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THREE GUNDAMS CONFIRMED!

After Colony 195

Usagi:

It was surreal. I stood there watching in awe as not one, but two Gundams rose out of the water. Apparently, H, had neglected to mention that there were more Gundams besides the one he had built with borrowed resources from the Winners. Quatre and I had just assumed that Sandrock was one of a kind; then again, it shouldn't surprise me that the scientist was keeping information from us. H had always seemed like a wily old bastard to me.

The distraction of the two Gundams surfacing was all that Heero Yuy needed to make his move. Running away from Relena, he threw himself onto the rig of missiles.

"It's my mobile suit!" Heero shouted at the other boy while activating and releasing the missiles.

"What are you doing you fool?!" the boy exclaimed.

It was too late to react. We could only watch in horror as the missiles rocketed straight toward the Gundams, flinging Heero off into the water below.

It was too late. We could only watch in horror as the Gundams sank into the water depths.

"Nooo!" the boy yelled in protest, "Damn it! He knows Gundanium's impact tolerance, which means he's the mobile suit's pilot!"

'Damn,' I thought as I holstered my gun. This was turning into a nightmare.

"Relena, you stay put. I'm going to see if there is anything I can do." I said.

"But… Heero!" she wailed.

"Just stay put!" I barked, turning away to leave her there on the dock.

I walked past the other would-be-pilot, toward the edge of the dock, and spotted Heero floating face down in the water below.

"Hey" I said turning towards the teen, "You're going to have to help me here."

"What?! First, he wrecks my Gundam, and now I gotta fish him out of there? Forget it, Lady. You're nuts!"

I growled in frustration. "It's not a suggestion! He's a pilot, like you; obviously we have to help him. Get your ass over here and help!"

He grumbled something unintelligible and I glared at him. Finally he complied, holstering his own weapon and joining me in the task of getting Yuy out of the water. We waded out to the kid and I checked his vitals. He was okay.

"Must be made out of fucking gundanium himself…this guy…wow." The braided teen grumbled while lifting Heero's upper body.

I rolled my eyes at him and didn't comment while taking my half of the weight. We had to move fast. Someone was bound to have heard the explosion of the missiles. Staff from the military base was bound to show up very soon.

Then of course, Relena was waiting for us on the dock looking like she was just about to have a conniption.

Soaked and annoyed the pair of us finally got Yuy out of the water. Relena ran over immediately and fretted over his unconscious form. I left her to it and turned to the braided boy.

"We have to get out of here before the cavalry arrives." I said.

"What about them?" the kid asked jerking his thumb at Heero and Relena.

"Relena," I said sharply in a tone that caught her attention, "call for an ambulance. Do not tell anyone you saw us here. Be careful. He is dangerous."

"He isn't!" she tried to argue.

"Damn it, Relena. Just be careful!" I growled and turned again to the other pilot, "Let's go."

"Don't have to tell me twice, Lady."

It was against my better judgment to leave Relena there alone with Heero, but at the moment I had no choice. They would be okay. The pilot and I took off at a jog toward my hidden car and we gunned it all the way back onto the main road. I slowed down to the speed limit once we were far enough away from the base.

"Who are you?" I demanded as I made another turn and glanced at the boy.

He grinned, "Names Duo. I may run and hide, but I'll never tell a lie."

I chanced another glance at the kid and exhaled sharply. "Never tell a lie, huh? Well, I have no choice but to trust you now, Duo. Don't make me regret it. "

We're both quiet for the rest of the drive, he doesn't ask for my name and I don't offer. I'm just relieved once we're finally off the road. I pulled into the garage at the house and was greeted by Usa the minute we got out of the car.

"Mommy!"

"Baby, we have to pack up our stuff. We're moving."

She groaned. "What? Again?!"

"I'll explain later, Usa. Start getting our things together. We leave in ten."

She raised an eyebrow at Duo before turning around and running back into the house to do as I asked.

"Cute kid. Yours?" Duo asked, his eyes scanning his surroundings before he met my gaze. I could tell that despite his easy going attitude the teen was very aware everything going on around him.

"Yes, my daughter, Usa." The look on my face as I respond clearly says, 'do you have a problem with that?'

