Title: A Fishy Adventure 8/??
Author: Little Angel
Disclaimer: I own not GW…. Tis sad…
Pairings: 1&2, 3&4, other?
/THIS/ thoughts
"THIS" regular dialogue
/'THIS'/ telepathy
Last time….
Zechs, Quatre and Billings had taken off ten minutes prior, as scheduled and were already in the air on their way to the Oz Base. The Sanq planes still had about five minutes before they could leave safely, so everyone was counting down the time as patiently as possible and going through the pre-flight procedures.
Trowa and Noin would be flying, and had a clear view of Heero on his place on the rocks in case they needed to communicate with him.
So it was with great surprise for everyone who could see it, when a very large, very dark blob like creature shot out of the water, smashed right into a still injured Heero and pushed him into the ocean, following the same path as him in its own decent into the water.
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Child's P.O.V.
Year: A.C 164
Location: A small town located on the beaches of the Sanq Kingdom
"Grandpa!! Grandpa!! Father is going to be arriving today!" A small boy with wind blown brown hair and eyes was dancing around on the docks, anxiously watching the seas in hopes of seeing his father or the ship he was sailing on. The boy loved the smell and sights of the ocean air and the feel of the cool breeze blowing in from the ocean. An elderly man with wind blown white hair was slowly walking up behind him, watching to make sure the boy didn't fall.
"Jonas, be careful on these docks! A strong wind will blow you into the ocean and I'm not sure I will be able to pull you back out of the water!"
The little boy just nodded and looked back at his grandpa with big hopeful eyes, "But the mermaids will save me right? They wouldn't let me drown would they??" Grandpa had told him stories about the fanciful creatures of the sea, and how they guarded the vast underwater kingdom from the land dwellers. His father didn't believe the stories though, and would say as much whenever he heard grandpa telling them.
A passing sailor heard the boy's plea about the mermaids and started laughing, "Hear now laddie! There ain't such a thing as mermaids! Those are just legends and fairy tales! If you fell in the water one of us would have to go in after you! And these waters are deep! Even here, under the docks."
The boy pouted and looked over to his grandpa, who just smiled and him and winked. Jonas smiled back and went back to his vigil over the waves. If his grandpa said it was true, he would believe the mermaids existed and would save him if he fell into the water. He was so happy to be able to see his father again after so many months out at sea. He wondered if he would get the chance to ask him if he saw any mermaids out there watching over his ship.
Forgetting the earlier warning, he got up onto his tiptoes in hopes of seeing farther out, still standing on the very edge of the dock. Sure enough he lost his balance and fell into the water head first just as a wave was approaching.
"Jonas!!" The grandfather was able to swim, but he was too old to attempt to pull the boy out of the water. The sailor from earlier ran past him and jumped into the water after the boy.
However the boy was unaware of any of this. As he was falling into the water he breathed in, in panic, and swallowed a huge amount of salt water. As he was pulled under the small wave his world started to go black around the fear and panic. His last thought was /Why aren't the mermaids coming to save me…?/
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Year: A.C. 195
Location: Carriage riding to the Romefellar Foundation's main mansion of operations.
Jonas Sebastian woke with a start, breathing heavily as his carriage hit a rather large bump in the road. He had been having flashbacks of his childhood ever since he was able to catch that mermaid with his submarine. It brought back memories that he would much rather forget. /So grandfather was telling the truth about the mermaids. Interesting. /
The OZ Commander sat patiently in the carriage as he awaited his meeting with one of the Romefellar Foundation's most influential members. The Gundam pilots weren't as backed into a corner as they had originally intended, which meant there would be the possibility of more trouble to come soon. Jonas was bothered by the fact that the pilots were at the base, especially when the base technically wasn't in operation. The personnel all stationed there were put on "military leave" for one reason or another and the order for the base's operation didn't even go officially through the whole Romefellar Foundation.
/There is more going on here than I originally thought…/ perhaps he could convince his superior to give him command of the underwater base being built near the Sanq Kingdom's ocean territory- for protective reasons only of course. It was his subtle maneuvering that got the process started on that base, and he wanted to be in charge of combing the area for anything of interest… It was, after all, where his grandfather had had his encounter with the not so mythical sea creature.
As the carriage pulled up to the drive, Jonas has a small smile on his face. It was time to share what he'd found with his supervisor and begin to shed light on something that had plagued his memories far longer than he ever wanted. /And to prove my old man wrong… Once and for all./
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Meanwhile…back at the Safehouse….
