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Perfect Soldiers

Chapter 6 'Endings and Beginnings'

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"Just like two love birds." Mitchell scoffed as he came into the room his boot slightly nudging the newcomer who was sleeping next to Duo.

Heero opened one eye and sized up the new kid. He was no object. He was about to spring into action when Duo grabbed his arm stopping his attack.

"Don't, the kid is armed to explode if we hurt him." Duo coughed sourly and pushed himself to his feet. "I've learned to deal with his obnoxious mouth."

"So sweet of you Duo. I never knew you cared." Mitchell smiled and extended his arms with food in them. "I heard that things are about to start. I told you to watch what you put in your mouth."

Duo laughed. "I don't know what to make of you kid." His face fell immediately when he saw what the kid was carrying. He couldn't possible eat anything not after what happened last time. "Leave me out I don't really feel like eating." Duo said frowning and turned to Heero shaking his head. "Don't take it. Full of sedatives."

Heero nodded. That made sense. Whoever it was who had him had to find a way to get to him. They must know that bomb strapped kids weren't going to work for long. Eventually they would be desperate enough to go through the kid if there was no other way out.

"Hmmm…I did say something about that last time, but this time I would eat it." Mitchell said and reached into his tray and pulled up a green bean and stuck it in his mouth and chewed. "See still awake, still alive."

"I don't think so kid." Duo mouthed as he moved away from the boy and back into the darker portion of the room.

"Suit yourself." He commented casually and lay the tray on the ground in front of them. "It's there if you change your minds." With that he left and Heero and Duo were alone again.

Heero looked through the shadows to where Duo was sitting. He was looking at the floor again, his fingers tracing over the words he had written before he had come there. In dark black charcoal it read 'Hilde'. He ran his fingers through the chalk smearing it across his hands as he did so and beside it wrote 'Duo.'

"What are you doing?" Heero asked swallowing hard and at a loss for what to do.

"So making sure I remember my name." Duo whispered as he ran his fingers of the writing again. "You know when they finish what they've done to me maybe I'll come back in here one day and this name will make me remember. You that I'm the great Shinigami, that I saved the world that I once had a wife who I don't remember." He trailed off a deep sigh escaping his throat, "But you said we were getting out. So maybe this is pointless."

"Yeah Duo." Heero mumbled not knowing what else to say. "We'll get out of here." It was an empty promise and he had no way of carrying it out. He had no idea how he was going to get out of this. "Is that kid the only on that comes in here?"

Duo looked up his glazed eyes blinking as if for an instant he didn't know who Heero was. "Um yeah." He said slowly and looked back at the floor his fingers moving against the concrete again. "He's the only one."

"Do you think he's really set to explode?" Heero questioned again his mind running wild with the possibility.

Duo shrugged. "I have no idea, but I do know that he is very into this organization. He's one of their agents, possible the one that beat you up for those files."

Heero stiffened. 'Could that kid possibly be the same one.' His mind ran over his last encounter with the black clad thief. It seemed the boy was about the same size.

"But there is the fact that he keeps warning me about stuff." Duo added absently.

"What are you talking about?" Heero asked his thoughts straying for a moment.

"He warned me about the food and I think he kind of worships me." He paused, "you know like a hero worship type thing." Duo slumped over and continued to write.

"Strange why to show his affection." Heero mumbled and looked away from Duo to the door.

"And you're one to talk Mr. 'I'm going to kill you'" Duo sniggered and got to his feet brushing his hands off on his pants.

"Doesn't seem you've forgotten everything." Heero remarked dryly and turned to Duo a plan forming in his mind. "If you really think this kid worships you can't you use that to your advantage?"

"Tried." Duo mumbled. "They've got him tighter than any hero worship can bring him. He has more at stake than his own life."

"How do you know that?" Heero asked.

Duo shrugged as his gaze went to the floor again. "I have no idea, but I do know that it's there, whatever it is."

Heero followed his friend's gaze to the floor where he had scrawled a number of names. Under each name was a small description. 'Heero: Brown hair blue eyes friend wing Zero, Relena: blond nice legs, O'jousan, Trowa: flips Heavyarms, Hilde: wife, Quatre: blond…' the descriptions went on and on as did the names. Some where really short it seemed he vaguely remember the most important people in his life. It was sad. Trying to lighten the mood Heero spied Relena's again.

"'Nice legs,'" He echoed and raised a brow at his friend.

Duo laughed. "Don't worry man I'm not moving in on your territory. I just never forget a nice pair of legs."

"Relena is not my territory." Heero objected readily.

Duo shook his head and frowned. "I just thought I'd write that so I would have a little of my old life left. I don't want to forget you guys."

"We're not giving up yet remember." Heero reminded him as he pulled his gaze from the concrete memorial. "Right now we need to figure out how to get out of here and I think our best bet is to get that kid to listen to us."

