Title: Mission

By: Cheska-chan

E-Mail address:  Minnashime@aol.com

Chapter 5

PG? PG-13?

 

Disclaimer:  Much to my displeasure I have to say this or else

I'll get in big trouble. Well here goes...

I don't own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing.  *looks sad* Excuse

me...

*goes out the back and toward the wall and bangs her head in

there, passes out and falls to the ground with swirly eyes*

 

*Quatre comes up and checks her pulse and stuff* 

*gets up and looks at the readers*

Quatre:  Well I guess I better say something about this while

Miss Cheska is out.  Thank you for the reviews that you have

given her and please keep reading and reviewing! ^_^

 

*Quatre goes back to Cheska and waits there looking out for her*

 

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  Relena finally edged toward the window and had no where else to

go, all she could do now was wait for the inevitable.

  (Heero...)Relena said in her mind.

  She kept her face with determination as she looked at the attackers.

They were from Oz, she knew that much and knew why they were here..at

least she thinks so.

 

  One of the men came up toward her and Relena scrunched up her face

with disapproval showing.

  "Relena Peacecraft.  Now then why don't you just come with us

safely and without hassle or else,"the man said to her.

  "You are after all a lady who believes in total

pacifism..."another man said to Relena with a smirk.

  Relena closed her eyes in deep thought before opening them up

again.

  "Fine.  I'll go,"Relena nodded as she made her decision.

  "Come with us,"the first man who talked to her said.

  Relena obeyed and trailed behind him with two men beside her and one

in back of her. Then three in back of that one.

  (Where are you?)Relena said as she took another glance toward the window

before walking through the door.

 

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  The six gundam pilots tried to get toward the Academy as fast as they

could. 

  Finally they arrived there with Moon first and then 01.

  Moon jumped out of the cockpit and landed gracefully to the ground

with a cold look in her eyes.

  Just then, to the corner of her eyes there was a black van there

and five men got out with guns in their hands.  Moon reacted

quickly and shot them and they all fell down.

 (Pathetic..)Moon thought with a smirk.

 Out of the doors, a man came out and followed by others and Relena in

the center of guarded men.  Relena looked up and saw her and then

Heero.  That was when Heavyarms landed accompanied by Shenlong/Nataku.

 "Heero..."Relena whispered with hope in her voice.

 (Oh yeah...crazy woman....I bet she's been thinking about him after all

this time..)Moon thought but then erased it from her mind, knowing she

shouldn't be thinking like that at a time like this.

 

 (That Relena is going to be the death of me.  *grrr* I shouldn't

be thinking about this right now...it's still an emotion!)Heero thought

in his head as he took his gun out and raised it toward the enemies.

 

 Trowa jumped out of his gundam and got up with a gun in his hand

pointed toward one of the enemies followed by Wufei with his sword

and a gun. Just then Deathscythe and Sandrock arrived.

 

 "Omae o korosu,"Moon and Heero said in monotone simultaneously with

a cold glare at them.

 Duo and Quatre got out of their gundams and ran up beside their

fellow members with a serious expression and guns in hand.

 "I don't want to result to killing but if you don't give Miss Relena

right now, I may be forced to,"Quatre warned.

 "Weaklings..."Wufei muttered toward the enemies with a scornful look.

 Duo didn't really say anything but had a steel gaze in his eyes

as he held his gun.

 

 "The fellow Gundam soldiers...how nice to see you all,"the first man

in the front said with an evil glint in his eyes.

 "Let her go,"Moon said icily.

 "I may, if we make a fair trade,"the man said to them.

 "No deal!"Heero said fiercely and was about to shoot his gun at

the guy but stopped when each one beside Relena grabbed her arms and held

her tightly while the one in back of her held a gun to her temple.

 "Now you didn't give me a chance to explain...01, Heero Yuy,"the man

said with surprising calmness.

 Heero narrowed his eyes with suspicion when he said his name and

number. 

