Adventures In Tokyo
Disclaimer: No matter how many times I'd like to convince myself, Gundam Wing and all respective characters do not belong to me.
Relena started off down the corridor with a feeling of nervous dread settling in her stomach. Here she was, literally living a nightmare come true. It was only natural to feel fear, wasn't it? But the further she walked, the more she thought. About Heero. And about Akira. And she determined that the twisted feeling inside her wasn't fear, but rage. The same rage that consumed her when she first learned of Akira's true side. And now, she fed her hate, fueled her anger. She was going to save Heero. But she was going to take care of Akira as well. Relena felt conflicted inside herself. How could she possibly think such horrible things? But the voice that clamored for Akira's blood was not quieted by her pacifist notions, but rather strengthened. Relena shook her head desperately as she continued down the hall, two crystalline tears coursing down her cheeks.
Eventually, she came to the door that loomed up in her nightmares night after night. The code pad gleamed up at her, taunting her ignorance as to what combination could unlock the room inside. Relena whipped out her compact and punched numbers furiously in, trying time and time again to decode the door's access password. But each time she tried, her own computer screen flashed red. "Dammit!" Relena cried, punching the keypad with her fist. The screen flashed a brilliant green and cooed, 'Access Granted.'
"Figures." Relena mumbled, and watched with a boiling hatred as the door to the room slowly slid open.
Akira couldn't understand what was wrong. She had used ever technique she had been taught to try and break down a man. But this one was so frustratingly different. He wasn't a man at all, but a machine. His body would deteriorate quickly enough, that much she could see. But his very will was as tough and complex as the gundanium alloy that he guarded so closely.
She gazed down at her prisoner, who was looking a little worse for wear. His eyes were opaque and empty, a sure sign of an overdose of whatever drugs she had pumped into him. His arm was swollen and bruised where she had given him the first injection and cut down to his bone. His face was smeared with dry blood from all the times she struck him. Akira smiled. "You are nothing. Do you hear me? NOTHING! I can break you down. Break you into PIECES!"
Heero said nothing, but continued on focusing on breathing, no matter how ragged each breath came out to be. Akira screamed and kicked over her table of instruments, sending them spilling everywhere. "I don't need you! There are others! I can break them! They'll tell me anything I want. ANYTHING. You are…you are worthless." Her fury was greeted with silence. And then, she saw it. The one thing that could push her completely off the edge. She couldn't believe it. She couldn't.
He was smirking. No, smiling. A twisted little smile was on his lips, even though his eyes were still blurred and his body was immobile. He was laughing at some little joke. Laughing at her.
"You think this is funny?" Akira screamed, so upset at her own failure that she couldn't contain herself any more. "You're going to die, you know!"
"But I won."
And at the exact moment that Heero spoke, the door to the room slid silently open.
When Relena saw him, it was as though time itself had stopped. Her first thought was that she was too late, that he had died. But then she heard him speak.
"But I won."
"Heero!" she cried, running towards him. Akira, who was looking fairly unkempt herself, stepped in front of her path.
"Well, look who else decided to join our little party," she whispered, and unsheathed her gun. Relena, with tears in her eyes, took out the gun Duo had given her and held it shakily up to be level with Akira. Her mind drifted back to the night she had held Lady Une at gun point, and she shivered.
"Don't do this, Relena. It's not your style."
"Give me one reason not to." Relena replied uncertainly.
Akira put her hands slowly in the air, letting her gun fall noiselessly to the floor.
"Because it would be a murder in cold blood."
Relena paused, then frowned. "You're right. I simply couldn't."
Heero gave a little moan from the bolted chair and she immediately dropped to her knees, fiddling around with the chair's controls until the hand, leg and head clasps released their hold on the prisoner. Heero slumped forward onto Relena, his breath coming in short, forced gasps. She cradled him in her arms and buried her face in his hair.
"I'm so sorry." She whispered, holding him close. "So sorry…"
While she did this, Akira retrieved her gun and pointed it at the Cinq princess' head. "I hope you've had enough time to say good-bye!"
"Relena!" came Duo's voice from in the doorway. He was stooped over, his left arm supporting the weight of another. "Look out!" Relena whirled around, her eyes wide, but she could do nothing to stop the shot that rang out through the air.
Akira stood frozen on the spot as the bullet fired from Duo's gun entered her body. She clutched her bleeding stomach and sank to the ground. "This is far from over." she whispered, her eyes rolling back in her head. She passed out at the still shocked Relena's feet.
"Relena! Let's get out of here!" Duo yelled frantically from the doorway. Relena got uncertainly to her feet, the now unconscious Heero with her. "I don't know how fast I can run with him…" she said quietly, focusing all her strength to keep him from slipping through her grasp. Duo shrugged, and a series of small explosions issued from behind him. "It'll be fast enough. We gotta go! They've caught on to our little escapades and we're under fire."
