Five Gundams And A Baby
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Author : Mavrik
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Usagi finally stopped crying as she studied her hands, what did she do now? She couldn't live this lie when she knew the truth, the pain was too much to bare, there was too much history with Demando, she didn't think she could take it…
"What do I do Mamoru…" she whispered her mind turning to Trowa…Selene only knew why, but she still cared for him, but the anger…the resentment, there was so many negative feelings clouding her thoughts of him now, it was his fault, he had killed Mamoru…but she couldn't leave him to rot down in Demando's dungeon. "What do I do now?" She whispered shaking as the sobs started again, it had all been so simple before…she wanted it back, she wanted it to be simple again, whether it was because she was void of all memories, or if time somehow turned itself back to before Mamoru had left, she wanted it back… "Why did you go?" she sobbed and the tears began again, the princess of the moon, light of the universe, cried herself to sleep, thinking of things she could never have.
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"You!" Demando hissed slamming the man against a wall dark energy crackling around them and death written in his eyes "What the hell did you do to her?" he snarled, Pharaoh 90 shuddering in spite of himself, for everything he was, Demando was a very powerful man…at least…that crystal made him such, if he could just get his hands on it…
"I…Don't know what you're talking about milord." He stuttered out, opting to play innocent, Demando didn't seem to be buying it.
"Do you want me to kill you? You know exactly of what I speak. What did you do to her before you threw her in that cage with that brat?"? Demando demanded, he needed to know what magic had been used on her so he could undo it, before all he had worked for was lost, and she became what she had been before again, before she stopped loving him.
"Do you recall telling me before, that if she recalled herself, then you would kill her? If you…'couldn't have her then no one would.'?" The man asked after a few moments of tense silence as Demando started, yes, he recalled that…it was true, he would rather kill her with his bare hands then let another man hold her heart.
"What of it?" Demando demanded as Pharaoh 90 began to laugh, a sinister laugh that almost made the prince of the dark moon shudder, but he had more control then that.
"I made the barriers buckle…I made sure, that she would remember…Tell me my prince, have you checked the barriers integrity today? Is she really still that memory-less doll you made her into? Or is she back to her old self, hating you? And loving another man?" the advisor hissed, Demando felt his blood run cold as he dropped the chuckling man and retreated to his room to consult the crystal, he had to know if the barriers were still there, was she still his?
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"You always were stubborn." A voice tinted with sorrow and laughter commented, a strange combination
"Mamoru…" Usagi whispered as she looked at him, he was smiling, but even his smile seemed sad to her "I don't know what to do…" Usagi whispered as warm arms encompassed her, for the first time in much too long.
"Stop being stubborn." He commanded as Usagi pulled her knees to her chest and stared at the water, she missed this lake, it was her favorite place to sit on the moon, she would sit here just as earth was rising on the horizon and stare at it, she had always loved that planet, nearly as much as she loved her own home.
"I'm not."
"Yes you are." He sighed tightening his hold as Usagi shook her head
"How am I being stubborn?"
"Usa…" he sighed shaking his head, that sad smile still on his lips, which was why she refused to look at him "You love him."
"He killed you."
"So what." Mamoru said as Usagi pulled from his arms turning and staring at him
"What do you mean so what? He killed you."
"Usa…you don't know how to hate…so don't try so hard to hate him, you're only hurting yourself." Mamoru said softly as Usagi burst into tears and he pulled her back into his arms
"He made me lose you." Usagi whispered as Mamoru soothed her gently
"Usa…you can't stay here…and neither can he." Mamoru said as Usagi curled deeper into his hold
"You're right…I'll get out of here, and I'll help him get out too…but I…I'll separate myself from them after that. I can't be near him Mamoru, I can't love him now."
'Usa you stubborn girl…' Mamoru thought as he sighed hugging her close 'You don't choose who you love, like back then when you fell in love with me…' Mamoru held her tighter for a few moments "You have to face things sometime."
"I can't…not yet." Usagi whispered as he sighed kissing her forehead gently
"Wake up, and do what you have to do." He commanded as Usagi looked at him before nodding, a soft smile touched his lips, a real smile "And Usa." He said before she could go "I love you." After she was gone he let out a deep sigh "But I have to let you go."
