Chapter 3
I've just killed my best friend. Heero was shocked as he realized what he had done. First the person I care most about is kidnapped, and then I'm forced to kill the people who care about me. "What should I do? TELL ME, ZERO!"
"What's he doing? If he was here to destroy us, he would have done it by now," Une stated as she stared into the tactical display inside Preventer HQ. Unless there's something else going on here…
"Commander Zechs! The enemy's shot down Deathscythe Hell."
"Heero!" The Tallgeese pilot sped towards Wing Zero. Once within visual range, he received a transmission from his Japanese foe.
"Zechs… kill me! I can't take it anymore."
"What do you mean? Can't take what anymore?"
"You wouldn't understand."
"Try me."
"Yo-You just wouldn't understand. Now kill me and end it all." Heero sounded desperate.
"No, I won't kill you. That's the easy way out! If I kill you now, what about the rest of us! Well? What about the rest of us? No, you'll have to fight this war out, just like the rest of us!"
"Zechs, kill me now… before I hurt anyone else."
"AH! Damn you, Heero!" Zechs yelled with uncontrollable rage.
"If you won't kill me, then I'll walk away able to hurt more innocent people. People like Duo." And Relena, Heero thought as he departed from the battle. Enemy mobile suits were still pounding the Preventer's front line, but there was nothing Heero could do about it, not without endangering Relena.
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The opening of her cell door awoke Relena with a start. She looked up from her cot to see a familiar face.
"Good evening Miss Relena, if you'll come with me, we'll make our escape."
"Dorothy?"
"No time to talk Miss Relena, we've got to get you out of here before the guards realize what we're doing."
Relena looked at the two men standing next to Dorothy. Trowa and Wufei!
"Hurry, Miss Relena!"
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The boy stared in disbelief as his father lay in the hospital bed, clinging to life. His mother walked over to him, put her arms around him and said, "It's going to be all right, your father's going to be all right."
The quiet of the hospital room was shattered as a small round object crashed through the window.
"It's a bomb, run, son!" his mother called to him. The boy got out of the room just as the hand grenade exploded. Frightened and not knowing what to do, he ran out of the hospital.
Heero awoke suddenly; he had fallen asleep in Wing Zero's cockpit. It was only a nightmare, he thought, but what was it about? Suddenly the communications window popped up on the viewscreen.
"Gundam pilot, you failed to assassinate the president." It was Ghiren Zabi. "Ordinarily we'd execute the Vice Foreign Minister, but I'm in a good mood. The Principality has just crushed the last bit of Preventer resistance. This is a glorious day! Return to X18966 for further instructions." The comm window closed.
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As Heero approached Ghiren Zabi's office he heard voices coming from inside. He moved closer to hear well.
"WHAT?! The Vice Foreign Minister has committed suicide?"
"Yes," another voice answered, "She apparently strangled herself with the bed sheets in the middle of the night."
"Why didn't the guards notice this and stop her?"
"I don't know, sir."
"Miss Catalonia, as head of the security department I would have expected more of you. Please try to do better in the future."
"Yes Commandant Ghiren."
Heero turned and ran from the door, filled with rage.
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Author's Notes
Hi everyone, I have a few things I need to clear up. First of all, let me apologize to everyone for taking so long to finish this part. I also have some bad news. I don't think I can write the next chapter until I get my hands on a copy of the "Char's Counterattack" movie. Second, about the title change. I think "Passing Destinies" was the title of one of the GW episodes, but I feel it is more relevant to what I have planned for the fic. Finally, if you've seen any UC Gundam series, you might be totally confused about why the Principality of Zeon is in this fic. Don't worry about it; just keep reading I'll explain things in a later chapter. Till next time!