Relena's eyes widened in fear, but Duo reassured her. "Don't worry, I managed to plant enough bombs to blow this place sky high." Any further briefing was cut off by heavy gunfire and bullets richoetting off the wall. The four of them took off down the hallway, dodging bullets and hoping they could make it to the end of the hall.
Unfortunately for them, the end of the hall was a dead end. Duo cursed loudly and whirled around as the sound of the footsteps of soldiers came closer and closer.
"What do we do now?" Relena asked wildly. Duo shrugged, his cobalt blue eyes wide with fear. In his arms, Utena issued a soft moaning noise that was heartbreaking to hear.
"This can't be the end!" Relena cried out. Duo looked at her and drew his gun. "If I'm going down, I'm taking as many of them as I can with me!" He paused, looking at her seriously, then thinking about another option. "Should I just blow the place up now?" he asked, holding up a piece of equipment with a single red button on it. Before Relena could reply, the roof above them was blown completely. They looked up to see Hilde standing above them, offering them a hand up.
"Honestly Duo, do I always need to come save you?" Hilde asked, a bemused smirk on her face.
"Now's not the time, Hil!" Duo cried, lifting Utena up to safety and following her shortly. Duo reached down and hoisted Heero up and grabbed onto Relena's hand at the last second. The moment the last of her foot disappeared into the hole in the ceiling, hundreds of guards swarmed into the room, guns drawn.
"Where are they?" one guard inquired, glancing around nervously. No one ever responded, for at that moment, the entire base imploded, killing all that remained inside. Rubble and debris was blown straight up into the air, only to shower down like rain onto the silhouettes of the five people standing amidst the destruction.
"So we made it out alive again, huh?" Duo smirked, slipping an arm around Hilde's waist. She grinned and retorted, "Thanks to me of course." The two stopped chattering and turned to the right to see Relena and Heero once again attached to each other in a hug. They gazed up at the sky still showering down the aftermath of their latest adventure.
Heero was having a hard time staying on his feet, though refused to admit it. But Relena could tell. She looked up at him, her eyes wavering with worry. "Are you okay?" she asked seriously. He smiled, then coughed up a little bit of blood into his hand.
"I-I…I'm fine now."
She smiled and kissed him and they stayed locked like that for awhile, happy to have made it out alive.
End.
Disclaimer: No matter how many times I'd like to convince myself, Gundam Wing and all respective characters do not belong to me.
Relena started off down the corridor with a feeling of nervous dread settling in her stomach. Here she was, literally living a nightmare come true. It was only natural to feel fear, wasn't it? But the further she walked, the more she thought. About Heero. And about Akira. And she determined that the twisted feeling inside her wasn't fear, but rage. The same rage that consumed her when she first learned of Akira's true side. And now, she fed her hate, fueled her anger. She was going to save Heero. But she was going to take care of Akira as well. Relena felt conflicted inside herself. How could she possibly think such horrible things? But the voice that clamored for Akira's blood was not quieted by her pacifist notions, but rather strengthened. Relena shook her head desperately as she continued down the hall, two crystalline tears coursing down her cheeks.
Eventually, she came to the door that loomed up in her nightmares night after night. The code pad gleamed up at her, taunting her ignorance as to what combination could unlock the room inside. Relena whipped out her compact and punched numbers furiously in, trying time and time again to decode the door's access password. But each time she tried, her own computer screen flashed red. "Dammit!" Relena cried, punching the keypad with her fist. The screen flashed a brilliant green and cooed, 'Access Granted.'
"Figures." Relena mumbled, and watched with a boiling hatred as the door to the room slowly slid open.
Akira couldn't understand what was wrong. She had used ever technique she had been taught to try and break down a man. But this one was so frustratingly different. He wasn't a man at all, but a machine. His body would deteriorate quickly enough, that much she could see. But his very will was as tough and complex as the gundanium alloy that he guarded so closely.
She gazed down at her prisoner, who was looking a little worse for wear. His eyes were opaque and empty, a sure sign of an overdose of whatever drugs she had pumped into him. His arm was swollen and bruised where she had given him the first injection and cut down to his bone. His face was smeared with dry blood from all the times she struck him. Akira smiled. "You are nothing. Do you hear me? NOTHING! I can break you down. Break you into PIECES!"
Heero said nothing, but continued on focusing on breathing, no matter how ragged each breath came out to be. Akira screamed and kicked over her table of instruments, sending them spilling everywhere. "I don't need you! There are others! I can break them! They'll tell me anything I want. ANYTHING. You are…you are worthless." Her fury was greeted with silence. And then, she saw it. The one thing that could push her completely off the edge. She couldn't believe it. She couldn't.
