You Never Know Who's Lurking in the Closet

Chapter 2: Caught!

A/N: I put up this story for the first time around the year 2001. I haven't updated since 2003. I recently got some e-mails from some recent reviews and thought, "The poor suckers will never know how it ends, will they?" Obviously, it would be inhumane for me to tantalize my audience's senses with such an exquisite example of literature and then simply discontinue my story, leaving them thus lost, confused, wondering and wandering through the dark venues of their minds, waiting, watching for a glimmer of hope, an end to this grand tale of adventure, romance, and tragedy. Actually, I just want to put off studying for all my tests tomorrow. I don't promise this will be good, but I do promise that I will make this as Mary-Sue-ish as I can, and throw in a few good cheap thrills along the way. Oh, and I do apologize for all the typos, switches of verb tense, etc. in the last chapter. Unfortunately, I'm too lazy to change that. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Don't own it, never have. Kapeesh?

'Ready for questioning, my ass.'

Four hours. Four long, endless, tedious hours spent in complete darkness. Ironically enough, the five boys had dragged her chair back into the closet and locked her there while they conferred quietly in the room outside. Seis wondered vaguely what was taking them so long; why spend four hours arguing over what to do about the discovery of a spy when you can just as easily tie them up and shoot them? Hell, that's what she would do. 'No,' she decided, 'this is a scare tactic.' She recognized it easily enough from her interrogation courses at the Academy. Obviously, these guys knew what they were doing.

Seis squinted as the door cracked open, shining light into her eyes. Five dark figures entered into the closet, and then the door closed again, leaving them once more in total darkness. With a loud click, a light bulb flickered on above Seis's head.

"State your name." growled the dark-haired man, Heero, ripping off the duct tape that had been placed over Seis's mouth.

"Look, you know I can't do that, so why don't we…"

"State your name, your mission, and which faction you are affiliated with." growled Heero again, this time with a slight hint of menace.

"I'm not telling you anything!" cried Seis indignantly.

As soon as the words left her mouth, she found herself staring down the barrel of Heero's gun. 'So that's how it is.' she gulped. 'I'm sure Birdy will understand this one.'

"My name is Sam. Sam, like Samantha. I'm from Earth. New York City, really. I came here because my mom's side of the family lives here and I'm visiting my grandfather. He's giving me a job in his factory. Cushy little desk job, you know? I swear, I swear I didn't know you were here. I just wanted to look around."

Heero's expression remained blank. Silence filled the room--closet-- and Seis started to think they had actually believed her.

"You are an even worse liar than you are a spy." spat Wufei.

"Hey! I'm a goddamned good sp-- shit."

"Exactly."

"OK, OK." Seis let out a nervous chuckle. "You got me. OK? I'm a spy. A spy with somewhat lamentable, um, spying skills. But doesn't that just prove how little of a threat I am? I didn't come here with ill-intentions; I just wanted to check this place out. Let me go, and I'll report back that this--whatever this is, is entirely harmless and--"

"Firstly, coming in through a window, armed, and not making your presence known is good enough grounds to assume you meant to do us harm. Secondly, you were discovered when you emitted a loud noise, most likely in conversation with your mission commander. Thirdly, you attacked Duo without hesitation and demonstrated a somewhat credible amount of speed in hiding from us. It is safe to conclude that not only are you a spy, but you have been trained and sent here by an organization that might very well mean to harm us."

'Damn. The blonde-haired one is sharp.'

"What are we bothering with this for? If the stupid onna can't properly break into an abandoned warehouse, she obviously can't come from an organization that poses any threat."

Seis really didn't like that Wufei character.

"Can we not just shoot her and get this over with?"

Seis really, really didn't like that Wufei character.

"Don't you think that's a little drastic, Wufei? Couldn't we-- let her go with a message to her superiors that they should cease this investigation?"

'Thank you, blonde boy!'

"Duo is the one who was wounded the most. He should decide what happens to her." Stated Trowa gravely.

Out of the darkness, the odd, braided, purple-eyed boy grinned. Seis felt sick.