Gundam Wing Episode 12
*By Romantic Means*
11:39am
A Caribbean girl removes the hood off her head her black hair buffs up in front where her bangs had grown too long to be in front. I just thank God I was wrong about this village being an Osprey base. As she walks her face turns serious. A group of kids were throwing something that shimmered like a knife. She walks closer getting a closer look. Damn it how did those kids get a hold of that?
She walks right up to them. "You shouldn't take things that don't belong to you." All the kids jump at the sound of her voice. Knowing they were in trouble the group scatters. The leader, however, didn't get away as easily as the others. She snatches him up like a fumbled football. He struggles to get out of her grip, but she holds him firmly tucked under her arm like a text book. "Fahd, you won't get in trouble if you just give back what's rightfully mind. That's no ordinary ball."
He pulls free from her after giving up the silver ball. She watches him run off. Great, now I have to check my stuff again. Why am I being so careless lately? She walks slowly along the street, but she stops noticing a few Maganacs go into one of the buildings. Looks like they're having some kind of meeting. She watches them closely. Quatre's friends probably found my plans for my gundams. This isn't good. I wonder where they're going. She decides to advance more towards the building. She casually begins to cross the street, but something tells her to stop. Now in the middle of the street, she stands still ignoring the traffic of the bustling village. Someone's watching me. but where. Slowly turning her eyes soon make contact with two bulky guys that were staring at her from the side of the street from which she came. I have a bad feeling about this.
"Wulan!" she turns startled at the sound of her name to find two friendly blue-green eyes of a familiar platinum blond. "Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you."
"That's ok; I was just going to look for you."
"Really that's great. I have a surprise for you." Taking her hand Quatre leads her inside and walks her into an almost empty room. The walls were plain. There were a few barrels against the walls. It was obvious the room was being used for food storage. The only other thing was the rug in the corner of the floor. "You have to close your eyes."
"But here's nothing here."
"Please, can you do it for me?" She gives him a strange look. "Please" Her calm face softens as she takes one last look around the room before sighing and closing her eyes. He opens a trap door in the floor after moving the rug and making sure she wasn't looking. He helps her down a few steps before closing the door behind him. Taking her hand again the carefully walks her down the stares. "You're not peeking are you?"
"No" they reach the end of the stares. They soon reach a room that held the Maganacs old mobil suits. They pass by the plump Sa Da Ool as they enter a hallway. He's taken by surprise to see Quatre with Wulan. He didn't say a word as they pass him. The longer they walk the curious Wulan gets. "Where are you taking me?"
"Don't worry we're almost there, just don't peek, ok"
"Master Quatre" Quatre turns to Abdul as well as a handful of Maganac trail behind him look interested with the ground looking girl he had with him.
"And where did you pick her up? Isn't she a little young for you?"
"It's nothing like that honest." Quatre starts to blush as they look at him a bit skeptical. "Um." He moves away from Wulan, so she wouldn't hear. "Is everything ready?"
"Yes master, you won't have to wait long for the food." Quatre who gives a sigh of relief then takes her hand and they disappear down the darkened hall. He stops in the designated room he's set up for them.
"Are we there yet, Mr. Winner?" Wulan asks her voice curious and as kind as cotton is to the skin.
"Yes, you can open your eyes now." He watches her face closely ford any sign of enjoyment. He watches her as she walks around the small candle lit table in the center of the room. A white rose rests beside her plate.
"This is. beautiful. No one has ever done something like this for me. You're so sweet." He pulls out her seat and she sits down. He then takes his seat across from her pleased with her reaction.
"You really like it?" He asks just to make sure his ears weren't playing tricks on him.
"Yes, Quatre, I love it." She picks up the rose and smells it. As Abdul said, he and the other Maganacs arrived with the food.
*****
"What's this meeting for, Heero?" Shimi asks confused. Heero had called them all to meet all of a sudden. It was the beginning of lunch and everyone just finished getting there food when he called this meeting. Instead of wolfing it down everyone decided to take their food with them. They all settle back in the room which they had met in before. Heero sits on a stool in front of the room sharing the table in front of him with Wufei, Sally, and Trowa. The table behind them held Daga, Shimi, Niko, and Duo.
"We should be in groups of four not two. I feel it's safer."
Everyone's shocked at his sudden concern for everyone's safety. Shimi's shock turns to disappointment. "But it'd take longer for us to check out all these areas."
"If I'm right, Fox has already cleared the L1, 2, and maybe even the L3 colony clusters. I remember with the information you gave us, one of the places happened to be close to the zoo where we met."
"Come to think of it Fox was gone a lot. That would explain why he couldn't get up in the mornings." Duo says remembering.
"So that leaves the L4 and 5 colony clusters?" Daga starts drinking her milkshake after stealing a few fries from Shimi while she wasn't looking. "Was Fox ever gone for a long period of time that you know of, Niko?"
"We'll have to check with Quatre or better yet Rashid because he gave him the most trouble." Niko replies watching in amazement as Shimi stuffs two Long John Silver's fight in her mouth at once. No matter how many times I see that I'll never get used to it.
Then that settles it. We have to contact Quatre. Heero says watching Dup shoot his empty cup into the trash like a basketball.
