Konnichiwa Minna-san! I've come up with another Gundam 00 fic! This one might be slightly different from my others. For one, it might change rating depending on where I go with it. Two while it will follow the story line of the second season, however it will be alternate universe. So after the disclaimer, you can get started.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam 00 or the characters but Veda is being nice and allowing me to borrow them for a while.
Happy Reading!
Chapter One: Pushed to Exhaustion
Tieria stood in the observation room. He had a lot on his mind and no matter how much he thought about it, there was something he just couldn't understand. He couldn't figure out just who Regene Regetta was. He could see his own face in him which made sense because he had been told that they shared the same DNA base pattern. But the thing that confused him the most was that there were others like him. There were others that could directly link with Veda. How many where there and why didn't he know anything about them?
He took his glasses off and leaned over to press his forehead against the cool glass. It had been about two days since he had met Regene and he had had a nagging headache ever since and he just didn't feel right. Despite how ill he felt, after consulting Haro several different times for a temperature reading, his temperature was actually a bit below normal. He was starting to feel a bit worse so he sat down for a while, hoping that the dizziness would go away.
"There you are Tieria," Allelujah's voice came as the door opened, "Sumeragi's looking for you." He then gasped as he took a closer look at the smaller Meister, "You look awful," He said as he knelt down next to the purple haired boy, "Seriously Tieria…you look really sick. Are you feeling alright?"
"No," Tieria muttered as he shook his head a bit and shut his eyes.
Allelujah took off one of his gloves and placed his hand on Tieria's forehead, "You're…not warm at all…" He said, "I thought for sure you would be burning up…"
"I've asked Haro to check my temperature four times already," Tieria said miserably, "And each time it's come up with thirty-six point five. I can't stand it anymore Allelujah…I don't know what's wrong with me…"
"Maybe you should go to the medical room," Allelujah suggested.
"I have," Tieria said, "There is nothing wrong with me…but I just feel so ill, there must be something wrong with me…ugh, I just don't know what to do anymore."
"You should talk to Sumeragi," Allelujah said as he placed his hand on the smaller Meister's shoulder, "She might be able to help you."
Tieria nodded, "Will you tell Sumeragi that I'll talk with her a bit later?" He asked softly, "I'm going to lie down for a while, to see if I feel any better."
"That sounds like a good idea," Allelujah said as he helped Tieria stand, "If you're feeling that sick you really should rest. Do you need me to help you?"
"I'll be alright," Tieria said softly as he headed for the door, "Thanks Allelujah."
Allelujah sighed as Tieria left the room. Tieria hardly ever got sick and if he did he would recover quickly. He would spend a day or two in bed and then he would be fine, probably a little tired and listless but well enough to go about his day. But this…this was bad. Allelujah was certain that he had never seen anyone look so absolutely ill before, and Tieria wasn't even sick. //Something must have happened to him the day I went missing// Allelujah thought, //There's no other explanation for why he looks so ill//
"Allelujah," Marie's voice came as the door opened, "Is something wrong?"
"I'm just a little concerned about Tieria," Allelujah said as he picked up the glasses and jacket that had been left there by their owner, "I've never seen him get like that."
"I ran into him as I was coming here," Marie said, "He looks awful, is he sick?"
"He's not sick," Allelujah said, "But he's not at all well either. Would you mind meeting me at Tieria's room? I'm going to go speak to Sumeragi-san." He handed the jacket and glasses to Marie. "Please take these as well."
Marie nodded and took the jacket and glasses, "Do you want me to get him anything else?" She asked, "Some kind of medication perhaps?"
"Just get him an ice pack and a cool cloth for his head," Allelujah said, "Tieria can't have most types of medication, his body rejects it."
Marie nodded, "Alright," She said as she walked from the room.
Sumeragi was sitting at her desk looking over some of the data that Tieria had complied for her on what had happened while she was absent and on the statuses of the Meisters. "Tieria," She said as the door opened, "There's something I don't quite understand in the data you sent me."
"I'm not Tieria," Allelujah said.
"Allelujah," Sumeragi said, "I thought I told you to go find Tieria. Where is he?"
"He's not feeling very well, so he's lying down for a while," Allelujah said, "Sumeragi-san, there's something very wrong with him. He looks awful, and yet, he's not sick."
Sumeragi stood up, "Tieria's not feeling well?" She asked as Allelujah nodded, "That doesn't happen often…did he tell you what's wrong?"
"He would tell me," Allelujah said, "But he did say that he was feeling really sick and he's just really pale. Something must have happened to him the day I went missing. I really didn't see him when I got back, was he acting strange when he got back?"
Sumeragi thought for a minute, "Not really," She said, "But now that I think about it, he was acting a bit more distant than usual." She sighed, "I didn't think anything of it, I thought he was just dealing with the stress of your disappearance. Are you heading to his room?"
