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Hello! I am so Glad you guys like this fanfic. It makes me want to write more! So I did!
Here is Chapter 7 of Genesis . . . Duo's Child. (Crash of Thunder)
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"What?" Says Duo as he looks at Hilde. She does not respond and her expression is of complete horror. Duo follows her gaze to see where the one who could strike such an emotion from her stood. It was the one person he hoped he would never have to see here; Hero. There he is, in a grey jumpsuit sitting in front of a computer working.
("No, he couldn't have been cloned . . . ") Duo could not explain it but he knew that is Hero. The two always had some weird bond . . . war does that. When someone is faced with death, they tend to connect with someone who has faced similar trauma.
"Guys, what's wrong?" Ajack looks at the two. He looks down but sees nothing that would bring concern. Then he looks closer to Hilde and also follows her eyes to a young boy sitting at a computer.
"Who is that?"
"Hero." They say in unison. However, as Duo speaks with concern, Hilde speaks with a voice filled with scorn.
"You have tools to build a Gundam." Hero said flatly.
"And we also do repairs." Hilde smiled as best as she could. Hero had only been at StarGate for 10 minutes and she already wanted to kill him.
"Tools to build a Gundam . . . " He said in a slow crawling voice.
"Are you implying something here Heir Yuy? Or are you just stupid?" She crossed her arms over her chest and gave him a look that expressed . . . 'Bring it on'. Duo stepped up to stop any carnage that might occur.
"So . . . Hilde. Uh, thanks for all your help. But we need to go . . . are our Gundams ready?" He gave her a silly grin and she can't stop herself from smiling.
"Yes Duo. You can go off now." She walked away from them. As she reached the door leading out the lounge she stopped and looked over her shoulder.
"Good luck Duo . . . Hero." She glared at him and he did the same.
Ever since then, the two have been at each others throats. Hero never trusted Hilde. He even once told her that. She told Hero she hated him and that if he wasn't Duo's best friend she would kill him. Of course she had to restrain herself from saying "kill" and instead said "harm". Duo had to be the peace keeper for sometime until the Libra incident. However, when Hilde was in the hospital, Hero came to visit her. She was in no mood at the time to deal with his crap so she led him to believe she was asleep. Yet he said noting to her. Instead he sat beside her bed for sometime. He was starting to weird her out and she fought the urge to ask what he was doing. Then he stood up and came closer to her. He took her hand and squeezed it, gently. Hero came closer to her ear and whispered . . .
"Thank you . . . for helping." And he left. Hilde has not seen him till now. She still does not like him but the feeling to kill him as been toned down too only maim him.
America
They knew they were being followed the moment they left the Smithsonian. What else could explain three men in black leaving the Smithsonian at the same time, turning corners at the same time and staying at the same speed. These guys are very conspicuous. So to end this little game, Trowa and Quatre lead the three men into a parking garage. A decision they will soon regret. As they enter the covered parking garage, Trowa and Quatre head for the bottom level (Away from anyone). The Gundam pilots keep the three men in sight by looking at the windows of the cars as the walk. The three men slow their pace and the two pilots lose sight of them, only for a moment. They slow down to put the three men back in view. Only one can be seen now . . .
Brisk
"Where are they?" Says Hilde under clenched teeth. It has been five whole minutes and no sign of a distraction.
"You should have let me do the distraction." Utters Ajack.
"Why?" Hilde tilted her head to one side. Ajack smiles and leans up against the wall. Then a sound is heard . . . a sound like metal hitting metal. Then there is a hissing sound.
"SMOKE!!" Yells someone. Hilde looks down and sees the guards running around. She smiles.
"I see nothing wrong with this one." She jumps over the rail and starts to fight. Ajack soon joins in along with Lark and Linda. Duo however stays where he is. He looks up at a camera that is placed so that it is directly upon him.
"Hmm. No alarm?" He takes one more look at the camera before joining the others.
Brisk's Security Room
"Do you think he knows?" Say the guard to the woman with him. She smiles as Duo looks up at the camera.
"You give him too much credit, Love." She shakes her and laughs.
