Gundam Evil 2 chapter 6

A/N: Well, how was that last part? Pretty exciting, huh? Detect the sarcasm? Oh yeah. It had to be at least interesting. I've realized something though. I always thought my chapters were shorter than in GE1, but that's not true. I just used a different font that made it bigger. So my chapters are longer now, not that it's really important though. ^_^

Legal Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Don't sue me. I do however claim this flashback, which isn't canon, but rather made up by me, so if anyone would like to use it (yeah right), please ask before doing so.

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GUNDAM EVIL 2 chapter 6

By the irreplaceable SSJ_Bardock

Midii sat quietly in the back of the truck. Duo was not far from her. The two were completely uninterested in each other. Not even a glance in the other's direction. They just sat there, saying nothing and looking at the scenery pass by. Midii was happy that Duo hadn't taken interest in her.

Back on the shuttle, Duo had almost caught her. But he didn't catch her; she was too good at her job. She didn't like Duo much and she wasn't sure why. She didn't hate him though, but she did resent him for almost blowing her cover twice. Duo had almost told Trowa about her twice. That wouldn't have been good. It would've jeopardized the mission.

As she sat in silence, her thoughts turned toward Nan…Trowa.

"He has a name now," she reminded herself.

She was happy for Trowa. He had a name now, a family, and a home to go back to. To top it off, he wasn't a bad performer. She had seen his act at the circus. To say she wasn't impressed would be a blatant lie. His work with the lions fascinated Midii. Not to mention that he was quite athletic.

She smiled slightly; Trowa had all those things in life. He wasn't that young boy who was all alone in the world that she had met before. Now he had friends, family, all the things he had said she had that made her better off. But over time the roles had been reversed. She now had nowhere to go home to, no family, and no friends.

FLASHBACK

After Trowa, no, Nanashi left her back in that jungle she had gone back home. When she walked back to her house, she had noticed that the place was all too quiet. As she stepped out of the forest, she noticed a big green truck out front. She hid in the bushes, waiting to see what was going on.

It seemed like forever until the screams started. She heard her father and brothers screaming in pain. Just as she was about to run up, two loud gunshots rang out. Quickly she ducked into the brush to watch, tears streaming down her face.

Suddenly the front door flew open. Two soldiers wearing Alliance uniforms stepped out, rifles strapped on their shoulders. One of the soldiers pointed to the other's uniform where a bloodstain was. The other one shrugged and wiped it off nonchalantly. The first soldier said something Midii couldn't hear and the other one laughed. The second soldier reached into the back of the truck and produced two gas cans and handed one to the other. They walked inside and Midii ran up to the house.

Stealthily she slipped around back. Pressing her ear to the wall, she tried to listen to their conversation. The splashing noise of the gasoline prevented her from hearing all of what they said, but she got enough information to get a good idea of the situation. Being in the spy business, you had to be smart and wise. She could only make out bits and pieces of what they said.

"…Knows too much…no longer needed…want her dead…told family…can't risk…"

She didn't know what they meant at the time, but she knew that if she stayed any longer, she'd be found and eliminated. So she sprinted off into the woods and went back to her hiding place. Lying on the ground, she watched carefully for anything.

The two soldiers walked out with gas cans in hand. The first one took both of them and tossed them into the back of the truck. The other one got into the front of the truck and started it up, while the other walked back to the entrance. Midii watched as he took something out of his pocket and a spark appeared. Tossing it into the building, he walked back to the truck and hopped in. The truck pulled off just as the house was engulfed in flames.

Midii waited for the truck to get out of sight before moving from her position. Once it disappeared, she ran up to the burning building and fell to her knees crying.

"Papa! Papa!" she cried out.

But no matter how much she cried, they were dead. They wouldn't be coming back to life. Suddenly, everything she had was gone. Everything that Nanashi had said she had over him, was gone. She was no longer better off than him. But as she looked up at the burning building, she was suddenly overcome with a new feeling. She had nothing left, but Nanashi, the young boy she loved. She would find him again, and this time she would tell him. She would tell him.

END FLASHBACK

Midii wiped the stray tear that was running down her face. She realized that all the emotional blocks she had put up that kept her from doing her job had been shattered. They had been shattered the moment she spotted Trowa. Nanashi had lived and grown into Trowa Barton. But Trowa Barton wasn't Nanashi. Nanashi was gone now, replaced by Trowa Barton. She would never get to tell him she loved him. Her vow was made to Nanashi, a person who no longer existed.

"Damn him," she whispered.

"What?" Duo asked, apparently having heard her.

"Nothing."

"Oh, all right then," Duo responded. He began to feel a little curious, "Midii?"

"What?"

"You knew Trowa right? What happened between you two?"

"Nothing. Don't concern yourself."

"Why not? Trowa's my friend; I think I have a right to know. And who's 'Nanashi'?"

"No one. Nanashi doesn't exist any more," she said, a touch of sadness in her voice.

