Arabic Prince Chapter 6: One Step Closer to the End, a gundam wing/ac fanfic

Arabic Prince
Chapter Six: One Step Closer to the End

"I didn't anticipate on you surviving." General Paul replied, holding the gun to his daughter's forehead. "Nontheless, I didn't even intend on you finding the Desert Gundam. It was just an excuse to lure you out into the desert...lure you to your sandy grave."

Cassie looked at her father, her eyes full of hurt.

"Why dad?! Why?!" Cassie asked. "Did you kill mom too?? Did you?!"

"...Yes." General Paul answered, shocking Cassie even more.

Cassie looked at General Paul, tears in her eyes.

"Your mother and I were having problems," General Paul replied. "But when she threatened to leave me and take you away, I had to do something about it. I couldn't let her get away."

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"Paul, what are you doing?! Stop!" Shouted Cassie's mother.

Several things were knocked over as Cassie's mother tried to get to the door. Cassie's mother was only a few feet away from the door and reached out to it. Paul saw his gun sitting on the floor next to him and picked it up. Taking aim quickly, Paul pulled on the trigger, firing the one bullet in the gun that ended her life.

Paul just stood there, watching as his wife's motionless body hit the floor. He looked at his gun and dropped it onto the floor. Shaking, Paul took several steps back, knocking over a family picture that sat on a table he bumped into.

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"I didn't mean to kill your mother. It was an accident." General Paul answered. "But she was punished for thinking of tearing our family apart."

"So that whole accident thing was just a lie?" Cassie asked, lowering her head. "That story about a robber breaking into our house and shooting mom was just a cover up?"

General Paul just remained silent as he continued to hold the gun to Cassie's head.

"Don't worry dear...it'll only hurt for a second." General Paul answered as he pulled the trigger.

Just as he did, Cassie ducked out of the way. The fired bullet ripped through the headrest of the chair before embedding itself into the wall. Cassie knocked the gun out of her father's hand and made a dead run for the door. General Paul removed a 7 inch pocket knife from his jacket, walking towards Cassie.

Cassie turned the doorknob, only to find it locked. She turned around and noticed the knife in her father's hand. General Paul lunged the knife at Cassie, cutting her across the stomach. Cassie doubled over in pain as she looked up at her father.

"Be a good girl and listen to your father!" General Paul shouted, lunging the knife at her again.

Cassie ducked down, forcing her father's pocket knife to stab the door instead. General Paul tried to get the kinfe out of the thick door, but didn't succeed as Cassie kicked him in the stomach. As he was busy stumbling back in pain, Cassie rammed the door down and ran out into the hallway.

"YOU WON'T GET AWAY FROM ME!" General Paul shouted as he pushed a button on the wall.

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Quatre, as well as all 40 of his bodyguards looked up at the flashing red lights. OZ soldiers came running out of nowhere, armed with M16s and Uzis.

"What's going on?" Binocular man asked, a bit confused.

"Somebody must've broke out." Replied another bodyguard.

"But who? Everyone's here." Binocular man answered, looking at everyone.

"Cassie..." Quatre thought to himself worriedly.

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Cassie stumbled as she turned a corner, but quickly regained her footing. Hearing the sound of approaching soldiers, Cassie ducked up against the wall and listened as their footsteps passed her by. Once the coast was clear, she ran out into the hallway, still cluching her wounded stomach. She rammed one of the doors with her shoulders and nearly fell down the flight of stairs behind it.

"CASSIE!! COME OUT HERE YOUNG LADY!!" Shouted General Paul as his shadow appeared on a wall further down the hall.

Cassie stepped down onto a step and hid behind the door.

"CASSIE!! AS YOU FATHER AND SUPERIOR OFFICER, I ORDER YOU TO COME OUT!" General Paul shouted as he walked past the door, armed with his pocket knife again.

Cassie looked towards the end of the flight of stairs. She held onto the railing as she slowly made her way down. Just as soon as she touched the concrete floor, someone came running out from the shadows. Cassie just ducked and flipped whoever it was over her shoulder.

Ryo slammed into the ground and lay there in pain. Cassie noticed the gun laying next to him and quickly picked it up. She cocked the gun once and aimed it at Ryo's head. When he came to, he wasn't too suprised to see Cassie standing above him with his gun aimed at his head.

"Disobeying a commadning officer could get you killed." Ryo answered as he rose to his feet.

"Did my father higher you to kill me?" Cassie asked, glaring at Ryo.

"No. He hired me to make sure you were killed." Ryo replied, looking Cassie in the eyes.

"You failed." Cassie answered, slightly pulling on the trigger.

"Either way Cassie. You can't save the Gundam Pilot." Ryo answered coldly. "He WILL die at the hands of OZ! And you can't stop that!"

Cassie pulled the trigger, shooting Ryo in the heart. Ryo's body hit the ground with a thud and lay there motionlessly. Cassie threw down Ryo's gun, before turning around and running off further into the room.

Quatre tried desparetly to get out of the cuffs. The cell gates suddenly opened, causing all of Quatre's bodyguards--including himself--to look up in wonder. A few gunshots were heard in the distance but were soon followed by the sounds of bodies hitting the floor. Not knowing what would come out of the shadows next, everyone waited patiently.

Cassie came walking out of the shadows, holding the cuff keys in her hand.

"Cassie?!" Quatre replied in shock. "What's going on? What's happening?"

"You and all your men need to get out of here!" Cassie shouted as she unlocked his cuffs. "My father's gone insane. You can't stay here anymore! He's going to kill you!"

"Don't listen to her Master Quatre! It's probable just another one of her OZ tricks." Answered binocular man coldly.

"Listen buddy." Cassie replied as she faced the man. "I know I maybe you're enemy, but just trust me one time! If you all stay here, you're going to die!"

The entire base was rocked violently as a rumbling noise was heard outside. Dust from the ceiling fell towards the ground as the vibrations died down a bit. Cassie looked over her shoulder towards an intercom on the wall.

"I know what you're trying to do, Cassie." Came General Paul's voice over the intercom. "And it won't work! You can't save him! No matter how hard you try! I will kill him...and you as well!"

"Let's go!" Cassie shouted as she grabbed a dead soldier's gun and ran up the long staircase.

"Should we follow her Master Quatre?" Asked binocular man.

Quatre picked up a gun from the ground and looked back at all his men.

"I believe in her. Do you?" Quatre asked as he ran off after Cassie.

All of Quatre's bodyguards grabbed what weapons they could find and ran after him.