Shivers
Rei poked along the shelf. (Where is that book...) She smiled as she came across a thick book with a pale yellow book cover. "This is the book that tells what the symbols are." She explained over her shoulder. Glancing back, she suppressed another shiver. The boys had barely stirred from behind her. Rei shook her head and looked to her right, at the bookcase with the ladder leaning against it. "There's a talisman up there... Up that ladder." She unconsciously tugged at her skirt and walked over to it, pushing the chairs into the table as she passed.
The boys followed somewhat silently, and stopped as Rei stopped herself and looked up the ladder. A hand reached out in front of her and gripped it. She looked over into Heero's startling ice blue eyes. She took a step back. "What are-"
"You shouldn't go up there."
Rei rolled her eyes. "I've been through this before, remember? There's nothing up there." She jerked the ladder away, out of his hand and recoiled as a large, black blur tumbled off the top of the bookcase and landed with a loud thump behind Rei. She spun around to see a burnt, blackened body lying, twitching on the ground.
The body twitched harder and twisted around on the floor to stare its scorched face up at Rei. Rei backed up a step and ran into something. (The chairs...) The body seemed to twitch closer and swiped a hand out. Rei let out a small cry as it ran a long scratch across her leg. At that moment, something fastened around her waist and clicked behind her.
A hand darted forward, holding a gun and shot the corpse twice. The gunshots seemed to ring in Rei's ears. She looked down. Both bullets had made perfect holes in the corpse's head, right next to each other. The body lay perfectly still, finally dead.
"This is not good..." Rei muttered.
"What is it? What does it mean?"
Rei looked over at the sound of Quatre's voice. The others were well armed, and leaning over the table, still trained on the body.
Rei took a breath. "It means the auditorium isn't as safe as I thought it was."
Then, as if on cue, a loud shriek sounded from outside. The boys hesitated, then all but Rei, Heero and Wufei dashed out the library door. Rei listened to their footsteps echo on the lobby floor. Wufei did not leave but turned his back and stood in the doorway.
Rei was suddenly very aware of Heero's arm around her waist. But he didn't seem to notice Rei's slight blush as he dropped his arm and holstered his gun.
There was a sudden burst of gunfire and Rei pulled herself together enough to turn and walk calmly around the table and peer at the lobby over Wufei's shoulder. He glanced at her and moved over a bit.
Rei nodded a thanks and brought her attention back to the scene outside. Duo and Trowa trudged up the stairs, Duo visibly trying to hold in a laugh, and Trowa with no visible expression. Rei frowned a moment. (Are Trowa and Heero related? They certainly act the same...) After them, came an exasperated Quatre, supporting a crying Relena.
"But it hurts..." Relena whimpered, tears pouring down her face.
As they stepped up, Rei saw a long cut down Relena's leg, at least five inches long. It wasn't gushing out blood, but it did have a few drops collecting at the bottom of the scratch. Rei held in a sigh. Relena's cut was probably no deeper than Rei's. (But with the way she's carrying on, you would think they cut her whole leg off...)
There was a half-audible snort from behind Rei, and Heero brushed past her into lobby. Rei followed and Wufei trotted down the steps, but stood apart from the others, watching the scene with slight amusement.
Relena dropped to the ground, and her cries seemed to become louder and more insistent once she saw Heero. "Heero! Oh, Heero, those creatures cut me..."
Rei tried not to roll her eyes at the way she whimpered and whined on. (I wonder if she's always this weak.)
Relena noticed Rei's irritation and pointed an accusing finger at her. "You knew they were down there! You left me down there to die!"
Rei's anger instantly flared up and she was inches from Relena's face in a second. "I did not know they were down there, and if I really wanted to kill you, trust me, I would think a far more creative way to do it." She raised her voice. "Quatre, do you have a handkerchief or something?" Rei let the two books in her hands drop to the ground.
