Retrieve, a 07 Ghost Fanfiction EDITING

Chapter 16

(Back to when Zehel found the room)

The ghost turned the knob of the wooden brown door and pushed it open. He figured it was the best room the headquarters had. After all, Selaena was Ayanami's girl. He cursed, she /wasn't/ his girl. He expected the room to have a bed, table and a toilet. However, this room was like, a VIP hotel room for the rich!

The area he was staring at was the hallway. He walked on to the living room which had other doors that led to the bedroom, bathroom and a walk-in-closet.

No sign of Selaena but she was here. Zehel could feel her prescence. Very strong.

He burst open the doors of the walk-in-closet. He scanned the room. Nothing.

He went to the bathroom. The first thing he noticed was that it was HUGE. It was even bigger than the closet! The bathtub was like a swimming pool and it was facing the super huge windows that allowed one to see the entire area of the Barsburg Empire.

The corner was taken up by the shower and the toilet which had separate rooms each.

She was living the good life. He walked around. Still no sign of her.

'Bedroom then,' he thought and proceeded to walk out of the luxurious bathroom. He spotted her trying to escape.

"Crap," she mumbled.

Zehel grinned.

Selaena was screaming all sorts of words in her mind. Zehel had found her and she was panicking. She walked backwards into the wall behind her. She hit it and tried to sink into it.

"Away... Go away."

"Just follow me please."

Selaena sank down to the floor, her back still against the wall.

"I don't want to go with you! Just leave me alone! Why can't I have a normal life with Ayanami? What did I do to deserve this? Why do I have to be haunted by you?"

Zehel froze. He started to feel angry.

"After 5 years, I finally got to be with him again and you come and ruin this? WHAT DID I DO FOR YOU TO KEEP HAUNTING ME?" Selaena screamed the last part out.

Zehel fumed. He didn't want this. Clearly, what happened at the lab was not explained to her and she was accusing him of taking away her freedom. He was pissed.

Zehel reached out to her and grabbed her by the throat. He held her up against the wall. She yelped in pain and stared fiercely at him with her big green eyes. Frau was in pain holding her like this, she was once Victoria after all and he was hurting her like this. But his rage had took over his mind.

"It's not my fault that I'm coming after you. Ask your favourite Ayanami what happened in the lab that day then!" he yelled.

Selaena was struggling against his strong hold. Her neck hurt like hell and she couldn't be bothered to listen to him. Breathing became difficult, Frau was cracking her windpipe and if it continues she would die. Selaena clawed at his hands.

"He stole my one and only love. I lost my love just like you lost yours. I'm only trying to get it back!"

"Then...w...what has this...g...got to do with me?" Selaena choked out the words.

"Because the thing he stole from me was you."

Selaena stared at him in shock. She was his love? What???

"Ask the Chief of Staff why," Zehel uttered and released his hold on her.

Selaena dropped to the ground and massaged her throat. She took in air and her heartbeat turned back to normal.

Then a black figure flew past her and Zehel was thrown against the wall. Ayanami was by Selaena's side before she knew it. He wrapped his arms around her. Oh, the warmth that escaped from his skin and seeped into hers immediately. So reassuring. But Zehel's words were stuck in her head. Selaena felt Ayanami's fingers at her throat.

"Did...he...no. He strangled you?" Ayanami whispered.

The atmosphere turned horribly cold. He turned away from her and stood up. Selaena held him down, she knew the maximum of Ayanami's power when he was at his limit. He alone could destroy the headquarters building.

"Don't..don't..."

"You're defending him. AFTER WHAT HE HAD DONE TO YOU?"

Selaena froze. Fear swallowed her up. He was very angry. She had never seen him this angry before.

Zehel, on the other hand, was recovering from the impact. He saw the raging Ayanami stare at Selaena who was trembling with fear under his gaze.

The Chief of Staff turned back to the ghost.

"Leave."

Zehel cursed and disappeared.

Ayanami turned back to see Hyuuga, Haruse and Kuroyori looking down at the ground.

"Where were all of you?" he whispered.

"I said WHERE WERE ALL OF YOU?" he yelled this time.

Silence. Selaena shivered. Ayanami's eyes were filled with anger.

"I asked you to guard the room but somehow Zehel could enter? By turning the doorknob too!"

Ayanami pointed to Selaena who flinched when she saw his finger at her.

"Look at what he did to her. His hands were around her throat and SHE COULD HAVE DIED!"

"Sorry Chief of Staff. We weren't fast enough," Haruse uttered.

Ayanami sighed.

"Leave all of you."

His begleiters left the room swiftly, leaving only Selaena and Ayanami.

He turned to look at her. His cold eyes boring a hole right through her body. Selaena looked away.

Then he left, slamming the door behind him.

Selaena heart thumped furiously. Ayanami had never been so angry before.