Gundam Wing: Children of the Revolution
Chapter Three
In Spattering Blood and Scent of Gunpowder
IThey saw ten figures walking toward them. In front a girl lifted her head defiantly.
"Well, it seems I've finally found you," she cried out in a ringing voice./I
"What?!" Nahana yelled, "We're just...students!"
The girl caught the hesitation and ran off with it. "Yeah, right. You..." and she gestured to the five boys, "Are Gundam pilots. Did you pick up those innocent little schoolgirls somewhere and forget to tell them you were wanted criminals?" She laughed. "You guys...are so screwed. Did you even know there was a price on your heads the worth of Fort Knox? Haha! I'm gonna be rich! I'm gonna be rich!"
Quatre started fading to the back of the group. He hissed to Wufei, "I'm going for help."
Wufei nodded. "Pray you find it. This is bad."
Quatre turned around and started running as fast as he could towards the other end of the hallway. The girl saw him. "Not so fast!" she yelled, as she leaped into the air and threw a small black metal object at Quatre. It hit the shoulder joint of Quatre's right arm. There was an audible crack, and when Nahana looked closely, she could see that his shoulder had been dislocated. The little lead ball had hit him so hard he fell to the ground. He tried to pick himself up using his right arm, but failed. (Well duh, of course he can't use that arm! He can't move it!) Trowa, always looking out for his best friend, ran over and helped Quatre up, and the two ran off. The girl shook her head and snapped her fingers. "Two gone, three left." As she was saying this, the soldiers behind her began to fan out.
"Oh, you can count, too? How talented." Nahana said in a condescending tone.
Ignoring this, the girl went on, "I suppose since the Alliance will be publicly executing you, I can take credit for my work. We can't be rude, can we?" she taunted, "My name is Anja. I'm a professional bounty hunter. I hope you will realize that you've been caught by an equal, because I'm fifteen too." She smirked arrogantly.
The Specials officer behind her grabbed her shoulder. "Get on with it! We don't have to wait all day for you! If we catch him before you, we get the reward, you child! Barikko! (Childish woman!)" A murmur ran through the soldiers. Anja turned in fury and held a gun to his head. "Any more mutinous notions and I kill you all and take those idiots myself!"
Wufei stepped to the front of the group and waved Nahana and Fluta back. He stood with his feet apart. "I am ready to fight you, woman!" he addressed Anja, who turned, putting her gun away again. She cocked her head and smirked.
"Oh really?"
Wufei unsheathed his katana smoothly and faced the ten soldiers and Anja. He set his face. "Are you prepared to be defeated?"
Anja nodded her head in respect and understanding. "You're very brave. Unfortunately, you are the one that will be defeated." She pulled out a weapon that she gripped in her hand. It had a blade that extended around her hand, like a lethal blocking tool. She held that in front of her, as well as a little knife. Wufei sprang at her, making the first move as hi swiped his katana at Anja's middle. She leapt backward and stopped his katana with the hand-weapon. They both leaned into their weapons, trying to make the other give way. Wufei yanked his katana away and made another attack at Anja, sweeping the blade at her legs, trying to lame her. Anja jumped out of the way and brought the little knife down towards Wufei's face. Wufei quickly brought his katana up to block the stroke. He flipped backwards and stood at the ready position again.
"Touché." Anja said with a toss of her head. She used the point of her knife to push her dark red hair behind one ear. Wufei let out a cry of frustration and attacked again in a frenzy, but the two were equally matched. They darted and struck at the other only to meet the other blocking the blow. They were moving inhumanly fast. Anja punched with the fist that was holding the blade, aiming for Wufei's face. Wufei flipped over in a back bend then flipped back up, knocking the blade from her hand. It flipped end over end and lodged in the wall. They watched it stick, then turned and looked at each other for an instant before Anja made her move. She took the little knife like a sword and swiped at Wufei's middle. He leaped away and took a step back. Anja started to kick out at him. Wufei reached to grab her foot before it hit him, when suddenly a loud crack sounded in the hall. A line of blood showed up on Wufei's arm. All movement stopped. Anja's green eyes widened in confusion as she watched a drop of blood fall onto Wufei's snowy-white pants leg. She whipped around at a click from behind her, and saw a Specials soldier reloading his smoking pistol. Wufei took a slow step backwards. A few more drops of blood fell on the white of his pants. Anja looked at Wufei and then back at the erring soldier. She stalked over to the soldier, who dropped his gun. He began backing up until he hit the wall. Anja wrapped her hand around the errant soldier's neck and slammed him up against the wall. He was taller than her by several inches, and she was looking up at him. Her fingers tightened their grip on his neck.
