Heero
finally woke up from the explosion, noticing that someone was carrying him.
When he looked up, he had to squint, but he could tell who it was by just that
one glance: Releena. She had found him and was carrying him to safety. He
decided to pretend he hadn't woken up, just so he could stay in her arms a
little longer. No one would find out, anyway.
The
other four pilots weren't as lucky as Heero, and they had all flown to a
different part of the colony. When Wufei woke up, a crowd of people surrounded
him, and one was particularly close to his body. She shouted to everyone,
"He's awake!" They all cheered and slowly the crowd became thinner,
until there was no one left but the tall, slim, brunette in front of Wufei.
"How
are you feeling?" she asked him.
silence
He glared at her.
"Okay...
by the way, my name's Laura. How did you get here?"
silence
"I
probably shouldn't be telling you this, but-"
"Then
don't." more glaring.
glares
back"-but I escaped from Oz and came to the colonies to hide. Do you
know where I can find a good place to hide?
more
silence, more glaring....
"Hm.
Fine. One thing before you leave. I don't know if you noticed this or not, but
you don't have any clothes on." Wufei sat thee a few moments before getting
up and shouting.
"THEN
WHY THE HECK ARE SITTING HERE STARING AT ME?! NOW BACK OFF,
WEAKLING!!!!!!" he shouted with rage as he stood up and looked down at his
bare legs and boxers. He was totally fried and stripped of his clothing because
of that explosion.
Moving on......
Quatre
seemed to be thrown somewhere near Duo, and since Duo had been in the closet
and in a straight jacket, there was a little less affect on him. So Duo was
waiting for Quatre to wake up while observing the colony they had landed on.
From where they were, he could see a few buildings in the distance, but they
were in a garden of some sort. It was decorated with flowers, fountains,
statues, and animals that lived there. But that's not what Duo thought, of
course. His only thoughts were Geez....
it's so... girly here... what the heck is wrong with Quatre, anyway? It sure is
takin' him long enough to wake up....... I wonder where everybody else is... and
more mindless babble like that, which isn't here because I don't feel like
typing it all up.
Quatre
and Wufei had been the one's most gravely affected by the explosion. Although
he tried to hide it, Wufei's ankle was still causing him pain, and he ad LOADS
of more burns, cuts bruises, and scars than any of the other pilots. Unfortunately,
the force of the explosion was enough to completely rid him of all clothing but
(luckily) his boxers. And Quatre fell almost head-first on the ground, which
shook him up pretty bad. His right leg injury came back, and he had some burns
and cuts, too. Duo was confused and straightjacketed. He had practically
scooted over to Quatre's landing point, and was now sitting in a garden, with a
straight jacket on, and right next to this severely injured peer. OOOHHH
yeah.... he looked sane. Just about as much as he looked happy. Well, it didn't
look like Quatre was going to wake up for awhile, so let's move on to Trowa.
As
he slightly lifted his head, Trowa noticed the growing pain in his hand his
side (which was what he landed on). His sleeves were half torn off, showing
blood and cuts on his arms. But he was awake, and that meant he was capable of
finding a way to care for himself and find the others. So he stood up and
started walking towards the hospital that was, fortunately, right across the
street from the alley he had landed in. He checked himself in and immediately
started thinking of ways to find the other pilots.
Back
to Duo and Quatre, which was now Duo, Quatre, and Wufei. After a ten-minute
fight consisting of Duo making fun of Wufei and Wufei getting totally peeved,
Quatre finally woke up. He bolted straight up and grabbed for the aching pain
in his right leg, startling Duo and Wufei in the middle of their argument. Once
the three of them finally set off to find a hospital, they found that there was
even more unfairness bestowed upon them once they found a map: They were on the
wrong side of the colony if they wanted to get to the hospital.
Suddenly,
one of Quatre's minions rounded a corner and approached them.
"Master
Quatre! The other minions and I were wondering where you went! Are you
okay?" He asked.
"I'm
fine, thank you. Do you have something for me?"
"I'm
so sorry, Master Quatre, I do not have anything with me at this time. I wish I
could assist you somehow..." He looked down, disappointed in himself.
"That's
perfectly fine! You'd better be on your way and tell the others I'm okay,"
Quatre smiled as he reassured his minion.
After
he left, Duo asked, "Quatre, where did he come from?"
"Those
guys are everywhere!"
"Heh,
freaky. That's really weird, don't 'ya think, Wufei? They're EVERYWHERE!"
"No,
it's actually pretty convenient," Wufei replied.
"HOW
DARE YOU DISS MY MINIONS!" Quatre yelled. He pushed Duo over and easily
took down his braid, since he could hardly even struggle with his straight
jacket on.
"MY
HAIR!!!!!!" Duo started to wiggle around a little more, then got up and
tried to body slam Quatre, who easily dodged it.
