The Lone soldier

by Lily Writer

Heero is traped within his mind, and when memories come back to hunt him, his freinds are hard on his track to find him, but when freinds aren't there, can a stranger save him? chapters 1-8, nine'll be out soon!

5. the cost of the mission

A/N: Ok, back to the regular gloomy thoughts of Heero, in the middle of the ruined city, this time, we find out exactly how the city got to it's not-so-perfect state. Sorry 'bout last chapter, hope it wasn't too bad…oh well! Enjoy this one! -LW

"Ohhh…" saw all that was heard from the deserted city, ruined buildings shining in the starlight, as the moans progressed, a shadow seemed to move, nothing out of the ordinary to the unprepared gaze, or to the wondering eyes of the bystander. But a shadow moved, and as the muscles flexed, the shadow rubbed his head and sat up, being careful not to make more noise then needed. What? Where am I? Is this is another dream? Or am I in hell…no…this is real, I thought I was dead, but that would be too easy, nothing's ever easy…life's not easy.

Sitting up, Heero rubbed his head, now sore from lying on cement for the night, he moaned again, flexing his sore body, but after the first few minutes, the emotionless mask was on and the perfect soldier back in control. Standing up, he looked around, only to find the deserted city, now under the starlight, the ruins shimmering in the distance.

It was a dream? The girl? Just a figure of my imagination? The whole thing seemed so real, did I just imagine Clair? And my past? Or was it some forgotten memory the zero system pushed to the back of my head…I wish I could know, but right now, I have no memory of that chamber, or that person…I'm alone again…

As he pondered these things, Heero started walking, heading towards some goal he could not understand, the lone soldier walked under the stars, once in a while staring up, only to find unknown constellations.

Now I'm truly alone…

Still walking, he looked up, to see the buildings in the distance, or what was left of them, then he remembered…he remembered the events of a morning a few days ago, he also remembered the object of his mission, no longer was he confused by the sudden turn of events, nor was the reason of all these ruins hidden from him, the reason was…me, I caused all of this, I should have expected this, never underestimate my opponent, because the consequences are always death…my first lesson from Dr. J…

*Flashback*

Heero stood in front of the building; it's long shadow stretching out to the right. Looking up, he made sure there was no one who had seen him, then slowly walked away, and quickening his pace, he was soon lost in the crowd of people walking along the streets, non of who were prepared to the explosion which followed as soon as a certain youth was out of sight.

As that certain youth stood, now on top of a building, he looked over the smoke with satisfaction, and smirked to no one in particular, then turned around and jumped, soon disappearing in the commotion going on in the streets below.

8:00 PM, it took them three hours to locate him, he would have laughed, but couldn't afford the sound which would certainly give away his exact location. As he sat in his hiding place, once in a while looking out to see if the soldiers were getting too close, Heero signed, making sure no one heard him, he drifted off into some strategic calculations, which soon changed into thoughts of what exactly had gone wrong on this mission, and what he was going to do about it.

I should have looked harder, there were bound to be more then one base, OZ might be leaderless, but they're still a threat, I nearly failed my mission, who knows how many soldiers are looking for me now, they might even have mobile suits, and I won't be able to get to Wing Zero. I need to find out more, I need to get to Wing zero, I hardly have enough grenades to protect myself, not to talk about blowing up bases, shouldn't have wasted all the explosives…

Just then, the young soldier heard a man shout out to his comrades, "There's no one here! We need to search the city, give a call to the Leo troupes and tell all of them to seek out that spy and destroy him!" Heero sat up at the mention of Leo troupes, sneaking a glace at the halls of his apartment building, he made sure all the OZ soldiers were gone before carefully sneaking outside, and hiding behind a cement block and sitting down to think of his next plan of action,

Leo Troupes, and more then one, which means at least a few dozen mobile suits all bent on finding me, I need to get out of here and towards the forests on the outskirts of this city, I need to find Wing Zero before they do, I'm sure they'll find it sooner or later, and then I'll be defeated…carefully getting up, Heero slowly walked away, trying not to attract attention to himself as he headed away from his apartment and the downtown area of the town, which only a few months ago had become OZ's last base.

After about an hour of creeping around the now very busy city, Heero was getting restless and edgy, the OZ soldiers weren't excellent when it came to finding people, but they still did their jobs, and, right now, their job was to fund and destroy all spies, namely, Heero. Since the people where ordered to evacuate the city under the false pretence of a military drill, Heero had had much worse a time in blending with the now almost gone crowd, instead, he had used the sourer system for a while, until it too, was frisked by OZ in an attempt to find him. At this moment, the youth was sneaking around a building in an attempt to steer clear of the Leos trampling in the street across from him.