 (How did this guy know who I am?!)Heero shouted within his head.

 Moon's eyes widened a bit as she realized who this was.

 (That face...it may look older but I could tell who it is. Plus he

knows Heero's identity that could only mean...!)Moon rationalized

within her mind.

 "Li Tsu!"Moon stated with venom in her voice as she held her gun

with fierceness and was willing to shoot right now in his

forehead.

 The first man looked at Moon and smiled like the snake he was as

he looked at her and nodded.

 "Quite an honor for you to remember and know me, Moon or should

I say Serena?"Li Tsu said.

 Wufei and the others were already itching to kill already but they

couldn't harm Relena, it was their job after all to protect her from

guys like these.

 "Give her up now! You're out numbered!"Moon shouted at him.

 "You know that numbers don't really matter. We have what you want,

we could take her life right now if we want to,"Li Tsu said.

 "In return you would all be corpses!"Duo shouted.

 Li Tsu smirked and had an evil glint in his eyes.

 "Why don't we make a proposal?"Li Tsu suggested.

 Silence.

 "I give you Relena Peacecraft and one of you take her place,"Li Tsu

said to them.

 (One..of us?)each of them said in their minds as they were caught

off guard by what he said.

 "Of course one of you have to come quietly and won't

fight.  It would only be fair of course,"Li Tsu added.

 (Sacrifice....one of us..for Relena's life?)Trowa said in his mind.

 (That weak onna?  One of us, for that weakling?!)Wufei shouted in his head.

 (That's just disastrous!)Duo shouted within him.

 (One of us...only one..)Quatre thought.

 (There's no other choice...it has to be one of us..)Heero said within him.

 (Which one though...Dr. J taught me...that we always have to be

ready...always!...I guess there's no other option..)Serena/Moon said

to herself.

 Moon nodded her eyes never flickering as she made her decision

while the others were still a bit left shocked.

 "I'll go..."Moon announced and dropped her gun as she strode over.

 The other pilots snapped back into attention and their eyes widened

a bit but only held silence.  They were left speechless at this

sacrifice.

 Relena was shoved forward and met the now turned Serena halfway. Each passed

with silence but Relena managed to catch Serena's eyes and saw a

cold distant look filled with determination.

 Finally they arrived at their destination and Serena stood before

them with Li Tsu holding a gun toward her temple as they moved off to the

van.

 Serena caught Heero's gaze and saw various emotions but still held coldness

in them...

 (Wait..was that...pain and..love?  No...it couldn't be...it was only

my imagination)Serena said to herself as she turned and looked away from

the 01 pilot.

 The van soon started and moved away, far from the area.

 Each of the pilots turned their head away in silence.

 Relena turned and watched each of them for a moment, not saying

anything. Then after a couple of seconds later moved toward Heero and

hugged him tightly.

 "Oh Heero....I knew you'd come!"Relena exclaimed as she buried her head

to his chest.

 Heero didn't say anything but stood there staring at the road where he

watched her leave.

 (I didn't do anything...nothing at all..)Heero said and squeezed his

eyes shut, not looking at any of the others.

 The other pilots thought the same thing as they berated themselves

in their own way.

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  The ride was silent in the van as Serena sat there not saying anything

or doing anything. They chained her hands together with cuffs and

a rope as well as her feet for the moment.  They had to take extra

precautions around her, knowing that she is a gundam pilot and all.

  Finally they stopped and soon the back of the van opened up and they

shoved her off and Serena landed to the ground but roughly got her

to her feet and untied the bonds that held her feet together and she

followed them with the pistol in back of her spine.

  (Grr...if it wasn't for me making sure that baka Relena was safe

I would've gotten away.  But at least I found him, the one who

got those information and helped kill off my family!)Serena said in

her mind and a small smile tugged at her lips.

  They walked for a long amount of time and soon arrived at the destination.

