I Know Who I Am- Chapter 3:
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Heero's eyes narrowed as he noticed 4 large mobile suits being
picked up by Wing-Zero's radar. He switched on the 4-way visual intercom.
"Why are you following me?" he demanded harshly of the other pilots, whose
faces each appeared on one of the screen. Duo looked angry.
"Gee, Heero, you're welcome. Like it would do alot of good for you to
rescue her and then decide you had to self-destruct," he snorted.
"This is MY mission."
"No way. And you shouldn't act so overprotective. After you left, we talked
to Dr. J. It's OUR mission, too," argued Duo, "although, I still don't see
why you kissed her. You don't even know her!!!"
"It's none of your business, Duo," Heero growled.
"Then she's still fair game."
Heero became silent.
"Aha! So you do like her!" Duo cried triumphantly.
"Shut up, Duo."
"Don't get offended, Heero. I'm sure she likes you. I mean, almost being
killed by you sure was a turn-on for Relena--" Duo was cut off as Heero
turned his gundam around, right infront of Duo's; and glared menacingly at
him through his part of the screen.
Quatre was unanimously (and silently) chosen by the two remaining pilots
to be the peacemaker; in other words, to keep Heero from killing Duo.
"Heero," Quatre began, "I DON'T remember Dr. J saying that part of the
mission was to kill anyone with a braid. You can do that when you're not
working."
Heero looked annoyed. "Fine, Quatre, I'll WAIT."
From inside Deathscythe, Duo gulped. This did not go unnoticed by the other
pilots, however, and Heero smirked to himself.
He grimaced as they neared the Oz base where the previously-planted trackers
indicated Serena was being held. "Time's up."
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Serena was scared. Scared...Really FREAKIN scared! First, she had been
kidnapped by a bunch of enemy soldiers. Then, she was gagged, harrassed,
and brought to a base where she was promptly harrassed some
more by a woman less than 10 years older than Serena and yet, as Serena
put it in her own mind, "undeniably bitchy." The woman was just beginning
to drill her, however, as Serena soon found out.
"Who are you?" Un queried.
"No one important," Serena answered.
"Then why were you with the gundam pilots?" Serena was silent.
"Answer me, girl. Do you wish to bring about peace?"
Serena nodded her head. "Of course."
"Then, join OZ."
Serena was confused. "What is OZ?"
The woman smiled. "Oz is an organization that fights against the gundam
pilots in order to obtain peace for the colonies."
Serena nodded her head. 'Wrong answer.'
Un continued to talk. "The Gundam pilots
claim to fight for the colonies, but only wish to conquer outer space
for themselves."
"So, miss, won't you join us?"
"I guess..."
"Except.." Serena trailed off, "there's one little problem."
"And what's that?" Un asked in her sweetest voice (which wasn't actually
very sweet at all).
"The fact that I trust the Gundam pilots a hell of a lot more than I
trust you."
"And why's that?" Un demanded angrily.
"None of your damn business."
"Fine, I don't need you alive. Just need to know one thing," Lady Un
smiled, "what's your source of power?" Serena was silent.
"Tell me you little twit, or I'll...fine. You've made your decision."
Lady Un smirked, and motioned to the four men that had captured Serena.
They walked over to she and she nodded towards Serena. They smiled, and
she began to walk towards the door.
"Oh, and Serena? When you're ready to tell me, just scream." The door
clicked shut.
One of the soldiers then walked over to Serena and untied her. She sighed
and rubbed her chaffed wrists. She looked up and was about to thank him
when he kicked her hard in her side. Another guard backhanded her, thus
throwing her to the ground. The first guard kicked her again.
"What's your weapon?" he demanded, then kicked her, this time in her
back.
"Well?" One of the guards punched her in her stomach.
"I..won't...let you...haveit....," Serena whispered. The guards continued
to beat her, and she continued to be subject to their abuse. 'The silver
crystal...
it is too powerful...they must not get it...even if it costs me my life.
Such is the price of...' a particularly strong blow cut off her thoughts,
'duty..' she finished, right before she passed out.
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Quatre surveyed his surroundings.
"Okay, Heero," he said through the
intercom, "according to this tracker, Serena should be somewhere in this
area of the base. We'll watch your gundams. You and Duo should get going.
Good luck." Quatre watched through the front of his gundam as Duo and
Heero jumped out of their Gundams. "Though," Quatre wondered, "are you
really gonna need it?"
The answer to Quatre's question was no. At first. Heero and Duo ran through
the base, eliminating soldiers whenever neccisary; using the tracking
device as a guide to find Serena. As Heero finished off two remaining guards,
Duo motioned silently to him from across the hall.
"Heero," he said quietly,
"I think she's in here. Heero glanced at the tracker Duo held before nodding
in confirmation.
"On the count of one, two," and at the silently timed count of three,the two
pilots cocked their guns and threw open the door, and were relieved to find
only four enemy occupants. A few seconds later, that number had been reduced
to zero. The pilots then directed their attention towards the still
unconscious Serena. Duo went over and knelt at her side.
"Serena, hey Serena; wake up. Please?" after about a minute more of Duo's
prodding, Serena began to come to. "Serena?"
"Duo, is that you?" Serena whispered weakly.
