To Tame a Beast
Sorry everyone for taking so long to write the next chapter. I have been busy with getting ready to go on my trip for this summer. This kinda means for today June 28, to July 19 I won't be able to upload any new chapters for a while. I'll be out of country and with out a computer. But I will be writing chapters, and if I'm really lucky my home stay family that I will be with half way through my trip will let me use their computer and I my just be able to get same chapters up, but that's not a promise So see ya'll in a few weeks
Chpt 4 Deals
She stood out on the balcony flipping through the small brown folder, Folken standing next to her waiting for a reply. The high winds blew back her bands from over her face as Rei studied one page and flipped on to the next one, at a slow grueling pace. After a while she flipped it back to the beginning, to the small shadow graph.
"Doesn't look that hard, pretty boy can take care of this blind folded. Or am I to guess his failure goes beyond just his mentality?" She snorted in discuss as she looked out onto the trees below them, ad tossed the folder off over the railing.
"He probably could, but-"
"They want to see if there is another way to control me, eh? Heh." She laughed as her hand tossed the braid off her shoulder. "Haven't they learned yet that it's either the drugs or just leave me in a damn metal cell? I thought my little job with the madoushi had a nicer effect on them. But looks like it didn't if their letting me out of my cage a month later." She grabbed the armored jacket off the railing and slipped it back on.
"It had more of am impacted then you give yourself credit for, Rei. In fact their down to two choices, find an alternate control or terminate the project completely," Folken replied coolly as Rei began to walk back inside.
"Terminate me, hn?" She stopped half way, and turned to look at him, "My, they rather kill me off instead of the failure? Heh, well then, I'll give you a chance to figure it out, and I'll help with this lovely little problem that baka Dilandau can't handle. But I'm warning you ahead of time. Just because they put me under him, doesn't mean I'm going to listen to him, understood? I have more talent in my pinky then that boy has all together."
Dilandau paced slowly up and down the training floor watching his slayers as they went over the basics. Every now and then someone would drop his sword, and Dilandau wouldn't be too far behind to yell at them. He stopped aside to watch Shesta, and Rei. It seemed every two seconds she had the boy bet, and each time in a different way. The girl must have had extensive training from were she came before she ended up here. Though, from last nights show, she didn't seem much in the mood for showing off any more of her skills, just with the basic stands Rei would lead Shesta into a trap he couldn't get out of.
In less then five hours from now, they would be taking off from the Vione to finish what they had started the other day. Last night's attack on the Celtic army wasn't finished just yet; they were able to retreat beyond the mountain ridges in the north. The Vione could only take them to the edge of the pass before they would have to use the melefs the rest of the way. Though, this also presented another problem, Dilandau was short one melef. Now it was up to him to either leave Rei here, or have her work solo on the ground, cleaning up anything that the rest of them can't get to. He watched her disarm Shesta again before moving back to pacing. It would give him a chance to see actual how good she was, Dilandau could tell she was holding back the night before, ad even now. Even though he hated to admit it, the girl was probably as good as he was, and maybe then some. His hand twitched, he needed something to hit.
Each of the Dragonslayers stood in a straight row out in the hanger as Dilandau walked out. He glanced over each on as he walked by, and stopped in front of Rei. Unlike the rest of his men, her armor wasn't blue, or even red, it was a glossy black. Her long braid hung over her shoulder, swinging oddly, as she returned his glare. Dilandau held out a small intercom.
"You know how to use this right?" She snatched it out of his hand, and studied it for a moment, before undoing her jacket. She hooked the small metal box to the pants, and hooked the ear piece on before closing the jacket back up.
"Yes." Rei responded bluntly, without out adding 'Lord Dilandau' at the end. He growled inwardly. The first thing he was going to have to do when they got back was to teach this girl respect, or maybe just to fear him.
"Fall out, boys. We have some cowards to hunt down!" Dilandau yelled, the slayers took off towards their blue melefs, he turned back to Rei. "Ladies first." He smirked.
The wind ran hard against her face, as she clamped down on the Alseides' arm. They were coming closer to the drop off, but this ride was starting to get annoying. She looked over to the side past the guymelefs to the towering Vione in the distances.
(flash back)
She straightened the cloak a bit as she waited for Dilandau to start up the Alseides. Ladies first, she grinded her teeth together in a low growl, I'll show him. I hate having to work under idiots like him!
"You know, doing that is bad for your teeth." Folken's voice came from behind her. Rei whirled around to face him, his faces was a blank, emotionless stare, as she brushed her braid off her shoulder. The spiked ball pricked at her lower back.
"Its better then punching him in the face isn't it? I thought you wanted me to behave." She smirked, as she turned back around. "Here to give me my daily battle dosage of anesthesia? Or am I on another drug now?" A small prick on the back on her neck gave the answer before Dilandau yelled at her to get on.
(end)
Her hands were starting to fall asleep, as the Alseides landed. Behind him the other six did as well and turned on their stealth cloaks. She undid the black cloak, and let the winds off the cliffs carry it off as she jumped down form the Alseides' arm. Rei clicked a button on the intercom, and a small see-through red circle fell over her left eye.
"Can you hear me?" Dilandau's voice came on, she turned around. The small red circle blinked once, and she was able to see were all the melefs were standing.
"See, and hear."
"Good, remember stay behind us, and clean up anything we can't get to. Dragonslayers! MOVE OUT!" She turned around to look at the pass, something heave fell down a few yards away from her. Then another as the melefs came back into her view. She pulled out her sword and a dagger for her other hand. That is, failure, if you can't move faster then me, she laughed a she ran forward. The screams had already started, as the fires danced up into the night sky.
There we go. A kinda cliff hanger.. Alright I stopped just before the interesting part, shoot me. I leave in an hour I had to type really, really fast Prepare world, I'm going on a plane to Europe run for your lives!!!!!!!! j/k R&R