OZ is Back—Part 2
At the same time that was going on, Emily and Karen were just waking up. "Ugh, what's going on?" Karen mumbled, sitting up. She noticed that she was a cell-like structure, surrounded by people she knew. She ran over to Emily and shook her until she woke up.
"Wha-where are we?" Emily asked her, glancing around.
"We've been caught, that's what it looks like. And we aren't the only ones." Karen pointed around the room.
Angelina was laying on her side, and a small cut was dripping blood to the floor from her hairline. Nikki, John's older sister, was lying on her back against the far wall. Zachary, Kassy's little brother, was lying on his stomach, near the door. Stacy, which was Karen's little sister, was lying near Angelina. Jenn was lying right beside Naiomi Akutenshi, and they both looked the most bruised and bloodied.
"Angelina, ANGELINA!" Karen yelled, trying to wake her up.
She came to, "What? How did I get here? I was sleeping in my own bed!"
"I don't know, but it seems that people we know are in here."
"Ouch!" Jenn groaned, coming to. She saw Karen, Emily, and Angelina sitting around. "The last thing I remember is a bunch of guards coming into my room. I tried to ward them off with stuff I learned watching Keli, but it didn't work. They beat me up, knocked me out, and the next thing I know I'm here!"
"Well, we can't do much of anything for now," Emily muttered. "Lets just hope our friends will come and rescue us."
After they thought up of a good plan, the group went to Keli's. The pilots' Gundams were safely hidden on the carriers they had used to get to the city, and weren't going anywhere.
They went inside, and immediately into the lab, where Keli's grandfather was. He noticed them at the entrance. "Keli, I'm going to see what I can do to boost ShootingStarr's fighting ability for space before you go. I trust that you'll use it well."
She nodded, and he continued, "As for the rest of you, I contacted Smith and told him of the situation. He and the other technicians are working on upgrading your suits as well, along with the missing pilot's. ShootingStarr will be ready for use tomorrow morning, as will the others."
They nodded, and walked out of the lab. "I'll see what I can find about this in the computer room," Heero stated, going up the stairs. The rest followed him. Each of them got onto a computer, and began trying to hack into OZ's system again. This time it was much easier. The site now read:
Gundam pilots:
We have taken people who are dear to you all, and if you don't abide by our orders, they will be eliminated. At Colony T0235, land in the southern port. There you will ask for Shouten. Once you have found him, follow his instructions to find the secret OZ base. When you are there, your weapons will be confiscated, and you will be lead to the place where the prisoners are being kept. Then you must lead the guards back to your Gundams. Once that has been done, your friends will be released, and you will be able to go home, with no damage done. If one thing goes wrong, you will all be killed.
"Okay, we've got even more info to help us," Duo told the group. "They won't be checking all the carriers first, so we can sneak in like that along with you guys."
Keli nodded, "You could take your Gundams up with ours, and when they check to get ours, you can attack."
"That won't work because we may hit you as well," Trowa explained.
"Okay then, how about you guys stay outside of the colony, but when we give you the signal you come in and-no, that won't work either."
"I'm sure we can all think of something tonight. But for now, Kassy, John, you two should call your parents. Tell them you're at my house discussing how to handle this, and that you may be gone all day tomorrow," Keli stated.
"Hai," they both told her at the same time.
The next morning, they had a plan. The plan was to use the Gundams only as backup, and only if something goes wrong. The rest would be up to fate.
Early in the morning, Kassy and John drove to the Base. Smith had already loaded the Gundams onto two carriers at the airport. The two went into their own private rooms to get ready. Kassy was going to put on her purple PL uniform, but Smith knocked on her door before she had the chance. He walked in, "Err, General?"
She glanced at him, "Yes?"
He held up a new uniform, "Personally, those uniforms of yours are outdated, so I decided to get the five of you new ones." He held up a hangar with clothes on it. "You can try this on, and if you don't like it, you can still wear your old uniform."
She nodded, "Thanks Smith."
He did the same with John, and then went back into the main computer control room, "I wish you both luck. You'll most definitely need it."
