The Mask of Zero
By Techychic
Part One
Warnings- AU, Yaoi, Death, Angst
Disclaimer- I don't own any of the GW characters and The Mask of Zorro belongs to whoever.
This fic is written purely for entertainment purposes. I am not making a single cent out of it. So,
don't bother to sue me.
The Earth and the Space Colonies are separate nations. Dorothy rules the earth and the council of
the colonies are the leaders of the colonies. Dorothy is trying to take rule of the colonies. The
Gundams are the only things that stand in her way.
This starts out 3x4 but will eventually it turns to 1x2^_^
*The Gundam Zero is actually Heavy Arms at least in this part*
"…" Characters speech
'...' Characters thoughts
(…) Occasional comment by me
Chapter 1
It was another sunny day in the L2 colony… not that the angry mob in front of the Council of
Colonies building would really notice. Mobile suits surrounded the building, with their gun raised
in preparation for battle. A lone person stood upon a balcony overlooking the unruly crowd. The
doors burst open and a dark haired woman, who was one of the council leaders, stalked towards
the blond who was on the balcony.
"Miss Dorothy, you should leave."
"Ah, it's good to see you again, Miss Noin. The Earth would like to thank you for your service." A
bag was tossed to her, she open it and smiled at the handful of credits she held in her hand.
"Miss Dorothy, as the Earth's sovereign it is hardly advantageous of you to stay here and die."
"Oh, there's no need to worry yourself about my safety Miss Noin, I'll be leaving soon enough."
In the crowd below, a group of soldiers with weapons in hand marched toward a platform where
three people stood bound and gagged.
"Miss Dorothy, who are these people who you risk you life to kill?" asked Noin.
"Oh I have no idea, they were just picked from random colonies, but I really just felt like killing a
few people today," cackled Dorothy.
Just as the soldiers were readying to fire, two of the mobile suits around the council chambers
exploded. "Ha! I knew that Gundam Pilot would show up!" Dorothy picked up her satellite
phone. "All Mobile Dolls, attack the Gundam!!!" she ordered. While the Gundam was busy
destroying the mobile dolls, two curious boys had scaled one of the building walls and watched
the battle with great fascination. The boy with long platinum hair was the first to break the
silence.
"See Heero I told you we could see the battle better from here."
"Hn…" was the only reply he got from the blue-eyed boy crouching next to him.
"Don't you ever say anything else besides 'Hn…'? It gets kind of boring after awhile." He messed
up the other boy's unruly brown hair, and was promptly rewarded 'The Glare of Death' by the
other boy.
By this time, the Gundam had destroyed all the mobile dolls. Now the Gundam was heading
towards the balcony where Dorothy stood.
"Oh Miss Noin, I think it would better for you if you left this room before Zero arrives, because
you never know if he'll believe your not involved" There was an audible 'eep' from Noin as she
turned tail and ran out the door.
The hatch of the Gundam hissed open, and tall lean figure emerged from within the cockpit. He
was dressed all in black from head to toe, a silver cross hung from a chain around his neck… The
black mask he wore showed off a vivid green eye, while the other eye was hidden by a brown
uni-bang. The man leapt from the hatch of the Gundam, did a flip in mid air, and landed on the
balcony with his sword drawn.
"Ah, that was quite impressive Gundam pilot Zero." Dorothy smirked as her forked eyebrows
twitching in anticipation of battle as she drew her own sword.
"Why were you going to kill those innocent people?" asked Zero. He still stood out on the balcony,
the crowd cheering him on.
"No reason In particular, I just felt like killing someone today… and that someone might as well
be you!!!" With that Dorothy lunged at Zero. Zero felt a searing pain go through his right arm
before he parried Dorothy's lunge. He ignored the pain and continued to fight the mad women.
Unknown to Zero, a lone Leo suit was lying in wait to destroy the Gundam. The only two people
who noticed it were the two boys who sat upon the wall opposite the council building.
"Hey Zechs, look over there it's a Leo suit" Heero pointed below them.
"Oh, this is just peachy. We have to warn Zero!" Zechs tried to think of how to get his attention,
and then he remembered he had his mask with him. 'Perhaps I can use it as a signal.'