"Don't interrupt me when I'm fighting." She snarled in his face, as his fingers dug into her arm desperately. He gasped for air a few more times then went limp. Anja dropped him, then turned around to see Heero running at full speed towards her. Her eyes widened. Heero brought his leg up to kick her. It got about waist height when she wrapped her arm around it and slammed Heero on his back on the ground. She then slammed the side of her hand into his stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Heero curled up in a fetal ball to try to get his air back. Before he had the chance, Anja kicked him in the back, hitting his kidneys. (That is very painful. Never get hit in the kidneys.) Heero let out a little cry of pain and twisted on the ground. He opened his eyes and stared at Anja, who was the first person who could get him to admit pain. Fluta's eyes opened wide as she heard the little cry of pain from her best friend. Since she wasn't far from Anja, she could get to her quickly. When Anja looked down and kicked Heero again, Fluta leapt at Anja, knocking her down to the ground. Before Anja could react, Fluta had delivered a perfect right hook to Anja's face. Anja growled at Fluta in hatred and kicked her away. Fluta hit the wall hard, but managed to kick out and catch Anja in the stomach. By this time the soldiers had opened fire on the gundam pilots, though a few were still kicking Heero. The others had taken cover behind the columns and were returning fire. Nahana drew a bead on one of the soldiers kicking Heero and fired. The soldier fell. Fluta ran to the center of the hallway. Anja pulled a ninja star from her belt and threw it hard. It spun through the air. Fluta leapt out of the way, and saw the star lodge in the column behind where she had been standing moments before. Fluta looked at Anja for a moment in amazement before lunging at her. Anja punched Fluta in the stomach. Fluta looked at Anja for a moment before collapsing in the middle of the hallway.
"That was weak! You all are no match for me!"
Duo's eyes narrowed. He glared at Anja, then looked at Heero being beaten by the soldier that was left. (A bullet from Nahana's pistol now kills the one left.) He looked at Fluta lying on the ground. Suddenly Nahana looked over to see Duo jumping out from his hiding place and heading for Fluta.
Fluta opened her eyes again to the sound of gunfire. She watched the bullets fly overhead with a kind of detached feeling. Suddenly she was yanked back to reality by an arm around her waist. She looked over to the side and saw Duo as he pulled her over behind a column. She was put down in a sitting position. Suddenly they heard machine gun fire, and the column above them started to splinter and chunks of rocks started falling. Across the hall Fluta could see Wufei protecting Nahana from shrapnel. Suddenly Duo pushed her down and shielded her from the sharp pieces. One large one cut her arm open, and blood started running in rivulets down her arm. Once the marble stopped falling, Duo ran out and started fighting Anja. She also passed him back to the soldiers, and continued firing her 9mm Glock. (That's a gun.) Nahana and Wufei were opening fire on the soldiers now, trying to pick off as many as possible before they hurt Duo and Heero too much. Fluta's fingers were wrapped around her arm, trying to staunch the blood flow. She peered out and assessed the situation. She ducked back to cover. Suddenly she took her hand off of her arm. Blood trickled from her wound down her arm. Fluta grasped the decorative medallion from her belt and pulled it free. She paused for a moment, looking at the blood that smeared her hand. A loud gunshot brought her to her senses. She stood up and looked out. The soldiers were still beating Duo and Heero. She smiled to see that they now looked a little beat themselves. Her smile faded when she saw the patch of reddish black on Duo's shoulder. She frantically fiddled with the medallion and it split in half. Inside a length of metal cord was curled. One side was bulkier than the other, that she held in her hand. She quickly jumped from her hiding place. She pulled her hand back and let the other end fly. It sailed out and wrapped itself around Heero's waist. Fluta gave it a good yank and Heero came skidding back to her. She carefully pushed him behind a column. Nahana saw what Fluta was doing and also ran out into the hallway. She picked up a discarded machine gun (The owner was dead.) and checked the magazine. She and Fluta looked at each other and nodded. Nahana opened fire on the soldiers. The bullets razed through the columns, killing the remainder of the soldiers. Wufei leapt out now to help Fluta and Nahana, because Anja was still a threat. Fluta used the medallion to retrieve Duo. Nahana bent down to unwrap him from the cord. Once it was free, Fluta turned furiously to Anja, who was standing in the middle of the hall, tapping her feet.
