Well, now it's time for my third chapter. Be careful when reading, however, because at this current point in time I am incredibly depressed and hae given thought to killing myself. So, in other words, this could be just the same as the other chapters, or it could be a real tearjerker. In any case, hopefully it'll be good. Read it an' review it, people. Please? Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. I've got to open with a summary of the last chapter. Just a habit, I guess... Well, if you remember correctly, Heero and Duo chased Judecca through his lab and had to fight the horrible monstrosities released from their cages in the second room from the staircase. One of them helped the two boys, and eventually they defeated Judecca. Heero took Duo to a nearby hospital where they both received immediate medical attention, and then Judecca showed up. So, heres the next chapter.... OOH! One more thing. If you get slightly confused by the beginning, that's supposed to happen. If you don't, that's also suppoed to happen. Did that make any sense? No? Well, hopefully the beginning wont either. Here's the next chapter... OH, WAIT! One more thing. I have become happy once again, at least for now... So this chapter shouldn't be all that bad.
Heero ran to the window and yelled for Proteus. Judecca pulled out the gun he used to shoot Duo before he disappeared and aimed it at Heero. Heero looked unconcernedly at the gun. "Your little guns aren't going to scare me, Judecca." Heero said. Judecca turned 90 degrees to the left and aimed the gun straight ahead. "Well, that holographic projector and cloaking shield combination isn't going to scare me, Heero. I brought my special glasses this time, and they completely remove the effect of a stealth suit and make holograms appear to be transparent. Therefore I can see you and see right through that hologram over there." Heero smiled. "So that's what this little thing does..." Heeros voice appeared to be coming from behind Judecca, and so he whirled around to see where Heero was. Heero wasn't there.
"W-What's going on here? I can see through the one over there... The one over here looks real... But his voice came from behind me. I don't get it!" Another Heero appeared next to the hologram by the window, and another real-looking Heero took the place of the hologram. A few seconds later another Heero appeared in the room. "Well, it all makes perfect sense to me. Apparently this little orb causes holograms that register as being real to those glasses, and make the real me undetectable to even the glasses." Judecca put the gun away and pulled out a machine gun. He began shooting the entire room full of holes. After a while there were holes everywhere and Judecca was out of bullets. "Well, are you still alive?" Judecca asked, smiling the smile of someone driven to the point of insanity. "Well, I think so, but I could just be a hologram. I don't really know. Do you?" Heeros voice said, seeming to come from everywhere in the room all at the same time. Judecca screamed in rage and pulled out a large, very sharp knife from somewhere in one of his pockets. "Well, you may have survived that, but you wont survive this!" Judecca raised the knife into the air and let go of it.
The knife floated in the air and then began to multiply until Judecca was surrounded by knives pointing outwards. Judecca waved his hand and the knives flew away from him all over the room all at once. "There is no way you could have survived that!" Then all of a sudden Judecca was staring Heero right in the face. "Huh? How did you get there?" Judecca asked angrily. "How do you keep surviving my attacks?!!" Heero laughed. "If what you've been doing is your idea of attacks, you should open up a pet shop and attack your customers, because all you've done is make a few poodles and some really fluffy persian cats appear." Judecca looked around the room and saw several poodles and cats in the room. "But... I attacked with my knives! And my machine gun! And you had some sort of advanced holographic machine that fooled my anti-hologram/stealth suit glasses! And..." Heero laughed again. So that's what this little device of yours does. It confuses whoevers wearing it and makes them think whatever is going on in their mind is really happening..." Judecca glanced at the small pin Heero pulled off of his cape. "That's my confusion pin... You stole that from my lab as well, didn't you? What else do you have that is going to conveniently save your life next time?" Heero pointed out the window. "Well, we got Proteus out of there." Proteus was flying just outside the window. Heero and Duo ran to the window and jumped onto his back. "See ya later!"
Proteus began flying off towards the school, leaving Judecca screaming in absolute hatred and rage behind them. "Proteus? Why are you flying back to the school?" Duo asked. Proteus turned his head back so that he was facing the boys, and they could see by the look on his face that something was wrong. "Well... I was looking over that way and I saw a small explosion. I flew over there quickly and... Apparently Judecca was only the leader... Some of the other adult humans at the school are letting loose some more of us from the lab and are trying to kill all the other humans at your school. It looks... Very bad. Apparently you young humans are quite resourceful, because very few of the younger ones have died. However I don't think they can hold out all that much longer. We should hurry over there to put a stop to their evil organization quickly." Heero and Duo nodded their heads in agreement and Proteus swooped down and landed in the courtyard. "I'll stay here and wait for you in case you get in any trouble and need to take off quickly." Heero and Duo began to make their way towards he building they had seen the majority of people by.
"They've got them trapped in the cafeteria. Do you think they're trying to kill them at all? What if they're just trying to get them into the lab so they can.. I dunno, do experiments on them or turn them into monsters or something?" Duo asked. "I don't know... I don't think it really matters either, though, as long as we stop them before they succeed." Duo was silent as he followed Heero closer to the cafeteria. "Well, looks like we're here." Heero whispered. Heero and Duo peered around the corner of the building at the cafeterias doors. "Hey! Look up there on the roof, Heero! It's Quatre, Trowa and Wufei!" Heero looked up at the roof of the cafeteria and saw the three boys. "I think I've seen them on the bus before... Why are you so happy that they're on the roof?" Heero turned back and looked at Duo. Duo answered his question with a sarcastic voice. "Oh, sorry, I forgot, you don't have friends." Heero turned away and looked back at the cafeteria, but before he did Duo saw that he had hurt Heero with his words. "I'm sorry, Heero... That didn't come out exactly like I had intended it to..." Heero didn't acknowledge what Duo had said and kept his eyes focused on whatever was going on by the cafeteria.