"Hey Heero, I have an idea. Maybe we can signal him using my mask," proposed Zechs.
"It's not going to work," Heero stated blandly.
The duel between Zero and Dorothy continued. This whole time, Dorothy had been ranting on
about how it was an honor to battle against the legendary Zero. Zero had already tuned her out
and had quite enough of this annoying bitch today. So with one hard thrust of his sword, (don't
even go there hentai!!!) he snapped the blade of Dorothy's sword clean off. She stared at him in
surprise, and then she winced in pain as he carved a 'Z' (you know ala Zorro) into her hand.
"That's for the two times you messed with the colonies!" stated Zero.
"Then why did you cut me a third time??!!" Dorothy screamed in outrage.
"Because you just happened to get on my bad side today. Consider it a reminder for you to never
return to the colonies ever again Dorothy!" Dorothy's eyes widened. 'That voice, it sounds so
familiar, could it be?!'' Dorothy watched as Zero leapt into his Gundam.
"Zechs it's not going to work just give it up." For the past few minutes, Zechs had been waving
around his mask in hopes to get Zero's attention. It hadn't quite worked yet.
"Oh yeah, you got any better ideas Heero?" Another Glare of Death was promptly thrown his way.
"Yes, I do, we should take the suit out our selves," declared Heero.
"You're kidding me, right? How the heck are we going to destroy a Leo?!" Zechs questioned.
Heero reached into the spandex space of his shorts and pulled out a few grenades. 'How the heck
does he do that?'' wondered Zechs.
Zero was powering up his Gundam, but had not noticed the attacking Leo. Suddenly, there was a
brilliant explosion. This caught Zero's attention, and he noticed the two boys upon a wall, who
were obviously responsible for the Leo's destruction. Zero leapt over to the wall and handed his
cross to the boy with long platinum hair, as thanks. He quickly took off in his Gundam, and in a
blinding flash of light he was gone.
In another part of the L2 colony, stood a lovely home that over looked crystal waterfalls and was
surrounded by lush green grasses. Underneath the lovely home, was a hidden chamber. Here,
Trowa (you knew it was him) powered down his Gundam for the last time.
"Well Heavy Arms, this was your last battle, and mine as well." Trowa changed out of his black
costume, patched up the wound on his arm, and changed into his custom tight blue jeans and
green turtleneck. He entered the elevator that led into his and Quatre's home. He entered their
baby's room, where the nanny sat in a rocking chair beside the crib, watching over the sleeping
baby. The nanny excused herself for the evening and retired to her room. Trowa walked over to
his son who was stirring awake. 'I wonder why Quatre insists on putting him in dresses…' The
baby opened his big violet eyes and yawned, as a manic grin crossed his little face. "My Son…"
Quatre sat upon the hillside looking on at the horizon of the artificial, yet breath-taking, sunset. 'I
wish Trowa wouldn't take off like that.' The beautiful blond boy continued to admire the beauty
of the sunset through tear filled eyes. 'He knows I worry about him…' A gust of wind played at the
ends of his platinum gold hair. 'I wonder if he's returned.' His eyes turned towards the window of
the baby's bedroom. 'I think I'll go check on Duo.' The thought of their son brought a smile to his
angelic face, as he headed toward the house.
When Quatre reached the open door to their baby's room, he paused at in the doorway. Trowa
was delighting their son in another story of his exploits as a Gundam pilot. "…And I leapt from my
mighty Gundam unto the balcony, with my sword pointed at the evil queen!" He used a violet
space lily as his imaginary sword. Little Duo playfully grabbed the lily from his father's hand.
Quatre smiled at Trowa's gentleness. 'He's makes a great father.' He watched as Trowa retrieved
the lily from the baby's grasp.
Trowa smiled down at his son and continued the story.
"…and I told the evil queen to never return here, and evil queen said…" He noticed Quatre
standing in the doorway, "…something very forgettable…"
"And the great Zero, what did he do?" Quatre asked, as his blue eyes looked upon Trowa
adoringly.
"He leapt into his mighty Gundam and raced home to his beautiful koibito, Quatre, and his little
child, Duo, promising never to do something so foolish again," said Trowa as he walked towards
Quatre, and kissed him lightly on his lips.
