Armageddon—Chapter 6
By wingtaichi
Rated PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing so please refrain from suing me for writing fan fiction. Thanks and enjoy!
Armageddon--Chapter 6
"Hilde? What's going on?" Sally inquired, looking around the interior of the house in surprise.
"I don't know anymore, Sally."
Sally, Duo, Catharine, Hilde, Relena, Zechs, Heero, Quatre and Noin had all ended up in the same house as Hilde.
"Duo!" Hilde cried, kneeling down next to his side. As she watched, his eyes fluttered and opened.
"Hilde? Are you all right?" he muttered.
"Yes, thanks to you," she replied. "Are YOU all right?"
Duo smiled and said: "of course." Hilde was relieved. At least that was taken care of for the moment.
Relena had raced over to Heero, who had just come to.
"Heero, what happened?" she worriedly demanded.
"I'm all right" Heero reassured.
While this was happening, the door opened and Trowa and Wufie barreled inside, both soaking wet from the pouring rain and hail.
"Wufie! Trowa!" Noin shouted.
"I'd like to know what happened to the tsunami. And where we are, for that matter," Duo stated.
"It's that girl. Ashley. She sent us all here," Trowa answered. "I don't know how or why, but I do know that it was her."
"Who's Ashley?" Zechs queried.
"She's a little girl. Six years old," Noin explained.
"Six and a half," Heero muttered, remembering the incident he had earlier had. "Anyway, as near as I can tell this world is in reality her subconsciousness."
"So we're inside a six year old's brain?" Quatre questioned.
"Correct. Who here actually saw Ashley?" Heero asked of the ten other people in the room.
"I have," Hilde responded.
"Me, too," Trowa added.
"Then that proves one thing," Heero muttered. "She must have the ability to teleport or to move from one point to another at a very high speed. If she was with both of you in L3 and then with me halfway across L3 in a lab in the same day that is the only logical explanation." He paused a moment before continuing: "I also believe she is the cause of the natural disasters."
Before another word was spoken a loud crash reverberated through the house that sent chills through the eleven occupants of the room.
"What was that?" Hilde breathlessly whispered.
"I don't know, but I sure don't want to stick around to find out," Duo replied, turning to leave through the front door--only to find that the door was now not there.
An unearthly shriek pierced the air, making the eleven people wince. They could hear something coming closer and closer to the room they were in.
"Everyone be quiet," Wufie whispered. "If we're lucky it'll go away."
All eleven people in the room held their breath, afraid of what would happen if they made a sound. But then Zechs felt an urge to cough.
He tried as hard as he could to hold it in, but the harder he tried the dryer his throat seemed to get. He held his breath, willing the cough to stay in. Then it came out in a tiny, nearly inaudible noise.
But that was all the something needed. In an instant IT was in the room. IT was a huge black horse. Its eyes were pure yellow and its ribs were easily visible. But that part of it wasn't too scary. The fact that it had wings like a bat was the scary part.
For a moment all eleven people were too shocked and startled to say a word. Trowa saw something behind the horse.
"Ashley!" he shouted. "Why are you doing this?"
The six and a half year old squeezed past the horse, eyes a dark red from crying so hard. But then she stopped and convulsed, her whole body shaking as though she had been electrocuted.
When she stopped she ever so slowly raised her head and looked at the older people in the room with her. That look was enough to thoroughly terrify them all. Her eyes had rolled up so only the whites were shown and she was smiling the most horrible smile imaginable.
"The one you call 'Ashley is no more," she rasped. If the look hadn't been awful enough, the voice was worse. It was low and raspy.
"I…think she's been…possessed," Catharine whispered.
"Correct," Ashley growled. "And it was so easy. Such a foolish young girl. And so desperate for friends. It was so easy to trick her. The promise of friendship was such a simple yet cruel trick."
"Leave her alone! She's only six!" Wufie shouted.
"And her mind was so weakened by her solitude. It was easy to take it over," Ashley continued, going on as though Wufie had said nothing. "She brought you here to save her. So foolish and naïve. It is no matter. I can easily kill you as well."
"Wait! Why are you doing this? Why did you do this to a CHILD?" Noin demanded.
"Simple. My abilities to control parts of the world are limited, especially when I have no real body. But with a body I can do whatever I want," Ashley replied. "A child is much easier to enslave than an adult."
The horse-creature stepped forward, opening its wings and glared at the eleven people with wild eyes before rearing up on its hind legs and lashing out with its sharp hooves. It nearly caught Duo in the head, but he ducked just in time.
Zechs plunged his hand into his pocket. He always kept a knife he had ever used in that pocket and he fingered it now, carefully.
