Could It Be Any Harder
Disclaimer: Don't own these characters
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Chapter 8: Battlefield
*Later that night*
Heero finally came out of his room after locking himself inside for hours. "We're leaving soon," were the only words he spoke.
The others nodded. They were ready. They went to retrieve their Gundams which they hid in the woods, not too far from the house.
However, before Heero climbed into Wing, Quatre stopped him. His aquamarine eyes were serious as he looked at his friend. "Heero, I need to tell you something."
When the Japanese pilot nodded, he continued, "I know that you love her very much. I can feel it. This is why I am telling you to be careful with her. My uchuu no kokoro is telling me that she is hiding something from you. Something important. I know you don't want to believe it but she might be the enemy. You have to be very cautious. Trust your instincts, Heero."
With that he climbed into Sandrock and after a while Heero climbed into Wing. Many thoughts were racing through his head and every single one revolved around a certain blonde haired girl.
"Yeah, Shinigami is ready for action!" Duo's image popped up in front of Heero as the braided boy grinned maniacally. It seemed that the braided pilot was happy to have some action after being cooped up in their safehouse and Quatre's mansion.
"02 and 03 will come with me to retrieve the data. 04 and 05 will keep guard," Heero ordered. He saw the images of his comrades nodding to his words. They were slowly approaching the base but there were no mobile dolls around. The base seemed empty and he remembered Usagi's words about this mission being a trap.
When the Gundams were in front of the base, a swarm of mobile dolls appeared surrounding them without any means of escape.
"Shit! We're surrounded," Duo cursed as he blasted a bunch of mobile dolls into oblivion.
"Thank you, Mr. Obvious," came Wufei's sarcastic reply.
"Shut up, 05," Duo gritted his teeth as his Gundam was blasted from all the sides. "What do we do now, 01?"
Heero didn't reply he just kept destroying all the mobile dolls that came in his way. /'Kuso, she was right. This is a trap. Every mobile doll that we destroy, twenty more take its place. I have no other choice. This way the others will have a chance to escape./
"All of you get out of my way now," Heero commanded.
"What are you planning, 01?" Duo asked but complied with the order. He saw the others except Wufei did the same.
"I'm going to open a path and then I want everyone to retreat." Heero started powering up Wing's beam cannon.
"Injustice! Retreat is for cowards," Wufei protested.
"Do as I say," Heero growled. He didn't have time to put up with Wufei's rants. Knowing that the Chinese pilot would not back down he elaborated, "If we're all captured, the mission will not be completed."
"05, do as 01 says," Trowa spoke up. "He's right. It wouldn't be any good if all of us were captured."
Wufei grumbled some more but he complied with the order.
The beam cannon stopped powering up. Heero aimed the cannon towards a group of mobile dolls and let off the blast.
KABOOOOOMM!
Everything in the path of the blast was reduced to rubble.
"Everyone move out now!" Heero shouted when he saw more mobile dolls coming towards them.
"What about you, 01?" Duo asked over the com.
"Leave me," came the succinct reply.
"But-" the Deathsycthe pilot tried to protest.
"There is no time. Leave. Now!" Heero cut off Duo's speech as he tried to hold back the incoming mobile dolls.
All of the Gundams except for Wing blasted off to safety. Soon Heero's Gundam was surrounded from all sides and he did not have enough amunition to fight back. He reached for the self destruct button but before he could press it, his Gundam was hit from behind and the impact managed to knock the Japanese pilot out.
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*Hours later*
Heero woke up in a dark cell. His head throbbed painfully and so did some other parts of his body. He tried to move his hands but found them shackled to the wall above his head, leaving him in an upright standing position. He tested his bonds but found he was too weak to break out of them and the headache was getting worse. He settled to examine the cell he was in for any possible escape.
From all he could see the cell was empty except for the chains spread across the place. There was a ventilation shaft but it was too small for him to go through. That didn't leave him many options. He noted, however, the lack of security cameras in the room.
The prussian eyed pilot was cut off from his musings and tensed when the sound footsteps outside his cell reached his ears. The door to his cell opened and Heero winced as the harsh glare of the light outside poured into the dark room.
"Look what we have here. Pilot 01, or known as Heero Yuy, I presume?" an aristocratic voice spoke.
Heero looked closely at his captor. With a handsome and refined features of his face and neatly styled reddish brown hair, he could not be mistaken for anything less than a nobleman. His elegantly split eyebrows which had become one of his trademark clued Heero to his identity. "Treize," he replied with no inflection in his voice.