Even though it was painfully slow and painful, Heero had to admit he was making progress, he was no longer surrounded by the large stores and expensive buildings of the down town area, but instead he crept by small flats with large gardens and bird baths in the front lawns, another hour and he would be at the out skirts where the forests would make a perfect hiding place, then, the only thing left to do would be to get to Wing Zero and send those Leos to hell… a little more, just a little…

Heero sat down, finally, it had taken every skill he had to avoid being caught, but he had made it, the way to another mission completed was waiting for him just beyond the next block, of course parole was doubled here on the outskirts, but it wouldn't be a problem for the perfect soldier to destroy a few mobile suits with his dwindling supply of grenades. Heero carefully stuck his head from inside the building he was hiding in, making sure there was no one in sight, he slowly crawled out and began warily moving towards his destination, making sure to stay in the shadows and out of sight as he walked.

After about fifteen minutes of hiding out and moving slowly, Heero could finally see the large arks and forests of the outskirts. Moving faster, he looked around before breaking out into a hasty run across the small area between the houses and the outskirts, which was uncovered and unprotected from a stranger's gaze. Suddenly, Heero was aware of shouts and the distant 'stump stump' of mobile suits, he had been spotted.

Giving a quick look back while running, he could see the soldiers running behind him, trying to catch up. Behind the stream of soldiers Heero could just make out the heads of Leos protruding from the forest of buildings, he ran harder, and reaching into his coat's pocket, he drew out a grenade and bit off the safety and frowning it back, immediately hearing the explosion and swearing coming from his pursuers.

Running harder, he finally reached the woods, and took a few turns and twists to confuse the OZ soldiers, then, he drew out a compass and looked at it, quickly figuring out where he hid his Gundam, Heero half walked half ran on and soon reached the spot.

Wing Zero was hidden by some shrubbery, and lying on the ground, as to not to look too suspicious, Heero quickly ran up to his mecha and climbed it, pressing the password and watching at the coc pit door opened, then jumping in and shutting it behind him.

Heero wasted no time in starting up the enormous gundam and was soon half way to the Leo troupes, already holding his beam saber in hand…

*End flashback*

Heero signed, he could remember everything only too clearly now, the hundreds of Leos surrounding him, how he was defeated in battle, then…how he was dragged away, his gundam pushed on a truck and driven back to one of the bases,

At least I didn't fail the mission, it cost me my gundam, but it's 'mission complete…'

But instead of giving him sour comfort, the thought only angered him, he had lost his only means of protection in that battle, Wing Zero had self destructed after Heero had run off like a coward, pressing the little red button from a distance…I'm afraid of death, that's how I failed, I was too afraid to self-destruct while still in the coc pit, that's what I should have done, ended my mission…he signed and continued walking, the night was wearing thin and Heero could see more clearly now, he guessed that the sun was due to rise soon, and the day would follow, sitting down, Heero decided to wait until the sunrise and forced his body to relax as he sat on the cold ground and looked at the sky, now brilliant with hues of red and gold shimmering at the horizon.

As he sat, Heero wondered as to what he would do to survive, and where he could try to find food, or, more importantly, water, he had not thought of that earlier, nor had he noticed his parched throat, deciding to ignore his body's needs until the situation was clear to him. But now, as the great golden disk that was the sun was seen rising, Heero found himself wondering about the stores and houses, or more specifically, their condition, hopefully, some of the food and water in one of the houses would be intact, or better yet, a telephone, some form of communication so that I could report my mission was complete, maybe there might even be some survivors, what am I thinking? More people would only make the situation worse, get in my way…I'm much better off alone, I shouldn't be have these thoughts, my only mission right now is to report back fro my next assignment, not find survivors I don't need. I've become the worse soldier possible; I'm letting my emotions and imagination get in the way, I'm forgetting my training…

To be continued…

A/N: so, was it bad? Good? Not understandable? I'm not getting reviews! I know you people are reading this! I've watched the statistics! Please email me, or review! I really need advise! Oh, ok, I've decided to do it in this order, the next chapter will be another account from Heero, and the plot gets thicker…after that there will be a few chapters focusing of the rest of the guys & gals who are right now about to go on a search for the soldier, this is going to be pretty long, about eight chapters in the least, I need reviews! Come on! Drop a line, even one-liners are welcome! And Questions are really encouraged, don't understand? Write to me at GW_girl17@hotmail.com, and you'll get an answer the next day! Really people, REVIEW!!!!!!!