The horse creature advanced on Sally, Noin and Hilde, glaring at them, trapping them against the wall.
Zechs quickly brought the knife out and held it in front of him, hand quivering slightly.
"Go ahead. I'd like to see you try it," Ashley said. "You won't kill me. At least, not without killing the girl, too."
The horse creature was tensing, ready to jump onto its hind legs and strike at the three it had trapped and Zechs pulled back his arm.
"No?" he quivered.
The horse was ready and waiting as Zechs held the scalpel in front of him.
"Go right ahead," Ashley urged.
Zech's hand shook and he dropped the knife before muttering: "I can't do it."
For a brief instant, Ashley, the REAL Ashley was back and she whispered: "please. Please kill me. Please."
And then she was gone again. The horse had turned from Catharine, Noin and Sally to Zechs.
"Look out!" Hilde cried, darting down and retrieving the knife.
The horse was kicking at Zech's head and at the same instant Hilde threw the knife. It whirled through the air before embedding itself into Ashley's chest.
Ashley fell to the ground, her knees buckling. Black mist came off of her and the horse evaporated into nothing. When the last of the black mist had disappeared, Hilde whispered: "oh my God. Did I do that?"
Ashley was losing her life quickly and she knew it. Very quietly she whispered: "do you know what I wish?"
Everyone else shook their heads.
"I… I wish I had friends…like…you…"
Then her eyes drifted closed.
"She's dead," Trowa muttered, barely able to believe it.
Hilde shook her head and sobbed. "I don't know why I did it!" she screamed. "I… I… Oh, she was only a little girl!"
"No, you did the right thing," Catharine reassured. "She wanted you to do it."
"But… But…" Hilde stuttered. She felt weak-kneed. "I killed her!"
The house slowly dissolved into nothing and they were quite suddenly back in L3. But it wasn't as they had left it at all. Buildings had been restored. The giant frozen wave was simply gone. All signs of damages were gone.
Wufie's broken leg was healed, as was Noin's wounded face.
"So that's it?" Duo wondered.
"I don't know… I have a feeling we only delayed… something," Catharine murmured.
But at the moment, all was well and back to normal for the first time in what seemed like an eternity.
The End
(A/N: The ending was a bit abrupt, thank you to everyone who read and reviewed this!)
By wingtaichi
Rated PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing so please refrain from suing me for writing fan fiction. Thanks and enjoy!
Armageddon--Chapter 6
"Hilde? What's going on?" Sally inquired, looking around the interior of the house in surprise.
"I don't know anymore, Sally."
Sally, Duo, Catharine, Hilde, Relena, Zechs, Heero, Quatre and Noin had all ended up in the same house as Hilde.
"Duo!" Hilde cried, kneeling down next to his side. As she watched, his eyes fluttered and opened.
"Hilde? Are you all right?" he muttered.
"Yes, thanks to you," she replied. "Are YOU all right?"
Duo smiled and said: "of course." Hilde was relieved. At least that was taken care of for the moment.
Relena had raced over to Heero, who had just come to.
"Heero, what happened?" she worriedly demanded.
"I'm all right" Heero reassured.
While this was happening, the door opened and Trowa and Wufie barreled inside, both soaking wet from the pouring rain and hail.
"Wufie! Trowa!" Noin shouted.
"I'd like to know what happened to the tsunami. And where we are, for that matter," Duo stated.
"It's that girl. Ashley. She sent us all here," Trowa answered. "I don't know how or why, but I do know that it was her."
"Who's Ashley?" Zechs queried.
"She's a little girl. Six years old," Noin explained.
"Six and a half," Heero muttered, remembering the incident he had earlier had. "Anyway, as near as I can tell this world is in reality her subconsciousness."
"So we're inside a six year old's brain?" Quatre questioned.
"Correct. Who here actually saw Ashley?" Heero asked of the ten other people in the room.
"I have," Hilde responded.
"Me, too," Trowa added.
"Then that proves one thing," Heero muttered. "She must have the ability to teleport or to move from one point to another at a very high speed. If she was with both of you in L3 and then with me halfway across L3 in a lab in the same day that is the only logical explanation." He paused a moment before continuing: "I also believe she is the cause of the natural disasters."
Before another word was spoken a loud crash reverberated through the house that sent chills through the eleven occupants of the room.
"What was that?" Hilde breathlessly whispered.
"I don't know, but I sure don't want to stick around to find out," Duo replied, turning to leave through the front door--only to find that the door was now not there.
An unearthly shriek pierced the air, making the eleven people wince. They could hear something coming closer and closer to the room they were in.