Treize chuckled. "My, my, what a bright young man you are. OZ could use a talented pilot like you."
Heero made no reply. He only stared at his captor impassively. His face not betraying what he felt inside.
"Not in the mood to talk, I see," Treize chuckled again. "I have a proposal for you, Mr. Yuy. I suggest you co-operate and answer a few questions because I guarantee you would not like the alternative."
Heero remained silent, not even bothering to acknowledge Treize's words.
"Very well," Treize finally said after a few minutes of total silence. "Maybe my soldiers can put you in a more....agreeable mood."
With that the General walked out of the cell. A couple of burly soldiers took his place.
*End Chap 8*
Japanese translations:
Kuso - damn
AN: Whew! Finally done. Sorry guys. I meant to have this chapter out sooner but RL has been getting in the way. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope I can get the next chapter out sooner. Remember all comments and critism appreciated as long as they are constructive.
Reply to reviews:
'Usagi Serenity Yui Cosmos' - *grins* Wouldn't you like to know. I just love making people guess which side she is on.
'MooCow' - *sweatdrops* my condolences to you, Hermen and as for MooCow I do fear the marshmallows ^_^;;
'sailorruss' - Bwahahaha! Chaos, chaos and more chaos! Isn't this fun?
'obsessed' - Thank you. I have so many assignments to complete that I'm starting to do my homework in my dreams *shudder*
'spacecase' - Glad I can make you happy ^_^
'piukka' - Originally I planned this as an Usagi solo fic but who knows? I might make the others appear for a surprise appearance later.
'angel' - Thanks! I'm happy you like my fic.
'Pyro-Girl' - Sorry I don't think I can manage longer chapters right now. I'm having trouble coming out with short chapter and if I write longer ones, they probably will never come out ^_^;;;
'Random-chan' - Whoa! That has to be my longest review ever. Thank you for your suggestions and I'll keep them in mind as I write this fic. As for Usagi, I know she changed dramatically. I hope I can try and explain that in later chapters. I like the idea of a prequel though. Thanks for suggestin that. I might start on it when I finish this fic and I hope it will explain Usagi's change of attitude. *grins* Thank you for giving me so many wonderful ideas. I really appreciate it and I hope you will be able to give me further suggestions.
Disclaimer: Don't own these characters
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Chapter 8: Battlefield
*Later that night*
Heero finally came out of his room after locking himself inside for hours. "We're leaving soon," were the only words he spoke.
The others nodded. They were ready. They went to retrieve their Gundams which they hid in the woods, not too far from the house.
However, before Heero climbed into Wing, Quatre stopped him. His aquamarine eyes were serious as he looked at his friend. "Heero, I need to tell you something."
When the Japanese pilot nodded, he continued, "I know that you love her very much. I can feel it. This is why I am telling you to be careful with her. My uchuu no kokoro is telling me that she is hiding something from you. Something important. I know you don't want to believe it but she might be the enemy. You have to be very cautious. Trust your instincts, Heero."
With that he climbed into Sandrock and after a while Heero climbed into Wing. Many thoughts were racing through his head and every single one revolved around a certain blonde haired girl.
"Yeah, Shinigami is ready for action!" Duo's image popped up in front of Heero as the braided boy grinned maniacally. It seemed that the braided pilot was happy to have some action after being cooped up in their safehouse and Quatre's mansion.
"02 and 03 will come with me to retrieve the data. 04 and 05 will keep guard," Heero ordered. He saw the images of his comrades nodding to his words. They were slowly approaching the base but there were no mobile dolls around. The base seemed empty and he remembered Usagi's words about this mission being a trap.
When the Gundams were in front of the base, a swarm of mobile dolls appeared surrounding them without any means of escape.
"Shit! We're surrounded," Duo cursed as he blasted a bunch of mobile dolls into oblivion.
"Thank you, Mr. Obvious," came Wufei's sarcastic reply.
"Shut up, 05," Duo gritted his teeth as his Gundam was blasted from all the sides. "What do we do now, 01?"
Heero didn't reply he just kept destroying all the mobile dolls that came in his way. /'Kuso, she was right. This is a trap. Every mobile doll that we destroy, twenty more take its place. I have no other choice. This way the others will have a chance to escape./
"All of you get out of my way now," Heero commanded.
"What are you planning, 01?" Duo asked but complied with the order. He saw the others except Wufei did the same.
"I'm going to open a path and then I want everyone to retreat." Heero started powering up Wing's beam cannon.
