Chapter 26
Dropping the bag, Rei ran around the machine to the walls behind it. (Not so much as a crack!) Her hands dropped to her sides and she looked up at the rough concrete bricks. (This was supposed to be the end!) "What do we do now?"
"Maybe there's another way out." Quatre volunteered, coming up behind Rei and putting his hand on her shoulder. "Maybe with the game done, we can get out over the fence."
Rei looked back at him and smiled weakly. "Maybe." (What if we're stuck here? What if-) The sudden flash of Heero's face, tight with anger and pain entered her mind, quickly followed by Nia's sadistic laughter. "Yes. It has to work." (It just has to.)
(No...) Rei sat heavily on the gravel path, not caring how the rocks bit into the backs of her legs.
Quatre jumped down from the top of the wall. "I'm sorry."
Rei gave him a weak smile. "No, it's not your fault. It's just..." She trailed off, searching for something to say. The silence lengthened.
"So that's it then?" Wufei said flatly. "We all just sit down and give up-"
"What else do you want to do?!" Rei yelled up at him. "Because if you have another idea, then let's hear it!"
Wufei looked down at her, anger sharp in his eyes but absent on his face. "You may give up as you please. I, however, will not leave the others to die." He looked away suddenly. "And I will not die here, in this...place."
Rei let her anger die and dropped her eyes to her feet, and now muddy socks.
Quatre sighed and closed his eyes. "We just have to think this through." He crossed his arms. "Are you sure, that the end of the game was down in the generator room?"
Rei nodded, head still bent. "Yeah. After we collect all the other Ixupi, we go down and get the lightning one from the generator room, and the walls fall in, there's a nice little movie sequence-"
"Sssh!" Wufei hissed, and knelt down.
Twisting up to her knees, Rei looked over at him. "What're you-"
"What is..." Quatre slid down the wall and knelt next to Wufei. Both of them were staring over at the building. Rei turned and froze. High above them, on the top floor of the orange bricked building, a huge creature, easily as big as one of the generators, stood, black arms crossed. Its unearthly green eyes were easily visible from the ground. It suddenly swelled, and let out a deafening roar, and for the first time since she had fallen into the game, Rei was afraid.
Hideous fangs dripping with saliva, it glared down at the three, challenging.
"No...we can't..." Rei whispered, and Wufei looked over at her. "We can't win... Not against that thing..."
"You've faced that thing before?" Quatre whispered, not taking his eyes off the black figure that stood stark against the bricks like a shadow.
"Yes..." Rei shivered and seemed to pull into herself. "Yes, I don't know how Nia got it... But last time I fought it..." She closed her eyes, remembering the terrible battle. "It killed me..."
Okay, a little longer, and I know I promised I'd get this out sooner, but the first time I tried to write it, I only managed to get three paragraphs down. As I said, I have the story planned out, I just have to get it all down. I'll keep trying, but you may have figured out by now it won't be easy or very fast. Please review, I know you've heard it before, but the reviews really do help!
Dropping the bag, Rei ran around the machine to the walls behind it. (Not so much as a crack!) Her hands dropped to her sides and she looked up at the rough concrete bricks. (This was supposed to be the end!) "What do we do now?"
"Maybe there's another way out." Quatre volunteered, coming up behind Rei and putting his hand on her shoulder. "Maybe with the game done, we can get out over the fence."
Rei looked back at him and smiled weakly. "Maybe." (What if we're stuck here? What if-) The sudden flash of Heero's face, tight with anger and pain entered her mind, quickly followed by Nia's sadistic laughter. "Yes. It has to work." (It just has to.)
(No...) Rei sat heavily on the gravel path, not caring how the rocks bit into the backs of her legs.
Quatre jumped down from the top of the wall. "I'm sorry."
Rei gave him a weak smile. "No, it's not your fault. It's just..." She trailed off, searching for something to say. The silence lengthened.
"So that's it then?" Wufei said flatly. "We all just sit down and give up-"
"What else do you want to do?!" Rei yelled up at him. "Because if you have another idea, then let's hear it!"
Wufei looked down at her, anger sharp in his eyes but absent on his face. "You may give up as you please. I, however, will not leave the others to die." He looked away suddenly. "And I will not die here, in this...place."
Rei let her anger die and dropped her eyes to her feet, and now muddy socks.
Quatre sighed and closed his eyes. "We just have to think this through." He crossed his arms. "Are you sure, that the end of the game was down in the generator room?"
Rei nodded, head still bent. "Yeah. After we collect all the other Ixupi, we go down and get the lightning one from the generator room, and the walls fall in, there's a nice little movie sequence-"
"Sssh!" Wufei hissed, and knelt down.
Twisting up to her knees, Rei looked over at him. "What're you-"
"What is..." Quatre slid down the wall and knelt next to Wufei. Both of them were staring over at the building. Rei turned and froze. High above them, on the top floor of the orange bricked building, a huge creature, easily as big as one of the generators, stood, black arms crossed. Its unearthly green eyes were easily visible from the ground. It suddenly swelled, and let out a deafening roar, and for the first time since she had fallen into the game, Rei was afraid.
Hideous fangs dripping with saliva, it glared down at the three, challenging.
"No...we can't..." Rei whispered, and Wufei looked over at her. "We can't win... Not against that thing..."
"You've faced that thing before?" Quatre whispered, not taking his eyes off the black figure that stood stark against the bricks like a shadow.
"Yes..." Rei shivered and seemed to pull into herself. "Yes, I don't know how Nia got it... But last time I fought it..." She closed her eyes, remembering the terrible battle. "It killed me..."
Okay, a little longer, and I know I promised I'd get this out sooner, but the first time I tried to write it, I only managed to get three paragraphs down. As I said, I have the story planned out, I just have to get it all down. I'll keep trying, but you may have figured out by now it won't be easy or very fast. Please review, I know you've heard it before, but the reviews really do help!