chapter seven

They heard a noise inside her cell, and opened the door. One of the steel blocks was thrown at them, crushing one guard underneath, and another one's leg. The scream only made her want more. She rushed towards the other two, and they began to shoot at her. She dodged all of the bullets, and brought the palm of her hand up to one of the men's noses, breaking it. He fell over screaming in pain, blood and tears falling down his face. The other tried to hit her with the butt of his gun, but she grabbed it, yanking it from his hands. She brought it down over his head, breaking it in two, as well as splitting his head open, as his body slumped to the floor. The other one who had half his leg under the block, had dropped his gun, and was now trying to reach it. She walked slowly over to him, and kicked it away from his hand. He looked up, and screamed, as her elbow came down at his face. It caved in, his nose and mouth bleeding violently as the bones in his face were smashed.

Alarms were going off around the base, and more men ran towards her cell. She quickly ran out of the cell, and down the hall. She came across a room that was heavily guarded, and started attacking the men one by one.

She brought her foot up, kicking a man in his neck, and his body fell over onto the floor. She ran up behind another man, and placed her hands on either side of his face, twisting it around fast, enjoying the sound of it cracking, and than breaking. She dropped him, and punched another guard that ran towards her in the mouth. He flew back, blood and a few teeth sputtering onto the floor. Two other men ran up behind her, and grabbed both her arms, and tried to hold her as another man came up to her. He tried to punch her in the stomach, but she was too fast. She kicked him in the chin, and he flew back. She ripped free of the other two men's grasp, and kicked one in the face, breaking his jaw. The other tried to run from her, but she chased him down and jumped on his back. She grabbed his head, and smashed his face into the floor, over and over again. Until the blood started to seep through her clothes. She got up and looked around, wiping her face, that now had blood smeared on it.

She started chasing the men that were running away from her, getting pleasure out of their screams, and pleas for mercy.

Something in her stomach twisted at these gestures, she felt sick. Why was she doing this?

A man's voice broke through the chaos, and her thoughts.

"YOU WHORE!"

She smiled, and than turned around and caught a fist that was aimed for her back. She squeezed harder, and he fell to his knees. The sound of bones breaking, and his scream wiped the smirk off her face. She let go, and kicked him in the head, silencing him in a quicker fashion. His body slumped over onto the floor, with many other bodies. Everyone else was running from her, even though some were shooting at her now. She ran into the room, locking the doors behind her.

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The main security room. The doors were heavily secured, and everything was controlled from inside this room. She went to the computer, and looked at the monitors. Men and a few women were scrambling around the halls, jumping over fallen bodies, and trying to escape. While a few others were posted outside the door. She clicked away at the keyboard, and the alarms went off, along with the power. The doors opened, and the lights went out.

The lights on the men's guns were turned on, but they couldn't see her in the room. They heard a noise coming from the computer. A small set of numbers were counting down on its screen. Red lights lite up the hallways.

"Self-destruct mode initialized. Four minutes and thirty seconds remaining", the computer said.

They all jumped up and ran down the hall, trying to escape. She ran out of the room, in the other direction. Red lights lite up the hallway, and the computer's voice counting down were her only company. She found her way out just in time, as the other end of the base began to explode, continuing it's way down, till it reached where she had escaped from.

She was far off into the woods now, trying to figure out where in the hell she was. She sat up against a large boulder, resting her legs. She soon fell asleep.

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The boys arrived momentarily after the base self-destruct. Duo looked frantically around for her, but didn't see her.

"Duo," Heero's voice came in over the com link.

"Duo, I don't think she made it out," he stated calmly.

"Well, then who in the hell did this?"

"She might have done it, but I don't think she got out in time. She's not anywhere to be found."

"No, don't say that. She's alive, she has to be."

"We'll look for her in the woods tomorrow morning, but it won't do much good to look for her now. If she's alive, than she's probably resting somewhere."

"But would if she's hurt..."

"She can handle herself, Duo, she's stronger than both of us," he said, even though he didn't want to admit it.

Duo was taken aback by this, he didn't think Heero would ever admit to something like that.

"All right." He whispered, his eyes down cast, as Heero's image blacked off the screen.

"Please be all right, Robin." He said hopefully.

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A warm light hit her face, and she opened her eyes. She remembered where she was, and tried to stand up. Her arms and legs hurt like hell, but she needed to get somewhere safer.

She walked a few miles, until she came across a road. She followed it, and it took her into the city. She checked into a motel, after stealing some money and clothes off some thug that tried to rape her.

When she got to the room, she went to take a shower. She noticed the dry blood that covered the back of her legs, her wrists, ankles, and on her back. She rinsed herself off carefully, but couldn't really feel anything anyway. She just felt... cold. She got out of the shower, and dried off. She didn't even bother to put her clothes back on, and went to bed, in only a towel. She fell asleep almost instantly.

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They began their search for her as soon as the sun came up. They looked everywhere for her, but couldn't find her, not even a clue of her even being there. Duo had to be dragged off by the others when the sun started to go down. He didn't want to leave, didn't want to believe that she was gone.

"No, let me go, we have to find her..." He was cut short as Heero slapped him across the face. Duo turned his head back towards Heero, and was about to pounce on him, when the others tightened their grip on him.

"Duo, she's gone, she didn't make it out. Stop thinking she's alive, cause she's not. She's dead, all right, get it through your head."

"No, she can't be," He whispered. A few tears were visible in his eyes, but he forced them back.

'Boys don't cry.' He told himself.

He pulled his head back up, and they let him go, as he walked off towards his Gundam. They all followed, not saying anything to each other.

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These chapters are always so damn short... my bad. Anyway, hope you liked it. And thanks for reviewing, it means a lot to me.

Later,

Robin