*****
Wulan exits the building and says goodbye to Quatre. He looks disappointed about her as she runs off. He turns to go back inside as Wulan stops a moment looking back. She sighs and runs back unusually fast then she started catching him with a kiss on the cheek before he went in. Before the blonde could react she was gone down the street. He stands there stunned.
Wulan's speed increases the longer she runs. She skids to a stop behind a bunch of houses and takes out the silver ball out of her pocket. Two sets of glowing eyes, one silver the other gold, silently watch from the roof of one of the buildings.
"That has to be her. What do you think, Yun?"
"I believe you're right, Amaya, but something bothers me." Amaya looks at her partner a moment. He knew Yun had a hunch for certain things. It was like a sixth sense.
"He probably got sick of the girl's mouth. I hear she doesn't know her place."
"I don't know it seems a little too easy that's all." Without hesitating any longer they separate going in different directions to block any ways of escape for her and at the same time staying out of sight.
*****
Wulan takes the silver ball in her palm a moment almost like she was examining it. "Why hello Sophia" She turns startled to hear a voice behind her.
"Huh?" She takes a step back from the worrier woman before addressing herself. "I'm sorry, you have the wrong person. My name is Wulan, but if you want to talk, we'll have to talk tomorrow. I have as important call I have to take."
Without another glance at Amaya she turns her back on her. As though she didn't know Amaya was behind her Wulan walks away. Wrong thing to do bitch! She removes her double bladed sword from its carrier then stops Wulan in her tracks by putting the blade to her throat. "You know you shouldn't turn your back on someone with a sword, that's shear stupidity."
"I don't take kindly to people who mess up my appointments."
"Now, you have an appointment with Master Li."
Master Li? . Li Wulan's eyes grow large.
~~~~~Flash~~~~~
A little girl dressed in a green T-shirt, blue jeans, and matching tennis shoes ran up to a man working on a gundam. She jumped on his back which startled him. "Daddy, Daddy, DADDY!"
"Ok, ok you got my attention." He said half laughing then reaching behind him grabbed the back of her shirt and pulls her off his back. The man's dark brown eyes were playful, but serious. He wore a white T-shirt and jeans like his daughter. "Now young lady, what's so important that you have to jump on my back for."
He hung her in the air in front of him like a coat would hang from a hook on the wall. "I want you to meet Li."
"Lo huh," He looked to his right just now noticing Li beside him. All the boy's clothes were rags. His eyes were wild, but seemed to be focused like he was waiting. For a moment the girl's father's eyes lost all play and turned to suspicion.
"Pleased to meet you." He held out his free hand out for a hand shake, but Li just looked at it like it was a feign object.
"He's a full blooded Chinese, Daddy." She whispered to her father.
"Oh, that explains it." He put a hand on the boy's head. "I bet you're hungry, kid. Just go and get something to eat from the kitchen." Without a word Li walked away after being pointed in the right direction.
The girl's father watched him carefully as he leaves. "What's the matter, Daddy?"
"Hum, something in the boy's eyes says he's trouble, that's all, Sophia."
~~~~~Flash~~~~~
No. But it can't be. It just couldn't be. Could it?
~~~~~Flash~~~~~
"Sophia, I want you to stay here while we go up."
"Yes father. I'll wait for you to return." Sophia looks into his eyes and smiles.
"Come Maverick, it's time to go," says a brunette with the eyes of a confident thief. Maverick gives Sophia a kiss on the cheek before leaving. She watches her father go up with the woman and Li. Li turns to look at her, but there was something evil in his eyes that made her shiver. She didn't wait very long before she knew something was wrong.
"Why do I smell blood?" before she could move she something fell from one of the windows of the building. It hit a driving car making it to swerve to a stop. Her heart beat quickened. Her feet having a mind of there own make it to where the group had gathered. She pushed through the crowd. Her heart stopped when her eyes rested on her father. "Daddy"
She fell to her knees beside him. Sophia took his hand while she cried. Two hands rest on her shoulders. Li was trying to comfort her. He pulled her hands from her father and hugged her. "I'm sorry Sophia. It's my fault. Your father, he protected me and." Her crying drowned out the rest of his words.
~~~~~Flash~~~~~
How Could I have been so stupid? Why didn't I see this before? Daddy did and I let Li kill everyone and I was oblivious like a stupid child. It's all my fault everyone's dead. That proves it I can't trust anyone from the outside. no one. I'll find him and make him pay. I'll make them all pay for what they did to me! Fury rises in Wulan's eyes like a pot of soup that was beginning to boil over. Her eyes become wild and turn animal like. The animal in her slowly begins to take over.
Not caring there was a sword to her throat she grabs the blade as you would a stick and turns. Her hands change to claws with her free claw goes for her neck. Amaya jumps back in surprise ripping the blade out of her claw. Blood flows almost immediately.
Ok, she's been enhanced, be more careful. Wulan lunges at her quicker then she expected. She manages to get her claws into Amaya's neck. Amaya staggers back clutching her neck. She tries in vane to stop the river of blood that started to flow. She looks around, still keeping an eye on Wulan. Where the hell is Yun? I need his help.
