Chapter 11
"...!" were the first words out of Dorothy's mouth
after Zechs and Heero had broken down the door to the very poorly made
shuttle. Dorothy immediately collapsed,
lying completely still on the ground, not really doing anything in
general.
Relena-tron 5000 hurried forward. "Dorothy, you must be strong! You
must try!"
"...!"
"Dorothy! Please! This can't be good for the baby!"
At mention to the baby, Dorothy sat there and stared blankly.
Relena-tron 5000 looked desperately to her husband and man who
claimed to no longer be her brother. "What
now?"
Heero was already at the control panel, resolutely typing. "We managed
to hack
our way into a part of their computer today, though I suspect that it
was because they allowed
us to. Whatever the case, it will give us a means of communicating with
them. Ah..."
he said, as a reply immediately popped up.
"What does it say?" Zechs asked, coming over. Heero waved to the
screen.
"Hi screen!! Hee hee! Are you gonna talk to me again?" Heero giggled.
"Mr. Winner, along with Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell, are alive." Zechs read.
"That's it?!"
Heero shrugged, and typed in a message.
"Meet...us...so...we...can...face...you...face...to...face...? You're
challenging him?"
Heero nodded.
"Challenge...accepted...will...meet...on...Earth...former...site...of..
.76th st. WAL-MART."
"Well then," Zechs said. "I'm going this time."
"So am I."
"If that's the case, then I'm going too!" Relena-tron 5000 said rising.
"NO! Can't you see we just want go get away for you and be alone for
one damn second???" both Heero and
Zechs shouted simultaneously.
"...," Dorothy said weakly. "..."
Relena-tron 5000 started to protest, then subsided. "Very well, I will
stay here, but I'm NOT happy with this
arrangement." With that, she turned around and left the room.
Heero and Zechs glanced at each other, and Heero shrugged. "She's
been...moody...well ever since I can
remember but...," Heero said by means of explanation.
"...?" Dorothy asked. "..."
Heero paled, and Zechs turned to him furiously.
"At a time like this, you're making whoopie with that girl who is no
longer my sister, and getting her
pregnant?!" he bellowed, furious.
Giving him a sideways glance, Heero said flatly, "Don't tell me that
you, as a married man, aren't doing the same with
Miss Noin. Though I admit, I didn't foresee getting Relena-tron 5000
pregnant again."
Zechs opened him mouth to protest, but closed it. Giving Heero a nasty
growl,
he turned to leave and called over his shoulder, "I'll be ready in ten
minutes. Hurry up."
Dorothy sat there, and didn't move. "...," she thought wearily. "..."
ten minutes later...
Heero walked into the shuttle, where Zechs was already waiting. Not
acknowledging him, Zechs simply started the engine. Just then, Relena-
tron 5000 came into view. Jumping out of
her clothes,
Heero demanded, "Relena-tron 5000, just what are you doing?"
Giving him an icy look, Relena-tron 5000 said, "Well, since I'm not
allowed to go with
you, I'm going down to hell on my own to get some new friends."
Heero started to protest about her going alone, then thought better of
it, and
went back into the shuttle, hoping she would kill herself on the way
down.
Zechs glanced at him. "What was that about?"
"Relena-tron 5000's going down to Earth for some fresh air."
"Alone?"
"Apparently."
Zechs hesitated, then sighed and threw his hands at heero.
"Ouch!" shouted Heero.
"Fine then, let's go."
an hour later...
"You didn't happen to set up a rendezvous point with this guy didn't
you?" Zechs
demanded.
"Did you or did you not read the message? It said 76th st. Wal-mart.'"
Zechs snorted. "Oink oink! I'm a piggy like Wufei! Hee hee!"
The two men wandered around Wal-mart aimlessly for a while, then
Heero's sharp eyes
spotted a figure standing in an alley. Motioning to Zechs, the two of
them drew their weapons
and walked towards the figure. Once in the feminine hygiene product
isle, both aimed their weapons at the figure.
"Stupid move," Zechs said. "You aren't even armed."
