Chapter 3 – Kidnap

Heero sat in his garden. He was used to being inside and always cooped up in one space for a
long time. The freedom was very hard for him to understand.
"Heero, you know, that boy who shot you, he isn't really my brother," said Linda sitting on the
grass planting some roses.
Heero looked at her shocked. When he first saw those two she didn't want to let go of the boy as
if they really loved eachother, like a brother and sister would. How could he not be her brother?
"I used to have a mother and father and we were very rich. My mother used to work in a factory
providing things for the gundam pilots but their factory was bombed and my mother died while
getting crushed under a gundam which was half made. My dad grieve for a while but then he got
his senses back and started working in the fields, but while Gundam 01, you, were protecting the
city you were hit and yoour gundam fell back crushing my father and his fellow workers. I was
so mad at the gundams and I made a vowe never to have anything to do with them or the pilots.
The boy who shot you found me one day crying in the streets for food. He took me with him and
I joined his little group. He has been like a brother to me ever since that day but we aren't really
related. We just call ourselves that because we have been together for so long.
Don't worry! I don't have a grudge against you at all, now I know that I should hate your
enemies, because they were the ones who knocked you down," said Linda.
Heero looked at the smiling girl. She had to go through so much, but how could he possibly know
how she felt? He was capable of hacking into computers and getting money for free. He may
have been alone, yes, but he could get anything he wanted. Linda was just a child.
"I am sorry about your father and mother. They must have been great people," said Heero
bluntly.
Suddenly Linda threw her arms around Heero and hugged him. He could feel her tears soaking
his shirt. He felt so strange, he didn't know what this emotion was. No one had ever hugged him.
They might have caught him, but never hugged him. He barely even knew why people did it.
How could he know? He had been lost in the world from the very beginning.
Slowly she took her arms off and wiped her eyes. She went inside to get some water to water the
rose which she had planted in the middle of the garden.
Heero rose to his feet. His leg hadn't been hurting at all today and he was glad that it healed so
quickly. He wondered what love really was. Did Linda feel any love towards the rose that she
planted? Did caring mean love? Did he love Relena or did he just care? Heero grabbed his head
in confusion. He wasn't supposed to care. He wasn't supposed to love. Why was he feeling this
way. Just because it was peace now didn't mean it would be peace forever and he couldn't get
into the habit of caring. Why then each time was he by Relena's side? He had so many question
and knew the only person who could answer them was him. Deep inside he would be able to
answer these questions. He wanted to know the answers now! Why couldn't he just figure them
out? He was born to be able to solve every problem thrown at him then why was it so hard to
figure this one out?
Linda ran outside again. She seemed happy again and Heero was thankful. She carefully watered
the rose and smiled at him.
"I'm going to go watch TV! I can't wait 'til tomorrow! School is so much fun! I can't believe
you snuck out in detention! Did you go there just to sneak out and why do you have to make so
much trouble at school?" asked Linda.
"I don't know any other way but to make trouble. That is what I do and that is my life," said
Heero wondering if it really was the way he lived his life.
"Well why don't you learn? I am going to go watch TV!" said Linda.
Heero waited for her to go in and slowly followed her.
"I'm lost. I know I am lost. Maybe I can find myself someday, but how can I if I have been lost
my whole day," thought Heero.
Heero hit his head hard making it throb with pain.
"I am thinking too much. I should just shut up and go watch TV," thought Heero stomping back
into the living room where his small TV was.
Linda was already listening to the news. She was quite a young girl to be listening to TV. Heero
jumped on a couch and spread himself out relaxing. Tomorrow he would try and go closer to
Relena.
"A new report has just come in. A gundam pilot has been shot and he is now in hospital. The
gundam pilot is number 5, and with him was a boy of about 16, who was kidnapped just a few
minutes ago. Wufei tells everyone to be careful and that they should bring justice to those who
try and kidnap kids," said the reporter.
Heero jumped up hurting his leg. He grabbed his coat and put it on as fast as he could. It was so
rainy outside but he needed to get to the hospital as soon as possible.
"Linda, stay here and don't open the door for anyone. I won't come through the door so you
know. I will go through the window. Just pretend you aren't there," said Heero closing the door
behind him.
Linda nodded and twisted her face in confusion. Why did Heero have to take off so quickly?
Heero ran through the rain as fast as he could. He didn't have time to get a bus, and it was much
faster running. He felt the water run down his back and soak his shirt but he couldn't stop. Not
now, he needed to get there!
Suddenly a black car screeched infront of Heero and opened the door. It was Duo grinning at
Heero. Heero jumped in and they drove to the hospital.
"Are you following me or something? Why are you always there, when I need you?" asked
Heero angrily.
"What else do you expect a best friend to do?" asked Duo driving on.
Heero looked at the road. Best friend… was there really something like that? Could he possibly
trust anyone and what was a best friend? In fact… what was a friend?
"Heero, you should buy yourself a motor cycle," said Duo.
"Exactly!" said Heero suddenly.
Duo looked at Heero amazed that Heero agreed with Duo for a change.
"On the way back from the hospital can you drop me off at the motor bike shop?" asked Heero.