"Everyone be quiet," Wufie whispered. "If we're lucky it'll go away."
All eleven people in the room held their breath, afraid of what would happen if they made a sound. But then Zechs felt an urge to cough.
He tried as hard as he could to hold it in, but the harder he tried the dryer his throat seemed to get. He held his breath, willing the cough to stay in. Then it came out in a tiny, nearly inaudible noise.
But that was all the something needed. In an instant IT was in the room. IT was a huge black horse. Its eyes were pure yellow and its ribs were easily visible. But that part of it wasn't too scary. The fact that it had wings like a bat was the scary part.
For a moment all eleven people were too shocked and startled to say a word. Trowa saw something behind the horse.
"Ashley!" he shouted. "Why are you doing this?"
The six and a half year old squeezed past the horse, eyes a dark red from crying so hard. But then she stopped and convulsed, her whole body shaking as though she had been electrocuted.
When she stopped she ever so slowly raised her head and looked at the older people in the room with her. That look was enough to thoroughly terrify them all. Her eyes had rolled up so only the whites were shown and she was smiling the most horrible smile imaginable.
"The one you call 'Ashley is no more," she rasped. If the look hadn't been awful enough, the voice was worse. It was low and raspy.
"I…think she's been…possessed," Catharine whispered.
"Correct," Ashley growled. "And it was so easy. Such a foolish young girl. And so desperate for friends. It was so easy to trick her. The promise of friendship was such a simple yet cruel trick."
"Leave her alone! She's only six!" Wufie shouted.
"And her mind was so weakened by her solitude. It was easy to take it over," Ashley continued, going on as though Wufie had said nothing. "She brought you here to save her. So foolish and naïve. It is no matter. I can easily kill you as well."
"Wait! Why are you doing this? Why did you do this to a CHILD?" Noin demanded.
"Simple. My abilities to control parts of the world are limited, especially when I have no real body. But with a body I can do whatever I want," Ashley replied. "A child is much easier to enslave than an adult."
The horse-creature stepped forward, opening its wings and glared at the eleven people with wild eyes before rearing up on its hind legs and lashing out with its sharp hooves. It nearly caught Duo in the head, but he ducked just in time.
Zechs plunged his hand into his pocket. He always kept a knife he had ever used in that pocket and he fingered it now, carefully.
The horse creature advanced on Sally, Noin and Hilde, glaring at them, trapping them against the wall.
Zechs quickly brought the knife out and held it in front of him, hand quivering slightly.
"Go ahead. I'd like to see you try it," Ashley said. "You won't kill me. At least, not without killing the girl, too."
The horse creature was tensing, ready to jump onto its hind legs and strike at the three it had trapped and Zechs pulled back his arm.
"No?" he quivered.
The horse was ready and waiting as Zechs held the scalpel in front of him.
"Go right ahead," Ashley urged.
Zech's hand shook and he dropped the knife before muttering: "I can't do it."
For a brief instant, Ashley, the REAL Ashley was back and she whispered: "please. Please kill me. Please."
And then she was gone again. The horse had turned from Catharine, Noin and Sally to Zechs.
"Look out!" Hilde cried, darting down and retrieving the knife.
The horse was kicking at Zech's head and at the same instant Hilde threw the knife. It whirled through the air before embedding itself into Ashley's chest.
Ashley fell to the ground, her knees buckling. Black mist came off of her and the horse evaporated into nothing. When the last of the black mist had disappeared, Hilde whispered: "oh my God. Did I do that?"
Ashley was losing her life quickly and she knew it. Very quietly she whispered: "do you know what I wish?"
Everyone else shook their heads.
"I… I wish I had friends…like…you…"
Then her eyes drifted closed.
"She's dead," Trowa muttered, barely able to believe it.
Hilde shook her head and sobbed. "I don't know why I did it!" she screamed. "I… I… Oh, she was only a little girl!"
"No, you did the right thing," Catharine reassured. "She wanted you to do it."
"But… But…" Hilde stuttered. She felt weak-kneed. "I killed her!"
The house slowly dissolved into nothing and they were quite suddenly back in L3. But it wasn't as they had left it at all. Buildings had been restored. The giant frozen wave was simply gone. All signs of damages were gone.
Wufie's broken leg was healed, as was Noin's wounded face.
"So that's it?" Duo wondered.
"I don't know… I have a feeling we only delayed… something," Catharine murmured.
But at the moment, all was well and back to normal for the first time in what seemed like an eternity.
The End
(A/N: The ending was a bit abrupt, thank you to everyone who read and reviewed this!)