Once Kassy was dressed again she walked out of the room, and met John in the hallway. "Hmm, Angelina would look good in one of these new uniforms," John muttered to himself.
Kassy's new one consisted of a purple uniform that looked like a normal soldiers', only with a short skirt instead of pants, and a black pair of tights. You could see a gun holster fastened to the side of her outfit attached to the belt. "I could get used to this," she told him, walking down the hall.
John was in an outfit near that velocity. His was all navy blue, with baggy pants, a navy version of the shirt Kassy now wore, and black boots. "Me too,"
Meanwhile, Keli was getting ready as well. Her Grandfather walked in before she could begin getting dressed, "Since Smith has given the Peace Legacy agents new uniforms I thought I'd give you all something, so you'd look like you are in a position to be proud of." He handed her an outfit, and left.
"O...kay," she mumbled, glancing at the outfit. It was oddly stylish, and Keli actually wanted to see what it looked like on her. She put on the outfit, and looked in the mirror.
"Hmm, I actually kinda like this," she told herself, looking back at the reflection wearing black baggy pants, a dark green shirt, and a dark gold and black jacket. She had on black boots under the pants.
She walked out of her room and noticed that everyone was downstairs, so she went down there. They were all down in the lab. For some strange reason, they all had on OZ uniforms.
"Okay," I'm set," she told them all, walking down the final set of stairs leading into the lab.
Ichemei smiled, "Like it?"
Keli grinned, "It's perfect."
"Quatre and Trowa's cargo plane has enough room for one more Gundam, so they suggested you ride there with them."
She nodded, "Arigato."
He smiled, "Its not often I get to help with something. Be sure to bring your mother and Jenn back in one piece."
She nodded once, and saluted military style, "I swear I will." She moved her hand, and lowered it slightly, then gave him a peace sign. She walked away from him, and onto the elevator. The pilots walked out of the lab, they would drive to the airport.
Once at the top floor, she got off, and walked to the Gundam. She got into it, and closed the cockpit. The Gundam powered up and blasted off. Once at the airport, the Gundam pilots boarded the jets, and Keli began working on loading ShootingStarr onto the jet.
Kassy and John got there, and went directly to their jets. Keli waved to them, and Kassy grinned, "Nice outfit, Keri-chan!"
"You too," she yelled back, "now lets go take out OZ!"
Kassy saluted to Keli, "You got it, Akutenshi!"
Keli nodded once, and saluted.
Kassy grinned, and jumped onto her plane, with John going to the other one. Keli finished loading ShootingStarr, and walked inside the cargo area herself. She shut the door, and walked up to the cockpit. "Ready for takeoff," she told Quatre, who was in the pilot's seat. Trowa was beside him.
Quatre nodded, "Okay. I'll take off after Kassy and John do."
Keli nodded, and walked to the seat behind Trowa. She sat down, and prepared herself for a short ride.
After less than an hour, she heard Quatre's voice near her ear, "Keli? Wake up."
She opened her eyes and looked around, "Oh, did I fall asleep?"
Quatre nodded, "It's time for us to leave the plane. Heero's jet is just going to float freely for awhile, but since you have to get off we might as well too."
"Okay."
The three Gundam powered up, and Heavyarms shot a few bullets at the cargo exit. It exploded, and the three Gundams shot out. Through the screen, Keli could see John and Kassy's planes going into the cargo bay. She followed them.
"Keli," Duo said, coming onto the screen, "What's the best thing to do when fighting against impossible odds?"
"Dunno. What?"
"Don't get killed."
She grinned, "I wouldn't worry about me. I can handle myself."
"I know you can, but don't let that go to your head. Sometimes you can be the hero, but sometimes it would be better to fade with the crowd than try to do the impossible by yourself. It takes more than one person to win a war. Hope you remember that."
She smiled slightly, "Okay. I'll remember. But remember this: the good guys always win."
He grinned, "Maybe, maybe not. It's up to you guys on whether that's true."