"Three pilots and two accomplices will still get me a good sum. We're not through yet."
Fluta smirked. "Wanna bet?" She flicked her wrist and Anja's arms were pinned to her sides by the metal cord. Anja smiled condescendingly.
"How cute. Ooh, I surrender! You've got me now!" she mocked. Fluta smiled cockily.
"Laugh away, for all the good it'll do you."
Fluta pressed a button on the side of the medallion she held. A moment passed, and then suddenly a strong electrical current raced through the cable and connected with Anja. Anja let out a bloodcurdling scream as the current ran through her body. A muscle in Fluta's cheek twitched. She handed the medallion to Wufei to hold for a moment and crouched down in front of Duo. Nahana moved out of the way. Fluta rolled up Duo's sleeve. There she could see a bloody hole in his arm. Duo looked at her from pain- clouded eyes, beads of sweat like pearls on his forehead. Fluta took off her wide belt and bound it around the wound. Suddenly they heard a yell. The small batteries in Fluta's shock medallion had died, and Anja had gotten hold of Wufei. Fluta jumped up and started for Anja. Suddenly from the other end of the hallway, another ten Specials soldiers ran in. Nahana leapt up as well and stared at the machine-gun wielding Specials unit. Suddenly they heard the sound of running feet, and Nahana turned in fear. Rounding the corner was Quatre, Trowa and the Maganacs (sp?). They ran up and opened fire on the bounty hunter and her crew. Anja made a face, then slammed her fist into Wufei's stomach. She flung him over her shoulder and started running towards the other end of the hall. The lead soldier reached into his pocket and pulled out a grenade. He handed it to a young soldier and said something, but it was inaudible over the commotion. The lead ran off, leaving the young cadet with the grenade. Nahana looked the cadet in the eye, and he shuddered. Nahana yelled over the din to the cadet.
"I won't kill you if you take this message to Treize Khushrenada!"
The cadet nodded in terror.
"Swear by the earth and the colonies!"
"I swear!" the cadet yelled in fear.
"Tell Khushrenada that there's more of us than he thought! Two more, and we'll be waiting!" she yelled out. "Now throw that thing!"
The cadet took the grenade in his hand. Nahana could see him mouthing, "Take out the pin, count to three, throw. Take out the pin, count to three, throw." Nahana shook her head. This is all they're sending at us? The cadet threw the grenade, and the ground in front of them exploded. Fluta swore at Nahana and leaped over the rubble. She took off after Anja, pulling her knife from her boot as she ran. She ran past the cadet and headed towards the Specials unit. Suddenly she heard the sound of running footsteps behind her. Trowa and Heero pulled even with her, guns at the ready. They followed the fleeing band out into the night air. By the moonlight they could see the Alliance shuttle being loaded across the street. Anja leaned out the door as it began to lift off. They could see, in the fading light, her triumphant grin as she slammed the door closed, taking Wufei with her. Futilely, Trowa and Heero fired their guns until they were empty, but none of the bullets caused any damage. The others caught up in time to see the shuttle fading into a starry spot in the night sky.
"Damn it!" Heero swore in fury. Quatre looked down. Lying, glinting in the moonlight was the silver blade of Wufei's katana. He bent and picked it up and looked at it sadly.
"They're going to kill him."