Amaya looks into her eyes of her pursuer. Her eyes are no longer human as they began to glow blue in the evening sun. "The hunter has now become the hunted. HOW DOES IT FEEL?! ARE YOU SCARED YET?" her voice is half human half animal.
Taking a chance she takes her sword and lunges an all out assault on Wulan. Normally a person wouldn't be able to dodge at such close range, but her speed seemed to have increased as she became more animal like. Amaya knew better then to panic, but she knew she couldn't win at this rate. She was getting tired and dizzy from the loss of blood.
Like a football player, Wulan tackles Amaya to the ground. Amaya shields her neck with her sword from Wulan's wild attacks. Her claws sling against the metal. At this rate my sword might brake. She feels her fear surfacing. Yun where are you? Yun finally decides to jump down from the roof to help. "Yun, get her off me, she's, she's crazy." Her voice chocked with fear and blood when she sees her partner come to her aid.
Yun hammers her on the head with his power bow. Instead of knocking her out, she turns on him. Tossing his bow aside, he counters with claws of his own. Their hands are locked together in a power struggle. "You fight as though you're a wild animal, not swift and calm like the worrier Fox I heard so much about. I guess my hunch about you two being the same person was a mistake."
Her eyes grow large as they return to normal; she begins to sweat as though she woke up from a bad dream. What am I doing? This isn't me. Yun takes advantage of the momentary distraction. He digs his claw into her stomach. As though she was a worm on a hook, throws her through a nearby window after freeing a claw. He stares at the broken window a second before going to help Amaya.
"We'll have to try later." Just then something silver catches his eye beside his partner. What's this? He picks it up. She dropped it. Amaya's gasping for air brings him out of his thoughts. Yun quickly stuffs the ball in his pocket and carefully picks up Amaya and carries her off into the sunset.
*****
Wulan lies stunned and wide eyed on the floor. Her stomach burns from where Yun had dug his claw into her. Her hand stopped bleeding some time into the power struggle with Yun. It was throbbing growing hotter by the minute. She curls up in a ball ignoring the pain almost to frighten to move. What's gotten in to me? It, it was like I couldn't control it.
~~~~~ Flash~~~~~
"You could have got yourself killed! Fox, you know you can't control that form as well as I can. You still need training in that area." Shimi gets up and looks at the claw mark carved in his face. "Until I train you, you have to promise me you won't use it anymore or soon you'll lose control."
~~~~~Flash~~~~~
She permits her eyes to focus on the area around her. It was dark now, but her eyes allowed her to see her surroundings. The room was empty. It didn't look like anyone had lived in it a while. Staying put, she closes her eyes and drifts into an uneasy sleep.
*****
Rashid sits with Quatre in front of the laptop. With Heero on the other end, they had discussed the meetings in which he and the other pilots had had. Quatre's remained the same, find out what was in the laptop and learn as much as he could about Fox. Wufei wouldn't let go of his belief that Fox and Sophia are the same person. For some reason, Heero was uncertain on the matter. Something seemed inaccurate with the information that he had.
"Come to think of it he was gone sometimes. Why do you ask?" Rashid asks.
"I think Fox might have done the areas in your colony cluster." Heero says his thoughts still drifting a bit.
"But remember Fox most likely left sooner then he expected when you guys arrived, so we still need to check that area." Quatre announces to Heero. There's silence for a moment before he continues. "If you want I'll check some old OZ area's that are still around here if you want."
"No, it's too risky. We need the information from the laptop. I believe at the moment that's more important."
"I understand Heero. The gundam plans that I found however can't be faxed to you until I crack the last code. Over and out"
*****
Trowa steps out of the shower then wraps a towel around his waste. He walks to the fogged up mirror. His wet brown hair sticks to the side of his face. Taking his toothbrush, he places toothpaste on his toothbrush thinking clearly. He starts to brush his teeth. She doesn't act like she's a fighter. more like a child. She doesn't even stand up to Wufei. I honestly don't see how she could fight then again no one would think Quatre would be a gundam pilot.
~~~~~Flash~~~~~
Shimi without warning runs to Trowa and gives him a long hug pinning his arms to his sides. "Thank you for picking me." She squeezes harder with unexpected strength that surprised Trowa when he started to loose feeling in his arms and lower body.
Daga becomes aware of Trowa's arms start to turn purple. "Shimi, I know you're a trained assassin, but spare your partner. His lower limes need air as well." Shimi looks at Daga startled by her comment loosening her grip on him. She lets go finally noticing Trowa's arms as they return to there normal color.
~~~~~Flash~~~~~
She is very strong. Trowa turns sharply as the sound of someone behind. A familiar looking brunette stares shyly at him holding a towel.
"I um. thought you might need an extra towel for your hair since I used up all the extra towels in here" She looks at her feet. "I didn't think you'd get done so soon."
He takes the towel says thank you after spiting in the sink. Trowa assumes she must have seen him come out of the shower. Trowa rinses out his brush and puts it back in its case. He turns back around to see Shimi still standing there. Her eyes are fixated on him for a moment before looking away. "You can go now, Shimi."
"Oh sorry" Embarrassed she dashes out the bathroom.