"Oh it's true. Trust me," she said, shutting off the communication. She sighed, "When we get done with this, I am going to take a loooong vacation in the Bahamas."
She started the boosters, and blasted towards the cargo bay. When she got there, John and Kassy were getting out of the planes. Keli wasn't worried about leaving ShootingStarr there. She was sure that there would be guards there, so they would have to watch what they said.
She moved her hand slightly, and hit the small ring that had the PL symbol in the middle of it. It was a recorder she had rigged up, and everything being said could be heard by Heero, who had the same type of ring on.
"You getting this?" she asked, very lowly.
"Yes," a small voice said from inside her ear.
"Now we have to go look for Shouten," John told them, "Keli, you lead us, since you're the most experienced in the leadership area."
She nodded, "Okay. I guess we just ask around until we find him. Or her."
They began asking around, and after awhile, one man who they walked up to and asked him what his name was.
"My name is Shouten," he replied, "may I have the pleasure of knowing who you are?" He bowed politely.
"Hmm, you don't act like you're from OZ," Keli mumbled so he could hear her.
"You don't look it either," Kassy added in. The guy looked about eighteen or nineteen, with chin-length blue hair, bright green eyes, and muscles. He was wearing a camouflage army outfit.
He blushed, "Aside from that, I'd like you to follow me. The OZ base isn't far. Why are you going there, anyway? And what are your names?"
"You mean you don't know?!" John exclaimed.
"What do you mean? I'm just one of the soldiers. My superiors told me to meet three kids asking for me, and take them to the base. That's it. Why? Am I missing something?"
Kassy's jaw dropped, "OZ has taken our friends and families! We're here to get them back!"
"What? That's horrible! Why would they do such a thing?"
Keli raised an eyebrow, "Boy, where are you from, anyway? Have you been living under a rock?"
"I'm from Earth, why?"
"My name is Keli Akutenshi. Do you recognize that name?"
His jaw dropped, "I-I-I never knew that." He lowered his head, "I'm sorry. I didn't know who you were at first, but now I recognize all of you."
Keli smiled sadly, "It's okay. 'S not like your the one that took our friends. Just take us to the base."
They walked on in silence. It only took about ten minutes before they got to the base. "This is it," Shouten told them, "but before you go, I'd like to tell you what I know."
"Okay, anything to help," Kassy said.
He nodded, "Here goes: OZ has been gaining more and more power. I joined in because they have been helping the Colony to get through a bad epidemic, and it seemed like a good idea. But now...I don't know what to think of them."
"Don't show them any emotion," John told him.
He nodded slightly, "Thank you."
Kassy smiled, "No, thank you for showing us the way to the base."
He smiled, "Well, goodbye."
He turned around and walked away from them. Kassy watched him go, "Kassy-chan, are you that into him?" Keli asked her.
She nodded slowly, "That, and checking out the rear view."
John couldn't help but snicker, and Keli mumbled something about business, not hitting on people. She grabbed the door with both of her hands, and pushed it open.
"Welcome to the OZ base, Pilots!" one soldier told them as they walked into the door. Five soldiers were crowded around the door.
"Throw all of your weapons onto the ground. Nice and slow," another one said.
Kassy sighed, and pulled the gun out of her holster on the side of her belt, and tossed it to the ground. John did the same, and Keli tossed two guns onto the ground.
"Is that all?"
They all nodded, and the soldiers led them straight to the prisoners' area. Keli forced a small device into John's hand. He didn't bother to look what it was.
"Zachary!" Kassy yelled out, gazing at her little brother through the small barred door. One of the soldiers opened the door, and Zachary rushed out. Quickly, one of the soldiers aimed a gun at him, and he stopped moving. Kassy ran to him and hugged him. John glanced around the room, found Nikki and Angelina. He hugged Nikki, and kissed Angelina. Keli looked at her mom, but before she entered the room, the door was shut.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Kassy yelled out, running up to the door, and screaming.
"This is so that you won't have much opportunity to influence this decision. Akutenshi, you're coming with us!" The guards grabbed onto her, and pulled her with them.