It
was one hour later when Duo finally started to calm down.
"Now
that I'm being good, will you let me out of this straight jacket?" Duo
asked, a pleading look in his eyes.
"No."
They both answered at the same time
"ONE
OF YOU HAS TO GET ME OUT OF THIS
THING AT SOME POINT!!!!!" Duo
yelled.
"You're
much more manageable this way, Denise," Quatre said, signaling towards
Duo's long, wavy hair.
"I'M
GONNA BEAT THE CRAP OUTTA YOU TWO WHEN I GET OUTTA THIS THING!!!!!" He
shouted angrily.
"You
think we're gonna let you out now that you've threatened us?" Wufei said.
"Let's
go find that hospital, now," Quatre suggested.
"Good
idea," Wufei agreed. They started on their way again and pretended that
Duo wasn't there. He started to lose it.
"Hey
you guys, there's a.. a FLOWER!!" He yelled and rolled to the ground
laughing, as if he had just said something funny.
"Maybe
we should let him out now....." Wufei said nervously. "If we do, when
he gains his sanity he'll beat the crap out of us, but if we don't.... we have
to deal with him while he's like this..." They both turn to Duo, rolling
around and trying to keep himself from laughing more, yet failing miserably.
"I
think we should leave him like this 'till we find a hospital," Quatre
decided. "But how are we going to get him there?"
"Let's
knock him out! Then we can take turns carrying him and he won't bother us. When
we get to the hospital, we'll tell them he's still unconscious from the
explosion," Wufei said. When Quatre agreed, they both took the lead pipes
that just happened to be there and whacked Duo over the head.
"WHAT
THE HECK ARE YOU TRYING TO DO TO ME?!" Trowa screamed as the doctors held
him down.
"If
you would just stop moving around then we could leave," replied one of the
doctors. "We're going to take care of you, whether you stop wriggling or
not."
"MY
WRIST!!!!!" Trowa screamed at them. "THE ONLY THING WRONG WITH ME IS
MY WRIST!" He then looked down at his arms and legs, still red with blood.
"W..w..WHY DON'T YOU ACTUALLY DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT INSTEAD OF JUST HOLDING ME DOWN??!!!" The doctors were
actually treating him, and their grip loosened as well, but Trowa seemed to
have a major fear of doctors. In his eyes, they were simply trying to torture
him and then they would bring out the big tools while he was sleeping. If I
weren't the one in charge of this fic, Trowa would probably have already killed
me for making him seem so paranoid, but I won't let him (:D Finally,
someone injected a needle in Trowa, making him instantly pass out.
Heero
seemed to be holding out just fine, and when Releena walked into the room with
a plate of soup for him his eyes flashed. He still wasn't sure whether he liked
her or not, but he couldn't turn down such a kind offering. He sat up and
ate/slurped down his soup with Releena, who had made herself some. After their
dinner, Releena sat in his room as the two of them talked for a moment.
"Where
did you find me?" Heero asked her, not being able to think of any other
way to start a conversation at that time.
"It
was yesterday when I found you. You were near an airport," she answered.
"Well
where am I now?"
"My
apartment."
"I
have to leave. I need to find the other pilots. Do you know where they
are?"
"I
haven't the faintest idea. Why?"
"I'll
have to tell you later. Goodbye." And with that, he jumped out the window
and onto a nearby tree, and from there he jumped to the ground. He easily
located a map and found that he was only a couple of miles from the hospital. Surely one of the other pilots has checked
themselves in. I better find them soon...
Wufei stumbled a little more on his injured ankle as he carried
the unconscious Duo. It was a bit painful, but well worth it, seeing as they no
longer had to listen to his rantings of pointlessness. They were getting closer
to the hospital by the minute, but it felt as if they would never reach their
destination. Neither of them had spoken a word for the past hour and they were
both tired and aching from lack of sleep. Finally, Quatre ended the silence.
"I
think we'll make it much faster if we take some time to rest up. Our Gundams
were blown up in the explosion, so it's not like we're in a hurry to get off of
here. If we just take a little nap, it'll be much easier to walk the rest of
the way," he suggested, trying to sound cheerful.
"I
thought about that, but I didn't say anything because if we go to sleep and Duo
wakes up, who knows what he'll do. First, he'll probably beat the crap out of
us, then, he'll probably go into hysterics and torment the colony with his
mindless babble." Wufei said.
"Yeah.....
I guess you're right...... I'm just so tired..."
"Me
too...... the sooner we get to the hospital, the sooner we can rest." They
continued walking disappointedly for a few minutes before spotting Heero, who
was headed in their direction.
"HEERO!!!"
Quatre yelled. "YOU'RE ALIVE!!!"
"Could
you help us handle Braid Butt here," Wufei nodded towards Duo, who was
slumped over his shoulder.
