From: Shimarisu <shimarisu@my-deja.com> Subject: Re: [PW!] [ATTN: Insanellama, Shard] Onward to HQ Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 8:05 AM In article <O2YD3.96$ss6.14063@feed.centuryinter.net>, "Insanellama" <insanellama316@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Shimarisu wrote in message <7rlo29$le1$1@nnrp1.deja.com>... > >step further, and he'd lose her... > > > >But how was he going to keep the agreement without sacrificing his *own* > >dignity? He gulped down hard - nothing to do with the water. Maybe he > >was swallowing his pride. Maybe he was trying to prevent his own anger > >from surfacing. > > > >"Look," put in Sneakers finally, waking Kiniro from his musings. "Are we > >going into HQ, or sitting here, up to our necks in water, arguing the > >whole time?" > > > >- TBC? > Kiniro in an effort to restore order, and to humble himself before them, at > least momentarily, bowed and said "After you." > > Murasaki and Sneakers brushed passed him, and started down the hall. Kiniro > fell into step about 1 and a half paces behind murasaki. This was enough to > show respect, but not enough to show fear. Kiniro hadn't liked the > accusations he had recieved only a few seconds ago. It hadn't mattered > whether or not they could swim, since he could have dragged them the whole > way anyway. He also never had even the most remote thought that they > couldn't fight, quite the contrary really. Things had gotten all confused as > usual. He put his thoughts to the back of his mind, and concentrated on what > was ahead of him. > > Security cleared them, and took them directly to a debriefing room. This was > standard procedure, since after all, this was a very hard to find base. A > man in a suit with a briefcase walked into the room, and sat down. "So," said the man, without introducing himself. "First of all, we want to know how you found this place." "I heard a rumour," answered Kiniro quickly, before Murasaki or Sneakers could tell their woeful tale of being dragged underwater for metres at a time. "That's all there is to it, really. Some kid in manoeuvres was getting all exited about how cool the underwater base was, and it kind of got spread around." "Some kid in manoeuvres?" queried the man. Then he shrugged it off. "Never mind. I don't think I need to ask. Anyway. So tell me *why* you came here." "Nearest place," Kiniro told him. "That and, well, I was curious." "You were crazy." Murasaki sneered. Kiniro shot her a sideways glance. "We've all been sent a little crazy, since the goings on in Mt Moon..." he protested. "Ah yes," the stranger put in. "The 'goings on' in Mt. Moon." He needlessly took some papers out of the briefcase, and flicked through them. It was *meant* to be disconcerting, but Kiniro didn't care. He was going to get the story across without any more messing around. So he told the man everything, right from the time that Murasaki and himself had left Celadon HQ, up to the point where they'd discovered the burnt out jeep. Murasaki remained silent. If Kiniro *wanted* to take control, then he could just do all the work himself too. Sneakers didn't keep quiet however. He made it very clear that he'd seen the jeep first, and that he'd been there on a mission in the first place. And he also wanted to know exactly why other agents had been in Mt Moon looking for moonstones if they hadn't been joined up with him right from the start. This seemed like a fairly fractured mission, Sneakers thought... "All in good time..." interrupted the mystery agent. He shuffled his papers, which Kiniro guessed were absolutely nothing to do with any of his group. The man then stood up, and motioned to the door. "Come this way," he said. "The boss wants to talk to all three of you." Kiniro and Sneakers both shuddered. They hadn't expected this. Who could guess where this would lead? Murasaki on the other hand, was unperturbed. She had absolutely no idea who the 'boss' was. - TBC? - Shimarisu Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.