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"So you're telling me that they won't eat." Smith shook his head and moved from his desk and stalked toward Mitchell.

"Sorry." Mitchell said shrugging. "They refuse to touch it. Since the little incident with Duo I don't blame them."

"Don't get smart with me kid." Smith chided as he shoved his hands into the pockets of his lab coat. "I don't have time to correct your mouth and be honest with you your getting on our nerves just a little bit."

"Well excuse me oh master." Mitchell replied cheekily. "I didn't realize I was steeping on any one's toes."

Smith felt his anger peaking. That kid had a tendency to really get on his nerves. Pulling his hand up Smith slapped the boy across his face before he could deflect the blow and kicked him in the stomach sending him sliding across the floor.

"Brat." He hissed. "If you don't shape up you can kiss your life goodbye, and as for the rest of you little idiots well you can guess what will happen there."

Mitchell's eyes were smoldering but he didn't make any attempt to retaliate. One day he would get them back. One day when so many didn't depend on him, when he was free to make his own choices.

"Get your suit. We have a job for you." Smith hissed as he looked over his shoulder at Hammond who had just entered the room. "We need you to go on a supply run."

"Sure." Mitchell mumbled and pulled himself to his feet. "Whatever you want. Just tell me where when and how?" He said taking in a sharp breath as she clutched his stomach.

"Preventer's base, Research lab. Break in using fake security supplied by us. Be ready to be caught and don't screw up. We need everything on this list." Hammond said handing the boy the paper. "Don't screw up."

Mitchell saluted him sloppily and spun on his heel. "Yes, sir." He yelled sarcastically and marched out the door. "Anything for you sir."

Hammond watched him leave a frown forming once again on his old face. "That's it. That kid is gone. I saw the way he was looking at you. He's going to do something stupid soon, just wait."

"Not while we've got his family under our fingers. If he does anything to try and get away. If he does anything rebellious we'll kill them and then we'll kill him, but right now we have things to do. We need to get that Maxwell guy back here so we can finish the operation."

"I know. It won't take long. We'll just drop some gas in there with them and next thing they know they're asleep. Easy." Hammond shrugged and turned back to his console.

"Yeah real easy." Smith mumbled under his breath and turned back to the chip he was working on. It was almost finished. All he needed to do was take a look at Trey's to make sure. He didn't want to risk messing up Mace, but Trey hadn't even been activated yet. As soon as he did that he would put it in the Maxwell kid and there wouldn't be anything that could stop them.

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Lady Une wanted to scream and she would have, but there was a gag in her mouth stopping anything from coming out but a muffled mumble. She was cussing cursing screaming and all of it was for nothing. She was pissed right now. Pissed because she wasn't supposed to be a field agent, because things were so screwed up right now and two of the worlds greatest heroes had been captured and were probably being tortured and the only people who could do anything about it were being held hostage. She hadn't seen Noin or Sally since they had been captured. They were being kept apart. Whoever this was were very good at what they did. The must have intelligence everywhere. They had known who they were and why they were there before they had even gotten there. Who where they and what did they want with three Preventers?

"So Lady have you calmed down yet."

Lady Une turned her intense glare on the man in front of her. She hadn't even begun to calm down yet. Her temper was far fiercer than anyone else she knew. She hardly ever got mad but when she did 'watch out'. Shaking her fallen hair out of her face she rolled her eyes at him and struggled against her hold. She really had to get out of this.

Instead of leaving the man came toward her and removed her gag. Lady Une let out a relieved sigh and turned her gaze on her capture. "What do you want with us?" She asked relieved that her mouth was free once again.

"Well first we want to know what you three are looking for out here?" He was so close Lady Une could feel his breath on her face. His dark green eyes were looking into hers. He wanted answers.

"Answers." She said simply her gaze not leaving his. "We're just looking for answers."

"Answers to what questions?" He asked breaking eye contact with her and moving away for a moment.

"Why should I tell you anything. You already seem to know enough about us." She told him and turned her eyes away from his tall form and looked at the floor.

"You've got this all wrong." The man replied shaking his head as he came back toward her this time kneeling in front of her one of his hands resting on he knee. "We're on your side. We just had to make sure you guys were who we thought you were." He smiled showing his white teeth.

"Yeah right." Lady Une replied as she brought the toe of her shoe up and kicked him in his unprotected groin. "Asshole!" She screamed at him as he fell backward curses escaping his mouth in some foreign language.

"Une what are you doing?" Sally called as she looked into the room and raced to the man's side and pulled him to his feet. "Are you all right?" She asked

The man nodded and took a deep breath as he got his feet and squinted his eyes. "I swear woman know right where to stick it to a man. Jeez."

"What's going on here?" Lady Une demanded her anger way beyond raging. "Why are you talking to him? Where am I and what the hell is going on?"