Duo caught on, "Oh, I'm sorry."

"Don't be. It's better off that way."

Duo frowned but didn't say anything. This girl Midii certainly was a mystery. But for some reason, it seemed Trowa knew something he didn't. Duo knew they met before, but what happened, really? Midii had claimed that Trowa left her to die and Trowa had said she'd betrayed everyone. But who was 'everyone' and who was 'Nanashi'? Was it Trowa? Curiosity was eating at Duo. But for now, he'd deal with it and wait until they were ready to talk, whenever that might be.

Trowa mentally scowled. He was having difficult trying to drive. How was he expected to drive with her so close to him? She was so close he could almost touch her. Hell, he could touch her if he wanted. It was driving his mind crazy. He just couldn't concentrate with her on his mind.

But shouldn't he be happy? After all, he'd wanted to find her more than anything. With the war over, Trowa found a place missing in his heart. It was as if he wasn't whole. He had told her once, that he would kill his heart for as long as he managed to live. But now, he didn't feel the same way. In fact, he felt completely different. If he wanted anything, it was to heal his heart. Restore his humanity lost in the war. But, was it possible?

The only problem was how to get it back. But what about earlier? All of those feelings he had gone through, was that humanity? Is that what he wanted to have? He cursed silently. If there was one thing that Trowa Barton hated, it was to not be in control of his emotions. Emotions; they made him act differently and that would eventually get him killed, they were a weakness now. Emotions could be exploited in this kind of situation and that wasn't good.

So, he decided then, the only reasonable thing to do would be to lock away all of his human emotions, like he had during the battles in war. After all, this was a battle. If he wanted to survive, that's what it would take and Trowa Barton wasn't about to go and die. Not when all he worked for was now coming together. He had a name, a family and a home to go back to. He wasn't going to give that up.

Umbrella was a menace to civilization and had to be taken out. This was their mission, that, unlike in the war, they had chosen. Now, unlike the war, they weren't fighting for the colonies, they were fighting for all of humanity. They were protecting everyone, including the people they cared about. These thoughts reassured Trowa to their cause and made him even more determined to do whatever necessary to get the job done.

Heero watched Trowa out of the corner of his eye. He wasn't sure what Trowa was thinking, most likely about the girl, but something in Trowa's posture told Heero that Trowa had reached a decision. Heero frowned when he saw Trowa's expression go blank; Trowa had slipped on his mask of indifference, the same mask he used during the war. Then seemingly an understanding came over Heero and he too, then slipped back to his 'war mode'. Just as Trowa's had, Heero's features were completely blank. Heero Yuy was now the soldier he had been trained to be for his missions against OZ, but this time the enemy wasn't OZ, it was Umbrella. A mission was a mission though and Heero Yuy went through all missions as if everything depended on him.

In any case, it was going to be a dull ride with those two going back into their non-social selves, but it needed to be done for the sake of the mission. It was a good thing that Duo had always been his cheerful self otherwise the trip would be completely dull. After all, Trowa and Heero wouldn't be conversing and Midii wasn't exactly being a chatty person. So all of it was left to be handled by Duo Maxwell.

Trowa had been driving for nearly a half-hour when Umbrella's facility came into view. Duo's first thought when he saw it was something along the lines of it being huge. That was no understatement either. It wasn't what anyone would've expected it to be. The Gundam pilots expected it to be underground, well with the exception of Heero who already knew what it looked like.

The building stood to what looked like fifty floors high. The outside walls were made completely of sun-tinted Plexiglas. A single rotating door was their way into the building. The building design itself was like a giant square. Impressive it was, to say the least. No doubt a good amount of money was being put into this building. That fact would make it that much better when they destroyed it all.

As the truck came to a stop, Trowa immediately hopped out and walked to the back. Reaching over, he grabbed his bag out of the back and watched as Midii slightly flinched when he reached for it. She appeared to be scared of him, but Trowa didn't care as he slung it over his left shoulder. Reaching over again, he picked up a small pistol and put it in his bag, along with two clips. Once more he reached over and this time grabbed a shotgun. Slinging that over his right shoulder, he took out a holster and strapped it around his waist, filling it with shells for his shotgun.

The others followed suit, loading up on weaponry. Midii, meanwhile, just watched them and made no move until they began to walk away from the truck and toward the building. Then, she picked up two Berettas and put them in the holsters she strapped around her midsection, grabbing a few clips as well. Afterward, she got out of the truck and walked up to where the three Gundam Pilots were waiting.

"So what's the plan?" asked Duo, looking back and forth at Trowa and Heero.

"You and Heero will find the nearest computer terminal. Hack into it and guide us, checking for anything alright?" Trowa asked.

Heero nodded, but Duo wasn't as content as that, "Why do I go with Heero? Why can't Midii stay here, or you?"

Trowa regarded Duo carefully before speaking, "Because Midii has the access codes."

Midii just watched them silently, not saying a word because she knew it wouldn't matter.

