Ch. 5
It had been at least two hours that the Elsa and Durandal crew had been waiting for Jr.'s arrival. Everyone, being bored out of their minds, decided to play a game of charades; Shion being the one to suggest it so that time would go faster. Even though they were missing five people, (MOMO, Jr., Ziggy, Jin and chaos) they still proceeded to the still-quite-popular game. Not only did it help time pass, but it also lightened the mood for a little while.
"A…a…A DUCK!" Mary shouted as she pointed at Shion. She shook her head rejecting Mary's answer. She looked over to Shelley, who was currently analyzing her strange behavior that had no connection to a duck. Shelley finally had an idea of what Shion was trying to act out.
"Are you a person worshipping the Zohar?" Shelley asked in her monotone voice. Shion stopped and nodded.
"Yup. You got it Shelley, now it's your turn!" Shion said wistfully as she walked to her seat. Shelley looked at her and sighed. Nothing happened…for the next five minutes. Eventually Mary volunteered to go up and give it a shot herself. After she arrived on the 'stage' where everyone was encircled, she thought about what she was going to do. She looked around the bridge to see if anything would give her an idea. Her eyes locked onto Ziggy, who was standing in the corner talking to Jin. Mary gave an evil and mischievous smile and attempted to imitate her target. She watched closely as Ziggy began speaking and moving his mechanical arm while explaining something to Jin. She began to lip nonsense and move her arm around just like he was. Everyone participating had odd looks on their faces as they watched Mary's impression of Ziggy.
"Um…are you…a person talking?" Shion guessed. Mary 'hmm'ed and then shook her head. She watched as Ziggy stopped talking and gesturing with his hand. He then scratched the back of his head as Jin continued his own small section of talking. Mary also scratched the back of her head. Allen, oddly noticing how much like Ziggy she was acting, looked over to where she was looking. His assumptions were correct. He turned back to Mary and smiled. Mary, still investigating Ziggy's movements, was caught off guard when Ziggy caught her acting like him. Jin also looked over to the group and gave a small laugh. Mary became as stiff as a statue when Ziggy gave a scowl.
"You're Ziggy! Aren't you?" Allen shouted out. Mary slightly ignored him as she watched Ziggy pull something of a sling shot out of nowhere. She gave a nervous smile and found her chance of escape after actually processing Allen's voice, even though she didn't know exactly what he said. Ziggy aimed a random rock that Jin handed him at Mary's head. (Author: Jin was completely innocent because he didn't really know what Ziggy wanted with the rock…oh and the rock had a Chinese symbol on it that translated into 'Peace'.)
"Um…yeah, sure. You're turn Allen!" She shouted out nervously. Ziggy, unfortunately, let the rock go just as Allen walked to the 'stage', his legs shaking with shyness. He began sweating…but was then knocked unconscious by a flying object that he didn't see. It hit him in the side of the head and he tumbled to the side, landing in Shion's arms, causing her to fall backwards due to his dead weight. Ziggy simply shrugged as he turned to continue his conversation with Jin. Meanwhile, Mary was rocking back and forth with her hands behind her back in innocence as her sister gave her a glare clearly stating that Mary was guilty. Mary eventually noticed her sister's glare and hesitated before taking a step back.
"Why are you starin' at me like that Shelley!" She asked nervously, her western accent clear. Shelley turned away and put her hand on her face and sighed. She then made her way to see if Allen would live, considering he was very sensitive. Mary sighed a relief sigh and then also went to investigate the scene that had been caused by her. Shion was on the ground holding an unconscious Allen in her lap. She had positioned him to where she could use her medica spell to heal him. The right side of his head was bleeding and he was swirly-eyed as he laid there. If he had been conscious…he would've just fainted anyway considering it was Shion's lap he was laying in. Maybe it was a good thing that he was unconscious…
Shion had finally gotten the wound to stop bleeding and carried Allen to his quarters in the Elsa. Shelley offered to help, but Shion said that she could take care of it no matter how long of a trip it was…considering it wasn't very long anyway. Shion finally disappeared on the elevator leaving KOS-MOS, Mary, Shelley, Ziggy and Jin in the bridge. Once again, boredom struck. Mary, thinking about the last situation, thought it was quite funny to start pulling pranks on people. Her next target…was her dear sister Shelley. Not only was Shelley her older sibling, but she was always so serious. Mary began to think of what she could do to make a fool of her sister. Suddenly, a great idea hit her. She knew that they both had the same feelings for Master Gaignun…so what if he died? She laughed a low and evil laugh and walked up to the purple haired woman.
"Um…Shelley?" The blonde said innocently. Her sister turned to her, giving her a what-now look. "I…shoulda probably told you this sooner…but I couldn't find the right time to tell ya." Shelley suddenly became more interested in the subject her sister was about to start up and turned to her. Mary stayed silent, waiting for her sister to impatiently respond…but they stood there for a while, a huge block of silence hovering over their paused conversation. Mary, not Shelley, was now getting impatient herself. After about a ten minute silent time, Shelley finally gave in to curiosity.
"What?" She said simply. Mary looked down at her feet, trying to hide a smile that crept across her face. She eventually turned it into a frown and made herself cry, something she was always good at so that she could get whatever she wanted when she wanted it. She then lifted her now 'tear' stained face to Shelley and sniffled. Before explaining what she wanted to she gave her sister a big hug. Shelley had a confused expression as she listened to Mary sniffle and whine.
