Quatre felt something close
to dread in his heart and he didn't know why. So he ignored it, but he already
had a nagging feeling behind his stubborn head that something's going to happen.
He just couldn't get it. **Damnit...what?!** It was there, somewhere inside
his subconscious but he just couldn't reach it.
Slowly, he rose from his
seat and closed the book that he was reading. He snook a peek in the kitchen
and saw that Duo was eating a hearty snack while the others ate in a slower
pace. He smiled a little. In the middle of this cursed war, they didn't have
a choice but to keep running, hiding and fighting. So, any luxury that he could
give the other pilots, he would gladly give just so that they could at least
pretend even for just a little while, that the war didn't affect them.
He then went to his room
passing by Heero's room, then he stopped in his tracks. He touched the knob
of the door, but then stopped again. Why was he doing that? What was he
going to do? He knew that Heero was currently out for a mission so why was he
standing outside the Wing pilot's door.
He turned the knob and
went in. It looked like any ordinary room in the house, so why was he inside
someone else's room. He couldn't shake the feeling away that he was supposed
to be doing something. But he didn't know what. Heero's laptop was placed on
the table, closed. Of course, what would he expect.
He looked around and nothing
was amiss. So, what was he doing inside the room? He was ready to bang his head
over and over just to make his mind work, but he wouldn't do that. The hit would
hurt too much, and besides, what good could he do if he got injured. Injured
because he banged his head on the wall. He made a frustrated sound. He was even
sounding ridiculous. He had to know what's making him like this or else he'll
go insane. It never felt nice to feel that you were supposed to know something
yet couldn't. He sat in front of the laptop and logged in.
Enter Password.
He raised his eyebrows.
Looks like he would have to do it the hard way...... What was he doing? He didn't
know the password, and he was sure that Heero had top security locks when it
came to his laptop. And yet, his hands danced around the keyboard and typed
numerous codes to hack into Heero's laptop. He knew it was a futile attempt,
so why was he even trying?
The whole thing might even self-destruct if he placed the wrong passwords. And
still, he continued until finally everything became mechanical. He didn't think
anymore, just let his hands and eyes do the work.
System Lock 1
unlocked
System Lock 2
unlocked
His fingers continued to
dance along the keys as one by one the system locks for the code was unlocked
and the password was finally confirmed. He also knew that by this time the mission
objectives were thoroughly erased, but maybe not yet from the back up files.
And so he searched again, and found nothing.
He leaned back on the chair,
wondering again why he was inside the room. And what was he searching in Heero's
laptop. Then he sat up straight again and continued typing. He may not find
the objectives, but he'd surely find the background for the current mission.
His eyes narrowed when
the infos started showing up one by one. It was familiar, very very familiar.
Why? Because he had received the same data 2 days ago and his superior had said
that he would give Quatre the next batch of info along with the mission objective.
And the data that he was seeing now, was the complete one, and marked by Dr.
S.
Not J.
All the information for
total annihilation was designed for Sandrock's ability.
Not Wing.
One thing was very clear.
Heero had intercepted Quatre's
mission.
Quatre logged out of Heero's
laptop with a frown. He sat there silently in his chair as he took everything
in. And his conclusion was, he didn't understand the reason why Heero would
take a mission from him. It wasn't a hard mission....well, it was hard since
it's a whole base and he had to destroy it from inside out, not outside in.
He may not be as good as Trowa and Heero for infiltrating but he could do that
damn well. He shook his head, he was even cursing already.
He once again gathered
his thoughts. He thought of any possible reason on why the Wing pilot would
intercept missions, didn't he know that a mission would come to him anytime?
He stood up and walked towards the door. He listened hard if anyone was outside
and when he heard nothing but silence, he slowly came out of the room and walked
towards his own silently.
**Was he trying to protect
me? If yes, from what then? If yes, why would he do that?** He knew that as
a leader, Heero cared for his team, but he would never get a mission from them.