*****
Yun watches Amaya's breathing carefully. She had finally fallen asleep after being awake for forty-eight hours of being in pain. He stands by her bed for a while thinking drugs finally started to work. He turns away from her when a familiar sent of someone enters the room. "How is she, Yun?"
A tall cloaked man walks close to the bed which Amaya was sleeping on. He feels the bandages on her neck. "She's going to be out of commission for a wile, I'm afraid."
"Fox did this."
"No, it was the girl" The man's head turns to Yun most likely surprised by his answer.
"I see. well, now I really want to test my strength against this girl if she can do this to one of my best students. "How did you fare against her, Yun?"
"We were even, Master Cobra, but something was off in her eyes. I believe she was in a rage and she can't handle her human form.
"That's quite unfortunate." Two men come bursting into the room. The manner in which they entered showed they didn't belong to their group. They had come from Black Zoë and had been recently enhanced. They were bulky arrogant guys, but they know how to fight. Because they were so large, they believed they were better then everyone else.
"It's obvious; they were too weak to capture a little girl." The two were dressed in white t-shirt and blue jean shorts. It was obvious the two weren't related. They both were around five foot nine. One had brown hair and green eyes. The other had hazel with red hair.
"Don't underestimate her because she looks small," Yun says calmly. "She's stronger then she looks."
"Chris is right, so quit making excuses. It's our turn." Chris's partner's hazel eyes flash with confidence as he talks.
"It's better it we wait and think of a strategy before attacking her again. You shouldn't be so hasty, George."
"You had your chance, Yun." George says warning in his voice daring Yun not to test his authority again. When Yun doesn't George gets a smug look on his face and exits. "Come on, Chris; time to pick up where these guys left off."
Yun scowls after them as they leave. "Honestly Master Cobra, must we put up with their juvenile behavior?"
"I know how you feel, but joining with Black Zoë we have to put up with them. We won't be seeing them again, anyway." Cobra takes the hood off his head. He had black hair that continued down his back, but because of his cloak you had no way of knowing where it stopped. His eyes were an unusual crimson red color. "We'll leave now. I want nothing to do with their dishonorable way of fighting. I don't want you to fight her again until your sister's healed completely and is up to speed with you."
"Yes, Master Cobra." Yun stares at his master's mouth as he talked as her always did. The long fangs reminded him of a vampire which for come reason always fascinated him. Cobra carefully picks up Amaya of the bed and walks to the door.
"Are you going to watch my fangs all day, Yun, or are you going to come." Blushing Yun follows his master out the door after snatching his power bow off the wall.
*****
There's a knock on Quatre's door and he answer's it surprised to see Wulan at the door, but his face fills with concern when he sees her gloomy expression. "Wulan, what's wrong? You look sad." He lets her in.
"I have to leave tomorrow." Her voice comes out airy and sad.
"So soon." Quatre's face turns to disappointment. "Where are you going?" They walk to his bed room to talk more.
"I have to go back to China. Besides my uncle is most likely worried about me, I haven't called him in. almost, two months."
They go out on the roof and look at the stars thinking. "How about I give you my number and you can call me."
She shakes her head. "My job is. it's very demanding. I have to invest all my time in it. You know what I mean you own your own business yourself." He sighs knowing that she was right. There's an awkward pause.
"You know when you said you had a feeling that we had met before."
"Hum" Quatre turns to look at her.
"I had that same feeling when we first bumped into each other that day at the market." She smiles at him. "But I have no clue where and I was hoping to figure it out before I had to leave."
"I was thinking the same thing."
"We'll meet up again. I know that much." They both exchange smiles before turning back to looking at the stars. Wulan whines; her voice comes out in a sad whisper. "There are some things. about my job that forces me to do things. I. hate to do."
Quatre looks at her confused a moment startled by his friend's strange remark. She did say her job was confidential and she couldn't tell me what it was. I shouldn't ask.
"I guess I better go. It's getting late I'll need my rest for tomorrow."
"O. k, then," he gets up and enters the window first. As Wulan enters after him her foot slips and she falls forward. Quatre turns around when her he hears her gasp. Their lips meet when she falls into his arms. Their eyes grow wide realizing their current position. They pull away, but not completely.
They look into each other's eyes. Like two magnets they kiss. Long passionate kisses as they wrap there arms around each other. Wulan unbuttons his shirt as he removes his vest. He genially pushes her down on the bed tossing his shirt on the floor. She removes her top. Quatre places his hand on her bra strap, and she entwines her hand with his and moves it down her arm insuring him it was ok to do so.
*****
Quatre wakes up when the light of the sun hits his eyes. The memories of last night was like a fading dream. He sits up realizing he was alone in bed. He gets out of bed and quickly looks out the window hoping to see her there, but he knew the shutters would have been open by now. She did say she had to leave. He sighs. Maybe there's still time to catch her.
Quatre goes to his drawer and changes his pants. After putting on a new shirt and vest, he notices his bottom drawer was open a crack. That's strange. I thought I closed it. He opens it. No. it's gone. She wouldn't. would she?
~~~~~~~~~~~~Flash~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wulan sighs; her voice comes out in a sad whisper. "There are some things. about my job that forces me to do things. I. hate to do."