"Well, jeez, you don't have to ignore me. I mean, I was apologizing. But you..." Duo was cut short when Heero pulled him forward and pointed at something walking towards the cafeteria. "Holy shit... It's Godzilla! Only furry, with way sharper teeth, and... Well, it's the size of Godzilla." Duo said, staring at the thing that was slowly making its way to the cafeteria. "No, Godzillas twice as big as that thing. Not much of a comfort, but if it was as big as Godzilla it'd be a lot worse, so even though he's huge, he can be beaten. After all, Godzilla got beaten up a few times." Duo laughed. "Yeah, well they had lasers and spaceships and monsters just as big as he was. And missiles and ice rays and all kinds of stuff. We have a monster about a fourth the size of him and a whole cafeteria full of terrified kids. Yeah, we'll show him whos boss." Duo said, his gaze still transfixed on the creature. "Wow... That's kinda cool, actually, if you ignore the fact that it looks like it would love to rip you to shreds... It's a giant minotaur. Only it's eyes are red and it has wings. Well, if Proteus had a sudden growth spurt, we could take him on in the air. Maybe a news helicopter will come by and broadcast us saving the world from the horrible flying minotaur! Hows my hair? Do I look good? I wanna make sure I look my best for all the girls watching the news when we fight that thing." Liiiiiiiiar. You wanna look good for Heero... Well, not really all that much point in telling him right now, is there? If me somehow manage to kill thing thing and live, then I'll tell him how I really feel about him. Well, I feel better knowing I'll never have to tell him, but I don't like the fact that I'm going to be a flying minotaurs lunch. "Hmmm... Hey, Heero? You think that things had breakfast yet?" Heero glanced quickly at Duo and looked back at the beast.
"Why does that matter?" He asked Duo. "Well, I wanna know if we're going to be its breakfast or lunch. I wondered what I was going to be when I grew up, and I figure this is my last chance to figure out what I'll be. Breakfast or lunch. Some choice. I wonder what the pay is?" "Okay, that settles it. If we make it out of this alive and something like it happens again, you're going through it with me. In a battle it's good to have someone with a sense of humor around. But I can settle for you instead." Heero whispered to Duo as the monster passed by. Duo stuck his tongue out at Heero, and the two heroes followed the creature, taking care not to make any noise to attract the minotaurs attention. "This is the part where Godzilla comes in and saves the day. Well, it would be, but we aren't in Tokyo." The two boys hid behind a nearby building as the creature got to the cafeteria. They peeked around the corner to see what it was doing. "Huh? It isn't doing anything! It's just standing there! What could it be doing?" Heero asked, talking to himself more than to Duo. "Uh... Maybe he's waiting for the lunch ladies to get him his milk? Speaking of which, this wouldn't happen to be the day that we have chocolate milk, would it?" Heero nodded his head, confirming Duos worst fear. "WHAT?!? They dare to make the giant evil monster attack the cafeteria on chocolate milk day?!? I'll be right back, Heero!" Heero reached out to grab Duo, but he missed and Duo ran back towards Proteus.
"Proteus! Theres a giant flying minotaur attacking the cafeteria. Is there some kind of foor or something you can eat that will make you grow so you can beat that thing?" Proteus shook his head. "Argh... I've got it! Proteus, digivolve!" Proteus looked at Duo strangely. "Digi-what?" "Never mind." Duo said, sounding disgusted. "Is there no way to make you get bigger? Come on, you're a genetically altered animal. You're supposed to be able to get bigger. Um... Okay, if everyone claps their hands, maybe Proteus can grow! Clap harder! Ah, it's no use... Unless... Proteus!" Duo said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small pouch. "Here, eat this!" Duo threw the pouch to Proteus and Proteus ate the contents. Proteus immediately grew four times as big as he was, making him just as big as the minotaur. "What was in that, Duo?" Duo smiled and considered saying it was a secret growth formula that he developed, being a genius and all, but told him the truth instead. "It's spinach. It worked for Popeye, so I figured it'd work for you." Duo climbed onto Proteus' hand, and Proteus lifted him up to his back. Duo climbed onto the back of the large dragon/rhinoceros creature and Proteus flew to the cafeteria.
Huh? That's Proteus and Duo! But... Proteus is bigger now! He's just as big as the minotaur! We could actually survive this! Heero watched Duo and Proteus approach the minotaur creature. Wow, I should have told him today was chocolate milk day before... The minotaur creature flew up into the air and glared at Proteus. A few seconds later a news helicopter flew up above the school and Heero saw someone with a news camera pointed at the two monsters. And Proteus, too. Heero thought with a smile. Proteus was the first to attack, and he flew right at the minotaur, ramming into it at a pretty high speed. The minotaur flew backwards a bit, trying to regain its balance, and Proteus took that opportunity to slash at the monster with one of his back legs. While slashing the minotaur, Proteus pushed off of the minotaur, gaining enough altitude to dive at it. Proteus dove down at the minotaur and spit a ball of flame at it as he passed. Something doesn't seem quite right... Could Proteus be that powerful? That minotaur hasn't even gotten in one hit yet. Duo thought, looking at the minotaur. The flying cross between a man and a bull was just hovering there, as if it was waiting for Proteus to attack. Proteus dove for him again and bit into the minotaurs arm with his razor-sharp fangs. Something isn't right... That minotaur is letting Proteus attack it. But why? "Proteus? That thing is..." Proteus nodded his head and said "I know. It's letting me attack it. I don't know what it's up to, so all I can really do is attack it, right?" An uncomfortable feeling was growing inside Duo. "Don't attack it anymore. Wait and see what it does, and then we'll come up with a plan." Proteus acknowledged what Duo said and hovered where he was. The minotaur hovered where it was, awaiting Proteus' next attack.
The minotaur seemed to figure out that the attack it was waiting for wasn't coming. When it realised the attack asn't going to come, it rushed at Proteus. Proteus dodged the minotaur, but one of his claws ripped some of the flesh off of the minotaur. Duo saw what was underneath that flesh and gasped. "Proteus! Look at that! Where you ripped off the flesh! That thing is a nuclear bomb! You're fighting a nuclear bomb! Judecca must have known we'd get you to fight it. That's why it wanted you to attack it. The whole purpose of that thing is to trick you into blowing it up!" Proteus fixed his gaze on the minotaur/bomb. "But then why didn't they just set it off? It'd save them some time." Proteus said, pointing out hte obvious. "That's what's bothering me. Haven't you found something else a bit odd? Like the fact that there are no people around? There's just the monsters from the lab, this thing, and the people that didn't have anything to do with the lab. That has to mean that this thing will cause a huge explosion. They didn't set it off by remote because no remote could reach far enough to set it off unless whoever set it off was willing to die in the explosion. So they made it into a monster so you'd fight it and set it off for them so they would all live and we'd all die!"
