I dropped my bag in the hotel room and kicked it hard, sending it flying into the dresser directly between the two beds in the room. Lin appeared behind me a few moments before, seeing my beg fly across the room. I walked over to my bed and plopped face down, shoving my face into the pillow.

"At least he sprung for a nice hotel this time. Instead of a crap-hole roach infested motel." I said.

"Yeah." Lin agreed. I flipped over to stare at the plaster ceiling, closing my eyes for a few minutes. I hated staying away from the HQ in some weirdo hotel. You never know whats gone on in that room…or for a matter of fact on the bed. Suddenly I got creeped out and stood up, walking over and laying down next to Lin on his bed. He looked at me oddly but wrapped the arm he wasn't propping himself up on around me. "Are you alright?"

"This is disgusting." I said, muffled by the fact that I had my face buried in his chest.

"Well, its better than any motel…."He said and smiled lightly.

"But can you imagine what-" I started but was cut off my Lin telling me he'd rather not. I smiled slightly and moved my face from his chest and grinned wickedly. "But think about all of the nasty thing people could have done in this place!" I let out in one breath so that he couldn't cut me off. He grimaced slightly and frowned.

"Thank you, that's just what I need to think about before I go to sleep." He said. I sighed slightly and smiled. "But you have to think about it too!" He said, teasing me. Suddenly many pictures cam flooding into my brain and I spazed so hard that I found myself off of the bed and onto the floor. Lin leaned over, laughing at me. I smirked at him slightly and nodded.

"Laugh while you can Lin." I said. I raised and eyebrow and he held out a hand still laughing. With strong hands he pulled me back onto the bed, wrapping his arms around me. I felt safe but felt strange about it. It was like dating my brother, I'd known him for so long. We remained there for the rest of the night, watching the TV that was in the room. I fell asleep in my uniform, as uncomfortable as it was.

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I walked through the hotel halls for a good half an hour or so the next day. It hit me clearly then, that I was lost. I looked around walking past door number 272, which I specifically remember passing before. I sighed and just plopped down in one of the cushiony red chairs, leaning back against it. I slid down, sticking my feet halfway into the abandoned hallway. I sighed and closed my eyes. Ah, the familiar feeling of being completely lost. I then realized that going somewhere without someone was a bad idea. Perhaps the buddy system wasn't so bad after all?

The familiar sound of combat boots tracing down the hall that I was in. I smiled in the thought that the only people I knew who wore combat boots were the good men of the Syndicate. Suddenly my heart sunk when I saw that the combat boots were on the feet of Vicious. As much as I hated him, I hate being lost more.

"Hm." Was the first thing from Vicious' lips. "Lost?"

"Yes." I answered firmly. Half out of respect, half out of hate. " I was searching for a way out. Wouldn't want to be abandoned again." I said sharply. A sadistic half grin appeared on his lips that made my skin crawl. Had it succeeded, it would have been crawling away. In fact, I think it was. No wait, that was just my sanity…

Vicious backed me into a wall, slamming his hands flat palmed against the wall behind me. I looked at him, fear pooling in my eyes. He liked seeing it, and I knew it. He leaned his face down, and roughly pressed his lips to mine. I tried to struggle but he wrapped his arms around me holding me so tight I could hardly breath. I gasped for air as my brain screamed NO! Betrayer! Betrayer! Murderer! It screamed. Vicious grinned sadistically again before stepping back, allowing me to fall to my knees.

"Continue strait then take the third left." He said and began to walk. He then stopped and turned his head, peering at me through glaring eyes. "I suggest that you do not speak of this to Lin." He said. I crawled back into the shadows of the hall until he disappeared. After I could no longer see him I ran through the halls, taking the directions given to me. Lift off in twenty minutes. I found my way to the lobby and stopped running. I forced myself to become nonchalant like always and walked over to Lin.

"Hello." I said and smiled at him. Lin looked to me and smiled slightly.

"Are your ready for this?" He asked. I shook my head telling him not if I had to take another life. He smiled slightly and pet the top of my head. There was nothing I could do about it. I knew in battle I would take out my anger on my victim, although they would be innocent. There was nothing I could do. No matter what, I was stuck like this for the rest of my life. I was to ride with Lin again, though I didn't mind. After all, he was the one I was closest with.

Once again, I was stuck with guard duty. Joy! Sarcasm sarcasm. I sighed and shifted my weight from one foot to the other for about two hours, standing like a stiff, watching like a hawk. It was just about the most boring thing I had ever done while working in the Syndicate. No interruptions, no anything…Not that I wanted to have to beat someone up. Or maybe I did? Okay, perhaps some old habits die easy, that or I had finally snapped. With another sigh, I shook my head and leaned against the wall beside the door. I looked over to the other man guarding along side me. A new kid. I shook my head.