Out of the trees rose a mansion.  As they neared the area, two new guards

appeared with rifles in hand, they looked at her before admitting

them all into the building. The place looked classical and quite comforting

as Serena stepped inside.  Warmth spread over her and the smell of

roses filled the air.  A grand stair case was the first thing she saw

with a red carpet going down the steps. She had to admit it was

quite a nice place to live.

  A man showed up on the steps, a middle aged man with greying temples

and dark brown hair and spectacles.  He looked like a commander, a leader..

at once Serena knew who this was.

 (Well, well, well...a two for one deal! Found the both of them without

breaking another sweat!) Serena said within her mind.

  The middle aged man walked down the stairs and observed her before going

to Li Tsu.  He appeared calm and regal wearing that commander uniform of

his similar to Treize but with a darker color.

  "I see you managed to get Serena, Lt. Tsu. I am impressed that you

have managed to get the job done,"the father of Treize commended.

  At once the man turned to her and strode over, the guards moved

a little away to allow passage to reach her. Serena him a cold

death glare but the man didn't turn away or even flinch.

 "I am Tanis Khushrenada.  Welcome, Serena Usagi..it's been awhile

since I last saw you,"Tanis greeted.

 "I will destroy you..."Serena stated in a low venomous voice that

she could muster that could chill someone to the very core of their

bone.

 Tanis smirked at her and stared into her cold, glaring crystalline

blue eyes.

 "Who has who, Moon?"Tanis said in a deep rumbling voice before

turning around and walking toward Lt. Tsu.

 "Tsu, get Serena Usagi to her...room and keep her there. Make sure

she doesn't go away....I will speak to her later. Don't do anything

to her...and I mean anything until I say so, understood?"Tanis

ordered.

 "Yes sir!"Li Tsu saluted and turned to his men as Tanis went back

up the stairs and out of sight.

 "You heard him! Move it!"Li Tsu said in a commanding tone.

 Serena was immediately dragged away and into the dark hallway

and away from the door.

 

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  Heero and the guys went back toward their base after making sure

Relena was safe which meant going with them but keeping her from

discovering where they were exactly.  Relena was at the moment

in a room in the base.

  Duo was pacing around in front of the guys and their gundams.

Quatre was standing in silence and his head downcast. Wufei

was polishing his kitana in quiet reservation.  Trowa was leaning against

the wall, his head downcast so you couldn't see his eyes. Heero

had his arms folded and his eyes closed and downcast as he

leaned against his gundam.

  "We managed to save one life but lost a soldier,"Quatre quietly said.

  "There are consequences in this job. We all know that, she knew

that,"Heero said gruffly.

  "None of us did anything! Not one thing!"Duo shouted as he stopped

pacing and looked at all of them.

  "There is no justice with what we have done,"Wufei stated.

  "We should've done someting..."Heero finally let out in monotone.

  Duo looked at him and one of his eyebrows went up questioningly.

  "Perfect soldier saying something that sounds as if he cares?!"Duo

said in a mocking, shocked tone.

  "Omae o korosu!"Heero threatened as he got out his gun and pointed

it inbetween his eyes.

  "Okay, okay!"Duo said as he put his hands up in front of him.

  Heero then got up and strode over the stairway leading to the

computer room.

  "Where are you going?"Duo asked.

  "Tell Dr. J that we managed to protect Relena,"Heero answered in monotone.

  The others then got up and followed him.

 

Heero sat down in front of the computer screen and began trying to get

contact with Dr. J or one of the scientists.

 After some time, the vid link went on and a face showed up.  It

was Dr. J and the other scientists including Dr. M. They all managed

to be there but in back of Dr. J.

 "Yes, 01 what is it?"Dr. J asked.

 "Mission:  Accomplished,"Heero announced.

 "Good...good.."Dr. J said.

 "Wait..where's 06?"Dr. O asked.

 Silence followed as the pilots didn't say anything but their eyes

seemed to change when it came up it now looked a bit sad.