"Proteus, can you get me down on the ground?" Duo asked him. "I can try. Ready?" Duo nodded his head. Proteus swooped down low to the ground and Duo jumped off. Proteus flew back up to where the minotaur was waiting to fight him. "HEERO! Heero, that minotaur! It's a nuclear bomb!" Heeros mouth and eyes went wide. "What?!?" "It's a bomb! If it goes off, the explosion will be huge. That's why they didn't just set it off. It'd kill whoever set it off in the blast. So they made it into a robot so Proteus would fight it and set it off for them." Heero looked over at the cafeteria. Duo followed his gaze. "Come on, Heero, we have to get all of them out of there to somewhere safe!" Duo ran to the cafeteria. Heero followed him and said "Duo, how far away is safe? There are more people around here than just the ones in the cafeteria, too, you know. People live around here. We can't get them all out of here to safety. We don't even know how far away is safe!" Duo opened the doors to the cafeteria. "I don't care. We can at least try."
Trowa jumped out from behind the door and hit Duo on the head with a wooden board. "OW! Why'd you do that?!" Duo yelled. "Sorry, Duo. I thought you were one of those monsters." Heero walked inside and said "Hey, Duo doesn't look that bad. Oh, never mind, he does." Duo stuck his tongue out at Heero again. "Hey, sorry, but I just thought I should be honest." Duo glared at Heero. Trowa hit Heero with the board. "HEY, what was that for?" "Well, I just figured since we were being honest, we should be even. So now you each got hit, and it's even." Trowa said. "Not quite. You haven't been hit with a piece of wood yet." Heero said as he grabbed the board and hit Trowa over the head with it. "Hey, stop it you two. We need to get everyone out of here before that bomb somehow manages to go off." Duo said, and took the wood from Trowa. "Oh, yeah, right... I forgot." "What bomb? There's a bomb? And it's going to go off? And we'll all be killed?!? Tell me!" Trowa demanded. Then they heard a voice from outside. "He's going to explode! I ripped off some more of his flesh, and he's a nuclear TIME BOMB! There's ten seconds left until he blows!" All the people in the cafeteria ran outside and saw the giant flying minotaur hovering above them. The timer said 6... 5... 4...I have to tell him, I can't just die without letting Heero know... 3..."Heero!" 2..."Yeah, Duo?" 1... "I love you!" The minotaur disappeared with a loud noise, leaving behind only a little sign that said 'Happy New Year!'
"Oh... Crap. That was bad. I thought we were gonna die. Uh... Hehehe... I didn't mean that. Really! It was just that, well, um, uh.... Damn it! I can never think of an excuse when I really need one..." Duo said, blushing. "Didn't mean what? I couldn't hear what you said over that noise." Heero queried. "Uh... Nothing... Oh, wait. Damn. I said I was going to tell you if we made it out of here alive, didn't I? Well, then theres no way around it. Except this way!" Duo yelled as he ran away from Heero and the other kids. "Duo? Hey, where are you going!?" Heero chased after Duo. Duo made it to the edge of the school grounds and then tripped and fell. "Ow, that wasn't really worth all that running for...." Heero caught up to Duo and helped him up. "You okay?" Duo laughed. "Well, I was until we didn't all die." Heero looked puzzled. "What do you mean by that, Duo?" "Well, ummmm... Okay, what the hell, I'll just tell you." At that moment a teacher walked by. "Duo Maxwell, you shouldn't use such language!" "Uh... Sorry." The teacher went on her way and Duo said "Bitch... Anyways, What I wanted to tell you was..." Duo was cut short when another teacher walked by and said "DUO! Don't say things like that!" And then went on his way. Duo flipped him off. "Now, what I was going to tell you was..." Then Judecca walked by. "Duo, that wasn't very polite. I'm going to have to call your parents. After I kill you, of course. And your little boyfr..." Judecca fell silent as Trowa ran up to him and knocked him out with a 2x4.
"Wow, that was unexpected." Heero said, staring at Judeccas unmoving body. "Take this!" Trowa screamed as he knocked out both Heero and Duo with the 2x4. Trowa then walked away, whistling a tune as he went. Quatre soon approached the two heroes and the villain. "Hey, what are you..." Quatre yawned. "Guys doing here?" And then Quatre fell to the ground next to Duo and began snoring.
5 Hours Later...
Duo was roused from his sleep by a hand on his shoulder. "Huh? What's going on?" He asked, and looked up to see Heero motioning for him to be quiet. "Shhhh! Judecca could wake up at any time! Come on, I need your help. I can't get Quatre to wake up, so we have to carry him." Duo grabbed Quatre by the legs and Heero got his arms. They picked Quatre up and carried him to the courtyard where Proteus was waiting. "What took you so long? I've been waiting here for forever! It's already dark out... It isn't safe to be around here! If any of the monsters find us, we'll probably be dead pretty quickly. They always stick together, which is why the group that attacked you in the lab was so big. And they're almost impossible to see. I don't know if you noticed or not, but they all have very reflective scales that reflect light in such a way that it makes them almost completely invisible in any light at all, unless it's very dim. And at night, when it's dark, their scales change color to blend in perfectly with their surroundings. The only time you have a chance of seeing them is when the sun rises and sets, because then the light is dim. At night or during the day, however, you could have the flesh ripped right off of you and not have a clue what did it. So hop on!"