Duo nodded concentrating on the road suddenly. As soon as they arrived they rushed out, barely
having time to lock the car.
Duo banged against the elevator button realising it was faster to climb the stairs. Heero knocked
into a bunch of nurses on the way but he had no time to apologise. They burst into the room
realising Wufei was talking to a nurse.
"I am sorry you cannot come here right now," said the nurse.
"We are private investigators and we need to ask some questions. I am sorry lady, but you will
have to step aside," said Duo flashing his gun license.
"Excuse me, but this is a hospital," said the nurse.
Heero took out his gun and aimed.
"Stand by that corner and shut up," said Heero pointing the gone at the petrified nurse. She
crawled to the corner and he kep his gun at her while Duo asked Wufei some questions.

Linda looked around the room. It was quiet and lonely. She wondered how Heero could live all
alone in this small house. There was a knock on the door and Linda got up to open the door
forgetting what Heero had said to her. As she was about to turn the knob she remembered and
rushed quickly back to the couch.
"Open up! We know you are in there," screamed a man.
Linda ran out of the room as she heard someone breaking the window at the back. She could run
downstairs to the basement but she was too scared. Where would she go? Quickly she dashed
behind the couch as a man with a machine gun entered the room. He put his hands to his waist
and took a look around the room.
"Pretty shitty place to live in," he said aloud.
Linda tried to not breathe in case he could hear her heavy breathing.
"I am going to count to ten and if you don't come out I will gun everything in this house and I
might hit you," said the man.
Linda wondered if he was bluffing. Could she take the risk? Suddenly the gun shot at the ceiling
letting some debree fall on the shiny clean floor.
"1, 2" the man counted.
Linda jumped out in terror and stood paralyzed while the man looked her over.
"You are one of those kids from the alley aren't you?" he asked.
Linda shook her head pretending she lived in the house.
"Come on! I know who you are. You think the police ever gave up on looking for you guys. The
news thing was to make you guys think you were safe again, so you would stop moving. We
decided to go look for ourselves and I am one of their secret agents. I already have your brother
at the police station and now I can take you. Don't worry, I won't hurt you if you come quietly,"
said the man pulling her to the door.
She screamed and bit his hand running to the back door to the garden. He grabbed his arm in pain
and shot at the ceiling again.
"One more move and I will shoot you, now come on!" screamed the man.
Linda., giving up followed him to his car. He pushed her inside and locked the door. He was a
rough driver and Linda kept knocking her head. Relena's plan hadn't worked. They were going
to be separated forever and they would never find eachother now that they were going to be in
different countries.
Linda was shoved in to the police station. A policeman had already put some cuffs on the boy.
Linda stared at him in sadness. Her tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Linda, don't worry. Everything is fine," said the boy even though she knew Justin was lying.
"Justin, come on. There is a parent from Russia for you," said a policeman.
The boy stood up and followed the policeman in silence. His face had lost all its liveliness and
was ruddy and sad.
"Linda," Justin managed a soft whisper before he was dragged to the next room.

Heero ran out of the hospital knocking over a few more nurses. Duo ran behind him.
Duo asked Wufei what had happened and all Wufei said was that they were getting Linda next.
Duo jumped in his car but Heero ran to a motor cycle close by. It still had the keys in it and he
jumped on starting the bike.
The man who owned the bike jumped out screaming as he saw Heero on it.
"Wait for me here, I will return it. It is a life or death situation," screamed Heero driving off
before Duo could even press on the gas.
Heero raced to his house driving on red lights and weaving between cars. Why did he care so
much? Was it because Relena told him to take care of Linda? He arrived at his house and jumped
of his bike not even parking it properly. The bike fell over making a loud noise. Heero jumped in
anger. The door was open and Linda was gone. He called out to her. Maybe she was hiding but
why was his roof in holes? She had been kidnapped and now he knew where to go but he feared
it was going to be too late.
Duo arrived at Heero's house to see Heero jump on his bike and drive off. Duo looked blankly at
the house.
"Oh come on Heero! You got a head start!" screamed Duo pressing on the gas again and
speeding towards Heero's bike.
Heero arrived at the police station at the same time as Duo and they jumped out together and ran
into the office. A nice looking lady took one look at them and screamed. A policeman ran out
pointing a gun at Heero.
"Oi! What did we do? Nothing! Put the gun down. We just came here and this woman screamed
for no apparent reason!" said Duo landing hard on the chair next to him.
The woman jumped off her seat and ran to Duo kissing him on the cheek. She looked at his hair
and searched for the platt that wasn't there. Her eyes sunk and she went back to her desk.
"I am sorry. I thought you were… but you looked so much like… but he had a platt," said the
woman.
"Sister Helen?" asked Duo suddenly.
The woman sat up again and stared at Duo.
"It's you isn't it? Helen, I just cut off my platt a few days ago! It's me, Duo," said Duo.
She jumped out of her seat again and ran back to him hugging him tightly. Tears rolled down her
cheeks as she looked at Duo.
"Duo, you piloted a gundam, I heard. I am happy that you are alive," said Helen.
