Hunter
By: Jade Starlight
Chapter Six: Let Me Go, Let Me Leave
Jerry looked at the monitoring screen to the three cells. He saw everyone there,
but then he noticed something.
"Hey Tom, this is Jerry. I'm going to check on the prisoners. I'll be back in
five," he said in the intercom.
"Roger." Jerry grabbed his gun and went down to the first floor, entering a dark
hall. At the end were three cells. One looked empty.
"Hey, where's your friends?" he asked the other occupants. They shrugged. He
opened the cell door and walked in, looking around. No one was there.
"Tom, we have a break out. Cover the base immediately!" he said through his
walky talky.
Duo smiled and looked over at Relena and Heero, who was helping her stay up.
They were all on the ceiling, supporting themselves by keeping their hands and feet
against the walls. When the guard made the call, he jumped down. The guard spun
around, gun up.
"Where the hell did you come from?!" Duo put his hands up.
"Chill out buddy. I mean no harm," he said. He approached the man.
Heero looked at Relena, who nodded. They were kiddy corner from Duo. The
guard was about half way between them. Relena was basically on top of Heero,
supporting herself as much as possible. Heero was underneath helping her. On the count
of three, he jumped down. Then he held his arms out to catch Relena. She fell, and he
caught her, swiftly flipping her right side up. By this time the guard heard them and had
the gun pointed at them now. He forgot about Duo.
"Excuse me," Duo said. The guard went to turn, and Duo punched him really
hard in the face. The gun went flying, and the guard almost fell, but he managed to keep
his balance. He was getting ready to hit Duo when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He
turned around and met a fist again. Then someone kneed him in the stomach, knocking
him unconscious.
"Nice one Heero," Relena said, smiling. He swiped the gun up as Relena got the
keys. She tossed them to Duo, and started leaving.
"Where do you think you're going?" Heero said.
"To repay an old friend."
"Not in your condition," he protested. She rolled her eyes. Then she put her
hands straight out, flung them down and then up over her head, doing a back hand spring.
"What condition?" she said, smiling. When Heero just stared, she started
laughing again. "You forget who trained me, Mister. Now, I have business to attend to."
With that she was running down the hall, out of sight. Heero grunted.
"Get out as fast as you can. I'm going after Relena," he said, taking off.
"Ya know, if I didn't know any better, I'd say Heero likes her. Don't you think
so?" Duo said. Everyone smiled as they made their way out of the compound.
Relena rounded a corner and stopped abruptly. At the end of the hall were two
guards, waiting outside of the room she need to get in to. She started creeping back into
the shadows when a hand clamped her on the shoulder. She spun around to meet Heero's
eyes.
"You scared the living daylights out of me, Heero! Why are you here?" she
asked, following him back. They stood straight against the wall, hiding themselves.
"You aren't doing this alone," he answered. She huffed, and then smiled to
herself.
"Fine. We need to get rid of those guards right there," she said, nodding in that
direction. He nodded, and they started slowly creeping forward. As they got closer, they
realized the guards were asleep. Relena stood in front of one, while Heero took the other.
"Sleeping on the job?" she said loudly. Both guards went to jump up, but they
didn't get far. Relena hit him in a pressure point, and he went down. Heero did the same
to the other one.
"Two down, one to go," Heero whispered. Relena and he looked at the door. She
brought her leg up and kicked it open. They crept inside, where there was a bed. It
looked like a form was in it.
"Bingo!" She ripped the sheets up and pointed her gun at...a dummy! "Shit!
Heero run!" They turned, but Relena slammed into Heero, who had stopped. Michael
was standing there with a gun pointed at them.
"Very clever of you. Sorry I had to foil your plans. Oh wait! No I'm not!" He
grabbed Relena's arm and pulled her forward. Then he ushered Heero out into the hall
with her. "Move," he ordered. They did as he said, and started walking.
About five doors down, they stopped. He ushered the pair inside and sat them in
chairs that her back to back. Then he tied them to the chairs, their hands bound together.
"Unfortunately your friends made it out, but I assure you that you will not." He
pulled a sheet off of a large thing in front of them. It was a bomb.
"Oh wonderful," Relena muttered. She glared at Michael, whose green eyes were
dancing with triumph.
"Have a nice last ten minutes together!" He laughed evilly and then disappeared.
Relena started fiddling with the ropes.
"Heero, in my back pocket I have a pocket knife. Can you reach it?" She was
thankful that he couldn't see her face, because she knew it was extremely red.
