Torn between the past and present
Part 19
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Hi. Thanks for your wonderful reviews. And I'm not an A+ student in science so if any of this doesn't make sense then just bare with me.
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"I don't believe this," Catherine said, five minutes after Amber said that Dorothy could die.
"And they want your kids to drink this stuff?" Wufei asked.
"That's what I don't understand," Amber said looking at the paper.
"Maybe they don't know it's lethal," Heero said.
"Maybe they do," Relena said.
"Then that would mean they were going to commit suicide and William isn't like that or at least, he wasn't," Amber said.
"And how do you know all this?" Quarte asked.
"I can't tell you. At least, not at the moment," Amber said.
"Why not?" Lucriza asked. She and Amber where introduced at the hospital.
"It's personal," Amber said.
"Oh," Lucriza said.
"Can we please work up some kind of plan so we don't lose our lives and the kids either," Sean said. They work on a plan for the rest of the day.
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Heero, Relena, Hannah, Amber and Trowa were in a van driving to the compound. Trowa was released from the hospital earlier that day for his fast recovery. Sean and Jake had gone back earlier to get everything ready for the rescue of Heero's kids.
"Everyone know what you're doing?" Heero asked as they reached the compound. Everyone nodded.
"Okay. Let's do this," he said as he, Amber, Relena, and Trowa got out of the car. Hannah stayed in the van with a laptop computer. Everyone out side hid in some bushes.
"Alright Hannah, so far, so good," Heero said though a communicator in his watch. Hannah heard him from an earpiece.
"Okay, you got three entries. The main one, one on the right of the building and one in the back. Jake is at the side one and Sean is in the back. Which do you?" she asked. A layout of the compound was on her laptop's screen.
"Well Trowa?" Heero asked.
"I'll take the side entry and you can take the back," Trowa said.
"Did you hear that, Hannah?" Heero asked.
"Yes. Okay, lets get this started," Hannah said. Trowa and Amber headed towards the side door while Relena and Heero went for the back.
"Well how do you like this so far?" Heero asked.
"It's creepy," Relena said.
"Well let's hope no one's around so we don't have to kill anyone," Heero said.
"Don't even think that," Relena said. Heero took her hand.
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"So Amber, have you every done this before?" Trowa asked.
"I've never done a rescue mission but I have stolen stuff from bases," Amber said.
"Oh? Like what?" Trowa asked.
"Bombs, guns, that kind of thing," Amber said.
"I see," Trowa said. They reached the door. Trowa knocked.
"Who is it?" came Jake's whispered voice.
"Trowa and Amber," Trowa said. Jake opened the door and hurried them in.
"There's not much I can do except give you directions," Jake said.
"Why?" Amber asked.
"I got to set up a distraction for you guys to get Dorothy out of here," Jake said.
"Oh," Amber said. Jake told them the directions and they were on they way.
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Heero and Relena made it to the back door without any incident. Heero knocked on the door and Sean opened it.
"You should have asked who it was. Were are they?" Heero asked. The hall was dark and Relena was starting to regret coming along. 'I should of listen to Millardo but no. I have to be 'Miss Perfect' and save the world' she thought.
"They're down the hall, fourth door on the right," Sean said. He turned and left.
"Lets go," Heero said. Taking Relena's hand, he started down the hall. 'This reminds me of when we were on Libra. I really wished I kissed him when I had the chance. But that's the past and the past can't be changed, no matter how much you want it to. But still…' Relena thought.
They reached the room that held the kids.
"Hannah? Can you tell if anyone coming?" Heero asked.
"Sorry but Sean and Jake are suppose to be setting up a distraction," Hannah's voice came though everyone's ear piece.
"Relena, keep a watch out while I pick the lock," Heero said.
"Alright," Relena said. Heero began to pick at the lock. After five minutes, Heero had the lock off.
"It's opened," Heero said. Relena watched as he opened the door.
"Reuben, Sammy, Sophie? Are you in here?" Heero asked.
"Daddy is that you?"
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Trowa and Amber walked down the hall.
"So how do you like this so far?" Trowa asked.
"It's okay. A little boring for my taste though," Amber whispered.
"I see," Trowa said as they reached the door that Jake said held Dorothy. Trowa began to pick at the lock. He got it open ten minutes later. Trowa opened the door.
The room was lit by one lamp that sat on a table stand. The stand set next to the bed. Dorothy laid on the bed, breathing very heavy.
"Dorothy?" Trowa asked. Dorothy slowly opened her eyes.
"Who are you and why are you here?" she asked, her voice weak.
"It's me, Dorothy. Trowa? Your fiancé?" Trowa said trying to get her to remember.
"Oh God," she said. Suddenly, she grabbed her head and began moaning in pain. Trowa and Amber rushed to her side.
"What's wrong?" Trowa asked.
"It hurts," Dorothy said.
"Where?" Amber asked.
"My head and stomach," she said. Amber pressed her hand against Dorothy's stomach. Dorothy cried out.
"We have to get her to a doctor now," Amber said. Trowa picked Dorothy up and they left the room.
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"Yeah it's me," Heero said. Five minutes later, his kids came into view. They all hugged.
"How did you find us?" Sophie asked.
"I'll explain later. We need to get out of here," Heero said and began leading everyone out of the compound. When they got out, Heero contacted Hannah.
"We have them, Hannah. Is there anything we need to do?" Heero asked.
"Yeah get here as fast as you can. I think Dorothy's dieing," Hannah said.
"Great," Heero said, sarcastically. When they reached the van, an explosion went off in the compound.
"So that was the distraction," Heero, Amber, Trowa, and Relena said at the same time. Hannah started the van and drove away.
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"That's over," Sean said. He and Jake where outside the compound.
"Yeah. Everyone in there should be dead," Jake said.
"So Janie's goin' to live?" Sean asked.
"She should. Thank you," Jake asked.
"For what?" Sean asked.
"For helping me," Jake said.
"Yeah, whatever. Let's get out here," Sean said. He and Jake turned and left.
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Okay there should be one or two chapters left and then I finish this. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please review.
Ja ne,
Pinkmoon