Heero was standing on the rocks surrounded by ocean on three sides, as he waited for the plane to take off so he could also take his leave. He was supervising the others incase they needed assistance in the take off. Duo was waiting on the beach with Sally, who would be driving to another location then taking a plane to the old base.
Zechs, Quatre and Billings had taken off ten minutes prior, as scheduled and were already in the air on their way to the Oz Base. The Sanq planes still had about five minutes before they could leave safely, so everyone was counting down the time as patiently as possible and going through the pre-flight procedures.
Trowa and Noin would be flying, and had a clear view of Heero on his place on the rocks in case they needed to communicate with him.
So it was with great surprise for everyone who could see it, when a very large, very dark blob like creature shot out of the water, smashed right into a still injured Heero and pushed him into the ocean, following the same path as him in its own decent into the water.
Sally and Noin let our gasps. Sally looked like she was going to go the water after Heero, but giggles from her left stopped her from taking action.
"Friend of yours?" Sally sent a mild glare over at the braided merman.
Aside from continued grinning, Duo just shook his head. "Something like that."
Heero apparently sent an empathic message to Noin and Trowa who continued with their take off, even though he didn't come up from under water. "K, Sally, that's your cue to take off as well! We'll see you in Sanq soon."
Sally nodded and started off for the trees and her transportation. She heard a splash when she was into the tree line and turned to see nothing on the beach. Not even foot prints to show there were people there recently. She chuckled and continued her walk.
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Heero saw the blob at the last second, and unfortunately had no chance of dodging the enormous mass. Once he hit the water and transformed into his mer-form he realized at once who, or what the blob was. He sent a quick empathic message to Noin and a telepathic message to Trowa that he was fine and felt the plane begin take off above him.
Feeling the healing powers of the ocean enter his bruised body, he turned his attention to the sea creature swimming around him. It turned out to be an Orca, or Killer Whale. Many of these creatures where thought to be extinct in the human world, but Heero knew better.
When the creature was getting close to extinction long ago, the king of mer-people went out into the normal waters and brought the creatures to the sanctuary of the mer-people home. The whales began to flourish again without the threat that humans caused them and turned out to be a valuable member of the mer-people community.
For one of these whales to be out in the open again, meant only one thing. Heero began speaking with the whale and sure enough the king knew about Duo's plan of action. The whale had been asked to help Hilde find the pair of them so a message could be delivered. When Duo had been in the ocean a few days prior he had made himself known to the pair looking for him. The whale, when he had sensed Heero so near by, couldn't help himself from getting him back into the water for a proper chat.
/'Hello there friend, where's Hilde?'/
/'Hiding her aura from you and Duo and hoping for the opportunity to surprise the braided enigma.'/ The whale answered back using his song and pointed with his fin to Hilde's hiding spot.
Heero chuckled and decided to help Hilde with her plan. With a smirk he said/'I'll help make sure he's distracted.'/
A few moments later the pair was joined by the prince himself, who immediately went to check to see if Heero was healed properly. /'Hee-chan!!'/
The fact that the pair of soul mates were together in the ocean again, meant their bond could open to its full potential. Heero immediately went to Duo and opened a connection like he had done in the briefing room a few days before. Duo did the same for him and soon both of them were completely caught up with what the other had been doing since the last time they could do this.
After a time of separation between soul-mated mer-people meant that the pair had access to each other's emotions, thoughts, and memories if they desired because of the elongated separation. Most mer-people had little need to use this connection since many of them didn't like wandering the human world, especially when they knew what happened to their bond in their human form.
But for Heero and Duo, the connection was crucial for whenever Heero went on a mission for the king to the human world. It helped stabilize him when he returned to his world and gave Duo a sense of what was happening with his koibito when he was away. Duo could still communicate with Heero, since he was still underwater, but Heero wouldn't be able to respond. It would also make it harder for Heero to complete whatever he was sent to do because he would be reminded of Duo whenever the braided mer-man chose to communicate. In the end the pair would just wait until Heero returned to access the emotions, memories and thoughts, even though Duo still monitored him through their bond. It was hard on them both, but it needed to be done for the safety of their kind.
They both winced when they pulled apart and moved into a bone crushing huge. Physical contact wasn't necessary in this form for them, but at the moment they both needed the contact and reassurance the other was alive.
/'Come on Koi, we need to get to Sanq.'/ Heero reluctantly pulled away after a couple minutes, but still held onto his soul-mate's hand.