"I'll try," he replied. Why am I getting butterflies again? he puzzled. He reached her back
pocket and grabbed the pocketknife.
"Heero, do you have it?"
"Yes. I'm cutting the ropes now."
"Well hurry because we only have five minutes to break free and stop the bomb!"
About two minutes later he was free, and Relena's hands were, so she started cutting
herself out of the chair. Heero in the meantime scanned the bomb.
"Damn," he said. "It's made so that if we move it, it'll blow. We can't touch it."
"Fine, then lets go before it blows! We only have one minute!" She grabbed his
hand and took off. They raced down two flights of stairs to a door. They pounded
against it until it burst open. Then they race across the large yard. Unfortunately they
weren't fast enough. The bomb exploded, sending them flying apart.
Duo, Hilde, Wufei, Sally, Dorothy, Quatre, Trowa, and Catherine saw the
explosion as they hid in the forest.
"Relena," Hilde whispered.
"Heero too," Duo added. He held Hilde tight as tears began to stream down her
face. The others were too shocked to do anything else.
Heero felt a lot of weight on his back. He started to slowly turn from his stomach
to his back, pushing the piece of building off of him. He sat up, his bangs in his eyes. He
examined his injuries. There were scrapes and burns all over him, but nothing too
serious. He started standing up when he remembered something.
"RELENA!" he screamed loudly. He started jogging around the debris, hoping
she was okay. A shot rang out and he stopped and turned around. The man responsible
for this was standing in front of him now, a gun rose to his form. Heero glared at him.
"Looks like the former Queen is dead. But now I have to get rid of you."
Michael smiled and started pulling the trigger. A shot rang out again, and Michael
slumped to the ground, dead. Standing in his place was Relena, still pointing the gun up
to where Michael had just been. Heero was only a few feet away.
"Relena," he whispered. She smiled.
"Mission...Complete," she said, before her hand dropped down. She dropped the
gun, and started falling. Heero darted to her and caught her in his arms. She smiled
weakly at him.
"Relena, are you okay?"
"For once it was I who was protecting you. Thank you for everything." Her eyes
closed, and she was gone. Heero cradled her gently, as a tear slid down his cheek.
Another followed, and another, until he couldn't hold back any more. For the first time
in his life, Heero cried.
By: Jade Starlight
Chapter Six: Let Me Go, Let Me Leave
Jerry looked at the monitoring screen to the three cells. He saw everyone there,
but then he noticed something.
"Hey Tom, this is Jerry. I'm going to check on the prisoners. I'll be back in
five," he said in the intercom.
"Roger." Jerry grabbed his gun and went down to the first floor, entering a dark
hall. At the end were three cells. One looked empty.
"Hey, where's your friends?" he asked the other occupants. They shrugged. He
opened the cell door and walked in, looking around. No one was there.
"Tom, we have a break out. Cover the base immediately!" he said through his
walky talky.
Duo smiled and looked over at Relena and Heero, who was helping her stay up.
They were all on the ceiling, supporting themselves by keeping their hands and feet
against the walls. When the guard made the call, he jumped down. The guard spun
around, gun up.
"Where the hell did you come from?!" Duo put his hands up.
"Chill out buddy. I mean no harm," he said. He approached the man.
Heero looked at Relena, who nodded. They were kiddy corner from Duo. The
guard was about half way between them. Relena was basically on top of Heero,
supporting herself as much as possible. Heero was underneath helping her. On the count
of three, he jumped down. Then he held his arms out to catch Relena. She fell, and he
caught her, swiftly flipping her right side up. By this time the guard heard them and had
the gun pointed at them now. He forgot about Duo.
"Excuse me," Duo said. The guard went to turn, and Duo punched him really
hard in the face. The gun went flying, and the guard almost fell, but he managed to keep
his balance. He was getting ready to hit Duo when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He
turned around and met a fist again. Then someone kneed him in the stomach, knocking
him unconscious.
"Nice one Heero," Relena said, smiling. He swiped the gun up as Relena got the
keys. She tossed them to Duo, and started leaving.
"Where do you think you're going?" Heero said.
"To repay an old friend."
"Not in your condition," he protested. She rolled her eyes. Then she put her
hands straight out, flung them down and then up over her head, doing a back hand spring.
"What condition?" she said, smiling. When Heero just stared, she started
laughing again. "You forget who trained me, Mister. Now, I have business to attend to."
With that she was running down the hall, out of sight. Heero grunted.
"Get out as fast as you can. I'm going after Relena," he said, taking off.
