J entered the room behind them and Taryn smiled warmly at him.
Duo was surprised by her warmth and friendliness.
If he had woken up and been told he was a genetic creation and had been covered in goo for god knows how long he would not have been able to come up with a brand new personality, smiled and been happy.
He would probably have become a paranoid freak who hated all people and that was the best-case scenario the worst was not even worth contemplating.
"How's it going J-Man?" asked Taryn.
"I'm fine.. I have a surprise for you." He made quotation marks with his fore and middle fingers round the word surprise.
"Really? KOOL!! Lead the way J-Man" said Taryn.
Taryn and the boys followed J out of the room, further down the corridor and into a very dimly lit room.
"Sooooooooo .. Where's that surprise you promised me? Eh? I cant see a thing in here!" piped up Taryn.
Suddenly the lights came up and there in the centre of the room bathed in light was a gundam.
It was obviously new judging by the shininess and the colour definition.
It was the same hieght as all the other gundams and was painted black and purple and was kitted out with 2 vulcans a beam sabre a buster rifle and what looked like some homing missiles. Duo whistled his appreciation.
Taryn didn't show the same appreciation.
There were about 2 seconds of silence before Taryn screamed and fell to the floor screaming and screaming.
She looked up and her eyes had gone completely black and she screamed and clawed at the floor shouting,
"No, no, I don't want to, leave me alone, not again, leave me in peace, go away, please just go, leave me, HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERO!!"
At the last echoing scream of Heero's name she tipped over backwards and the only thing that stopped her head from cracking open on the floor was Heero. He had stepped forward and caught her resting her head in his lap as she collapsed and muttering soothing words to her.
The rest of the boys and J looked on in shock unaware of the turmoil inside Taryns head.
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She was back in the base. Something was poking her. A young man in a mask stood over her and prodded her gently again.
She sat up in bed and hit her head on a hand hanging down from the bed above. She tugged on it and heard Heero groan and pull it away and back up into his bed.
She suppressed a giggle and looked up at the man in the mask. "I have a surprise for you" he said and stupidly she had thought it was a good surprise.
She had noticed they had been treating her differently. The lessons she usually had were the same as Heero's but lately they had been getting her to try and do things with her mind by linking her up to machines and things.
At first she had been scared but when they started giving her lollipops she would sit there for hours not moving and trying her hardest just in case they had an extra.
The young man took her to a big room and in the middle was a big shiny . thing. She didn't know what it was but it kind of looked like a giant transformer. transformers were Heero's favourite toys(1).
She had then been given some clothing to wear which she didn't really want to put on it was pure white and was to big for her but the man had shouted at her and she had had no choice.
Then they strapped her down which was something they had never done before so she started crying.
Then when they started pushing probes into her brain she began to scream and her last dying scream before she was sedated was for her best friend Heero.
Taryn woke up to a sea of faces.
Heero.
She remembered him.
She could see those eyes from her childhood staring down at her in the face of an older boy but she knew it was the same boy.
She sat up and wrapped her arms around him begging him not to let them take her again, crying against his chest.
Heero could feel the eyes of everyone in the room burning into the top of his head as he lent his cheek onto the top of Taryns head.
Only he understood why warm tears were running down his chest and why she was begging.
But he needed to know her full story what had happened to her the day she disappeared. Heero pried her face away from his chest to face him and saw a look he remembered.
The first time she had been late to a meeting she had had the same look. Utter terror glazed her eyes.
"What's wrong?" he asked her. For once dropping the mask that held his voice emotionless.
"I don't want to be put into that again please don't let them put me in there again Heero" she begged. "
I'm not going to let them. You're safe. No one will hurt you again." He replied staring at J in defiance daring him to say anything.
"The gundam is for you Taryn. It is for you to pilot as these boys do. You will not be used. You will be free as they are. Please we need you." Was all J said before leaving the room.
Duo looked at Heero and Taryn. Man it sucked. One girl who looked like she could actually be fun enough and individual enough for him the only one who he could be completely honest with. And she was already claimed by his best mate.
He was immediately ashamed of his thoughts. She must have been through hell and all he could think about is having a girlfriend.
And besides it was good that there was someone who provoked a reaction in Heero even if he would like it to be someone else.
