Chapter twenty eight- The Picture of the Puzzle
They coasted through the asteroid belt. They passed boulders the size of cars, and tiny pebbles. Duo groaned, and pulled her head up off of Heero's shoulder. Frowning, she tried looking into the tinted helmet Heero wore. "Heero..." She tried shaking him, but he didn't make a sound.
Duo glanced around, and gasped as the neared a large rotating rock. She turned them around, just as they hit it. She cried out in pain from the brunt of the hit. Sliding off the rock, they hit another, and then another.
Numb with pain, she couldn't feel the pain, from hitting the rocks, or sliding off.
"Duo?" She moaned in reply. Through her slightly opened, eyes, she could see Heero peering down at her. Then he looked around, and recognized where they were. He held Duo by the waist, and turned them around. They were floating faster now, and each time they hit, they picked up more speed.
Heero aimed them to a large bolder, and they floated close. His back smacked into it with a thud. As he began to slide off, he grabbed a hold of it, and held on. The pull on him eased, and he rolled them over. Now riding on of the rocks, Heero pulled Duo into his lap. "Duo..."
She moaned again, but reached up and touched the mask. Her eyes were drooping, and she struggled to stay awake.
"Hee chan." A wry smile tugged at her lips. Heero grabbed her hand, and frowned. He grunted in reply, and stated coldly, "Stay awake Duo."
She nodded slowly, and tried to sit up. Suddenly another rock, slammed into the one they were on, and they were thrown off. Duo cried out in shock, as she was sent away from Heero. She hit another rock, and bounced off like a ball. She looked around searching for him, but all she could see was rock.
Worried, she tried swimming her way towards him. She searched frantically, wondering if he had survived. Time surpassed her by, and she knew time was running out quickly. She drew in a shaky breath, and cold air came out, and fogged up her helmet. "Oh kami iie." She was losing air, and the lack of air, was finally getting to her. Her body temperature was dropping dramatically.
She drew in several shaky breaths, and shuddered from the cold. She looked around, and saw him. He was floating towards an asteroid, but he was also floating next to one. He would be crushed alive, with the two boulders passed.
She cried out his name, but he didn't respond. Frantically, she swam, kicking her feet, and rowing with her arms. She was slowly getting closer, but it was taking her too long. She forged on, knowing she had to try and save his life. He was so close no, that the rock in front of him, toward over him like a skyscraper. "Kami Iie, give me strength." She kicked harder, even if her legs burned in agony, she swung her arms at her sides, even though they felt weak and useless. She was passing the bolder, only inches from touching it. Heero was right in front of her, but so was the other rock.
Her legs slowed, until they couldn't move anymore. Her arms stopped as well, she held them at her side, even though she didn't have much choice. Tears escaped her frightful eyes. She cried out, "Heero!!!!" As if propelled by some unnatural force, she was thrown forward. She hit Heero into chest, and her arms snaked around her waist. She turned them, so that their backs were to the asteroids. She held on tightly to him, and whispered in a tearful voice, "I love you Odin."
"Nanashi?" The asteroids passed by them, and Duo cried out as her back scrapped across the rocks surface. The pain too much to bare, she closed her eyes, and fainted.
Noin found them like that. She had surged her ship into the asteroid belt, when everyone else refused to do so. She had fought her way through, dodging each rock. She found the pair unconscious, but they held each other tightly in their sleep.
Once aboard, she shouted to her loyal soldiers, to get the couple medical assistance.
Duo felt something cold touch her skin, and opened her eyes. Something was cutting open her suit. She stared at the man, who was using scissors to open her suit. Another man pulled off her helmet. Usagi groaned when the bright lights hit her eyes. She had never felt so thankful to see lights. She glanced around, and realized she was in a ship. She tried to sit up, but a gentle hand pushed her back down.