"Do they have the data?" She says on a lighter note. The guard looks at his screen and nods yes.
"The data has been downloaded. Shall I sound the alarm?"
"No. Wait until the smoke clears." She heads for the exit.
"Wait. Where are you going?"
"Home." She smiles. "Time to give my baby its medication."Amber places a hand on her growing abdomen and laughs wickedly.
America
Trowa turns around at blinding speed and punches the guy behind him. Since he is a BMB, his punch is ten times stronger than any normal human. Yet, it does very little to the 'New Model' except anger him. The other men come out and ambush the two pilots, pinning their arms behind their backs.
"Nice punch boy. But you see . . . we're much stronger than YOU!" He punches Trowa in the stomach. Trowa doesn't make a sound but Quatre does.
"Stop it!" He says as the guy punches Trowa again and again . . . On the third punch Trowa is on his knees. The man clasps his fists together and raises them above his head, ready to make his final blow. His final only because Trowa makes it his final. As the fists come down Trowa moves his head out of the way, making the man lose his balance. Seeing an opening, Trowa kicks his attacker knocking him down. Trowa then flips the man holding him and snaps the guy's neck. He reaches for the guy's gun when . . .
Click. The safety of the other mans gun is off. He points the gun to Quatre.
"Nice move. But we really only need one of you so . . . " He never finishes as Quatre elbows him in the gut. The man moves back but quickly regains his stance. But Quatre is away from his grasp. The man looks at the two and then his partners. The one that had punched Trowa gets up and walks over to his partner. Trowa and Quatre ready to fight when the girl from Brisk enters.
"Hold it boys. Now lets be real about this. Quatre, you're a business man right? Well then . . . lets talk."
"Your friend over there said he only needs one of us. Why?" Says Trowa. The girl laughs.
"That is true. But none of you are who we want." An evil light shines in her eyes.
"Hilde?" Says Quatre. The girl looks surprised.
"Well, aren't you the smart one. Yes, we want her. And your going to help."
"Why . . . " Trowa is about to finish his sentence when a blow to the head renders Quatre and himself unconscious.
"Sleep tight." She says as two more guards pick them up.
Brisk
The last guard falls as the smoke starts to set. Hilde drops the limp body to the floor. She checks herself over to make sure nothing is wrong. Brisk had altered the BMB's so they can't tell if they are hurt until sometime after. Because of that, Hilde is now feeling the pain from her fall earlier.
"Everyone (cough) ok?" She calls out.
"Yeah." Comes Larks voice. "Linda and I are ok. How are you?"
"Fine. Duo?...Ajack?" It is silent. Hilde tries to adjust her eyes to the hazy environment. She draws her gun and stays where she is. Hilde asks again. "Duo?...Ajack?"
"I'm here Hilde." It's Ajack. Hilde starts to panic. Then she hears Duo.
"Hilde? (cough) Man, can't see a damn thing. Nice move Lark and Linda!" He says to mock the twin's action.
"Give us a break! It worked didn't (cough)?" Says Linda. She moves to find the others but trips. The smoke is still thick. "Maybe (cough) this wasn't such a good idea? Hey Hilde?" Linda tries again to find the others. "Do you think you can work the computers? We don't have that much time before an alarm goes off."
("Computer? Hero! I forgot about him!") Hilde tries her best to adjust her eyes to the smoke that is slowly clearing up. She can make out where Linda and Lark are, where Ajack is and Duo . . . but no Hero. ("Was he a clone? Did we get him in the fight?")
"Hero?" She tightens her grip on her gun. Duo straitens his posture and scans the room. ("That's right. We saw Hero . . . ") As the smoke breaks up the room becomes clear. There in front of Hilde is Hero with a gun pointed to her head.
"Hero? What are you doing?" Duo reloads his gun ready to shoot but not to kill.
"Hilde . . . It's time you talk." Is all he says before the alarm goes off. This distracted Hero enabling Hilde to knock him down with a sweep kick. She pins his arms down with her knees as she points her gun under his chin.
"You have only ten seconds to prove to me you are Hero. Any longer and your brains will be splattered over this floor."
"I will kill you."
