Disclaimers: I don't own Gundam Wing, as much as I want to. I'm just borrowing them. I'm not making money.

AN: Another new idea. How's this one? Not beta-read yet, will be reposted when it's fixed...I hope it's understandable…ARGH!!! Thank you Reviewers!! Please, more more more reviews!! I hope people are still reading at this point...*groan*! I dun have too many answers for the question I had…please people…I'm stuck!

'blah blah' denotes thoughts

Unsure Feelings
Part 6: Rescuing Katryna...now Nameless


"Trowa. Where's Katryna?" Heero had finally been able to link back to the Heavyarms pilot. Relena was sitting behind him, in the seat of Wing Zero, and Heero himself was kneeling on the ground. Trowa didn't answer, and Heero got impatient. "Trowa!"

"She got caught Heero!" Trowa snapped. It was very unlike Trowa's nature. Heero swore in his mind. He had been careless. He shouldn't have left. It was his mission to save Relena, but he could have stayed behind to help until he had absolutely no choice. But something had told him to listen to Katryna; he didn't know what. 'This is all my fault!' His inner mind screamed at him.

"I'm dropping Relena off at the Sank Kingdom with Noin. Then we'll gather." Heero cut off the connection.

"Heero…" Relena started. "I knew you would come for me."

"Relena, I'll say it again. I did it because it was a mission."

"I knew I was important to you."

Heero resisted the urge to through the blond princess out of his Gundam right then. He made a note to himself to thoroughly clean his cockpit as soon as they had rescued Katryna. And he started plotting in his mind, ignoring every one of the princess's words. He would need more information, the location of where Katryna was being kept, and a good plan. Something came to his mind, and he nodded to himself, determined. But he would need the others' help.



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"Do what? That simple? That's crazy! You're walking into a tiger's mouth!" Duo exclaimed. "Look man, I want to get Katryna outta there as much as you want to, but that's deadly. Why would you do that? What happened to the better plans?"

"Duo's right Heero. We can't just grab a few of Noin's uniforms and walk in there. We'll need ID and a map of the base. We don't even know where she is! Then we need an escape route and all that. We can't rush it!" Quatre added.

"There's something more than a simple marriage. There isn't any time to waste." Heero said firmly, already sending the request of 5 uniforms to Noin. "Anything he says to her may expose us."

"Then you'd only silence her Heero. We need another plan."

"If you 4 aren't going, I'll do it alone." Heero turned to his computer at the sound of the beep. Noin's message had already arrived. "I'm going to pick up the uniforms from the Sank Kingdom. Be back in two hours. We'll take 30 minutes to review, and leave tomorrow night." Heero left before anyone could say anything else.

"We need another plan!" Duo insisted.

"I agree…" Trowa said. Wufei nodded. And the four set their heads together for another plan.



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Exactly one hour and 45 minutes later, the four sat back, still with no clue what to do.

"Now that you think about it, if we can get the ID and all, we can simply walk into the base after all…it may actually be the best way…" Duo admitted. The others nodded, just as Heero entered.

"O.k. We're with you Heero. Tomorrow night?"

"Yes."

Just then, there was a phone call. Quatre picked it up on audio.

"Hello?"

"Pilot 04. This is Zechs Marquise. I understand that you have lost a valuable person from your Gundam team?"

"No, we haven't." Heero said.

"Ah, Pilot 01. Maybe I can get you concerned by telling you that the girl is completely safe with minor injuries. She is perfectly healthy for the wedding in two nights." With that, the line was cut off.

"We need to work really fast then. How do we find out where they are?" Duo asked before anyone else could move.

"I'm ahead of you Duo." Heero said dryly, looking out of the window.

"What are you talking about Heero?" Quatre asked.

"She's in England. I traced her by our watches because we were still linked from the mission earlier."

"Good. Then we'll go in at the shift, find her, and get out."

"Will she be well enough to pilot Angelwing?" Duo asked.

"Most likely. She won't be injured too much. Zech's wouldn't have it, at least I don't think."

"We'll leave in the morning and set up there. We'll watch the shifts and move in at night." Quatre said.

"Right. Get some rest then everyone." Trowa added.



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Meanwhile, at the OZ base, Katryna was sitting on a hard wooden chair, her arms tied behind her and the chair. Her shoulders were tired, but she gave no indication. She simply had her eyes closed, trying to figure a way out. In a little cell with only a bit of light, and the see through bars like a prison, she had considerably little hope. There were two guards at the cell door anyway, and another one on the inside. She had struggled earlier, but stopped when she realized it would do nothing but hurt her. Footsteps came near, and she bowed her head, memorizing the pattern and weight of the person.

"Kataryna McKnowan…" The door opened and the footsteps came nearer to her, and stopped in front of her. She gave no movement. A hand moved a tilted her head up.

"You will look at me when I speak to you." The voice warned. She opened one hazel eye that was dark with partial rage. Zechs Marquise.

"My name isn't Kataryna McKnowan." She said quietly but firmly.