 "Serena...err...Moon or 06 gave herself up in order to save Miss

Relena from being taken away from the enemy,"Quatre spoke up.

 "Do you know who the enemy is?"Dr. J said slowly.

 "If you mean what the name of one of them was...I'd say it was

a guy named Li Tsu was what Moon said,"Duo answered.

 "He knew Heero's and Serena's identity,"Wufei stated.

 "Possibly all of ours,"Trowa said.

 The scientists briefly looked at each other and then back at the

pilots.

 "We gave Moon a mission.  Two missions in fact, that was for

her and her alone.  But I suppose that since you know knowledge

of one of these, we should inform you as well.  There was that

mission that included all of you to help Moon out by finding this certain

disk, which wasn't too long ago and that had great amount of knowledge

about you and us as well.  That was important considering

it also had knowledge over the gundams and the bases we stay in and have.

  If they had this file then the person who got the file would have

read the contents as well.  Her mission was to go out and annihilate

that person.  We believe that she figured it out.  It seems

to turn out that Li Tsu is the man who holds the information,"Dr. J

told them.

 "That is probably why she went with them....to destroy Li

 Tsu,"Wufei stated.

 "You said two missions.  What was the second?"Quatre asked.

 "The other one is about Treize's father.  It is classified for

you to know.  But Moon is suppose to kill him as well. That

is also classified,"Dr. M spoke up from behind Dr. J.

 The five pilots nodded in understanding.

 "Try and get Moon back, pilots.  If Li Tsu isn't destroyed

as of yet then try and kill him..."Dr. J said.

 "Do you accept?"Dr. J continued.

 Trowa and Wufei nodded.  Duo and Quatre followed after.

 "Mission:  Accepted,"Heero voiced out in monotone and then Dr. J

broke off the link and the computer closed down.

 "I guess our mission now is to rescue that onna,"Wufei stated.

 "Guess so,"Duo nodded.

 "Better get going,"Quatre said as he started for the door.

 "Yeah, let's start looking for her!"Duo exclaimed.

 Trowa nodded as he followed Quatre toward the door.

 "Where do you think she is?"Wufei asked.

 "Wufie?! Concerned?!"Duo gasped and clutched his heart as his eyes

widened.

 "It was just a question, Maxwell!"Wufei exclaimed,"She is after

all a gundam pilot and quite honorable with what she did earlier

today!"

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 A lone girl with dark hair and deep purple eyes stared at the battered

building in front of her and went in through the door.  The sound of

footsteps were the only sound that greeted her as she made her way to the

a door and went inside to the room that followed. 

 (Okay...now there should be an area here...there it is)the girl thought

within her head and extended her hand to the desk nearby and opened

the drawer.  The girl felt around and pressed an object within it

and clicked/scratched something afterwards.

  The girl stepped back and waited, then after several seconds that

have passed, a noise issued from the desk.  Moments later the contraption

went beneath the surface of the ground and in return a stairway was there

leading to a dark place.

  The lone girl stepped forward and slowly went down the stairs.  Then

came toward the destination she has been trying to find.

 

  Dr. M and the other scientists stopped what they were doing as

the desk came down to the ground and the stairway moved to go outward into

the surface area.  The scientists stopped to wait and see what will

happen; who was coming down?

  Moments later, the sound of footsteps intruded followed by a figure..

it was that of a girl.  She stopped at the bottom step and saw them

all.

  "Who are you?"Dr. G demanded.

  "What are you doing here?" Dr. S intoned.

  The girl looked at them for a moment and then turned to stare at

Dr. M who quietly stared at her.

  "To see Dr. M,"the girl quietly voiced out in answer.

  Dr. M strode forward and to the young girl.

  "It's alright.  This is Hotaru Tomoe...she is a..pupil of mine.  How

did you find yourself here Hotaru?"Dr. M asked and explained.

  "...impulse,"was all that Hotaru said.

