Standard disclaimers: you all know them.
A couple of notes. First of all, this is not a Heero/Relena fic. I'm more
towards Heero/Dorothy, but there are no pairings in this one.
As to the short chapters: I wrote this fic last year, a couple of weeks
after the January 13 earthquake in my country. I originally posted it on
the Gundam_Wing Mailing List and over there, short chapters are easier
to read (and it's also easy to keep the suspense). So know that I'm
trying my hand here, I'm posting two chapters daily, one in the morning
and one in the afternoon.
And the spork thing... we got a little out off hand on the Mailing List,
mainly with the sporks, so the moderator had to put a ban on unnecesary
naming of household items. I just found a way to go around that ban and
joke with a friend.
Well, on with the story.
Hatikva Ch.8
"What are you talking about?" Wufei asked, "what happened to Heero?"
"Militia... Heero... Dekim..." Mariemaia gasped. She closed her eyes
and forced herself to take deep, slow breaths. "We were in the parking
lot... a van stopped in front of us and some armed men stepped out. I
didn't recognize any, just one from Dekim's private militia... he told
us that we were to go with him. Heero refused and a fight started.
Heero told me to to get away, so I did..." She took another deep breath.
"I heard the man say 'Zero-one, standby'. And I turned to see them
carrying Heero into the van..."
Wufei picked the girl and started walking towards the E.R.
"Where are you taking me!?" Mariemaia struggled, "We have to get
Heero back! They'll hurt him!"
"To take care or your wound." Wufei answered, "Besides, did you
see where the van went?"
Mariemaia stopped strugling and shook her head, her eyes filled with
tears.
"Then there's nothing we can do right now. Let Sally talk with Lady
Une."
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
"What do you think 'Zero-one, standby' means?" Lady Une asked after
Sally explained to her what happened. "I used to call him Zero-one,
because his Gundam was the first one sighted."
"From what Dr. J allowed me to see, Heero was trained to become the
perfect weapon. Zero-one is what was he was called during his training."
Sally answered. "Also, Heero has a nanochip implant in his spine,
which may be programmed with certain orders. 'Standby' may be an order
to... stand by... a simple word to make stop doing whatever he's
doing."
"It makes sense," Lady Une seemed thoughtful, "If Dekim wants to
try anything, he'll first recover his wayward weapon."
"Heero is incomplete as a weapon," Sally said, "Dr. J told me as
much. Therefore Dekim will attempt to complete his perfect weapon. If
he succeeds, Heero will be unstopable..."
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Heero slowly recovered consciousness. He could remember the gunmen,
the fight, he could even remember someone taking a shot Mariemaia. But
as hard as he tried, he couldn't remember the words that one of them
had said. Thay had paralized him and had allowwed to gunmen to
overpower him.
He slowly opened his eyes, allowing them to adjust to the light,
then looked around himself. He was lying on the cold tile floor of a
large room that somehow seemed familiar. The walls were white and
could have been made of any material. There were some metallic
bookshelves that held medical equipment. On one end there was a desk
with a computer and the other end was completely dark. Heero couldn't
see anything in the dark end, but he could sense someone standing there.
He tried to stand and found his hands tied behing his back.
"Welcome back, Zero-One." said a computer-modified voice from the
dark end.
"I am not Zero-One..." Heero growled, regaining his footing. "My
name is Heero Yuy..."
"So, Zero-One now thinks it has an identity." The voice laughed,
"That's amusing. But you are nothing more than a creature created for
war."
Heero growled and ran towards the voice, intending to tackle
whoever was there. He knew hundreds of ways to kill a person, a third
of them without using his hands.
"Zero-One, standby." The voice camly said.
Heero gasped as he stopped in his tracks. The words had been said
again, though he couldn't make out what they were. 'Why can't I move?'
He thought, 'Was it an order?'
"Still impulsive, I see." The voice said, "Guess I'll have to do
something about that."
Heero's eyes widened and he shivered when the person stepped into
the light.
"Tell me Zero-One." Dekim said, putting his fingers under Heero's
chin, forcing him to look up. "Shall I give you another opportunity,
and turn you into my Perfect Weapon?"
"Damn you..." Heero spat.
He was struck on the side of the head and he was sent crashing onto
one of the shelves. Some scalpels fell and cut his skin.
Dekim grabbed his shirt, forced him to stand and slammed him against
the shelf. Heero fought back tears of pain and fear.
"You cannot lift your hand against me, Zero-One. But you'll have to
watch your tongue." Dekim hissed. "You know I can easily kill you. And
I can also make you suffer with killing you, even if you beg me to.
"Why..." Heero groaned.
"Why?" Dekim laughed. "Simply because you exist."
Heero closed his eyes and steeled himself for the pain he knew was
coming. He only hoped Dekim got tired and just killed him.
************To be continued**********
No, sorry, no sporks this time. I still can't beleive I'm trying to
fit sporks into every chapter
Zxyu make Blackthorn crazy.