"You don't know who you are, do you."

"I know I'm Katryna."

"There's no use in denying your identity Kataryna. Shall I fill you in about your history?"

"No thank you. I know perfectly well who I am."

"Very well. The marriage is in two days." Zechs circled around her, gently pulling her hair from the confines of her ponytail. Katryna wanted to hiss at him and move away. She hated it whenever anyone touched her hair. She shivered unconsciously when Zechs spoke again, right by her ear.

"You've grown from that little 9 year old. But your hair is still just as soft. Last time I touched it, you had hit me. But this time, you can do nothing about it."

Katryna could almost kill him. "Don't talk about my past. You don't know who I am. Now let me go."

"How can I do that? If I do, the world will never be in peace. Did you know that your disappearance started the war, as much as it did when Heero Yuy had died? The famous McKnowans and Peacecrafts peace offering gone meant war between the families in everything. And that is exactly what happened. Too bad the Peacecrafts were better in combat that the McKnowans. But now, both my sister AND I can get even richer if we can get everything that the banks are holding for the McKnowans simply by our marriage. Love is so powerful."

"I'm 14 and I have no intention of getting married. Either way I'm not whoever you are talking about."

"But you are." Zechs chuckled, straightening and walking around Katryna back to in front of her. "Take a rest and I'll be back tomorrow."

"How can I rest in a chair like this? No thank you, I'd rather not get any cricks."

"Suit yourself."

And Zechs was gone. Katryna chewed on her lower lip. Again, she tried to figure out how to escape. She could only hope for the guys to come. She closed her eyes, replaying the night. What had made her stop focusing? Made her land her gundam and be taken? Why had she been so…weak? 'That's what Wufei would call me. But I deserve that. I'm nothing but a weakling.' Tears filled her eyes for the first time ever since she could remember. 'I don't know my past, my life, my family…and all I do if fight and do missions…will I always just be a puppet? Am I really Kataryna McKnowan? I don't know myself at all…' Before she knew it, Katryna had fallen asleep.



No one came to bother her the next day either, except to give her food, which she ate only a bit of. Lady Une (in her lady state) had fed her because everyone figured letting her loose would mean letting her escape. Katryna tried to keep track of time, and she guessed it was nighttime when Zechs Marquise came again.

"How is my fiancé?" He asked. Katryna didn't answer, keeping her gaze straight ahead. Maybe if she tried hard enough, she could burn a hole in the metal bars. Zechs Marquise continued when she didn't answer.

"We are to be married tomorrow. Will you make no attempt to get to know me, my Kataryna?"

"I'm not Kataryna. I told you that already."

Zechs pulled out a piece of paper. Skimming it, Katryna saw it was a DNA match. A perfect match…to Kataryna McKnowan.

"You are Kataryna." Zechs folded up the sheet of paper again.

"How do I know you are using that to fool me? That doesn't have to be my blood."

"It was the blood from the gash on your arm that was tested."

Looking down, Katryna realized that indeed, she had a gash in her arm. Where it came from? She had no idea.

"I refuse to believe you. And I most certainly am not going to marry you, final statement."

"You have no choice."

"You can't make me say those two words."

"But I can…"

"SIR!" There was the sound of running feet, and both Zechs and Katryna looked up. It was another OZ soldier.

"Unauthorized personnel in the base sir! The Gundam Pilot with the braid has been identified!"

'Duo! What are you doing, get out of here! Katryna cursed, struggling in her bonds.

"Aa, so they have come for Kataryna now…very well. Open the door soldier." The soldier complied, standing guard with his gun. Another two soldiers stood by him now. Katryna noticed Heero as one of them, watching her carefully, and she diverted her attention so Zechs would not realize he was there. "My dear Kataryna, I am, at the moment, no match for you and your fellow friends. I will let you go. But you will come back to me. You need your past too much. There are things that you simply won't be able to figure out." He slipped the DNA comparison paper into her pocket, and reached around her to undo her bonds, embracing her indirectly. Suddenly, he leaned down and kissed her. Katryna's eyes widened, locking into Heero's narrowed gaze, and she bit down, drawing blood from Zechs's lips. With her free legs, she kicked him in the ankles, hard. With a curse, Zechs stumbled back, and Katryna pulled loose from her bonds. She jumped up and fell immediately for two reasons: the other two soldiers apart from Heero were firing at her as Heero took them down one by one, and second, her legs were tired and numb. Zechs was already up, but standing clear of Katryna as Heero was pointing a gun at him.

"Sit down." Heero said in monotone. Zechs complied, arms raised. The longhaired soldier smiled lightly to himself, realizing that one of the soldiers was using a move he had taught them; faking unconsciousness.

