paper say?