As for something deeper, he didn't want to think about that one.
He closed the door inside
his room and contemplated on what to do. So, now he knew the nagging feeling
that something was wrong. Someone took his mission. But what can he do about
it? Should he just wait and ask? That's definitely out of the question. As if
Heero would answer him in the first place. Instead, the question might be thrown
back at him of how he knew,
then he would say he found out through Heero's laptop. And after saying that,
he should probably say his last prayers.
What to do? What to do?
He repeated over and over in his head. And still nothing was clear, though there
was one answer but he was trying to ignore that particular one.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Heero just finished wiring
the computer to give him access to the core of the building. The place was huge
compared to the detailed map that he received earlier. It took him hours to
get inside the territory, and hours to find the core, and another hour to wire
everything. He now faced another part of the building that should be the core.
And he immediately sprang into action and found the mainframe computer. He hacked
and programmed a silent bomb that'd explode inside the hard drive and destroy
all data.
The programming wasn't
hard, the hard part was timing his escape. He never did it before, but now he
cared for life. Because someone had taught him about it. His teacher never taught
him directly though, he just watched him. Watched him care for everyone, value
their lives as if they were of his own. And if someone was hurt, it was like
he was trying to take all the pain from
them, and in a way he was succeeding, and he was hurting instead of them. All
because he cared so much. And because of that, he would have to die.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Quatre came out of his
room and told his friends that he would just visit Sandrock. Duo made a comment
that he was turning as bad as Wufei and his Nataku, and the braided boy got
a long rant about caring for Gundams and valuing their worth and how dare he
insult the Chinese boy for valuing his beloved Gundam. Quatre just smiled at
them and told them that he would be back.
He climbed inside Sandrock's
cockpit and found something else to do than just sit inside his room. He still
didn't know what to do though. He checked for missions, force of habit and found
nothing. Then he checked the systems for Sandrock if they were all in good condition.
They were.
Then one caught his eye.
He touched the keys softly,
then slowly typed Z E R...
He stopped himself from
doing it and frowned. He remembered what he did in Zero mode, it was never a
pleasant memory. And after all of those, Heero trusted him the program. It belonged
to Wing Zero, and yet it's pilot gave ZERO system to Sandrock's. Because Heero
trusted him. And he was grateful for that trust, and he valued that trust. And
yet, he hacked into someone else's files, the one who gave him his trust. He
was traveling into guilt road again, but he couldn't help it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Heero computed the amount
of time he would be needing to escape, and then made the code for it to detonate
at exactly 7 minutes. He was done planting all bombs throughout the compound,
and it would all go off once the silent bomb did it's work. And by that time,
he should be a good distance away, with his Wing Zero and flying back to his
friends. Friends....he never had
friends. He never called them that, and yet he learned. And once again from
him. Friendship, trust...and what he did wasn't the one of trust.
He stopped his mind from
wandering off and finished what he was doing. Then he stood up and ran to where
he came in. He has 7 minutes to find his way back out of the compound. When
he opened the door from the core, he ran as fast as he could. Before he rounded
the corner, a woman came out. He automatically pointed his revolver, and he
was faced with the same.
They pointed revolver to
revolver, neither moved, neither talked. Then the woman smiled, and Heero backed
away. Cerulean blue eyes, blonde hair flowing behind her back, smooth skin,
the kind smile of an angel......she reminded him of Quatre. Yes, she was older,
and feminine, but the resemblance was remarkable. Too remarkable to be a coincidence.
The woman snapped her fingers
and 4 men emerged from the corner and entered the building's core. No doubt
removing the silent bomb. Heero glared hard at her, and she kept smiling kindly
at him. Revolver still pointed at his head, and the other pointed at her heart.
Why couldn't he just shoot her?
She then opened the shoulder
bag that she was carrying, and she dropped all it's contents on the floor. All
the bombs that he planted. And yet, she still smiled, and it unnerved him. He
wanted to shoot her and leave, but couldn't.
