Which she had feared from the start. The government had been aware that people might try to get friends out before they were enslaved, steal slaves that they wanted away, or just try and do something stupid. So they had guards, alarms and defenses to keep the rabble out of the processing spots. That was bad enough, but they couldn't use any sort of powers to really injure the normal people who were merely doing their jobs.
All the pulling back their punches simply resulted in the guards being able to use the 'pile warm bodies on the intruders' plan to great effect.
So they'd been taken into custody, and things had gotten worse from there. Makoto and no family, just like Mamoru, so they got processed, and Rei wound up right there along with them. Such a situation was not what they'd wanted, but that was what they got.
In her case, the fact that she'd been against the plan from the start helped. Most put it down to bad influences, and combined with the fact that her mother was a highly placed, and respected doctor, she had been spared the fate of her friends. Not that it was totally out for her, as she was still on probation with the authorities.
But what was worse was all the disappointment. Her mother was severely let down, her teachers tended to give her rueful looks, and her fame as a prodigy was badly tarnished. It helped that everyone just seemed to take it as her being in with a bit of a problem group, and were willing to let her try and redeem herself.
She was going to try hard to do that, though she wasn't about to give up on her friends. The fact that they'd just been misguided was accepted, but there was no leeway there. They'd broken the law, and were going to have to pay for it.
As a result, there were only two of them free, and she was the better off of the pair.
Her only hope was that Minako wouldn't make it so that she was the only one left.
Looking over her schoolwork, Minako sighed heavily. She'd never been very good with this sort of thing, and even with the tutoring that she was recieving, it still wasn't getting any less distasteful. Rather, she was having a hard time wanting to do much, despite her current situation.
Of course, she was wary of the fact that her mother had put her foot down on this. Her parents had saved her from becoming a slave like Rei, Makoto and Mamoru, but they had made it clear that if she didn't clear up her act soon, she would be going back to the processing center, this time as a slave. Her grades and irresponsibility were one thing, but the fact that she had broken into a government instillation and assaulted the security officers was even worse. It was apparent that they had reached the end of their ropes, and that if she didn't do something, the only assignments that she'd get would be from her master or mistress.
She wasn't happy about it, but that was what she had to work with. The plan that she and Rei had worked out had seemed to be good enough, and they'd thought that they'd get it done, but it had screwed up big time. Now they were down to only two of them free, and she was afraid that she was teetering on the edge of making it so that Ami would be the only one who wasn't a slave.
Still, she knew that she had to have hope one way or the other, and she tried to work on the stupid assignment in the hopes that if she got it done, she wouldn't have to think about it.
That it would keep her from thinking about the others was also a plus.
Ranma looked over the three girls that were now his slaves and had to admit that they were good looking. The one had first looked at was blonde, with her hair done up in odd balls, but the other two were no slouches either. One was tall, with her brown hair up in a pony tail and the other had a curtain of raven hair. All three were slim, young and were wearing outfits that showed that they were definately shapely females.
And as he took in the leashes that were now in his hands, he gave them a nervous smile while:
(Posted Thu, 05 Aug 2004 17:17)
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