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Running down the hallway, a gun in aimed straight if anyone were to come into view. Quatre and Heero storming down a hallway having been met with little resistance but considering it's a base fit for a colony they aren't taking any chances.
"Why is it so deserted? We just had high energy readings of people here and yet no alarms, no soldiers – no nothing" Quatre questioned as they finally came to the end of that hallway and came to a two-way, Heero made for a right so Quatre followed in pursuit.
"There is no one in the control room, Wufei has gone to check the armoury to see if its all still there – if not then there'll be an ambush" Duo observed and looked over the monitors of each area, "but it looks deserted."
"I am still picking up heat signatures here and there you guys, stay sharp – I'll watch your backs from out here," Trowa informed from space in his Gundam.
Wufei has just entered the armoury and turned on his headset again, "only half of the weapons are here… someone is lurking for a surprise attack. I'm going to return to where Duo is," he informed.
Heero stopped at the doorframe, "were in a supplies room or cargo hold… but what is it doing so far away from the hanger-bay?" he questioned and looked back at Quatre who is focusing on the room ahead for any movement.
"A quick sweep sounds reasonable enough – don't you think?" Quatre asked and looked at Heero in the corner of his eye, Heero with steady and firm eyes nodded, "agreed… don't want to get outnumbered on the way back."
Heero started down the left, looking up and down, side-to-side to make sure nothing would escape him, not even a pin falling from the ceiling would escape him. Quatre doing the same on the right and paused when he saw a flash of darkness like a shadow move back into hiding.
Raising the gun, Quatre narrowed his eyes to where the perpetrator could come out of and in a swift movement a person came out with a clear bag of white stuff in front of him to shield himself and through it in Quatre's direction.
"Found someone!" Quatre declared as he fired his gun at the bag and it near exploded, the man leaped forward as the white powder went at Quatre and got him in the eyes unexpectedly. Heero turned around on impulse and Quatre fired just as his eyes began to sting and at the same moment the man kicked at the gun in his hand and Heero fired at well.
Next thing Heero knew was that another gun shot went off knocking his gun out of his hand and towards Quatre who has fallen to his knee's clutching at his face while crying out in shock and in some pain.
Heero looked over to his left to see a man standing there with his gun trained on him, Heero raised his hands and the man began to circle, "fell for our trick eh?" the man asked and Quatre slowly began to get out and reached out to put his hand onto a large box to hold himself steady.
Heero is watching the eyes of the man now, "what trick? That this place is nearly abandoned and you hide out here to catch any wonderers looking for refugee and kill them and take their things? That the air vents are turned up to there maximum to make heat signatures?" Heero questioned and the man's eyes widened in surprise.
"No one has figured it out till now – how long have ya known?" the man asked completely bewildered as Quatre turned around to face their direction and took a small step forward to have kicked Heero's gun a tad and reached down without looking, feeling for it till his fingers wound their way around the handle and he picked it up.
"Since there is no activity of what so ever on here… just you and your dead pal – how many more of there are you?" Heero questioned and the man narrowed his eyes on Heero.
"You don't ask the bloody well questions here! I do!" the man yelled and a shot was fired and hit the man in the upper chest, he looked at Quatre who is staring blankly into space. "N-no one has ever done that before… you guys… are weird…" the man said as he then fell down dead.
Heero turned around to look at Quatre and became puzzled when Quatre didn't put the gun back down, he turned around to see no one else around after a quick skim of the eyes.
"What's wrong Quatre, saving my life from a fool such as he – I'm surprised he didn't react when you picked up the gun unless I really had him distracted" Heero said as he walked up to Quatre while still looking behind him.
"What's going on down there? I'm having a hard time getting all the camera's to work and can't see you" Duo said from the control room and Heero turned to look at Quatre and he froze in his tracks. Heero lifted his walkie-talkie and pressed the button, "the threat has been neutralized," he informed and he put the walkie-talkie away.
"Heero… I can't see – that powder… it made me blind didn't it?" Quatre asked as his hand shaked with the gun in his hand trying to find Heero to give it to him.
Heero slowly waved his hand up and down and then side to side in front of Quatre's eyes to get no reaction, "yes Quatre, but for all we know it may not be permanent and could last up to a few hours or maybe a few days" Heero answered truthfully as he took the gun from Quatre and then went to pick up Quatre's gun.
Quatre reached out with his hand's for Heero and turned around to the sound of where Heero is now, "I will be of no use to anyone… and if it is permanent then I'll be sent back to earth wouldn't I?" he asked as he took a step forward and Heero turned to see Quatre's outstretched hands looking for something to get a hold of.
"I don't know Quatre, but don't worry… everything will be up to you in the end just like how it's up to you on how we tell the other's your new condition" Heero responded and he held out his hand for his finger tips to slide along under Quatre's until he found the end to the fingers to connect to the hand and he pushed his fingers between Quatre's and held onto his hand firmly.
"I'm going to look out for you Quatre… remember all of the floor is level, now how do you want to go about this?" he asked and Quatre stopped reaching out with his one hand and took a step forward.
"You may tell Wufei… but I'll tell Trowa and Duo in my own way" Quatre said and Heero pulled up the walkie-talkie and pressed the button, "its all clear, Duo – you and Wufei head back to the ship and tell Trowa to return as well." He then turned it off and put it away, "lets get you back to the ship."
To Be Continued…
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. This one is based off of a fan art photo someone drew of Quatre being blind.
STARTED: Thursday September. 27, 2007-09-27
BY: SLITH