"WHAT IS THIS?!" she screamed at them. "WHAT'S GOING ON?! WE HAD A DEAL!"
"The deal has changed slightly," one of them whispered in her ear.
"FUCK YOU!" she screamed.
One of the soldiers who wasn't holding onto her stood in front of her and punched her in the stomach. She doubled over, and screamed out, "I WILL MAKE SURE TO KILL EVERY GODDAMNED ONE OF YOU!"
The soldier laughed, "Not if you want your friends and family to live."
She stopped struggling, "Let me go. I'm not going anywhere." They slowly let their guard down.
"Remember this, Akutenshi," one of them whispered, "if you even try to make a move you and your friends will be dead so fast you'll be in hell before you can blink."
She nodded, and walked in between them as they led her to a different room.
Meanwhile...
"What's going on?" Kassy demanded.
"This wasn't supposed to happen this way," John added.
"I hope my daughter's okay," Naiomi Akutenshi said.
Karen sighed, "Oh she's okay. Someway, somehow, that girl's okay."
"Not if your plan blew through the roof," Jenn muttered.
"We still have the backup plan," Kassy told John.
"Backup plan?" Jenn asked.
Kassy's miniphone rang, and she opened it absentmindedly. It was Duo.
"Keli has a contact with Heero. She can tell him to interfere anytime."
"So why hasn't she?"
"Because she's playing the hero!" Duo yelled, "great, now we're all screwed!"
"What do you mean?" Kassy asked him.
"Keli thinks she call pull off getting you guys out all by herself, so she's not calling for help. She won't either. Being stubborn doesn't get you far when you fight."
John sighed, "Damn, why does she have to be so arrogant?"
"Well, if anyone can pull it off, it's Keli." The words came from a strange source; Jenn. "I trust her."
Kassy nodded, "I do too. I guess all we can do for the moment is to wait."
"Keli Akutenshi," a voice boomed out as she entered a large room. It was large enough to construct a Gundam in.
"Show yourself!" she yelled.
A portion of the wall began to move, and it slid upwards, revealing something that stunned her.
"It's. A mobile suit," she mumbled.
"Yes, and what a suit it is!" the same voice yelled out. She saw where he was, which was perched on the shoulder of the suit, which was even bigger than her own Gundam. He leapt down, not even thinking about the drop. He landed perfectly, and walked over to her.
"This is a suit I made, for you," he told her.
"What? Why?"
He smiled, "Because I want you to join me, to help me in taking over this Colony, this planet."
"Thanks, but no thanks."
"Oh nonononono, you don't understand."
"I think I do understand, and NO, I'm not going to help you!"
He slapped her across the face, "You don't have a choice Kid. Either you do what I tell you to, or your friends will die."
She lowered her head, "Fine, just don't hurt them. What do you want me to do?"
"I want you to go outside the colony and kill the other Gundam pilots." He smiled evilly, "And if you don't, your friends will be killed."
She nodded, "Okay, fine. But what if they kill me?"
"Then your friends die anyway."
"Wait, that isn't very fair, five on one."
"Fine then, if you die, they'll be set free as well, even though I think that's a bad deal."
She nodded, "That's better. I'll do it then."
He grinned, "The path to glory is going to be yours."
She smiled, and thought to herself, Hope you got all that Heero. I am gonna need your help for this one.
She looked up at the suit, "It's a Gundam, right?"
"Yes. The best one ever built."
"I'll be the judge of that." The suit was built to look more beefy than the others, and had more weapons. It was mainly gold, with large, elaborate, silver wings, and a black chest. It had a double-edged beam saber, and countless guns. Keli sighed, and leapt up into the suit.
There was a helmet for the suit up there. She put it on, and slid up the visor.
"What's its name?" she asked down, "and what's yours?"
"The Gundam's name is KuodoKumo, and my name is Hari."
"Hmm, EarthCloud. An odd name for a Gundam. And Crystal is an odd name for a person."
