ttw8

Thicker than Water
eight


I think we're supposed to be waiting for a direct order, grumbled a soldier, hunched down in the deep green of the forest.

He collapsed forward when he was shoved hard in the back. Behind him, his superior pointed a finger and him, then to his own lips. It was still broad daylight, and they were only three minutes from the target location.

Inside his helmet their communications officer relayed information from a few meters behind them. He was keeping an eye out for potential threats. Even though our leader and all our men were destroyed, we have to pull this off. For the good of the colonies, that girl must die. Think of this as our suicide run for the benefit of our children.

The captain nodded and rested against the fallen tree trunk they'd chosen as a waiting point, where they could watch their subject without any interruptions. Just why, though, was it benignant to the nations for her to die? Wasn't she the one who saved the world? These thoughts banged around in the captain's head as the girl herself appeared in clear sights at the glass doors. One of the younger sharpshooters' fingers tightened over the trigger of his automatic rifle. The captain jabbed the boy in the shoulder with his own rifle. He shook his head.

If we have to kill her, the friggin' Queen of the World, we might as well say our prayers now. Because if we survive this, we'll probably never see the light of day again. Much less, the children we're doing this for...

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Wufei sat with Heero in the charter air craft, overviewing the list of objectives Heero'd downloaded onto his lap lop. It was extensive, and thoroughly encrypted. His eyes roved over the pages, and to his great surprise, he even saw face to face, the original documents created about Operation Meteor. The blue prints to Libra, its mega cannon, the Peacemillion, and MO II.

Where did you get this from?

Heero glanced over at him. Hilde, Duo's roommate.

You mean, the one who got these? he motioned at the Libra plans. She's Duo's roommate?

No further comment on that situation. We have approximately three and a half hours to find Relena in Tennessee. I expect a small group of soldiers, no more than ten, that's for sure.

What's the big problem with this? It's not as bad as it seems, Wufei said, closing the lap top and handing it back to Heero. We should be able to stop them easy.

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Sally said, tugging her down the hall, you and Zechs were working on the Terra Forming Project. Up until these morons showed up and started tossing insults at Relena, right?

Yes, but...

Then, Zechs disappears. All of a sudden, the Peacemillion explodes for no apparent reason with all of the passengers, even the figurehead on board. Relena's still missing. And so is Zechs.

To be continued...