"Fair enough." She says as she gets up and runs to the elevator. They had no time to ask questions. It is only a matter of time before the NM's come.
America
Noin stands across from the capital. She awaits with many others for the light to change red, allowing them safe passage across the road. Everyone is in their own little world not caring about the tall dark hair woman, everyone but one person that is.
"Miss?" Says a voice behind her. She turns to face the body of the voice. In doing so, she turns her back to the road letting a black SUV avoid her view. In the SUV is a woman in the passenger side with short blond curly hair, green eyes and a welcoming smile.
"Yes?" Noin says. She takes a step back for she is shock to see the voice belongs to a young boy about 16 or 17. He has sandy brown hair and brown eyes.
"Are you Miss Noin?" He says. The light turns red and the people move across the road. She stays where she is.
"Yes. Who are you?"
"I am Peter. A BMB. We need your help."
"I know. I talked to Hilde."
"Really? Hilde is alive! That means she made it to you guys! Then are they built?" Noin shakes her head 'no'. His smile fades and he shifts his weight a bit as he looks to the ground.
"Right. Well, then lets go. Your friends are in trouble and so are you. If you want to live, you will come with me." Peter's attitude changed from an innocent child to a serious pose.
Outside Brisk
Hilde closes the passenger's door to the van. She looks at the building in front of her. ("No one came after us? What are you up to Brisk?") She narrows her eyes, remembering what Mrs. Greenberg had said about meeting General Brisk. She rubs the back of her head and closes her eyes as a sharp pain stabs her.
"Ready?" Says Ajack. Hilde nods and taps the little window behind her. It slides open to reveal Linda.
"Yes? This is such a cute window! Hahaha."
"Linda please. Are you guys ready back there?" Linda disappears from view only to return back with a grin.
"Yes we are!" Hilde closes the window. They pull out to the main road. Across the street are the children from the orphanage with the nurses. They are singing, clapping and acting like any other children. If Hilde had not seen what she has seen she would never think anything of those children. Never think that they will someday grow up to be the murderers of the human race. All the children, except one are singing. The one that doesn't hits a cord in the back of Hilde's mind. The child looks like she did when she was five . . . the age when her life was taking away by Brisk. The little girl stands in the center of the singing children. Her cold blue eyes follow Hilde's. Never did their eyes leave each others. The moment the girl is out of view Hilde bends over in pain. She clenches her head and starts to shake. Images of her mother and her brother flash before her as well as images of the camp and all the horrors she encountered. Ajack looks down at her and smiles. He does nothing to help her . . .
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The little girl watches the van disappear. She doesn't know who that girl is but something clicked in her mind when she looked into her eyes. She almost felt sorry for the woman in the van, almost. A cold hand touches her shoulder. The little girl looks up to a red head woman.
"Did she see you?" voices the red head.
"Yes. Why did you want her to see me? Who is she?" The woman enters a limo and smiles at the little girl.
"No one of any importance. Now that is. Hahaha . . . " The woman has a chilling laugh that makes the little girl take a step away from her. The red head disappears into the limo as it dives off.
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"How much longer do I have to have this thing in me?" Spats Amber to the two men sitting next to her in the limo.
"You must not rush things Amber." Says one of the two men. The other nods in agreement.
"Yes. We accelerated the birth as far as we could without harming the child. You're on your own now."
"Yes. We have a nice place for you to stay until the child is born." The way they talk is almost madding to Amber. Her anger starts to flair.
"What? You are telling me I am no longer in this fight? That I have to sit and hold this stupid child in me? You wanted a child and I got you one. Now take it! I don't want it!" The men never look at her. Their expression never changes. They sit like manikins, puppets of Brisk.
"Now Amber. That is no way for a mother to talk."
"What? You said I never had to mother this child . . . "
"What do you think you are doing?" The man sitting farthest from her glares at her. She leans back in her seat to avoid his cold stare.
"Yes, what do you think you are doing? You will have this child and you will be a loving and supportive mother. A mother that a child will kill for. Got it?" Amber looks out her window. She got their message.
"We need this child if we are going to survive and give the people true peace."
