Title: Memories Almost Forgotten
Chapter Title: The Truth Be Told
Author: Blue Rosed Dragon
E-mail: BlueRosedDragon@mugglenet.com
Rating: PG-13 for language and what-not. (unless reviewers request differently...)
Pairings: (here's the kickers...) 1xHS; 2xOC (find out who later...); 3xDC (what?!...); 4xOC (like I said, find out who later...); 5xS ----- I think that's all, find out later...
Warnings: Ummmmm.... Probably none. But I can't be too sure at this moment...
Feedback: Would Love It!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: Ummmmm... stay out of jail? Or claim it? Stay out of jail? Or claim it? ::ponders for a few moments:: WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK?!?!?!? ;_;
Small Side-Note 1: Ok everyone, I just wanted to say this real quick. The people in this story will probably be OOC in some parts. So don't be surprised.
Small Side-Note 2: I've added two of my own characters in here, who you all will find out later as you read along.
Small Side-Note 3: And, as a final note, as you can see, I have pairings that some of you ppl probably won't like or have never heard of. But I hope that that won't stop you in reading this story. So, I hope you all read and enjoy! Please tell me what you all think!!!
Special Thanks: I just want to say a special thanks to my daughter, Jet! Thank you sweetie for helping me with my story! I know you didn't have to, and you just being there and giving me ideas is great! Thanks again, hun! And I hope you enjoy this story!!! ::Hugz:: And another thanks to my friend, Tex. He tried helping me, and even though he didn't get too far, I want to thank him neway for the effort! Thanks Tex!!!
Just to let you know.....: This story technically has to authors. Reason I say this is b/c, if you were reading my special thanks, you can see that I thanked my daughter. She has been giving me ideas for this story, and has been helping me when I ask. So I am giving her half credit for this story.
Memories Almost Forgotten: The Truth Be Told
Loud crashes could be heard along the hallways of a now almost empty building. The storms outside could barely be heard over the explosions that rained throughout the building. The screams and shouting was almost too much for any ears to take as they scrambled about, attempting to safe their own lives. One in particular young girl, no more than the age of thirteen years old, sat prayed quietly to herself, while also listening amongst the ruins of the now crumbling hallway. Taking a deep breath, she quickly turned her attention to the sudden sound of light footsteps coming towards her. When she saw who it was, her anger seemed to mount as she grabbed the person by his arm and dragged him into the dark corner she was occupying.
"Heero! What are you doing here?! I thought I told you to leave?!" the girl demanded as she nearly screamed to the boy who now stood next to her.
"But I didn't want to leave you alone," responded the eight year old boy timidly.
"Heero, you should've left when I told you too! Where are the others?"
"They're in the truck... Um, Kathy, why do you have a gun in your hand?"
The young girl looked down at her hand, almost forgetting the gun she stool from a man she had knocked out only moments ago, and frowned before looking back up at the little boy.
"Look Heero," Kathy got on her knees in front of Heero so she was eye level with him, "you have to listen to me. You have to get out of here while you still can. You have to leave with the others and survive through this..."
"But what about you?"
"I'm gonna act as a distraction while you all get out of here."
"But I don't want you too! Come with me!"
(A.N. This could just break your heart, couldn't it???......)
"Oh Heero, you know I would love more than anything to go with. But I have to stay here and take care of things."
"But why? Why are you going to stay?" By now the small child was in tears as he pleaded with the older girl to go with him.
"Because I have to… Oh Heero..." Kathy pulled Heero into her arms, hugging him as best she could in attempt to calm him down. "Heero, listen to me. And I want you to listen close. Ok?" Heero nodded his head slowly. "I'm not going to stay here for long. I'm just going to stay long enough to get you all away from here and to safety."
"You promise to get out of here?"
"With all my heart. Now, get out of here."
Heero looked at her for a moment longer before quickly hugging Kathy. This surprised her for only a moment before she too wrapped her arms around the boy, hugging him again... and probably for the last time.