"Katryna. Move it." Heero said, still staring Zechs in the eye, unaware of the other soldier. Katryna pushed herself up, and gasped when images filled her mind. The soldier was faking unconsciousness. Once she got up and out of the cell, he'd jump up and shoot Heero…

Behind her, Zech's whispered so only she could hear. "Your powers are coming invading you. Without the proper aid, you'll kill everyone around you. You WILL come back to me. You have no choice…"

Katryna, hearing those words, looked up at Heero. Their eyes met, and he looked away, taking a few steps forward away from the cell door, gun still trained on Zechs.

"Get out and lock the door." Heero said, tossing Katryna the key. Katryna nodded and moved toward the door. She locked the door, and waited for Heero to move. But he gestured for her to go ahead of him, tossing her a gun.

'Just shoot the soldier.' A voice whispered. Shaking, she turned after catching the gun, pointing it to the soldier.

"No." Heero gripped her wrist. "Don't kill innocents."

"But Heero-" Katryna started. But Heero was pulling her forward already, and she was caught off balance.

"Heero!" Out of the corner of her eye, Katryna saw the soldier move to pull himself into a firing position. Heero turned to Katryna, about to tell her to get going, when the soldier pulled up his gun, aiming for Heero. His finger pushed the trigger and a shot rang out. Without thinking, Katryna pushed Heero back, and the bullet hit her side. Heero pointed his gun at the soldier and shot with deadly aim. The soldier collapsed, a neat little hole between his eyes. At the same time he shot, Heero caught the falling Katryna, laying her down.

"Katryna." He ground out. "Why did you do that?" Katryna pushed a hand to her wound, feeling the stickiness of the blood seep through her sweatshirt. It was nauseating.

"It's…not serious…" She panted, pulling herself up with Heero's help, leaning against the wall. The shot brought 5 more soldiers to the scene, and Heero placed himself in front of Katryna, shielding the girl.

"Let them go." Zechs said, watching this with a hidden smile.

"Sir?" One of the soldiers asked over his shoulder.

"I said, let them go. Let them all go."

"But sir-"

"Do it!"

"Yes sir!" The soldiers stepped back, and Heero lowered his hands, still watching them standing soldiers warily. Katryna placed a hand on his shoulder.

"It's o.k. Get the others, and go…"

Heero nodded. Putting away his gun, he shifted to pick Katryna up, but Katryna pushed away his hand.

"I can walk. Keep the gun just in case…"

Heero was about to protest, but Katryna shook her head. Having been shot at the left side, she put her right arm around the slightly taller teen's shoulders, her other hand at her wound. Heero held his gun in his right hand, his left arm moved around her shoulders to support her, and he called the others by the intercom on his right wrist. One last look at Zechs, Heero glared at him, and then moved out of the base with Katryna. The others were already gathered there, Katryna's gundam also at the scene.

"Katryna!" Duo ran up first, spotting her wound.

"I'm all right Duo…" Katryna rasped, growing tired from the loss of blood.

"You're bleeding that much and you call yourself fine? Heero, why did you let her walk?"

"I insisted Duo, please, can we just…leave…?" Katryna let go of Heero, leaning against the leg of her Gundam heavily.

"You can't pilot like that!" Quatre said, looking at the others.

"The gundam can be on autopilot. It's upgraded for that. I installed the system last time." Heero said. "Katryna, you'll sit with me in Wing Zero. I'm already bloody anyway."

"So kind of you to point that out Heero." Katryna managed a weak grin, looking up at the massive Gundam. She groaned and closed her eyes. "It's so far up…" She gasped when she was pulled onto someone's back, eyes opening to see it was Heero.

"What are you doing Heero? Let me go…Ow!"

"Stop squirming or you'll hurt yourself even more. Hold on, the wire will take both of us up to the cockpit. We'll meet back at the safe house."

"There's one just in France; it's only about 20 minutes by our Gundams. We'll go there first to fix Katryna up." Quatre said. "I'll send the co ordinates once we're in the air."

The others nodded, and headed for their respective Gundams, Wufei for Angelwing to set the co ordinates. He was in charge of making sure the mobile suit reached its destination.

Once Heero had gotten the co ordinates and settled Katryna, he took off, once again kneeling in the space between the chair and the controls. Katryna shivered, her eyes drooping closed.

"Don't fall asleep." Heero said softly.

"Why Heero? You said you wouldn't come get me…"

Heero cursed himself. He had said that…now what could he do?

"I…I really like you Katryna." He muttered. No answer. He glanced over his shoulder, and back to the controls with another curse. Katryna had fallen unconscious.

'At least she didn't hear what I said…' Heero thought with relief. Thank God the safe house was only another 3 minutes away. But Katryna had heard him, just before she blacked out.



'I love you too Heero…but who am I?'






Saori: Sorry that took a couple of days!! ^.^ Keep Reviewing!!! Exams are coming, so I'll be a bit slower in updating...sorry!!! But I'll try my best! By the way...anyone read Little Magician, my 'newest idea'?? I only have a review from my beta reader...thx Jet....but..could someone tell me if it is worth continuing? If it isn't, I'll take it off...btw..idea for this chapter's title? Kinda awkward..I wanted rescue AND nameless...but...*sigh*