He knew why.
Because she was one of
Quatre's sisters.
One of the many reasons
why he took this mission.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
Quatre still sat on his
Gundam, now silent in reverie. Then he made his decision. He climbed back down
again and went back inside with the others. He told them that he was leaving
for a mission. They only nodded in understanding, and Duo gave him the good
luck speech then he smiled and left.
Mission Objective: Find Heero.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
"Shoot, little boy."
The woman dared him in a soft kind tone.
He hated her. How could
she remain looking like an angel, speaking like an angel yet everything underneath
her was nothing but the opposite.
He wanted to pull the trigger
and be done with it.
She lowered her gun and
grinned at him, then shot his leg.
He remained standing though
the wound made him wince. But he stood firm, gun still pointed at her but couldn't
shoot.
She shot his other leg,
and this time he fell, and his gun also dropped to the floor. He couldn't shoot
her.
She then kneeled in front
of him and held his chin like a sister, "I knew you can't shoot me. You
know why?"
He glared harder, willing
her to die with his eyes. But she still didn't waver, she even looked amused.
The nerve of this woman....
"Because I am connected
to him. If I die, he would know. And if he would find out who did it...and after
he did, you already know what happened the last time, ne?" She said in
a whisper like an angel soothing a sinner, but her words were more than enough
to give him more reason to kill her. But it was the truth, he couldn't.
"Take him away, I'll
deal with him personally." She smiled to the 4 men.
His mission failed. There
was one question that he wanted to be answered though, "Why?"
"Oh..you can speak?"
She still smiled like some kind gentle older sister, but the mockery of her
words was there. "Well, I guess I can answer that. Because I want all of
this to end, the war. And for that to happen, all those who started it must
die. You, my brother, the others, OZ, and including myself. I work for no one
but myself."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Quatre hid his Sandrock not far from the place where the mission was currently
taking place. He entered with stealth, and found his way in. It looked like
Heero was finished already, but the place was still in one piece. So that meant,
that the other was still here. He felt stupid for following, he might be endangering
them both by being there alone. But, it was his mission after all, and two were
always better than one.
He was about to turn left
to where he knew the core should be and Heero might be, but he turned right.
He never betrayed his instincts, and so he continued on. He reached an opening
and found a forest beyond that point. He was confused. Why did his instincts
guided him at that place?
Then he heard a motor roar,
and he hid behind the pillar. He saw some men on the jeep, a blonde woman, and
Heero. One thing registered in his mind then. Heero got caught.
He hurriedly rode the other
jeep that was parked and hot wired it then he followed them from a good distance.
Letting his ear guide him this time rather than his eyes.
He slowly pulled out of
the road and followed the other jeep from behind the large trees. He stopped
when he no longer heard the motor of the other jeep. And he stepped out of the
jeep silently. He took some supplies from the cargo and climbed back up to the
road to follow by foot.
When he reached the place,
they were on a boat. He was genuinely confused on where they were going. The
lake was connected to the sea, and if they were going to a nearby island, that
little boat won't get them any further. He was shocked when the boat stopped
in the middle of the lake and the blonde pushed Heero over, chains and rocks
bound his hands and feet. They waited for a while and then rode back to land.
Quatre's eyes were huge and glazed. He could watch them die in gunshots, but
never like that. He always knew that they'd die in battle eventually, but not
helpless like the way Heero did. Not by being pushed over the boat.
He hurriedly hid and found
his way towards the lake without being seen. When he looked back, he saw they
were all inside the jeep and was about to gun the engine. He aimed his gun at
the tire, and it exploded, next he aimed at the gas tank. The gas leaked out,
and finally, he aimed for the gas. The whole jeep exploded with everyone in
it scorched and burned.
C&Cs!!!!
please...it's been a long time since I wrote yaoi again...and Nanainan (yaoi
muse) just started to live again. ^^