~~~~~~~~~~~~Flash~~~~~~~~~~~~
He rips through his bottom drawer throwing out his neatly folded cloths. But it was to no prevail, the laptop was gone.
A Caribbean girl removes the hood off her head her black hair buffs up in front where her bangs had grown too long to be in front. I just thank God I was wrong about this village being an Osprey base. As she walks her face turns serious. A group of kids were throwing something that shimmered like a knife. She walks closer getting a closer look. Damn it how did those kids get a hold of that?
She walks right up to them. "You shouldn't take things that don't belong to you." All the kids jump at the sound of her voice. Knowing they were in trouble the group scatters. The leader, however, didn't get away as easily as the others. She snatches him up like a fumbled football. He struggles to get out of her grip, but she holds him firmly tucked under her arm like a text book. "Fahd, you won't get in trouble if you just give back what's rightfully mind. That's no ordinary ball."
He pulls free from her after giving up the silver ball. She watches him run off. Great, now I have to check my stuff again. Why am I being so careless lately? She walks slowly along the street, but she stops noticing a few Maganacs go into one of the buildings. Looks like they're having some kind of meeting. She watches them closely. Quatre's friends probably found my plans for my gundams. This isn't good. I wonder where they're going. She decides to advance more towards the building. She casually begins to cross the street, but something tells her to stop. Now in the middle of the street, she stands still ignoring the traffic of the bustling village. Someone's watching me. but where. Slowly turning her eyes soon make contact with two bulky guys that were staring at her from the side of the street from which she came. I have a bad feeling about this.
"Wulan!" she turns startled at the sound of her name to find two friendly blue-green eyes of a familiar platinum blond. "Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you."
"That's ok; I was just going to look for you."
"Really that's great. I have a surprise for you." Taking her hand Quatre leads her inside and walks her into an almost empty room. The walls were plain. There were a few barrels against the walls. It was obvious the room was being used for food storage. The only other thing was the rug in the corner of the floor. "You have to close your eyes."
"But here's nothing here."
"Please, can you do it for me?" She gives him a strange look. "Please" Her calm face softens as she takes one last look around the room before sighing and closing her eyes. He opens a trap door in the floor after moving the rug and making sure she wasn't looking. He helps her down a few steps before closing the door behind him. Taking her hand again the carefully walks her down the stares. "You're not peeking are you?"
"No" they reach the end of the stares. They soon reach a room that held the Maganacs old mobil suits. They pass by the plump Sa Da Ool as they enter a hallway. He's taken by surprise to see Quatre with Wulan. He didn't say a word as they pass him. The longer they walk the curious Wulan gets. "Where are you taking me?"
"Don't worry we're almost there, just don't peek, ok"
"Master Quatre" Quatre turns to Abdul as well as a handful of Maganac trail behind him look interested with the ground looking girl he had with him.
"And where did you pick her up? Isn't she a little young for you?"
"It's nothing like that honest." Quatre starts to blush as they look at him a bit skeptical. "Um." He moves away from Wulan, so she wouldn't hear. "Is everything ready?"
"Yes master, you won't have to wait long for the food." Quatre who gives a sigh of relief then takes her hand and they disappear down the darkened hall. He stops in the designated room he's set up for them.
"Are we there yet, Mr. Winner?" Wulan asks her voice curious and as kind as cotton is to the skin.
"Yes, you can open your eyes now." He watches her face closely ford any sign of enjoyment. He watches her as she walks around the small candle lit table in the center of the room. A white rose rests beside her plate.
"This is. beautiful. No one has ever done something like this for me. You're so sweet." He pulls out her seat and she sits down. He then takes his seat across from her pleased with her reaction.
"You really like it?" He asks just to make sure his ears weren't playing tricks on him.
"Yes, Quatre, I love it." She picks up the rose and smells it. As Abdul said, he and the other Maganacs arrived with the food.
*****
"What's this meeting for, Heero?" Shimi asks confused. Heero had called them all to meet all of a sudden. It was the beginning of lunch and everyone just finished getting there food when he called this meeting. Instead of wolfing it down everyone decided to take their food with them. They all settle back in the room which they had met in before. Heero sits on a stool in front of the room sharing the table in front of him with Wufei, Sally, and Trowa. The table behind them held Daga, Shimi, Niko, and Duo.
"We should be in groups of four not two. I feel it's safer."
Everyone's shocked at his sudden concern for everyone's safety. Shimi's shock turns to disappointment. "But it'd take longer for us to check out all these areas."
"If I'm right, Fox has already cleared the L1, 2, and maybe even the L3 colony clusters. I remember with the information you gave us, one of the places happened to be close to the zoo where we met."
"Come to think of it Fox was gone a lot. That would explain why he couldn't get up in the mornings." Duo says remembering.
"So that leaves the L4 and 5 colony clusters?" Daga starts drinking her milkshake after stealing a few fries from Shimi while she wasn't looking. "Was Fox ever gone for a long period of time that you know of, Niko?"
"We'll have to check with Quatre or better yet Rashid because he gave him the most trouble." Niko replies watching in amazement as Shimi stuffs two Long John Silver's fight in her mouth at once. No matter how many times I see that I'll never get used to it.