A very shocked woman holding a box of tampons put up her hands in
shock.
Zechs and Heero, not putting down their weapons, inched towards the
woman. Suddenly, the mysterious pilot
jumped out from behind a very large display for Ultra Over-Nites with
Wings. He held out a little thingy-ma-
jigger that was very high-tech looking and cool. It had a nifty little
screen that showed the view of some
hidden spy camera.
It showed that in the aisle across from the woman, the Oceanic Views
aisle (you really can buy everything at
Wal-Mart!) was Relena-tron 5000, standing at a dock and staring moodily
at the ocean.
Heero stifled a roar of outrage and instead glared at the woman. "So
now what?" The woman, still frozen with
shock, didn't move at all.
"Relena-tron 5000 hasn't been harmed" the figure remarked drolly. "She
doesn't even know that she is being
watched. However, should either of you men refuse to cooperate..."
"How do we know that that is Relena-tron 5000?" Zechs said, hoping to
call the pilot's bluff.
At hearing her name from some nearby place in the store, Relena-tron
5000 glanced up momentarily,
shrugged, and went back to staring at the ocean.
"Umm.. it's a coincidence!" said Zechs.
Even cloaked, the pilot gave them what seemed to be an amused look.
"Are you daring me to order one of my people
to shoot her?"
Both Heero and Zechs subsided, though Heero was planning a way to
quickly shoot
the Relena-tron 5000 fatally so she would die. But the figure seemed
to
guess his thoughts, for the bland response that came from the depths of
the hood was, "Oh,
yes, you could shoot her right now, but what if she dodges the bullet?
And also, the
communication on this screen is two-way. If one of my people hears a
gunshot and if I don't respond
immediately, they have been given orders to seize her. You wouldn't
want that, now would you, and
not if she is pregnant now would you?"
Both men stared. "How did they know that?" they both thought
simultaneously.
But the pilot had gotten impatient. "You both know the situation now.
What is
your choice?" the pilot said briskly. Glowering at the mysterious
figure in front of them,
both men dropped their weapons.
"...!" were the first words out of Dorothy's mouth
after Zechs and Heero had broken down the door to the very poorly made
shuttle. Dorothy immediately collapsed,
lying completely still on the ground, not really doing anything in
general.
Relena-tron 5000 hurried forward. "Dorothy, you must be strong! You
must try!"
"...!"
"Dorothy! Please! This can't be good for the baby!"
At mention to the baby, Dorothy sat there and stared blankly.
Relena-tron 5000 looked desperately to her husband and man who
claimed to no longer be her brother. "What
now?"
Heero was already at the control panel, resolutely typing. "We managed
to hack
our way into a part of their computer today, though I suspect that it
was because they allowed
us to. Whatever the case, it will give us a means of communicating with
them. Ah..."
he said, as a reply immediately popped up.
"What does it say?" Zechs asked, coming over. Heero waved to the
screen.
"Hi screen!! Hee hee! Are you gonna talk to me again?" Heero giggled.
"Mr. Winner, along with Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell, are alive." Zechs read.
"That's it?!"
Heero shrugged, and typed in a message.
"Meet...us...so...we...can...face...you...face...to...face...? You're
challenging him?"
Heero nodded.
"Challenge...accepted...will...meet...on...Earth...former...site...of..
.76th st. WAL-MART."
"Well then," Zechs said. "I'm going this time."
"So am I."
"If that's the case, then I'm going too!" Relena-tron 5000 said rising.
"NO! Can't you see we just want go get away for you and be alone for
one damn second???" both Heero and
Zechs shouted simultaneously.
"...," Dorothy said weakly. "..."
Relena-tron 5000 started to protest, then subsided. "Very well, I will
stay here, but I'm NOT happy with this
arrangement." With that, she turned around and left the room.
Heero and Zechs glanced at each other, and Heero shrugged. "She's
been...moody...well ever since I can
remember but...," Heero said by means of explanation.
"...?" Dorothy asked. "..."
Heero paled, and Zechs turned to him furiously.
