Operation Celestial Spirit
Chapter Five
Almost Out of Time
At first, Heero was too surprised to say anything.
"Zechs?"
"Un huh."
"What are you doing here?"
"Where are the other andriods?"
"Well, one's over there by Duo, the other's one unconsious again and the other twoSHIT!! We left them back at the site!!"
Suddenly, Zechs's calm mask slipped. "Left them? The enemy will be there with reinforcements."
Heero rushed over to Duo and shook him. Shinigami groaned and slowly got up.
"Duo?"
"Nani?"
"Listen to me. Zechs and I are going to get the other two andriods."
"Zechs???"
"We'll explain later. You take care of these two andriods."
Duo's eyes snapped wide. "WHAT!??! Heero! Those andriods are likenude!!!"
Too late. Zechs tossed Heero an extra gun and they ran back to the site. Duo groaned. He looked around and quickly made sure no one saw them. He picked up the blonde andriod with some difficulty.
"It's just an andriod," he kept on saying to himself.
"Are you the pilot of Deathscythe?"
Duo dropped the blond(AN: IDIOT!!!) at the sound of that. He turned around to see the other one, Deva. He dropped his gaze. "Uhhyeah. How do you know?"
Deva's empathy picked up. Part of her power. She looked down and for the first time, she noticed she wasn't wearing anything. The blush spread down to her neck. She snapped her fingers and instantly, she was dressed in a blue tank-top and black jeans. She wore Seckchers. On her wrists, golden bracelets appeared. They had a purple jewel on each of them.
"UmmmI'm sorry that I was" Deva stammered.
Duo grinned. Deva didn't look half bad. "Nah, it's okay. At least you're wearing something now." He pointed to the blond one. "Do you know who this is?"
"My memory wasn't programed into me. I don't know what I was created for or anything. But I do have some information."
"So, do you know what her name is? And can you give her clothes?"
Deva waved her hand. The blond was dressed in dark blue shorts and a black knit top with heels. "The name Willow is stored in my system next to a picture of this blond andriod. Though, it's very faint."
"Willow? Isn't that a type of tree?"
Deva glared at him.
"I mean, I mean, that's a nice name. Listen, Deva, do you have anyway of awakening her? I mean, we have to get out of here before the enemy comes back."
"Where are we going?"
"Uhhthat's a good question. We'll go to a coffee shop!"
Deva sweatdropped. She stood over Willow and flashed one of her bracelets in the sun. Suddenly, the andriod started to wake up.
"Man, I wished I had magic," Duo mumbled.
Willow sat up, rubbing her eyes. "Huh? Where am I? Who am I?"
Duo grabbed Willow's hand. "Come on before another freaky monster shows up."
When Heero and Zechs got to the site, it was almost dark. But it was light enough for them to see a man and two more earth elementals.
Zechs looked puzzled. "What are those?"
"Deva, one of the andriods, said that they were called earth elementals."
"Funny. They never said anything about elementals in the operation."
Heero looked at Zechs puzzled, but he didn't say anything.
"Where'd you leave the andriods?"
"Duo left the andriods." He pointed east a little. "There."
"I'll go and you cover my back." Zechs expected Heero to just go on his own, but to his surprise, his ex-rival remained silent.
The old Lightning Count sneaked quietly to the site. He saw the two boxes and picked them up. He crouched down and saw that the elementals were far from him. The man was search with a flashlight and it faced opposite of his direction.
Perfect.
He picked the boxes up.
Crunch.
Oh shit.
The elementals went very still and the man swung the flashlight in his direction.
Zechs was doomed.
Mr. Merquise hauled his butt outta there.
The man was shouting after him. "Hey you! Damnit! Get him!"
Heero felt the ground vibrated as the elementals rushed towards Zechs. Heero caught the case tossed to him and got out his gun.
Firing interupted the quiet sky.
Zechs set down the case for a sec to get out his big machine gun. Too late. He felt a big rock connect with his back and suddenly, everything got very black.
Heero cursed under his breath. This was not good.
Deva choked on her coffee. Willow and Duo stared at her. Deva set her coffee down, the famous deathglare returning. Duo blinked. She reminds me of how Heero used to bethat look Unless Heero was still like that.
Deva got up. "Willow, I'm going to teleport towhat was his name again? Oh Heero. I can sense that he's in trouble."
Duo couldn't stop blinking. "Sense? Are you guys connected??"
"Connected? I don't think so." Deva ran to the bathroom.
Heero quickly ducked behind a large piece of metal. He could almost feel the flashlight on the other side. Out of the coner of the eye, he could see one of the earth elementals opening the case. Damn, damn, damn.
Suddenly, there was a blinding flash of light by the unconscious form of Zechs. The elemental had to cover its head, as if it had eyes. The human gave a started gasp and pointed his gun at whatever emerged.
Heero stared. Deva? How did she get here?
Deva put her hand on Zechs forehead, monitering him. Nothing was broken. She picked up Zechs's machine gun. She pointed it at the man.
"From my information, you're Kas Rathan aren't you? One of the workers for Lord Hashiba."
"And you're one of the andriods aren't you?"
"No shit I am."
Heero couldn't stop staring. She seemed so different from earlier. And how did she get those clothes? Did Duo take her shopping? He could almost laugh at the look on people's faces when they saw the two andriods nude with Duo.
Rathan smirked. "Earth elementals, get her."