The boys clambered onto his back and Proteus flew high into the sky. "We should be fairly safe up here until the sun rises when we can see if there are any monsters nearby." Heero tapped Proteus' skin to get his attention. "Uh, Proteus, we can't just let those monsters roam around the planet killing people." Judecca suddenly appeared right beside them, floating in the air. "Well, you don't have to worry about them anymore. I killed them all. And you're next. Starting with you, you little brat!" Judecca pulled out the gun he had used that almost killed Duo before and aimed it right at Duos heart. "This time it's just the right temperature for the spell to work perfectly." Duo stared at the gun, and when Judecca pulled the trigger, he tried to dodge the bullet, but the bullet changed course to hit its target. Just before the bullet hit Duo, Heero jumped into the bullets path and the it hit him on his side. Heero had taken the bullet for Duo, and to do so he had jumped right off of Proteus' back. Heero fell, unconcious, downward. Duo screamed and looked at Judecca with nothing but hatred.
"You bastard... You kiled Heero!" Judecca smirked and said "It isn't my fault he jumped in front of the bullet. Now, let's see... Oh yes, I was just about to kill you." Quatre suddenly woke up and jumped at Judecca. He grabbed onto Judecca and clung to him tightly. "Help! The dust bunnies are coming! They're gonna eat me! Don't let them get me!" Quatre looked absolutely terrified, and even Judecca couldn't help but feel sorry for him. He looks absolutely terrified... Even I can't help but feeling sorry for him. Not because he's scared, but because of his mental problem. I mean, really, dust bunnies? "Uh... It's okay, Quatre, the dust bunnies aren't going to hurt you." Quatre shivered with fear. "Y-yes they are! The dust bunnies are coming to get me!" Quatre leapt backwards onto Proteus' back and several gigantic balls of dust fell and hit Judecca, causing him to fall to his death. "I TOLD him the dust bunnies are coming. He should have listened to me." Duo grabbed the piece of wood he had taken from Trowa earlier and hit Quatre with it, knocking him unconcious. "Proteus, fly down there, FAST, and save Heero!" Proteus went into a steep dive. He flew down, and down, and down even further. He passed Judecca and continued going down.
Duo spotted Heero a bit farther down and yelled "Proteus, look, over there!" Proteus flew down even faster to get to Heero before he hit the ground. Heero fell through a small bank of clouds and Proteus had to fly around the clouds, or risk getting turned around and ending up going the wrong way. Proteus made it around the clouds just in time to see Heero fall into the lake below them. "HEERO! Go down, Proteus, he might still be alive!" Duo knew he was clinging to a very small bit of hope. But as long as there is the tiniest bit of hope left, it's worth clinging to, isn't it? Proteus swooped down to the lake and landed near the spot Heero had gone down in. No later than Proteus had landed, Heeros body floated up to the surface. Duo dove into the water and dragged Heero onto Proteus' back. "Heero, please be alive...." He said quietly as he checked for a pulse and heartbeat. "He's still alive! Proteus, hurry, fly back to the hospital!" Proteus followed Duos orders and headed off to the hospital, followed by a now-concious Judecca.
Once at the hospital, Duo drug both Heero and Quatre inside. "Help! Quick!" The doctor that had taken the bullet out of Duos chest earlier saw him and rushed over to see what was wrong. "Heero got shot by the same type of bullet you pulled out of me earlier." Duo said. "What about the other boy?" The doctor asked him as he directed some other doctors on what to do. "Oh, him? Nothing's wrong with him, I just wanted to drag him along the ground a bit." The doctor nodded and then led Duo to the emergency room, where Duo was permitted to watch them take the bullet out and attempt to save Heero. "Uh, Duo, was it?" Duo glanced up at the doctor. "Yeah?" "Well, how long ago was he shot? Did it take longer for you to get here than it did when you had gotten shot?" Duo thought for a moment. "Yeah, I guess it did, why?" The doctor suddenly had a very solemn look on his face. "Well, you almost didn't make it. And, well, if it took more time for him to get here than it took you... Well." The doctor got a very determined look on his face. "I have never lost a patient before, and I don't intend on doing so this time." He walked back into the operating room and went to work on getting the bullet out.
Later...
"Well, I still have yet to lose a patient." Duo looked up to see the doctor standing over him. "You mean...?" The doctor smiled. "Yes, he's fine. He's doing exceptionally well, actually. He doesn't seem to be in any pain at all." Duo felt the wound where he had been shot. "Well, mine still hurts. But then again, he's almost impossible to hurt." The doctor sat in a vacant seat next to Duo. "Your friends wasn't very cooperative when I asked him... Perhaps you'd be more willing to tell me. Just how do you keep getting shot?" Duo looked uncertain, but told him anyways. "Well, there's some guy chasing us, trying to kill us." "What's his name?" "He said his name is Judecca." The doctor gasped. "Judecca.... Gunner? Judecca A. Gunner?" Duo nodded. "Yeah, but how'd you know..." The doctor cut him short. "It all makes sense now. I knew I'd seen that bullet somewhere before! I just knew it! Come with me, we have to go get your friend. We must discuss a plan of action! We have to do something about that man." Duo followed the doctor to the room Heero was occupying. They walked inside, and Heero was trying to break out through the window.
"Uh... Hi. I was just checking to make sure this window was secure." The doctor sat down in a chair located by the bed. "Heero, I believe it is? Heero, sit down." Heero sat on the bed, and Duo sat next to him. They both faced the doctor. "I normally wouldn't do this, but I feel I can trust you two. I shall reveal to you my true name. The names Bond. Savings Bond. I'm a secret agent assigned to track down and kill Judecca Gunner. From what I've heard of him, none of his enemies have been able to survive one single encounter with him, but apparently you two have had at least two encounters with him. So I would like to ask for your help in finding and terminating him. Will you help me?" Duo eagerly agreed, and Heero thought it over for a few minutes and decided he would. "Normally I'd rather take him out myself, but if Duo's going to help you, I will too." Savings shook hands with the boys and said "Then it's settled. We can now begin Operation: Seek And Destroy."
