SVX: Hey FF.net is being poopy about reviewing so I would just like to get on my knees and praise "Out of the Blue," by Kristen Elizabeth! It was amazing; of course I love all 2xR stories but that one was awesome if you haven't read I recommend you do so! Any ways, this chapter will have a lot of religious themes to it so if that offends anyone I'm sorry. So just to warn you, anyway on to chapter 12!
Mortal Plague
Chapter Twelve
"ALRIGHT MEN IN THE ANGELS!" Men scrambled left and right entering white mobile suits with gold trim. Duo watched as each man climbed into his suit and prepared for the massacre. He watched as Will slipped a helmet over his head and gave Duo a quick wave before getting into his suit. High Commander Saber stood mere feet behind Duo also watching his troops prepare with pride instead of disgust.
"Lt. Solo this will be the most important mission we've carried out, I trust you have the skill to help us perform God's will."
"Sir you can count on me!"
"Good, ever since space attacked God's beloved Earth I have dreamt of this moment, when the mighty angels of the apocalypse flew over space and smite its evil!" Duo stared at the man his face not giving away his pure disgust and hatred he felt for this man. "Well Solo I will be following the Arc Angels close behind in the shuttle, so go my son and deliver God's message!" Duo nodded and ran to his mobile suit that would lead the others. Instead of being white with gold trim Duo's mobile suit was pure gold with a dark maroon trim. He had to admit sitting in a cockpit again was wonderful, but the circumstances ruined the feeling. Duo fired up his engines as the hangar door in front of him began to open. Soon thousands of "Angels" were pouring out of the abducted spaceport and into the void of stars. The sight was breath taking as the gold trims of each angel caught the sunrays and sparkled a gold halo around each suit. The lead angel was a bright ball of golden light streaking in front of all others. Inside that ball of light was a man who planned to destroy this organization's plans once and for all.
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"Sally, this is Une, we have a situation the L7 colony is under attack. Many of the citizens have been relocated but we need some people up there NOW!"
"Right away Lady," said Sally cutting off the link, "Heero, Trowa, Wufei, and Quatre report to my office immediately for instructions." After a few moments all four former pilots were in the room receiving instructions.
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"WOOHOO now this is action, Hey Solo is this kick ass or what?" Will screamed over his COM link as he destroyed another building in the colony.
"Sure is Will…. If you like murdering the innocent," answered Duo saying the last part to himself. Duo realized if he didn't act now he would lose his chance. With a swift movement he used his beam saber and sliced one of the Angels in two. Continuing the same motion Duo began to destroy Angel after Angel.
"LT. SOLO WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" It was Saber and he was pissed. Duo looked at his "superior" and smiled slightly.
"I'm just taking revenge for God's true people and followers," Duo sneered at the man continuing his rampage against the Angels.
"That's what you think, Cut the main power to Arc Angel 1," said Saber off screen. Suddenly all of Duo's controls switched off leaving only the COM link functional. "Did you seriously think we wouldn't have faulty switches under our control at all times?" Duo cursed as he felt the Angel drop from its position in the sky. He braced himself for impact and groaned as it hit. His head hit hard onto the screen in front of him and a sickening thud could be heard. Duo stared at the man on the screen before everything he knew went black.
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Duo opened his eyes and squinted at the blinding artificial sunlight. His head ached immensely and nausea swept over him quickly. He turned his head and tasted the metallic liquid as it exited his mouth.
"Well Mr. Maxwell, you almost fooled me, but God helped me see your true identity. How are you feeling, a little sick maybe?" Duo stared at Saber glaring. The man just chuckled and signaled to someone out of Duo's vision. Soon he felt strong hands lifting him from the ground. He felt something hard placed behind his back and arms. His wrists were tied against the hard surface as where his feet. Suddenly Duo recognized the position he was in. It was the same position Jesus had been forced in when he was crucified. Duo turned to see a man in his mid twenties holding a large metal spike and large hammer walking towards him. Duo began to curse and struggle against his restraints as the man positioned the spike above his right wrist. Duo watched with fear as the man pulled the hammer back ready to strike. With one fluent motion the hammer struck the spike driving it past Duo's skin into his bone. Duo screamed in agony as the man hit the spike again driving it all the way through. The man moved to Duo's other wrist and followed the same procedure. Duo felt the tears running down his cheeks as he screamed from the agonizing pain. The same man soon moved down towards Duo's feet ramming the spike through them as well securing his body to the wooden cross. Duo struggled to breathe as the pain racked his body.
"Undo his hair," commanded Saber as he grinned evilly at Duo's suffering. Will approached Duo his face pale and stoic. With a shaking hand he reached for the end of Duo's braid undoing the tie. Soon Duo's long hair was flowing freely in the slight breeze. "Raise the cross and put it on that hill top." Duo felt himself being lifted though the pain and he forced his tear stained eyes open. He stared at the faces of the men that he had fought beside and against only moments before. Some angry, some horrified, but most smiling, Duo turned his head away and spit up more blood onto the grass. As the cross was moved to a vertical position Duo moaned from the new added wait to his wrists and feet.
"Now Mr. Maxwell, Pray the Lord will take your black soul, and farewell. MOVE OUT MEN!" All the soldiers ran off towards the mobile suits leaving Duo alone on the hill bleeding. "Oh an one more thing Mr. Maxwell I almost forgot," Saber removed a long sword from its sheath and jammed it in Duo's side. Duo screamed in agony, his eyes shooting fire at the man that had just stabbed him. "I want this crucifixion to be as authentic as possible," said Saber as he pulled his sword out of Duo's side. With that he began down the hill not even looking back at the man he had left for dead.