They left the baby's room with Trowa's arm rapped around Quatre's waist, and headed towards
the living room. Quatre grabbed Trowa's right arm, but released it when Trowa's face twinged
slightly in pain.
"It's just a scratch," he said as he noted the concern in Quatre eyes.
"Trowa you promised me, no more nights waiting up praying that you to come home alive."
Trowa gathered Quatre on his arms. "The Earth diplomats are going home. Tonight was Zero's
last fight." He wiped away the tears that rolled down Quatre's face.
"From now on, we can grow old together with our five children."
"Five?"
"Yeah, not enough?"
"Aishiteru," whispered Quatre.
Trowa lowered his lips upon Quatre, and kissed him with such passion that he stole the other's
breath away. Then, there was a light clink of metal against marble.
Quatre pulled himself from the passionate kiss, and was surprised to see Dorothy Catalonia
standing in the hall with soldiers at her side.
"Trowa Barton still as handsome as I remember." She leered at the loving couple in front of her.
"Ah, Dorothy Catalonia. It is an honor to have the Earth's sovereign in my home." Truly he hoped
she would just leave. "You'll stay for dinner, of course?"
"I have come to apologize, Quatre," said Dorothy completely ignoring the other boy. "I'm sorry
that I couldn't protect the colonies from the fools that have over run them," she continued, "I'm
sorry I couldn't make you love me, and I'm sorry that I have to leave you without a husband."
Dorothy motioned for the guards "Arrest him," she said.
Quatre couldn't believe what was going on was. 'Is she serious?'' He put his arms around Trowa,
only to be pushed away by him. The guard held Trowa in place as Dorothy walked up to him and
grabbed his upper right arm. She squeezed until blood flowed from the wound over her white
gloves.
"Blood never lies Gundam pilot Zero" she hissed, "you're a traitor to the colonies…Take him
away!"
She turned and started to walk away, but suddenly Trowa hurled one of the guards down the
stairs and took the sword of the other guard, before throwing him away as well. He leapt at
Dorothy, but she blocked his blow with her own sword (she got a new one, ok) and pushed him
away onto the floor. One of the guards raised his pistol to shoot. Trowa got up quickly and
parried another of Dorothy's blows. He backed her up against the wall while he lunged and cut
her cheek. The guard fired, but the shot ricocheted off the wall. The baby was startled by the noise
and stared screaming. Quatre looked around helplessly as Dorothy's sword knocked a candle to
the ground and set a tapestry aflame. Quatre saw the same guard was again taking aim at Trowa,
so he ran towards his husband.
"Nooooo!!!!!" he screamed as he threw himself into Trowa's arms as the shot rang out.
"No!!!" Dorothy yelled as she saw Quatre's body went limp in Trowa's arms. Dorothy impaled the
guard who shot Quatre with her sword. Trowa lowered the body of his beloved to the ground and
held him until Quatre's arms fell from around his neck. He knew his beloved was dead. He would
never again see his angelic smile, or gaze into those beautiful blue eyes.
He looked up at Dorothy with dead eyes.
"I would never have let any harm come to him," whispered Dorothy.
"He was never yours to protect." His voice was cold and filled with sorrow as he regarded her.
The baby's screams were getting louder. "Duo." He got up and headed for the baby's room, but
Dorothy hit him on the back of head with the butt of her sword, and he fell to the ground.
"I want you to live with the knowledge that you've lost every thing you hold dear." Trowa looked
up at her dazed.
"I want you to suffer as I have suffered, knowing that your child should have been mine." Trowa
fell unconscious.
He awoke tied-up in a jail car. His eyes fell upon the burning house.
"Duo!" he yelled. "Duo!!" He gazed at the inferno, just hoping that his son was alive. Dorothy
walked towards the car, a blanket wrapped around her and the baby.
"Let me hold him," Trowa asked. "I said let me hold him!!!" he yelled, but Dorothy ignored him.
"Dorothy!" she looked up at him and smiled.
"He looks just like Quatre," was all she said as she walked away from the jail car. Just as she was
getting into a large gold car, Trowa started yelling again.
"You'll never be rid of my Dorothy! Never!!!"