Well, I hope ya liked it. I'll have more chapters ready as soon as I possibly can. IF I can... Anyways, whether you liked it or not, I would greatly appreciate it if you would review this, especially if you have any ideas on how to become un-depressed... And now I don't believe there's all that much to say except... Will our heroes be able to destroy Judecca? What is Judecca doing, anyways? He was following them, wasn't he? So shouldn't he have been there by now? Where are Trowa and Wufei? Will they have anything to do with the next chapter? What has happened to Quatre? Will he finally be awake in my next chapter? You'll just have to wait for the next chapter to see, wont you? Well, bye for now! Um... Before you go.... I just got a super fucked up idea. So, uh, well... The next chapter might not be the happiest one I've made so far...
Heero ran to the window and yelled for Proteus. Judecca pulled out the gun he used to shoot Duo before he disappeared and aimed it at Heero. Heero looked unconcernedly at the gun. "Your little guns aren't going to scare me, Judecca." Heero said. Judecca turned 90 degrees to the left and aimed the gun straight ahead. "Well, that holographic projector and cloaking shield combination isn't going to scare me, Heero. I brought my special glasses this time, and they completely remove the effect of a stealth suit and make holograms appear to be transparent. Therefore I can see you and see right through that hologram over there." Heero smiled. "So that's what this little thing does..." Heeros voice appeared to be coming from behind Judecca, and so he whirled around to see where Heero was. Heero wasn't there.
"W-What's going on here? I can see through the one over there... The one over here looks real... But his voice came from behind me. I don't get it!" Another Heero appeared next to the hologram by the window, and another real-looking Heero took the place of the hologram. A few seconds later another Heero appeared in the room. "Well, it all makes perfect sense to me. Apparently this little orb causes holograms that register as being real to those glasses, and make the real me undetectable to even the glasses." Judecca put the gun away and pulled out a machine gun. He began shooting the entire room full of holes. After a while there were holes everywhere and Judecca was out of bullets. "Well, are you still alive?" Judecca asked, smiling the smile of someone driven to the point of insanity. "Well, I think so, but I could just be a hologram. I don't really know. Do you?" Heeros voice said, seeming to come from everywhere in the room all at the same time. Judecca screamed in rage and pulled out a large, very sharp knife from somewhere in one of his pockets. "Well, you may have survived that, but you wont survive this!" Judecca raised the knife into the air and let go of it.
The knife floated in the air and then began to multiply until Judecca was surrounded by knives pointing outwards. Judecca waved his hand and the knives flew away from him all over the room all at once. "There is no way you could have survived that!" Then all of a sudden Judecca was staring Heero right in the face. "Huh? How did you get there?" Judecca asked angrily. "How do you keep surviving my attacks?!!" Heero laughed. "If what you've been doing is your idea of attacks, you should open up a pet shop and attack your customers, because all you've done is make a few poodles and some really fluffy persian cats appear." Judecca looked around the room and saw several poodles and cats in the room. "But... I attacked with my knives! And my machine gun! And you had some sort of advanced holographic machine that fooled my anti-hologram/stealth suit glasses! And..." Heero laughed again. So that's what this little device of yours does. It confuses whoevers wearing it and makes them think whatever is going on in their mind is really happening..." Judecca glanced at the small pin Heero pulled off of his cape. "That's my confusion pin... You stole that from my lab as well, didn't you? What else do you have that is going to conveniently save your life next time?" Heero pointed out the window. "Well, we got Proteus out of there." Proteus was flying just outside the window. Heero and Duo ran to the window and jumped onto his back. "See ya later!"
Proteus began flying off towards the school, leaving Judecca screaming in absolute hatred and rage behind them. "Proteus? Why are you flying back to the school?" Duo asked. Proteus turned his head back so that he was facing the boys, and they could see by the look on his face that something was wrong. "Well... I was looking over that way and I saw a small explosion. I flew over there quickly and... Apparently Judecca was only the leader... Some of the other adult humans at the school are letting loose some more of us from the lab and are trying to kill all the other humans at your school. It looks... Very bad. Apparently you young humans are quite resourceful, because very few of the younger ones have died. However I don't think they can hold out all that much longer. We should hurry over there to put a stop to their evil organization quickly." Heero and Duo nodded their heads in agreement and Proteus swooped down and landed in the courtyard. "I'll stay here and wait for you in case you get in any trouble and need to take off quickly." Heero and Duo began to make their way towards he building they had seen the majority of people by.
"They've got them trapped in the cafeteria. Do you think they're trying to kill them at all? What if they're just trying to get them into the lab so they can.. I dunno, do experiments on them or turn them into monsters or something?" Duo asked. "I don't know... I don't think it really matters either, though, as long as we stop them before they succeed." Duo was silent as he followed Heero closer to the cafeteria. "Well, looks like we're here." Heero whispered. Heero and Duo peered around the corner of the building at the cafeterias doors. "Hey! Look up there on the roof, Heero! It's Quatre, Trowa and Wufei!" Heero looked up at the roof of the cafeteria and saw the three boys. "I think I've seen them on the bus before... Why are you so happy that they're on the roof?" Heero turned back and looked at Duo. Duo answered his question with a sarcastic voice. "Oh, sorry, I forgot, you don't have friends." Heero turned away and looked back at the cafeteria, but before he did Duo saw that he had hurt Heero with his words. "I'm sorry, Heero... That didn't come out exactly like I had intended it to..." Heero didn't acknowledge what Duo had said and kept his eyes focused on whatever was going on by the cafeteria.