  Dr. M nodded in understanding.

  "Is she a G-pilot also?"Dr. H asked.

  "No, not even an assassin but she holds great knowledge

whenever it is needed. She knows more than what she lets on. She

is very gifted,"Dr. M informed them.

  Hotaru just gazed at the scientists and quietly listened to

what went on.

  Dr. M watched Hotaru and then back at the scientists and

back at the young girl.

  "*ahem* Well then, since you know the young girl.  Is it

safe to talk as well?"Dr. G voiced in.

  "Ahh...yes, of course,"Dr. M nodded as she placed a hand onto

Hotaru's shoulder.

  "Well then.  The G-pilots would want to get a slight clue

to where they could find 06.  She may be a skilled fighter

and has been trained with combat skills but she has been

taken prisoner and is valuable to us and to them.  If Oz gets

to her and ends up brainwashing her to get her to their

side, it could be a calamity!" Dr. S let out.

  Hotaru knitted her eyes together in deep thought and looked

at Dr. M.

  "Are you talking about a young girl with golden blond hair

and crystalling blue eyes?  One that could defeat a bunch

of men without trouble?"Hotaru entreated.

  The scientists turned to survey the child, including Dr. M.

 "Do you know the girl?"Dr. M asked.

 "I know one like that.  She saved my life today from a bunch

of bakas who wanted to cause trouble.  She came by and saved

me without asking for anything in return.  She is a great

warrior in my eyes and I owe her my life,"Hotaru stated

and looked at the scientists,"If she is in any way in trouble..

I will help fight for her."

  "I can't allow that Hotaru.  It is best if you stay here

for now...for the moment.  Have the others save her.  She didn't

rescue your life for you to just give it away,"Dr. M protested

as she shook her head and spoke in a firm voice.

 Hotaru stared at Dr. M before slowly nodding in understanding.

 "You're right.  I can be of better help to...06 if I am

well.  I just hope those G-pilots or whatever you call them

are able to succeed in bringing back that girl,"Hotaru stated.

  "Good,"Dr. M nodded in affirmation and the other scientists observed

the young girl wondering what she meant by her last statement.

  "As for what you said, doctor...I have nothing to say about the

captors of where they could've taken her.  Did the pilots let

out anything about where the captors were heading?"Dr. M asked.

  They all shook their head on that one.

  "It's all up to them then...we have nothing.  It will have

to be based on those boys.  They have managed to do well

on several missions.  I'm sure they can managed this as

well,"Dr. J stated and received nods from the others.

  With that, the scientists went back to their 'experiments.'

Hotaru stood staring after them and looked up at Dr. M who hadn't

left her side.

  "Hotaru?  You must be tired right now.  Follow me and I'll show

you where you'll be staying,"Dr. M said to her in a kind voice.

  Dr. M walked ahead of Hotaru with the child following along

as they strode through a semi-dim hallway and pass several metal

doors.  The place was dank and dimly lit.  It was so...cold and

uninviting in her opinion.

  Finally they arrived in front of a...metal door with the numbers

27-4H printed on the center of the metal.  Dr. M opened it and

they both went in. Hotaru stared at the inside only to be met

with a plain white standard sized bed with no windows or color..

only white and a small wooden desk with a stand lamp that was turned

on to give a small eerie glow that bounced off the wall and a small

...white garbage can next to the desk.

  "This is your room.  It isn't much but this isn't exactly a house...

not much color either.  I hope you will sleep well, Hotaru,"Dr. M said

before going out the door and softly shutting it behind her.

  Hotaru stared for a moment before striding toward her bed and

collapsed on it.

  (That golden haired girl...06...never even told me her name.

I hope she will be alright....please let her be saved from her

imprisonment.)Hotaru thought before closing her eyes and giving a sigh.

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~.~Back to the base with the G-pilots~.~

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  "Where could they have taken her?"Trowa voiced out.

