Part Five: The Battle
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All of the frightened students filed out of the institution to head for shelter. Relena stood in her office, not among them, watching the fear emanating. She herself was scared, for she knew she was the target. She knew that in her life there would be no calm, only constant bickering over the value of peace and how to get there. And she knew that her life would not be a real life for she would always have the threat of death and loss. She would never be rid of her so-called life.
Relena sighed, a fearful and sad tear escaping to slide down her face. "We will not survive this. The Gundams will not come, I know it. Heero--Heero will not come." she croaked as she began to sob, terrified of what was to come in this battle that would be waged before her eyes.
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Heero and Wing Zero rocketed into the atmosphere. It had taken Heero two hours to make it this far. The two hours had been agonizingly long. Please, let me be there in time to save her... Heero thought. Oh, please...
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"Hey Quatre, are we gonna make it in time?" Duo asked, he was seconded then by Wue-fei and Trowa. He glanced at the proximity gage inside Deathscythe's cockpit.
"I don't know. According to Sally Po onboard Peacemillion, it's already started. We need to kick in some extra thrust!" Quatre answered, a determined, but sad tone to his voice. Duo and the others could just imagine the forlorn look in his limpid blue eyes. "Let us hope we do..."
"Integrity will prevail!" Wue-fei added with confidence. "We fight for justice, and we are just! We shall succeed!"
"Ditto!" yelled Duo into the com with the sound of his usual enthusiasm.
"We'll do it. We'll do it for the ones we love." Trowa commented to the others. "Katherine..." he mumbled.
"Heildi..." Duo said.
"Dorothy..." Quatre murmured, too quiet for the others to hear.
"Sally..." Wue-fei finally answered.
"Sally!" The other pilots exclaimed in surprise. "You've got it for Sally Po?" they questioned him excitedly.
Little did they now, but as their moral grew, their Gundams will to prevail grew with it.
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Relena heard a chain of loud explosions. When she looked, she saw the mobile dolls being blown to smithereens. She watched in awe as someone began to fight for her kingdom. Someone was fighting for her. Who is that? she thought to herself. Who are you? Show yourself...
And then it showed. It loomed large over the destruction it was reeking, standing right in front of her. A large white suit with wings, and details the colors red, yellow, and blue. It's green eyes flashed at her. "Heero!" she yelled in surprise.
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"We made it!" the Gundam pilots yelled. "What the--" they cut themselves off from saying anything more as they watched Wing Zero cut down a section of a mobile doll unit.
"Heero!" They all yelled in unison.
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Heero spun and twirled his fusion energy saber, slicing a mobile doll. The doll fell in two pieces, the top half falling onto another doll, destroying both, and the second half falling and exploding, taking with it three more dolls too close to the blast to survive.
Heero attacked the OZ and Romefellar troops with pure zeal, and he destroyed more than half of them before the other Gundams showed themselves. He still continued to fight when the other Gundams showed up. If they were hailing him, he couldn't hear them; he had turned off his com incase Relena or someone else tried to contact him during battle.
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"Heero, answer me! Heero!" Relena yelled into the com desperately. She had to know if that was Heero. She had to know if he was awake. "Heero!"
"It's no use, Princess Relena." came a voice over the com. "This is Quatre reporting. We've tried to contact him many times. I think he has the com-link turned off."
"But it is Heero Yuy?" she asked hesitantly.
"Yes, Miss Relena. It's him." answered Quatre. "I can't talk. Quatre out."
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Relena, after this is over, I will not come and see you. I will not go near you. Heero mentally ordered himself. She will not take hold. She has given up on you, remember? Stay away...Don't hurt her...But leaving hurts...
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Oh, Heero. Don't leave again so soon. Come and talk to me. Show me how you've changed... Relena mentally begged.
***
The battle ended. Four of the Gundam pilots disembarked to speak with Miss Peacecraft. As they started forward, they all turned into the sudden wind that was created by the landing of a mobile suit. Wing Zero had just landed. But, they wondered, would Heero come out?