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Heero stared at the crumbling colony cursing himself for getting there to late. "We better check for survivors," he called to the others. All of them nodded and headed in different directions searching for any survivors. Quatre moved slowly down the street noticing how some of the mobile suits were left in wreckage.
"That's odd," he said to himself wondering what could have happened to the suits. Slight moaning and gasps filled Quatre's hearing and he moved towards the sound. He came across an elderly woman sitting by a crumbling building, her frail hands where clutching the tattered shawl around her body. Quatre rushed to her side noticing she had an injury to her head he pulled some gauze from his pocket preparing to rap the injury.
"It can't be, has Jesus come for us? OH someone save our Lord please save him," the woman began to ramble and Quatre figured it was from her injuries, "HE DIES FOR US!" She raised a shaking finger out in front of her and Quatre followed it with his eyes.
"Oh Allah," he whispered, as he saw a large cross standing on a hilltop no more than fifty feet away. A man was clearly hanging limply from his restraints on the large wooden cross. He began to wrap the old woman's head but realized her eyes had glazed over. He placed to fingers under her chin and felt his heart drop when he couldn't find a pulse, she was gone. Closing the woman's eyes Quatre stood and began to head for the cross. Once he got with in twenty feet he froze, he could see the man's features clearly now. Long chestnut brown hair, boyish features, and Quatre was sure if the eyes were open they would be violet. Quickly he reached for his radio as he tan up the hill. "Wufei, Trowa, HEERO GET TO THE SOUTH END OF THE COLONY NOW!" His words were filled with panic as he came closure to the cross.
"Roger that Quatre," it was Heero. Soon Quatre heard shouts from the bottom of the hill.
"Quatre what's up there are you alright?"
"Trowa it's Duo, HURRY!" Quatre finally reached the top of the hill and froze in his tracks. Blood poured from Duo's wrists and feet soaking the ground below the cross. His side had a stab wound which too provided blood to soak the ground. Quatre turned his eyes away from the ghastly scene and felt a wave of nausea pass over him. He leaned over and heaved the contents of his stomach onto the blood stained grass. His chest ached with a foreign pain, a pain that couldn't be put into words.
"Shit!" Quatre turned to see Trowa standing and gawking at the sight in front of him. "Quatre is he…?"
"I don't…know …Trowa…I couldn't…" Quatre was trying to catch his breath and keep himself from passing out.
Trowa stared at his friend and comrade with anger and disbelief. His head hung limply with his chin resting on his chest. His long hair flowed all around him in the breeze making him seem even more rag doll like. Only rag dolls don't bleed, and there was blood, lots and lots of blood. Trowa finally found the mental state to walk and slowly moved towards Duo. He extended a shaking hand and pressed to fingers to Duo's neck. Trowa's face flickered an emotion of surprise as he felt a light pulse tremor his fingers.
"HOLY HELL!" Trowa turned to see a stunned Wufei staring at the gruesome sight, "Barton is he…?"
"NO, but almost we need to get him to a hospital now!" Wufei nodded and ran towards the cross. Both men puzzled on how they were going to remove their friend from the cross. The metal Spikes were passing all the way through his limbs and into the wood securing him tightly. "How are we going to do this?"
"WE don't have time to worry about getting him off of it, just take the whole thing with us." All three men turned to stare at Heero as he walked up the side of the hill. Trowa and Wufei both hesitated but realized they had no other choice. Positioning themselves underneath the arms of the cross they lifted the heavy object from the ground. Quatre over coming his nausea grabbed the base and all three men began to jog towards the shuttle.
"Heero are there any other survivors?"
"No Quatre, any one who wasn't evacuated at the start is now dead." Quatre held back his bitter tears and promised revenge for his friends and all the innocent this organization was hurting.
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"OOOOOOOWWWWWWWW, OH PLEASE SISTER HELEN, FATHER HELP ME," Hilde screamed and doubled over in pain clutching her wrists to her chest. Both religious figures rushed to her side their features distorted with worry.
"My child what's wrong," Sister Helen gasped as she saw blood start to soak the side of Hilde's simple garb as well as the sock on her feet.
"OH SISTER MY SIDE, MY FEET, MY WRISTS THEY HURT," Hilde extended her wrists to show Sister Helen the two huge gaping wholes in either wrists. Without hesitation both grabbed Hilde and carried her into the church. Hilde began to thrash in pain as they laid her on her cot. "DUO, THEY'VE HURT DUO!"
"Father she's unconscious, what is going on?"
"She's sustaining Duo's injuries, OH Lord please help us." Both stayed by her sighed praying over her while she thrashed and continued to scream Duo's name.
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"Doctor she's losing more blood!"
"Hurry and bandage those wounds! This is insane as all my years I have never seen anything so incredible…" The doctor trailed off as he continued to bandage the strange whole that appeared through his patients wrists, feet and side.
SVX: How's that for sympathy pains! Poor Hilde…Poor Duo…OH what will happen?
MAX: Uh Space your suppose to know what's going to happen!
SVX: Why am I supposed to know?
MAX: Uh I dunno maybe because…YOU'RE THE AUTHOR OF THIS STORY!!!!!
SVX: Oh yeah I forgot…hey I do know what's going to happen! But you people don't so keep on reading!!!