Arabic Prince Chapter 7: Farewell to Thee, a gundam wing/ac fanfic

Arabic Prince
Chapter Seven: Farewell to Thee

Clouds of smoke rose into the night sky as more of base began to be engulfed by flames. Quatre and Cassie ran ahead, with Quatre's bodyguards following behind them. Explosions could be heard in the distance as they continued to run down the empty base hallways.

"This doesn't feel right." Quatre spoke to Cassie. "There should be soldiers around here, shouldn't there?"

"My father's destroying the base." Cassie answered as she continued to run. "None of them plan on dieing just yet, so they've either fled the base or are waiting for us in the hanger."

Just as Quatre and Cassie turned a corner, they were caught in the middle of a made bullet storm. Several OZ soldiers had been waiting for them and just as soon as they saw them round the corner, they began to shot.

"Protect Master Quatre!" Shouted binocular man to all of Quatre's other bodyguards.

Several of Quatre's bodyguards ran out into the line of fire and began to shot at the OZ soldiers. One by one, OZ soldiers fell limp to the ground until none of them were left standing. Cassie looked at all the dead OZ soldiers, a shocked expression on her face.

"Come on!" Quatre shouted as he grabbed Cassie's hand and began to run.

"Hey! Shouldn't I be leading you?!" Cassie asked, a bit confused.

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The heavy metal doors to the base's hanger slowly began to slide open. Quatre's bodyguards stood firm, ready to fire at anyone on the other side of the door. Once they coast was declared clear, they moved in. Cassie and Quatre were at the center of the group, looking around catiously.

"I don't like this." Cassie replied, holding her gun firmly. "This is too easy...even for my father."

One of Quatre's bodyguards stepped one a certain floor panel that sunk into the floor. Round metal balls came shooting out from the hanger walls, towards Quatre, Cassie and all his men. They all ducked down quickly, listening as the metal balls exploded against the wall.

Everyone leaned up against the wall as the last of the exploding metal balls destroyed itself.

"Everyone okay?" Quatre asked, looking at everyone.

"Yeah. We're fine." Replied a bodyguard at the end of the line.

Quatre looked at Cassie and noticed she was holding her stomach and cringing.

"Cassie, you okay?" Quatre asked, facing her.

"I'm fine." Cassie answered as she faced Quatre and smiled. "Don't worry about me. I'd be more concerned about myself if I were you."

Quatre watched with concerned eyes as Cassie continued to move on.

Cassie cautiously rounded the next corner. She hit the light panel on the wall, which didn't seem to be working. Feeling a bit uneasy, Cassie began to head back to where the others were. But she wasn't able to make it very far as someone grabbed her from behind.

"Cassie?!" Quatre shouted as he looked around the base for her.

The base was rocked again as the surrounding area of the base exploded. Quatre looked out the hanger windows and watched as orange flames shattered the glass. Quatre covered his eyes from the downpour of glass that rained upon him.

"Cassie, where are you?" Quatre called out as his bodyguards came up behind him.

Slowly, two figure emerged out of the shadows. Several of Quatre's bodyguards stood in front of their master as the figures got closer and closer. General Paul held his bloody knife to Cassie's throat as he stood before Quatre and his men.

"Cassie..." Quatre replied, worried.

"Get out of here!" Cassie shouted.

General Paul moved the knife blade closer to Cassie's throat, causing Quatre to back away a little.

"So this is what you've betrayed me for." General Paul replied, glaring at Quatre. "My own daughter...turning against me."

"Dad...please." Casie answered, looking at the knife held to her throat.

"I won't let you leave me like your mother planed!" General Paul shouted, a crazy look in his eyes. "I won't let you run off and leave me! I won't let you!"

"Quatre, go!" Cassie shouted to him.

"I won't leave you!" Quatre replied.

"You NEED to go!" Cassie answered.

A bullet was fired, hitting General Paul in his shoulder. He dropped the knife and released Cassie as he held his shoulder in pain. Quatre turned around and noticed binocular man had been the one to fire his gun. He then ran up to Cassie and grabbed her arm.

"Like you said. We need to go." Binocular man replied as he brought Cassie over to Quatre.

As Quatre and everyone else disappeared into the distance, General Paul glared up at them.

Everyone ran into a huge part of the hanger and stopped in their tracks. Quatre and Cassie stood at the front of the ground, staring at the carrier ship before them. Inside the large carrier ship lay the Gundam Sandrock.

"It's...actually here." Quatre replied, walking towards his Gundam.

As everyone headed towards the carrier ship, Cassie just stayed behind.

One of Quatre's bodyguards ran to the pilot seat and turned on the engine.

"It works! Master Quatre!" Shouted the happy bodguard.

Quatre looked towards the man then faced Cassie.

"You can use the carrier ship to get out of here." Cassie answered, looking up at Quatre.

"Are you coming?" Quatre asked, walking up to Cassie.

"I'd love to be with you, Quatre..." Cassie answered, a sad smile on her face. "But we are not destined to be together."

"Master Quatre!" Shouted another bodyguard from inside the carrier ship.

"You can't stay here...it's not safe." Quatre replied, looking at Cassie worried.

"Like you said before," Cassie answered. "In war, no place is safe."

Cassie removed something from her jacket pocket and held it in her right hand. She grabbed one of Quatre's hand. She placed whatever it was in his hand gently. Quatre looked at Cassie, noticing the tears once again in her eyes.

"Promise you'll remember me." Cassie asked, the tears glistening in her eyes.

"I will." Quatre replied with a nod.

Cassie gently kissed Quatre on his cheek before he ran back onto the carrier ship. Strapping himself in, he watched as Cassie just stood there, holding her stomach in pain. Slowly the plane began to taxi out of the hanger and onto the take off pad.

Quatre opened his hand and tears filled his eyes. He picked up the silver hairpin Cassie had given him and looked at it sadly.

The only thing I have to remember her by is this hairpin.

Your mother meant a lot to you, didn't she?

I felt like I lost a precious part of me when she died.

As long as the love for her still exists, she will always live on. Memories of her will never die as you continue to love her...

Cassie turned around and faced her father. He held a gun to her head, as his wounded arm hung limply to his side. Cassie just shook her head at General Paul as tears ran down her cheeks.

"Why exactly did you grab the gun, dad?" Cassie asked.

"To stop your mother." General Paul replied. "She wanted to leave me alone...all alone."

Cassie looked at her father as everything around them began to catch on fire.

"And now, you've left me...alone." General Paul answered, pulling on the trigger slightly.

"I never left you, dad. I was always by your side." Cassie answered, looking up at General Paul.

General Paul looked at the tears in Cassie's eyes as the roof caved in around them.

"And you don't have to worry about being alone anymore. We'll die together." Cassie replied, tears still running down the sides of her face.

As the carrier ship carrying the Gundam Sandrock and Quatre disappeared into the early morning sky, the hanger of OZ base exploded. Quatre watched with sad eyes as a huge tower of flames and smoke rose into the sky.

"Cassie..." Quatre thought sadly as he remembered her smiling face.

The silver rose hairpin flashed white as Quatre gently placed it in his breast pocket.