Chapter Four

The Androids' Secret Power

Silence.

Tom fell over from the impact. Duo stared at the android some more and stared at Tom. "Whoa...for a hunk of metal...that's not bad..."

Heero took this chance and aimed his last bullet at Bob. Hit. Bob fell over dead.

Suddenly, another explosion was heard. Heero turned around and stared.

There were these...things standing there. They looked like a big piece of rock that decided to become alive and turn into a human wannabe.

The rock formed something that looked suspiciously like a wooden ax in its hand.

Heero reached to...uhh...well, he reached for another pack of bullets but he came up empty handed.

"Duo!"

"What?"

"Do you still have your gun?"

Duo didn't have to answer. Heero moved out of the way to give Duo a clear shot. The braided fired at the creature. The rock thing caught the bullet and crumpled it.

Duo blinked. "Heero, I know that you won't like this, but I-"

"Quit talking and RUN!!!"

"Whoa...you DID change..."

Heero spun around and grabbed the confused android's hand. "Come with us."

"Who are you?"

"No time to explain. Let's go."

The two gundam pilots rushed out of the junkyard. Duo, who was carrying another android, looked back. "Damn! It's following us!"

Heero looked at the conscious android. "Do you know what that is?"

"I think so. It's something called a earth elemental."

"Does it have a weakness?"

"I don't remember."

Heero clenched his fists. "Earth...one of the four elements...weakness... Water..."

Duo looked at him hopefully. "There's a river at the edge of the city."

"That's where we're headed."

Meanwhile, a little boy was sitting with her grandma on their front steps. The little boy was looking through his brand new binoculars that he got for this birthday. Suddenly...he saw something...

"Grandma?"

"Yes sweetie?"

"What that?"

His grandma took the binoculars and looked through them. "Oh, that's just...OH MY LORD!! TWO MEN AND TWO WOMEN WITH SOME CREATURE CHASING AFTER THEM!!!" The grandma then fainted.

"Grandma? Uhh...grandma?"

Heero skidded to a stop when he was at the entrance of the bridge that was above the colony's only river. He looked at the android. "Okay, I'm tired of calling you 'android' or 'it'. What's your name?"

The android looked confused. "I'm...I'm not sure. I don't remember."

"Pick a damn name!"

"...Deva...the name Deva is programmed somewhere in my system."

"Okay, Deva, I need you to hide over there." He pointed to a bunch of trash cans.

Duo's voice came from behind Heero. "Heero! The earth thingy is coming. And I think people are starting to stare at me because of this android in my hand!!!!"

Heero took a few breaths to calm himself. "Duo, you stand right there and act as a target and-"

"WHAT!?!? I'M THE BAIT!?!!?!"

"Put the android down and listen to me!!!"

Duo looked meek. "Whatever you say..."

"As soon as the earth elemental starts to tackle you, run off to the side. I'll be hiding with Deva among the trash cans and then I'll push the elemental off the side."

"Who's Deva?"

Heero didn't answer because the earth elemental appeared. The perfect soldier ducked behind the garbage cans. Duo put the android down and ran to the middle of the bridge. "HEY!! YA BIG PIECE OF CRAP!! I'M HERE!!!"

The earth elemental looked at the braided pilot jumping up and down. It blinked. This was not what he was looking for. His eyes wandered to the android that was unconscious. Perfect.

"Uhhh...hello? I'm here. Not there. Here."

The earth elemental rushed towards the android. Heero cursed. I should've known he was after the androids only.

Duo got the message. He ran forward and tackled the elemental before it could even touch the android. The elemental was down for a few seconds before it kicked Duo away. Shinigami gave a muffled cry of pain before getting up slowly, clutching onto his side rib cage.

Heero growled. He searched for a pipe or something before he caught the look of Deva. He blinked. The deadly glare of the android caught him by surprise.

The android slowly rose and held two fingers up. She closed her eyes and chanted a few words. "Star Lightning Strike!"

A beam of light shot from the heavens and hit the elemental on the head, blasting off its head. Deva collapsed. Heero caught her and looked back up in the battlefield.

The earth elemental's head may have been blown apart, but that didn't stop it. It just simply grew another one. Duo groaned.

The elemental launched itself at Duo who was not very prepared to take another attack. Heero set down the android quickly and ran towards the elemental with...well... nothing. Well, he is stronger than the average human.

Too late. The elemental slugged Duo in the stomach. Shinigami rolled over and then there was a deathly silence.

Heero growled. "Why you..."

The elemental turned to him. It just struck Heero how big the elemental really was.

Suddenly, a blast was heard and the elemental blew up. Heero had to cover his eyes from the derby. He opened him to see Zechs with a big machine gun.

Zechs smirked. "So you found androids too?"