Viper had fallen from the third level and landed on the ground with a
sickening crunch from her arm. She ignored the pain and got up, determined
to find the others before she worried about herself. She spotted a shuttle
preparing to take off and limped over. She recognized Paine's pink hair at
once and ran the rest of the way there.
"Oh god, Viper! Thank god you're okay!" Sakura exclaimed.
"What happened to you?" Heero asked, peering at her injuries.
"Fell from the building..." was all she said before she sat down for some much needed rest. The boys decided to take them all to one of Quatre's bases.
They got there and all got a room; it was a mansion so they all got a room plus there was a library, a huge kitchen, a living room and a training room. Viper went into her own room and fell asleep immediately; Kitty had had sugar and was up all night giggling at absolutely nothing. Paine kept trying to drown out her giggling. Besides that, the others slept peacefully until morning when...
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU KITTY!!!" Paine screamed. Blade woke up, looked in the mirror and started to scream too. Her face had face paint on it and her hair was tied in the scariest hair do she had ever seen. Viper got up and was relieved to find out that Kitty had left her alone. She seemed to be the only one that had escaped Kitty's prank. The girls ran into their bathroom (each room was a suite) and took a shower. When they got out, each of them glowered at the black-haired girl, who just yawned and rubbed her eyes. Then she realized the situation and ran. Viper laughed and headed to the kitchen where the gundam pilots were sitting at the table talking to the vid-screen of Dr. J.
"Boys, your new mission is to protect the girls. My base has been blown up so they'll have to stay with you for a while" he said. They didn't ask any questions and just nodded. Wufei was looking annoyed at having to 'baby- sit' for a couple of 'weak onnas', Duo was happy to have girls around, Trowa showed no emotion as always, Quatre was cooking breakfast and was concentrating on the food and Heero had that determined 'I'm not going to fail my mission this time' look on his face.
"I wonder why he asked you to protect us" Viper commented.
"He what?!" Blade stopped chasing Kitty and joined the conversation. Paine and Sakura stopped too and Kitty was still running. She had run through the entire house and back to the kitchen before realizing that they had stopped chasing her and joined them.
"How should I know? You heard him...he didn't say anything" Heero shrugged.
"Fine but...uh...we need to go to the mall," Viper said.
"Why?"
"Didn't you hear him? The base was blown up; that means our clothes were too"
"Oh...so why are you telling us?" Duo asked.
"We need a ride baka!" Blade explained it to him.
"Ooh!" Duo said, "I'll come!"
"I'll go; I don't trust Duo driving" Heero said.
"I need a new sword" Wufei said. Quatre and Trowa said they'd go too so in the end, all of them ended up going.
The mall was average sized with three floors and glass windows. Blade leapt out of the car as soon as it stopped, eager to get some new clothes. Quatre gave them all a huge wad of cash and saying it was nothing when the girls tried to refuse. Then they separated into groups. Wufei and Paine went in the direction of the weapons shop; Heero followed Viper to the clothes stores, Blade and Duo left for the arcade, Trowa and Kitty left toward the athletics department and Quatre and Sakura walked around shopping and talking.
"C'mon Duo!" Blade yelled, pulling him toward the sport games. She stopped in front of a snowboarding game and hopped on the make shift board and began to play. Duo watched her, then hopped on the one next to her, a look of challenge in his eyes.
"You're on!" she noticed the look. Both their scores individually surpassed the high score and soon, a crowd came to watch. They cheered whenever each of them got a point. In the end, Duo won. He and Blade rushed to another game and began to play not noticing a pair of eyes watching them.
~* * *~
"Heero...stop acting so paranoid" Viper said, "I'm pretty sure that that kid isn't an assassin or whoever you're supposed to be protecting me from in disguise unless the enemy has gone ballistic and is recruiting six-year olds to be assassins"
"It could be a midget"
"I doubt that" Viper said.
Heero put the gun inside his jacket and tried not to be so wary. Viper walked into a shop and began to try on clothes; each one black and fairly revealing. Heero waited patiently by the entrance until she was done with her purchases and left. Soon, after a lot of stores, she had more shopping bags than the average person could count. He shook his head in exasperation.(AN: this is like, two years after the war so Heero shows a bit more emotion now)
"Let's go to the weapons shop" she suggested and laughed when his eyes lost that bored look at the mention of weapons.
~* * *~
Quatre, Trowa, Kitty and Sakura ended up walking together after meeting up five minutes after they separated. Like Viper did, the two girls had a LOT of shopping bags plus a few they had given the boys to hold. Kitty had bought a lot of candy, clothes and a few toys; she claimed they were useful when she Quatre asked how, she wouldn't tell him. Sakura had bought a lot of hair products, way more hair stuff than clothes but the other three could see why; her hair was so long. They were done shopping really quickly and sat by the fountain to wait for the others. Sakura could swear she felt a pair of eyes watching her but she ignored it; there were tons of people at the mall. There was no point looking for the person.