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Heero sat inside Wing Zero watching Relena. She was staring at his mobile suit with a strange look in her eyes. She looked...hungry. Desperate, even. He stared back at her even though she couldn't see him. He saw her glance in acknowledgement as the other pilots walked up to her. But she turned and stood there staring once more, as did the other pilots. Heero sighed in frustration. Wing Zero made a short comment as of his own personal feelings towards Relena. Heero snorted. "Zero, you don't know what you are talking about. Relena is dangerous. She is always in the way, she's annoying, she's smart, she's beautiful...oh no..." Heero trailed off, realizing his mistake the moment he made it. Wing Zero started laughing at him. The lights in the cockpit blinked happily and the Gundam actually shook. "Stop! I'll go talk to her, alright?" Heero asked. The Gundam answered with a simple yes. Heero grumbled something about intelligent machines being a pain as he opened the cockpit. Heero stepped out onto the open platform that folds down from beneath the main cockpit cover. He looked down at the ground where the five figures were standing.
"Heero!" Relena yelled as she ran towards his Gundam. The first thing he did was take a step back, but then he somehow lost his balance and almost fell to the ground, except he had the handle that lowered him down gently in his hand. He glared up at Zero, sure that he had caused the fall. "Heero!" Relena shouted again, bringing his attention back around. He turned just as she tackled him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him, almost suffocating him.
"Hello...Relena. I thought you'd given up on me." Heero answered. He quirked an eyebrow at the girl whose head was lying on his chest and whose arms were draped comfortably around his neck.
"Never..." she mumbled. She looked up at him as he pulled away, and was rewarded with a rare treat. Heero Yuy smiled at her.
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Bye bye
Don't wanna be a fool for you
Just another player in your game for two
Don't wanna be your fool
But it ain't no lie
Baby bye bye bye
Bye bye
Don't really wanna make it tough
I just wanna tell you that I had enough
It might sound crazy but it ain't no lie
Baby bye bye bye
Bye bye
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All of the frightened students filed out of the institution to head for shelter. Relena stood in her office, not among them, watching the fear emanating. She herself was scared, for she knew she was the target. She knew that in her life there would be no calm, only constant bickering over the value of peace and how to get there. And she knew that her life would not be a real life for she would always have the threat of death and loss. She would never be rid of her so-called life.
Relena sighed, a fearful and sad tear escaping to slide down her face. "We will not survive this. The Gundams will not come, I know it. Heero--Heero will not come." she croaked as she began to sob, terrified of what was to come in this battle that would be waged before her eyes.
***
Heero and Wing Zero rocketed into the atmosphere. It had taken Heero two hours to make it this far. The two hours had been agonizingly long. Please, let me be there in time to save her... Heero thought. Oh, please...
***
"Hey Quatre, are we gonna make it in time?" Duo asked, he was seconded then by Wue-fei and Trowa. He glanced at the proximity gage inside Deathscythe's cockpit.
"I don't know. According to Sally Po onboard Peacemillion, it's already started. We need to kick in some extra thrust!" Quatre answered, a determined, but sad tone to his voice. Duo and the others could just imagine the forlorn look in his limpid blue eyes. "Let us hope we do..."
"Integrity will prevail!" Wue-fei added with confidence. "We fight for justice, and we are just! We shall succeed!"
"Ditto!" yelled Duo into the com with the sound of his usual enthusiasm.
"We'll do it. We'll do it for the ones we love." Trowa commented to the others. "Katherine..." he mumbled.
"Heildi..." Duo said.
"Dorothy..." Quatre murmured, too quiet for the others to hear.
"Sally..." Wue-fei finally answered.
"Sally!" The other pilots exclaimed in surprise. "You've got it for Sally Po?" they questioned him excitedly.
Little did they now, but as their moral grew, their Gundams will to prevail grew with it.
***
Relena heard a chain of loud explosions. When she looked, she saw the mobile dolls being blown to smithereens. She watched in awe as someone began to fight for her kingdom. Someone was fighting for her. Who is that? she thought to herself. Who are you? Show yourself...