He was smirking. No, smiling. A twisted little smile was on his lips, even though his eyes were still blurred and his body was immobile. He was laughing at some little joke. Laughing at her.
"You think this is funny?" Akira screamed, so upset at her own failure that she couldn't contain herself any more. "You're going to die, you know!"
"But I won."
And at the exact moment that Heero spoke, the door to the room slid silently open.
When Relena saw him, it was as though time itself had stopped. Her first thought was that she was too late, that he had died. But then she heard him speak.
"But I won."
"Heero!" she cried, running towards him. Akira, who was looking fairly unkempt herself, stepped in front of her path.
"Well, look who else decided to join our little party," she whispered, and unsheathed her gun. Relena, with tears in her eyes, took out the gun Duo had given her and held it shakily up to be level with Akira. Her mind drifted back to the night she had held Lady Une at gun point, and she shivered.
"Don't do this, Relena. It's not your style."
"Give me one reason not to." Relena replied uncertainly.
Akira put her hands slowly in the air, letting her gun fall noiselessly to the floor.
"Because it would be a murder in cold blood."
Relena paused, then frowned. "You're right. I simply couldn't."
Heero gave a little moan from the bolted chair and she immediately dropped to her knees, fiddling around with the chair's controls until the hand, leg and head clasps released their hold on the prisoner. Heero slumped forward onto Relena, his breath coming in short, forced gasps. She cradled him in her arms and buried her face in his hair.
"I'm so sorry." She whispered, holding him close. "So sorry…"
While she did this, Akira retrieved her gun and pointed it at the Cinq princess' head. "I hope you've had enough time to say good-bye!"
"Relena!" came Duo's voice from in the doorway. He was stooped over, his left arm supporting the weight of another. "Look out!" Relena whirled around, her eyes wide, but she could do nothing to stop the shot that rang out through the air.
Akira stood frozen on the spot as the bullet fired from Duo's gun entered her body. She clutched her bleeding stomach and sank to the ground. "This is far from over." she whispered, her eyes rolling back in her head. She passed out at the still shocked Relena's feet.
"Relena! Let's get out of here!" Duo yelled frantically from the doorway. Relena got uncertainly to her feet, the now unconscious Heero with her. "I don't know how fast I can run with him…" she said quietly, focusing all her strength to keep him from slipping through her grasp. Duo shrugged, and a series of small explosions issued from behind him. "It'll be fast enough. We gotta go! They've caught on to our little escapades and we're under fire."
Relena's eyes widened in fear, but Duo reassured her. "Don't worry, I managed to plant enough bombs to blow this place sky high." Any further briefing was cut off by heavy gunfire and bullets richoetting off the wall. The four of them took off down the hallway, dodging bullets and hoping they could make it to the end of the hall.
Unfortunately for them, the end of the hall was a dead end. Duo cursed loudly and whirled around as the sound of the footsteps of soldiers came closer and closer.
"What do we do now?" Relena asked wildly. Duo shrugged, his cobalt blue eyes wide with fear. In his arms, Utena issued a soft moaning noise that was heartbreaking to hear.
"This can't be the end!" Relena cried out. Duo looked at her and drew his gun. "If I'm going down, I'm taking as many of them as I can with me!" He paused, looking at her seriously, then thinking about another option. "Should I just blow the place up now?" he asked, holding up a piece of equipment with a single red button on it. Before Relena could reply, the roof above them was blown completely. They looked up to see Hilde standing above them, offering them a hand up.
"Honestly Duo, do I always need to come save you?" Hilde asked, a bemused smirk on her face.
"Now's not the time, Hil!" Duo cried, lifting Utena up to safety and following her shortly. Duo reached down and hoisted Heero up and grabbed onto Relena's hand at the last second. The moment the last of her foot disappeared into the hole in the ceiling, hundreds of guards swarmed into the room, guns drawn.
"Where are they?" one guard inquired, glancing around nervously. No one ever responded, for at that moment, the entire base imploded, killing all that remained inside. Rubble and debris was blown straight up into the air, only to shower down like rain onto the silhouettes of the five people standing amidst the destruction.
"So we made it out alive again, huh?" Duo smirked, slipping an arm around Hilde's waist. She grinned and retorted, "Thanks to me of course." The two stopped chattering and turned to the right to see Relena and Heero once again attached to each other in a hug. They gazed up at the sky still showering down the aftermath of their latest adventure.
Heero was having a hard time staying on his feet, though refused to admit it. But Relena could tell. She looked up at him, her eyes wavering with worry. "Are you okay?" she asked seriously. He smiled, then coughed up a little bit of blood into his hand.
"I-I…I'm fine now."
She smiled and kissed him and they stayed locked like that for awhile, happy to have made it out alive.
End.