Angels Don't Exist
Chapter 7
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Disclaimer: the usual
well....new chapter...
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Heero sat in front of his computer, monitoring traffic levels of coming and exiting Earth. Hours and hours passed by and he was still staring at the screen. *This can't be very good for my eyes.* he thought dryly, wondering why he thought of this irrelevant topic. After all, his eyes were the least of his concerns. *It's a wonder why I haven't become slightly impaired in vision.* He shook himself, trying to dislodge the thought.
"Ahh!!" Duo sighed, "We've been going over the same things for almost 7 hours! I'm bored crazy, my stomach demands food and my eyes are seeing spots! I need a break." Duo sighed again and then walked to the kitchen.
"I agree with Duo." Quatre said before putting down his work. "We all need a break to refresh ourselves. After all, a weary mind makes mistakes."
Trowa, Wufei and Quatre got up and went to the balcony for some fresh air. Heero decided to keep looking. He barely noticed as Duo, with his hands full of snacks, walk over and turn on the t.v. for some entertaining shows.
"Aww..." Duo said, "No cartoons are on! I know this is extremely childish of me(heh...) but after 7 hours of non-stop work, I would like something to relieve stress. Is that too much to ask!?" Duo stressed the '7 hours'.
Duo kept raving on and on, not noticing the channel he was on. It was the news.
"Reports have shown that a stray moon or space rock has attached itself onto Mars' orbit. The object is roughly 200 m in diameter. Astrologists have concluded that this object is made of mostly metal and ice. Attempts to land on the object have been postponed as the object emits high radioactive rays. They've called this planet, Dnatlerr...."
Heero's head jerked up. *A stray moon, recently attached itself to Mars? Mostly metallic, emits high radioactive rays that prevents landing? The perfect site!* "Hey guys!" He called, "I think I've found Relena."
Quatre, Wufei, and Trowa raced in and Duo turned to stare at him.
"Where?!" Quatre asked.
"On the stray object that had attached itself to Mars, Dnatlerr." Heero told them.
"Are you sure?" Wufei asked.
Heero nodded, "No where else."
"All right then, let's go!" Duo shouted.
Heero looked at the door just as Hotaru walked in. Hotaru met Heero's eyes for a moment before she quickly looked away.
"So where are you going?" Hotaru asked.
"To Dnatlerr." Quatre said, "We believe that Relena's there."
"Oh." Hotaru simply said. She watched as the gundam pilots grabbed jackets, guns, bullet refills and a couple of bombs before they left to suit up their gundams. Heero was the last to leave.
"Coming?" Heero asked, sounding impatient.
Hotaru thought about it for a moment, "Okay."
Heero nodded, "You can take the spare Ares."
- -- - -- -- - -- -
Hotaru sat in the suit fumbling for a moment. She was glad that her training allows her to pick up on things pretty quick. *How complicated are these things?* she wondered, *Airplanes weren't so hard to control!*
"Are you okay?" It was Heero's voice over the com-link.
"Sure! Fine! Why wouldn't I be?" Hotaru asked, getting slightly frustrated.
"Have you ever piloted one of these things?" Heero asked.
"Of course I have!" That, of course, was a lie. "Who hasn't?"
"A lot of people, especially people who live in isolated areas." Heero said, getting suspicious. "It's like driving a car, you use your foot to press the ignition."
Hotaru thought for a moment, "I guess that's a good way to get off the ground." She stepped on the ignition and was blasted up into the clouds.
Heero choked back a laugh. *I wonder how high she'll go before she finds out how to brake.* He followed after her just in case. "You guys go on ahead without me." He told the others.
Duo grinned, watching Hotaru become a speck in the sky and still going higher. "Sure thing, better you than me anyways."
The other gundam pilots blasted off to Dnatlerr as Heero went to follow Hotaru.
- -- - -- -- - -- -
"I wonder how you stop." Hotaru pondered for the fifteenth time. "I know! Since the ignition was like a car's, then I suppose the brake would be the same...unless they are a more complicated society than I thought." Hotaru shook her head and stepped on the other peddle and came to an abrupt halt. She looked on the screen that showed what was happening outside and noticed Heero flying up past her.
