Disclaimer: I do not own Full Metal Panic, RahXephon, or Gundam Wing.
"You said you wished to meet with me, Heero?" Tessa said, striding up the hill of the park.
"Yes, Tessa."
Tessa froze. Heero never used her first name. Something was wrong.
"Did you leave anything out from your recountenance yesterday?"
"Nothing that I can think of."
"Even the minutest of details?"
"No, Heero, why are you –oh! Sousuke! What are you doing here?"
"Heero asked me to report here."
"How did you cut yourself, Sousuke?" She gasped suddenly, noticing he had a band-aid on his finger.
"Slicing this morning's sausages, Ma'am." He cast a sidelong glance at Heero, who nodded. "Really, it's not bad, just as Heero's. See?"
They both presented their unbandaged hands to her, the blood slowly seeping out as the wounds met the air.
Tessa blanched, then fell to her knees. She tried to control her breathing and swallowing for a few minutes as the images flashed once more through her mind.
"They… they have blue blood."
"We're part of them, you mean."
"Or they're a part of us. We only seemed to change after they arrived."
"But… but that means…" Tessa choked out.
"That we may very well fight something that will kill us the moment we kill it. We know."
"I won't risk either of you for that!" She cried, tears streaming down her face. "I won't!"
"Yes, but we both know that this situation cannot be resolved peacefully."
"I know, Sousuke."
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"Madam, the Xephon is ready."
"Whenever you're ready, then, Olin."
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Sousuke and Heero glanced up as an image flashed in their mind: a black egg starting to hatch.
TBC