But it seems that he doesn't because, he just shrugs and helps himself to a seat at the kitchen bar counter. "So, ya know my name, only fair that ya tell me yours. I can't just keep calling you Lady ya know."

"It's Usagi." I said, "I'm going to go help my daughter. Are you going to be here when I get back?"

Duo nodded, "Yeah, I'll stick around. But I have to get a hold of a pal of mine soon. We can't leave those Gundams down there for long."

"I know. We'll be quick."

I left Duo in the kitchen and went upstairs to help Usa gather our belongings. Our bags were already on top of the bed half packed. She turned to look at me when I moved toward the closet to help.

"Who's the new guy?" Usa asked immediately. I knew she'd been dying to ask since we walked in the door.

"His name is Duo. He's a… friend." I replied.

"He's like Quatre. Isn't he?" Usa deduced.

I ruffled her hair, "Later. Get your things from the drawers and I'll finish here."

Usa nodded and went to grab her clothes from the dresser as I got the briefcase and the last of my belongings from the closet. Quickly packing everything away, I zipped up the duffle before doing a quick check of my briefcase and locking it back up.

Diana came into the room and hopped onto the bed just as I was slinging the duffle strap over my shoulder.

"We're going on the move again? I don't want to be stuck in that carrier." She said eyeing the contraption with some distaste.

"I'm sorry. It'll have to be this way for now. You won't be able to talk for a while either. We have company again."

"It will be alright. I'll just feel better riding in Usa's backpack."

I gave her a quick nod and Usa scooped Diana up, tucking the kitten into her back pack. Usa shouldered her backpack and picked up her duffle. We were ready to go. We didn't own very much while planet side. Our personal belongings had been reduced to what little we could fit in these bags because we needed to travel light. I hadn't been very attached to material things since we had arrived in this world. Usa never complained either. The only source of her malcontent was that we kept having to move. She wanted stability and I could not give her that now.

I gave the room one last inspection, making sure that everything was as we'd found it originally before we made our way downstairs to join Duo in the kitchen. There was no time to check the rest of the house

The braided boy was exactly where I had left him; sitting at the bar, drumming his fingers on the counter surface. He glanced up when we came into the room and grinned.

"Let's move it, ladies. Times a wastin'."

Duo picked up his own bag and threw it over his shoulder in one swift movement. I didn't miss his furtive glace at my briefcase and the kitten that was poking her head out of my daughter's backpack. He didn't comment. He just seemed to be taking stuff in and filing it away as information. There was a cool, calculating look in his eyes, carefully hidden behind the mask of a grinning teenager. I knew I couldn't underestimate this boy.

After some consideration, I decided against using the little blue sedan again. It was pretty much a sure thing that we wouldn't be returning to this safe house. I didn't know if we would be able to return the car to the house and leaving it abandoned somewhere was bound to draw unwanted attention and maybe a connection to us. The next best thing was to call a cab. We made a rather unassuming trio; unless you took into consideration Duo's long braid of chestnut hair and strange attire somewhat reminiscent of a catholic priest.

Duo wasn't exactly thrilled with the idea, but seeing no other option I put in the call to the local cab company and within about forty-five minutes we were dropped off at a shopping mall close to the alliance medical building.

Our little trio plus one cat joined the crowd and Duo immediately set off to find a payphone on the way towards the hospital. We were right across the street from the facility when he finally located what he was looking for. After rummaging around in his pocket for a minute Duo produced enough change to make the call. I pick up on some of what he's saying to his 'pal' but it's all in code…

"Yeah, that'll do.

Also both of the pull carts are broken…

so I'd like ya to have my lunch ready at the back of the wheat field, if you would. Thanks, I'll help you tread the wheat later."

Duo seemed pleased about the conversation, so I gathered at least, that the Gundams would be taken care of. He turned to us with a grin and gestured to the medical facility.

"Now, we should go visit the patient!"

I nodded and we left Usa in a safe place to wait for us while we snuck into the building.

Duo took the lead again as we made our way through the building. I thought he was leading the way to wherever they were holding Heero, but instead he hacked our way into a military supply room. I was amazed with his ability to get us through the facility without drawing attention to us or setting off any alarms.