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
A couple of notes. First of all, this is not a Heero/Relena fic. I'm more
towards Heero/Dorothy, but there are no pairings in this one.
As to the short chapters: I wrote this fic last year, a couple of weeks
after the January 13 earthquake in my country. I originally posted it on
the Gundam_Wing Mailing List and over there, short chapters are easier
to read (and it's also easy to keep the suspense). So know that I'm
trying my hand here, I'm posting two chapters daily, one in the morning
and one in the afternoon.
And the spork thing... we got a little out off hand on the Mailing List,
mainly with the sporks, so the moderator had to put a ban on unnecesary
naming of household items. I just found a way to go around that ban and
joke with a friend.
Well, on with the story.
Hatikva Ch.8
"What are you talking about?" Wufei asked, "what happened to Heero?"
"Militia... Heero... Dekim..." Mariemaia gasped. She closed her eyes
and forced herself to take deep, slow breaths. "We were in the parking
lot... a van stopped in front of us and some armed men stepped out. I
didn't recognize any, just one from Dekim's private militia... he told
us that we were to go with him. Heero refused and a fight started.
Heero told me to to get away, so I did..." She took another deep breath.
"I heard the man say 'Zero-one, standby'. And I turned to see them
carrying Heero into the van..."
Wufei picked the girl and started walking towards the E.R.
"Where are you taking me!?" Mariemaia struggled, "We have to get
Heero back! They'll hurt him!"
"To take care or your wound." Wufei answered, "Besides, did you
see where the van went?"
Mariemaia stopped strugling and shook her head, her eyes filled with
tears.
"Then there's nothing we can do right now. Let Sally talk with Lady
Une."
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
"What do you think 'Zero-one, standby' means?" Lady Une asked after
Sally explained to her what happened. "I used to call him Zero-one,
because his Gundam was the first one sighted."
"From what Dr. J allowed me to see, Heero was trained to become the
perfect weapon. Zero-one is what was he was called during his training."
Sally answered. "Also, Heero has a nanochip implant in his spine,
which may be programmed with certain orders. 'Standby' may be an order
to... stand by... a simple word to make stop doing whatever he's
doing."
"It makes sense," Lady Une seemed thoughtful, "If Dekim wants to
try anything, he'll first recover his wayward weapon."
"Heero is incomplete as a weapon," Sally said, "Dr. J told me as
much. Therefore Dekim will attempt to complete his perfect weapon. If
he succeeds, Heero will be unstopable..."
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Heero slowly recovered consciousness. He could remember the gunmen,
the fight, he could even remember someone taking a shot Mariemaia. But
as hard as he tried, he couldn't remember the words that one of them
had said. Thay had paralized him and had allowwed to gunmen to
overpower him.
He slowly opened his eyes, allowing them to adjust to the light,
then looked around himself. He was lying on the cold tile floor of a
large room that somehow seemed familiar. The walls were white and
could have been made of any material. There were some metallic
bookshelves that held medical equipment. On one end there was a desk
with a computer and the other end was completely dark. Heero couldn't
see anything in the dark end, but he could sense someone standing there.
He tried to stand and found his hands tied behing his back.
"Welcome back, Zero-One." said a computer-modified voice from the
dark end.
"I am not Zero-One..." Heero growled, regaining his footing. "My
name is Heero Yuy..."
"So, Zero-One now thinks it has an identity." The voice laughed,
"That's amusing. But you are nothing more than a creature created for
war."
Heero growled and ran towards the voice, intending to tackle
whoever was there. He knew hundreds of ways to kill a person, a third
of them without using his hands.
"Zero-One, standby." The voice camly said.
Heero gasped as he stopped in his tracks. The words had been said
again, though he couldn't make out what they were. 'Why can't I move?'
He thought, 'Was it an order?'
"Still impulsive, I see." The voice said, "Guess I'll have to do
something about that."
Heero's eyes widened and he shivered when the person stepped into
the light.
"Tell me Zero-One." Dekim said, putting his fingers under Heero's
chin, forcing him to look up. "Shall I give you another opportunity,
and turn you into my Perfect Weapon?"
"Damn you..." Heero spat.
He was struck on the side of the head and he was sent crashing onto
one of the shelves. Some scalpels fell and cut his skin.
Dekim grabbed his shirt, forced him to stand and slammed him against
the shelf. Heero fought back tears of pain and fear.
"You cannot lift your hand against me, Zero-One. But you'll have to
watch your tongue." Dekim hissed. "You know I can easily kill you. And
I can also make you suffer with killing you, even if you beg me to.
"Why..." Heero groaned.
"Why?" Dekim laughed. "Simply because you exist."
Heero closed his eyes and steeled himself for the pain he knew was
coming. He only hoped Dekim got tired and just killed him.
************To be continued**********
No, sorry, no sporks this time. I still can't beleive I'm trying to
fit sporks into every chapter
Zxyu make Blackthorn crazy.
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