Then that settles it. We have to contact Quatre. Heero says watching Dup shoot his empty cup into the trash like a basketball.
*****
Wulan exits the building and says goodbye to Quatre. He looks disappointed about her as she runs off. He turns to go back inside as Wulan stops a moment looking back. She sighs and runs back unusually fast then she started catching him with a kiss on the cheek before he went in. Before the blonde could react she was gone down the street. He stands there stunned.
Wulan's speed increases the longer she runs. She skids to a stop behind a bunch of houses and takes out the silver ball out of her pocket. Two sets of glowing eyes, one silver the other gold, silently watch from the roof of one of the buildings.
"That has to be her. What do you think, Yun?"
"I believe you're right, Amaya, but something bothers me." Amaya looks at her partner a moment. He knew Yun had a hunch for certain things. It was like a sixth sense.
"He probably got sick of the girl's mouth. I hear she doesn't know her place."
"I don't know it seems a little too easy that's all." Without hesitating any longer they separate going in different directions to block any ways of escape for her and at the same time staying out of sight.
*****
Wulan takes the silver ball in her palm a moment almost like she was examining it. "Why hello Sophia" She turns startled to hear a voice behind her.
"Huh?" She takes a step back from the worrier woman before addressing herself. "I'm sorry, you have the wrong person. My name is Wulan, but if you want to talk, we'll have to talk tomorrow. I have as important call I have to take."
Without another glance at Amaya she turns her back on her. As though she didn't know Amaya was behind her Wulan walks away. Wrong thing to do bitch! She removes her double bladed sword from its carrier then stops Wulan in her tracks by putting the blade to her throat. "You know you shouldn't turn your back on someone with a sword, that's shear stupidity."
"I don't take kindly to people who mess up my appointments."
"Now, you have an appointment with Master Li."
Master Li? . Li Wulan's eyes grow large.
~~~~~Flash~~~~~
A little girl dressed in a green T-shirt, blue jeans, and matching tennis shoes ran up to a man working on a gundam. She jumped on his back which startled him. "Daddy, Daddy, DADDY!"
"Ok, ok you got my attention." He said half laughing then reaching behind him grabbed the back of her shirt and pulls her off his back. The man's dark brown eyes were playful, but serious. He wore a white T-shirt and jeans like his daughter. "Now young lady, what's so important that you have to jump on my back for."
He hung her in the air in front of him like a coat would hang from a hook on the wall. "I want you to meet Li."
"Lo huh," He looked to his right just now noticing Li beside him. All the boy's clothes were rags. His eyes were wild, but seemed to be focused like he was waiting. For a moment the girl's father's eyes lost all play and turned to suspicion.
"Pleased to meet you." He held out his free hand out for a hand shake, but Li just looked at it like it was a feign object.
"He's a full blooded Chinese, Daddy." She whispered to her father.
"Oh, that explains it." He put a hand on the boy's head. "I bet you're hungry, kid. Just go and get something to eat from the kitchen." Without a word Li walked away after being pointed in the right direction.
The girl's father watched him carefully as he leaves. "What's the matter, Daddy?"
"Hum, something in the boy's eyes says he's trouble, that's all, Sophia."
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No. But it can't be. It just couldn't be. Could it?
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"Sophia, I want you to stay here while we go up."
"Yes father. I'll wait for you to return." Sophia looks into his eyes and smiles.
"Come Maverick, it's time to go," says a brunette with the eyes of a confident thief. Maverick gives Sophia a kiss on the cheek before leaving. She watches her father go up with the woman and Li. Li turns to look at her, but there was something evil in his eyes that made her shiver. She didn't wait very long before she knew something was wrong.
"Why do I smell blood?" before she could move she something fell from one of the windows of the building. It hit a driving car making it to swerve to a stop. Her heart beat quickened. Her feet having a mind of there own make it to where the group had gathered. She pushed through the crowd. Her heart stopped when her eyes rested on her father. "Daddy"
She fell to her knees beside him. Sophia took his hand while she cried. Two hands rest on her shoulders. Li was trying to comfort her. He pulled her hands from her father and hugged her. "I'm sorry Sophia. It's my fault. Your father, he protected me and." Her crying drowned out the rest of his words.
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How Could I have been so stupid? Why didn't I see this before? Daddy did and I let Li kill everyone and I was oblivious like a stupid child. It's all my fault everyone's dead. That proves it I can't trust anyone from the outside. no one. I'll find him and make him pay. I'll make them all pay for what they did to me! Fury rises in Wulan's eyes like a pot of soup that was beginning to boil over. Her eyes become wild and turn animal like. The animal in her slowly begins to take over.
Not caring there was a sword to her throat she grabs the blade as you would a stick and turns. Her hands change to claws with her free claw goes for her neck. Amaya jumps back in surprise ripping the blade out of her claw. Blood flows almost immediately.
Ok, she's been enhanced, be more careful. Wulan lunges at her quicker then she expected. She manages to get her claws into Amaya's neck. Amaya staggers back clutching her neck. She tries in vane to stop the river of blood that started to flow. She looks around, still keeping an eye on Wulan. Where the hell is Yun? I need his help.
