Standard disclaimers: you all know them.
Hatikva Ch.7
Sally opened the door of her office, to find Heero and Mariemaia
having a Death Glare contest.
"What happened now..." She asked carefully, trying hard not to
upset them.
"Heero was using the ZERO system on Quake XI." Mariemaia said.
"Since when did a spork-shooting gun became a standard weapon on
that game." Heero answered.
"You know it's the only illegal weapon that can hurt Duo when he's
on God Mode and wielding a scythe." Mariemaia crossed her arms.
"But you and Duo were out to kill me." Heero countered.
"You're fighting over a game?" Sally teardropped, "you two should
act your age." In a way, she was glad that Heero was acting a bit
friendlier.
Heero and Mariemaia looked at each other, sighed and turned to Sally.
"Yes, Ma'am." They said in unison.
Once inside her office, when the two young Preventers were seated
in her couch, Sally handed Heero a thick file.
"Is this the man you saw?" Heero asked, showing Mariemaia the
picture of a bald man with a heavy mustache.
"Yes..." Mariemaia nodded.
"Doesn't look right." heero leafed through the rest of the pictures
and scanned each one carefully. After an hour, he put them down. "It's
not him."
"Are you sure?" Sally asked, "Every member of the Barton Foundation
that came identified him as Dekim Barton."
"Did you do a DNA test?" Heero asked, giving her the file.
"A DNA test?" Sally started, "Look, I understand understand your
feelings about him, but your paranioa is going too far."
"Sally, if he's alive, he could be after me or Mariemaia. If he gets
either one of us, it could mean trouble." Heero said in his monotone,
"Now, did you do the test or not?"
Sally was curious as to what Heero was talking about, though she
had some idea. She knew that Heero had often been refered to as a
weapon, both by OZ and the L1 rebels. She knew he had a nanochip
implant under his skin, in the same place where his denomination was
tattooed. She knew that that chip contained certain orders, though she
didn't knew what kind. And she had seen his open hatred towards Dekim
Barton and his followers, but not towards Mariemaia. From what she
could tell, Heero was also afraid of Dekim Barton.
"I didn't thought it was necesary at the time." Sally admitted,
"But I kept a blood sample, so I can do it if you want." When Heero
nodded, she opened a drawer from where she pulled a hypodermic needdle.
"I'll need a sample from Mariemaia too."
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Half and hour later, Sally received the test results. As she read
them a frown crossed her features.
"I was right, wasn't I?" Heero said, "That man is not Dekim Barton."
Sally sighed and set the results on her desk. She picked the file
on Dekim and looked carefully at the pictures.
"Why did I miss it?" She whispered.
"What's going on?" Mariemaia asked, looking from Sally to Heero.
"The man that died on the complex and was buried as Dekim Barton
was actually a double, altered through cosmetic surgery to look like
Dekim Barton, and trained to act like him." Heero explained and looked
at Sally, "Am I right?"
"I'm sorry," Sally said. " I should have noticed..."
"There's no point in worrying about what could have been." Heero
told her. "We should be thinking on how to stop him if tries anything."
"He won't rest until the Earth and the Colines are in his power."
Mariemaia whispered, she started shivering and Heero put an arm on
her shoulder. "We won't be able to do anything against him..."
"Do you want me to saty over at your place?" Heero asked with a
softness that surprised Sally.
Mariemaia nodded and Heero stood, taking the girl in his arms. He
turned to Sally.
"I know you will report this to Lady Une, even if I ask you not to."
He said, "But I would appreciate it if you didn't tell the other
pilots. They wouldn't understand." He walked to the door and stopped.
"Also, I have a bad feeling of all this. The ZERO System is practically
screaming at me that something will happen. If anything happens to me,
I want you to keep Mariemaia under heavy protection." He then lowered
his voice to a whisper "I might be forced to do things I don't want to."
As Heero walked out the door, Wufei walked in. He watched them walk
down the hallway before turning to Sally.
"Did Heero find what he was looking for?" He asked.
"More or less." Sally answered. She picked her jacket, "Let's go.
It's late, and I want to catch Lady Une before she leaves HQ."
"You look like something is bothering you." Wufei pointed.
"It's what I need to talk to Lady Une about."
They walked quietly from her office to the elevator, just saying
goodbye to the recepcionist. Just then Mariemaia burst from the
entrance. She was breathing heavily and was bleeding from her arm.
"Sally..." The girl panted, "Heero... militia... took him..."
************To be continued**********
So, I turned the Nine Inch Nail gun from Quake into a Nine Inch Spork
gun, just for this fic. It's just that I don't want to make this fic
TOO serious, or I'll get depressed writing it. And when I get
depressed I end up killing my favorite character. Otherwise, everything
is going as planned.
Hope you're enjoying reading this as much as I'm enjoying writing it!
Blackthorn Hiei Yamato Iori Hibiki Sagara Yuy Ayanami
Warrior Spirit of the Quetzal bird
Keeper of the Xiuhcoatl, the Turquoise Snake sword
Guardian of Quetzalcoatl's tailfeathers
Guardian of Wing ZERO's tailfeathers
Guardian of Heero's deadly beam-spork
Hatikva Ch.7
Sally opened the door of her office, to find Heero and Mariemaia
having a Death Glare contest.