To be continued
By Techychic
Part One
Warnings- AU, Yaoi, Death, Angst
Disclaimer- I don't own any of the GW characters and The Mask of Zorro belongs to whoever.
This fic is written purely for entertainment purposes. I am not making a single cent out of it. So,
don't bother to sue me.
The Earth and the Space Colonies are separate nations. Dorothy rules the earth and the council of
the colonies are the leaders of the colonies. Dorothy is trying to take rule of the colonies. The
Gundams are the only things that stand in her way.
This starts out 3x4 but will eventually it turns to 1x2^_^
*The Gundam Zero is actually Heavy Arms at least in this part*
"…" Characters speech
'...' Characters thoughts
(…) Occasional comment by me
Chapter 1
It was another sunny day in the L2 colony… not that the angry mob in front of the Council of
Colonies building would really notice. Mobile suits surrounded the building, with their gun raised
in preparation for battle. A lone person stood upon a balcony overlooking the unruly crowd. The
doors burst open and a dark haired woman, who was one of the council leaders, stalked towards
the blond who was on the balcony.
"Miss Dorothy, you should leave."
"Ah, it's good to see you again, Miss Noin. The Earth would like to thank you for your service." A
bag was tossed to her, she open it and smiled at the handful of credits she held in her hand.
"Miss Dorothy, as the Earth's sovereign it is hardly advantageous of you to stay here and die."
"Oh, there's no need to worry yourself about my safety Miss Noin, I'll be leaving soon enough."
In the crowd below, a group of soldiers with weapons in hand marched toward a platform where
three people stood bound and gagged.
"Miss Dorothy, who are these people who you risk you life to kill?" asked Noin.
"Oh I have no idea, they were just picked from random colonies, but I really just felt like killing a
few people today," cackled Dorothy.
Just as the soldiers were readying to fire, two of the mobile suits around the council chambers
exploded. "Ha! I knew that Gundam Pilot would show up!" Dorothy picked up her satellite
phone. "All Mobile Dolls, attack the Gundam!!!" she ordered. While the Gundam was busy
destroying the mobile dolls, two curious boys had scaled one of the building walls and watched
the battle with great fascination. The boy with long platinum hair was the first to break the
silence.
"See Heero I told you we could see the battle better from here."
"Hn…" was the only reply he got from the blue-eyed boy crouching next to him.
"Don't you ever say anything else besides 'Hn…'? It gets kind of boring after awhile." He messed
up the other boy's unruly brown hair, and was promptly rewarded 'The Glare of Death' by the
other boy.
By this time, the Gundam had destroyed all the mobile dolls. Now the Gundam was heading
towards the balcony where Dorothy stood.
"Oh Miss Noin, I think it would better for you if you left this room before Zero arrives, because
you never know if he'll believe your not involved" There was an audible 'eep' from Noin as she
turned tail and ran out the door.
The hatch of the Gundam hissed open, and tall lean figure emerged from within the cockpit. He
was dressed all in black from head to toe, a silver cross hung from a chain around his neck… The
black mask he wore showed off a vivid green eye, while the other eye was hidden by a brown
uni-bang. The man leapt from the hatch of the Gundam, did a flip in mid air, and landed on the
balcony with his sword drawn.
"Ah, that was quite impressive Gundam pilot Zero." Dorothy smirked as her forked eyebrows
twitching in anticipation of battle as she drew her own sword.
"Why were you going to kill those innocent people?" asked Zero. He still stood out on the balcony,
the crowd cheering him on.
"No reason In particular, I just felt like killing someone today… and that someone might as well
be you!!!" With that Dorothy lunged at Zero. Zero felt a searing pain go through his right arm
before he parried Dorothy's lunge. He ignored the pain and continued to fight the mad women.
Unknown to Zero, a lone Leo suit was lying in wait to destroy the Gundam. The only two people
who noticed it were the two boys who sat upon the wall opposite the council building.
"Hey Zechs, look over there it's a Leo suit" Heero pointed below them.
"Oh, this is just peachy. We have to warn Zero!" Zechs tried to think of how to get his attention,
and then he remembered he had his mask with him. 'Perhaps I can use it as a signal.'