Quatre shrugged his thin shoulders and dug in his pockets. "I think...yes." He pulled out a white piece of cloth. "Here. It should be clean." He handed it to Rei.
"I'm not going to let you-" Relena began haughtily.
Rei slapped Relena's hands away and tied the cloth around Relena's leg tightly. She gave a sharp cry as Rei gave the bandage a 'reassuring' slap.
"Now, let's go. There are still three more rooms down here until we go upstairs." Rei commanded, trying not to sound like a dictator, but at the same time, trying to keep her irritation under control. She scooped up the books and stood up.
The boys, as if grateful for the order, all but snapped to attention, getting up and following after Rei, leaving Relena standing on her own.
"Better move it, Relena, we don't know where the other creatures are." Rei said over her shoulder. Relena quickly fell into step in the back of the group, trying to hook arms with Heero, but pursing her lips when he quickened his step and stopped next to Rei, who stood in front of the door next to the office door, the one with the marble columns and veranda in front of it.
He reached out and put his hand to the door and pulled out his gun with the other. There were several following clicks as the others prepared. "Get back." Heero told Rei quietly. Rei complied and tried not to look at the silently fuming Relena. (It's not like Heero's holding my hand or anything. What's her problem?)
But Rei's attention was called to the front as the door suddenly burst open and a small explosion of gunfire rang through the air. There were three loud thuds and Wufei and Heero stepped into the room, guns ready, looking for more. The other three stayed back, in front of Rei and Relena. Wufei and Heero, after a minute of silence, nodded back to the others that it was clear. Heero looked at Rei.
"Is there anything here?"
Rei stepped up next to him and looked around the room. There were three, life size dinosaurs along the wall to her left, two stegosauruses and a pterodactyl. Next to them, was a griffin, standing next to a green door, covered in glass vines. The door was half concealed by a massive pile of sticks with a ladder imbedded in the side. On the other side of the pile were four different colored skulls, joined together to make a strange, eerie X. Next to the X was another door. This one was a set of double doors, blue with coral orange trim and dark blue bubbles scattered across it. The corner next to it had only an empty showcase. But along the wall to Rei's right was a giant showcase which held two fish and a large starfish. In the opposite corner was a very ugly and blocky unicorn. Rei sighed, recalling how different the whole museum looks from on a computer screen. She pointed to the ugly unicorn.
"There's a hiding place for the metal Ixupi." She dropped her hand and pointed to the other corner. "Between those two dinosaurs is a tar pit where the oil Ixupi usually is."
Duo stepped past them and picked up an inhaler that lay in front of the fish case. "Hey Rei, do you have asthma or something?"
Rei shook her head. "No. That's not mine. Check the label. It belonged to one of the kids who disappeared here fifteen years ago."
"Kids disappeared here?!" Relena shrieked from behind Heero.
Heero stepped away and began looking around the room. "Hn."
Rei stopped her smile. (Don't give her a reason to hate you any more than she already does.) She suddenly realized Duo was staring at her. Well, not at her exactly... "Cut that out!" Rei hissed, swinging her books at him with one hand and tugging hopelessly at her skirt with the other. Duo's eyes snapped up to her face.
He flashed his charming grin and looked away. Rei rolled her eyes. She looked around. (Should we go through that door or the other one? Plant exhibit or Atlantis?) Her eyes swept the room and realized with a small smile that Heero had Duo under what looked like a death glare. Duo smiled nervously and backed to the other side of the room. Rei smiled wider.
Relena watched the little exchange from the doorway and crossed her arms, keeping her face carefully set in the diplomatic calm she had learned back in her home. Back in a world where no one tried to take her Heero.
So, how was that chapter??? For those who are a little slow, yes, I did choose to put Rei with Heero. Oooo, and how is Relena going to come into play??? Just read the next chapter and find out! Oh, and I've also decided not to bring the other Scouts into the game. The spotlight's all for Rei. Well, guess that's it... review me!