"Injustice! Retreat is for cowards," Wufei protested.
"Do as I say," Heero growled. He didn't have time to put up with Wufei's rants. Knowing that the Chinese pilot would not back down he elaborated, "If we're all captured, the mission will not be completed."
"05, do as 01 says," Trowa spoke up. "He's right. It wouldn't be any good if all of us were captured."
Wufei grumbled some more but he complied with the order.
The beam cannon stopped powering up. Heero aimed the cannon towards a group of mobile dolls and let off the blast.
KABOOOOOMM!
Everything in the path of the blast was reduced to rubble.
"Everyone move out now!" Heero shouted when he saw more mobile dolls coming towards them.
"What about you, 01?" Duo asked over the com.
"Leave me," came the succinct reply.
"But-" the Deathsycthe pilot tried to protest.
"There is no time. Leave. Now!" Heero cut off Duo's speech as he tried to hold back the incoming mobile dolls.
All of the Gundams except for Wing blasted off to safety. Soon Heero's Gundam was surrounded from all sides and he did not have enough amunition to fight back. He reached for the self destruct button but before he could press it, his Gundam was hit from behind and the impact managed to knock the Japanese pilot out.
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*Hours later*
Heero woke up in a dark cell. His head throbbed painfully and so did some other parts of his body. He tried to move his hands but found them shackled to the wall above his head, leaving him in an upright standing position. He tested his bonds but found he was too weak to break out of them and the headache was getting worse. He settled to examine the cell he was in for any possible escape.
From all he could see the cell was empty except for the chains spread across the place. There was a ventilation shaft but it was too small for him to go through. That didn't leave him many options. He noted, however, the lack of security cameras in the room.
The prussian eyed pilot was cut off from his musings and tensed when the sound footsteps outside his cell reached his ears. The door to his cell opened and Heero winced as the harsh glare of the light outside poured into the dark room.
"Look what we have here. Pilot 01, or known as Heero Yuy, I presume?" an aristocratic voice spoke.
Heero looked closely at his captor. With a handsome and refined features of his face and neatly styled reddish brown hair, he could not be mistaken for anything less than a nobleman. His elegantly split eyebrows which had become one of his trademark clued Heero to his identity. "Treize," he replied with no inflection in his voice.
Treize chuckled. "My, my, what a bright young man you are. OZ could use a talented pilot like you."
Heero made no reply. He only stared at his captor impassively. His face not betraying what he felt inside.
"Not in the mood to talk, I see," Treize chuckled again. "I have a proposal for you, Mr. Yuy. I suggest you co-operate and answer a few questions because I guarantee you would not like the alternative."
Heero remained silent, not even bothering to acknowledge Treize's words.
"Very well," Treize finally said after a few minutes of total silence. "Maybe my soldiers can put you in a more....agreeable mood."
With that the General walked out of the cell. A couple of burly soldiers took his place.
*End Chap 8*
Japanese translations:
Kuso - damn
AN: Whew! Finally done. Sorry guys. I meant to have this chapter out sooner but RL has been getting in the way. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope I can get the next chapter out sooner. Remember all comments and critism appreciated as long as they are constructive.
Reply to reviews:
'Usagi Serenity Yui Cosmos' - *grins* Wouldn't you like to know. I just love making people guess which side she is on.
'MooCow' - *sweatdrops* my condolences to you, Hermen and as for MooCow I do fear the marshmallows ^_^;;
'sailorruss' - Bwahahaha! Chaos, chaos and more chaos! Isn't this fun?
'obsessed' - Thank you. I have so many assignments to complete that I'm starting to do my homework in my dreams *shudder*
'spacecase' - Glad I can make you happy ^_^
'piukka' - Originally I planned this as an Usagi solo fic but who knows? I might make the others appear for a surprise appearance later.
'angel' - Thanks! I'm happy you like my fic.
'Pyro-Girl' - Sorry I don't think I can manage longer chapters right now. I'm having trouble coming out with short chapter and if I write longer ones, they probably will never come out ^_^;;;
'Random-chan' - Whoa! That has to be my longest review ever. Thank you for your suggestions and I'll keep them in mind as I write this fic. As for Usagi, I know she changed dramatically. I hope I can try and explain that in later chapters. I like the idea of a prequel though. Thanks for suggestin that. I might start on it when I finish this fic and I hope it will explain Usagi's change of attitude. *grins* Thank you for giving me so many wonderful ideas. I really appreciate it and I hope you will be able to give me further suggestions.