ZT: Hey peeps! It's me again!
Sparkle: Hey Tsu!
ZT: What?
Sparkle: When are ya gonna do another chapter about us?
ZT: Why? You're the bad guys; no one cares about you.
Sparkle: Not yet anyways.
ZT: Whatever.
Desert Rose: I wanna know too! When are you gonna write about us? Huh? Huh? C'mon! PULEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
ZT: (Turns to Sparkle) Make you a deal: Shut her up and this chapter can belong to LAVA.
Sparkle: (Eyes light up) Really!
ZT: Sure. Gives me more time to think about what to do at the party anyway.
Sparkle: Awesome! Hey Rosey…
Desert Rose: Huh?
WHAM! WHACK! BOOM!
Sparkle: (Desert Rose is out cold in front of her) There! That better?
ZT: 0.o Uh…sure. I don't own Gundam Wing. Enjoy!
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Dark Devotions- I know; and I didn't even bribe this one! Just kidding. Really? Do you think so? Who knows? I'm being really careful not to say a gender. Note also though, that I'm not mentioning quantities as well; everything is speculation on the g-boys' part… But, that's just me being me.
Fate Sucks
Chapter 11
3:28. That's what the clock read. And it wasn't in the afternoon either. At this hour, the digital numbers should have been the only lights on in the room.
But they weren't. No, there was also the glow of a computer screen in the small room. Along with it was the soft clacking of fingers hitting a keyboard. The typist knew it was late. The typist also knew that at this ungodly hour all should be asleep. But this was the only time the work could get done. Why?
Loud snoring could be heard from one of the two beds that occupied the room. SHE was why. The young woman half off the bed and drooling all over the floor always had a knack for deleting files or screwing up one thing or another. No, Hell Fire learned long ago to do the hacking while Desert Rose was asleep.
Unfortunately, even with the troublemaker asleep, the mercenary was still having difficulties getting the job done. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Hell Fire could not find one single bit of information on the Gundam pilots! It was obvious from the images of the battle that the Gundams had been upgraded since the war. They had heard about the upgrades during the L3-X18999 revolt from Night Star. Shoot, Night probably knew everything there was to know about the upgrades, not to mention the pilots!
That was one of the weak points of LAVA that became apparent when Night Star left: they did not look ahead. Night Star knew who all the key players were during the war. Night Star knew their weapons, their abilities, their opinions on the war, their personalities, even their pasts… Night Star probably knew more about some people then even they themselves knew… Had the mercenary stayed, that information that seemed useless at the time would've been very helpful now.
A very soft tap was heard on the door as it silently opened. Hell Fire did not need to turn around to know that it was Dark Majic; Sparkle was fast asleep and Hell Fire would've heard if someone else got in. The scent of herbal tea was detected by the mercenary's sharp senses as the other silently neared.
Hell Fire took the cup as Dark Majic pulled up a chair. "Any luck?" the quiet one asked.
Hell Fire sighed, "Nothing... All files have been deleted."
"There's no possible way for all the files to be gone," Dark Majic protested.
"To my abilities, they are." Hell Fire sipped some tea and tried to ignore an oncoming headache.
Dark Majic looked down at the teacup, "Y'know, it's times like this when I miss our little hacker…"
Hell Fire said nothing, but on the inside agreed completely. Losing mercenaries, no matter how good, was not a big deal; mercenaries could be replaced. However, when Night Star walked, Sai went as well, and Sai was a secret weapon they really had taken for granted. She was one of the best hackers around; that was a well-known fact to any who tried to keep a secret from her. She could find out ANYTHING! She could hack into files no one thought even existed! She could find deleted files, find the true files behind altered ones, and hack into pretty much any supercomputer right from her own home.
It was Sai who had taught Hell Fire how to hack in the first place. But Sai never got the chance to finish teaching Hell Fire the really tricky stuff. The apprentice never defeated the master.
Hell Fire glanced at the mercenary in the other chair. Those eyes explained exactly what was going on in Dark Majic's mind, "No."
Dark Majic blinked, "Sorry?"
"We're not getting Sai. We'll do this our own way." Dark Majic sighed; Hell Fire was right; Sai was no longer part of LAVA either... they would have to learn to cope without her…
The rest of the night, nothing else was heard but the loud snoring of Desert Rose, and the soft clacking of fingers on a keyboard.
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