"What happened now..." She asked carefully, trying hard not to
upset them.
"Heero was using the ZERO system on Quake XI." Mariemaia said.
"Since when did a spork-shooting gun became a standard weapon on
that game." Heero answered.
"You know it's the only illegal weapon that can hurt Duo when he's
on God Mode and wielding a scythe." Mariemaia crossed her arms.
"But you and Duo were out to kill me." Heero countered.
"You're fighting over a game?" Sally teardropped, "you two should
act your age." In a way, she was glad that Heero was acting a bit
friendlier.
Heero and Mariemaia looked at each other, sighed and turned to Sally.
"Yes, Ma'am." They said in unison.
Once inside her office, when the two young Preventers were seated
in her couch, Sally handed Heero a thick file.
"Is this the man you saw?" Heero asked, showing Mariemaia the
picture of a bald man with a heavy mustache.
"Yes..." Mariemaia nodded.
"Doesn't look right." heero leafed through the rest of the pictures
and scanned each one carefully. After an hour, he put them down. "It's
not him."
"Are you sure?" Sally asked, "Every member of the Barton Foundation
that came identified him as Dekim Barton."
"Did you do a DNA test?" Heero asked, giving her the file.
"A DNA test?" Sally started, "Look, I understand understand your
feelings about him, but your paranioa is going too far."
"Sally, if he's alive, he could be after me or Mariemaia. If he gets
either one of us, it could mean trouble." Heero said in his monotone,
"Now, did you do the test or not?"
Sally was curious as to what Heero was talking about, though she
had some idea. She knew that Heero had often been refered to as a
weapon, both by OZ and the L1 rebels. She knew he had a nanochip
implant under his skin, in the same place where his denomination was
tattooed. She knew that that chip contained certain orders, though she
didn't knew what kind. And she had seen his open hatred towards Dekim
Barton and his followers, but not towards Mariemaia. From what she
could tell, Heero was also afraid of Dekim Barton.
"I didn't thought it was necesary at the time." Sally admitted,
"But I kept a blood sample, so I can do it if you want." When Heero
nodded, she opened a drawer from where she pulled a hypodermic needdle.
"I'll need a sample from Mariemaia too."
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Half and hour later, Sally received the test results. As she read
them a frown crossed her features.
"I was right, wasn't I?" Heero said, "That man is not Dekim Barton."
Sally sighed and set the results on her desk. She picked the file
on Dekim and looked carefully at the pictures.
"Why did I miss it?" She whispered.
"What's going on?" Mariemaia asked, looking from Sally to Heero.
"The man that died on the complex and was buried as Dekim Barton
was actually a double, altered through cosmetic surgery to look like
Dekim Barton, and trained to act like him." Heero explained and looked
at Sally, "Am I right?"
"I'm sorry," Sally said. " I should have noticed..."
"There's no point in worrying about what could have been." Heero
told her. "We should be thinking on how to stop him if tries anything."
"He won't rest until the Earth and the Colines are in his power."
Mariemaia whispered, she started shivering and Heero put an arm on
her shoulder. "We won't be able to do anything against him..."
"Do you want me to saty over at your place?" Heero asked with a
softness that surprised Sally.
Mariemaia nodded and Heero stood, taking the girl in his arms. He
turned to Sally.
"I know you will report this to Lady Une, even if I ask you not to."
He said, "But I would appreciate it if you didn't tell the other
pilots. They wouldn't understand." He walked to the door and stopped.
"Also, I have a bad feeling of all this. The ZERO System is practically
screaming at me that something will happen. If anything happens to me,
I want you to keep Mariemaia under heavy protection." He then lowered
his voice to a whisper "I might be forced to do things I don't want to."
As Heero walked out the door, Wufei walked in. He watched them walk
down the hallway before turning to Sally.
"Did Heero find what he was looking for?" He asked.
"More or less." Sally answered. She picked her jacket, "Let's go.
It's late, and I want to catch Lady Une before she leaves HQ."
"You look like something is bothering you." Wufei pointed.
"It's what I need to talk to Lady Une about."
They walked quietly from her office to the elevator, just saying
goodbye to the recepcionist. Just then Mariemaia burst from the
entrance. She was breathing heavily and was bleeding from her arm.
"Sally..." The girl panted, "Heero... militia... took him..."
************To be continued**********
So, I turned the Nine Inch Nail gun from Quake into a Nine Inch Spork
gun, just for this fic. It's just that I don't want to make this fic
TOO serious, or I'll get depressed writing it. And when I get
depressed I end up killing my favorite character. Otherwise, everything
is going as planned.
Hope you're enjoying reading this as much as I'm enjoying writing it!
Blackthorn Hiei Yamato Iori Hibiki Sagara Yuy Ayanami
Warrior Spirit of the Quetzal bird
Keeper of the Xiuhcoatl, the Turquoise Snake sword
Guardian of Quetzalcoatl's tailfeathers
Guardian of Wing ZERO's tailfeathers
Guardian of Heero's deadly beam-spork