(1) Who says Heero can't have toys! grrrrrrrrrrrrr
Duo was surprised by her warmth and friendliness.
If he had woken up and been told he was a genetic creation and had been covered in goo for god knows how long he would not have been able to come up with a brand new personality, smiled and been happy.
He would probably have become a paranoid freak who hated all people and that was the best-case scenario the worst was not even worth contemplating.
"How's it going J-Man?" asked Taryn.
"I'm fine.. I have a surprise for you." He made quotation marks with his fore and middle fingers round the word surprise.
"Really? KOOL!! Lead the way J-Man" said Taryn.
Taryn and the boys followed J out of the room, further down the corridor and into a very dimly lit room.
"Sooooooooo .. Where's that surprise you promised me? Eh? I cant see a thing in here!" piped up Taryn.
Suddenly the lights came up and there in the centre of the room bathed in light was a gundam.
It was obviously new judging by the shininess and the colour definition.
It was the same hieght as all the other gundams and was painted black and purple and was kitted out with 2 vulcans a beam sabre a buster rifle and what looked like some homing missiles. Duo whistled his appreciation.
Taryn didn't show the same appreciation.
There were about 2 seconds of silence before Taryn screamed and fell to the floor screaming and screaming.
She looked up and her eyes had gone completely black and she screamed and clawed at the floor shouting,
"No, no, I don't want to, leave me alone, not again, leave me in peace, go away, please just go, leave me, HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERO!!"
At the last echoing scream of Heero's name she tipped over backwards and the only thing that stopped her head from cracking open on the floor was Heero. He had stepped forward and caught her resting her head in his lap as she collapsed and muttering soothing words to her.
The rest of the boys and J looked on in shock unaware of the turmoil inside Taryns head.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
She was back in the base. Something was poking her. A young man in a mask stood over her and prodded her gently again.
She sat up in bed and hit her head on a hand hanging down from the bed above. She tugged on it and heard Heero groan and pull it away and back up into his bed.
She suppressed a giggle and looked up at the man in the mask. "I have a surprise for you" he said and stupidly she had thought it was a good surprise.
She had noticed they had been treating her differently. The lessons she usually had were the same as Heero's but lately they had been getting her to try and do things with her mind by linking her up to machines and things.
At first she had been scared but when they started giving her lollipops she would sit there for hours not moving and trying her hardest just in case they had an extra.
The young man took her to a big room and in the middle was a big shiny . thing. She didn't know what it was but it kind of looked like a giant transformer. transformers were Heero's favourite toys(1).
She had then been given some clothing to wear which she didn't really want to put on it was pure white and was to big for her but the man had shouted at her and she had had no choice.
Then they strapped her down which was something they had never done before so she started crying.
Then when they started pushing probes into her brain she began to scream and her last dying scream before she was sedated was for her best friend Heero.
Taryn woke up to a sea of faces.
Heero.
She remembered him.
She could see those eyes from her childhood staring down at her in the face of an older boy but she knew it was the same boy.
She sat up and wrapped her arms around him begging him not to let them take her again, crying against his chest.
Heero could feel the eyes of everyone in the room burning into the top of his head as he lent his cheek onto the top of Taryns head.
Only he understood why warm tears were running down his chest and why she was begging.
But he needed to know her full story what had happened to her the day she disappeared. Heero pried her face away from his chest to face him and saw a look he remembered.
The first time she had been late to a meeting she had had the same look. Utter terror glazed her eyes.
"What's wrong?" he asked her. For once dropping the mask that held his voice emotionless.
"I don't want to be put into that again please don't let them put me in there again Heero" she begged. "
I'm not going to let them. You're safe. No one will hurt you again." He replied staring at J in defiance daring him to say anything.
"The gundam is for you Taryn. It is for you to pilot as these boys do. You will not be used. You will be free as they are. Please we need you." Was all J said before leaving the room.
Duo looked at Heero and Taryn. Man it sucked. One girl who looked like she could actually be fun enough and individual enough for him the only one who he could be completely honest with. And she was already claimed by his best mate.
He was immediately ashamed of his thoughts. She must have been through hell and all he could think about is having a girlfriend.
And besides it was good that there was someone who provoked a reaction in Heero even if he would like it to be someone else.
(1) Who says Heero can't have toys! grrrrrrrrrrrrr