To be continued…
Chapter Three
In Spattering Blood and Scent of Gunpowder
IThey saw ten figures walking toward them. In front a girl lifted her head defiantly.
"Well, it seems I've finally found you," she cried out in a ringing voice./I
"What?!" Nahana yelled, "We're just...students!"
The girl caught the hesitation and ran off with it. "Yeah, right. You..." and she gestured to the five boys, "Are Gundam pilots. Did you pick up those innocent little schoolgirls somewhere and forget to tell them you were wanted criminals?" She laughed. "You guys...are so screwed. Did you even know there was a price on your heads the worth of Fort Knox? Haha! I'm gonna be rich! I'm gonna be rich!"
Quatre started fading to the back of the group. He hissed to Wufei, "I'm going for help."
Wufei nodded. "Pray you find it. This is bad."
Quatre turned around and started running as fast as he could towards the other end of the hallway. The girl saw him. "Not so fast!" she yelled, as she leaped into the air and threw a small black metal object at Quatre. It hit the shoulder joint of Quatre's right arm. There was an audible crack, and when Nahana looked closely, she could see that his shoulder had been dislocated. The little lead ball had hit him so hard he fell to the ground. He tried to pick himself up using his right arm, but failed. (Well duh, of course he can't use that arm! He can't move it!) Trowa, always looking out for his best friend, ran over and helped Quatre up, and the two ran off. The girl shook her head and snapped her fingers. "Two gone, three left." As she was saying this, the soldiers behind her began to fan out.
"Oh, you can count, too? How talented." Nahana said in a condescending tone.
Ignoring this, the girl went on, "I suppose since the Alliance will be publicly executing you, I can take credit for my work. We can't be rude, can we?" she taunted, "My name is Anja. I'm a professional bounty hunter. I hope you will realize that you've been caught by an equal, because I'm fifteen too." She smirked arrogantly.
The Specials officer behind her grabbed her shoulder. "Get on with it! We don't have to wait all day for you! If we catch him before you, we get the reward, you child! Barikko! (Childish woman!)" A murmur ran through the soldiers. Anja turned in fury and held a gun to his head. "Any more mutinous notions and I kill you all and take those idiots myself!"
Wufei stepped to the front of the group and waved Nahana and Fluta back. He stood with his feet apart. "I am ready to fight you, woman!" he addressed Anja, who turned, putting her gun away again. She cocked her head and smirked.
"Oh really?"
Wufei unsheathed his katana smoothly and faced the ten soldiers and Anja. He set his face. "Are you prepared to be defeated?"
Anja nodded her head in respect and understanding. "You're very brave. Unfortunately, you are the one that will be defeated." She pulled out a weapon that she gripped in her hand. It had a blade that extended around her hand, like a lethal blocking tool. She held that in front of her, as well as a little knife. Wufei sprang at her, making the first move as hi swiped his katana at Anja's middle. She leapt backward and stopped his katana with the hand-weapon. They both leaned into their weapons, trying to make the other give way. Wufei yanked his katana away and made another attack at Anja, sweeping the blade at her legs, trying to lame her. Anja jumped out of the way and brought the little knife down towards Wufei's face. Wufei quickly brought his katana up to block the stroke. He flipped backwards and stood at the ready position again.
"Touché." Anja said with a toss of her head. She used the point of her knife to push her dark red hair behind one ear. Wufei let out a cry of frustration and attacked again in a frenzy, but the two were equally matched. They darted and struck at the other only to meet the other blocking the blow. They were moving inhumanly fast. Anja punched with the fist that was holding the blade, aiming for Wufei's face. Wufei flipped over in a back bend then flipped back up, knocking the blade from her hand. It flipped end over end and lodged in the wall. They watched it stick, then turned and looked at each other for an instant before Anja made her move. She took the little knife like a sword and swiped at Wufei's middle. He leaped away and took a step back. Anja started to kick out at him. Wufei reached to grab her foot before it hit him, when suddenly a loud crack sounded in the hall. A line of blood showed up on Wufei's arm. All movement stopped. Anja's green eyes widened in confusion as she watched a drop of blood fall onto Wufei's snowy-white pants leg. She whipped around at a click from behind her, and saw a Specials soldier reloading his smoking pistol. Wufei took a slow step backwards. A few more drops of blood fell on the white of his pants. Anja looked at Wufei and then back at the erring soldier. She stalked over to the soldier, who dropped his gun. He began backing up until he hit the wall. Anja wrapped her hand around the errant soldier's neck and slammed him up against the wall. He was taller than her by several inches, and she was looking up at him. Her fingers tightened their grip on his neck.