"At a time like this, you're making whoopie with that girl who is no
longer my sister, and getting her
pregnant?!" he bellowed, furious.
Giving him a sideways glance, Heero said flatly, "Don't tell me that
you, as a married man, aren't doing the same with
Miss Noin. Though I admit, I didn't foresee getting Relena-tron 5000
pregnant again."
Zechs opened him mouth to protest, but closed it. Giving Heero a nasty
growl,
he turned to leave and called over his shoulder, "I'll be ready in ten
minutes. Hurry up."
Dorothy sat there, and didn't move. "...," she thought wearily. "..."
ten minutes later...
Heero walked into the shuttle, where Zechs was already waiting. Not
acknowledging him, Zechs simply started the engine. Just then, Relena-
tron 5000 came into view. Jumping out of
her clothes,
Heero demanded, "Relena-tron 5000, just what are you doing?"
Giving him an icy look, Relena-tron 5000 said, "Well, since I'm not
allowed to go with
you, I'm going down to hell on my own to get some new friends."
Heero started to protest about her going alone, then thought better of
it, and
went back into the shuttle, hoping she would kill herself on the way
down.
Zechs glanced at him. "What was that about?"
"Relena-tron 5000's going down to Earth for some fresh air."
"Alone?"
"Apparently."
Zechs hesitated, then sighed and threw his hands at heero.
"Ouch!" shouted Heero.
"Fine then, let's go."
an hour later...
"You didn't happen to set up a rendezvous point with this guy didn't
you?" Zechs
demanded.
"Did you or did you not read the message? It said 76th st. Wal-mart.'"
Zechs snorted. "Oink oink! I'm a piggy like Wufei! Hee hee!"
The two men wandered around Wal-mart aimlessly for a while, then
Heero's sharp eyes
spotted a figure standing in an alley. Motioning to Zechs, the two of
them drew their weapons
and walked towards the figure. Once in the feminine hygiene product
isle, both aimed their weapons at the figure.
"Stupid move," Zechs said. "You aren't even armed."
A very shocked woman holding a box of tampons put up her hands in
shock.
Zechs and Heero, not putting down their weapons, inched towards the
woman. Suddenly, the mysterious pilot
jumped out from behind a very large display for Ultra Over-Nites with
Wings. He held out a little thingy-ma-
jigger that was very high-tech looking and cool. It had a nifty little
screen that showed the view of some
hidden spy camera.
It showed that in the aisle across from the woman, the Oceanic Views
aisle (you really can buy everything at
Wal-Mart!) was Relena-tron 5000, standing at a dock and staring moodily
at the ocean.
Heero stifled a roar of outrage and instead glared at the woman. "So
now what?" The woman, still frozen with
shock, didn't move at all.
"Relena-tron 5000 hasn't been harmed" the figure remarked drolly. "She
doesn't even know that she is being
watched. However, should either of you men refuse to cooperate..."
"How do we know that that is Relena-tron 5000?" Zechs said, hoping to
call the pilot's bluff.
At hearing her name from some nearby place in the store, Relena-tron
5000 glanced up momentarily,
shrugged, and went back to staring at the ocean.
"Umm.. it's a coincidence!" said Zechs.
Even cloaked, the pilot gave them what seemed to be an amused look.
"Are you daring me to order one of my people
to shoot her?"
Both Heero and Zechs subsided, though Heero was planning a way to
quickly shoot
the Relena-tron 5000 fatally so she would die. But the figure seemed
to
guess his thoughts, for the bland response that came from the depths of
the hood was, "Oh,
yes, you could shoot her right now, but what if she dodges the bullet?
And also, the
communication on this screen is two-way. If one of my people hears a
gunshot and if I don't respond
immediately, they have been given orders to seize her. You wouldn't
want that, now would you, and
not if she is pregnant now would you?"
Both men stared. "How did they know that?" they both thought
simultaneously.
But the pilot had gotten impatient. "You both know the situation now.
What is
your choice?" the pilot said briskly. Glowering at the mysterious
figure in front of them,
both men dropped their weapons.