"Oh Heero, I'll miss you so much..."
"Are you sure you won't come back with us?"
"Yes, Heero. But I promise that if it takes all I've got, no one here is going to come after you or anyone else who lived here."
"Alright... I love you, Kathy! And I'll miss you!"
Kathy felt a few tears fight their way through her eyes, but quickly blinked them away. "I love you, too, kiddo. And I'll miss you more than anything. But you need to get out of here while you still can. Now go!"
Heero gave one last hug to Kathy and turned to leave. But just before leaving the room completely, he turned to face Kathy and asked, "You still gonna make sure that no one follows us out?"
Kathy smiled at him and nodded her head in response. "Of course, kiddo. I promise..." Heero nodded his head back, as though finally accepting her answer, and ran out of the room. And once he was gone, Kathy's smile faded from her face as she whispered quietly to herself, "... Even if I have to kill myself in the process."
Kathy looked down at her closed hand, her fingers opening slightly to reveal a detonator. Sighing, she closed her hand tightly around the small object. And grabbing her fun from the floor once again, she quickly ran out of the room, opposite direction of Heero. And not five minute after the truck drove away, that held the small boy inside, did the silence of the surrounds was disturbed as the building Kathy was occupying exploded. Taking any living creatures inside along with it.
//7 years later//
Heero bolted up in his in bed as his dream ended, the fateful memory of that night still replaying itself in his head. He remembered that day like his did his gundam. The night that he watched the building that his sister was occupying, explode. Taking away the only family he had left. That day he knew he would never forget. But why he had to see that vision repeat itself as he slept, he would never know.
He brushed his fingers through his tousled hair, knowing he wouldn't be able to get back to sleep the rest of that morning. Sighing, he climbed out of bed, careful not to wake up the other sleeping figure in the next bed over, and snuck out of the room down to the kitchen, where he heard someone else rummaging around the kitchen getting breakfast started.
When he entered the kitchen, he found none other than the sandy-blonde Arabian cooking something on the stove. He turned for only a brief second to see who had entered. "Good morning, Heero. If you want, there's coffee on the counter and the paper is on the table."
"Hn," was all Quatre received as Heero made himself a cup of coffee and headed toward the table to read the paper... his morning ritual.
Soon after, the other gundam pilots bombarded into the kitchen, meeting around the table as Quatre set the breakfast in the middle of everyone. Breakfast, like any other, was quiet as they ate, read the paper, or just read over current reports and missions received the day before.
"What's the next mission?" asked Duo as he continually shoveled the food into his mouth.
"In short... Go in, get out, and blow the place up. Just like any other," responded Heero, ignoring Duo's animal instincts while the others watching in continuous astonishment at his perpetual eating habits.
"You know, I'm not that incompetent..."
"That's debatable..."
Duo glared at Wufei, pieces of food dangling from the corners of his mouth. "Seriously, though."
Heero sighed and folded his paper back up, turning his
attention to the human garbage disposal.
"We have to sneak in to an OZ base located about twenty-five miles from
here. Once inside, one of us will have
to hack into the main date-frame of the computer networking and download the
blue prints. While this is going on, two
of us will be roaming around planting the bombs. The two remaining will keep patrol on the
outside just incase something were to change in our plans. Once we have what we need, we get out. And since the bombs will be in place, once we
are sufficiently far enough, we blow the place.
Pretty much like every other mission we receive."
"Go figure. When will we receive a mission that has some real action in it?" Duo whined, taking another huge bite of his food.
"When you learn to chew with your mouth shut..."
Once again, Duo glared at Wufei, who plaintively ignored him as he stood, and walked out of the room. Most likely to check on his gundam. Soon after, the others too left to do their own separate things. Three went to check on their gundams, while the other two worked around the kitchen, cleaning the mess that occurs every breakfast morning.
