Chapter 21
Rei tip-toed silently through the lobby, off-handedly wondering why she was being so quiet. (Why am I so tense? Is something about to happen?) But nothing did, and she stopped at the base of the stairs, trying to clear her head. (Okay. Deep breaths... Where to go next... Yes. The maze under the Atlantis room.) She smiled with resolution and turned towards the doors on the other side of the room.
But, strangely, her feet didn't slide with her, but stayed facing the stairs. Feeling slightly off balance, Rei grabbed ahold of the railing to steady herself. "What the-" She asked out loud and tried to pulled her feet up, but only succeeded in forcing audible cracks from her ankles. "You have got to be kidding..." She sighed with exasperation, which ended up sounding much like a growl. "What's the matter, out of ideas?" She asked the ceiling. "You've stuck me here, threw some zombies at me, nearly pulled my power out, and suffocated me! Is sticking me to the floor the best you can come up with right now?!"
Heero's P.O.V.
Rei walked stiffly from the auditorium, and Heero refused to admit he was amazed with her. She seemed to have some sort of heart attack, to get them off guard no doubt, and had at some point put barrier chargers in the floor, only to carefully orchestrate her entire fainting/suffocating acts so they would be directly inside the barriers when she activated them. (Then again, there is the possibility...) He swallowed the thought before it could go any further. (No. It is physically impossible. So is ejecting bullets from one's own skin...) Crossing his arms, and still staring at the closed auditorium doors, blurry though the wall of heat, Heero frowned in thought.
"So, anyone have any bright ideas?" Duo asked, pointedly looking at Relena, who stood apart from everyone, looking annoyingly patient and unruffled.
"Try spitting on it." She retorted, her irritated response clashing with her calm expression.
Duo snorted at her and turned away. A second later, almost as if to challenge her, he spit shortly on the base of the section of wall before him. There was a faint sizzling sound and a hole appeared there. Soon, the hole spread and the whole side was gone. Less than five astonished seconds later, the entire barrier was completely dissipated.
"Well, that was unexpected." Treize commented quietly.
There was a faint sound of yelling from the lobby and the group, silently, made their way to the door. Heero, in front, glanced behind him before cracking open the door.
"...nearly pulled my power out, and suffocated me! Is sticking me to the floor the best you can come up with right now?!" Rei was breathing heavily and yelling up at the ceiling.
Having slipped out of the doors and crouched down on the stairway, Heero slid over and made room for the others. Quatre, coming up next to him, gestured silently to Rei and looked at Heero, confused. Heero didn't respond, showing he had no idea what she was talking about, or who she was talking to.
Rei's P.O.V.
Rei sighed again, and dropped her hands to her sides. "So, are you just going to keep me here, until I die from starvation, or from having to go to the bathroom?" She asked quieter, suddenly feeling ridiculous for yelling at the darkness that wasn't listening to her.
Pressing silence filled the large room, and Rei felt herself expecting an answer. Suppressing another sigh, she pursed her lips. Suddenly, as though it had just happened, Rei realized the sound of buzzing energy was gone. Frowning, she was about to twist around when a small hiss permeated the silence.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" It was clearly Relena's voice.
Rei's short laugh punctuated the irritated sighed of several others in the room, who had just been given away. "So this is why I'm stuck here. You're going to make me answer to them." She crossed her arms and glared up at the ceiling, knowing the darkness on the other side was watching her and laughing, knowing she would have to explain exactly how she managed to get that energy wall up.
Whoa! Okay, before you spear me for taking so long, just know I have been spending my time wisely! I've had essays up the wazoo and mountains of homework! But, I still managed to get this out! (It's like, 10 at night, which is why this chapter is so short...and more or less just a filler chapter for things to come.) Well, please review me, and try not to be too mad I'm not updating so regular anymore!
Rei tip-toed silently through the lobby, off-handedly wondering why she was being so quiet. (Why am I so tense? Is something about to happen?) But nothing did, and she stopped at the base of the stairs, trying to clear her head. (Okay. Deep breaths... Where to go next... Yes. The maze under the Atlantis room.) She smiled with resolution and turned towards the doors on the other side of the room.
But, strangely, her feet didn't slide with her, but stayed facing the stairs. Feeling slightly off balance, Rei grabbed ahold of the railing to steady herself. "What the-" She asked out loud and tried to pulled her feet up, but only succeeded in forcing audible cracks from her ankles. "You have got to be kidding..." She sighed with exasperation, which ended up sounding much like a growl. "What's the matter, out of ideas?" She asked the ceiling. "You've stuck me here, threw some zombies at me, nearly pulled my power out, and suffocated me! Is sticking me to the floor the best you can come up with right now?!"
Heero's P.O.V.
Rei walked stiffly from the auditorium, and Heero refused to admit he was amazed with her. She seemed to have some sort of heart attack, to get them off guard no doubt, and had at some point put barrier chargers in the floor, only to carefully orchestrate her entire fainting/suffocating acts so they would be directly inside the barriers when she activated them. (Then again, there is the possibility...) He swallowed the thought before it could go any further. (No. It is physically impossible. So is ejecting bullets from one's own skin...) Crossing his arms, and still staring at the closed auditorium doors, blurry though the wall of heat, Heero frowned in thought.
"So, anyone have any bright ideas?" Duo asked, pointedly looking at Relena, who stood apart from everyone, looking annoyingly patient and unruffled.
"Try spitting on it." She retorted, her irritated response clashing with her calm expression.
Duo snorted at her and turned away. A second later, almost as if to challenge her, he spit shortly on the base of the section of wall before him. There was a faint sizzling sound and a hole appeared there. Soon, the hole spread and the whole side was gone. Less than five astonished seconds later, the entire barrier was completely dissipated.
"Well, that was unexpected." Treize commented quietly.
There was a faint sound of yelling from the lobby and the group, silently, made their way to the door. Heero, in front, glanced behind him before cracking open the door.
"...nearly pulled my power out, and suffocated me! Is sticking me to the floor the best you can come up with right now?!" Rei was breathing heavily and yelling up at the ceiling.
Having slipped out of the doors and crouched down on the stairway, Heero slid over and made room for the others. Quatre, coming up next to him, gestured silently to Rei and looked at Heero, confused. Heero didn't respond, showing he had no idea what she was talking about, or who she was talking to.
Rei's P.O.V.
Rei sighed again, and dropped her hands to her sides. "So, are you just going to keep me here, until I die from starvation, or from having to go to the bathroom?" She asked quieter, suddenly feeling ridiculous for yelling at the darkness that wasn't listening to her.
Pressing silence filled the large room, and Rei felt herself expecting an answer. Suppressing another sigh, she pursed her lips. Suddenly, as though it had just happened, Rei realized the sound of buzzing energy was gone. Frowning, she was about to twist around when a small hiss permeated the silence.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" It was clearly Relena's voice.
Rei's short laugh punctuated the irritated sighed of several others in the room, who had just been given away. "So this is why I'm stuck here. You're going to make me answer to them." She crossed her arms and glared up at the ceiling, knowing the darkness on the other side was watching her and laughing, knowing she would have to explain exactly how she managed to get that energy wall up.
Whoa! Okay, before you spear me for taking so long, just know I have been spending my time wisely! I've had essays up the wazoo and mountains of homework! But, I still managed to get this out! (It's like, 10 at night, which is why this chapter is so short...and more or less just a filler chapter for things to come.) Well, please review me, and try not to be too mad I'm not updating so regular anymore!