Chapter 4
Sally was staring.
"You want to take down OZ . . . . right now?!" She squeaked. Heero nodded.
"Don't gape Sally, it isn't you." He commented smiling. Sally gulped.
"You're JOKING?!" Duo sighed.
"Something tells me that this guy isn't someone who jokes too much." The pilot murmured. Heero snorted.
"Right, do you have Hilde's cell locations?"
"No, she was only captured last night, so they had her in one cell, but she won't have a cell much longer, she's being executed today." Sally gulped. "By Lieutenant Wufei C." Heero and Duo shared a paled glance.
~~~
"C. S. H. D. In position." The youth hissed into a tiny microphone. "It's show-time."
"Roger that." Came the unanimous reply. The teen smirked, pulled his cap over his head, and drove down the street towards the OZ base in an OZ truck. Stopping outside, the teen looked up.
"Hey, open the door already!" Heero in an OZ uniform yelled.
"What?"
"We caught the Gundam Pilot!" Heero called back. An OZ man came to the truck and opened the back door. Sure enough, there was Duo, seemingly unconscious. Two more guards were next to him, holding their guns at him.
"Will you hurry it up?!" Demanded at blonde wavy haired girl, her accomplice nodded.
"We can only do this for so long." The boy yelled, his hair tucked beneath his cap, deep blue eyes impatient. His voice was somewhat flat and he looked in his mid twenties. The OZ guard yanked Duo's head up by his braid to examine him, nodding his satisfaction, he let Duo's head drop with a thunk.
"Okay." He waved to the guard in the tower who opened the metal doors. Heero nodded his thanks and drove on. Once inside the gates, he parked outside a cell and opened his door, going to the back, he opened the doors and smiled.
"Ready?"
"You bet." Catherine replied back.
"Roger." Sally commented.
"No prob." Duo said tilting back his OZ uniform cap. Heero nodded grinning.
"Then let's get to work. Sally, you come with me. Catherine's with Duo, I need you two to create a diversion, understood?"
"No prob." Heero glared at the Duo whose eyes held a mischievous gleam.
"Nothing serious, we don't need the public chasing after us again. I started the crack through OZ's illusion, now we have to keep it going. No mischief, NONE!" He suddenly commanded loudly as Duo rolled his eyes. Duo backed off.
"Okay Hee-chan, whatever you say!" He said sarcastically. Heero blinked.
"What did you call me?"
"Hee-chan . . . is that okay?" Duo asked backing off thinking that the teen was going to snap at him. Heero blinked, then shook his head.
"Baka. Alright, this plan is practically fool proof. Now let's get going." Heero and the gang nodded, then split up.
~~~
Heero walked calmly, Sally following, disguised as a boy.
"How do you know where it is?" Heero smirked.
"Follow the camera chords, if you can't follow that, then follow the muddy steps. Military officers would never let their shoes get dirty, why? Because it's either they'll get in trouble with superiors, or they hate to tarnish their lovely little stuck up suits." Sally nodded.
"Right. By the way, since you're wearing that outfit, I guess I should be saying 'yessir'." Heero smirked, she had good instincts. Stepping into the court yard, just as predicted, there was Hilde, and the sight wasn't pretty. Her hands were tied behind her with the metal shackles, bruises marked her skin. She'd seen better days, definitely. Heero scowled, where was that Baka and his diver-
BANG!!
The entire floor shook. Heero stumbled and caught Sally as she pitched forward, as the ground straightened, a soldier ran to the door.
"Sir! Come quick, some rookie soldier accidentally set off a flame-thrower in the explosive rooms! The entire center's going to blow!"
"What?! What is his description?!"
"Long brown hair, obviously new since he hasn't gotten a haircut, amethyst eyes and had an accomplice with blonde hair!"
"Then set the signal! Evacuate! Let the rebel burn in this heap! Where's Lieutenant Chang?!"
"Not here sir, he canceled at the last moment saying he didn't want to bother with this."
"Thank heaven for that small blessing, at least we won't have him on our tales about this. Now move! Evacuate!" All the soldiers cleared the room, that is, except for Heero and Sally. Heero dashed forward.