Thirty miles away, on the other hand, just past the base that the five gundam pilots were to destroy, OZ recruits were lining up in front of their instructors. Awaiting the day's learning. Other OZ soldiers did the same, except they awaited for the interrogations and commands that their superior officers expected of them. One in particular commanding officer stood their patiently as most of "her" soldiers scrambled about to get to their positions. Her hands were held behind her back, her legs spread slightly from each other, her lips holding a smirk that only told the on-looker what she could possibly be thinking.
Finally getting fed up with the idiocy her men were showing her at the moment, her stance stiffened as she called out, "Silence!" Most of the men immediately stood in their positions, while a few others stumbled before gaining their composures fully. This made the woman smile in response as she took slow, fluid steps in front of her men. Inspecting what she saw in front of her. Approvingly, she stood still in front of her men, who stood heads high. Not even a slight shiver noticeable. These pleased their commanding officer as she smiled once more and began to speak.
"Now, gentlemen. As you can see, Mr. Trieze is quite impressed with the way you men have progressed." This earned her satisfactory looks, which she soon took away. "But, this does not mean you men are fully aware what the standards and procedures of what OZ expects of you all. Some of you still aren't compatible for face to face combat in a mobile suit." Most of the men's expectations lowered as their lieutenant began explaining the situation. "But, most you can redeem yourselves. Today, at exactly 16:00 hours, there will be a training course to test your skills and communications in a mobile suit. Then will you truly know how high your standards truly are. But as of this moment, we will be doing the normal grinding of your daily activities. You have one hour to get ready and be back at this spot to begin your training. Till then, you're dismissed."
The men, acknowledging her command, saluted their lieutenant before disappearing back into their barricades.
"You know, your men aren't that bad, Kit."
Kit, upon hearing the voice of another lieutenant, smirked at her sudden appearance and opinion of her men. "I know this, Lucrezia." She turned to face the purple-eyed woman, the smirk still lying across her lips. "But since it gets them all riled up and ready to go, I just sometimes can't help myself."
Lucrezia Noin could only smile at her friend as her head slowly shock back as forth. "Your impossible sometimes, you know that Kit?"
"Of course! Other wise I wouldn't be me, now would I?"
"Smartass..."
"I'll take that as a compliment."
The two walked inside the building that most of the recruits disappeared into. Readying themselves for their interrogating and heavy procedures they were planning to send their men into.
Close to seven in the evening, five miles from the OZ base, Lieutenant Ellis, aka Kit, drove into another OZ security base to inform and check up on the other officers residing the residence. Unknown to her or any of the other OZ officers, two gundams pilots (Trowa and Wufei) stood amongst the woods, awaiting for any trouble to arise. While the other three roamed throughout the base. As Lieutenant Ellis was about to climb out of the car, something caught her eye in the rearview mirror. Taking a closer look, her eyes widened as she quickly turned around only to see the same images that was shown in the small mirror.
Upon confirming her suspicions, she quickly exited her car and ran inside the OZ base. The two guarding gundam pilots, seeing as how the woman as noticed them, immediately contacted their comrades.
"Hey, Shinigami!"
"Yo, Wu-man! No need to yell! What is it?"
Wufei nearly growled at the sudden nickname, but decided to let it slid... this once. "I've only been trying to contact you for the last two minutes!"
"Sorry, man! Must've hit a pocket where the transmission couldn't get through. No need to bust a blood vessel..." Wufei just sighed. "So, what was it you wanted?"
"A woman just arrived at the base about two minutes ago."
"Yea, so?"
"She saw Barton and myself somehow. She knows that we're out here and is probably heading towards the same area Yuy's at in attempt to warn the rest of the base."
"Oh boy, that's not good."
"Precisely. Barton and I have been trying to get a hold of Yuy, but whether he's having the same problem as you have or is just ignoring us, we don't know."
"Got ch'ya! I'll head his way to make sure everything's alright and warn him. Get a hold of Quatre and tell him the same. Have him meet us out by the car and ready to be out of here when we get there."