"It's…it's about…Masta Gaignun…He's…" Mary faked. Behind her sister's back she was getting ready to laugh her head off. This was just too perfect! Shelley should respond with…
"Master Gaignun…what's wrong?" Shelley questioned being fooled, falling into Mary's plans perfectly.
"He's…he's…"
"He's…?"
"He's gone!" Mary shrieked, making Shelley flinch as her 'sobs' screeched in her ears. Shelley sighed and then hugged her sister.
"Don't worry, he'll be back." Mary heard this and then pulled away from her sister and blinked. Then she continued with her act.
"No! I don't mean it like that! Masta Gaignun's dead!" Shelley gave her a concerned look. Mary hugged her once again, letting her laughter act like sobbing. Shelley didn't react, for she was too stunned by the news. She felt tears come to her eyes as Mary continued to speak. "He's dead Shelley! He's…" She didn't finish her sentence when she felt her sister collapse beneath her. She fell over Shelley rolling and hitting the council to the Durandal, causing a self-destruct count down to begin. Mary's eyes widened as she immediately began working on shutting the system down. Ziggy, Jin and KOS-MOS all reacted, getting into their battle stances.
Shion was just about to exit the Elsa when she heard sirens and alarms going off just outside the door. She gasped and quickly ran through the door to reach the bridge where her friends were, abandoning Allen in his room. 'Oh no! I hope no one was hurt! I bet it's gnosis again!' She thought as she rushed to the Durandal's bridge.
Shion arrived at the bridge and saw Mary panicking and the hologram of a clock counting down…from 10 seconds? Shion ran up next to Mary attempting to ask what was happening.
"What's going on?" Shion yelled above all of the sirens and alarms.
"I accidentally hit the self-destruct button and I forgot the password!" Mary yelled back, sweating profusely. Shelley was just sitting in the middle of the path, crying at the fake news of Gaignun dieing. She continued to think to herself that he wasn't really dead…but Mary seemed very serious. No matter, if he really was gone then she would just die in the explosion of the Durandal anyway ever since she heard that her sister forgot the password. 5 seconds left…death was so close when suddenly…
"What's going on? Have gnosis started to attack?" A tall, slender black haired man said as the elevator rose steadily. Shelley watched as she saw Gaignun running towards her to help out with whatever situation was activated. Mary looked back worriedly and shook her head.
"I'll explain later! What's the password to shut down the self-destruct system before it's too late!" Mary demanded.
"Fluffy bunny!" Gaignun replied. Mary hurriedly typed it in and everything calmed down. Just realizing what she typed in she gave an odd look to Gaignun.
"Fluffy…bunny?" Mary said unenthusiastically. Shion smiled and put her hand to her mouth, trying to stifle a howl of laughter. Shelley sat there in the same place, astounded to see her Master there alive, standing in front of her. She blinked a few times and then looked back at Mary with an angered glare. Mary looked down at Shelley feeling her piercing glare. She gulped and then prepared herself for the worst. Shelley gritted her teeth and let her long purple bangs hide her disgusted look. She was fed up with Mary at this point and time and was about to tear her limb from limb. She didn't think that Mary could be so heartless as to lie to her about something so important!
Seeing Shelley's reaction to an unknown cause, Gaignun slowly backed up as he felt a dangerous amount of tension between Shelley and her sister. He got to a safe distance, which was next to Jin and Ziggy, who were also standing by. Even Gaignun knew that Shelley has a bad temper if she was pushed to the limits…even though he never seen her like this before. He was warned by the people that she worked for before she worked for him.
"Uh-oh…" Mary said as she backed up. She looked for cover and gladly found Shion to hide behind. Shion, bewildered and confused, stood there with Mary crouching down behind her out of fear of the enraged Shelley. She eventually edged her way from Mary and ran to stand with Gaignun and the others.
"Mary…"
"…"
"Mary…What did you do?" Gaignun asked as he stood back, away from the scene.
"Umm…I …told her you were dead?" Mary replied. Suddenly Shelley quickly stood up and turned to her trembling sister.
"MARY! YOU B! YOU LIED TO ME AND MADE ME WORRIED OVER NOTHING!" Shelley screamed as she jumped her scared to death sister. She slammed her on the ground and slapped her as hard as she could and threw in a few punches. Mary, totally defenseless, tried to squirm out of her predicament and run off towards the others, but Shelley pinned her to the ground. She was now face to face with Mary. "I swear, I will tear you into pieces if you ever do this again…EVER. And I mean it." Mary only nodded and sweat dropped, fearing for her life. Shelley sighed and stood up, dusting her purple dress off. Mary ran to where Gaignun and the others were and hid behind them.
"Now I know…not to get on her nerves." Gaignun remarked as he sighed and turned to leave. He boarded the elevator and disappeared. Shion, Ziggy and Jin stood there bewildered at the sudden outrage of Shelley.
"And we thought Jr. had a bad temper." Jin replied, looking over at Ziggy. Ziggy looked back at him and shook his head.
"Jr. still wins that competition."
So...How did you like it? I had to add some comedy cause I was in the mood for it. Yup yup, I was. Next chapter...The Hall of Mirrors. Hope to get some reviews from you peoples!
Oh! MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENION: I have a dilema. I need some opinion's on wether or not I should change my pen name to "Jr.'s Evil Angel". Please review and tell me what you think! I won't change it unless I get some votes...or if I get a lot of people saying not to. So please, please help me solve this dilema! Thank you all for your support, even if you don't review!