Standard disclaimers: you all know them.
Hatikva Ch.9
"Mariemaia!" Lady Une called from the catwalk, "Are you in Wing
ZERO's cockpit again?"
The red-haired girl's head popped from the open hatch of said Gundam.
"You know Heero has a link with the ZERO System." She answered, "So
if anyone can find him, it's the System."
"So you've been telling us for the last three months." Lady Une
sighed. "And you haven't had any results. Let's face it, the link must
have been severed."
"But he might reestablish it." Mariemaia replied, but Lady Une's
look told her to drop it. She lowered her head in defeat. "What about
the murders," She finally asked. "Is there a pattern yet?" She wanted
to believe that Heero had nothing to do with them. "Any suspects?"
"Not yet," Lady Une said, "We only know that he or she is very
skillful, and now has moved to government officials."
"So he's working his way up." Mariemaia sat on the edge of the
hatch.
One month after Heero was kidnapped, dead people started to appear
on the Earth and the colonies. It had begun with low-ranking police
and Preventers oficers. Then it was Preventers Distric and Area chiefs,
most in their homes but the others in their offices, were security was
supposed to be high. In the past two weeks, three goverment secretaries
were murdered. No two persons died the same way, yet they knew the
assassin was the same. There was no pattern, except what Mariemaia
had just said.
"But why did he spared Preventers special agents and commanders?"
The girl said softly. "And who will be the next target..." Mariemaia
suddenly smiled and jumped onto the catwalk, then ran towards the
nearest computer terminal. "I'll need a list of the name and rank of
each of the victims, the offices they held." She explained when Lady
Une gave her a baffled look, "We'll run it through the ZERO System."
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Lady Une and Noin peered from the open hatch into the cockpit of
Wing ZERO. Because of the cramped space, the one inside was Mariemaia.
The three were surpised by the fact that it took the System five
minutes to process the information, when it would have taken the
Intelligence department a whole week, working 24 hours, to reach the
same conclusion and isolate the next target:
Relena Darlian.
"I guess there's no doubt," Mariemaia sighed sadly, "Dekim must be
behind the assassinations..." She looked at her hands, "And Heero must
be the assassin." She lowered her voice, "He was afraid of something
like this... It makes sense. This will create enough chaos for him to
come and get me. He'll have enough time to retrain me and put me and
Heero in position to back up his Coup de Etat."
"And this overthrow meaning he'll have Heero kill the president and
taking over?" Une asked. Mariemaia nodded.
"That plan sounds familiar..." Noin smiled grimly.
"Yes." Lady Une admitted, "That time, it was His Excellency Treize
who was behind it, and the Alliance pacifists died by Heero's hands."
"It's happening again." Mariemaia said, reviewing the victims list
as it scrolled up the screen, "Dekim has killed all those who were
strong advocates of pacifism." She was silent for a moment. "We have
to get Miss Relena under protection. Now." She climbed out of the
cockpit. "Miss Une, Miss Noin, I want to be there with the security
team."
"Why?" Noin asked.
"I think I will be able to break through Heero's training and bring
him back."
************To be continued**********
A short chapter. I think I made it too short. As to why I jumped three
months and left out Heero's retraining, is because I don't know how
to write that kind of thing. So I'll just leave to your wicked minds
to imagine what poor, little Heero went through.
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 feathers
Guardian of Heero's deadly beam-spork
Humble servant of the Golden Spork
Hatikva Ch.9
"Mariemaia!" Lady Une called from the catwalk, "Are you in Wing
ZERO's cockpit again?"
The red-haired girl's head popped from the open hatch of said Gundam.
"You know Heero has a link with the ZERO System." She answered, "So
if anyone can find him, it's the System."
"So you've been telling us for the last three months." Lady Une
sighed. "And you haven't had any results. Let's face it, the link must
have been severed."
"But he might reestablish it." Mariemaia replied, but Lady Une's
look told her to drop it. She lowered her head in defeat. "What about
the murders," She finally asked. "Is there a pattern yet?" She wanted
to believe that Heero had nothing to do with them. "Any suspects?"
"Not yet," Lady Une said, "We only know that he or she is very
skillful, and now has moved to government officials."
"So he's working his way up." Mariemaia sat on the edge of the
hatch.
One month after Heero was kidnapped, dead people started to appear
on the Earth and the colonies. It had begun with low-ranking police
and Preventers oficers. Then it was Preventers Distric and Area chiefs,
most in their homes but the others in their offices, were security was
supposed to be high. In the past two weeks, three goverment secretaries
were murdered. No two persons died the same way, yet they knew the
assassin was the same. There was no pattern, except what Mariemaia
had just said.
"But why did he spared Preventers special agents and commanders?"
The girl said softly. "And who will be the next target..." Mariemaia
suddenly smiled and jumped onto the catwalk, then ran towards the
nearest computer terminal. "I'll need a list of the name and rank of
each of the victims, the offices they held." She explained when Lady
Une gave her a baffled look, "We'll run it through the ZERO System."
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Lady Une and Noin peered from the open hatch into the cockpit of
Wing ZERO. Because of the cramped space, the one inside was Mariemaia.
The three were surpised by the fact that it took the System five
minutes to process the information, when it would have taken the
Intelligence department a whole week, working 24 hours, to reach the
same conclusion and isolate the next target:
Relena Darlian.
"I guess there's no doubt," Mariemaia sighed sadly, "Dekim must be
behind the assassinations..." She looked at her hands, "And Heero must
be the assassin." She lowered her voice, "He was afraid of something
like this... It makes sense. This will create enough chaos for him to
come and get me. He'll have enough time to retrain me and put me and
Heero in position to back up his Coup de Etat."
"And this overthrow meaning he'll have Heero kill the president and
taking over?" Une asked. Mariemaia nodded.
"That plan sounds familiar..." Noin smiled grimly.
"Yes." Lady Une admitted, "That time, it was His Excellency Treize
who was behind it, and the Alliance pacifists died by Heero's hands."
"It's happening again." Mariemaia said, reviewing the victims list
as it scrolled up the screen, "Dekim has killed all those who were
strong advocates of pacifism." She was silent for a moment. "We have
to get Miss Relena under protection. Now." She climbed out of the
cockpit. "Miss Une, Miss Noin, I want to be there with the security
team."
"Why?" Noin asked.
"I think I will be able to break through Heero's training and bring
him back."
************To be continued**********
A short chapter. I think I made it too short. As to why I jumped three
months and left out Heero's retraining, is because I don't know how
to write that kind of thing. So I'll just leave to your wicked minds
to imagine what poor, little Heero went through.
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 feathers
Guardian of Heero's deadly beam-spork
Humble servant of the Golden Spork