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Usagi stared at the entrance to the cell block trying to calm her heart, she was scared…of what? Seeing Trowa? Or of leave him once they had escaped?
"We can't stay here." She whispered her shaking hand grasping the handle as she tugged the door open and stepped in
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Trowa looked up as she approached, she was back so soon? Surely she wouldn't be coming back down here any time soon after what had happened
"U…Serenity." He corrected as she stood before the cell head bowed, he could see her shaking and gods it hurt him to see her so upset, but he didn't think pushing anything was a good idea at the moment.
"It's not Serenity anymore…thanks to you and Pharaoh 90." She bit out, Trowa accepted the bite of hate in her voice, even as relief flooded him, she was back, Usagi was back to herself
"…I'm sorry." Was all he could say as she shook her head
"Shut up…don't talk to me." She cried as Trowa silenced his eyes just silently watching her as she reached for the lock a key in her hands "We have to leave, Demando will kill us both when he finds out I'm not his doll anymore…"Usagi whispered as Trowa resisted the need tor each for her
"I…" he silenced himself at the glare she gave him, she had yet to forgive him, and he wondered indeed if she ever could
"We don't have much time." She said unlocking the cell door as she stepped aside Trowa stepping out hesitantly, he turned to say something before catching himself, words and actions were unwanted by her at this time
"SERENITY!" a roar came as she shuddered
"He's found me missing, and surely put the pieces together by now, we have to move." Usagi whispered as she ran for the door, not noticing she had grasped at his hand in the process as Trowa blushed slightly before pushing his emotions away, now was not the time for this, he had to protect her and get her somewhere safe.
"Where exactly do you think you're going my 'dearest'?" a voice purred dangerously from behind as Usagi looked at the door, so close yet so far, the door to the docking port for his moon base, the door to their freedom, still 300 metres down the hall, yet he had found them, caught them already
"If I can't have you, no one shall." Demando snarled as Usagi turned to him her hand dropping from Trowa's
"Demando…I'm sorry, but I don't love you, and I never will." Usagi whispered as he gathered dark powers in his hands
"Than you will die."
"Drop the…err…ball of err…dark shit." A voice demanded as Usagi and Trowa turned suddenly to see Duo and Heero, guns pointed at Demando and the rest of the Gundam crew not far behind
"…Duo…" Trowa murmured as the brunette tossed them a wink
"Duo guns won't-" Usagi began as the ball of power was cast at the gun wielding boys Usagi throwing out a barrier as quickly as she could, it had been a while since she had used her powers so, and the barrier was easily shattered, thankfully it managed to absorb the impact first
"so you do still have claws little princess." Demando whispered gathering more power as he turned to the gundam crew again
"Stop it." She cried as he cast the ball at them tossing Duo into a wall as Usagi ran to his side
"Ow…" Duo groaned as Usagi checked him over
"Is he alright?" Quatre asked kneeling by her side as Usagi nodded
"I think so…how did you all…get here?" Usagi asked as Quatre smiled softly to her
"We came to rescue you."
"…Why?" she asked truly confused, she was just the nanny surely
"Usagi…you're our friend." Quatre clarified as Usagi's eyes filled with tears, her friends had come to get her, and she had been willing to let Demando take her mind, these people would have come anyway and been killed for it, and she would have been the cause
"I'm sorry…" she whispered as Quatre smiled gently helping her pull Duo away as Trowa picked up his gun and turned to face Demando
"What is this guy?" hero asked softly as Trowa grasped the gun tighter
"Not something we can take with guns."
"We have to try." Heero added as Trowa nodded, that they did, for Usagi they had to try
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Pharaoh 90 chuckled to himself as he drank the power directly from Demando's precious crystal, it felt incredible, the power coursing through him, empowering him above Demando, above anyone, and more definitely above that stupid moon brat
"Now, I'll kill all of you useless morons." He sneered beginning to laugh again, yes, now he was going to kill them all, and when everything was levelled to ash and dust, he would raise an empire of his own, loyal and mindlessly enslaved to him, from Earth he would begin his takeover of all planets and moon, every living creature in the universe would eventually bow to him or be levelled like an ant before his powers.