  Silence met them.

  "Maybe if we go over to the spot where we last saw them..

then there may still be some tracks left,"Wufei suggested.

  They all nodded and boarded their gundams.

  "Heero!!!!"the voice of Relena rang out.

  The five pilots began turning on their gundams and blasted off

toward the Academy again.

  "HEEEERRROOO!! Don't leave again!!"Relena shouted out as she watched

them all go off.

  "Heero..."Relena sighed and stood there, hoping that Heero would

return.

 

~.~.~Academy Grounds~.~.~

 The five gundams safely landed on the ground and surveyed the

area before getting out.

 Heero and Trowa walked toward the spot where the van was, followed

by the others.

 Duo kneeled down and gazed at ground. Finally, he stood up.

 "It's faint but there are tire tracks.  It's seems as if they were

heading toward the forest or something..."Duo told them.

 "At least now we have something.  Should we get going or wait

till tomorrow?"Quatre stated.

 They all thought about this for a moment.

 "We should get going, Maxwell says the tracks are faint...if

we wait till tomorrow it could be gone by then and we'll be

left with nothing,"Wufei reasoned out.

 The other four pilots nodded in acceptance and all of them turned

toward the faint tracks and tracked it with Duo in the lead. After

awhile of walking they stopped at the edge of the woods and journeyed

into the pathway between the trees.  Finally, they stopped as they

recognized the van.

 Wufei strode over to the van with his silencer and glimpsed inside;

then stopped and lowered his gun to his side.

 "There's no one in there..nothing,"Wufei shook his head.

 "Where could they be?"Quatre wondered.

 Trowa gazed toward the ground and saw footprints. He straightened

up and looked at his comrades.

 "They travelled by foot..there are footrprints,"Trowa told them.

 "Should we follow it now?" Duo asked.

 "Some of us..." Wufei said.

 "...the other half should get the Gundams," Heero broke in.

 The others nodded.

 "So...who should follow the tracks?" Quatre asked.

 All of them stepped in to volunteer.

 "This will take some time to sort through.."muttered Duo as he put

his arms in the back at the nape of his neck.

 "I'll get Sandrock," Quatre spoke up after a long silence.

 "....I'll go with Winner," Wufei said.

 "Those are enough...the others should track the footprints

to see where it goes and contact the others to where the

location is," Heero stated in monotone.

 They nodded and seperated from there.

 (We're almost there...just hang on...) Heero thought to himself. 

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 ~.~Back to the Captivity area~.~

 Serena Usagi was shoved into a dark room in what she thought

as the celler or the basement.

 Then the two men in back of her dragged her and took her

toward a lone wooden chair under a dim light and forced to sit

down. Then they tied her up again after taking the cuffs off. She

managed to punch one of them but the others held her down.

 (I will kill them once I get out of here...I will.) Serena vowed

to herself.

 Then they tied her feet together and three men and one woman

stood guard around her.  

 

 After a long agonizing amount of time, the sound of footsteps could

be heard going down the hallway and stopped in front of the cell door.

The guards around her stood with their rifles and other necessary

tools prepared and ready to fire.  The door opened and the light

fell into the room in front of her face.  Serena blinked and squeezed

her eyes shut and then focused her vision, as the light fell into her

blue eyes.

 The guards saw who it was and lowered their weapons and saluted.  It

was Li Tsu and Tanis Khushrenada with two more guards with them.

The two guards went and stood by the doorway while Tsu and Tanis

continued onward to their captive.

 Tsu bent down and looked at her in the eyes.  Serena glared at him

as he cupped her cheek.

 "You sure have changed a lot since you were a baby...little

Usagi,"Tsu whispered to her with soft words.

 Serena Usagi smirked and Tsu saw hatred in her eyes.

 "You killed my family..."Serena said in a venomous voice.

 Tsu turned and let go of her as he got up and stood beside the chair.  Tanis

then went forward and kneeled down to Serena.  His eyes boring into

hers.