"We
can't call him that anymore, I took his braid down, remember? Look,
Heero!" Quatre pointed at Duo's hair flowing behind his back and chuckled
a bit. "I pulled his hair down!"
"I
tried that once. He gave me this Heero pointed to hardly noticeable bald
spot on his head."
"Wow.
Well this time he had his straight jacket on," Quatre said. "We gotta
get to the hospital. Where were you headed?"
"To
the hospital."
"But
you were coming in our direction." Quatre pulled out a map and they
found out that Heero had read it wrong
"Let's
just go," Wufei said impatiently. "The hospital's not too far from
here."
"WHAT
DID THEY DO TO ME???!!!!!" Trowa yelled as the nurse came in to check up
on him.
"They
just bandaged you up. Why? Are you in pain? I could alert one of doc-"
"NO!
I'm fine as long as they don't come back. Have you heard of a Quatre Winner
checking into this hospital the past couple days?"
"I'm
afraid not."
"Heero
Yuy?"
"No."
"Wufei
Chang?"
"Sorry."
"Duo
Maxwell?"
"Nope
she shook her head In fact, you're the most recent patient we
have."
"You
could've told me that earlier."
"Oh
well!" she replied cheerfully.
sigh
"How soon can I get out of here?" Trowa asked the nurse.
"Your
wounds won't heal for another........ six weeks."
"SIX
WEEKS?!! That's it, I'm getting out of this place." Trowa jumped out of
his hospital bed and ran outside. When he got outside of the building, he
started jogging in the direction he thought the other pilots might have landed
in, since it was near where the explosion was.
It
was about two hours later when they all finally found each other, and Duo was
just waking up. Luckily, he didn't remember a thing that had happened before
they knocked him out, except for the explosion, of course. Trowa and Wufei had
re-braided his hair so he wouldn't be mad, and when he did wake up, they all
began the search for the scientists by splitting up. Duo went forward after
they finally took him out of his straight jacket, Wufei went towards the
heart of the colony (which was where most of the buildings were), Quatre and
Trowa went to search the neighborhoods (since they were both so badly hurt,
they both needed a partner), and Heero went to the nursing home.
"Man,
I never thought the colonies were so empty...." Duo said to himself as he
walked through what seemed to be an endless plain. "This is so boring..
sigh ... Why would the scientists be in the middle of nowhere? This is
completely pointless!" He angrily started to stride through the tall
grass. The other guys actually have a
chance of finding them.... I'm the only one who was sent in an unreasonable
place for them to be. He thought to himself. Little did he know, Quatre and
Trowa were having the same bad luck as he, in a neighborhood far, far away....
(uh... not really)
"Trowa.....
it's getting colder out here...."
"I
know, Quatre. We'll just have to deal with this until someone finds the
scientists..."
"It's
not very likely that they live in a house, like ordinary people." Quatre
pointed out.
sigh
"Why did we come this way, anyways?"
"I
don't know... this is so tiring... I've been walking for three days
straight......" Quatre mumbled to himself.
Okay, this is boring, let's move on to the other
pilots....
Everybody's asleep... Good. No more
freakish, nosy girl from nowhere..... Wufei thought as he silently walked
through the seemingly deserted city of the colony. At least it's more likely for the scientists to be here than in an
endless field of nothing. Poor Maxwell.. he thought sarcastically as he
yawned. He continued walking around and searching for the building that might
house the scientists as Heero made his way around in the nursing home.
If I get caught, I'll just say I'm visiting
my grandfather... he thought, a
small, sharp sentimental pain crossing his mind at the thought of his deceased
grandfather. Focus.... he scolded
himself and proceeded through the building unnoticed. When he finally reached
the hall of dorms for the seniors, Heero noticed a small glint at the end of
the hallway. He slipped towards it, and when he got a closer look at it, he
realized what it was. There was a tile pulled up from the floor, and the
glistening had been from the sleek surface of the bottom of the large tile
against the moonlight. Here we go. A
staircase! He thought triumphantly.
He silently stalked down the staircase and noticed a light at the bottom.
"It
took you long enough, Heero," said a familiar voice. "I thought you
might at least make it down here before any of your.... friends.." he
motioned towards the four other Gundam pilots, who were chained to the wall.
Quatre had tears dripping from his face, but he made no noise. Trowa had on his
look of determination, and seemed to be trying to figure out how he would get
down from there. Duo and Wufei had evil glares in their eyes as they hopelessly
tried to wiggle free from their chains. As the source of the familiar voice
started to move into the light, Heero quickly turned his head toward it. Dr. J
stepped out of the shadows and gave off as best a diabolical laugh as he could,
coughing and wheezing afterwards.
"Why
are they chained?" Heero asked in such a heartless voice that it was
hardly a question as much as an order.
"Because
they have failed their mission. And so have you, Heero Yuy. You all failed
miserably on your mission to protect the colonies."