He availed himself of a small supply of explosives, some parachutes, and a device that worked like a portable helicopter. It was an interesting assortment of things and I had to raise my eyebrow at the boy that had made such an effort to infiltrate the facility in silence. His devil may care grin was back full force and he said nothing. We left the supply room and I had the feeling that now that he had what he needed we were about to go in very loud and obnoxious.

It turned out that Yuy was up on the fiftieth floor. Duo and I maintained our quiet trek up to an observation room. Duo makes quick work of the bored attendant and we access the video feed from the room Heero is being kept.

The room looks sterile like some sort of operating room. Not much other than the bed, monitoring equipment and Heero restrained on the bed. It is clear that the equipment set up only has video feed. The fact that there is no audio amuses Duo and he chuckles while taking a moment to watch Heero on screen.

"I see you've got no choice but to lie there." He says being precise with the movements of his lips, "I'm sure a talented guy with your skills would be able to read my lips. Well, can ya?"

We watched Heero incline his head in accent and Duo turns back to me. "His acting is just amazing. He regained consciousness without increasing his pulse or his brain waves."

He turned back to the screen, grinning impishly, "I've got a few questions I'd like to ask you. If you're feeling up to it, I thought we'd help break you out of here."

There was nothing more to do there in the observation booth so we made our way to the operating room we'd seen on screen. The explosives came out Duo's bag and he rigged them up on the wall.

"Time to liven things up, buddy!" Duo crowed as the explosives went off and the wall crumbling came crumbling down.

All sorts of alarms went off as we burst into the room. I coughed from the resultant smoke and debris. "Did we really have to go through the damn wall?" I shouted over the noise.

"Yep!" he responds while already setting to the task of releasing Heero from the bed he's strapped to, "Damn how do you get these things off?"

We're briefly stumped by the heavy restraints until Heero reveals that he managed to get his right hand free. He reaches over; hand bloodied, and asks Duo for a knife.

I frowned at the amount of blood and hoped he hadn't done any permanent damage. His wrist looked pretty bad.

"Ugh, what'd you do to your hand? Damn you've got some guts!"

Ignoring Duo's attempt at banter, Heero cut through the restraints and we helped him to his feet. Duo handed us each one of the parachutes he procured and I helped Heero into his before strapping mine on my back.

"This way!" Duo shouts as he leads the way out and we charge down the hall way. I see him reach for another explosive and I pull away from the window just in time to see all of the glass shatter along with a good portion of the side of the building. I hadn't stopped to ask what the parachutes were for, and in hindsight, I really wish I would have. There was no choice but to jump out through the opening Duo made.

An opening which happened to be up fifty stories high!

I look over the edge and see the body of water below. There is no time to think. I make myself jump before I have any time to dwell on it. Getting caught now was not an option.

All I can hear is the rushing wind and Duo's shout of 'Geronimo' as we free fall.

It takes me a moment make myself brave enough to open my eyes. Duo had activated his 'helicopter' device and I pulled on the release of my chute only to see that Heero was still falling. The kid was going to kill himself.

"Yuy!" I shouted, "What are you doing? Are you crazy?! Hurry up and release your parachute!"

Duo was shouting at him as well, "Man, are you trying to kill yourself or what? Damn! I'm going to have nightmares over this one!"

Heero doesn't seem to be listening, his eyes are closed and he's falling serenely as though he truly wants to die. It isn't until someone screams his name from the opening we jumped out of that he suddenly snaps into action, opening his parachute even though I thought it was already too late.

The next thing out of Duo's mouth confirmed my suspicions, but there was nothing we could do. Heero collided with the side of the sandy hill and rolled down the rest of the way to the beach. I think my heart stopped for a split second before I saw the boy get up looking just a little bit worse for wear.

Duo and I landed safely a moment later. The braided boy wasn't grinning anymore.

"Now, I can understand you wanting to take your own life, but maybe, just maybe, you should think of another way of committing suicide, buddy." Duo reprimanded as he moved in to help the limping boy. "I'm not asking you to trust me or anything, but right now, we're the only friends you've got, Paley"