"Yeah," Allelujah said.
"Alright," She said, "I'll meet you there, I'm just going to go get something first."
Sumeragi sighed as she walked up to Tieria's bed. Like Allelujah had said, even in the low lighting, Sumeragi could tell that Tieria very pale. She placed her hand on his forehead and again just as Allelujah had told her, Tieria's skin was cool.
"Tieria," She said softly, "Allelujah said you weren't feeling very well. What's wrong?"
"I just can't put my finger on it," Tieria moaned, "I've never felt this way before…"
Sumeragi sighed, "Are there any symptoms that you can place?" She asked as he ran her fingers through Tieria's hair.
"A migraine-like headache," Tieria said as he kept his eyes closed, "And every so often I get really lightheaded, almost as if I'm about to faint."
"Have you been eating?" Sumeragi asked. She knew that when Tieria went too long without eating he would suffer from terrible headaches and severe lightheadedness. But she had a feeling that that wasn't what was bothering Tieria so much. She had a feeling that she knew what was wrong with him. She just needed to ask him a few more questions just to be sure.
"I've been nauseous," Tieria said, "I tried to eat something earlier but I really thought that I was going to be sick."
Sumeragi nodded, "Did you at least have something to drink?" She asked.
"Just a bit of water," Tieria said, "But I just felt sicker afterwards."
"Alright," She said, "Have you been getting at least eight hours of sleep in the past few nights?" She also knew that if Tieria didn't get enough sleep he would also suffer from migraine like headaches.
"I haven't been able to sleep much," Tieria said, "It takes me about an hour to fall asleep then I keep waking up."
"I thought so," Sumeragi said, "You're suffering from stress, exhaustion and dehydration. So here's what I'm going to do, I am going to give you something that will help you sleep and put you on an IV since you're not feeling well enough to eat. Is that alright?"
"It's fine but…what about my intolerance to medication?" Tieria muttered.
"Your body can tolerate sleep aids," Sumeragi said, "I've used them on you before."
"You have?" Tieria asked.
"Yeah," Sumeragi said as she played with Tieria's hair a bit, "There were times where we needed you to get some sleep, for your own good."
Tieria sighed and nodded. He just wasn't feeling well enough to argue with Sumeragi.
"Alright then," Sumeragi said, "I'll be right back. Allelujah, will you stay here with him until I get back?"
"Sure," Allelujah said as Sumeragi left the room, "Tieria," He said softly, "Did anything happen to you the day I went missing for a while?" Tieria nodded, "What happened?"
"I met someone," Tieria said softly as he turned on his side. He wasn't sure if it was because he was probably over-hungry, the migraine headache or the high level of stress he was suffering from but whatever the reason, he had a bad stomachache. "And he looked exactly like me…I don't know who he is…or where he's from…but it bothered me to see my face in that man…ugh…"
"What's wrong?" Allelujah asked.
"My stomach…" Tieria moaned as he clutched his stomach.
"I'm back," Sumeragi said as she reentered the room followed by Feldt, "I'll try to get this done as soon as I can so you can get some sleep Tieria. But first I'm going to need you to sit up and drink something. We can't use the intravenous sleep aid with the other treatments we'll be using."
Tieria nodded then slowly sat up hoping that the lightheadedness wouldn't be too bad this time but he was wrong. His head swam so bad that he started to black out. He would have fallen back against his bed however, someone steadied him.
"Take it easy," Allelujah said as he helped Tieria take the cup that was handed to him, "Drink slowly, your stomach is sick and you need to keep this down."
Tieria did what he was told and almost immediately, he felt his eyelids grow heavier. "Sumeragi…how long…" Tieria mumbled barely able to get a coherent sentence out, "How long…will I…be…asleep…?"
"I don't know," Sumeragi said as she placed a damp cloth to Tieria's forehead, "You're probably going to sleep until your body is fully rested. Don't worry about it now, just get some rest."
Tieria nodded then shut his eyes.
Sumeragi sighed after waiting a little bit, "Feldt," She said softly, "Start setting up the IV."
"You waited an awfully long time to do that, Sumeragi-san," Allelujah said.
"I know I did," Sumeragi said, "But Tieria has a fear of needles and it's better if we wait until after he passes out for who knows how long to get it done."
"Tieria's afraid of needles?" Allelujah asked, "I would have never expected that from him."
"I know," Sumeragi said as Feldt finished with the IV, "But to each their own. Well, I'm about to call for a meeting in the briefing room so just head over there."
"It's about Tieria right?" Allelujah asked.
"Yeah, well sorta," Sumeragi said, "Dammit, Tieria choose a wonderful time to work himself up to the point where he needed to be sedated in order to calm him down. I swear, he always chooses the worst damn time for us to be down a Meister."