"Well, jeez, you don't have to ignore me. I mean, I was apologizing. But you..." Duo was cut short when Heero pulled him forward and pointed at something walking towards the cafeteria. "Holy shit... It's Godzilla! Only furry, with way sharper teeth, and... Well, it's the size of Godzilla." Duo said, staring at the thing that was slowly making its way to the cafeteria. "No, Godzillas twice as big as that thing. Not much of a comfort, but if it was as big as Godzilla it'd be a lot worse, so even though he's huge, he can be beaten. After all, Godzilla got beaten up a few times." Duo laughed. "Yeah, well they had lasers and spaceships and monsters just as big as he was. And missiles and ice rays and all kinds of stuff. We have a monster about a fourth the size of him and a whole cafeteria full of terrified kids. Yeah, we'll show him whos boss." Duo said, his gaze still transfixed on the creature. "Wow... That's kinda cool, actually, if you ignore the fact that it looks like it would love to rip you to shreds... It's a giant minotaur. Only it's eyes are red and it has wings. Well, if Proteus had a sudden growth spurt, we could take him on in the air. Maybe a news helicopter will come by and broadcast us saving the world from the horrible flying minotaur! Hows my hair? Do I look good? I wanna make sure I look my best for all the girls watching the news when we fight that thing." Liiiiiiiiar. You wanna look good for Heero... Well, not really all that much point in telling him right now, is there? If me somehow manage to kill thing thing and live, then I'll tell him how I really feel about him. Well, I feel better knowing I'll never have to tell him, but I don't like the fact that I'm going to be a flying minotaurs lunch. "Hmmm... Hey, Heero? You think that things had breakfast yet?" Heero glanced quickly at Duo and looked back at the beast.
"Why does that matter?" He asked Duo. "Well, I wanna know if we're going to be its breakfast or lunch. I wondered what I was going to be when I grew up, and I figure this is my last chance to figure out what I'll be. Breakfast or lunch. Some choice. I wonder what the pay is?" "Okay, that settles it. If we make it out of this alive and something like it happens again, you're going through it with me. In a battle it's good to have someone with a sense of humor around. But I can settle for you instead." Heero whispered to Duo as the monster passed by. Duo stuck his tongue out at Heero, and the two heroes followed the creature, taking care not to make any noise to attract the minotaurs attention. "This is the part where Godzilla comes in and saves the day. Well, it would be, but we aren't in Tokyo." The two boys hid behind a nearby building as the creature got to the cafeteria. They peeked around the corner to see what it was doing. "Huh? It isn't doing anything! It's just standing there! What could it be doing?" Heero asked, talking to himself more than to Duo. "Uh... Maybe he's waiting for the lunch ladies to get him his milk? Speaking of which, this wouldn't happen to be the day that we have chocolate milk, would it?" Heero nodded his head, confirming Duos worst fear. "WHAT?!? They dare to make the giant evil monster attack the cafeteria on chocolate milk day?!? I'll be right back, Heero!" Heero reached out to grab Duo, but he missed and Duo ran back towards Proteus.
"Proteus! Theres a giant flying minotaur attacking the cafeteria. Is there some kind of foor or something you can eat that will make you grow so you can beat that thing?" Proteus shook his head. "Argh... I've got it! Proteus, digivolve!" Proteus looked at Duo strangely. "Digi-what?" "Never mind." Duo said, sounding disgusted. "Is there no way to make you get bigger? Come on, you're a genetically altered animal. You're supposed to be able to get bigger. Um... Okay, if everyone claps their hands, maybe Proteus can grow! Clap harder! Ah, it's no use... Unless... Proteus!" Duo said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small pouch. "Here, eat this!" Duo threw the pouch to Proteus and Proteus ate the contents. Proteus immediately grew four times as big as he was, making him just as big as the minotaur. "What was in that, Duo?" Duo smiled and considered saying it was a secret growth formula that he developed, being a genius and all, but told him the truth instead. "It's spinach. It worked for Popeye, so I figured it'd work for you." Duo climbed onto Proteus' hand, and Proteus lifted him up to his back. Duo climbed onto the back of the large dragon/rhinoceros creature and Proteus flew to the cafeteria.
Huh? That's Proteus and Duo! But... Proteus is bigger now! He's just as big as the minotaur! We could actually survive this! Heero watched Duo and Proteus approach the minotaur creature. Wow, I should have told him today was chocolate milk day before... The minotaur creature flew up into the air and glared at Proteus. A few seconds later a news helicopter flew up above the school and Heero saw someone with a news camera pointed at the two monsters. And Proteus, too. Heero thought with a smile. Proteus was the first to attack, and he flew right at the minotaur, ramming into it at a pretty high speed. The minotaur flew backwards a bit, trying to regain its balance, and Proteus took that opportunity to slash at the monster with one of his back legs. While slashing the minotaur, Proteus pushed off of the minotaur, gaining enough altitude to dive at it. Proteus dove down at the minotaur and spit a ball of flame at it as he passed. Something doesn't seem quite right... Could Proteus be that powerful? That minotaur hasn't even gotten in one hit yet. Duo thought, looking at the minotaur. The flying cross between a man and a bull was just hovering there, as if it was waiting for Proteus to attack. Proteus dove for him again and bit into the minotaurs arm with his razor-sharp fangs. Something isn't right... That minotaur is letting Proteus attack it. But why? "Proteus? That thing is..." Proteus nodded his head and said "I know. It's letting me attack it. I don't know what it's up to, so all I can really do is attack it, right?" An uncomfortable feeling was growing inside Duo. "Don't attack it anymore. Wait and see what it does, and then we'll come up with a plan." Proteus acknowledged what Duo said and hovered where he was. The minotaur hovered where it was, awaiting Proteus' next attack.
The minotaur seemed to figure out that the attack it was waiting for wasn't coming. When it realised the attack asn't going to come, it rushed at Proteus. Proteus dodged the minotaur, but one of his claws ripped some of the flesh off of the minotaur. Duo saw what was underneath that flesh and gasped. "Proteus! Look at that! Where you ripped off the flesh! That thing is a nuclear bomb! You're fighting a nuclear bomb! Judecca must have known we'd get you to fight it. That's why it wanted you to attack it. The whole purpose of that thing is to trick you into blowing it up!" Proteus fixed his gaze on the minotaur/bomb. "But then why didn't they just set it off? It'd save them some time." Proteus said, pointing out hte obvious. "That's what's bothering me. Haven't you found something else a bit odd? Like the fact that there are no people around? There's just the monsters from the lab, this thing, and the people that didn't have anything to do with the lab. That has to mean that this thing will cause a huge explosion. They didn't set it off by remote because no remote could reach far enough to set it off unless whoever set it off was willing to die in the explosion. So they made it into a monster so you'd fight it and set it off for them so they would all live and we'd all die!"