The man who had spoken to her earlier straightened and moved behind her and released her bonds. "I swear I was just trying to explain things before I let you go. I didn't want you to attack me, but it seems you did that anyway."

Lady Une jumped from her seat and walked to Sally's side. "Where's Noin?"

Sally shrugged. "I don't know. She's probably walking around. I saw her when they let me go."

"Who are they?" Lady Une asked exasperated.

"Easy we're after the same man you are." He said happily and extended his hand. "My name is Anthony Tabin and I run this unit."

"Who is that?" Une asked taking his hand a little unsurely.

"George Hammond." He said evenly. "All of us here have a special dept to repay him with."

"And what would that be." Une asked raising a brow as she released his hand.

"Easy. We know exactly what happened in this facility over nine years ago because we where there. Me and my men are the surviving Dragon army."

"Dragon army?" Une asked. "What are you talking about?"

Sally put her hand on Une's shoulder. "Trust me this is a story you'll want to be sitting down for. I don't know how this ties in with Heero and Duo but I do know why they took them now and not only that but we have some pretty nice allies to take back with us to the Preventer's headquarters."

"Allies whose motive is vengeance." Une reminded her and leaned over whispering in her ear. "What makes you think we can trust them."

"Oh you can trust us." Anthony said happily.

"How did you hear that?" Une asked.

"Oh we have a few abilities that might surprise you." Anthony mused lightly and winked at her. "Trust me when I say we are more like an army of a thousand than a few hundred."

"Whatever you say. When do we get to go back?" Une asked.

"Whenever you want." Anthony replied, but you have to bring us with you."

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"You're telling me that you've been raised as a soldier ever since you were six that is until you were eighteen." Lady Une said in disbelief as she glanced at her friends sitting just to her sides. "I can't believe this."

"Believe it." Noin whispered. "I saw all of it down to the chips in their arms. There is a tattoo on every one of them. The chips in their arms were all removed, but we can still tell what they were used for."

"At least now we know what Hammond is after." Sally whispered

"It seems he's looking to rebuild his army." Une said slowly, " and I have a feeling that Duo and Heero are an unknowing part of it."

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Mitchell reentered the building and peeled off the suit as he began walking. The job hadn't been that hard. In fact he hadn't run into any trouble at all. It was all a piece of cake. Raking his black locks out of his face with his hand; Mitchell stepped out of the power suit and placed in the locker to his far left. Even if it had been easy his muscles still weren't used to the strain the suit put on him. After every trip his muscles ached. Rubbing his shoulder ruefully he sunk on the wooden bench in front of the locker and closed his eyes as he tried to massage the stiffness out of the sore muscle.

"How'd it go?"

Mitchell's eyes flew open as he heard the voice and he released his arm and glared into the darkness. "Too afraid to be by yourself." Mitchell scoffed as he caught sight of the small shadow hiding behind a row of lockers.

"No." Came a numb reply. "I just wanted to know how it went."

"Fine. What does it matter any way. I told you that whenever it was safe I would get you guys out. If you keep popping up like this then they'll catch me and that'll be the end." Mitchell got to his feet and slammed the locker shut. "Just be happy I'm willing to help you at all."

"They moved me up."

Turning sharply Mitchell felt his eyes widen before he could curb the reaction. "What?"

"An upgrade. They moved me up."

"Why?"

"I don't know. You're the one with all the answers."

"Your mouth is getting way too smart." Mitchell scoffed as a scowl reached his face causing his brow to crease. "How could they move you up. That doesn't make much sense. You don't know half the stuff I did when they moved me up in ranks."

"I learned from the best, and I don't know but I think they're putting me in a suit next week." The boy stepped out of the shadows illuminating his childlike form. "That's way before they gave you one."

"Yeah I know that." Mitchell grumbled. "But I don't know why they're doing it so early. I mean you're not ready. No one else is."

"Does that mean you'll get us out of here sooner?" He questioned his blue eyes glistening with hope.

"No…it's just that…"

"Mitchell!"

Mitchell froze and glared at the boy in front of him and waved his hand frantically as he tried to get him to step back into the shadows. It didn't take long; the boy was after all trained. Before Mitchell could even answer back there was no sign of him.

"Yes, sir." He answered quickly spinning back around as he came face to face with Hammond.

"How was the mission." Hammond hissed through his mike his voice seeming to screech more than normal.

"Perfect." Mitchell smirked as he handed the bag full of stuff to Hammond. "No problems. Not even one guard."

"Good." Hammond paused an uncharacteristic smile spreading across his weathered face. The smile gave Mitchell chills.

"Is that all, sir?"

"Yeah you're dismissed." Hammond waved his free hand and Mitchell started to walk away. "Just one thing though."