"Heero!" she called through the com-link. "I figured out how to stop...but...how do you fire?"
Wing Zero came back to the level Hotaru was. "Don't stop here!" He scolded, "Do you any idea how much skill it takes to maintain balance in the o-zone? You either stay between the earth and ozone or into space, not BETWEEN!"
"Oh.." Hotaru said.
"Don't act surprised," Heero snapped, "What are you wai-" Heero stopped when he realized that Hotaru was having no trouble staying afloat in the high altitude. "Let's just get into space okay?" He sighed.
"Kay." Hotaru said, a little confused.
On the way to Dnatlerr, Hotaru learned how to fire and control her mobile suit(to some extent). Heero was slightly amazed at how fast she learnt it.
When they reached Dnatlerr, Quatre set off an electric shock that would disable whatever was causing the radioactive waves IF Dnatlerr was man-made. It was.
They went in.
The sight that greeted them scared even the bravest of souls. The room was full of other mobile suits of every style. There were even gundam replicas. There were a lot of defense stationed, and a lot of troops walking around.
Hotaru froze, her heart feeling as if it were being squeezed. It was strange because it felt as if it were tugging her in a certain direction.
"Why do I have a feeling that we've walked right into a trap?" Duo said.
"Because we have." Wufei snapped. "This was too easy, look at all their defense! It's like they wanted us to come and let down the defense for us to enter.
Just then a group of enemy mobile suits surrounded them.
"Lord Yurici of the Silver Rose requests your presence." One of them said. "You are to exit your mobile suits and follow us."
The gundam pilots and Hotaru exited slowly and followed a group of troops to a small room.
"Welcome, gundam pilots." a sinister voice said. His dark, lifeless eyes traveling over each of the gundam pilots before settling on Hotaru. "Well, well, well. What do we have here?"
Hotaru gave him a glare. Refusing to back down as Yurici stared at her. Finally, Yurici looked away.
"I trust you're here for Miss. Relena?" he asked.
None of them spoke. Heero gave a sharp nod.
"Mute, are we?" Yurici laughed. "You may have her back, on one condition-try and escape the station."
"Mission Accepted." Heero said.
Yurici gave a menacing smile revealing perfect, white teeth. "I'll give you a 30 minute head start before I start the bomb that will destroy the station...starting now.*
They raced off to find the location of Relena's cell. Hotaru taking off into a corridor. Heero followed her.
"Where are they going now?" Duo asked.
"Got it!" Quatre said, "It's in that direction." He pointed to the direction where Heero and Hotaru left.
"Now how did they know that?" Duo asked as they all went in search of Relena.
28 minutes left.
Heero and Hotaru ran past multiple doors, never slowing down. The stone-grey doors became a blur as they ran.
25 minutes left.
The other pilots followed Heero and Hotaru. They were going so fast, the other pilots couldn't keep up.
"Heero! Hotaru, you guys go on ahead of us, we'll get the gundams and mobile suits ready." Duo shouted.
"Sure!" Came Hotaru's distant reply.
21 minutes left.
Heero and Hotaru ran down 3 levels. each one larger than the last. Hotaru skidded to a stop at a door which was partially camouflaged.
"Here." Hotaru said, and tried to open the door. "Locked."
"Is this where Relena is?" Heero asked.
Hotaru shook her head, "We still have a level more to go, this is the only way there."
Heero took out his gun and shot the lock, the door swung open.
17 minutes left.
Duo was in his gundam as he tried to take-off.
"Blast it!" Duo shouted, "They damaged my take-off engines. I can't get off the ground!"
"Me neither!" "Injustice." "We have to fix it" came the replies from the other pilots.
"It'll take us at least 4 hours!" Duo shouted.
"We gotta try!" Quatre said as he got off his gundam in search for the damaged area.
10 minutes left.
Heero found Relena's cell and opened the door.
"Hurry up, Relena!" Hotaru said, "We have to get out of here."
Relena jumped up and they went to the hangar.
8 minutes left.