"You should get out while you can." I said. "How long have you been aboard?" I asked. He turned to me with wide, innocent eyes that made mine tear up. Boy. He was in for a ride. It looked as though he still held most of his innocence, and all I could do is shake my head.

" Two weeks. Why's that?" He asked. I looked at him through sharp, icy eyes.

"You wont get out alive." I said. "Escape while you can and save yourself a lot of heart break and most of your sanity." I said sharply. He looked at me and smiled a slightly twisted smile. One that was a beginning for one like Vicious'. I just looked down, it was too late, he'd already been corrupted.

"Sanity…" He echoed. We didn't speak for the rest of the hour. On the way back I told Lin about the boy. The only thing he had to say about him was that he was foolish, just like we were. I simply shook my head and looked out the window the rest of the ride back. We were on our way back to HQ when Lin took a left out of the fleet. The radio crackled and he picked it up.

"What are you doing?" I heard Shin's voice come.

"We'll be back." He said firmly and shut his radio off. I looked at him oddly as he shut the engine off, five minutes later.

"What are you doing?" I asked, looking at him oddly still. Lin turned to me through depressed eyes.

"Why?" Is all he asked. I still didn't understand, so I went to ask him what he was talking about but he cut me off. "Why did you kiss him?" He asked. I narrowed my eyes. "You knew I loved you and you kissed him! You said you hated him." He yelled to me. Tears spilled from my eyes.

"Lin! I didn't want to!" I cried. "It was Vicious who kissed me…. I… I couldn't breath, I couldn't get away. He told me not to tell you!" I said. Lin's eye became wide as he ran over and embraced me.

"I'll kill him!" He shouted.

"No! Its not that I'm sticking up for him, and I'm not saying you can't do it but… He's too good. He… He… He'll kill you." I said, sobbing strongly now. " I don't want to see anyone hurt! I'm sick of all the violence of all the death!" I shouted.

"Okay. Okay. I won't go after him." He said after seeing how frantic I was." He wiped away my tears, tear still spilling from his own eyes. I sighed and set my head against his chest.

"Can we just go…home…now?" I asked. He sighed and hugged me one last time. With that we went to the seats and were off. Once back at HQ I silently headed to my room. Lin followed after me. I turned to him and told him to wait in my bedroom. I needed a shower, badly. A shower as hot as I could get it, so that's just what I did. I took out some sleeping clothes and walked into the bathroom. I locked the door telling Lin that no matter what, not to open it. I pulled off all of my clothes and threw them harshly to the floor and threw the red pants and gray shirt onto the sink counter, pulling the red ribbon from my hair.

I walked over to the bath tub and turned on the hot water until the water made my skin pink, and hopped in. I pulled the curtain around and pulled the tab that closed the faucet, forcing the water up a second pipe and out the shower head, allowing it to rain hot droplets onto my bare back and hair. It burned slightly but it wouldn't matter soon…

I took the bottle of soap from the eye level shelf and stepped away from the water. Dumping the soap onto my right arm, I picked up the wash cloth and began rapidly scrubbing at my hot skin, tears silently spilling from my blue eyes. Once my skin was satisfactorily red, I did this to my other arm, then my legs and feet and eventually my whole body. I then dumped shampoo into my hair and scrubbed wildly at that, doing the same with conditioner. I once again washed myself completely with the extremely hot water, then shut the water off. I then stepped from the shower, and grabbed the towel, wrapping it around myself. I looked at myself in the mirror, waiting until the pink disappeared. I then pulled on the red pants and the gray spaghetti strap shirt, sighing slightly. I didn't want to alarm Lin. I didn't want him to know what I had just done to myself….It would be too much for him. I wouldn't allow him to go crazy, not while I'm still sane anyway. I grabbed a hair clip and pulled my hair back, twisting the long black lock upwards, and clipping the clip around them, allowing it to hold my hair back. A few strands fell separately in different places on my forehead.

With one last look in the mirror I picked up the uniform, unlocking and opening the door, and walking to my hamper. I threw my clothes into the hamper and turned to Lin, who was sitting on my bed watching me. I smiled to him and walked over, sitting next to him on my bed. I gently set my head against his now healed and fully functional shoulder. He wrapped his arm around me and set his head against mine. I closed my blue eyes. The Angel of Fate was shining upon us.

"Lin, I think I love you."

Author's notes:

Stay tuned for the next exciting chapter of….. Betrayed!

Oi and Ya-ho!

Thank you to Doom-Song8 for the Vicious thing! Though I'm sure that wasn't quite the idea they were thinking of x-x but hey, Vicious isn't one of those ' I now confess my undying love for you!' guys. He's not going to go all sweet.

I apologize if Lin doesn't sound so Lin-like, but its hard to capture such a background character. He's important, yes, but you barely ever see him.

Also, still more thanks to Ash. You should STILL go and check out Deception, because it ROX! Chyes!

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