"Hey Heero, I have an idea. Maybe we can signal him using my mask," proposed Zechs.
"It's not going to work," Heero stated blandly.
The duel between Zero and Dorothy continued. This whole time, Dorothy had been ranting on
about how it was an honor to battle against the legendary Zero. Zero had already tuned her out
and had quite enough of this annoying bitch today. So with one hard thrust of his sword, (don't
even go there hentai!!!) he snapped the blade of Dorothy's sword clean off. She stared at him in
surprise, and then she winced in pain as he carved a 'Z' (you know ala Zorro) into her hand.
"That's for the two times you messed with the colonies!" stated Zero.
"Then why did you cut me a third time??!!" Dorothy screamed in outrage.
"Because you just happened to get on my bad side today. Consider it a reminder for you to never
return to the colonies ever again Dorothy!" Dorothy's eyes widened. 'That voice, it sounds so
familiar, could it be?!'' Dorothy watched as Zero leapt into his Gundam.
"Zechs it's not going to work just give it up." For the past few minutes, Zechs had been waving
around his mask in hopes to get Zero's attention. It hadn't quite worked yet.
"Oh yeah, you got any better ideas Heero?" Another Glare of Death was promptly thrown his way.
"Yes, I do, we should take the suit out our selves," declared Heero.
"You're kidding me, right? How the heck are we going to destroy a Leo?!" Zechs questioned.
Heero reached into the spandex space of his shorts and pulled out a few grenades. 'How the heck
does he do that?'' wondered Zechs.
Zero was powering up his Gundam, but had not noticed the attacking Leo. Suddenly, there was a
brilliant explosion. This caught Zero's attention, and he noticed the two boys upon a wall, who
were obviously responsible for the Leo's destruction. Zero leapt over to the wall and handed his
cross to the boy with long platinum hair, as thanks. He quickly took off in his Gundam, and in a
blinding flash of light he was gone.
In another part of the L2 colony, stood a lovely home that over looked crystal waterfalls and was
surrounded by lush green grasses. Underneath the lovely home, was a hidden chamber. Here,
Trowa (you knew it was him) powered down his Gundam for the last time.
"Well Heavy Arms, this was your last battle, and mine as well." Trowa changed out of his black
costume, patched up the wound on his arm, and changed into his custom tight blue jeans and
green turtleneck. He entered the elevator that led into his and Quatre's home. He entered their
baby's room, where the nanny sat in a rocking chair beside the crib, watching over the sleeping
baby. The nanny excused herself for the evening and retired to her room. Trowa walked over to
his son who was stirring awake. 'I wonder why Quatre insists on putting him in dresses…' The
baby opened his big violet eyes and yawned, as a manic grin crossed his little face. "My Son…"
Quatre sat upon the hillside looking on at the horizon of the artificial, yet breath-taking, sunset. 'I
wish Trowa wouldn't take off like that.' The beautiful blond boy continued to admire the beauty
of the sunset through tear filled eyes. 'He knows I worry about him…' A gust of wind played at the
ends of his platinum gold hair. 'I wonder if he's returned.' His eyes turned towards the window of
the baby's bedroom. 'I think I'll go check on Duo.' The thought of their son brought a smile to his
angelic face, as he headed toward the house.
When Quatre reached the open door to their baby's room, he paused at in the doorway. Trowa
was delighting their son in another story of his exploits as a Gundam pilot. "…And I leapt from my
mighty Gundam unto the balcony, with my sword pointed at the evil queen!" He used a violet
space lily as his imaginary sword. Little Duo playfully grabbed the lily from his father's hand.
Quatre smiled at Trowa's gentleness. 'He's makes a great father.' He watched as Trowa retrieved
the lily from the baby's grasp.
Trowa smiled down at his son and continued the story.
"…and I told the evil queen to never return here, and evil queen said…" He noticed Quatre
standing in the doorway, "…something very forgettable…"
"And the great Zero, what did he do?" Quatre asked, as his blue eyes looked upon Trowa
adoringly.
"He leapt into his mighty Gundam and raced home to his beautiful koibito, Quatre, and his little
child, Duo, promising never to do something so foolish again," said Trowa as he walked towards
Quatre, and kissed him lightly on his lips.