And then it showed. It loomed large over the destruction it was reeking, standing right in front of her. A large white suit with wings, and details the colors red, yellow, and blue. It's green eyes flashed at her. "Heero!" she yelled in surprise.
***
"We made it!" the Gundam pilots yelled. "What the--" they cut themselves off from saying anything more as they watched Wing Zero cut down a section of a mobile doll unit.
"Heero!" They all yelled in unison.
***
Heero spun and twirled his fusion energy saber, slicing a mobile doll. The doll fell in two pieces, the top half falling onto another doll, destroying both, and the second half falling and exploding, taking with it three more dolls too close to the blast to survive.
Heero attacked the OZ and Romefellar troops with pure zeal, and he destroyed more than half of them before the other Gundams showed themselves. He still continued to fight when the other Gundams showed up. If they were hailing him, he couldn't hear them; he had turned off his com incase Relena or someone else tried to contact him during battle.
***
"Heero, answer me! Heero!" Relena yelled into the com desperately. She had to know if that was Heero. She had to know if he was awake. "Heero!"
"It's no use, Princess Relena." came a voice over the com. "This is Quatre reporting. We've tried to contact him many times. I think he has the com-link turned off."
"But it is Heero Yuy?" she asked hesitantly.
"Yes, Miss Relena. It's him." answered Quatre. "I can't talk. Quatre out."
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Relena, after this is over, I will not come and see you. I will not go near you. Heero mentally ordered himself. She will not take hold. She has given up on you, remember? Stay away...Don't hurt her...But leaving hurts...
***
Oh, Heero. Don't leave again so soon. Come and talk to me. Show me how you've changed... Relena mentally begged.
***
The battle ended. Four of the Gundam pilots disembarked to speak with Miss Peacecraft. As they started forward, they all turned into the sudden wind that was created by the landing of a mobile suit. Wing Zero had just landed. But, they wondered, would Heero come out?
***
Heero sat inside Wing Zero watching Relena. She was staring at his mobile suit with a strange look in her eyes. She looked...hungry. Desperate, even. He stared back at her even though she couldn't see him. He saw her glance in acknowledgement as the other pilots walked up to her. But she turned and stood there staring once more, as did the other pilots. Heero sighed in frustration. Wing Zero made a short comment as of his own personal feelings towards Relena. Heero snorted. "Zero, you don't know what you are talking about. Relena is dangerous. She is always in the way, she's annoying, she's smart, she's beautiful...oh no..." Heero trailed off, realizing his mistake the moment he made it. Wing Zero started laughing at him. The lights in the cockpit blinked happily and the Gundam actually shook. "Stop! I'll go talk to her, alright?" Heero asked. The Gundam answered with a simple yes. Heero grumbled something about intelligent machines being a pain as he opened the cockpit. Heero stepped out onto the open platform that folds down from beneath the main cockpit cover. He looked down at the ground where the five figures were standing.
"Heero!" Relena yelled as she ran towards his Gundam. The first thing he did was take a step back, but then he somehow lost his balance and almost fell to the ground, except he had the handle that lowered him down gently in his hand. He glared up at Zero, sure that he had caused the fall. "Heero!" Relena shouted again, bringing his attention back around. He turned just as she tackled him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him, almost suffocating him.
"Hello...Relena. I thought you'd given up on me." Heero answered. He quirked an eyebrow at the girl whose head was lying on his chest and whose arms were draped comfortably around his neck.
"Never..." she mumbled. She looked up at him as he pulled away, and was rewarded with a rare treat. Heero Yuy smiled at her.
***
Bye bye
Don't wanna be a fool for you
Just another player in your game for two
Don't wanna be your fool
But it ain't no lie
Baby bye bye bye
Bye bye
Don't really wanna make it tough
I just wanna tell you that I had enough
It might sound crazy but it ain't no lie
Baby bye bye bye
Bye bye
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