Duo on the other hand, wasn't satisfied. It wasn't that he objected to it, but he was a bit curious, "So why you? Why can't I go with her and you stay with Heero?"

"Because," Trowa said, "I'm the only one that knows her…knows what she is capable of."

That one stung Midii, "Don't trust me Trowa?"

"Why should I?" he retorted.

Midii visibly flinched and the more humane part of Trowa wished he hadn't said it, but he ignored it. "Let's go."

The four walked into the facility, passing through the revolving door. Surprisingly, it looked like any normal building would. In the far corner was a single desk with a single chair behind it, but no receptionist. The walls and floor were white and dull. In the center of the room was a large shag carpet, with the Umbrella logo on it. Chairs lined the wall in the far side of the room, with the occasional plant between them, along with your standard coffee table with a few magazines on it.

"Strange," came Duo's voice.

"Very. We've been here for at least a half hour and we've barely seen any blood or monsters."

"But we know they're hear. We saw them, and Heero was attacked by one."

Midii decided to chide in, "So you'd rather have those…things breathing down your necks?"

"Actually, yes. At least that we're semi-used to and prepared for. All this quiet and…emptiness, is just unsettling," Duo responded.

"You're crazy," she told him lightly.

Duo just shrugged as they started across the room. The only sound was the scuffing of shoes on the cold linoleum floor and the ruffling of equipment moving around. The door they reached was metal and had a single keypad next to it, most likely where the security was. Trowa slightly pushed Midii toward it and in return, she shot him a glare.

Typing in the security code, the door opened and they walked through. They were now in a small hallway with a single door at the other end. No doubt another this was another security checkpoint. It didn't make a difference to them and they just passed through it, with help from Midii's research of the security codes. When they were on the other side, all of them stopped and looked at each other.

"Alright. Duo, Heero, you'll go upstairs to the main computer. From there you'll be able to access everything and monitor out movements. Midii and myself will head to the center of the lab and activate the self-destruct mechanism," Trowa informed them.

"Wait," came Duo's voice, "Why can't the self-destruct be activated from the computer upstairs?"

"It has to be activated by the consol, otherwise what would happen if someone hacked into their mainframe and managed to find out how to set it? Not good for business if some random hacker causes the place to blow up. That's why. Let's go," he said as he grabbed Midii's arm.

She said nothing and walked off with him, the two not saying a word. An elevator wasn't but ten feet from them, so Trowa decided to try it out. The lights blinked to show that it was active and when it arrived, Trowa went through and brought Midii with him after some coaxing. Waving once to Heero and Duo, Trowa watched as the doors closed and they descended into the lab.

Duo and Heero watched as the door closed. When it did, Duo posed the question.

"How long before they'll kill each other?"

Heero didn't answer but started toward the second elevator, limping slightly. Duo followed him shortly after and sighed. This wasn't exactly a joy ride for any of them. It was going to be boring if things continued to play out like they were: no monsters and his partner being anti-social once again. As much as it disturbed himself, Duo Maxwell was hoping to encounter some action along the way.

When the doors finally opened, Heero and Duo were surprised to find a crackling noise coming from their bags. Reaching in, they both found some small radios. The person contacting them was Trowa.

*czzt* "Attention Heero, Duo. The elevator we're in is stuck; can you give us some help? Over."

*czzt* "Hold on. We haven't set up anything yet. I'll contact you as soon as I'm in the computer's mainframe. Over."

"That can't be good," remarked Duo.

Heero ignored him and continued into the new floor. Looking around he found two large metal doors with the words "Caution" and "Authorized Personnel Only".

"This must be it then," he said.

"Yeah. Could they be any more obvious?" Duo asked as he toyed with the handles. "Locked."

"So unlock them," Heero said, annoyed.

"I don't even have the tools with me," he said.

"Check your bag."

Duo nodded and began searching through, just to find a lock pick kit. Staring at it in his hands, his only words were,

"Well I'll be damned. Trowa's thought of everything."

"We'll see about that. Now hurry up and open the door."

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A/N: Sorry if this chapter is either too short or it took too long to get out. I've kind of lost motivation. I'll try to get this done though, so don't worry. Take it easy people.

Preview: In the next chapter, Duo and Heero help Trowa and Midii out of the elevator. It seems that action is just around the corner when Trowa and Midii encounter some nasties.

Thoughts: Midii

"It seems like ages since I've seen Nanashi. It seems he hasn't changed much, I can say that from what I've seen so far. He's still that emotionless child that continues to kill his own heart. He still reminds me of that child I met so long ago, but I remind myself that he isn't a child anymore and neither am I. Things have changed, including us, well at least I know I've changed since then, but I don't know about Trowa. I don't know if we're going to make it out of here alive, but I will tell him how I feel about him. No matter what name he goes by now, it doesn't matter, he's still Nanashi to me, so I will tell him. I owe it to myself…and to Trowa, no matter what the consequences."