"And you don't think having the name Evil Warrior, two different words in two different languages, is so odd?"
"Whatever," she muttered, closing the cockpit. The suit looked like ShootingStarr from the inside; it had the same controls, and what appeared to be mainly the same weapons. Hari came over the communications' unit.
"You won't fail me."
She nodded, and turned off the link. Powering up the Gundam, she flew through the top of the roof, and out of the Colony. "Keli, you baka," she muttered to herself, "there's no way you can pull this one off alone."
Once outside the Colony, the new suit was surprisingly clumsy. And immediately, the Gundam pilots attacked.
She heard Heero's voice from inside the earpeice, "I've told them of your situation. We won't kill you, but we will damage the suit enough to make him think you're dead. I know that he must have bugged your suit in some way, so you have to act like this is real. And fight back."
She couldn't do anything to show she heard him, but instead she got into all five Gundam systems. She acted sad, "I'm sorry, but I have to save my family!" she yelled out, rushing toward them.
"So you're in the new suit!" Duo yelled out, playing his role. He flew toward her, and attacked.
Keli grabbed the beam saber, and opened it.
Hari laughed evilly, "She's dead already. And I can see the massacre. With the way I built that suit, it's a death trap."
Keli swung the saber, but it was too slow, and the scythe swung down, missing her suit by a few feet. Heavyarms got into the battle as well, and shot the suit, but not in any vital areas that could explode. Instead he hit the arm that held the saber.
The arm loosened its grip, and the saber dropped. "Damnit," she mumbled, shooting back.
"You'll never win against us!" Wufei yelled, rushing forward, and smashing the suit around slightly. By that time, KuodoKumo was looking kind of bad. The right arm was very messed up, and the body was tarnished with burn marks.
"This is a hopeless battle!" Quatre yelled at her as he threw the blades off of his suit at her. The blade smashed the Gundam even more.
She screamed, and then tried using more shots. She wasn't about to use the wing cannon, especially since the first time she used the one on ShootingStarr--it ended up using too much power.
She could see Wing Zero's beam cannon power up, and heard Heero's voice again, "I'm not going to shoot at full power, but the blast may end up being too powerful. It's risky, but the best way for him to think you've been killed."
She closed her eyes, pulled the visor down, and waited for the blast. Heero fired, and, she screamed. Loud. The suit was blown backwards, and Keli fell limp due to the force of the blow, dangling over the safety device that held her in place.
Now the suit was really messed up, and the act convinced Hari. He smiled as the camera he had placed on the front of the Gundam went out. "She's dead. And now to get rid of the other pilots locked in the cell."
A voice came on over the PA system in the cell, "The only person that could save you is dead. Consider yourselves the same way."
"Damnit," Kassy muttered. "Keli! You IDIOT!"
John's watch began to beep. It turned out to be Heero, "What has Hari done since he got the transmission that Keli was dead?"
"Told us we're fixing to end up like her," Emily responded dryly.
"Okay. We'll be there as soon as we can to get you out before that can happen."
"But you don't know how to get to us!"
At that time, Keli's suit was being pulled into the Colony's landing bay by Quatre and Duo. They set the suit down once they were inside and got out of their Gundams. Duo floated up to the cockpit of Keli's suit, and opened it from the outside.
"Hey Heero! She's not dead, but you knocked her out," Duo told him, by using the MS's communications unit.
Kassy heard him, and said, "She's still alive?"
"Luckily," Heero muttered, looking at his screen. He saw that she had a thin line of blood pouring down from her hairline, and had a bruise on her forehead.
Duo took off the restraint and pulled her out of the suit. He put her down on the ground, and stood back. The other suits landed, and the other pilots got out.
"I think she's coming to," Quatre said slowly. Her hand twitched, and then she clenched her fist, and sat up.
"What happened?"
"The blast knocked you out. We gotta go get our allies back," Duo told her as she stood up and wiped the blood off of her face with the back of her hand.
"Hey Heero," Keli called out, "we gotta take Hari out."
"Do you have the weapons for that?" he asked her.