Rei poked along the shelf. (Where is that book...) She smiled as she came across a thick book with a pale yellow book cover. "This is the book that tells what the symbols are." She explained over her shoulder. Glancing back, she suppressed another shiver. The boys had barely stirred from behind her. Rei shook her head and looked to her right, at the bookcase with the ladder leaning against it. "There's a talisman up there... Up that ladder." She unconsciously tugged at her skirt and walked over to it, pushing the chairs into the table as she passed.
The boys followed somewhat silently, and stopped as Rei stopped herself and looked up the ladder. A hand reached out in front of her and gripped it. She looked over into Heero's startling ice blue eyes. She took a step back. "What are-"
"You shouldn't go up there."
Rei rolled her eyes. "I've been through this before, remember? There's nothing up there." She jerked the ladder away, out of his hand and recoiled as a large, black blur tumbled off the top of the bookcase and landed with a loud thump behind Rei. She spun around to see a burnt, blackened body lying, twitching on the ground.
The body twitched harder and twisted around on the floor to stare its scorched face up at Rei. Rei backed up a step and ran into something. (The chairs...) The body seemed to twitch closer and swiped a hand out. Rei let out a small cry as it ran a long scratch across her leg. At that moment, something fastened around her waist and clicked behind her.
A hand darted forward, holding a gun and shot the corpse twice. The gunshots seemed to ring in Rei's ears. She looked down. Both bullets had made perfect holes in the corpse's head, right next to each other. The body lay perfectly still, finally dead.
"This is not good..." Rei muttered.
"What is it? What does it mean?"
Rei looked over at the sound of Quatre's voice. The others were well armed, and leaning over the table, still trained on the body.
Rei took a breath. "It means the auditorium isn't as safe as I thought it was."
Then, as if on cue, a loud shriek sounded from outside. The boys hesitated, then all but Rei, Heero and Wufei dashed out the library door. Rei listened to their footsteps echo on the lobby floor. Wufei did not leave but turned his back and stood in the doorway.
Rei was suddenly very aware of Heero's arm around her waist. But he didn't seem to notice Rei's slight blush as he dropped his arm and holstered his gun.
There was a sudden burst of gunfire and Rei pulled herself together enough to turn and walk calmly around the table and peer at the lobby over Wufei's shoulder. He glanced at her and moved over a bit.
Rei nodded a thanks and brought her attention back to the scene outside. Duo and Trowa trudged up the stairs, Duo visibly trying to hold in a laugh, and Trowa with no visible expression. Rei frowned a moment. (Are Trowa and Heero related? They certainly act the same...) After them, came an exasperated Quatre, supporting a crying Relena.
"But it hurts..." Relena whimpered, tears pouring down her face.
As they stepped up, Rei saw a long cut down Relena's leg, at least five inches long. It wasn't gushing out blood, but it did have a few drops collecting at the bottom of the scratch. Rei held in a sigh. Relena's cut was probably no deeper than Rei's. (But with the way she's carrying on, you would think they cut her whole leg off...)
There was a half-audible snort from behind Rei, and Heero brushed past her into lobby. Rei followed and Wufei trotted down the steps, but stood apart from the others, watching the scene with slight amusement.
Relena dropped to the ground, and her cries seemed to become louder and more insistent once she saw Heero. "Heero! Oh, Heero, those creatures cut me..."
Rei tried not to roll her eyes at the way she whimpered and whined on. (I wonder if she's always this weak.)
Relena noticed Rei's irritation and pointed an accusing finger at her. "You knew they were down there! You left me down there to die!"
Rei's anger instantly flared up and she was inches from Relena's face in a second. "I did not know they were down there, and if I really wanted to kill you, trust me, I would think a far more creative way to do it." She raised her voice. "Quatre, do you have a handkerchief or something?" Rei let the two books in her hands drop to the ground.
