*Just after the sun went down, a jeep pulled onto a dusty old road. With alternative music playing loudly, the jeep speed down the road much faster than it should have. The occupants of the jeep were five teenage boys, and the object of it’s occupants was simple. Get in, get out, and live to see tomorrow. Yes, that should have been simple enough for Hiiro Yui. He was raised doing the exact same thing all his life, but for some strange reason, he had a feeling of foreboding in his veins tonight. Maybe tonight would be his last, or maybe something else cataclysmic would happen, but whatever it was, it was going to happen soon. The driver of the jeep, Wufei, was pulling over, and from here on in, they would be walking.
After about ten minutes, they came to a large building in the middle of the woods.
“This is it.” Said Wufei. “Anyone have any ideas on how to get in?”
“ Weren’t you supposed to know that?” Asked Duo.
“ I know what to do once we get inside, but we need to get in without causing a stir. Any suggestions?”
“ Maybe we could…shh…I hear something.” Quatre hushed his friends quickly. Then, out of the bushes, a lone figure crossed to the guards standing at the entrance. From their places, the pilots could hear and see perfectly.
‘A girl?’ Hiiro thought ‘just a girl? What can she do against five armed guards?’ he sat and watched the events unfold.
“Excuse me sir, but I’m lost, and I can’t seem to find my way. Could you help me?” With her words, all five guards instantly crowded her to ask where she wanted to go.
“ Where? Why, I would like to go home.”
“ Where’s home, beautiful?” Asked a guard.
“ The moon.” Was the girl’s reply. With that, shot took out a sword and quickly and precisely sliced each of the five guards to pieces. “Sorry, but you can’t stand in my way.” With that, she ran into the base.
“Well, that was interesting.” Was Duo’s response.
“ That must have been our little assassin girl at work.” Trowa put in.
“Just like a woman to be conniving and manipulative.” Snorted Wufei.
“Let’s go. The guards are down.”
“Just like Hiiro, never one to put things off until the last minute.” Sighed Duo as the four others watched Hiiro walk through the entrance, loading his gun in the process.
Sai was having a hard time. She had originally wanted to tap the main computer for information and then blow the place sky high without a warning, but couldn’t find any computers anywhere. As she twisted and turned, she realized she was caught in a maze. ‘Must be how they discourage visitors around here.’ She knew that at the end of the maze the main base would be found, but she was having the devil of a time trying to find it in the first place. Suddenly, she heard voices from around the corner. Only slightly worried about them being guards, she straightened the stolen uniform she was wearing and stepped into the opening. She came face to face with five others who were wearing uniforms as well.
“Good evening gentlemen.”
“ Good evening to you as well miss. Out for a stroll of this maze of a base?”
“You might say that. Why don’t you walk with me?”
“ Happy to, mi’lady! Do we get a name?”
“ Yulate. And yours?”
“ Duo. These are my friends, Hiiro, Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei.”
“ That’s an unusual name, Yulate. Are you an Angel of Compassion, like the myth says?”
“ I doubt I am an angel at all, Quatre.” With that, they strolled on, Sai hoping that these soldiers would lead her right to the main base.
The Gundam boys were having an awful time. They needed this soldier girl Yulate to take them to the main base, but she was leading as blindly as they were following. Hiiro was at his wit’s end trying to find the main computer, and saw that the others were as well. He wondered if Sai had already made it through the maze and was almost done setting the explosives. Without saying anything, he pulled his gun out and pressed it against Yulate’s back.
“Take us to the main base, now.” Sai felt the cold metal pressing against her warm neck. These men weren’t soldiers, they were infiltrating just as she was, and they thought she really was a soldier.
“I can’t do that.” She answered. This might almost be considered funny.
“Oh really, why not, Girl-Angel?” Hiiro was losing patience.
“ Because.” Suddenly, Hiiro felt cold metal pressing against his stomach. He felt sick. “I’m no soldier. I was so hoping you could, but, it seems you are no more soldiers to this base than I. Why not get out with the real names. You know, it really is too dark to see in here, and if you make it out alive, I won’t be able to hunt you down and kill you for nearly spoiling my plans.”
“ We told our real names, or didn’t you?” Remarked Trowa.
“Of course not. I would have been killed if you had been real guards. Allow me to introduce myself.” She stepped away from Hiiro and faced him and the other boys. “ I am Sai.”
Hiiro’s heart speed, his veins pumped with adrenaline. This was the assassin that had made even the Gundam Pilots noxious with her sick and twisted games to play with hostages. This was who had blown up those bases so precisely that not even Wufei could find any remains. This was a girl that had, for the first time ever, fooled him and then shocked him. He liked the feeling. Then again, he thought to himself ‘this is a mission, not a game.’
“So you’re Sai. Come to blow the base up?”
“ Gee, I didn’t think I was so famous. Yes, that’s why I’m here. And, uh, boys, if you want me, or the honor of blowing the base, you’ll have to catch me first.” With that, Sai speed down the next corridor as fast as she possibly could. As she ran through the twists and turns of the maze, she thought about the boys she had just met. Their names were familiar, but she couldn’t place them. Then there was something about that Hiiro, the one who had held the gun to her. He had scared her for the first time in years, and at the same time, made her feel strange. Then, of course, she cut all of the shit out of her mind because, well, she had finally found the main base.
Ignoring all the people and machines, she found what she was looking for, the computer mainframe. As she took out her laptop, she shook her head to clear it of all thoughts.
Hiiro chased after Sai. Though he knew he couldn’t catch her, he had to try. He lost her some where after the fifth turn, and as he slowed, the other pilots came crashing behind him.
“We lost her. Damn. Une would have liked to put her in prison.” Huffed Wufei.
“ Listen! Can anyone else here that? Drills!” Quatre cried. The others listed and followed the sound, each step bringing them close towards Sai and the main base. When they reached the main base, Hiiro turned and told the others:
“I’m going after the computer mainframe. Set the explosives for manual detonation and as soon as your all out of the base, blow it. Don’t wait for me.”
“Hiiro?”
“Just do it Quatre.” With that, he raced off.
Sai was just shutting her computer down when she heard someone breaking the locks on the door to enter. Drawing her sword, she capsulized her computer and waited for the intruder. Soon, a dark figure appeared.
“Sai. I know you’re here.”
“You have to be good to have found me so easily.” She lowered her sword. “Are your friends setting the explosives?”
“Yeah. five minutes, ten at the most before they go off.”
“ It took me that long to download the information. It’ll take you that long too, and by the time you start the down load, you’ll be blown to shreds.”
“That’s a choice I’ll take for the information.” Sai’s heart grew two sizes at this brave but foolish statement.
“ Let’s go.”
“ Not without…”
“I’ll give you a copy of what I got. Let’s go. It’s now or never, do or die. Take it or leave it.” Hiiro looked hard at the girl in front of him. Though he couldn’t see her features, he could tell she was serious and wouldn’t skip with the information.
“Fine.” With that, the two raced towards the maze entrance. Just as they reached the maze door way, soldiers over took them. Hiiro got out his gun and started shooting everyone he saw. Out of the corner of his eye, he watch Sai wield her giant broad sword, slashing any one who dared take her on. As they finished with the last couple of men, They heard a booming noise coming straight for them. The walls caved in, and the last thing Hiiro saw was Sai pushing him out the door way with a bag in his hand.*