The Proud,
the few..........
chapter 2
WuFei
pulled at his uniform jacket. He hated these damn dress uniforms. Not only were
they uncomfortable, but they were quite ugly. He pulled out his katana and
swiped it threw the air.
He could
hear the others talking, as they waited for their turn.
Sally came
in her doctors scrubs. WuFei cocked an eyebrow at her.
She
shrugged and said," It was Une's Idea."
Sally sat
down and crossed her arms and waited.
Once more
the door opened and in walked Duo and Hilde. Wu Fei frowned .They were carrying
two of largest guns he had even seen.
They
shrugged.
Wu Fei
asked, "Une's Idea?"
Hilde nodded.
He shook
his head and muttered. "This is beginning to be like a circus."
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WuFei
stood impatiently outside of the door as Sally was getting Photographed. He
wanted to get on with this school thing. He frowned and crossed his arms over
his chest. He was beginning to regret volunteering for the school thing. Une
never did things without an ulterior motive.
The onna
was evil.
Soon Sally
came out and looked at WuFei, "Are you ready to go?"
"After I change."
Sally looked down at herself and smiled, "Me, too."
WuFei turned toward the door, but stopped when he heard shouting from the other
door.
"Come
on, Onna. Let's get out of here before they bring the house down."
Sally chuckled and followed him out.
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Hilde
looked up as she entered the room. Instantly the gun in her hands came up and
aimed it at the person behind the camera. "YOU!" She shouted.
Duo
reached across and laid his hand on the barrel of the gun.
"Hilde.
Aw man I forgot to tell you. I gave them this punishment. It will take them
days to get done here."
"I don't care! " She cocked the hammer back and placed her finger on
the trigger.
"Hilde."
Treize stepped out from behind the camera and grinned at her. "Well..
Well. Still holding on to that grudge, Miss Hilde?"
"MRS. MAXWELL TO YOU!"
"HILDE!"
Duo pushed the gun down. "Come on, babe. Please. I don't want to be here
anyway. If you kill them , Une will have to find other ones and we'll never get
done!"
She growled and pushed the gun up again.
"Babe,
PLEEASE!"
She glared at Treize and Van. "I better not see this picture any where but
on a Preventer poster! OR....."
"Of course, Mrs. Maxwell." Treize smiled at Hilde, an trickle of an
Idea floating through his head.
Van stood
in the back, cowering behind a camera.
Hilde
lowered the gun. "Let’s do this."
The men in the room visibly relaxed.
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Sally
looked through her bag in the locker room. She pulled out her camera and
checked it for film. Une wanted her to get some good pictures of WuFei and some
of the kids. She smiled. She had her own agenda.
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Wu Fei
paced outside of the locker room. He rapped on the door. "SALLY! COME ON! I
would like to get started on this!"
WuFei stepped back as the door opened and Sally stepped out. She handed him a
piece of paper.
"Here's the first school."
"St. Mary's Academy."
She nodded.
"Let's
go, then."
They
headed for the school.
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Treize and
Van took photos all day. They had every size and shape to deal with. This Une
was Sadistic. She had some bazarre Ideas for Photos. He would speak to her when
they were done.
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Sally
watched Wu Fei interact with the kids. The girls were all goo goo eyed and the
boys stood with quiet admiration. She had snapped pictures of him talking to
them and sparing with them, but the best one was where he had stripped to only
of the bottoms of his gi, his hair was loose an flipping all over as
he kicked
and spared with the air. His body glisened with sweat. She gulped.
No wonder
the girls all had their mouths hanging out. She grinned as a thought came to
mind...............
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Two weeks
later.
Duo stood
by the poster of Hilde and Himself. He smiled. Hilde was standing behind him. She
had one hand on his shoulder and the other holding the gun. He was siting on
the floor in front of her, his gun resting on his lap. The Caption
said......"COME JOIN THE PREVENTERS AND GET A GREAT PARTNER.....
AND A BIG
GUN."
Une had
put these downtown. She hoped to get some new recruits for the summer. He
turned and saw Sally walking toward him.
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Wu Fei entered Preventer headquarters . He hadn't seen the posters as of yet. He
had heard the rumblings through out headquarters and town. The town fathers
were whining about the nature of the posters. Wu Fei snorted.
He passed
Une's office. He heard that photographer in there talking to her. He seemed to
be trying to talk her into a calendar. WuFei grimaced as he continued to talk. If
she agreed this could become as big of fiasco as the one.
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Out side
Preventers Headquarters.
Several
girls stood by the recruitment poster, looking longingly at the man standing in
the uniform with his katana drawn.
"Do
you suppose he's really a Preventer, or an actor?"
"My God, if they are all that good- looking, I wanna join right now!"
"Man o
man!"
Farther
down the street......
Several
boys stood looking at the poster on the corner of 12th and Pine.
"Holy
shit! Look at that!"
"Wow!"
Another boy walked up and looked at the other two. "So what are we 'oh,
wowin' about? The guns or the girl?"
One boy looked at his friend. "BOTH!"
"I'm
gonna join! I want a partner like that and a big gun."
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WuFei eavesdropped
for a few more minutes and then moved away. He didn't want to get caught. He
really wanted to Know if Une was going to say yes to a calendar....or tell the
asshole to get out.
He walked
away just in time to see Sally coming his way. She had a manila envelope in her
hand.
"Wu! Just the man I wanted to see!"
He crossed his arms and stopped waiting for her.
"I
got back those pictures! You want see?"
He
shrugged as she pulled them from the envelope.
"Here"
She shoved several pictures in his hands.
He looked
at them and smiled. "These are very good." He said as he looked up at
her. "You should be doing this instead of what you do.."
"Naw,
I like being a Preventer!" She said as she grinned at him. "Une
busy?"
He nodded
and aid. "That photographer is in there with her."
"OK. I'll come back later."
She
grinned and walked away from him
to be
continued........