Quatre shrugged his thin shoulders and dug in his pockets. "I think...yes." He pulled out a white piece of cloth. "Here. It should be clean." He handed it to Rei.
"I'm not going to let you-" Relena began haughtily.
Rei slapped Relena's hands away and tied the cloth around Relena's leg tightly. She gave a sharp cry as Rei gave the bandage a 'reassuring' slap.
"Now, let's go. There are still three more rooms down here until we go upstairs." Rei commanded, trying not to sound like a dictator, but at the same time, trying to keep her irritation under control. She scooped up the books and stood up.
The boys, as if grateful for the order, all but snapped to attention, getting up and following after Rei, leaving Relena standing on her own.
"Better move it, Relena, we don't know where the other creatures are." Rei said over her shoulder. Relena quickly fell into step in the back of the group, trying to hook arms with Heero, but pursing her lips when he quickened his step and stopped next to Rei, who stood in front of the door next to the office door, the one with the marble columns and veranda in front of it.
He reached out and put his hand to the door and pulled out his gun with the other. There were several following clicks as the others prepared. "Get back." Heero told Rei quietly. Rei complied and tried not to look at the silently fuming Relena. (It's not like Heero's holding my hand or anything. What's her problem?)
But Rei's attention was called to the front as the door suddenly burst open and a small explosion of gunfire rang through the air. There were three loud thuds and Wufei and Heero stepped into the room, guns ready, looking for more. The other three stayed back, in front of Rei and Relena. Wufei and Heero, after a minute of silence, nodded back to the others that it was clear. Heero looked at Rei.
"Is there anything here?"
Rei stepped up next to him and looked around the room. There were three, life size dinosaurs along the wall to her left, two stegosauruses and a pterodactyl. Next to them, was a griffin, standing next to a green door, covered in glass vines. The door was half concealed by a massive pile of sticks with a ladder imbedded in the side. On the other side of the pile were four different colored skulls, joined together to make a strange, eerie X. Next to the X was another door. This one was a set of double doors, blue with coral orange trim and dark blue bubbles scattered across it. The corner next to it had only an empty showcase. But along the wall to Rei's right was a giant showcase which held two fish and a large starfish. In the opposite corner was a very ugly and blocky unicorn. Rei sighed, recalling how different the whole museum looks from on a computer screen. She pointed to the ugly unicorn.
"There's a hiding place for the metal Ixupi." She dropped her hand and pointed to the other corner. "Between those two dinosaurs is a tar pit where the oil Ixupi usually is."
Duo stepped past them and picked up an inhaler that lay in front of the fish case. "Hey Rei, do you have asthma or something?"
Rei shook her head. "No. That's not mine. Check the label. It belonged to one of the kids who disappeared here fifteen years ago."
"Kids disappeared here?!" Relena shrieked from behind Heero.
Heero stepped away and began looking around the room. "Hn."
Rei stopped her smile. (Don't give her a reason to hate you any more than she already does.) She suddenly realized Duo was staring at her. Well, not at her exactly... "Cut that out!" Rei hissed, swinging her books at him with one hand and tugging hopelessly at her skirt with the other. Duo's eyes snapped up to her face.
He flashed his charming grin and looked away. Rei rolled her eyes. She looked around. (Should we go through that door or the other one? Plant exhibit or Atlantis?) Her eyes swept the room and realized with a small smile that Heero had Duo under what looked like a death glare. Duo smiled nervously and backed to the other side of the room. Rei smiled wider.
Relena watched the little exchange from the doorway and crossed her arms, keeping her face carefully set in the diplomatic calm she had learned back in her home. Back in a world where no one tried to take her Heero.
So, how was that chapter??? For those who are a little slow, yes, I did choose to put Rei with Heero. Oooo, and how is Relena going to come into play??? Just read the next chapter and find out! Oh, and I've also decided not to bring the other Scouts into the game. The spotlight's all for Rei. Well, guess that's it... review me!