Amaya looks into her eyes of her pursuer. Her eyes are no longer human as they began to glow blue in the evening sun. "The hunter has now become the hunted. HOW DOES IT FEEL?! ARE YOU SCARED YET?" her voice is half human half animal.
Taking a chance she takes her sword and lunges an all out assault on Wulan. Normally a person wouldn't be able to dodge at such close range, but her speed seemed to have increased as she became more animal like. Amaya knew better then to panic, but she knew she couldn't win at this rate. She was getting tired and dizzy from the loss of blood.
Like a football player, Wulan tackles Amaya to the ground. Amaya shields her neck with her sword from Wulan's wild attacks. Her claws sling against the metal. At this rate my sword might brake. She feels her fear surfacing. Yun where are you? Yun finally decides to jump down from the roof to help. "Yun, get her off me, she's, she's crazy." Her voice chocked with fear and blood when she sees her partner come to her aid.
Yun hammers her on the head with his power bow. Instead of knocking her out, she turns on him. Tossing his bow aside, he counters with claws of his own. Their hands are locked together in a power struggle. "You fight as though you're a wild animal, not swift and calm like the worrier Fox I heard so much about. I guess my hunch about you two being the same person was a mistake."
Her eyes grow large as they return to normal; she begins to sweat as though she woke up from a bad dream. What am I doing? This isn't me. Yun takes advantage of the momentary distraction. He digs his claw into her stomach. As though she was a worm on a hook, throws her through a nearby window after freeing a claw. He stares at the broken window a second before going to help Amaya.
"We'll have to try later." Just then something silver catches his eye beside his partner. What's this? He picks it up. She dropped it. Amaya's gasping for air brings him out of his thoughts. Yun quickly stuffs the ball in his pocket and carefully picks up Amaya and carries her off into the sunset.
*****
Wulan lies stunned and wide eyed on the floor. Her stomach burns from where Yun had dug his claw into her. Her hand stopped bleeding some time into the power struggle with Yun. It was throbbing growing hotter by the minute. She curls up in a ball ignoring the pain almost to frighten to move. What's gotten in to me? It, it was like I couldn't control it.
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"You could have got yourself killed! Fox, you know you can't control that form as well as I can. You still need training in that area." Shimi gets up and looks at the claw mark carved in his face. "Until I train you, you have to promise me you won't use it anymore or soon you'll lose control."
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She permits her eyes to focus on the area around her. It was dark now, but her eyes allowed her to see her surroundings. The room was empty. It didn't look like anyone had lived in it a while. Staying put, she closes her eyes and drifts into an uneasy sleep.
*****
Rashid sits with Quatre in front of the laptop. With Heero on the other end, they had discussed the meetings in which he and the other pilots had had. Quatre's remained the same, find out what was in the laptop and learn as much as he could about Fox. Wufei wouldn't let go of his belief that Fox and Sophia are the same person. For some reason, Heero was uncertain on the matter. Something seemed inaccurate with the information that he had.
"Come to think of it he was gone sometimes. Why do you ask?" Rashid asks.
"I think Fox might have done the areas in your colony cluster." Heero says his thoughts still drifting a bit.
"But remember Fox most likely left sooner then he expected when you guys arrived, so we still need to check that area." Quatre announces to Heero. There's silence for a moment before he continues. "If you want I'll check some old OZ area's that are still around here if you want."
"No, it's too risky. We need the information from the laptop. I believe at the moment that's more important."
"I understand Heero. The gundam plans that I found however can't be faxed to you until I crack the last code. Over and out"
*****
Trowa steps out of the shower then wraps a towel around his waste. He walks to the fogged up mirror. His wet brown hair sticks to the side of his face. Taking his toothbrush, he places toothpaste on his toothbrush thinking clearly. He starts to brush his teeth. She doesn't act like she's a fighter. more like a child. She doesn't even stand up to Wufei. I honestly don't see how she could fight then again no one would think Quatre would be a gundam pilot.
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Shimi without warning runs to Trowa and gives him a long hug pinning his arms to his sides. "Thank you for picking me." She squeezes harder with unexpected strength that surprised Trowa when he started to loose feeling in his arms and lower body.
Daga becomes aware of Trowa's arms start to turn purple. "Shimi, I know you're a trained assassin, but spare your partner. His lower limes need air as well." Shimi looks at Daga startled by her comment loosening her grip on him. She lets go finally noticing Trowa's arms as they return to there normal color.
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She is very strong. Trowa turns sharply as the sound of someone behind. A familiar looking brunette stares shyly at him holding a towel.
"I um. thought you might need an extra towel for your hair since I used up all the extra towels in here" She looks at her feet. "I didn't think you'd get done so soon."
He takes the towel says thank you after spiting in the sink. Trowa assumes she must have seen him come out of the shower. Trowa rinses out his brush and puts it back in its case. He turns back around to see Shimi still standing there. Her eyes are fixated on him for a moment before looking away. "You can go now, Shimi."
"Oh sorry" Embarrassed she dashes out the bathroom.