"Quick! If what they said is true and this center is going up in flames, then we need to get out fast!" Sally scowled while pulling the blindfold of her friend's head.
"I thought you said this plan was fool proof!" Sally insulted.
"It IS fool proof! It's just not DUO proof!" Heero yelled back, he could feel the flames beneath his shoes even now. Hilde blinked her eyes open.
"Who-?"
"No time. We have to get out of here NOW!" Heero cried finally getting the shackles undone. Wrenching her onto his back, she threw her arms around his neck while he hoisted her up in piggy-back style.
"Let's go." He said with a nod to Sally, they both ran out.
"S! H! Where are you?!" Duo's voice cracked over the intercom.
"Third level, on our way out!"
"SHIT! The first and second level are already sprouting flames! You'll never get out that way!" Heero swore, and Sally paled.
"Then how do we get out?"
"Questions later!" Heero snapped and started running up the stairs. Sally swore herself and started upwards. Hilde was struggling into wakefulness. But rising smoke and heat were not helping. Heero felt her grip loosen and panicked.
"Stay awake Hilde! Duo's waiting for you!!" Hilde snapped to life.
"D-Duo?!" She croaked. Heero ran up another flight of stairs.
"Yeah, he's waiting! So don't you DARE die!" He spun around the corner and ran up yet another flight.
"There's the door!" Sally cried, they both burst through to land on the roof. Hilde got onto her own feet.
"I'm good." She said shakily. Heero looked around, not good. There was no way down unless they jumped, and he had a feeling that he would be the only one surviving. He didn't like those odds. He peered over the edge and his eyes narrowed slightly. Duo and Catherine with her blonde wig were waiting by the door anxiously. Heero snapped his gaze up to look around again, before he realized Sally and Hilde were gazing at him.
"It was good plan, but just not good enough." Hilde whispered. Sally nodded. Heero shook his head.
"No, there must be a way out of this!" Suddenly flames broke through the open door. Heero swore. This was it, he had to find a way out NOW! Suddenly, the air whipped to life around them, Heero heard a faint hum, looking up, he already knew what he'd see. A helicopter. And there was a man leaning out the side of the door.
"Jump in!" Wufei screamed. Heero wasted no time, grabbing Hilde, he threw her over the jump first, then grabbed Sally's arm.
"Hey! I can go myself thank you very much!" She said and jumped across the gap. Heero nodded, he was about to jump, when something caught his eye on the adjacent building. It was the man, the cloaked man who had shot him. Heero's stepping faltered, then he realized all too late that the floor was crumbling beneath him. And he was dropped into eternal flame.
~~~
"The cloak . . . . . there was no one. It was empty" Heero struggled to translate the voices and verify them.
" How is that possible?"
"We don't know. But he's still alive, that's all we know."
"Heero . . ."
~~~
Heero woke up in the middle of the street, but this time, there were faces to greet him.
"S-Sally?!" He croaked, his throat very dry. Sally gave him some water.
"Drink." She ordered. He gulped it down, choked, then gulped some more. Sally approved. Turning to Hilde she embraced her friend.
"Lord I was scared." Duo slapped Heero on the back, making him choke on water.
"I wasn't! I knew you'd make it out okay!" He said.
"Yeah, and that's why he has no nails left and a piece of them is stuck between his teeth!" Catherine teased. Heero looked at them from the corner of his eye, and indeed there was a piece missing. He chuckled. Hilde suddenly appeared to Heero's left and embraced Duo roughly.
"Duo!"
"Hilde! God, don't EVER do that again! I was scared to death!"
"If the touching reunion is all done and over with, I'd like to get to business." Heero stood and handed the cup to Sally with a nod of thanks, then turned to face Wufei.
"What would you like to know?" Heero asked calmly. Wufei smiled.
"Who you are."
"I have no name, my codename is Heero Yuy." Wufei nodded.
"Odd, but alright. I'll let you go free. Including the girl over there. No strings." He said gesturing towards Hilde. Duo scowled immediately.
"And what's the catch?" Catherine demanded. Wufei grinned.
"I get to join you."
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Sally was staring.