"Yeah, it's me." Duo looked worried.
Serena launched herself into Duo's arms, who then glanced
nervously at Heero. Heero, however, turned away.
Serena looked around worridly. "Are they gone?" she asked quietly.
"Yes; for now."
"I was so scared..." Serena whispered into his shirt. "Is everyone else
alright?"
"Uh, yeah...." Duo was suprised. 'God! She was nearly killed by Oz, and
one of the first things she asks about is everyone else's health!' Duo
then glanced down at Serena, who was still hugging him.
"Serena, we should get out of here." Serena nodded, and tried to get up.
However, she found that she could barely move her right leg. She forced
herself to stand, using Duo as support; even though it was shooting pain
throughout her entire body. She was unsuccessful, however, and fell back
down. 'I didn't know the ground was this...nice. I must be delirious.'
Serena opened her eyes to find herself looking up at Heero. "We have to
go, Duo. Soldiers will be here any second," he stated, barely glancing
at Serena, who lay in his arms. Duo nodded, and walked out of the room,
followed closely by Heero. Outside the room, however, the pilots found
that their luck had changed. Almost a hundred Oz soldiers were coming down
the hall towards them.
"Damn," Duo said, and Heero cursed under his breath.
"Drop your weapons," a soldier at the head of the mob growled. Duo began
to comply, when Serena looked over at Duo. She forced herself out of Heero's
arms.
"No," she said, and took a step towards the soldier. A lone bullet was shot
at her, but the bullet never reached her. In a flash of white, Serena had
been replaced with Princess Serenity.
"What the...?! FIRE!!" the captain yelled. Hundreds of bullets flew towards
the three. Serenity ran in front of Duo and Heero. An invisible force field
of energy rose around the three, protecting them from the bullets.
"We must go, now." Serenity said in a strained voice. The two pilots nodded,
and ran in the opposite direction, away from their enemies. Serenity turned
around only once to ensure that they would have time to escape.
Just enough time. The forcefield would hold for only five minutes, at the
most.
When the three finally reached
the exit, Serena was shocked at what she saw. The other three pilots had
their gundams positioned around Wing Zero and Deathscythe, and were busy
fighting off *A LOT* of enemy leos. "Duo, you go first."
"What?!"
"I'll watch over you. You won't be hurt." Duo looked a bit hesitant
but then began to run toward Deathscythe. Heero watched as Serena closed her
eyes in concentration. A white glow surrounded Duo, and Serenity opened her
eyes when she could sense that Duo had safely reached his gundam. The barrier
dissipated as soon as he entered Deathscythe. Looking on, Heero's eyes widened
as a white aura glowed into existence around Serenity, and saw her being lifted
into the air. He realized that he was floating also, and that the white light
was
intensifying.
And then.... he blinked. When he opened his eyes, they were inside of Wing
Zero's
cockpit, and Serenity lay on the floor beside his feet. Assessing his situation,
he
quickly leaned down and checked for a pulse. He found a light, irregular pulse-
but a pulse none the less. He sat up and looked out of the glass front of his
gundam,
and found that his co-pilots were finishing off the last of the enemy. It was
not to have
been said that their enemy was at a loss for more mobile suits, however, but
only
without more men to pilot them on the base.
"Mission...complete." Without taking another glance at the other gundams, Heero
blasted
away in Wing Gundam in the direction of their base. Shaking their heads
slightly, the other
pilots sighed, and quickly followed...
After a minute or two of flying solo, Heero recieved a transmission from
Deathscythe.
"Hey, Heero," Duo grinned, "what's the rush??"
"I don't have to answer your questions."
"Man! Fine, I guess I'll just have to ask Serena why *YOU* and probably *she*
also are too
busy."
"Duo, she's unconcious. Now stop your stupid questions or I'm going to kill
you," Heero
replied in his usual monotone.
"Sure, you will, Heero...sure you will."
When they reached the base Heero quickly carried her through the hanger to the
medical
room where Relena was waiting along with a doctor. Heero set her on the bed and
the
doctor quickly began checking her vital stats, starting with her pulse. She had
none. The
doctor looked alarmed and nervously glanced in the direction of Heero. He
motioned for
Relena, and whispered something to her. Relena's eyes were instantly downcast,
and she
slowly walked over to Heero, placing her hand on his arm.
"Heero..they couldn't..."
Heero pulled his arm away from her and calmly walked over to the doctor,
stopping a
few feet in front of him. He lifted his gun and pointed it at the doctor.
"Bring her back, or I'll kill you," he said evenly. The doctor looked
shocked and backed up against the wall as Heero advanced.
"Sir, there was nothing we could do, she--"
Heero moved closer. "Bring her back. Or I'll kill you." Relena ran to Heero.
"Heero, calm down! He couldn't save her!"
"Those who have failed their purpose do not deserve to live."
"No, Heero... He could not save her, because, she was already dead..." Relena
gently closed her eyes, "when you carried her in."
Heero's eyes widened before he closed them in contemplation.
'So it is I who has failed...I have failed
in my mission... it is I who deserve to die.'
He walked out of the room, leaving the door open. Relena shivered.
'And when I have finished my final mission, die I shall.'
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