"Ya know, if I didn't know any better, I'd say Heero likes her. Don't you think
so?" Duo said. Everyone smiled as they made their way out of the compound.
Relena rounded a corner and stopped abruptly. At the end of the hall were two
guards, waiting outside of the room she need to get in to. She started creeping back into
the shadows when a hand clamped her on the shoulder. She spun around to meet Heero's
eyes.
"You scared the living daylights out of me, Heero! Why are you here?" she
asked, following him back. They stood straight against the wall, hiding themselves.
"You aren't doing this alone," he answered. She huffed, and then smiled to
herself.
"Fine. We need to get rid of those guards right there," she said, nodding in that
direction. He nodded, and they started slowly creeping forward. As they got closer, they
realized the guards were asleep. Relena stood in front of one, while Heero took the other.
"Sleeping on the job?" she said loudly. Both guards went to jump up, but they
didn't get far. Relena hit him in a pressure point, and he went down. Heero did the same
to the other one.
"Two down, one to go," Heero whispered. Relena and he looked at the door. She
brought her leg up and kicked it open. They crept inside, where there was a bed. It
looked like a form was in it.
"Bingo!" She ripped the sheets up and pointed her gun at...a dummy! "Shit!
Heero run!" They turned, but Relena slammed into Heero, who had stopped. Michael
was standing there with a gun pointed at them.
"Very clever of you. Sorry I had to foil your plans. Oh wait! No I'm not!" He
grabbed Relena's arm and pulled her forward. Then he ushered Heero out into the hall
with her. "Move," he ordered. They did as he said, and started walking.
About five doors down, they stopped. He ushered the pair inside and sat them in
chairs that her back to back. Then he tied them to the chairs, their hands bound together.
"Unfortunately your friends made it out, but I assure you that you will not." He
pulled a sheet off of a large thing in front of them. It was a bomb.
"Oh wonderful," Relena muttered. She glared at Michael, whose green eyes were
dancing with triumph.
"Have a nice last ten minutes together!" He laughed evilly and then disappeared.
Relena started fiddling with the ropes.
"Heero, in my back pocket I have a pocket knife. Can you reach it?" She was
thankful that he couldn't see her face, because she knew it was extremely red.
"I'll try," he replied. Why am I getting butterflies again? he puzzled. He reached her back
pocket and grabbed the pocketknife.
"Heero, do you have it?"
"Yes. I'm cutting the ropes now."
"Well hurry because we only have five minutes to break free and stop the bomb!"
About two minutes later he was free, and Relena's hands were, so she started cutting
herself out of the chair. Heero in the meantime scanned the bomb.
"Damn," he said. "It's made so that if we move it, it'll blow. We can't touch it."
"Fine, then lets go before it blows! We only have one minute!" She grabbed his
hand and took off. They raced down two flights of stairs to a door. They pounded
against it until it burst open. Then they race across the large yard. Unfortunately they
weren't fast enough. The bomb exploded, sending them flying apart.
Duo, Hilde, Wufei, Sally, Dorothy, Quatre, Trowa, and Catherine saw the
explosion as they hid in the forest.
"Relena," Hilde whispered.
"Heero too," Duo added. He held Hilde tight as tears began to stream down her
face. The others were too shocked to do anything else.
Heero felt a lot of weight on his back. He started to slowly turn from his stomach
to his back, pushing the piece of building off of him. He sat up, his bangs in his eyes. He
examined his injuries. There were scrapes and burns all over him, but nothing too
serious. He started standing up when he remembered something.
"RELENA!" he screamed loudly. He started jogging around the debris, hoping
she was okay. A shot rang out and he stopped and turned around. The man responsible
for this was standing in front of him now, a gun rose to his form. Heero glared at him.
"Looks like the former Queen is dead. But now I have to get rid of you."
Michael smiled and started pulling the trigger. A shot rang out again, and Michael
slumped to the ground, dead. Standing in his place was Relena, still pointing the gun up
to where Michael had just been. Heero was only a few feet away.
"Relena," he whispered. She smiled.
"Mission...Complete," she said, before her hand dropped down. She dropped the
gun, and started falling. Heero darted to her and caught her in his arms. She smiled
weakly at him.
"Relena, are you okay?"
"For once it was I who was protecting you. Thank you for everything." Her eyes
closed, and she was gone. Heero cradled her gently, as a tear slid down his cheek.
Another followed, and another, until he couldn't hold back any more. For the first time
in his life, Heero cried.