Yurici watched their activities on a screen. *Remarkable.* he thought, *Heero and that girl found Miss Relena in the hidden dungeon in less than 25 minutes.* It had taken his own lieutenant 1 hour and a half to find the exact same cell. *Who is that girl?*
5 minutes left.
"Got it!" Duo said happily, "Shit! Only 5 minutes left! Where's Heero and Hotaru!?"
"Did we fix their suits?" Quatre asked.
"Yeah, one question, how is Relena going to travel with us?" Wufei asked.
"We should get out of here." Trowa said.
"Yeah." Duo agreed and they all took off into space.
3 minutes left.
"We're never going to make it!" Relena cried.
"Hurry up and get into that transport!" Hotaru commanded. Heero loaded his suit into the transport as Hotaru and Relena went to the controls to fly the plane.
2 minutes left.
"Hurry up Heero!!" Relena yelled.
"Damn thing won't start!" Hotaru said, "C'mon...blast it!" Hotaru punched the controls.
With a bright flash, the power jumped on.
Hotaru started the engine.
Heero got his gundam into the transport.
1 minute left.
"Activate the bomb." Yurici said, "Do it now!"
"Yessir!" a soldier said, "Activating bomb."
"Good bye 01, Relena. It was nice knowing you." Yurici grinned.
The bomb went off. Fire burst from the Silver Rose's base.
"NOOOOO!!!!!!!!" Duo yelled, "They were 30 seconds too early! Damn him! Heero and Hotaru aren't out yet, do you think they got caught in the explosion?"
"There's no telling right now." Quatre said, "But that is most likely the case." He told them in a sad whisper.
"HEERO! HOTARU! DAMN!!!" Duo yelled into the com-link, "Heero, do you copy?"
"Heero's lived through a lot," Trowa said, "He'll make it out alive, you just wait and see."
Another explosion went off.
They watched as a piece of flaming metal fly from the ship.
"Is that them!?" Quatre cried suddenly.
It was.
"Heero, Hotaru, do you copy." Duo said again on the com-link.
There was static and: "We copy. All safe and accounted for. Mission Accomplished."
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That's it....pls review
sorry if there's mistakes, i didn't check it over.
Chapter 7
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Disclaimer: the usual
well....new chapter...
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Heero sat in front of his computer, monitoring traffic levels of coming and exiting Earth. Hours and hours passed by and he was still staring at the screen. *This can't be very good for my eyes.* he thought dryly, wondering why he thought of this irrelevant topic. After all, his eyes were the least of his concerns. *It's a wonder why I haven't become slightly impaired in vision.* He shook himself, trying to dislodge the thought.
"Ahh!!" Duo sighed, "We've been going over the same things for almost 7 hours! I'm bored crazy, my stomach demands food and my eyes are seeing spots! I need a break." Duo sighed again and then walked to the kitchen.
"I agree with Duo." Quatre said before putting down his work. "We all need a break to refresh ourselves. After all, a weary mind makes mistakes."
Trowa, Wufei and Quatre got up and went to the balcony for some fresh air. Heero decided to keep looking. He barely noticed as Duo, with his hands full of snacks, walk over and turn on the t.v. for some entertaining shows.
"Aww..." Duo said, "No cartoons are on! I know this is extremely childish of me(heh...) but after 7 hours of non-stop work, I would like something to relieve stress. Is that too much to ask!?" Duo stressed the '7 hours'.
Duo kept raving on and on, not noticing the channel he was on. It was the news.
"Reports have shown that a stray moon or space rock has attached itself onto Mars' orbit. The object is roughly 200 m in diameter. Astrologists have concluded that this object is made of mostly metal and ice. Attempts to land on the object have been postponed as the object emits high radioactive rays. They've called this planet, Dnatlerr...."
Heero's head jerked up. *A stray moon, recently attached itself to Mars? Mostly metallic, emits high radioactive rays that prevents landing? The perfect site!* "Hey guys!" He called, "I think I've found Relena."
Quatre, Wufei, and Trowa raced in and Duo turned to stare at him.
"Where?!" Quatre asked.
"On the stray object that had attached itself to Mars, Dnatlerr." Heero told them.
"Are you sure?" Wufei asked.
Heero nodded, "No where else."