*****
Yun watches Amaya's breathing carefully. She had finally fallen asleep after being awake for forty-eight hours of being in pain. He stands by her bed for a while thinking drugs finally started to work. He turns away from her when a familiar sent of someone enters the room. "How is she, Yun?"
A tall cloaked man walks close to the bed which Amaya was sleeping on. He feels the bandages on her neck. "She's going to be out of commission for a wile, I'm afraid."
"Fox did this."
"No, it was the girl" The man's head turns to Yun most likely surprised by his answer.
"I see. well, now I really want to test my strength against this girl if she can do this to one of my best students. "How did you fare against her, Yun?"
"We were even, Master Cobra, but something was off in her eyes. I believe she was in a rage and she can't handle her human form.
"That's quite unfortunate." Two men come bursting into the room. The manner in which they entered showed they didn't belong to their group. They had come from Black Zoë and had been recently enhanced. They were bulky arrogant guys, but they know how to fight. Because they were so large, they believed they were better then everyone else.
"It's obvious; they were too weak to capture a little girl." The two were dressed in white t-shirt and blue jean shorts. It was obvious the two weren't related. They both were around five foot nine. One had brown hair and green eyes. The other had hazel with red hair.
"Don't underestimate her because she looks small," Yun says calmly. "She's stronger then she looks."
"Chris is right, so quit making excuses. It's our turn." Chris's partner's hazel eyes flash with confidence as he talks.
"It's better it we wait and think of a strategy before attacking her again. You shouldn't be so hasty, George."
"You had your chance, Yun." George says warning in his voice daring Yun not to test his authority again. When Yun doesn't George gets a smug look on his face and exits. "Come on, Chris; time to pick up where these guys left off."
Yun scowls after them as they leave. "Honestly Master Cobra, must we put up with their juvenile behavior?"
"I know how you feel, but joining with Black Zoë we have to put up with them. We won't be seeing them again, anyway." Cobra takes the hood off his head. He had black hair that continued down his back, but because of his cloak you had no way of knowing where it stopped. His eyes were an unusual crimson red color. "We'll leave now. I want nothing to do with their dishonorable way of fighting. I don't want you to fight her again until your sister's healed completely and is up to speed with you."
"Yes, Master Cobra." Yun stares at his master's mouth as he talked as her always did. The long fangs reminded him of a vampire which for come reason always fascinated him. Cobra carefully picks up Amaya of the bed and walks to the door.
"Are you going to watch my fangs all day, Yun, or are you going to come." Blushing Yun follows his master out the door after snatching his power bow off the wall.
*****
There's a knock on Quatre's door and he answer's it surprised to see Wulan at the door, but his face fills with concern when he sees her gloomy expression. "Wulan, what's wrong? You look sad." He lets her in.
"I have to leave tomorrow." Her voice comes out airy and sad.
"So soon." Quatre's face turns to disappointment. "Where are you going?" They walk to his bed room to talk more.
"I have to go back to China. Besides my uncle is most likely worried about me, I haven't called him in. almost, two months."
They go out on the roof and look at the stars thinking. "How about I give you my number and you can call me."
She shakes her head. "My job is. it's very demanding. I have to invest all my time in it. You know what I mean you own your own business yourself." He sighs knowing that she was right. There's an awkward pause.
"You know when you said you had a feeling that we had met before."
"Hum" Quatre turns to look at her.
"I had that same feeling when we first bumped into each other that day at the market." She smiles at him. "But I have no clue where and I was hoping to figure it out before I had to leave."
"I was thinking the same thing."
"We'll meet up again. I know that much." They both exchange smiles before turning back to looking at the stars. Wulan whines; her voice comes out in a sad whisper. "There are some things. about my job that forces me to do things. I. hate to do."
Quatre looks at her confused a moment startled by his friend's strange remark. She did say her job was confidential and she couldn't tell me what it was. I shouldn't ask.
"I guess I better go. It's getting late I'll need my rest for tomorrow."
"O. k, then," he gets up and enters the window first. As Wulan enters after him her foot slips and she falls forward. Quatre turns around when her he hears her gasp. Their lips meet when she falls into his arms. Their eyes grow wide realizing their current position. They pull away, but not completely.
They look into each other's eyes. Like two magnets they kiss. Long passionate kisses as they wrap there arms around each other. Wulan unbuttons his shirt as he removes his vest. He genially pushes her down on the bed tossing his shirt on the floor. She removes her top. Quatre places his hand on her bra strap, and she entwines her hand with his and moves it down her arm insuring him it was ok to do so.
*****
Quatre wakes up when the light of the sun hits his eyes. The memories of last night was like a fading dream. He sits up realizing he was alone in bed. He gets out of bed and quickly looks out the window hoping to see her there, but he knew the shutters would have been open by now. She did say she had to leave. He sighs. Maybe there's still time to catch her.
Quatre goes to his drawer and changes his pants. After putting on a new shirt and vest, he notices his bottom drawer was open a crack. That's strange. I thought I closed it. He opens it. No. it's gone. She wouldn't. would she?
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Wulan sighs; her voice comes out in a sad whisper. "There are some things. about my job that forces me to do things. I. hate to do."
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He rips through his bottom drawer throwing out his neatly folded cloths. But it was to no prevail, the laptop was gone.