"Proteus, can you get me down on the ground?" Duo asked him. "I can try. Ready?" Duo nodded his head. Proteus swooped down low to the ground and Duo jumped off. Proteus flew back up to where the minotaur was waiting to fight him. "HEERO! Heero, that minotaur! It's a nuclear bomb!" Heeros mouth and eyes went wide. "What?!?" "It's a bomb! If it goes off, the explosion will be huge. That's why they didn't just set it off. It'd kill whoever set it off in the blast. So they made it into a robot so Proteus would fight it and set it off for them." Heero looked over at the cafeteria. Duo followed his gaze. "Come on, Heero, we have to get all of them out of there to somewhere safe!" Duo ran to the cafeteria. Heero followed him and said "Duo, how far away is safe? There are more people around here than just the ones in the cafeteria, too, you know. People live around here. We can't get them all out of here to safety. We don't even know how far away is safe!" Duo opened the doors to the cafeteria. "I don't care. We can at least try."
Trowa jumped out from behind the door and hit Duo on the head with a wooden board. "OW! Why'd you do that?!" Duo yelled. "Sorry, Duo. I thought you were one of those monsters." Heero walked inside and said "Hey, Duo doesn't look that bad. Oh, never mind, he does." Duo stuck his tongue out at Heero again. "Hey, sorry, but I just thought I should be honest." Duo glared at Heero. Trowa hit Heero with the board. "HEY, what was that for?" "Well, I just figured since we were being honest, we should be even. So now you each got hit, and it's even." Trowa said. "Not quite. You haven't been hit with a piece of wood yet." Heero said as he grabbed the board and hit Trowa over the head with it. "Hey, stop it you two. We need to get everyone out of here before that bomb somehow manages to go off." Duo said, and took the wood from Trowa. "Oh, yeah, right... I forgot." "What bomb? There's a bomb? And it's going to go off? And we'll all be killed?!? Tell me!" Trowa demanded. Then they heard a voice from outside. "He's going to explode! I ripped off some more of his flesh, and he's a nuclear TIME BOMB! There's ten seconds left until he blows!" All the people in the cafeteria ran outside and saw the giant flying minotaur hovering above them. The timer said 6... 5... 4...I have to tell him, I can't just die without letting Heero know... 3..."Heero!" 2..."Yeah, Duo?" 1... "I love you!" The minotaur disappeared with a loud noise, leaving behind only a little sign that said 'Happy New Year!'
"Oh... Crap. That was bad. I thought we were gonna die. Uh... Hehehe... I didn't mean that. Really! It was just that, well, um, uh.... Damn it! I can never think of an excuse when I really need one..." Duo said, blushing. "Didn't mean what? I couldn't hear what you said over that noise." Heero queried. "Uh... Nothing... Oh, wait. Damn. I said I was going to tell you if we made it out of here alive, didn't I? Well, then theres no way around it. Except this way!" Duo yelled as he ran away from Heero and the other kids. "Duo? Hey, where are you going!?" Heero chased after Duo. Duo made it to the edge of the school grounds and then tripped and fell. "Ow, that wasn't really worth all that running for...." Heero caught up to Duo and helped him up. "You okay?" Duo laughed. "Well, I was until we didn't all die." Heero looked puzzled. "What do you mean by that, Duo?" "Well, ummmm... Okay, what the hell, I'll just tell you." At that moment a teacher walked by. "Duo Maxwell, you shouldn't use such language!" "Uh... Sorry." The teacher went on her way and Duo said "Bitch... Anyways, What I wanted to tell you was..." Duo was cut short when another teacher walked by and said "DUO! Don't say things like that!" And then went on his way. Duo flipped him off. "Now, what I was going to tell you was..." Then Judecca walked by. "Duo, that wasn't very polite. I'm going to have to call your parents. After I kill you, of course. And your little boyfr..." Judecca fell silent as Trowa ran up to him and knocked him out with a 2x4.
"Wow, that was unexpected." Heero said, staring at Judeccas unmoving body. "Take this!" Trowa screamed as he knocked out both Heero and Duo with the 2x4. Trowa then walked away, whistling a tune as he went. Quatre soon approached the two heroes and the villain. "Hey, what are you..." Quatre yawned. "Guys doing here?" And then Quatre fell to the ground next to Duo and began snoring.
5 Hours Later...
Duo was roused from his sleep by a hand on his shoulder. "Huh? What's going on?" He asked, and looked up to see Heero motioning for him to be quiet. "Shhhh! Judecca could wake up at any time! Come on, I need your help. I can't get Quatre to wake up, so we have to carry him." Duo grabbed Quatre by the legs and Heero got his arms. They picked Quatre up and carried him to the courtyard where Proteus was waiting. "What took you so long? I've been waiting here for forever! It's already dark out... It isn't safe to be around here! If any of the monsters find us, we'll probably be dead pretty quickly. They always stick together, which is why the group that attacked you in the lab was so big. And they're almost impossible to see. I don't know if you noticed or not, but they all have very reflective scales that reflect light in such a way that it makes them almost completely invisible in any light at all, unless it's very dim. And at night, when it's dark, their scales change color to blend in perfectly with their surroundings. The only time you have a chance of seeing them is when the sun rises and sets, because then the light is dim. At night or during the day, however, you could have the flesh ripped right off of you and not have a clue what did it. So hop on!"
The boys clambered onto his back and Proteus flew high into the sky. "We should be fairly safe up here until the sun rises when we can see if there are any monsters nearby." Heero tapped Proteus' skin to get his attention. "Uh, Proteus, we can't just let those monsters roam around the planet killing people." Judecca suddenly appeared right beside them, floating in the air. "Well, you don't have to worry about them anymore. I killed them all. And you're next. Starting with you, you little brat!" Judecca pulled out the gun he had used that almost killed Duo before and aimed it right at Duos heart. "This time it's just the right temperature for the spell to work perfectly." Duo stared at the gun, and when Judecca pulled the trigger, he tried to dodge the bullet, but the bullet changed course to hit its target. Just before the bullet hit Duo, Heero jumped into the bullets path and the it hit him on his side. Heero had taken the bullet for Duo, and to do so he had jumped right off of Proteus' back. Heero fell, unconcious, downward. Duo screamed and looked at Judecca with nothing but hatred.