Sighing, Duo let them, place an oxygen mask over her face, and realized she hadn't been able to breath earlier. She inhaled, and exhaled. Holding the mask tightly against her face, she gasped for air.
She coughed and spluttered, and threw off the mask. She shot up choking on her dry and deprived lungs.
Her body shuddered, and she was racked with sobs. She looked up, and saw Heero. He was lying on a medical bed, unconscious. An oxygen mask covering his face. "Heero?"
She was given no reply, and Duo's eyes widened in horror, "Heero!"
Men grabbed her arms, and tried to lay her down. She fought against them, and cried out, "Let me go. I have to help Heero!!!"
A young woman Duo recognized as one of Quattre's sisters came up to her with a sedative. Duo cried out, when the liquid was inserted. "What is that!!!! Get away from me. Heero!!!" She fought, and struggled for freedom. But then everything grew muggyish, and she fell into the bed. She twisted and turned on the bed. "Heero..." Her eyes drooped, and she moaned in pain when her back touched the sheets in a rubbing manner.
Her eyes closed, and the last thing she saw, was Heero's pale body on a white bed.
He opened eyes, and stared at the bland ceiling. He groaned, and he felt the pain in his body intensify. Carefully, he sat up, and hissed in pain. He tore off the oxygen mask, and glanced around the room.
He was alone. He pulled out the IV's, and the wires strapped to his chest. He climbed off the bed, and walked to the door. He had to get out, and stop this war before it got too far.
Noin looked up, when she heard a strange sound. She looked at the shuttle, and frowned. "I could have..." suddenly, the engines ignited, and Noin shouted, "What the hell." She tried floating towards it, but a blast of hot air, knocked her back.
She watched in surprise, as the shuttle flew out into outer space. As the gate shut, Noin slammed her hand over the inter COM button.
"Sound the troops!!! We have a 193 emergency!!!"
"A what?"
Noin sighed, "God damn it Une, didn't you read the code book. Heero's playing Hero, he took off in my shuttle."
"193..."
Noin shook her head, "An unarmed, injured man teammate, had left the premises. Sound the alarm. We need to get men after him now!!!"
Usagi sat up suddenly. It was like all the pieces suddenly fit together, and she knew right away, that Heero had figured it out as well. She unattached herself from the machines, and they went off with shrieking alarms.
Carefully, she eased herself off the bed, and walked to the door. She pushed it open, and started down the hall. Iria, Quattre's sister rushed passed, and paid her no heed. Why should she, when she was looking for a brown haired young man?
Usagi glanced around, before she stepped into the elevator, and punched in the last floor's button.
The doors slid shut, and started down. Suddenly the alarm went off, and red flashed inside the elevator.
"We have a 193 emergency. An injured man has left the base unarmed. All soldiers report to the hanger immediately."
Usagi's lip twitched into a smile. "Awe Odin, you'll never change."
The doors opened, and a group of scientists, and computer experts stared at her strangely. They had no idea who she was. Or why she looked the way she did. Usagi stepped out, and let the group in.
She was dressed in a black loose tank top, and black spandex shorts. The same clothes she wore, when she had been Nanashi.
She moved down the hall, bandages dragging across the floor at her feet. She reached the hanger, and grabbed one of the space suits. She slowly slipped inside, and moaned in pain, when it scrapped along her back.
She slipped the helmet on, and pushed the button to the door. They slid open, and she stepped inside. They shut, and the second pair of doors opened.
She floated out into the hanger, and saw how hectic it was. Men and women, in suits were trying to get to their Mobil suits. Quietly, Usagi made her way to a White Taurus. She climbed in, and shut the hatch.
She hit a few buttons, and pulled the lever down, and the Taurus's power came on. She directed her Mobil suit to the gate, and walked towards the Ejector. She stepped into it, and hit the COM button. "Ready for take off!!!"
Instantly, the doors opened, and she was propelled forwards. The ejectors stopped, but she was sent flying out of the base. The door closed behind her, and she pushed the lever up. Fire ignited from the tail end, and she blasted off after Heero.
