Shannon awoke in a beautiful bedroom. The door was shut which was one of the first things she noticed. She thought back, what had happened? The last she remembered was being angry about something and getting hit…. She pulled herself up holding her head. The room was decorated with golden ornaments and roses.
A knock was heard at the door, “M’lady, are you awake?”
“Huh?”
“Good, I am going to enter”, the servant girl entered the room smiling.
“Where am I?” Shannon asked looking at the servant girl.
“Von will answer all your questions in just a few minutes. I hope you are feeling hungry, Von has had us slave over the stove all day to satisfy you.”
“Von? Hmm, that name, it sounds familiar”, Shannon answered.
The servant left the room shutting the door. Shannon sat up on the bed letting her legs dangle. “Now what am I supposed to do?”
“Nope. Haven’t seen her”, Duo answered a grin on his face.
“Great….”, Tamika replied sarcastically.
Heero looked up from his computer to see Tamika’s eyes fill with concern. He saw right through the hate act towards Shannon. She obviously cared deeply for Shannon, like a sister. He didn’t understand why though. The girl was obnoxious and loud. How two opposites like them ever became such great friends he never knew. Tamika’s eyes narrowed with anger. “Oh damn it Shannon!” Tamika’s glare focused on Duo. “What are you smiling about? You find this funny?” Duo didn’t expect for Tamika to direct her anger at him.
“No, but I think that the god of death deserves a little time away from your psycho pal!”
“Psycho? Yeah psycho to like a egotistical maniac such as you!” Tamika growled making a fist. Heero almost laughed at the two, but he held his blank expression. She was ready to kill Duo, and Duo was ready to kill her. The two minds clashed together forming a hurricane of anger, and he found it to be very funny. Duo threw his hands on the back of his head.
“So what if I am egotistical or a maniac. It doesn’t bother me. I’m not going to fight a girl.” Tamika opened her mouth to say something and then closed it. She bit her lip, she wasn’t going to argue with him and get herself all bent out of shape over this “jerk”.
Dinner was served only about ten minutes after the servant had left the room. Shannon skipped her way to the large rectangular table and fell into a seat.
“Good having you here, Shannon”, Von greeted from the other end of the table.
Shannon dived into the food and mumbled in response.
“I’m glad you came. I’ve been waiting to see you for quite some time now.”
“Well, I didn’t come willingly, silly!”, Shannon giggled, “What was your name again….? Was it Car, no umm…. Good food! Hehehehe! Umm…. Maybe, oh! VAN!”
Von sighed, “No. My name is Von Ebiru.”
“Oh yeah…. Wait a second….”, Shannon’s eyes narrowed, “Oh yeah! YOUR THAT GUY TAMIKA said WAS BAD! Right?”
Von only looked at Shannon.
“Oh well. Whatever fancies your piddle”, Shannon answered, then went back to eating.
Von looked at the girl puzzled by her odd phrase and then smiled.
The dinner went on without a word spoken except for the occasional mumbling from Shannon.
“Now what the hell am I gonna do? Damn it, Shan!” Tamika yelled annoyed.
“We could all go and look for her?” Quatre suggested.
“That wont be too productive, the sun has gone down”, Heero announced looking up at the sky.
“I guess we’ll wait till the morning to look for her”, Duo replied his voice relieved.
Tamika looked at Duo with rage and then pressed it back down. “I guess we really don’t have a choice….”
Shannon finished eating, finally. Von who had patiently been waiting sat up from his seat.
Shannon looked up at him, “He sure is cute…. Did I just say that out loud?”
Von smirked to himself with a half grin on his face. Shannon meekly giggled with her face now glowing red.
“Oh my god! Where the hell is she?!” Tamika screamed out in the dead silence. Everyone sat up and all set their eyes on Tamika angrily. Tamika waved and snickered meekly, “Sorry?” Tamika laid back down as well as everyone else. Tamika mumbled to herself whining on about Shannon,“I can’t just sit around on my ass wondering where the hell she is! I have to go find her or I won’t be able to get any damn sleep!” Tamika yelled waking everybody once again.
“Can’t ya go rant and rave somewhere else?! Some of us are trying to get some sleep!” Duo screamed in an angry tone.
Tamika stood up, turned and walked away tossing her hand in the air and with a rude tone replied, “Yeah, whatever…”
“I have brought you here to ask you something. I want you to fight by my side.”
“But…. But what about Tamika. She’d be very angry with me. She says she needs me and I don’t want to disappoint her. Plus you are the bad guy!”
“I knew that’d be your answer. You shouldn’t have to worry about Tamika, your fighting skills surpass far beyond hers.”
“Oh, no she’s a really good fighter. And she’s pretty, and sweet, and, and she’s my best friend, her and Duo.”
“Well then she can take care of herself, she doesn’t need you.”
Shannon interrupted, “No, no, no. Tamika, she’d rather have help. She may be stubborn and never admit it, but she needs help, just like the rest of us.”
“I already know that story. But that’s all it is, a story. Think Shannon. When Tamika fights she worries about you. That can get her killed. You could be the cause of her death. No if you join me I can guaranty her safety.”
Shannon looked up at him with an expression of deep thought.
Von smirked and handed her a bottle. “You have all the time in the world to think this over. But for now, this is a gift to you.”
“Oh! Wine!” Shannon replied taking the bottle and licking her lips.
“I knew you’d like it”, Von answered a smile on his face.