"You want to take down OZ . . . . right now?!" She squeaked. Heero nodded.
"Don't gape Sally, it isn't you." He commented smiling. Sally gulped.
"You're JOKING?!" Duo sighed.
"Something tells me that this guy isn't someone who jokes too much." The pilot murmured. Heero snorted.
"Right, do you have Hilde's cell locations?"
"No, she was only captured last night, so they had her in one cell, but she won't have a cell much longer, she's being executed today." Sally gulped. "By Lieutenant Wufei C." Heero and Duo shared a paled glance.
~~~
"C. S. H. D. In position." The youth hissed into a tiny microphone. "It's show-time."
"Roger that." Came the unanimous reply. The teen smirked, pulled his cap over his head, and drove down the street towards the OZ base in an OZ truck. Stopping outside, the teen looked up.
"Hey, open the door already!" Heero in an OZ uniform yelled.
"What?"
"We caught the Gundam Pilot!" Heero called back. An OZ man came to the truck and opened the back door. Sure enough, there was Duo, seemingly unconscious. Two more guards were next to him, holding their guns at him.
"Will you hurry it up?!" Demanded at blonde wavy haired girl, her accomplice nodded.
"We can only do this for so long." The boy yelled, his hair tucked beneath his cap, deep blue eyes impatient. His voice was somewhat flat and he looked in his mid twenties. The OZ guard yanked Duo's head up by his braid to examine him, nodding his satisfaction, he let Duo's head drop with a thunk.
"Okay." He waved to the guard in the tower who opened the metal doors. Heero nodded his thanks and drove on. Once inside the gates, he parked outside a cell and opened his door, going to the back, he opened the doors and smiled.
"Ready?"
"You bet." Catherine replied back.
"Roger." Sally commented.
"No prob." Duo said tilting back his OZ uniform cap. Heero nodded grinning.
"Then let's get to work. Sally, you come with me. Catherine's with Duo, I need you two to create a diversion, understood?"
"No prob." Heero glared at the Duo whose eyes held a mischievous gleam.
"Nothing serious, we don't need the public chasing after us again. I started the crack through OZ's illusion, now we have to keep it going. No mischief, NONE!" He suddenly commanded loudly as Duo rolled his eyes. Duo backed off.
"Okay Hee-chan, whatever you say!" He said sarcastically. Heero blinked.
"What did you call me?"
"Hee-chan . . . is that okay?" Duo asked backing off thinking that the teen was going to snap at him. Heero blinked, then shook his head.
"Baka. Alright, this plan is practically fool proof. Now let's get going." Heero and the gang nodded, then split up.
~~~
Heero walked calmly, Sally following, disguised as a boy.
"How do you know where it is?" Heero smirked.
"Follow the camera chords, if you can't follow that, then follow the muddy steps. Military officers would never let their shoes get dirty, why? Because it's either they'll get in trouble with superiors, or they hate to tarnish their lovely little stuck up suits." Sally nodded.
"Right. By the way, since you're wearing that outfit, I guess I should be saying 'yessir'." Heero smirked, she had good instincts. Stepping into the court yard, just as predicted, there was Hilde, and the sight wasn't pretty. Her hands were tied behind her with the metal shackles, bruises marked her skin. She'd seen better days, definitely. Heero scowled, where was that Baka and his diver-
BANG!!
The entire floor shook. Heero stumbled and caught Sally as she pitched forward, as the ground straightened, a soldier ran to the door.
"Sir! Come quick, some rookie soldier accidentally set off a flame-thrower in the explosive rooms! The entire center's going to blow!"
"What?! What is his description?!"
"Long brown hair, obviously new since he hasn't gotten a haircut, amethyst eyes and had an accomplice with blonde hair!"
"Then set the signal! Evacuate! Let the rebel burn in this heap! Where's Lieutenant Chang?!"
"Not here sir, he canceled at the last moment saying he didn't want to bother with this."
"Thank heaven for that small blessing, at least we won't have him on our tales about this. Now move! Evacuate!" All the soldiers cleared the room, that is, except for Heero and Sally. Heero dashed forward.