"True peace . . . can only come from death . . . " Amber looks at her abdomen and places her hands on it. Thanks to Brisk she is now three months pregnant. They pull up to an old abandon warehouse. Inside is a shuttle ready to take off. Amber gets out but the two men stay.
"Get on the shuttle. It will take you to a place on earth will you will be safe. It is very important for you to love this child. We have given you all the things you will need to take care of the child. There is no need for you to leave the child's side. Don't forget . . . love this child. Love them so they will kill for you." The window rolls up and the limo dives away. Amber looks at the limo and then turns her gaze to the earth. Her new home.
In The Van
Hilde sits up as the images fade. Her breathing is hard and fast. ("Never . . . had a moment like this. Why now? Uh . . . my head hurts.")
"You ok?" Says Ajack. Hilde nods and takes a deep breath.
"Yes." There is a long silence as they drive. Hilde is about to say something when Ajack speaks.
"It's the braid isn't?" Hilde looks at him confused. Then it hit her . . . Duo. She looks away and blushes. She never answered Ajack when he told her he loves her. Hilde didn't know what to do. She told Duo she loves him and she does but Ajack . . .
"Hilde? Do you . . . Hilde I love you more than he can. I went through so much because of you! What has he done?" He grips the wheel with anger. Hilde rests her head on his shoulder.
"Ajack . . .I love you. Just not the way you want me too."
"Of course. Still. He never did anything . . . "
"Don't you dare! You don't know Duo!" She puts her hand over her mouth. Never did she thought she would yell at her old friend Ajack.
"Hilde. You have no idea what they did to me . . . every day I was beaten. They kept me in a cold dark room. I only got food twice a day and that shit that gave me . . . it was not food. I never knew why they did that to me. Why they picked me out of the crowd. Then it hit me. You. They knew we were friends. They did that to me to break you . . . " Ajack laughs a little remembering how Hilde was a little hell raiser in the camp. "You always got under their skin. Brisk could never break you . . . "
"But they did. They told me you were dead." Hilde looks down at her feet not wanting to look at him. He went through so much for her . . . so much pain.
"Well, they didn't kill me. Why? Because I knew, you were still alive. You were the only thing that kept me going. I knew if I survived this I could get you . . . meet with you again. Hilde I love you so much. More than that street rat could." Hilde's head shot up at that remark. She looks at him in wonder.
"How did you know Duo lived on the streets?"
In The Back
"Hero! Buddy, how in the world did you know . . . "
"About Brisk? Genesis contacted me. He told me everything. Also, I was at the meeting at the Preventors."
"What? But . . . you weren't there." Hero looks at the twins who are staring back. The both have their guns ready.
"I didn't trust Hilde. I couldn't tell if she was on our side or not. So I hid in the air duct above the room." Duo starts to laugh. The twins eye never leave Hero.
{"Can we trust him?"} Say Lark in German.
{"Don't know. Hilde does. Maybe we should."}
{"Hilde also trusts Ajack . . . Ow!"} He rubs his shoulder where Linda pinched him.
{"Stop it! Ajack is our friend. There is nothing wrong with him. So back off. The poor boy has been through so much."}
{"Yeah? Well how come we never saw him fight with us in Tibet? Or how about when we took over the camp in Germany? He wasn't there."}
{"Lark, come on! There were more than a hundred people there!"}
{"Still, I don't trust him completely."} Linda shakes her head and look at the boy named Hero.
"So, Hero? What were you doing?" Hero looks at Linda and hands her a disk. "What is it?"
"All the information you need on Brisk."
"Really? You got it?" Lark looks down at the disk then back at the two boys sitting across from him.
"They wanted us to have it. Why?" Linda looks up at her brother confused. Then she thinks back at how easy it was to get in and out. ("There were so many guards . . . where did they all go?") Hero nodded.
"Must be a trap. They want us to find them."
"Why? We almost have the Gundams done. It's suicide to let us know where they are." Says Duo unable to believe it.
In The Limo
The two men sit in silence as they drive away from Amber.
"Have they found the site where all the BMB's are hiding?"
"No."
"Why not? We have given them plenty of time. How hard is it to find stupid BMB's?"