"Lady Une, had we given orders to eject Mobil Suits?"
"No why?" Lady Une leaned against the chair the young man was sitting on. He pointed to the screen, to the tiny white dot. "Because we just ejected a White Taurus."
Frowning, she asked, "Where's it heading?"
The man typed in the responding coordinates, and the screen flashed several scrolling numbers and letters. "Earth, Lady Une. The Mobil Suit, is heading towards Earth with an incredible amount of speed."
Lady Une nodded, and suddenly, the door opened. "Lady Une."
She turned, to stare at Iria, Quattre's oldest and wisest sister. "What is it Iria?" She saw the frantic look on the young woman's face.
"My patient Duo Maxwell has vanished. There is no sign of him in his room."
Lady Une nodded, and turned to the screen. "We know where he is." She pointed to the screen, and tapped the moving white dot. "He's going after Heero."
The man looked up at her, as if she was insane. "Gundam pilot 01 ma'am?" Lady Une nodded, "The one and only." She then pulled away, and stared towards the door. She walked pasted the astonished Iria, and stopped at the door. "Proceed as you were gentlemen. We are in a war, we must be strong, for those who believe in us."
"What about the gundam pilots?"
Lady Une smiled softly, "Put your faith in them. Especially the one name Duo, he shall save us all from destruction, but not without help of course. And that's why we are here." She turned around, and faced her men, "We fight for peace. And we fight along side, the ones who are stronger, and together, we will defeat our enemy."
The men nodded slowly, and turned to do what they had been doing before.
Lady Une turned back around, and sighed softly. "Be careful Duo, I don't want to have to say good bye to you too."
Lady Une then slipped out of the doors.
Iria, watched her go, and thought about Une's last words. 'Say good-bye? Does she mean like with Treiz? Is this young man that important, that the world's fate rest on his shoulders? Just like they had at one time with Treiz. Before he died, he had fought for earth, and had worn the burden on his shoulders. Is that what Duo is doing now, holding the hope of all the people on his shoulders?' Her questions ran on, and she feared inwardly, that the past might actually repeat itself.
'No more death please.' She shook her head, and followed after Lady Une.
Luna P comes out in front of all the readers and writers, "Artigato!!!! You're all wonderful people for liking my story. Well I just want to say, Happy Birthday InsaneEvil Sisters. Which one I'm not sure but happy birthday anyway!!!!"
Duo comes out, and puts, "Why am I not in this story???"
Luna P sighs, "Duo chan we went through this before. It's Usagi's story, not yours get over it. Well I want to add my summer for a new story to the end of this chapter. Like I did for Love is the Cure. Well I hope you enjoy it. Please review, if you can. Artigato."
"Usagi Chiba, finds out her husband Mamoru is cheating on her. Feeling upset, and emotionally detached, she packs, her daughter's and her things to leave, to live with her father. Un expectantly, the shuttle they take to Earth is surged into a battle between good and evil. Hit, the shuttle has no choice but to make a crash landing. Crashing on an Island just south of Costa Rica, where a biological study had been taken place three years earlier.
Usagi's father, known as Dr. J, grows worried when he hears where the plane had been expected to crash. Knowing what had been done on the Island three years prior, he calls in for help; from Ex Gundam pilot Heero Yui. A man of mystery, and killer instincts, Dr. J asks him to find his precious daughter and granddaughter. Still owing Dr. J for taking care of him through the earlier wars, Heero takes this last mission from his old mentor.
On the way, his private plane is thrown into the same turmoil the shutter had been through. Mobil Suits from Costa Rica are intent to shoot him down. After evacuating, his plane crashes into a sea, in an attempt to fake his death. He lands on an Island that looks deserted by ocean view, the same Island, he was sent out to find. What he doesn't know, are the perils and dangers lurking beyond the beach, and in the jungle that had never been explored by man."