"All right then, let's go!" Duo shouted.
Heero looked at the door just as Hotaru walked in. Hotaru met Heero's eyes for a moment before she quickly looked away.
"So where are you going?" Hotaru asked.
"To Dnatlerr." Quatre said, "We believe that Relena's there."
"Oh." Hotaru simply said. She watched as the gundam pilots grabbed jackets, guns, bullet refills and a couple of bombs before they left to suit up their gundams. Heero was the last to leave.
"Coming?" Heero asked, sounding impatient.
Hotaru thought about it for a moment, "Okay."
Heero nodded, "You can take the spare Ares."
- -- - -- -- - -- -
Hotaru sat in the suit fumbling for a moment. She was glad that her training allows her to pick up on things pretty quick. *How complicated are these things?* she wondered, *Airplanes weren't so hard to control!*
"Are you okay?" It was Heero's voice over the com-link.
"Sure! Fine! Why wouldn't I be?" Hotaru asked, getting slightly frustrated.
"Have you ever piloted one of these things?" Heero asked.
"Of course I have!" That, of course, was a lie. "Who hasn't?"
"A lot of people, especially people who live in isolated areas." Heero said, getting suspicious. "It's like driving a car, you use your foot to press the ignition."
Hotaru thought for a moment, "I guess that's a good way to get off the ground." She stepped on the ignition and was blasted up into the clouds.
Heero choked back a laugh. *I wonder how high she'll go before she finds out how to brake.* He followed after her just in case. "You guys go on ahead without me." He told the others.
Duo grinned, watching Hotaru become a speck in the sky and still going higher. "Sure thing, better you than me anyways."
The other gundam pilots blasted off to Dnatlerr as Heero went to follow Hotaru.
- -- - -- -- - -- -
"I wonder how you stop." Hotaru pondered for the fifteenth time. "I know! Since the ignition was like a car's, then I suppose the brake would be the same...unless they are a more complicated society than I thought." Hotaru shook her head and stepped on the other peddle and came to an abrupt halt. She looked on the screen that showed what was happening outside and noticed Heero flying up past her.
"Heero!" she called through the com-link. "I figured out how to stop...but...how do you fire?"
Wing Zero came back to the level Hotaru was. "Don't stop here!" He scolded, "Do you any idea how much skill it takes to maintain balance in the o-zone? You either stay between the earth and ozone or into space, not BETWEEN!"
"Oh.." Hotaru said.
"Don't act surprised," Heero snapped, "What are you wai-" Heero stopped when he realized that Hotaru was having no trouble staying afloat in the high altitude. "Let's just get into space okay?" He sighed.
"Kay." Hotaru said, a little confused.
On the way to Dnatlerr, Hotaru learned how to fire and control her mobile suit(to some extent). Heero was slightly amazed at how fast she learnt it.
When they reached Dnatlerr, Quatre set off an electric shock that would disable whatever was causing the radioactive waves IF Dnatlerr was man-made. It was.
They went in.
The sight that greeted them scared even the bravest of souls. The room was full of other mobile suits of every style. There were even gundam replicas. There were a lot of defense stationed, and a lot of troops walking around.
Hotaru froze, her heart feeling as if it were being squeezed. It was strange because it felt as if it were tugging her in a certain direction.
"Why do I have a feeling that we've walked right into a trap?" Duo said.
"Because we have." Wufei snapped. "This was too easy, look at all their defense! It's like they wanted us to come and let down the defense for us to enter.
Just then a group of enemy mobile suits surrounded them.
"Lord Yurici of the Silver Rose requests your presence." One of them said. "You are to exit your mobile suits and follow us."
The gundam pilots and Hotaru exited slowly and followed a group of troops to a small room.
"Welcome, gundam pilots." a sinister voice said. His dark, lifeless eyes traveling over each of the gundam pilots before settling on Hotaru. "Well, well, well. What do we have here?"
Hotaru gave him a glare. Refusing to back down as Yurici stared at her. Finally, Yurici looked away.
"I trust you're here for Miss. Relena?" he asked.
None of them spoke. Heero gave a sharp nod.
