Shattered Reality Part 2
Assassination Attempt
by
Sailor Janus
Duo stared at the gun in the girl's hand. 'Damn it! And of course I don't have any weapons on me.'
Suddenly, another voice rang through the hallway startling both the intended victim and attempted murderess.
"Stop! What are you doing?!" the blonde Arabian with the bright blue eyes shouted pausing in the hallway. 'Okay, that was real smart.' He thought, watching the girl carefully, knowing any false move would mark his end. "Can we talk this out instead of committing mass murder?!"
Hotaru recognized the blonde trying to convince her that what she was doing was immoral. Of course, the violet–eyed girl only had one mission, to exterminate the ex-gundam pilots, even when she had no idea why. "Quatre Raberba Winner, " she said matter of factly. Positioning her gun towards the boy, the dark-haired girl pulled the trigger as he tried to leap out of the way, only to be hit painfully in the shoulder.
Quatre cried out in agony, slumping to the floor as he clutched his bleeding arm tightly, trying to help the blood to cease.
The girl stared straight into the boy's blue eyes and fired again. Luckily, Heero was there this time to shove Quatre out of target range, allowing the bullet to lodge itself into the wall behind him.
"Heero!" Duo shouted as he tried to back away from the violet-eyed girl trying to kill them. 'Uh oh. Not a good idea to draw attention to myself around the psycho killer babe,' he thought nervously as the dark-haired girl turned her gun back towards the boy with the long braided hair. "Shit!"
Just then, Trowa came up behind Hotaru grabbing her from behind. The two struggled which soon resulted her in slamming the back of her head into his face, and the green-eyed ex-pilot pushing her to the floor as she aimed her gun at him.
"Trowa Barton, say goodbye," the girl said as she stood up and was about to pull the trigger.
At the same moment, Heero reached the two teens and kicked the gun out of Hotaru's grasp before she could execute the boy.
"How dare you Heero Yuy," she growled, holding her throbbing right hand, which had been kicked as well.
"I don't know who you are, but I'm going to kill you," Heero abruptly said as he took out his gun, aiming it at the girl who was staring into his cold dark blue eyes hidden behind long dark brown bangs, and then released the safety.
Oddly, the girl smirked as she held her hands above her head.
"Uh oh. She's going to do something," Duo murmured, standing up from where he was kneeling next to the injured Quatre.
With remarkable speed, Hotaru did a spinning kick, knocking the gun clearly out of the Perfect Soldier's hand. "You were saying? And oh look, I have another gun," she smugly said, pulling another shiny black gun out of her jacket.
Quickly, Trowa once again, came up from behind the girl, attempting to restrain her as Heero snatched the gun out of the girl's hand. Of course, Hotaru managed to throw the green-eyed, circus performer off her, sending Trowa into an office door. On an instant, Heero Yuy grabbed her from behind, himself, securely, pinning her arms behind her back to the point where it was actually painfully.
"Who sent you?" Heero questioned the dark-haired girl who was struggling to get free.
"I am not permitted to say," she answered through clenched teeth.
"What is your name then?" Duo asked, coming up from the side of her in case Heero was in need of any assistance.
"Hotaru."
"Hotaru? Wait, your name is Firefly?!" Heero said, quizzically to the girl.
"Yes, now LET GO OF ME!" she yelled, breaking free of Heero's grip before elbowing him in the face and round kicking Duo in the stomach. As both boys went down in pain, Hotaru took off running down the hall only to be tripped by the unsuspecting Chang Wufei, sending the girl flying into a wall, slamming her head into it.
"Don't tell me that little girl is giving you problems," Wufei snickered as Heero and Duo both climbed to their feet.
"Shut up Wufei and grab her. She is not as weak as she may appear to be," Heero muttered as he walked in the girl's general direction as Wufei apprehended the pretty assassin who could barely, sit up or even fight back as the Chinese teen, forced her to the floor, and pinned Hotaru's left hand behind her back, leaning over her. Surprisingly, she didn't even put up with much of a struggle and appeared unable to focus.
Calmly, Heero strolled up to the girl and kneeled next to her, seizing one of her small hands, slightly bending her fingers back.
"Now, you will to tell us exactly what we want to know or you are going to have a very difficult time firing a gun. Understand?"
Hotaru frowned at the boy disgustedly and spat at him.
"I'll take that as a yes. Now, who are you?" he questioned the girl, still clutching her right hand.
"Bite me."
With no emotion at all on his face, Heero bent her fingers back some more as the girl flinched slightly. "Tell me again. Who are you?"
"I told you the first time. Hotaru. Hotaru Tomoe. Now get off of me!" she angrily said as Wufei and Heero both refused to budge.
"Good. Next Question. Whom do you work for?"
"I don't know," Hotaru softly answered, wincing in pain as the blue-eyed boy bent her fingers back more.
"I'll ask you again. Whom do you work for?" the Perfect Soldier ordered bending her fingers further.