They coasted through the asteroid belt. They passed boulders the size of cars, and tiny pebbles. Duo groaned, and pulled her head up off of Heero's shoulder. Frowning, she tried looking into the tinted helmet Heero wore. "Heero..." She tried shaking him, but he didn't make a sound.
Duo glanced around, and gasped as the neared a large rotating rock. She turned them around, just as they hit it. She cried out in pain from the brunt of the hit. Sliding off the rock, they hit another, and then another.
Numb with pain, she couldn't feel the pain, from hitting the rocks, or sliding off.
"Duo?" She moaned in reply. Through her slightly opened, eyes, she could see Heero peering down at her. Then he looked around, and recognized where they were. He held Duo by the waist, and turned them around. They were floating faster now, and each time they hit, they picked up more speed.
Heero aimed them to a large bolder, and they floated close. His back smacked into it with a thud. As he began to slide off, he grabbed a hold of it, and held on. The pull on him eased, and he rolled them over. Now riding on of the rocks, Heero pulled Duo into his lap. "Duo..."
She moaned again, but reached up and touched the mask. Her eyes were drooping, and she struggled to stay awake.
"Hee chan." A wry smile tugged at her lips. Heero grabbed her hand, and frowned. He grunted in reply, and stated coldly, "Stay awake Duo."
She nodded slowly, and tried to sit up. Suddenly another rock, slammed into the one they were on, and they were thrown off. Duo cried out in shock, as she was sent away from Heero. She hit another rock, and bounced off like a ball. She looked around searching for him, but all she could see was rock.
Worried, she tried swimming her way towards him. She searched frantically, wondering if he had survived. Time surpassed her by, and she knew time was running out quickly. She drew in a shaky breath, and cold air came out, and fogged up her helmet. "Oh kami iie." She was losing air, and the lack of air, was finally getting to her. Her body temperature was dropping dramatically.
She drew in several shaky breaths, and shuddered from the cold. She looked around, and saw him. He was floating towards an asteroid, but he was also floating next to one. He would be crushed alive, with the two boulders passed.
She cried out his name, but he didn't respond. Frantically, she swam, kicking her feet, and rowing with her arms. She was slowly getting closer, but it was taking her too long. She forged on, knowing she had to try and save his life. He was so close no, that the rock in front of him, toward over him like a skyscraper. "Kami Iie, give me strength." She kicked harder, even if her legs burned in agony, she swung her arms at her sides, even though they felt weak and useless. She was passing the bolder, only inches from touching it. Heero was right in front of her, but so was the other rock.
Her legs slowed, until they couldn't move anymore. Her arms stopped as well, she held them at her side, even though she didn't have much choice. Tears escaped her frightful eyes. She cried out, "Heero!!!!" As if propelled by some unnatural force, she was thrown forward. She hit Heero into chest, and her arms snaked around her waist. She turned them, so that their backs were to the asteroids. She held on tightly to him, and whispered in a tearful voice, "I love you Odin."
"Nanashi?" The asteroids passed by them, and Duo cried out as her back scrapped across the rocks surface. The pain too much to bare, she closed her eyes, and fainted.
Noin found them like that. She had surged her ship into the asteroid belt, when everyone else refused to do so. She had fought her way through, dodging each rock. She found the pair unconscious, but they held each other tightly in their sleep.
Once aboard, she shouted to her loyal soldiers, to get the couple medical assistance.
Duo felt something cold touch her skin, and opened her eyes. Something was cutting open her suit. She stared at the man, who was using scissors to open her suit. Another man pulled off her helmet. Usagi groaned when the bright lights hit her eyes. She had never felt so thankful to see lights. She glanced around, and realized she was in a ship. She tried to sit up, but a gentle hand pushed her back down.
Sighing, Duo let them, place an oxygen mask over her face, and realized she hadn't been able to breath earlier. She inhaled, and exhaled. Holding the mask tightly against her face, she gasped for air.