She grinned, "I never go anywhere without at least one weapon, and I also made sure to arm myself very well for this. I also have a backpack full of extras for you guys, just in case." She walked over to ShootingStarr, and grabbed a backpack, then tossed it down.
Duo walked back to his own Gundam, and grabbed his scythe.
"Umm, what's that?" Keli asked him.
"It's a scythe. Kinda like the one on my Gundam. It's sorta like the technology that was used to make your saber."
"Oh." She pulled out a gun, and cocked it, "well, we should have enough firepower to make a scene, so lets go."
They took off, following Keli, because she was the only one that knew where the OZ base was. Once they were there, Keli told them all, "Okay, the last time I was here, the place was heavily armed with guards, so we have to be ready to fight."
She took a small bomb out of one of the pockets to her coat, put it over the door lock, and turned her head as it exploded. They all ran inside.
"Hey you!" a guard yelled, after seeing six people break in. "Come back here!" Heero shot the guy quickly.
"Come on! The prisoners' area isn't that far from here! Just follow me, and shoot anyone in the way!" she yelled, running in the direction she remembered.
Twenty soldiers came running around the corner. "Damnit," Wufei mumbled. He took out a gun, along with Quatre and Trowa, who didn't have anything else.
One lunged at Keli, and she leapt up, flipped around, used his own shoulders to get some height, and then fell back down with her foot stretched out, knocking him down. She landed, and quickly flipped back as another one tried to kick her.
"Okay," Keli mumbled, taking out a gun, and shooting the rest of them before any more could get off shots. "This is taking too long, we should hurry!" She ran in the direction she remembered.
"Keli! Where is the place we need to get to?" Heero asked, coming up beside her. He pointed to a computer console, "I could take out the cameras and PA systems."
She nodded, and they all stopped. Heero stood over the console, and began typing as Keli told him where it was once he found a map. He turned all of the security devices off in the area, and they continued on.
They got there, and Keli pulled out her saber, "I'll do the honors," she told them slicing a square in the door, and then kicking it in.
"Hi," she told all of the people sitting in the small cell.
"Keli! You're alive!" Kassy exclaimed.
"No," she mumbled sarcastically, "I'm dead, this is just your imagination, Do want me to punch you to see if I'm right?"
She grinned, "No, but I would like to get my hands on the asshole who shoved me in here."
"Hmm, sounds like fun, but maybe we should be trying to GET OUT OF HERE!" Duo yelled.
Keli nodded, "Hai. Mom, I want you to go quickly to the airport with the others; use one of the airplanes, and get out of there. Angelina and Emily, you escort them there. Kassy and Karen, you escort the plane in your suits."
"Hai," the agents said, at the same time. They all ran off.
"Where you do want me?" John asked her.
She grinned, "You're the best agent for this job, so you can help us blow up the base." She pulled out her laptop, "Heero, I'm going to go back to that computer system, and find out where they keep the weapons. I need you guys to watch my back."
He nodded, and the group took off for the computer they had been at earlier. Once there, Keli sat down, hooked her computer up, and started typing.
She pulled up a map, and found the weapons' room, "Okay, the weapons are in a room close by. I need four of you to go there, to set one bomb for me. I also need one of you to stay here and watch my back."
"I'm going," John stated quickly.
"Me too," Wufei told the group directly after him.
"I'm in," Trowa and Quatre said at the same time.
"Okay, it's between Heero and Duo now," Keli told them, "Who'll stay?"
"I'm going," Heero replied before Duo could say anything.
Keli nodded, "That's fine." she handed him the bomb, and tapped the earphone in her ear, "I'll tell you when and where to set it up. G'luck."
The group nodded and left. Duo kept a watchful eye out, but also spoke, "What's gonna happen after the base blows up? They know who you are, they know where you are..."
She nodded, "I know, but if all of the soldiers are killed, none of it will get released more than it has already. I have enough trouble at school with it."
After a few more minutes, she spoke, "Heero, can you hear me?"
"Hai."