"Quick! If what they said is true and this center is going up in flames, then we need to get out fast!" Sally scowled while pulling the blindfold of her friend's head.
"I thought you said this plan was fool proof!" Sally insulted.
"It IS fool proof! It's just not DUO proof!" Heero yelled back, he could feel the flames beneath his shoes even now. Hilde blinked her eyes open.
"Who-?"
"No time. We have to get out of here NOW!" Heero cried finally getting the shackles undone. Wrenching her onto his back, she threw her arms around his neck while he hoisted her up in piggy-back style.
"Let's go." He said with a nod to Sally, they both ran out.
"S! H! Where are you?!" Duo's voice cracked over the intercom.
"Third level, on our way out!"
"SHIT! The first and second level are already sprouting flames! You'll never get out that way!" Heero swore, and Sally paled.
"Then how do we get out?"
"Questions later!" Heero snapped and started running up the stairs. Sally swore herself and started upwards. Hilde was struggling into wakefulness. But rising smoke and heat were not helping. Heero felt her grip loosen and panicked.
"Stay awake Hilde! Duo's waiting for you!!" Hilde snapped to life.
"D-Duo?!" She croaked. Heero ran up another flight of stairs.
"Yeah, he's waiting! So don't you DARE die!" He spun around the corner and ran up yet another flight.
"There's the door!" Sally cried, they both burst through to land on the roof. Hilde got onto her own feet.
"I'm good." She said shakily. Heero looked around, not good. There was no way down unless they jumped, and he had a feeling that he would be the only one surviving. He didn't like those odds. He peered over the edge and his eyes narrowed slightly. Duo and Catherine with her blonde wig were waiting by the door anxiously. Heero snapped his gaze up to look around again, before he realized Sally and Hilde were gazing at him.
"It was good plan, but just not good enough." Hilde whispered. Sally nodded. Heero shook his head.
"No, there must be a way out of this!" Suddenly flames broke through the open door. Heero swore. This was it, he had to find a way out NOW! Suddenly, the air whipped to life around them, Heero heard a faint hum, looking up, he already knew what he'd see. A helicopter. And there was a man leaning out the side of the door.
"Jump in!" Wufei screamed. Heero wasted no time, grabbing Hilde, he threw her over the jump first, then grabbed Sally's arm.
"Hey! I can go myself thank you very much!" She said and jumped across the gap. Heero nodded, he was about to jump, when something caught his eye on the adjacent building. It was the man, the cloaked man who had shot him. Heero's stepping faltered, then he realized all too late that the floor was crumbling beneath him. And he was dropped into eternal flame.
~~~
"The cloak . . . . . there was no one. It was empty" Heero struggled to translate the voices and verify them.
" How is that possible?"
"We don't know. But he's still alive, that's all we know."
"Heero . . ."
~~~
Heero woke up in the middle of the street, but this time, there were faces to greet him.
"S-Sally?!" He croaked, his throat very dry. Sally gave him some water.
"Drink." She ordered. He gulped it down, choked, then gulped some more. Sally approved. Turning to Hilde she embraced her friend.
"Lord I was scared." Duo slapped Heero on the back, making him choke on water.
"I wasn't! I knew you'd make it out okay!" He said.
"Yeah, and that's why he has no nails left and a piece of them is stuck between his teeth!" Catherine teased. Heero looked at them from the corner of his eye, and indeed there was a piece missing. He chuckled. Hilde suddenly appeared to Heero's left and embraced Duo roughly.
"Duo!"
"Hilde! God, don't EVER do that again! I was scared to death!"
"If the touching reunion is all done and over with, I'd like to get to business." Heero stood and handed the cup to Sally with a nod of thanks, then turned to face Wufei.
"What would you like to know?" Heero asked calmly. Wufei smiled.
"Who you are."
"I have no name, my codename is Heero Yuy." Wufei nodded.
"Odd, but alright. I'll let you go free. Including the girl over there. No strings." He said gesturing towards Hilde. Duo scowled immediately.
"And what's the catch?" Catherine demanded. Wufei grinned.
"I get to join you."
Disclaimer: I do not own, only plot and yada, yada.