Disclaimer for my own sanity:
I wrote this story back in 1999. I don't think it's too bad, but I don't know what I was thinking way back then either so don't be too harsh on me :P
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Sorry this chapter is not long at all, but the plot picks up from the last part, and has a suspenseful ending. Nothing else to say except for this section is rated PG-13.
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A Senshi's True Lies
- Chapter Five (revised) -
Haruka and Michiru exit the van in an airport runway. A black limousine pulls up and the last person on Earth Haruka wishes to see steps out.
"I wish I could say it's nice to see you again, Minako."
"You know her?" Michiru asks.
"So, who's your little friend?"
"I'm Tenoh Michiru, Haruka is my wife. And you are?"
"Wife! A woman, not man? Tenoh, not Kaioh? You fooled me, bitch!"
"Look who's talking."
"Shimatta. There goes my fun."
Minako leads her team and hostages onto the plane and they fly to an island off the coast of Japan. Haruka recognizes it as the terrorist's main hideout. They meet with Mamoru, who takes them into a warehouse of ancient statues similar to the ones Minako showed Haruka. Workers break open the statues to reveal huge rectangular cases, concealing unrecognizable machinery. Haruka is brought over to it and Mamoru turns to her.
"Do you know what this is?"
Haruka shrugs her shoulders.
Mamoru grabs Michiru and puts a knife next to her neck. "Do you know why you have been brought here? So that this woman can verify to the world that my group is now a nuclear power… You were wrong about her. The last thing you will see is your blood spraying across her face."
"This is a soviet murph-6, from an SS-22 air launch vehicle. The warhead contains 14.5 kilograms of enriched uranium, with a plutonium trigger. The nominal yield is thirty kilotons."
"Now you will inform the world."
They set up a video camera and force Haruka to describe their control.
"…and I can verify they have all the equipment necessary to detonate all four warheads."
"Good. That's enough."
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Minako and some guards bring Haruka and Michiru into one of the many small buildings set up on the island. They are sat on chairs, and Haruka's hands are handcuffed to a pole behind her back. Inside is a young girl, about Minako's age, examining many strange chemicals and devices.
"Alright, minna, this is Mizuno Ami. See if you can guess her specialty."
"Oral hygiene?"
"Not exactly."
"Haruka, what's going on?"
"Ara, Ami's just going to ask Haruka a few questions. See, we're not even sure what agency she works for. Now, Ami-chan's absolutely first class. Then we have Haruka, who has managed to lie convincingly to the woman she loves for years. So it will be interesting to see how long she can resist."
"This will help." Ami injects a chemical into Haruka's arm. "I will return when this has taken effect. Then we'll talk."
"I'm looking forward to it… Minako, why are you helping this raving psychotics?"
"Because it's a very well-funded 'raving psychotics'; I'm making a lot of money. Do you think I would care about their cause? Not at all!"
"You're damaged goods lady."
Minako grins and runs her hands through Haruka's hair. "Did you tell her about us, Ruka-chan?"
"There is no us, you blonde bitch!"
Minako giggles. "Oh, sure. Say that now."
She looks at Michiru, then kisses Haruka on the lips teasingly. Michiru flinches and yells, "Yamatte!"
Minako stops the kiss and laughs again. "Thanks for everything, Haruka. It wasn't bad while it lasted."
She exits the building, leaving only one guard and Ami with her hostages.
Michiru glares at her angrily, and Haruka attempts to defend herself. "There was nothing… I swear!"
"… What did Ami give you?"
"A truth agent."
"It makes you tell the truth?"
"Hai."
"Is it working?"
"Ask me a question I would normally lie to."
"Are we gonna die?"
"Yep. They're gonna shoot us in the head, or they're gonna torture us to death."
"Okay."
"Or they're gonna leave us here when the bomb blows up-"
"Haruka!… How long has you been a spy?"
"Five years."
Ami interrupts their conversation. "It's time. Is there anything you want to tell me before you start?"
"Yeah. I'm going to kill you pretty soon."
"I see. How?"
"First I'm going to use you as a human shield, then I'm going to kill that guard over there, then I was thinking about breaking your neck."
"And what makes you think you can do all that?"
"You know my handcuffs? I picked them."
Haruka grabs Ami, throws a sharp tool into the guard's eye, then, as she promised, kills Ami by breaking her neck. She unfastens Michiru's handcuffs, picks up a gun, and tells Michiru to follow her. As they make their way toward Mamoru and the hundreds of terrorists, the couple now prepare to enter the most life-threatening battle of their lives.