"Ahhh! I don't know! They never told me! All I know is that I was programmed to kill you five!" the violet-eyed girl screamed out in pain as the other four pilots cringed.
"Not good enough," Heero simply said as he bent the girl's fingers back to practically their limit.
"Heero! Take it easy! You're gonna break her fingers off!" Duo said as he pointed out the tortured look on the girl's face.
"She can make the pain stop whenever she wants by telling us what we want to know instead of being so stubborn. One more time. Who sent you?"
"I DONT KNOW! I just wake up one day with plans to kill you five! I know nothing else! All I do know is my name and my mission and what they programmed me to do!" Hotaru cried out as tears filled her eyes. Reluctantly, Heero let her hand go.
"I don't even have any idea as far as my past is concerned, or anything. Name and mission, and nothing more," the violet-eyed girl said as she made a fist, trying to make the pain cease.
"How do we know you're telling the truth?" Wufei questioned the girl who glared at him.
"Do you think I would let myself succumb to that much torment?!"
"Maybe you just have a high pain tolerance," he coldly said as she turned her head away.
"So, now what do we do with her?" Duo asked as everyone turned their attention back to the girl who was still pinned to the floor by Wufei.
*~*~*~*
After much debate, the pilots took the now unconscious girl to the small apartment, which Heero and Duo shared, so they could try to interrogate her again in the morning.
The Perfect Soldier tightened the ropes, which bound Hotaru to a hard wooden chair, muttering, "It would have been easier to just kill her. She probably won't admit anything else."
"Don't worry Heero, if you continue what you did to that girl's hand again, she'd probably tell you her life history," Duo said as he shuddered again, recollecting the way Heero was forcing Hotaru to talk. Even though, the girl was trying to murder him, he did have to feel sorry for her. She chose poorly by targeting Heero Yuy or anyone even close to him.
"If you three want, you guys can bunk here for the night," Heero told the three teens that nodded in response as he inspected the ropes, determining there was no possible way, Hotaru could break free.
"That is very kind of you, Heero, " Quatre commented as Trowa and Wufei nodded their thank yous.
"Someone can take my bed. I plan on trying to do some research out here as well as keep an eye on the girl."
"Suit yourself," Wufei said, accepting the blankets a very worn out Duo handed him shockingly without an insult, before crashing on the sofa.
Quatre, said good night and carefully, retreated for the Perfect Soldier's room, which Wufei and Trowa both agreed would be best since he was the most injured.
The chestnut brown-haired boy also handed Trowa some blankets and a pillow as he let out a big yawn, mumbling "night," and entered his room, only to collapse on his bed, falling asleep, without even changing.
The only one left was Trowa who softly said, "Don't scrutinize over her too much and forget to sleep. We'll figure this out soon." Quietly, he made a bed on the floor behind the sofa, and fell asleep there.
Heero glanced where his friends once stood, before turning to his laptop, and diligently began typing, searching for any clue as far as who was Hotaru working for.
Unable to find the slightest of clues, the dark blue-eyed teen turned towards the awkwardly sleeping girl. "Just who appointed you this mission anyway?" he softly said before falling asleep.
*~*~*~*
Heero awoke, a few hours later. He never did need much in a way of sleep. There were always more important things that he needed to do. Luckily, he managed to be able to successfully get through the day with at least three hours of rest without any problems.
Remembering his prisoner, the ex-gundam pilot swiftly turned around, and was relieved to discover that she was still tied to the chair, with no signs of even attempting to escape. The girl just sat there with her head slumped to the side.
The teen didn't even know what to think. All he wanted was answers, but somehow, this situation was different, more complex.
Suddenly Hotaru opened her eyes, and examined the room she was in. 'How did I get here? Wait, why can't I move?!' she thought, glancing down at the ropes constricting the girl to the chair. 'Damn!'
"So you're awake," Heero said, turning his body, so he was completely facing the girl.
"Yes. How did I get here?" she questioned the dark-haired boy in front of her.
"We brought you here for further questioning, instead of killing you."
Hotaru thought of Heero's answer for a moment as she looked at his emotionless face. Suddenly she frowned as she cocking her head to the side and then shook it as if she were trying to get water out of her ear. The violet-eyed girl tried to bring her hands up, but found the ropes were too constraining. With a sigh she gave up.
"Don't even try to break those handcuffs," Heero said in his usual monotone-like voice. "They are made of Gundamium alloy, and are practically indestructible."
"Quite a waste using it to make handcuffs," Hotaru remarked as she stared at Heero. 'Just what is he thinking and what is going on? Why is my urge to kill him not as effective?'
"They do their job."
After a long pause the dark haired girl abruptly said, "I'm aborting the mission."
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Author's Notes: Thank you sincerely for all the reviews. I greatly appreciate all of them. I will answer a few of your questions, yes, there will be crossed romance but I will not tell who it's going to be, because that would blow my whole "keep you suspense" thing. I may or may not end up changing the rating because this is going to get pretty violent and a little graphic (blood and guts wise anyways). You'll understand what I mean in the upcoming chapters.