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Trials and Tribulation
Chapter 21- Chaos Dawn
Rab whistled between his teeth. The machine he was looking at was at least twice the size of anything he had ever seen. What was even bigger was the rather large tube pointed at the Alseides Duo had just vacated. Although Rab couldn't be sure, it looked like Zechs was going to destroy the guymelef. Breaking off from admiring the Tallgeese, he shouted.
" There's no one in there! I need that!"
The Tallgeese, paying him no heed, leveled the tunnel-shaped mouth of the dobergun at the alseides. Just when Rab thought all was most certainly lost, a crima claw shot out from somewhere. Its course altered and it streaked straight toward the mobile suit. Before Zechs could react, the liquid metal claw sliced the dobergun right off the shoulder of the Tallgeese!
" Yipe!" Rab dodged aside as the wreck of a dobergun smashed into the ground. His head twidted around on his neck trying to locate the other melef. Meanwhile, Zechs was desparetley tryimg to interpet the barrage of alarms that were going off inside the Tallgeese.
" What the hell happened?" He thought.
Then a voice crackled over his radio. " Stand down, Zechs, It can't hurt anyone now. It has no pilot."
" Heero? How do you know?"
" Trust me. Now why don't you put that antique away before you kill someone."
Zechs turned the Tallgeese away. " If this is a trick, I'm going to seriously hurt someone."
" I don't believe it! I'll never believe it!" Zechs stormed out of the room. Rab and Heero had just tried to explain the past events when Zechs exploded. Heero had made to grab Zechs and keep him from leaving, but Rab had put a hand on his shoulder.
" Let him go. We can't force him to accept what we have told him. He has to force himeself."
" I guess so. What side of this war are you on?"
Rab looked Heero in the eye. " Fanelia."
Heero matched Rab's gaze. " Your voice sounds familar....You sound like....." His eyes widened. " You're that crazy pilot! You tried to blow us all up! Crazy people should die!"
Rab cracked his knuckles. " First of all, I'm not crazy, I'm insane, there's a difference. Second of all, you touch me and I'll carve every major organ out of your body with a dull spoon."
Heero shivered involontarily. A welcome distraction occured when Duo rocketed off of the couch where Rab had dumped him when they came inside. Peering painfully around him, he noticed his two observers.
" Heero, why do I hurt so much? And where are we?"
" As to why you hurt all over, probably because you fell on your head when you fell out of that deathtrap he calls a guymelef." Heero jerked his thumb at Rab. " As to our location, we are back on Earth." Duo fainted.
Rab shook his head as he looked at Duo's prone form on the floor.
" Well if you'll excuse me, I've go work to do."
" Where you going?" Heero asked
" If you don't mind, I'm missing my own war."
Rab strode outside and extracted the energists from Duo's melef. He then climbed into the alseides that Heero had been using.
" Wait!"
"What?"
Heero was leading a still groggy Duo behind him. " We're coming with you."
Rab raised an eyebrow. " Why?"
Heero sat Duo on the foot of the melef.
" We helped start that chaos up there, now we're going to help you finish it off."
" There might be hope for you two yet."
Rab climbed into the cockpit of the Alseides and threw a switch. Nothing happened. Frowning, he tried again. Same thing.
" Grrrrrrrr....." He slammed his hand on the switch. The hiss and whine of the energists was heard. The last thing Heero heard before the blue light enveloped them was Rab muttering about the Alseides being a piece of junk.
Trials and Tribulation
Chapter 21- Chaos Dawn
Rab whistled between his teeth. The machine he was looking at was at least twice the size of anything he had ever seen. What was even bigger was the rather large tube pointed at the Alseides Duo had just vacated. Although Rab couldn't be sure, it looked like Zechs was going to destroy the guymelef. Breaking off from admiring the Tallgeese, he shouted.
" There's no one in there! I need that!"
The Tallgeese, paying him no heed, leveled the tunnel-shaped mouth of the dobergun at the alseides. Just when Rab thought all was most certainly lost, a crima claw shot out from somewhere. Its course altered and it streaked straight toward the mobile suit. Before Zechs could react, the liquid metal claw sliced the dobergun right off the shoulder of the Tallgeese!
" Yipe!" Rab dodged aside as the wreck of a dobergun smashed into the ground. His head twidted around on his neck trying to locate the other melef. Meanwhile, Zechs was desparetley tryimg to interpet the barrage of alarms that were going off inside the Tallgeese.
" What the hell happened?" He thought.
Then a voice crackled over his radio. " Stand down, Zechs, It can't hurt anyone now. It has no pilot."
" Heero? How do you know?"
" Trust me. Now why don't you put that antique away before you kill someone."
Zechs turned the Tallgeese away. " If this is a trick, I'm going to seriously hurt someone."
" I don't believe it! I'll never believe it!" Zechs stormed out of the room. Rab and Heero had just tried to explain the past events when Zechs exploded. Heero had made to grab Zechs and keep him from leaving, but Rab had put a hand on his shoulder.
" Let him go. We can't force him to accept what we have told him. He has to force himeself."
" I guess so. What side of this war are you on?"
Rab looked Heero in the eye. " Fanelia."
Heero matched Rab's gaze. " Your voice sounds familar....You sound like....." His eyes widened. " You're that crazy pilot! You tried to blow us all up! Crazy people should die!"
Rab cracked his knuckles. " First of all, I'm not crazy, I'm insane, there's a difference. Second of all, you touch me and I'll carve every major organ out of your body with a dull spoon."
Heero shivered involontarily. A welcome distraction occured when Duo rocketed off of the couch where Rab had dumped him when they came inside. Peering painfully around him, he noticed his two observers.
" Heero, why do I hurt so much? And where are we?"
" As to why you hurt all over, probably because you fell on your head when you fell out of that deathtrap he calls a guymelef." Heero jerked his thumb at Rab. " As to our location, we are back on Earth." Duo fainted.
Rab shook his head as he looked at Duo's prone form on the floor.
" Well if you'll excuse me, I've go work to do."
" Where you going?" Heero asked
" If you don't mind, I'm missing my own war."
Rab strode outside and extracted the energists from Duo's melef. He then climbed into the alseides that Heero had been using.
" Wait!"
"What?"
Heero was leading a still groggy Duo behind him. " We're coming with you."
Rab raised an eyebrow. " Why?"
Heero sat Duo on the foot of the melef.
" We helped start that chaos up there, now we're going to help you finish it off."
" There might be hope for you two yet."
Rab climbed into the cockpit of the Alseides and threw a switch. Nothing happened. Frowning, he tried again. Same thing.
" Grrrrrrrr....." He slammed his hand on the switch. The hiss and whine of the energists was heard. The last thing Heero heard before the blue light enveloped them was Rab muttering about the Alseides being a piece of junk.