"But you died in front of my eyes," said Duo questioningly.
"I thought I died too but one day I found myseld in some nice man's house and he had cured me.
I believe god had sent him to me… I can't believe you cut your platt! I thought you loved it!"
"I thought death needs a new look!"
The policeman looked at the secretary, Duo and the angry looking Heero, shook his head and
went back into his office. Heero coughed loudly and glared at Duo. Helen looked at Heero.
"Oh, this is my unsociable best friend," said Duo nudging Heero.
"Duo! We need to find Linda! You can have your reunion later!" screamed Heero.
"Yikes!" shrieked Duo standing up next to Heero like a soldier.
Heero pushed him aside and Helen walked back to her desk happily full of giggles.
"Miss Helen, was there a girl called Linda here any time today?" asked Heero.
"Why yes, she just left through the back door!" said Helen.
Heero jumped and ran through the door to the office. Duo ran after him holding his gun in case
he needed it for emergency.
"Stop! You can't go through there," called out Helen.
Heero ran as fast as he could dodging all the bullets being shot at him. All the police were aiming
at him and Heero but they had trained all their life to escape bullets so they didn'get hit once and
appeared at the door. Duo used his new kick move to kick open the door. The boys ran out and
looked around. They were at the back of an alley and no one was in sight. Heero looked at the
road. It had muddy lines on it. Suddenly he realised what they were.
"Duo, come on. These are the tracks from tyres. All we have to do is follow them and we will get
to the car," said Heero.
Heero ran as fast as he could ignoring his shortness of breath. He had to catch up with that truck
before it was too late. Duo was slowing down behind him and getting out of view. Heero stopped
and turned to see Duo with his head against a wall. He was breathing very quickly and looked ver
tired.
Heero looked forward onto the dirty old track. He had only one path and he was not allowed to
stop and have breaks. He was taught that when he was in training.
Heero pushed his tired feet off the ground and began running again. He could hear some people
screaming at Duo. Heero turned his head to see the police find Duo and put cuffs around his
arms. This was why Heero was taught to run. Run and never stop!
Suddenly Heero stopped looking at where the tracks went to. The airport building stood high
blocking the sun from shining in Heero's face.
Heero looked back to see some men walking towards him. He took in a breath and raced across
the street ignoring the screeching of brakes and honking of the cars. He ran into the airport and
breathed in the cold fresh air. He looked back, the men were gone. He straightened up and
walked forward head high trying to not look suspicious. He walked straight to the security
guarded door. A camera was scanning the floor next to him. Heero looked around to see if
anyone was watching. When no one was he took out a little pen. It could have looked like a
normal pen but inside was an electricity sucking device so that the camera would stop working.
He threw the pen at the camera and it stuck on. Heero counted to ten and looked at the camera
again. It has stopped and was facing the right side of the floor. There was no way he would get
caught on camera now.
Slowly Heero pushed the knob and entered the white hallway. Strangely no one was there. Heero
had his arm near his gun in case he would need it. He crept through the hall to the other side
where there were only a few rooms. Heero peared into each one finally deciding to walk in the
one which had the most computers.
Heero opened the door abruptly. No one seemed to be there so he walked to the computers and
looked at each one. Each was turned on and had different things on it. Finally he found the right
computer and sat at the chair. He carefully took out his black laptop and plugged it to the
airport's computer. His fingers typed away on the keyboard hacking through different systems
and passwords.
Suddenly he felt a cold metal object to his back. He began to turn his head but someone spoke,
"Don't turn your head. Just lie down on the floor and we will take you into custody. Son, you just
got yourself in jail. Come on, or else I will have to hurt you," said the person.
Heero glanced at the screen. 'Asking for name'. Heero wondered what Linda's last name was. He
remembered her saying it a few times but he couldn't figure it out.
"Come on, down! Or else I will shoot," said the man.
Suddenly Heero remembered and typed in very quickly, "Linda Shotter". The man pulled the
trigure and fired. Heero fell back against the cold floor. His back ached with pain like it had only
a few days ago when he got shot in the back before. Heero looked at the screen one more time.
'Destination: Africa.'
He could feel someone placing hand cuffs on him from the back. Heero grimaced in pain as his
back ached.
"I didn't want to do that but we are going to take you into jail," said the man pushing Heero
against the floor as he was observed.
"My name is Heero, the best gundam pilot, and I am here for a reason which Relena, the queen
will approve of. Let me go or else I will hurt you! Don't forget the queen is on my side," said
Heero.
"Yeah right! You can't be the gundam pilot. You are too young and the queen would never be on
a criminal's side," said the man dragging him out the door.
Heero looked around him. Some people stopped and looked at him and his back that was
bleading heavily. Suddenly he jumped up flinging his arms to the front like a skipping rope. He
jumped into the air again kicking one of the guards and flipping the other one over. He grabbed
his gun from the pocket and shot the third guard's leg. The people screamed and hid behind
eachother.
Heero stared at the guards.
"Not Heero, the best gundam pilot am I? The queen is on my side," said Heero running out of the
airport. He had a best friend to save before he went to Africa.