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Usagi let Quatre take over the medical treatment of Duo as she let her eyes wander back to Trowa and Heero, Zechs was also organising some sort of weapon with Wufei nowhere to be found…and Relena…why on earth was she even here?
"Will he be okay?" Usagi asked as Quatre nodded
"He'll be fine, he's just a little banged up, he's had worse, don't worry Usagi." Quatre assured as Usagi paled suddenly, so fast and pale that Quatre was worried
"Usagi…are you alright?"
"Pharaoh 90." She gasped as Quatre blinked in confusion, who?
"No…what…" Demando cried out as his power was drained, someone was stealing his power directly from his crystal, the only one that had access to that… "Pharaoh 90 you back stabbing bastard." Demando hissed as Trowa took aim at Demando, he may not understand what was going on, but now looked like a good time to get rid of the man
"No." Usagi cried pushing his aim off as the bullet harmlessly buried itself in a wall.
"He's defenceless…don't…please." She whispered as Trowa looked at her evenly before sighing and letting his arm fall
"Serenity…you really do-"
"Demando…Not now and not ever, will I be your Serenity…just stop please and leave me alone." Usagi whispered as Demando looked at her begging her with his eyes "I'm not the Serenity you want, and I never can be."
"You were."
"Maybe when I was brainwashed yes, but even then, I never loved you, and lived in fear of your temper…you have to let Serenity go and start over." Usagi whispered kneeling before him as Demando shook his head
"No."
"Demando…" she began before gasping in shock as the solidified dark power pierced his shoulder clear through and impaled her leg stopping any chance of escape
"Well…little princess, are we having a nice chat?" the dark cloaked advisor sneered as Usagi bit back her cries of pain as she tried to move to a position that didn't wrench the shard in her wound, Trowa was immediately by her side trying to help free her as Heero took over covering them with a gun Zechs not far behind holding a …rocket launcher?
"Guns won't work." Usagi weakly reminded as Wufei came flying out from behind the man his katana flashing, but it went straight through the cloaked figure and Wufei fell to the floor unbalanced
"Hold still, this will hurt." Trowa warned as Usagi nodded finding her hands grasping at his shoulders for support as he wrenched the shard free from her leg letting her scream her pain into his chest as he hugged her gently to him, she soon pulled away though, and he let her, though every part of him wished he could hug her into him and never let her go
"Demando…are you…" she whispered weakly as the man forced himself up with his good arm smiling painfully at her
"No one takes my power and gets away with it, leave the bastard to me." He hissed as Usagi frowned, he was in no condition to stop pharaoh 90, then again she hardly was either, last time it had taken her and all her Senshi's support to take him down
"We need to retreat and regroup." Wufei said scurrying over to them as his eyes assessing the wounds they had sustained already
"You think you can leave this place alive? Why would I let the greatest threats to my power just leave?" Pharaoh 90 snarled as he summoned youma to take down the insects while he dealt with the princess.
"All of you…run." She begged softly as Trowa shook his head
"I won't leave you here." He assured as Usagi felt tears rise
"Trowa…I can't lose someone again, please, go." She begged as Trowa softened touching her cheek tenderly
"Usagi…" he whispered as another shard came flying as Demando pushed them aside as Usagi screamed seeing it piece him through the chest
"Demando!" she whimpered as he smiled softly blood dribbling down his chin
"Serenity…tell me…you…" he whispered as usagi cried gently touching his cheek
"I love you Demando." She whispered, she knew what he wanted, no, what he needed to hear, he had saved her life, and he only wanted one thing in return
"I…knew it." He breathed as Trowa went to comfort her but flinched back, she was glowing, Usagi was glowing
"Youma, kill them, kill them now." Pharaoh 90 screamed as the youma swung into action the gundam crew shooting at everything that moved, it didn't seem to do more then slow them down though, but that wasn't going to stop them trying
"Stop it." Usagi whispered as Trowa took aim at the surrounding youma closing in on them "STOP IT!"
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