"Okay, I need you to put the bomb directly to the left of the third missile, and directly above the smallest machine gun. It's near the middle."
"How do you know that's the place to put it?" Duo asked.
"I calculated that it would be the place where the best explosion would occur."
Heero set up the bomb, and set the time for ten minutes, "Okay, it's set for ten minutes. Let's get out of here."
"Over and out," Keli said. She unhooked her computer, but a communications' call came over the OZ computer.
"Personally, I didn't think you'd get this far," Hari commented.
"Hari! You Sonofabitch!" she yelled.
He smiled, "So you're alive after all."
"Humph. They wouldn't have killed me."
He grinned, "Well, I will. I made two suits, instead of one. You'll die."
"Not if I kill you first," she mumbled, running out of the room.
She met up with Heero and the others at a corner. Then, chaos struck.
"Hey you!"
The group turned around. There were at least fifty guards around each of two corners facing towards them directly.
"Forgive me for this," Duo mumbled. He was the nearest one to Keli, and Heero was closest to John.
Duo glanced at Heero for a second, and he nodded very slightly.
The two struck at the same time. Duo raised his hand, and punched Keli in the face, with no expression on his face, "Did you honestly think you could get out of here alive?" He spun the staff in his hands, and hit her across the back with it. He tried not to make it hurt too much, but enough for it to look real. She fell onto the ground, and her beam saber fell out of her pocket.
Heero spun around and kicked John in the chest. He flew back into Trowa, who grabbed him, and held him with his arms behind his back.
John yelled out, "Keli! KELI!"
"Humph, she should be out a good while," Duo muttered, . He addressed the soldiers, "We'll take care of the cleanup. You can go back to your posts now." He picked up Keli, and practically slung her over his shoulder.
The soldiers nodded, and marched off. Trowa let go of John, who now probably had a big bruise where Heero kicked him.
Duo put Keli down, and gazed at her. "Are you okay?"
She stared up at him, "I'm perfectly fine." She started to get up, and stumbled slightly. He grabbed her and helped her up.
"At least you didn't get kicked in the chest," John muttered.
The group ran out, and didn't stop until they reached the cargo bay. ShootingStarr was gone, but the suit Keli had used in the other fight was still there, and John's suit, along with the other Gundams.
"We'll use the suits," Heero instructed. They all blasted out at the same time. When they got out of the Colony, there were at least two hundred mobile dolls, which ShootingStarr was trying to fend off, and the pilot wasn't very good.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Keli yelled at her own suit.
Jenn answered, "It seemed like the best idea at the time! Oh fuck!" she yelled as the suit got struck by a beam.
"You BAKA!" Keli screamed.
"Well, it would help if I could have a little pilots' lesson!" she yelled back.
"Fine, use the joystick-type things to move, the red button is self-destruct, so you don't need that one, the yellow button is the wing gun. Aim and fire for that!"
"Arigato!"
Keli sighed as she started fighting the mobile dolls. To her, it was just like a video game, no death was involved.
After a few minutes, even more suits came out of the Colony, along with a new type of suit.
Hari came onto her screen, "I have the perfect suit now, and you just got the defected one. It'll be easy to get rid of you. And when I've murdered you, I'll go on to kill your friends and family! Just like I killed your father!"
"Father?!" she demanded. "My father died before I was born in battle!"
He laughed, "Yes, I remember. That was a glorious battle! That as when I murdered the Commander Odin Lowe!"
"No!" she yelled, "I'll kill you! To avenge everyone OZ as ever killed, and to protect my family and friends!" she rushed at the new suit.
"What the hell is she doing?!" Duo and Jenn yelled at the same time." Duo continued, "she can't fight with that messed up suit! Not against that thing! What makes her think she can beat that?!"
"Stay out of her battle," Heero told him, "It's her fight, and her fight alone. The battle wouldn't mean anything if we interfered." The fact was that Heero recognized the name. It was his own, and it had been his father's brother's name as well. And that meant...
"But she'll get herself killed!" Jenn yelled.