They had just rounded the corner of the rocks when/'DUO! YOUR FATHER IS GOING TO KILL YOU!'/, Hilde swam out from behind said rocks and tackled Duo.
/'AAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH'/ Duo let out a loud girlish shriek, which he would later deny ever happened and attempted to get away from Hilde's tac… tender loving hug.
Heero was chortling merrily along with their whale companion.
Duo glared at him- then /'Ahhahahaha…Hilde…so nice to see you…again.'/
Hilde released him and put her hands on her hips/'don't you 'Hilde' me! The whole kingdom was up in arms when you left! I had to stop your father from coming to the surface with an army after you!'/
Duo winced/'Ah, sorry about that. You weren't in trouble were you?'/
Her glare intensified a notch/'you mean for aiding and abiding your escape? When your father told you specifically you weren't to go to the human world!?! That kind of trouble?!?'/
Duo looked sheepish and gave her his wounded puppy eyes/'you know why I had to do it though! I'm sorry you got in trouble…but you should also know I would do it again if I had to.'/
Hilde sighed and dropped her hands/'I know. And it took some convincing but your father and the council now knows that too.'/
She paused then added with a small grin/'you owe me BIG mister!'/
Duo grinned back and hugged her properly this time. /'Thanks Hil.'/
When they pulled apart, Hilde turned her attention to Heero, who was floating patiently next to the pair watching the interaction with some amusement. /'Heero, it's good to see you're alright.'/
/'Hilde.'/ Heero nodded to her/'Come on, we need to get going toward Sanq. You're welcome to come with us for the journey.'/
The four companions started off towards Sanq, but Hilde was also carrying some bad news.
/'I have news from the king. The humans are in the process of building an underwater base…a little to close to home. The counsel would like you two to take care of it, if you could… discreetly.'/
The pair shared a look then as one turned back to Hilde and nodded their acceptance. Heero voiced a thought/'could you ask the king to grant us use of some ankle bracelets? It's important and we can get some extra aid on this mission with them.'/
Hilde looked skeptical but asked anyway/'I'll ask the counsel but I'm not sure if they would be willing to give any more. How many would you need?'/
/'Eight – if possible. If not, as many as they would be willing to give us.'/ Heero said in all seriousness.
Hilde's eyes went wide and the whale sang a slightly worried note/'Are you crazy!'/ Heero just raised an eyebrow at her.
She sighed/'I'll ask but I can't guarantee anything, but I'll see what they'll let you have.'/
The rest of the trip was spent in comfortable silence between the four underwater companions.
Duo, who had been thinking mostly through the exchange between Heero and Hilde, finally spoke up when they were almost to Sanq. /'I can handle this Gundam of Zechs' if it's like yours.'/
Heero looked over at him/'the scientists who created Zechs' Gundam separated in space and built their own Gundams. So you should be able to pilot it. There were five of them, so when we finish with Sanq and this underwater base, perhaps we should go into space and get you a Gundam?'/
Through the exchange between Heero and Hilde, Duo had been analyzing the memories he'd gained from Heero earlier about how to pilot and fight in a Gundam, as well as keeping it in repair. It was a lot of information to sort through, but Duo had some time before he would need to use most of it, with exception of taxi-ing the Gundam off the plane.
Duo grinned at the prospect of getting a Gundam of his own, but was slightly wary of going so far away from the ocean. Heero, sensing his anxiety, gave his hand a squeeze and left the offer open.
When the quad reached the Sanq kingdom's waters, Hilde and the Killer Whale broke away from the soul mates and headed back towards their home. Duo and Heero continued onto the cliff on Sanq's ocean cliff, so they could climb up onto the rocks and activate the door for the plane to taxi into when it arrived.
As they climbed onto the cliff's ledge closest to the water, they started their short climb up the mountain. Half way to their destination they heard a very disturbing sound... "HHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! COOOOOOOME KIIIIILLLLLLLL MMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"
The pair glanced up to the top of the cliff, and barely noticed someone standing on the edge, with long hair and what looked to be a skirt blowing in the wind. The pair exchanged a nervous glance and started climbing a little faster to get to the safety of the secret base. Heero had a slight twitch in his eye as they climbed….
---End Chapter 8---
Author's Note: I apologize for the huge length of time between this update and the last one… My computer's been dying a slow and painful death and I haven't had the money to get a new one or the time to really sit down and write a chapter for this. Hopefully the next update won't take so long. I also hope this chapter helped answer some of your questions about the story…
Author's Note 2: Sorry, I couldn't resist throwing that bit on at the end...