"You bastard... You kiled Heero!" Judecca smirked and said "It isn't my fault he jumped in front of the bullet. Now, let's see... Oh yes, I was just about to kill you." Quatre suddenly woke up and jumped at Judecca. He grabbed onto Judecca and clung to him tightly. "Help! The dust bunnies are coming! They're gonna eat me! Don't let them get me!" Quatre looked absolutely terrified, and even Judecca couldn't help but feel sorry for him. He looks absolutely terrified... Even I can't help but feeling sorry for him. Not because he's scared, but because of his mental problem. I mean, really, dust bunnies? "Uh... It's okay, Quatre, the dust bunnies aren't going to hurt you." Quatre shivered with fear. "Y-yes they are! The dust bunnies are coming to get me!" Quatre leapt backwards onto Proteus' back and several gigantic balls of dust fell and hit Judecca, causing him to fall to his death. "I TOLD him the dust bunnies are coming. He should have listened to me." Duo grabbed the piece of wood he had taken from Trowa earlier and hit Quatre with it, knocking him unconcious. "Proteus, fly down there, FAST, and save Heero!" Proteus went into a steep dive. He flew down, and down, and down even further. He passed Judecca and continued going down.
Duo spotted Heero a bit farther down and yelled "Proteus, look, over there!" Proteus flew down even faster to get to Heero before he hit the ground. Heero fell through a small bank of clouds and Proteus had to fly around the clouds, or risk getting turned around and ending up going the wrong way. Proteus made it around the clouds just in time to see Heero fall into the lake below them. "HEERO! Go down, Proteus, he might still be alive!" Duo knew he was clinging to a very small bit of hope. But as long as there is the tiniest bit of hope left, it's worth clinging to, isn't it? Proteus swooped down to the lake and landed near the spot Heero had gone down in. No later than Proteus had landed, Heeros body floated up to the surface. Duo dove into the water and dragged Heero onto Proteus' back. "Heero, please be alive...." He said quietly as he checked for a pulse and heartbeat. "He's still alive! Proteus, hurry, fly back to the hospital!" Proteus followed Duos orders and headed off to the hospital, followed by a now-concious Judecca.
Once at the hospital, Duo drug both Heero and Quatre inside. "Help! Quick!" The doctor that had taken the bullet out of Duos chest earlier saw him and rushed over to see what was wrong. "Heero got shot by the same type of bullet you pulled out of me earlier." Duo said. "What about the other boy?" The doctor asked him as he directed some other doctors on what to do. "Oh, him? Nothing's wrong with him, I just wanted to drag him along the ground a bit." The doctor nodded and then led Duo to the emergency room, where Duo was permitted to watch them take the bullet out and attempt to save Heero. "Uh, Duo, was it?" Duo glanced up at the doctor. "Yeah?" "Well, how long ago was he shot? Did it take longer for you to get here than it did when you had gotten shot?" Duo thought for a moment. "Yeah, I guess it did, why?" The doctor suddenly had a very solemn look on his face. "Well, you almost didn't make it. And, well, if it took more time for him to get here than it took you... Well." The doctor got a very determined look on his face. "I have never lost a patient before, and I don't intend on doing so this time." He walked back into the operating room and went to work on getting the bullet out.
Later...
"Well, I still have yet to lose a patient." Duo looked up to see the doctor standing over him. "You mean...?" The doctor smiled. "Yes, he's fine. He's doing exceptionally well, actually. He doesn't seem to be in any pain at all." Duo felt the wound where he had been shot. "Well, mine still hurts. But then again, he's almost impossible to hurt." The doctor sat in a vacant seat next to Duo. "Your friends wasn't very cooperative when I asked him... Perhaps you'd be more willing to tell me. Just how do you keep getting shot?" Duo looked uncertain, but told him anyways. "Well, there's some guy chasing us, trying to kill us." "What's his name?" "He said his name is Judecca." The doctor gasped. "Judecca.... Gunner? Judecca A. Gunner?" Duo nodded. "Yeah, but how'd you know..." The doctor cut him short. "It all makes sense now. I knew I'd seen that bullet somewhere before! I just knew it! Come with me, we have to go get your friend. We must discuss a plan of action! We have to do something about that man." Duo followed the doctor to the room Heero was occupying. They walked inside, and Heero was trying to break out through the window.
"Uh... Hi. I was just checking to make sure this window was secure." The doctor sat down in a chair located by the bed. "Heero, I believe it is? Heero, sit down." Heero sat on the bed, and Duo sat next to him. They both faced the doctor. "I normally wouldn't do this, but I feel I can trust you two. I shall reveal to you my true name. The names Bond. Savings Bond. I'm a secret agent assigned to track down and kill Judecca Gunner. From what I've heard of him, none of his enemies have been able to survive one single encounter with him, but apparently you two have had at least two encounters with him. So I would like to ask for your help in finding and terminating him. Will you help me?" Duo eagerly agreed, and Heero thought it over for a few minutes and decided he would. "Normally I'd rather take him out myself, but if Duo's going to help you, I will too." Savings shook hands with the boys and said "Then it's settled. We can now begin Operation: Seek And Destroy."
Well, I hope ya liked it. I'll have more chapters ready as soon as I possibly can. IF I can... Anyways, whether you liked it or not, I would greatly appreciate it if you would review this, especially if you have any ideas on how to become un-depressed... And now I don't believe there's all that much to say except... Will our heroes be able to destroy Judecca? What is Judecca doing, anyways? He was following them, wasn't he? So shouldn't he have been there by now? Where are Trowa and Wufei? Will they have anything to do with the next chapter? What has happened to Quatre? Will he finally be awake in my next chapter? You'll just have to wait for the next chapter to see, wont you? Well, bye for now! Um... Before you go.... I just got a super fucked up idea. So, uh, well... The next chapter might not be the happiest one I've made so far...