Kid tried…He REALLY tried to go unnoticed through the halls, but it was almost impossible to get through the thick throng of children winding their way back to their rooms. The excited chatter of the day echoed around the whole building as the boy attempted to make it to the computer lab before lights out. Regardless of how the day went, he still had to memorize the layout of the circus, and the less people in the lab, the better. So intent on getting to the computers before lights out, Kid had little time to notice he was not alone, but by the time he saw the unwelcome faces of Roul and his friends, they had him isolated and cornered in a less populated area. Kid wanted to scream his frustration. He had been so careless! He knew, even thought about putting the bear away before continuing, and even when he decided not to hide it, he had let his guard down…and now he knew he would pay.
"Hey look! The little moron has a TEDDY BEAR! I used to have one of those…when I was TWO!" Roul and his friends laughed, but Kid held his ground…he needed an escape route!
"Which was what, a year ago?" He wasn't scared for himself. He knew the worst that Roul could do was beat him up…they could never kill him or anything…but if they knew what was in the bear…
Roul's face turned an angry shade of red as he lunged and grabbed for the bear. Kid would have held on…he probably could have taken it back, but the feeling of tightening cloth, ready to rip at any second, made him let go.
"Give it back!" The young boy's voice was more of a low growl then anything, and got the point more clearly across then it would have if he yelled it. There was nothing to cover for it…he was scared. What would Odin do if they found out? Odin would be in trouble, and he would be in trouble, and then Miss Adalia wouldn't like him anymore!
Roul laughed nervously. Even though he knew there was nothing the boy could do to him, the threat was unmistakable.
"Or you'll what? Hurt me? I'm the one in charge of the situation here, and you better not go tattle to ANYONE or I'll rip his head off!" He began to finger the seams along the neck, as if to prove his point. Roul had hit a nerve, and he knew it, but he just didn't know the REASON that neck could not be torn…
"What do you want?" He hated it. It was like admitting to defeat, and Kid detested having to ask for it back, but this small child's toy was the essential part of accomplishing the mission.
"Meet us here, tomorrow, same time…we'll think of something…fitful…" It must have been meant to sound like a threat, something he should be afraid of, but to Kid, it meant nothing more then a time, date, and place.
"Fine."
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"He lost it, didn't he?" The voice was low and deadly. "Lowe! You don't deserve a job like this, you clumsy fool! How hard is it to train a CHILD? You need FORCE and DISCIPLINE! I do not pay you to play games! If you continue like this, he will never be PERFECT!"
"Hold it, old man. I'M in charge of him here, and he will see through his training as expected with ME. Besides, the kid's got talent. He'll get it back." The man smiled confidently at his white haired companion as they continued to stare through the window. The microchip that had been carefully placed the day before when the bear had been taken played back Kid's uneven and nervous breaths.
"He had better, Lowe, or you will see worse things then my anger."
Through the clear glass window, five new arrivals appeared, one large figure clutching the object of Kid's worry. The chip, though slightly fuzzed by static caught every word.
"What do you want, Stancers?" Odin smiled as some of the boys unconsciously stepped back at the tone in his kid's forced words.
"First, I want to see you beg. I want an apology for your rude behavior, but until then, you don't get your teddy back." The boy smirked and Odin growled deep in his throat.
"Come on Kid…don't let your pride get to you…" The blond man spoke softly, but as though the boy could hear him. Kid was having obvious troubles, and though his face was calm, his hands were wringing uncontrollably behind his back in anger.
"No. Give it back." The boys laughed.
"I don't remember telling you that you would have a choice. I have what you want, and you better do what I say, or I will rip its head off!"
"I said, give it back to me!"
"Oh, and what are you going to do about it?"
"I'm going to hit you." Odin scowled as a roar of laugher spilled from the radio to fill the car they were parked in.
"Come on, Kid! Just don't DO it!"
"Yeah right, Twerp. I'd like to see you try!" Odin's jaw dropped as Kid wasted no time in slamming his fist deep into Roul's belly and grabbing for the bear. It took a little less then two seconds before all the boys were piling into the fight, hitting whatever they could, and the radio poured out yelps and hisses as fists hit their marks.