"Roger that. Over and out!"
Duo, having the "this can not be good" feeling, immediately finished with his set up and ran in the direction Heero should be, attempting to contact Heero himself. But only having the same luck as Wufei and Trowa. About half way there, and not paying attention to where he was going, he nearly toppled over himself as he heard a sudden yell and gun shot head his way. Just barely getting out of the way, Duo took out his own and aimed it at his target. Firing without looking, considering he was trying to duck behind a corner, hear heard a sudden "AH!" as someone hit against a nearby wall in attempts not to fall to the floor.
Taking the opportunity, Duo came out of his "hiding place" only to find a woman clutching her left shoulder as she leaned against the wall for support, her gun just barely held in her left hand's clutch. 'This must be the woman Wufei was talking about...' he thought to himself as he cautiously walked up to her. Her face was skewered in pain as she endeavored to hold back the scream of agony that any woman would probably want to make at that moment. Duo quickly grabbed her gun, disarming the woman. Not that she cared to notice as she continued to clasp arm in hopes of stopped the blood flow, and maybe the pain.
Duo noticed, as he took a good look at her, that she looked remarkably like someone he knew. But who? Then it hit him... "It couldn't be..."
This seemed to catch the woman's attention as her eyes suddenly opened to look at Duo in question. "Couldn't be what?"
Duo took another look at her. But before he could say anything more, the sudden footfall coming from another hall just a few feet away caused Duo to take one last glance at her before he turned and ran back to catch Heero, who in turn was just leaving the room with the info they needed.
As they were leaving, Duo could hear OZ soldiers call out as they found the injured woman just a few hallways down. "Lieutenant Ellis!" and "Are you alright?" and "Who did this to you?" could be heard ringing around the corridors.
Duo, keeping in mind the name she was called by, followed Heero out of the building and in the waiting car, which had Quatre behind the wheel. As they reached safety, the three climbed out of the car to watch the building to make sure the plan took full effect. And as they watched, Duo saw the same exact woman being escorted to the car she arrived in, surprisingly still getting in behind the wheel, and drove off as the men who escorted her climbed in afterwards.
About two minutes after she drove away, the building, now empty of any living being, was engulfed in brilliant red flames as a loud explosion was heard. The wounded woman, despite her injury, immediately stopped the car and exited her vehicle. Not sure of what they saw on the woman's face, the three gundam pilots watched as she observed the flames as they danced around crumbling building. And, as though she could somehow sense them, she slowly turned till her eyes were facing them. Her hair blowing in front of her face, hiding her features to any on-lookers. They saw the anger rise in her Prussian blue eyes. But upon hearing her other comrades call for her, she quickly got back into the car and drove away, only taking a single glance back at them as she disappeared through the flying debris.
~*~ TBC ~*~
Dragon (aka me): Hey ppl! What did you all think?!
G-boys: *silence*
Dragon: *sweatdrops* ^_^; Oh boy....
Duo: Hey, Dragon!!! *jumps on Dragon*
Dragon: HELP!!!!!!
Other G-boys: *sweatdrops*
Duo: *climbs off Dragon who makes weird noises* So Dragon, wha-ch'ya doin'?
Dragon: Duo, I'm gonna kill you....
Duo: *yelps and runs away*
Other G-boys: *follow Duo to make sure he's ok*
Dragon: *sighs* *stands and dusts self off* Well, since Duo is being a little chicken shit at the moment, I'm gonna let you all continue with whatever it was you were doing. Me, I'm going to go get something to drink. Especially since I'm stuck with Duo. I'll c-y'all later! Please Review and tell me what you all think! Ja for now!
P.S. Note: I know, this chapter was totally short, but I swear I have it that way for a reason! I plan on making the next chapter longer, promise! I just couldn't think of anything else to add to this chapter. So I hope you all enjoyed it! And like I always say, Please Review!!! Ja for now!!!
~~~ Blue Rosed Dragon @};-