Chapter 6-Heero: Friend or Foe?

As Quatre was being reprogrammed, Duo, Trowa, Wufei, Milliardo, and Relena hid in the dark room planning their escape.

"We have to find Quatre and Heero," said Trowa.

"But we must make contact with the outside world!" argued Milliardo.

"What do you think, Relena?" said Duo.

"Well, I think that we should look for Heero and Quatre first," answered Relena.

"Your Highness, we must make contact with the outside world first. With more men, we would be able to find Heero and Quatre in the base more quickly then just by ourselves," said Milliardo. His words convinced Relena and they were to escape first then find Heero and Quatre.

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Duo led the way out of this place. As they rounded their second corner, they suddenly saw two familiar faces: Heero and Quatre, with 6 Romafeller soldiers escorting them. Heero and Quatre spotted Duo heading this way. Duo attacked the soldiers and other Gundam pilots also joined in the fight. When they defeated the soldiers, they were faced with an even more formidable opponent: Heero.

Heero started off by punching Duo in the face while Quatre just stood on the side.

"Heero, what'd you do that for?" asked Duo, in shock of what Heero had just done.

"I'm just following my orders," replied Heero.

Heero then started to attack the others, and the pilots had a difficult time trying to defeat their former leader. Nevertheless, as time passes, they had the advantage over Heero. Finally, Wufei wanted to end this fight. He took the gun out of Duo's pocket and shot Heero in the leg.

"HEERO!" cried Quatre. He immediately rushed to Heero's side as soon as he was down.

Heero tried to get up, but Trowa and Wufei immediately restrained him. Duo didn't have a hard time restraining Quatre because he seemed to have a weaker will then before.

"I say we kill them. After all, they are clones. The real Heero and Quatre would never hurt us," suggested Milliardo.

"NO! I don't think they're clones. If they are clones, then why did they get hurt before we even laid our hands on them?" said Trowa.

Before any decision was made about Heero and Quatre, Romafeller soldiers came and Duo, Trowa, Wufei, Milliardo, and Relena fled the scene.

"Are you okay, clones?" asked the soldier in command. He said the word "clones" loud enough for the other pilots to hear in order to corroborate the idea that Heero and Quatre were clones.

"See, I told you they were clones," said Milliardo angrily while running.

Trowa said nothing.

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After many encounters with the Romafeller soldiers, Duo, Trowa, Wufei, Milliardo, and Relena finally escape. They went immediately to the Senate Hall, but no one was there. So Relena had to call for an unannounced meeting.

* * *

A few hours later, it was 4:30 PM, September 1, A.C. 198. All the delegates gathered at the Senate Hall for the meeting. Before the meeting started, everyone was in his/her seat. Surprisingly, Heero and Quatre were there as well.

What are those two doing here? Did they get the notice as well? Duo was surprised at the appearance of Quatre and Heero. In fact, all were surprised.

Relena started, "As you might have known already, the reason why this meeting is in progress is because we have a major issue on our hands. Duke Dermoil has returned and he has been conducting secret experiments under our noses. I, myself, and some other delegates were taken to the base but have escaped. Now, we need your military support to capture the remnants of the Romafeller Foundation. Who will help us?"

As she ended, the support was 98%. Heero and Quatre both didn't vote to capture the Romafeller Foundation. Otherwise, all of the delegates were willing to lend a hand in the capture of Duke Dermoil.

* * *

That night, Heero and Quatre spent their night at the Senate Hall. Quatre told Dorothy that mobile suits and armies were heading toward the base tomorrow. Dorothy received the message and told him that they would be evacuating that night.

"Yes ma'am," said Quatre, finishing the report.

"So His and Her Excellency would be safe?" asked Heero.

"Yes."

"Relena and the others will fail their mission."

"Oh yes." Soon, evil laughter filled the air.

* * *

After a long day trying to find the elusive Romafeller Organization, Relena was utterly upset. Her plan of capturing Duke Dermoil failed, since there was no one at the base. Nevertheless, they did find remnants of life in there as in prisoners of before.

Damn, I'll bet either Heero or Quatre reported back to Duke Dermoil about our plan. I should have issued the order to kill or capture Heero and Quatre during that meeting. Relena was very upset at Heero and Quatre, but she didn't know where they were. In fact, nobody knew where they were.

If Heero and Quatre kept on coming to the meetings regarding the Romafeller foundation, we will never get to Duke Dermoil...

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Sheesh, Milliardo sure changes his mind quick... And I made a mistake in the chapter about the other pilots getting kidnapped. Duo wasn't suppose to be kidnapped... It was suppose to be Heero, Trowa, Milliardo, and Wufei. Gomen ne!