 "Lt. Tsu was sent to kill them...Serena.  It had to be done...your

parents knew the consequences if they were to oppose us and they

paid for it.  But you, you didn't have to...that is why you still

lived that day.  You were an innocent child,"Tanis said in a calm

soothing tone,"We saved your life that night...you could've died.

Even now you could be dead that very second you came into this

place but we didn't kill you. Now did we?"

 (Conseqences....that's what Heero said that night....that very

night when we conversed with each other...)Serena thought as she

turned her head away from Tanis's prying eyes.

 "Now you have a choice.  To join back up with us again or

be severely punished out of betrayal," Tanis stated.

 Serena swerved her eyes to Tanis and gave him a bewildered and

yet cold look.

 "Betrayal?! I never betrayed you!  I haven't even joined this team

at all! I may have been trained to be with Oz but that was before

I even took any mission at all! I will never be with Oz. 

Never! I'd rather face any other consequences than join with

you!"exclaimed Serena/Moon.

 Tanis calmly looked back at Serena's flashing crystalling blue

eyes and gave her a small smile.

 "I had a feeling you would react like this. Well, no matter.

You'll soon break and join Oz once more,"Tanis stated and nodded to

Li Tsu and they both went toward the door.

 Tanis stopped at the doorway and turned to gaze at Serena who sat

there giving them death glares.

 "Give her a hundred lashings for the next couple of

hours,"Tanis ordered before walking out after Li Tsu who went ahead.

 The cell door shut after that as the two guards left.  Serena

was left with the four guards once more.  Serena heard the order

and reverted back to Moon as she swallowed up any emotional feelings

and was now like the perfect soldier. 

 Two of the men guards hovered in front of her and now carried

whips at the palm of their hand.  They wore stone cold expressions

and a first lash of whip came out and hit her right shoulder with

another one that followed.

 Moon held in the pain the sprang from her body and just sat there

with no expression at all as she stood the lashings that they gave

her.

 ("You did what you had to do and they knew the consequences as

did you when you took this job as an assassin.  There are certain

sacrifices that we all must have.  You're emotions and your

conscience is a sign of humanity...but we are human after all,

it can't just go away. You can't have your guard down once you

are in a mission. It can be very difficult to cope with once

you are in a tight situation,"said Heero.)Moon remembered in her

mind.

 (I will not show any emotion while here.  I can't let my guard

down.  I took the risk and this is the price I have to

pay...this sacrifice that I have made.) Moon said to herself.

 Both whips lashed at her at the same time from the back and

the other at the stomach.

 (I just have to hang on...that's all..just hang on.)Moon reassured

herself as more whips slashed at her skin and body all over her back and

shoulders and stomach.

 Moon sat there as two other from in back of her came and lashed

at her with whips.  Moon's eyes wore indifference and a glazed

robotic look about them and her features wore no sign of pain

or recognition as they constantly hit her harder with each lash.

 (Just hang on....)Moon said to herself again for reassurance.

 

To be continued....

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 *Cheska wakes up and sits up groggily and holding her head.  She

turns and sees the readers and Quatre bending in front of her as

he looks at her*

 Cheska: Hi Quatre! What happened?

 Quatre: You passed out.

 *Cheska turns to the readers*

 Cheska: *looks sheepish*  Well...at least you read the chapter!

 Quatre: *looks at them and stands up*  Well...*looks uncertain*

I should get going.  The guys may get worried....*quickly walks

away from her*

 Cheska: What happened with him?  *turns to face angry readers*

 *eyes widen and quickly gets to her feet and backs away*

 Cheska: uhh....now I know why...*gulps* I know...I know I left

you there without knowing what will happen next but...*gives a small

failing laugh* heh..*gulp*..heh..

 *backs up*

 Cheska: At least it's longer than the last ones! Right? I'll get the

next one out...when I can...

 *starts running away*