"Don't interrupt me when I'm fighting." She snarled in his face, as his fingers dug into her arm desperately. He gasped for air a few more times then went limp. Anja dropped him, then turned around to see Heero running at full speed towards her. Her eyes widened. Heero brought his leg up to kick her. It got about waist height when she wrapped her arm around it and slammed Heero on his back on the ground. She then slammed the side of her hand into his stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Heero curled up in a fetal ball to try to get his air back. Before he had the chance, Anja kicked him in the back, hitting his kidneys. (That is very painful. Never get hit in the kidneys.) Heero let out a little cry of pain and twisted on the ground. He opened his eyes and stared at Anja, who was the first person who could get him to admit pain. Fluta's eyes opened wide as she heard the little cry of pain from her best friend. Since she wasn't far from Anja, she could get to her quickly. When Anja looked down and kicked Heero again, Fluta leapt at Anja, knocking her down to the ground. Before Anja could react, Fluta had delivered a perfect right hook to Anja's face. Anja growled at Fluta in hatred and kicked her away. Fluta hit the wall hard, but managed to kick out and catch Anja in the stomach. By this time the soldiers had opened fire on the gundam pilots, though a few were still kicking Heero. The others had taken cover behind the columns and were returning fire. Nahana drew a bead on one of the soldiers kicking Heero and fired. The soldier fell. Fluta ran to the center of the hallway. Anja pulled a ninja star from her belt and threw it hard. It spun through the air. Fluta leapt out of the way, and saw the star lodge in the column behind where she had been standing moments before. Fluta looked at Anja for a moment in amazement before lunging at her. Anja punched Fluta in the stomach. Fluta looked at Anja for a moment before collapsing in the middle of the hallway.
"That was weak! You all are no match for me!"
Duo's eyes narrowed. He glared at Anja, then looked at Heero being beaten by the soldier that was left. (A bullet from Nahana's pistol now kills the one left.) He looked at Fluta lying on the ground. Suddenly Nahana looked over to see Duo jumping out from his hiding place and heading for Fluta.
Fluta opened her eyes again to the sound of gunfire. She watched the bullets fly overhead with a kind of detached feeling. Suddenly she was yanked back to reality by an arm around her waist. She looked over to the side and saw Duo as he pulled her over behind a column. She was put down in a sitting position. Suddenly they heard machine gun fire, and the column above them started to splinter and chunks of rocks started falling. Across the hall Fluta could see Wufei protecting Nahana from shrapnel. Suddenly Duo pushed her down and shielded her from the sharp pieces. One large one cut her arm open, and blood started running in rivulets down her arm. Once the marble stopped falling, Duo ran out and started fighting Anja. She also passed him back to the soldiers, and continued firing her 9mm Glock. (That's a gun.) Nahana and Wufei were opening fire on the soldiers now, trying to pick off as many as possible before they hurt Duo and Heero too much. Fluta's fingers were wrapped around her arm, trying to staunch the blood flow. She peered out and assessed the situation. She ducked back to cover. Suddenly she took her hand off of her arm. Blood trickled from her wound down her arm. Fluta grasped the decorative medallion from her belt and pulled it free. She paused for a moment, looking at the blood that smeared her hand. A loud gunshot brought her to her senses. She stood up and looked out. The soldiers were still beating Duo and Heero. She smiled to see that they now looked a little beat themselves. Her smile faded when she saw the patch of reddish black on Duo's shoulder. She frantically fiddled with the medallion and it split in half. Inside a length of metal cord was curled. One side was bulkier than the other, that she held in her hand. She quickly jumped from her hiding place. She pulled her hand back and let the other end fly. It sailed out and wrapped itself around Heero's waist. Fluta gave it a good yank and Heero came skidding back to her. She carefully pushed him behind a column. Nahana saw what Fluta was doing and also ran out into the hallway. She picked up a discarded machine gun (The owner was dead.) and checked the magazine. She and Fluta looked at each other and nodded. Nahana opened fire on the soldiers. The bullets razed through the columns, killing the remainder of the soldiers. Wufei leapt out now to help Fluta and Nahana, because Anja was still a threat. Fluta used the medallion to retrieve Duo. Nahana bent down to unwrap him from the cord. Once it was free, Fluta turned furiously to Anja, who was standing in the middle of the hall, tapping her feet.