She coughed and spluttered, and threw off the mask. She shot up choking on her dry and deprived lungs.
Her body shuddered, and she was racked with sobs. She looked up, and saw Heero. He was lying on a medical bed, unconscious. An oxygen mask covering his face. "Heero?"
She was given no reply, and Duo's eyes widened in horror, "Heero!"
Men grabbed her arms, and tried to lay her down. She fought against them, and cried out, "Let me go. I have to help Heero!!!"
A young woman Duo recognized as one of Quattre's sisters came up to her with a sedative. Duo cried out, when the liquid was inserted. "What is that!!!! Get away from me. Heero!!!" She fought, and struggled for freedom. But then everything grew muggyish, and she fell into the bed. She twisted and turned on the bed. "Heero..." Her eyes drooped, and she moaned in pain when her back touched the sheets in a rubbing manner.
Her eyes closed, and the last thing she saw, was Heero's pale body on a white bed.
He opened eyes, and stared at the bland ceiling. He groaned, and he felt the pain in his body intensify. Carefully, he sat up, and hissed in pain. He tore off the oxygen mask, and glanced around the room.
He was alone. He pulled out the IV's, and the wires strapped to his chest. He climbed off the bed, and walked to the door. He had to get out, and stop this war before it got too far.
Noin looked up, when she heard a strange sound. She looked at the shuttle, and frowned. "I could have..." suddenly, the engines ignited, and Noin shouted, "What the hell." She tried floating towards it, but a blast of hot air, knocked her back.
She watched in surprise, as the shuttle flew out into outer space. As the gate shut, Noin slammed her hand over the inter COM button.
"Sound the troops!!! We have a 193 emergency!!!"
"A what?"
Noin sighed, "God damn it Une, didn't you read the code book. Heero's playing Hero, he took off in my shuttle."
"193..."
Noin shook her head, "An unarmed, injured man teammate, had left the premises. Sound the alarm. We need to get men after him now!!!"
Usagi sat up suddenly. It was like all the pieces suddenly fit together, and she knew right away, that Heero had figured it out as well. She unattached herself from the machines, and they went off with shrieking alarms.
Carefully, she eased herself off the bed, and walked to the door. She pushed it open, and started down the hall. Iria, Quattre's sister rushed passed, and paid her no heed. Why should she, when she was looking for a brown haired young man?
Usagi glanced around, before she stepped into the elevator, and punched in the last floor's button.
The doors slid shut, and started down. Suddenly the alarm went off, and red flashed inside the elevator.
"We have a 193 emergency. An injured man has left the base unarmed. All soldiers report to the hanger immediately."
Usagi's lip twitched into a smile. "Awe Odin, you'll never change."
The doors opened, and a group of scientists, and computer experts stared at her strangely. They had no idea who she was. Or why she looked the way she did. Usagi stepped out, and let the group in.
She was dressed in a black loose tank top, and black spandex shorts. The same clothes she wore, when she had been Nanashi.
She moved down the hall, bandages dragging across the floor at her feet. She reached the hanger, and grabbed one of the space suits. She slowly slipped inside, and moaned in pain, when it scrapped along her back.
She slipped the helmet on, and pushed the button to the door. They slid open, and she stepped inside. They shut, and the second pair of doors opened.
She floated out into the hanger, and saw how hectic it was. Men and women, in suits were trying to get to their Mobil suits. Quietly, Usagi made her way to a White Taurus. She climbed in, and shut the hatch.
She hit a few buttons, and pulled the lever down, and the Taurus's power came on. She directed her Mobil suit to the gate, and walked towards the Ejector. She stepped into it, and hit the COM button. "Ready for take off!!!"
Instantly, the doors opened, and she was propelled forwards. The ejectors stopped, but she was sent flying out of the base. The door closed behind her, and she pushed the lever up. Fire ignited from the tail end, and she blasted off after Heero.
