A Pilot's Only Weakness pt5.
Disclaimer: I don't the Gundam Wing characters.
A/N: Sorry it took me so long. Only 2 people are actually reading this so I think I'm entitled to take my time.
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"Where's the call coming from Trowa?" Duo asked after the dog pile had dispersed.
"New Edwards…" Trowa replied.
"We need to get there and fast." Zechs said as he rushed out of the door. He suddenly rushed back in again. "So, how are we going to get there?" He asked. Everyone else face-faulted.
"We should've known really." Quatre said, sighing. "We should be able to get there in a half an hour. I just hope my plane is still there."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Catorce finally regained consciousness and looked at the girls with complete contempt.
"I hate you." Catorce said. "You are just as annoying as those stupid Gundam pilots."
"Thanks!" All three girls said as Johansson sweat-dropped.
"I don't even know why I bothered to do this anymore…" Catorce muttered, a memory had popped up in his mind.
**Flashback**
"I heard that Lady Une got shot because she was trying to protect the Gundam pilots." One oz soldier said. Catorce looked at him in total disbelief.
"Really?" He asked.
"Yah, real weird! She was enemies with them before…then again…"
Catorce stormed out of the room in complete anger. He walked pass the room that Lady Une was in. She was hooked up to an oxygen mask. He saw Treize walk into the room and tried to read his lips.
"Lady," Treize started. "What have you done? Trying to protect them to ensure my dream. Hmm…you always were a committed soldier my dear Lady." Treize said, planting a small kiss on her forehead. Catorce growled in anger and contempt.
"My lady…I will have you some day." Catorce said before walking away.
**End Flashback**
"Secure the entrances and exits. You can be sure that the pilots traced Nancy Drew's phone call." Catorce seethed. Johansson saluted.
"Right away sir!" He said dashing off. Catorce smirked maniacally.
"We're in for one hell of a fight ladies. Yes indeed." Catorce said, as he dimmed the lights in the room.
**This is your fault you know…**
**No! No one knows that for sure!**
**But Zechs knew, he saw it perfectly clear.**
**Shut up!**
**This is all your fault. Hilde's pregnant, what if this causes a miscarriage?**
**Shut up!**
**You'd have killed your only brother's child! How can you live with yourself?!**
**It's not my-**
**Oh but it is! It's all your fault! Your fault!**
**No!**
**Your fault… Your fault… Your fault… Your fault… Your fault…**
**NO!**
**Your fault…**
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"Have we got everything we need?" Noin asked.
"Yep, every arsenal that I've got hidden away in my basement." Duo grinned.
"Hilde is sure in for a handful." Quatre said, sweat-dropping.
"This is just like the old days, huh?" Sally asked Wufei as they set up some ammo.
"What old days? I don't remember having any old days with you!" Wufei said defensively. Heero and Trowa rolled their eyes.
"Are we there yet Zechs?" Trowa asked.
"Almost, but from what I can see they're ready for us." Zechs replied from the pilot's seat. Duo cracked his knuckles and smirked maniacally.
"Sweet! Coz we're ready for them too." Duo said. Zechs landed the plane. They all climbed out and dispersed in different directions. Noin was making sure that the plane wasn't damaged since it was their getaway. Her and Zechs defended against as many soldiers as they could while the others searched for an entrance.
They found one but they were also found by a couple of soldiers firing aimlessly at them.
"Listen, you guys go. Me and Barton will hold off these guys." Wufei said pulling out a rifle.
"Thanks Wufei. Trowa." Heero said as he, Quatre, Sally and Duo all ran off to find the girls. They ran past a couple of doors and found them.
"Jackpot!" Duo said as he ran in. "Oh God…" He uttered as he saw them sat up in the chairs but oddly enough they weren't tied up.
"Why are they just sitting there? they could've have escaped a long time ago." Sally said as Quatre looked at them quizzically.
"Are you guys ok?" Quatre asked.
"They're fine, of course they won't be if you take one step closer." Catorce's voice rang through the room.
"Where in the hell are you?!" Duo yelled.
"That's for me to know yadda, yadda, yadda…" Catorce said with a hint of humour in his voice. Duo tried to take another step. "Ah, ah, ah!"
"Why don't you show yourself…Lieutenant Nichol?" Heero yelled. There was a long silence.
"But…how did you know it was me?" Nichol asked.
"Because you're an idiot who left a trail of clues a mile long. Even though you used a voice synthesiser, your pattern of speech was still the same. I could tell quite easily." Heero replied. Nichol seethed as he let out an agonising yell.
"It's funny how you can do that to so many people Heero." Duo said. Suddenly, there was the sound of a gun being cocked into place.
"Oh dear God no…" Sally uttered. Nichol started to laugh maniacally.
"So many hopefuls to choose from! Contestant number one! The ex-queen of the world! Contestant two, ex-oz soldier and contestant number three an ex-agent…so many exes so few bullets." Nichol said.
"Don't do it! Your fight is with us not them!" Quatre pleaded.
"But I can get to you through them without having my ass handed to me on a plate. They are your weaker links…so which one is going goodbye?"
**Weaker links…oh my God! He means…**
**It's your fault…you've got to stop it…**
"What do we do?! We'll never get there in time! If he fires the bullet, there are three of them he's aiming at!" Quatre said frantically.
"…Goodbye!" Nichol said as he fired the gun.
"NO!"
The shot was fired. The target was hit.
"No…" Duo uttered. Michelle was holding her thigh wound as blood went trickling down to the floor. She was standing in front of a very surprised Hilde.