"Three pilots and two accomplices will still get me a good sum. We're not through yet."
Fluta smirked. "Wanna bet?" She flicked her wrist and Anja's arms were pinned to her sides by the metal cord. Anja smiled condescendingly.
"How cute. Ooh, I surrender! You've got me now!" she mocked. Fluta smiled cockily.
"Laugh away, for all the good it'll do you."
Fluta pressed a button on the side of the medallion she held. A moment passed, and then suddenly a strong electrical current raced through the cable and connected with Anja. Anja let out a bloodcurdling scream as the current ran through her body. A muscle in Fluta's cheek twitched. She handed the medallion to Wufei to hold for a moment and crouched down in front of Duo. Nahana moved out of the way. Fluta rolled up Duo's sleeve. There she could see a bloody hole in his arm. Duo looked at her from pain- clouded eyes, beads of sweat like pearls on his forehead. Fluta took off her wide belt and bound it around the wound. Suddenly they heard a yell. The small batteries in Fluta's shock medallion had died, and Anja had gotten hold of Wufei. Fluta jumped up and started for Anja. Suddenly from the other end of the hallway, another ten Specials soldiers ran in. Nahana leapt up as well and stared at the machine-gun wielding Specials unit. Suddenly they heard the sound of running feet, and Nahana turned in fear. Rounding the corner was Quatre, Trowa and the Maganacs (sp?). They ran up and opened fire on the bounty hunter and her crew. Anja made a face, then slammed her fist into Wufei's stomach. She flung him over her shoulder and started running towards the other end of the hall. The lead soldier reached into his pocket and pulled out a grenade. He handed it to a young soldier and said something, but it was inaudible over the commotion. The lead ran off, leaving the young cadet with the grenade. Nahana looked the cadet in the eye, and he shuddered. Nahana yelled over the din to the cadet.
"I won't kill you if you take this message to Treize Khushrenada!"
The cadet nodded in terror.
"Swear by the earth and the colonies!"
"I swear!" the cadet yelled in fear.
"Tell Khushrenada that there's more of us than he thought! Two more, and we'll be waiting!" she yelled out. "Now throw that thing!"
The cadet took the grenade in his hand. Nahana could see him mouthing, "Take out the pin, count to three, throw. Take out the pin, count to three, throw." Nahana shook her head. This is all they're sending at us? The cadet threw the grenade, and the ground in front of them exploded. Fluta swore at Nahana and leaped over the rubble. She took off after Anja, pulling her knife from her boot as she ran. She ran past the cadet and headed towards the Specials unit. Suddenly she heard the sound of running footsteps behind her. Trowa and Heero pulled even with her, guns at the ready. They followed the fleeing band out into the night air. By the moonlight they could see the Alliance shuttle being loaded across the street. Anja leaned out the door as it began to lift off. They could see, in the fading light, her triumphant grin as she slammed the door closed, taking Wufei with her. Futilely, Trowa and Heero fired their guns until they were empty, but none of the bullets caused any damage. The others caught up in time to see the shuttle fading into a starry spot in the night sky.
"Damn it!" Heero swore in fury. Quatre looked down. Lying, glinting in the moonlight was the silver blade of Wufei's katana. He bent and picked it up and looked at it sadly.
"They're going to kill him."
To be continued…