"Lady Une, had we given orders to eject Mobil Suits?"
"No why?" Lady Une leaned against the chair the young man was sitting on. He pointed to the screen, to the tiny white dot. "Because we just ejected a White Taurus."
Frowning, she asked, "Where's it heading?"
The man typed in the responding coordinates, and the screen flashed several scrolling numbers and letters. "Earth, Lady Une. The Mobil Suit, is heading towards Earth with an incredible amount of speed."
Lady Une nodded, and suddenly, the door opened. "Lady Une."
She turned, to stare at Iria, Quattre's oldest and wisest sister. "What is it Iria?" She saw the frantic look on the young woman's face.
"My patient Duo Maxwell has vanished. There is no sign of him in his room."
Lady Une nodded, and turned to the screen. "We know where he is." She pointed to the screen, and tapped the moving white dot. "He's going after Heero."
The man looked up at her, as if she was insane. "Gundam pilot 01 ma'am?" Lady Une nodded, "The one and only." She then pulled away, and stared towards the door. She walked pasted the astonished Iria, and stopped at the door. "Proceed as you were gentlemen. We are in a war, we must be strong, for those who believe in us."
"What about the gundam pilots?"
Lady Une smiled softly, "Put your faith in them. Especially the one name Duo, he shall save us all from destruction, but not without help of course. And that's why we are here." She turned around, and faced her men, "We fight for peace. And we fight along side, the ones who are stronger, and together, we will defeat our enemy."
The men nodded slowly, and turned to do what they had been doing before.
Lady Une turned back around, and sighed softly. "Be careful Duo, I don't want to have to say good bye to you too."
Lady Une then slipped out of the doors.
Iria, watched her go, and thought about Une's last words. 'Say good-bye? Does she mean like with Treiz? Is this young man that important, that the world's fate rest on his shoulders? Just like they had at one time with Treiz. Before he died, he had fought for earth, and had worn the burden on his shoulders. Is that what Duo is doing now, holding the hope of all the people on his shoulders?' Her questions ran on, and she feared inwardly, that the past might actually repeat itself.
'No more death please.' She shook her head, and followed after Lady Une.
Luna P comes out in front of all the readers and writers, "Artigato!!!! You're all wonderful people for liking my story. Well I just want to say, Happy Birthday InsaneEvil Sisters. Which one I'm not sure but happy birthday anyway!!!!"
Duo comes out, and puts, "Why am I not in this story???"
Luna P sighs, "Duo chan we went through this before. It's Usagi's story, not yours get over it. Well I want to add my summer for a new story to the end of this chapter. Like I did for Love is the Cure. Well I hope you enjoy it. Please review, if you can. Artigato."
"Usagi Chiba, finds out her husband Mamoru is cheating on her. Feeling upset, and emotionally detached, she packs, her daughter's and her things to leave, to live with her father. Un expectantly, the shuttle they take to Earth is surged into a battle between good and evil. Hit, the shuttle has no choice but to make a crash landing. Crashing on an Island just south of Costa Rica, where a biological study had been taken place three years earlier.
Usagi's father, known as Dr. J, grows worried when he hears where the plane had been expected to crash. Knowing what had been done on the Island three years prior, he calls in for help; from Ex Gundam pilot Heero Yui. A man of mystery, and killer instincts, Dr. J asks him to find his precious daughter and granddaughter. Still owing Dr. J for taking care of him through the earlier wars, Heero takes this last mission from his old mentor.
On the way, his private plane is thrown into the same turmoil the shutter had been through. Mobil Suits from Costa Rica are intent to shoot him down. After evacuating, his plane crashes into a sea, in an attempt to fake his death. He lands on an Island that looks deserted by ocean view, the same Island, he was sent out to find. What he doesn't know, are the perils and dangers lurking beyond the beach, and in the jungle that had never been explored by man."