Mitchell stopped and turned around again. "What…." His question dyed in his throat as he came face to face with a pistol. His eyes widened and he froze. He hadn't expected this.

"Just that you forgot to get my thanks. For all your hard work." Before Mitchell could even move Hammond fired the bullet hitting him first in the stomach and the second one in his chest.

Mitchell choked the blood boiling out of the pit of his stomach and down his chin. His hand was on his stomach as he teetered backwards. 'Shit.' Falling to his knees he looked up at Hammond who was smiling happily.

"Thanks for all the help, but we don't need you anymore." Hammond hissed as he holstered his gun and walked around the bleeding youth.

Mitchell reached his arm out trying to grasp hold of the doctor before he left but he couldn't reach and he fell backwards his breath coming in harsh thick gulps. His fingers were sticky with his own blood and he could hear was his heart beating in his ears. He could hear it slowing down. 'God this is it. I'm dying.'

"Mitchell?"

Turning his head to the side Mitchell caught sight of the boy. Hammond had never known he was there. No wonder the boy had been upgraded. They were done with him. Groaning, Mitchell beckoned for him to come closer. It was getting harder to breathe now. His vision was blurring he had to be quick. He had never wanted it to end like this.

"What is it?" The boy's voice was choked perhaps close to tears, but then no one cried here. Tears didn't exist within these walls.

"Get out." Mitchell gurgled the words barely coming out of his flooded throat. "Get….the fuck out." He let out a huge breath as a wave of pain raced through his failing, fading body. He didn't have long. "Can't save….get out." Mitchell reached out in an attempt to push him away but grabbed hold tighter instead and pulled him closer. He could see the fear in the boy's eyes. "Take my suit. Preventer's, go." Mitchell let go his eyes completely unfocused as he fell backwards and his world went black. "So Duo's not the God of Death after all." Mitchell whispered in his delirium and then he was silent.

The black haired boy known as Raven scrambled backwards as he looked at the bloody stain on his shirt. Mitchell was dead. Shit, Mitchell was dead. Turning his face away from the boy and toward the wall he caught sight of the suit. 'Take my suit. Preventer's.' Mitchell's words still rang in his mind as he got to his feet and reached into the locker and pulled the suit free. He had to save the others now. He couldn't depend on anyone else. It was him. He was the one.

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Heero lifted his head his eyes barely opening as he caught the smell of something odd. His head was pounding and his body was heavy. 'What the hell was going on.' Heero lifted himself to his knees as he used his hands to keep him from pitching forward. Everything was swimming around him. Raising one hand to his head, he looked around trying to catch sight of Duo. He found him just to his right kneeling in front of his collage of names.

Shaking, Heero came to his feet and stumbled toward his friend. He felt drugged. "Duo, what the hell." He managed before his breath ran out and he couldn't speak for a moment.

"It's too late." Duo breathed as he looked at the floor. "It's gas. They're gassing us. The BASTARDS ARE FUCKING GASSING US!" Duo yelled as he rubbed his hand through his memorial smearing the names and descriptions past legibility. "Assholes. Can't fight us." He yawned as he finished his words and broke into a coughing spell.

"Shit," Heero cursed. He had no idea what to do. It was too much and they had no way to get out. It would be much longer before he was out. He couldn't breathe in all of this and still get free. Falling to his knees beside Duo he tried to take small shallow breaths, but all that did was make him cough and gag taking in more than ever.

"Hope you did everything you ever wanted to." Duo wheezed, "Because as of now this is the end of the line. We're about to be mindless." With that Duo slumped falling forward.

Heero groaned as he tried to think of something but his mind was fogged and nothing was coming through clearly. Then it hit him like a bolt. 'Mindless drones. Grads.' There was a pain stabbing at him in the back of his mind as he thought of it. 'I don't want to be like them.' He groaned and gripped his scull as something flashed through his mind. There were faces. Faces he had seen before, two boys, a girl, blood. "AHHH!" He yelled sharply as he fell forward. 'I'll never be part of Dragon.' Heero threw his hands outward to catch his fall. Looking down, he saw his arm glowing an intense yellow beneath his skin. There was the impression of a dragon in his flesh. Breathing heavily his vision swimming he looked ahead as someone wandered in through the haze. He had a mask on his face, but Heero knew that face. Crinkling his brow, Heero looked forward and frowned as it hit him. "Mace." He managed before his eyes rolled back in his head and he joined Duo in the land of darkness.

Mace cocked his head and grabbed old of the man who had called his name's arm and then reached around and grabbed hold of the other one. Tugging hard, he pulled the two from the 'prison' toward the operating room. The time was now, or so the doctors had told him. These two were going to be his soldiers and together they were going to take over the world. Mace didn't care about that though, as long as he got to kill as many as possible along the way.

Things are looking more and more bleak for Heero and Duo…man I have problems…