"Calm yourself. Right now we have bigger problem."
"Relena?"
"Yes. She must be destroyed NOW!" The man balls his hands in fists. "That girl has set us back at least a week! A week! By then Hilde will have the Gundams done and we aren't even ready for them."
"Yes. We aren't. But that is why we have Amber. If this works, we can start making new modles that wont need the support of Brisk."
"And we will finally be free. Free to rid this world of the Homo sapien scum and make it safe for us to live in peace."
"Funny. With humans, true peace can only be achieved with death. But with us, it can be achieved with their deaths!" The two men laugh as the limo pulls up to the orphanage. A nurse come out with the dark haired little girl. They unlock the door to let the girl in. She stands outside holding the nurse's hand. The girl shakes her head 'no' as she looks up at the nurse. The woman glares at the little girl and pushes the girl in, slaming the door.
"Now child. Why wouldn't you want to come with us?"
"Don't know who you are..." She looks at the two smiling men.
"Now Madison, you know who we are. And you know what we are."
"New Models like me." She tries to unlock the door but it is childproof. "But...I don't want to fight! I want a mommy and daddy. Like the nurses said I would get." She starts to cry. The men are unmoved by her tears but seem to almost enjoy them.
"Yes. Cry my dear. We want you to feel that way...it's all part of the plan."
StarGate
Hilde sits in the computer room next to Hero. She is not conserned with the boy. If he tries anything...she will shoot him. Right now her mind is on her conversation she had with Ajack in the van. She can't help but hear the warning bells going off in her head to what he said. Hilde got the feeling Ajack in mad at her...("Is it because I don't love him like I do with Duo?")
"Well, they didn't kill me. Why? Because I knew, you were still alive. You were the only thing that kept me going. I knew if I survived this I could get you . . . meet with you again. Hilde I love you so much. More than that street rat could." Hilde's head shot up at that remark. She looks at him in wonder.
"How did you know Duo lived on the streets?" Ajack looked at her and started to panic.
"Uh...he seems like the time who would have grown up on the streets."
"Oh..." The bells where going off like crazy in her mind. She shook her head to stop them.
Hero places the disk in the computer and the others gather around. However, Hero does not mobe any farther. Instead he pulls out his gun and aims for Hilde's forehead. The twins grab their guns but Duo stops them from shooting by standing in their way.
"I knew he couldn't be trusted! Duo stand down or we will kill you!" Screams Linda. She has lost of many of her loved ones. She is not about to loses another.
"No can do. I bet Hero has a good reason for this right?...(long pause)... Hero?" Duo's voice becomes dark as he looks at his friend. ("If you so much as move I will...") Hero is his friend and he is giving him the benefit of the doubt. However, Duo has the safety on his gun off.
"Hmmm." Is all Hilde does. She doesn't even flinch. Hero gives her his death glare but she doesn't move.
"Before we go on. Hilde, you have some explaining to do."
"Really Hero? And what is it that I must explain to you?"
"Tell me everything you know about Genesis. We had a nice talk and he told me to ask you. Now talk." Hilde's eyes widen. ("No! He wouldn't say that...then again, it is time that I do tell them.")
"Alright. Only if you put the gun down. Then I will talk." Hero hesitates but does put his gun away. The others relax and await for Hilde to talk.
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Ah! The betrayal! Poor Brisk. His 'children' are plotting against him!
Muhahahahahahahahahahahahah (breath) hahahahahahahahahahaha
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(Sigh) Sorry. I wanted Amber to take a trip. But don't worry. Hilde will meet her again. And I know this didn't answer all the questions that Trowa asked in the last chapter but HEY! Just to let you know...this fanfic will only be ten chapters! Three more to go! ^,^
Anyway, here is what is happing:
Trowa and Quatre have been kidnaped and where is Noin going? Also, Lark doesn't trust Ajack and for very good reasons (did it seem he has a grudge against Hilde?
I went through so much because of you!... You were the only thing that kept me going. I knew if I survived this I could get you . . .).
Next time...
Chapter Eight
Genesis Revealed
(R&R!!!!!)
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