"STOP!" Roul, sporting a bloody nose and what looked to be a forming black eye smirked and held up the brown fuzzy animal with a triumphant look smothering his face. Two of the standing boys held on to Kid as Raul held the stuffed animal just inches from the younger boy's face, which was bleeding through two small cuts.
"Well, you certainly wasted YOUR chance…I might just have given it to you…Oh well." Odin groaned into his hand and the large boy yanked string after string from the neck of the bear.
BANG! BANG!
A shriek echoed in the car, following the sharp cracks of glass shattering. The assassin's head snapped up in time to see blood gushing through small fingers as Kid looked dumbly from the wounds in his arm and shoulder to Roul…before he collapsed.
"KID!" Odin grabbed for the door handle, almost tearing it out when he noticed it was locked. "WHAT THE FUCK? LET ME OUT YOU BASTARD! KID!" The old man next to him calmly rolled up his window, and clicked his black handgun onto safety again.
"He will be fine, Lowe…if someone finds him in time, that is." The young man began banging on the windows, but- "They are bulletproof, Lowe. There is nothing you can do. If he is indeed as strong as you say, he will live." Odin wanted to punch that smirk off the old man's face, but all he could do was crumple in his seat and watch as the boys around Kid ran off. He knew, without the words that were fading from the radio, that these boys wouldn't tell anyone what had happened, lest it look like they had done it. Odin waited, staring at the hole in the window for a full five minutes before a pretty blond woman dashed through the door, having finally found the source of the loud noises. She screamed a couple of times, and more adults rushed through the door, gasping in horror.
"Lexi! Call medical help! Cory, make sure ALL the children are IN THEIR ROOMS! Call the lock down! Somebody call for help!" She herself bent to carefully pick up the limp figure, placing her hands over the wounds to stem the blood that poured onto the ground in a deep crimson flood. Tears spilled down her cheeks, and an almost inaudible "Oh, Hikari…" whispered through the car. Another figure went to help the lady holding Kid.
"I can barely feel a pulse! Make sure he's breathing! I can't hear anything! My…he's so light…What HAVE you been feeding him? No, here…let's bring him inside to the nurse's room…Shh, it's ok, dear, he'll be fine!" But her voice lacked confidence. Both ladies disappeared into another room, beyond the sight of the window.
"We should leave before anyone notices us." The gray haired man started up the engine quietly and backed the car up. Odin watched from the window until the building vanished behind the numerous trees.
"I'll kill you, J."
A/n-Yuppers! It WAS Odin AND J! I think that during the last couple of chapters, I've been making Odin look kinda mean, so I wanted to show you how much he really cares for…umm…Kid. The little conversation between Kid and Roul, that was actual text from my life…It was one of my first fights when a guy was tree stumping me (standing in front of me and not letting me pass) and he was making me late for class…so…I told him that since he was interfering with my education, I would have to hit him, and he didn't believe me…so I hit him :-) Well, it gets a little bit darker in the next one or two chapters, sooo…stay tuned!
Chapter Preview- So…In the next chapter, I hope to introduce Trowa and the circus…and then…more of J! Like I said…things will get darker! .
REVIEW RESPONSE- (where did all my reviewers go? Wahhh!)
heeros n legends-haha…I know…I wanted to show the readers Odin's easy temper…Cause I don't want everyone thinking he's the kind, fuzzy, warm dad…he's gotta be kind, but stern, also…I hope this chapter will help show how much he REALLY cares, but never bothered to tell Kid about it.
krage-You think YOU are addicted to reviews? I LOVE getting them…lol…I go into a HUGE exited blur when I see that I have an email…Ever since I signed up on FF, I check my email like 3 times every day…haha
MissionWingZero-heh, thanks! High five! I'm not sure what I want from this though! Lol…I don't know if I want it cute, humorous, tragic (Well, Heero's life will always be tragic) You know? Thanks again! I LOVE hearing from you!
Lost-Remembrance- Hey! Sorry I took so long to update…I know…I know…I've been…busy…but now that school's getting out, I'll have more time! I'm also gunna get a new laptop soon…I'll be as stuck to that thing as Heero. :-)
ZaKai- So, I was wondering do you (or did you) take Japanese in the past, or do you just know lots of useful phrases? I wanted to thank you again for your help with my non related problems, and I wanna apologize for using you as my complaining post. .:sigh:.