"Mute, are we?" Yurici laughed. "You may have her back, on one condition-try and escape the station."
"Mission Accepted." Heero said.
Yurici gave a menacing smile revealing perfect, white teeth. "I'll give you a 30 minute head start before I start the bomb that will destroy the station...starting now.*
They raced off to find the location of Relena's cell. Hotaru taking off into a corridor. Heero followed her.
"Where are they going now?" Duo asked.
"Got it!" Quatre said, "It's in that direction." He pointed to the direction where Heero and Hotaru left.
"Now how did they know that?" Duo asked as they all went in search of Relena.
28 minutes left.
Heero and Hotaru ran past multiple doors, never slowing down. The stone-grey doors became a blur as they ran.
25 minutes left.
The other pilots followed Heero and Hotaru. They were going so fast, the other pilots couldn't keep up.
"Heero! Hotaru, you guys go on ahead of us, we'll get the gundams and mobile suits ready." Duo shouted.
"Sure!" Came Hotaru's distant reply.
21 minutes left.
Heero and Hotaru ran down 3 levels. each one larger than the last. Hotaru skidded to a stop at a door which was partially camouflaged.
"Here." Hotaru said, and tried to open the door. "Locked."
"Is this where Relena is?" Heero asked.
Hotaru shook her head, "We still have a level more to go, this is the only way there."
Heero took out his gun and shot the lock, the door swung open.
17 minutes left.
Duo was in his gundam as he tried to take-off.
"Blast it!" Duo shouted, "They damaged my take-off engines. I can't get off the ground!"
"Me neither!" "Injustice." "We have to fix it" came the replies from the other pilots.
"It'll take us at least 4 hours!" Duo shouted.
"We gotta try!" Quatre said as he got off his gundam in search for the damaged area.
10 minutes left.
Heero found Relena's cell and opened the door.
"Hurry up, Relena!" Hotaru said, "We have to get out of here."
Relena jumped up and they went to the hangar.
8 minutes left.
Yurici watched their activities on a screen. *Remarkable.* he thought, *Heero and that girl found Miss Relena in the hidden dungeon in less than 25 minutes.* It had taken his own lieutenant 1 hour and a half to find the exact same cell. *Who is that girl?*
5 minutes left.
"Got it!" Duo said happily, "Shit! Only 5 minutes left! Where's Heero and Hotaru!?"
"Did we fix their suits?" Quatre asked.
"Yeah, one question, how is Relena going to travel with us?" Wufei asked.
"We should get out of here." Trowa said.
"Yeah." Duo agreed and they all took off into space.
3 minutes left.
"We're never going to make it!" Relena cried.
"Hurry up and get into that transport!" Hotaru commanded. Heero loaded his suit into the transport as Hotaru and Relena went to the controls to fly the plane.
2 minutes left.
"Hurry up Heero!!" Relena yelled.
"Damn thing won't start!" Hotaru said, "C'mon...blast it!" Hotaru punched the controls.
With a bright flash, the power jumped on.
Hotaru started the engine.
Heero got his gundam into the transport.
1 minute left.
"Activate the bomb." Yurici said, "Do it now!"
"Yessir!" a soldier said, "Activating bomb."
"Good bye 01, Relena. It was nice knowing you." Yurici grinned.
The bomb went off. Fire burst from the Silver Rose's base.
"NOOOOO!!!!!!!!" Duo yelled, "They were 30 seconds too early! Damn him! Heero and Hotaru aren't out yet, do you think they got caught in the explosion?"
"There's no telling right now." Quatre said, "But that is most likely the case." He told them in a sad whisper.
"HEERO! HOTARU! DAMN!!!" Duo yelled into the com-link, "Heero, do you copy?"
"Heero's lived through a lot," Trowa said, "He'll make it out alive, you just wait and see."
Another explosion went off.
They watched as a piece of flaming metal fly from the ship.
"Is that them!?" Quatre cried suddenly.
It was.
"Heero, Hotaru, do you copy." Duo said again on the com-link.
There was static and: "We copy. All safe and accounted for. Mission Accomplished."
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That's it....pls review
sorry if there's mistakes, i didn't check it over.