~* * *~
Viper felt someone staring at her and it was really creeping me out. She wondered if Heero noticed anything and looked at him; he didn't seem concerned so she kept walking.
"I'm going to the washroom," she said and he nodded, waiting at the start of the hallway that led to the washrooms. She checked her reflection and then left, starting down the hall. She saw a blur and then felt herself slammed into the wall. A strong hand pushed her shoulder into the wall until there was a sickening crunch and she screamed from the pain.
"Shut the fuck up" he growled. She screamed louder and inside, wondered why the voice was so familiar. She punched him in the stomach with her still usable hand. He groaned, then grabbed her arm and twisted it. She screamed again. A gunshot rang past her ear and the guy dropped her and ran. She looked up and saw Heero kneeling over her with an actual worried expression on his face.
"Heero..." she said before she blacked out.
~* * *~
"WAIT UP ONNA!" Wufei yelled. Paine kept on running, chasing the person who had been staring at her. He seemed to finally run out of breath and she pinned him against the wall.
"What are you doing? Who sent you?" she demanded. Wufei caught up. She took a good look at the boy's face and recognized him.
"Ryo" she snarled, "What are you doing?"
"It's not what I'm doing; it's what I did" he laughed maniacally.
"What do you mean boy?" Wufei asked.
"Why don't you go find your friends and find out?" he laughed. Paine realized what he meant and dropped him and ran again. She ran to the fountain where they were supposed to meet and saw Quatre, Trowa, Sakura and Kitty there. That narrowed it down to four people, or two, knowing which ones Ryo would go after.
"What's wrong Paine?" Sakura asked.
"Viper or Blade are in danger," she gasped.
"No I'm not," Blade said with Duo following.
"So process of elimination..." Duo said trying to sound smart, "Ok, who's not here?"
"Viper and Heero?" Blade asked.
"Uh oh..." they all exchanged a look.
~* * *~
Heero picked up the unconscious girl and walked toward the fountain.
"No, let go of me" he heard her say and looked at her but she was still out of it.
'Must be talking in her sleep' he thought.
"Let go of me!" she mumbled. Heero looked at her questionably but was snapped out of his gaze when Blade ran over to them.
"Oh god; what happened?!" she asked.
"Some guy started to beat her up" Heero said. Everybody else came rushing over and on the way to the car, some things were explained...
"It was Ryo" Paine said, "He practically told me he did it"
"Who the hell is Ryo?" Heero asked.
"Viper will have to tell you that" Kitty said in an actual serious tone. The rest of the ten-minute trip was in silence and when they got back, everybody separated into different areas of the mansion leaving Heero with Viper.
"Oh god, Viper! Thank god you're okay!" Sakura exclaimed.
"What happened to you?" Heero asked, peering at her injuries.
"Fell from the building..." was all she said before she sat down for some much needed rest. The boys decided to take them all to one of Quatre's bases.
They got there and all got a room; it was a mansion so they all got a room plus there was a library, a huge kitchen, a living room and a training room. Viper went into her own room and fell asleep immediately; Kitty had had sugar and was up all night giggling at absolutely nothing. Paine kept trying to drown out her giggling. Besides that, the others slept peacefully until morning when...
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU KITTY!!!" Paine screamed. Blade woke up, looked in the mirror and started to scream too. Her face had face paint on it and her hair was tied in the scariest hair do she had ever seen. Viper got up and was relieved to find out that Kitty had left her alone. She seemed to be the only one that had escaped Kitty's prank. The girls ran into their bathroom (each room was a suite) and took a shower. When they got out, each of them glowered at the black-haired girl, who just yawned and rubbed her eyes. Then she realized the situation and ran. Viper laughed and headed to the kitchen where the gundam pilots were sitting at the table talking to the vid-screen of Dr. J.
"Boys, your new mission is to protect the girls. My base has been blown up so they'll have to stay with you for a while" he said. They didn't ask any questions and just nodded. Wufei was looking annoyed at having to 'baby- sit' for a couple of 'weak onnas', Duo was happy to have girls around, Trowa showed no emotion as always, Quatre was cooking breakfast and was concentrating on the food and Heero had that determined 'I'm not going to fail my mission this time' look on his face.
"I wonder why he asked you to protect us" Viper commented.
"He what?!" Blade stopped chasing Kitty and joined the conversation. Paine and Sakura stopped too and Kitty was still running. She had run through the entire house and back to the kitchen before realizing that they had stopped chasing her and joined them.
"How should I know? You heard him...he didn't say anything" Heero shrugged.
"Fine but...uh...we need to go to the mall," Viper said.
"Why?"
"Didn't you hear him? The base was blown up; that means our clothes were too"
"Oh...so why are you telling us?" Duo asked.
"We need a ride baka!" Blade explained it to him.
"Ooh!" Duo said, "I'll come!"
"I'll go; I don't trust Duo driving" Heero said.
"I need a new sword" Wufei said. Quatre and Trowa said they'd go too so in the end, all of them ended up going.
