Chapter thirty-eight: Dominique

"Beyond Earth's technology?" Dominique repeated. Everyone had forgotten she was here. And now, they all turned to look at her. Dominique raised her gun, an insane look in her eye. "Then I'll just kill you and kill you until you die! Yeehehehehe!"

She shot at Ryoko, and Ryoko dodged. "Why you…" Ryoko mumbled, angry. She made her laser sword and flew at Dominique, slashing the air in anticipation. Dominique raised a knife from nowhere and plunged it into Ryoko's heart. Ryoko tumbled off of her, half unconscious.

"Ryoko!" Ayeka dashed to her rival's side, Sasami and her medical kit behind her. She glared up at Dominique. "You monster!"

Washu checked Ryoko's pulse. "She'll be fine, if anyone is listening…" She muttered.

"Monster hardly describes me! Yeehehehehe!" Dominique giggled. The gun and now poised on Ayeka. "What fun! So many people to kill! Such little time! And that Ryoko person! Yeehehehehe! A playmate for life!"

"Play?" Ayeka fumed. "PLAY? You really ARE a monster! To kill with not a hint of remorse or regret!"

"I killed my sister once and I can kill her again." Dominique glared at Coniniaue. Her insane moment was over, but it would only take moments for it to return. "Or, I must say, daddy killed you."

"If daddy killed me then he killed you too." Coniniaue hissed. "Donna."

Dominique's eyes flashed and her pupils shrank. Her eyes turned a purplish color and she reached out. "Connie…"

Coniniaue's eyes turned a bright green. "Donna…" She too reached out. But the moment they were about to touch, Dominique shook her head and pulled back, hefting her gun. "At this range, I cannot miss! I can break that stupid energy field once and for all! Yeehehehehe!"

A gun was shot into the air, and it was not Dominique's. Lieutenant Hawkeye stood next to Roy, who said, "That's enough, Dominique."

Dominique blinked. She holstered her gun and hopped off onto the rooftops before anyone could catch her.

Edward looked at the two, overjoyed. "Colonel! Lieutenant!"

"Yeah, yeah. We heard all the commotion and wondered what was going on." Roy replied. "You'd better take the alien girls back to the inn before something worse happens. And Miss Washu, you should bring Ryoko back and seal that wound."

"Good idea, colonel." Edward put a hand on Coniniaue's shoulder. "Coniniaue? Come on…"

Coniniaue was staring after Dominique. "Oh. Right. Coming!"