They left the baby's room with Trowa's arm rapped around Quatre's waist, and headed towards
the living room. Quatre grabbed Trowa's right arm, but released it when Trowa's face twinged
slightly in pain.
"It's just a scratch," he said as he noted the concern in Quatre eyes.
"Trowa you promised me, no more nights waiting up praying that you to come home alive."
Trowa gathered Quatre on his arms. "The Earth diplomats are going home. Tonight was Zero's
last fight." He wiped away the tears that rolled down Quatre's face.
"From now on, we can grow old together with our five children."
"Five?"
"Yeah, not enough?"
"Aishiteru," whispered Quatre.
Trowa lowered his lips upon Quatre, and kissed him with such passion that he stole the other's
breath away. Then, there was a light clink of metal against marble.
Quatre pulled himself from the passionate kiss, and was surprised to see Dorothy Catalonia
standing in the hall with soldiers at her side.
"Trowa Barton still as handsome as I remember." She leered at the loving couple in front of her.
"Ah, Dorothy Catalonia. It is an honor to have the Earth's sovereign in my home." Truly he hoped
she would just leave. "You'll stay for dinner, of course?"
"I have come to apologize, Quatre," said Dorothy completely ignoring the other boy. "I'm sorry
that I couldn't protect the colonies from the fools that have over run them," she continued, "I'm
sorry I couldn't make you love me, and I'm sorry that I have to leave you without a husband."
Dorothy motioned for the guards "Arrest him," she said.
Quatre couldn't believe what was going on was. 'Is she serious?'' He put his arms around Trowa,
only to be pushed away by him. The guard held Trowa in place as Dorothy walked up to him and
grabbed his upper right arm. She squeezed until blood flowed from the wound over her white
gloves.
"Blood never lies Gundam pilot Zero" she hissed, "you're a traitor to the colonies…Take him
away!"
She turned and started to walk away, but suddenly Trowa hurled one of the guards down the
stairs and took the sword of the other guard, before throwing him away as well. He leapt at
Dorothy, but she blocked his blow with her own sword (she got a new one, ok) and pushed him
away onto the floor. One of the guards raised his pistol to shoot. Trowa got up quickly and
parried another of Dorothy's blows. He backed her up against the wall while he lunged and cut
her cheek. The guard fired, but the shot ricocheted off the wall. The baby was startled by the noise
and stared screaming. Quatre looked around helplessly as Dorothy's sword knocked a candle to
the ground and set a tapestry aflame. Quatre saw the same guard was again taking aim at Trowa,
so he ran towards his husband.
"Nooooo!!!!!" he screamed as he threw himself into Trowa's arms as the shot rang out.
"No!!!" Dorothy yelled as she saw Quatre's body went limp in Trowa's arms. Dorothy impaled the
guard who shot Quatre with her sword. Trowa lowered the body of his beloved to the ground and
held him until Quatre's arms fell from around his neck. He knew his beloved was dead. He would
never again see his angelic smile, or gaze into those beautiful blue eyes.
He looked up at Dorothy with dead eyes.
"I would never have let any harm come to him," whispered Dorothy.
"He was never yours to protect." His voice was cold and filled with sorrow as he regarded her.
The baby's screams were getting louder. "Duo." He got up and headed for the baby's room, but
Dorothy hit him on the back of head with the butt of her sword, and he fell to the ground.
"I want you to live with the knowledge that you've lost every thing you hold dear." Trowa looked
up at her dazed.
"I want you to suffer as I have suffered, knowing that your child should have been mine." Trowa
fell unconscious.
He awoke tied-up in a jail car. His eyes fell upon the burning house.
"Duo!" he yelled. "Duo!!" He gazed at the inferno, just hoping that his son was alive. Dorothy
walked towards the car, a blanket wrapped around her and the baby.
"Let me hold him," Trowa asked. "I said let me hold him!!!" he yelled, but Dorothy ignored him.
"Dorothy!" she looked up at him and smiled.
"He looks just like Quatre," was all she said as she walked away from the jail car. Just as she was
getting into a large gold car, Trowa started yelling again.
"You'll never be rid of my Dorothy! Never!!!"
To be continued