"That doesn't matter to her. She wants revenge for what OZ has done to her life, and she won't care if she dies, jut as long as she gets her revenge." He watched the suits grapple, and thought, That's why she's powerful enough to match me, we're related.
Duo and Heero didn't say anything else, because they knew what was going through her head. Both of them had done the same thing, only they had a slightly better advantage than she did, plus they had been in the war longer.
Hari and Keli mainly exchanged simple volleys for a few minutes, but then the fighting got worse.
Hari powered up the cannon on the chest of his suit, and fired, while Keli's suit could barley dodge. She shock wave hit her suit, and damaged it slightly.
"Damnit," she mumbled.
He rushed again, but this time went for ShootingStarr. "Oh no you don't!" she yelled at him as he powered up. She blasted in the direction of the suit.
He finished powering up, and fired, just as Keli's suit knocked it out of the way, barley missing the blast herself.
"Keli!" Jenn yelled at her.
"Just get out of here!" she yelled back, "This isn't a place for you!"
Jenn nodded, and blasted off. Hari came over Keli's screen, "Does that girl mean a lot to you?"
"She's my sister." Keli didn't bother to put 'step' in front of it.
"Oh. well, then. Maybe I'll just go after her!" Hari yelled, blasting in the direction of the suit again.
"I'll die before you hurt her!" she yelled, catching up with his suit, just as he powered up. Keli grabbed him from behind, and turned his suit around just as he fired, missing ShootingStarr.
"You'll never be able to destroy this suit!" Hari yelled, trying to get out of her grasp. She wouldn't budge.
"Wing cannons; powering up," Keli stated, as the wings moved forward, touching the other suit because it was so close.
"You wouldn't!" Hari yelled at her.
"Oh yes I would," she mumbled. Keli grabbed onto the self-destruct device, and pressed the small red button. "Self-destruct sequence; activated. Self-destruct in fifteen seconds."
"WHAT!?"
"THIS is my revenge!" KuodoKumo began to glow a bright shade of blue. The Wing cannons were almost all the way powered up.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" Duo yelled at her.
"Self-destruct in ten, nine, eight, seven..."
"KELI!" Jenn screamed.
"Wing cannons ready to fire...four… three..."
"YOU'LL NEVER KILL ME!" Hari screamed out.
"WING CANNONS FIRING!" She yelled out as the bright light washed over everything. The wing cannons fired, at the same time the self-destruct sequence was initiated. Both of the suits exploded completely, sending a bright yellow shock wave out over space. The other suits were blown back.
Once the waves had died down, all of the pilots stared quietly at the scene. Both of the suits were gone, and wreckage was everywhere. No trace of the two pilots could be found.
"Keli," Jenn mumbled.
"She self-destructed," Quatre said to himself.
"I don't believe it," Trowa added quietly.
"Why?" Wufei muttered.
"That idiot. She just had to play the hero of the operation," Duo said softly.
"She was only doing what she knew would destroy him," Heero said, showing no emotion, as always.
"Getting the six of us to help would have destroyed him! She didn't have to kill herself!" John yelled.
Jenn smiled sadly, "Even in the end, she refused to get help with a problem. She had to do it herself."
"What do you mean?" Duo asked.
"She was always like that," Jenn explained, "she never wanted help from anyone, at least not on things she thought she could do. she has a complicated mind, and to her, killing Hari herself would prove that she was stronger than he was. In her mind, she got her revenge."
A small piece of the wreckage hit ShootingStarr's main camera. Jenn saw the movement, and looked at it. It was the small necklace that she always wore. She didn't know where or when she had gotten it. She reached up and grabbed the small pendant.
Exactly one year later....
A group of thirteen people were gathered around a small area in the back woods of Ichimei's manor. Since then, peace had been ensured once more, and OZ would never arise again, to try and take over, or to hurt anyone. The pilots and agents had all gone back to normal lives, with the pilots going back to the Colonies, and the agents at school in the little town.
None of them said anything, they just gazed silently at the small grave as a gust of wind blew past.