"Michelle? Why…" Hilde tried to put together a sentence but failed. Michelle turned around to look at her. She smiled weakly.
"Couldn't let the little one down…one of us Maxwells has to have a happy life." Michelle laughed slightly as she fell to the ground. The others ran towards them. Sally checked out Relena's and Hilde's wounds. Duo ran over to Hilde and hugged her.
"Babe, I thought I was going to lose you." Duo said.
"Your sis was protecting us the whole time…she's a lot like you, ya know." Hilde said. Heero walked over and looked at Relena.
"You are one crazy woman to survive this." Heero said to her. She just smiled.
"I had a good teacher Mr Yuy." Relena replied as Heero, yet again, tried to a fight the blush that was creeping on his face.
Quatre checked Michelle's wound. He took off his sweatshirt and wrapped it around her to apply pressure so the bleeding would stop.
"You're gonna be ok right?" Quatre asked.
"Course! I've been trained for this sort of thing!" Michelle smirked, then she started to cough again.
"I don't know if I'll be able to live through you, you're like a hurricane." Quatre smiled lovingly at her. Duo let go of Hilde and looked to his twin. His face darkened as his bangs covered his eyes. He sat beside Quatre, his fists were shaking.
"Are you crazy?! What the hell did you think you were doing?!" Duo yelled at her. "There had to have been another way! You're such a show off!!"
"You're welcome." Michelle said. Duo frowned. "Ah c'mon don't look at me like that! I lived through an explosion for God's sake! I'll be fine…" Duo just looked at her with watery eyes.
"You dare die and I'll come to the afterlife and kick you ass." Duo smirked as a tear rolled down his face.
"Go to your fiancée, I'm fine you asswipe!" Michelle said as Quatre sweat-dropped slightly. Sally looked over Michelle and smiled slightly.
"I honestly don't know what you're made of, but you're going to be fine. From what I can see, it only grazed you but we'll get you to a hospital just in case." Sally smiled. She and Quatre lifted Michelle as Duo and Heero helped up their significant others.
"Aw damn! We let psycho dude get away!" Duo suddenly remembered.
"Not necessarily." Trowa said emerging in the doorway.
"How in the blue hell does he do that?" Michelle asked.
"We caught Nichol…" Trowa started.
"So, where is he?" Heero asked. Trowa sweat-dropped and pointed outside. They looked out into the corridor where Wufei was mercilessly pummelling Nichol.
"Take that! And that! Try and kill my onna will you!" Wufei said.
"I told you so!" Michelle exclaimed as Heero, Duo and Trowa each fished out a wad of money and handed it to her. She grinned goofily and made her hand into a V sign.
A couple of months later…"Well it's the big day." Trowa stated.
"Yup. Heero, you're the best man, right?" Wufei asked. Heero nodded. "THEN HOW IN THE HELL COULD YOU LOSE THE GROOM?!?!?!?!?!"
"It's not my fault he's an idiot." Heero stated as the other three pilots face-faulted.
"What are we going to do? He's getting married in less than ten minutes and we don't even know where he is." Quatre said frantically. There was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" The four g-boys asked.
"Michelle!" She said. They all sighed in relief as she opened the door. She walked in on a cane to help her walk. The injury had been more serious that Sally had initially thought. She walked back and dragged Duo, dressed in his tux, into the room.
"Thank goodness. Where in the world did you find him?" Quatre asked.
"Where else, in the donut shop stuffing his face." Michelle smiled. Quatre looked at her quizzically.
"Maxwell, you baka." Wufei shook his head in disgust.
"Let's get you to the altar." Heero said shaking his head as Duo just laughed as he was pushed out the door.
"Miche, wait a sec." Quatre said. She turned around to look at him. "I could tell you were lying…where was he?" Michelle sighed.
"I found him at a graveyard. He was paying respects to the people he knew that died when he was young." Michelle said sadly. "I don't know who they were…but he must've cared a great deal about them."
"Duo is certainly one of the most enigmatic people I know." Quatre said.
"But then again you also know Trowa." Michelle laughed.
"Are you sure you'll be able to walk down the aisle with your leg?" Quatre asked, concerned.
"Dude! Don't worry! I'm just fine!" Michelle laughed waving her hand.
After the ceremony…The ceremony was so beautiful and moving that there was hardly a dry eye in the house. So it was the reception and it was time for Heero to give a speech. He stood up and tapped the glass. As everyone looked up at him, he felt a blush creeping onto his face.
"Ahem. I have known Duo for a while now. I think we're such good friends because the 1st time we met he tried to shoot me. Of course when you're as Trigger Happy as I am that's a good thing." Heero said as everyone laughed. "His wife…oh I won't lie. The poor woman has her hands full trying to take care of this hyper kid. But all the best to them! To Duo and Hilde!"
"Duo and Hilde!" The crowd chorused as they drank up.
Above, in the balcony of the hotel a mysterious figure stood watching the crowd. A small chuckle was heard as another person stepped behind the first.
"So, Nichol couldn't finish the job huh?" The second person asked. The first person growled.
"It is of no matter. He couldn't focus with his love for Une. We shouldn't have hired him in the first place." The first person said. "We need to get this done."
"I think you're moving a bit too fast. Let them all settle down, have some kids and think they're safe."
"What will that do?"
"Let them drop their guard. Then we can strike when they least expect it."
"Heh…"
"What?"
"You're nothing like our father you know. He would've wanted peace."
"Our father died. Look what peace got him…"
The End
Yes. You didn't read wrong! This is the end of this story. If I get requests then maybe I'll continue with it ^_~ See ya!