"And somehow it's always the time where nothing happens," Allelujah said as he remembered the last time something like this had happened. It had been about four years ago right after Lockon had been injured. Tieria had taken one look at the state that the older Meister had been in, muttered something about it being his fault then passed out.
"Watch," Sumeragi said, "This will be the one time something does happen, just because we only have two fully operational Gundams excluding Tieria's. Well you two can head down to the briefing room, I'll be down there in a few." She said as she used the intercom in Tieria's room to page the rest of the crew.
Allelujah and Marie were the second to last to enter the briefing room.
"Sumeragi-san will be here shortly," Allelujah said, 'She told me that we'll start once she gets here."
"Hey aren't we missing someone?" Lyle asked, "Where's cute purple-chan?"
"His name is Tieria!" Allelujah snapped uncharacteristically, "He's senior to you and you will show some respect towards him!"
"Really?" Lyle asked, "The kid looks so young. I thought he was one of the newer members. Although he does act like the boss around here sometimes, which just gets annoying."
"Tieria's been working for the organization longer than any of us," Allelujah said, "Except maybe Ian-san."
"Wow," Lyle exclaimed, "They let children work for the organization? That seems a bit wrong to me but I'm just sayin'."
"What do you mean?" Allelujah asked.
"Well, the kid looks like he's eighteen at the oldest," Lyle said, "And if he's been workin' here the longest I figured that they must have hired him when he was eight or nine. So how old was he when he started here?"
"Tieria's age is none of your damn business," Sumeragi said as she entered the room followed by Feldt.
"What is this all about Sumeragi Li Noriega?" Setsuna asked.
"Well," Sumeragi said, "At the current time we are down to three Meisters. Tieria took ill a little while ago and he's on bed rest for a few days."
"Is he alright!?" Mileina asked almost fearfully, "He's been acting strange for a few days."
"He'll be fine if he rests for a few days," Sumeragi said, "He was just working himself a bit too hard that's all."
"Oh good," Mileina said with a sigh of relief.
"So," Sumeragi said, "I have a few rules that need to be put into place. First of all Setsuna, absolutely NO Trans-am! Ian just got the Double-0 back up and running and I do NOT need you to go overload it again. Newbie, I need you to at least pretend you know what you're doing for the next few days. So at least try to become a more active member of this crew. And Allelujah," Sumeragi said in a softer tone, "I have nothing to say to you so just go on as usual."
"Oi," Lyle complained, "That's not fair!"
"Sure it is," Sumeragi said, "Allelujah's been training with us the second longest, so he knows what to do in a situation like this. Alright, I'm going to need all of you to work a harder until Tieria's well again. You're dismissed."
"Well, this sucks," Lyle complained as Sumeragi left the room, "That purple haired kid sure caused a shit load of problems for the rest of us didn't she…I meant he."
"That's quite enough," Setsuna said as he walked from the room.
Allelujah walked up to Lyle punched him in the face then grabbed him by the collar, "Don't you ever disrespect Tieria Erde in front of me again," He said in a dangerous low tone, "Learn your place." He then released Lyle and walked from the room.
"You're awful," Mileina said, "Erde-san is your comrade and he's ill so you really shouldn't say those things about him!"
"Oh are you going to hit me too?" Lyle said.
"No," Mileina said, "I'm just saying! Erde-san would never say anything mean about anyone! He's so kind and he cares about everyone here!"
"And let me guess," Lyle said, "You're either his little girlfriend or you have a major crush on him but you're too shy to say anything."
"You bastard!" Mileina yelled as she kicked Lyle in the stomach then ran from the room, her face furiously red.
"Oh," Lyle gasped as he clutched his stomach, "Are any of you going to tell me what a horrible person I am?"
"I think you're going a bit too far," Ian said, "Although we do have cameras throughout the ship. We could always show that footage to Tieria and let him do what he sees fit. And I'm just gonna warn you, Tieria has an awful temper."
Feldt nodded as she followed Ian out of the room.
"And what about you?" Lyle asked Saji.
"I've got nothing to say," Saji said, "I don't know him and it's not my place."
"Damn bastard!" Lyle swore as he punched the wall after Saji left, "Just because some little boy on a high horse gets sick, I get blamed for everything! Goddammit I really wish that I didn't have to deal with that asshole!"
So what do you think? It's a decent start right? I figured that Tieria would be extremely stressed after meeting Regene and he doesn't seem to be the type who can handle stress well. As for the shippings, if I wasn't a Tieria/Mileina and an Allelujah/Marie shipper this would be a Tieria/Allelujah shipping but I planned it with Tieleina. And as for Lyle, I just really don't like him, he annoys me. So what do you think Tieria would do if he did get a hold of the footage of what Lyle said about him? Well, until next time minna-san!!
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