The mall was average sized with three floors and glass windows. Blade leapt out of the car as soon as it stopped, eager to get some new clothes. Quatre gave them all a huge wad of cash and saying it was nothing when the girls tried to refuse. Then they separated into groups. Wufei and Paine went in the direction of the weapons shop; Heero followed Viper to the clothes stores, Blade and Duo left for the arcade, Trowa and Kitty left toward the athletics department and Quatre and Sakura walked around shopping and talking.
"C'mon Duo!" Blade yelled, pulling him toward the sport games. She stopped in front of a snowboarding game and hopped on the make shift board and began to play. Duo watched her, then hopped on the one next to her, a look of challenge in his eyes.
"You're on!" she noticed the look. Both their scores individually surpassed the high score and soon, a crowd came to watch. They cheered whenever each of them got a point. In the end, Duo won. He and Blade rushed to another game and began to play not noticing a pair of eyes watching them.
~* * *~
"Heero...stop acting so paranoid" Viper said, "I'm pretty sure that that kid isn't an assassin or whoever you're supposed to be protecting me from in disguise unless the enemy has gone ballistic and is recruiting six-year olds to be assassins"
"It could be a midget"
"I doubt that" Viper said.
Heero put the gun inside his jacket and tried not to be so wary. Viper walked into a shop and began to try on clothes; each one black and fairly revealing. Heero waited patiently by the entrance until she was done with her purchases and left. Soon, after a lot of stores, she had more shopping bags than the average person could count. He shook his head in exasperation.(AN: this is like, two years after the war so Heero shows a bit more emotion now)
"Let's go to the weapons shop" she suggested and laughed when his eyes lost that bored look at the mention of weapons.
~* * *~
Quatre, Trowa, Kitty and Sakura ended up walking together after meeting up five minutes after they separated. Like Viper did, the two girls had a LOT of shopping bags plus a few they had given the boys to hold. Kitty had bought a lot of candy, clothes and a few toys; she claimed they were useful when she Quatre asked how, she wouldn't tell him. Sakura had bought a lot of hair products, way more hair stuff than clothes but the other three could see why; her hair was so long. They were done shopping really quickly and sat by the fountain to wait for the others. Sakura could swear she felt a pair of eyes watching her but she ignored it; there were tons of people at the mall. There was no point looking for the person.
~* * *~
Viper felt someone staring at her and it was really creeping me out. She wondered if Heero noticed anything and looked at him; he didn't seem concerned so she kept walking.
"I'm going to the washroom," she said and he nodded, waiting at the start of the hallway that led to the washrooms. She checked her reflection and then left, starting down the hall. She saw a blur and then felt herself slammed into the wall. A strong hand pushed her shoulder into the wall until there was a sickening crunch and she screamed from the pain.
"Shut the fuck up" he growled. She screamed louder and inside, wondered why the voice was so familiar. She punched him in the stomach with her still usable hand. He groaned, then grabbed her arm and twisted it. She screamed again. A gunshot rang past her ear and the guy dropped her and ran. She looked up and saw Heero kneeling over her with an actual worried expression on his face.
"Heero..." she said before she blacked out.
~* * *~
"WAIT UP ONNA!" Wufei yelled. Paine kept on running, chasing the person who had been staring at her. He seemed to finally run out of breath and she pinned him against the wall.
"What are you doing? Who sent you?" she demanded. Wufei caught up. She took a good look at the boy's face and recognized him.
"Ryo" she snarled, "What are you doing?"
"It's not what I'm doing; it's what I did" he laughed maniacally.
"What do you mean boy?" Wufei asked.
"Why don't you go find your friends and find out?" he laughed. Paine realized what he meant and dropped him and ran again. She ran to the fountain where they were supposed to meet and saw Quatre, Trowa, Sakura and Kitty there. That narrowed it down to four people, or two, knowing which ones Ryo would go after.
"What's wrong Paine?" Sakura asked.
"Viper or Blade are in danger," she gasped.
"No I'm not," Blade said with Duo following.
"So process of elimination..." Duo said trying to sound smart, "Ok, who's not here?"
"Viper and Heero?" Blade asked.
"Uh oh..." they all exchanged a look.
~* * *~
Heero picked up the unconscious girl and walked toward the fountain.
"No, let go of me" he heard her say and looked at her but she was still out of it.
'Must be talking in her sleep' he thought.
"Let go of me!" she mumbled. Heero looked at her questionably but was snapped out of his gaze when Blade ran over to them.
"Oh god; what happened?!" she asked.
"Some guy started to beat her up" Heero said. Everybody else came rushing over and on the way to the car, some things were explained...
"It was Ryo" Paine said, "He practically told me he did it"
"Who the hell is Ryo?" Heero asked.
"Viper will have to tell you that" Kitty said in an actual serious tone. The rest of the ten-minute trip was in silence and when they got back, everybody separated into different areas of the mansion leaving Heero with Viper.