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The morning after

 

The winter sun entered the windows of the small house on the edge of the village. Randel felt it hit him right on his eyes, so he moved away from the blinding light. He felt the warm feeling he had on top of him, so he opened his eyes, catching the sight of Helena curled on top of him, breathing deeply in her sleep. He smiled when he saw her tiny figure in comparison of his. I missed waking up like this, he thought as he shifted his position to get more comfortable, but trying not to wake her up, has it really been so long?

Soon, Helena began to awake. It has been the first time in a long time when she had had such a good sleep. I wish I could stay longer like this, she sighed.

“Morning” a deep voice said and she looked up, seeing a disheveled Randel beneath her, “How did you sleep?”

“Very good, considering that we spent most night catching up,” she yawned and stretched a little, “you?”

He smiled at her and pulled her up to his face to kiss her. Helena laughed when she felt him pulling her closer to him. After a while, he pushed her back, breathing heavily.

“Does that answer your question?” He said to her, and she nodded, smiling at him, but soon her face got serious.

“You should head back” she said to him, while she stood up and placed a sheet around her naked form. Randel sat up.

“What? Why?”

“You disappeared in the middle of the night, Randel, your LT must be worrying about you. You should go back now.” She said, as she sat in front of the fireplace to light it up, her back facing him.

“Come with me” He said to her, getting up from the couch. She stood up and turned to face him.

“No, you already know that I can't” She shook her head, “Besides, you LT wanted to arrest me”

“Just come and I'll help you”, Randel said, getting closer to her and putting his hands over her shoulders, “explain this situation to her and then you can leave”

She stood on her tip toes and kissed him lightly on his lips.

“Ok, but after that, I am disappearing again. Don't come after me, please”

“You know I can't promise you that” He said to her, whispering softly, “I can't stop looking for you now that I know that you are alive”

“You have to, Randel” she said while she walked towards the bedroom, “I don't want you to kill me”

 

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Alice was sitting on the front of the pub, her feet tapping on the sidewalk.

Where the hell is HE? He is gonna have hell to pay if he doesn't show up soon!

“LT!”

She looked at Oreld, that was pointing at the road. Two figures walked towards them in the snow. The tall figure couldn't be anyone but the Corporal, but a smaller figure walked next to him. Alice soon recognized the figure as the girl from the night before, so she ordered her men to aim their rifles at her.

“Thief, stop right there!” She shouted, as she pointed at her with her blade. The two figures approached them and Alice saw that the girl carried three swords with her. They were three-pointed sai, two on her back and one tied behind her waist.

“Lieutenant, Helena came by her own free will, please stop aiming at her” Randel said to his superior in a calmed tone. Alice put the sword down and signaled Machs and Oreld to do the same with her rifle. She turned to face the man next to the girl.

“You have some explaining to do, Corporal. Why didn't you tell me that you knew her in first place? Why did you disappeared in the middle of the night with her and have the nerve to show up at this time?”

“I am sorry, but I want to explain this to you in private LT, right after Helena leaves.”

“Leaves?” Alice said in disbelief, “She assaulted Machs and Oreld last night and you expect me to let her leave? She is coming to HQ in our custody!”

Helena's hand slowly went to the two sai on her back and pulled them.

“I am not going with you” she said as she held the weapons pointing at Alice.

“You were a soldier for the Imperial Army during the war! How dare you refuse to obey and order from a superior?” Alice yelled at her.

“I disobey because the army betrayed me, Lieutenant” Helena said, putting a sarcastic tone on the last word.

Alice lowered her sword one more time in shock.

“What do you mean by “the army betrayed me”?”

“They took away from me the people I love the most, just because it was forbidden for me to love” Helena said, her knuckles getting white while her grasp on the sai tightened, “The army killed my son! And programmed someone I love to kill me! If there is anyone allowed here to hate the army it's me and Randel! How do you expect me to trust you if you represent everything I hate?”

Alice looked down.

“I'm sorry”

Helena's eyes widened in shock. She slowly placed the sai back to their holsters and walked near her.

“It's not your fault.” Alice's eyes rose and met Helena's, “If you gained Randel's respect and trust, then I trust in you too. I will go with you, but after this mess is cleared up, I will leave”

Alice nodded and they all got inside the car.

 

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Muse Kaplan was sitting in front of her table, with a bunch of papers spread on top of it. Who would think that those two would be such a trouble? Maybe I shouldn't have killed 001's baby, but kept it for research. The product of the mating of those two would have been an interesting thing to watch. A perfect killer and an anti-tank trooper? That kid would have been the start of a new line in the Invisible 9 series. She turned around when she heard someone knocking at the door.

“Come in”

A man in a black suit entered the room.

“We received news on the Section III report. They found 001 and they are bringing her here right now.”

“Dead or alive, Dimitri?”

“They are bringing her alive for interrogation, miss. Apparently Corporal Oland never used his lantern on this mission”

“Good. As soon as she places a foot on this place I want her taken to containment her in the laboratory's cells. Are we clear?”

“Crystal, ma'am”

“Good. You can leave now”

The man bowed and turned to leave. Muse Kaplan smiled at no one in particular. I am starting this research where I left it. I think. I think that the results will be interesting this time.

 

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The car reached its destination. Machs parked inside the spot designated for the unit and they all got out the car.

“This sure hasn't changed a lot” Helena said, admiring the building.

“Lieutenant Alice L. Malvin?” A voice was heard behind them.

“Yes?” Alice turned and saw a group of 15 soldiers behind them, “what do you want?”

“We have orders to take the prisoner with us” He said, pointing at Helena, “Please, remove your weapons now”

Helena quickly took out her sai and looked at Alice with terror written all over her face.

“You lied to me!”

She ran towards the soldiers, the swords on her hands. They all took pointed their rifles at her and shot, but she jumped out the way and landed in the middle of the group. She began taking the soldiers down, hitting them with the swords. Soon all the soldiers were lying on the floor unconscious, Helena standing in the middle of them. She looked at Randel with hurtful eyes.

“This is why I didn't want to come. Kaplan must be behind all of this!”

“Yes, I am, my dear.”

Helena turned and saw Muse Kaplan standing behind her with a gun in her hand, pointing at her.

“You know that you are fast enough to get out of my way before I pull the trigger, but none of them can do it” she said, pointing at Machs, Oreld and Alice, “And I wouldn't do that if I were you, Corporal,” she said, looking that Randel's hand was approaching his lantern, “You might kill me, but then you would kill her as well,” she said, pointing at Helena, “001, I suggest you come with me willing fully and the four of you forget this incident” she said, looking at the rest of them, “so, are you coming?”

Helena looked at Randel and sighed. She threw the sai at her feet and nodded. Muse aimed at her and pulled the trigger of the gun. The round hit her on her stomach and Helena fell backwards, while the group behind her stood in shock.

“Why did you kill her?” Randel yelled at Kaplan with rage.

“She is not dead, Corporal. It was a tranquilizer round and she will be fine. This is the same anesthetic used with all the 9 series. Normal human beings can't survive it, but in people like you it's nothing”

Muse turned around and made signs to the group of soldiers that came with her. They aimed at the Pumpkin Scissors and one of them picked Helena's body, leaving them behind.

 

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Fourth chapter! So what cha think of the fic? Let me know!!