CHAPTER 4- UPGRADED ZERO
Sweat rolled down her cheek as the cockpit door closed. "Um, um, um," she said nervously, looking at all the complicated controls. *It's just like training; just like the Leo's* she kept telling herself. Duo popped up on the screen, "First thing," he started, "How do I turn it on?" the girl said before he could finish his sentence. "It's already on," he said, *ah man, a total newbie* was all he could think. "GAH!" she let out a small screech as the mobile suit beeped at her. "Okay, like I was about to say. This ain't like a Leo at all, you probably no nothing about this system. It's an upgraded version of Zero," he paused, seeing her reaction. Her eyes were much bigger; shock was on her face. "Th, the Zero system," she said stuttering, while swallowing hard, *he just had to tell me that, 'ain't like a Leo'* ran through her mind. "Uh, yah, you've heard about it?" Duo said, *Maybe she does know a little about it, hoping* the thought ran through his mind. "Well," she said. His hopes rose a little. "I have no idea how to control the system, but I've heard about it pushing people to the limit; driving them crazy," she swallowed hard again. Duo's hopes sunk even farther then before. "Oh boy," he muttered under his breath. They suddenly were bombarded by gunfire. "Almost forgot our little playmates," he said, whipping out the Gundam's scythe.
*All right, those three are out of the way, the enemy knows where this room is* Heero thought to himself as he looked out the window. The sky was lit up with explosions of destroyed Leo's; it seemed like daytime, even though it was 10:00pm. "I hope they trained her to handle the Zero system, even though it's an upgrade," he said to himself. He looked towards the window, and then the door. *Probably got this place surrounded* he thought. There were footsteps right outside the window, most likely about forty new men. He crept silently over to the window sitting down right against the wall. Breathing softly, sweat trickled down the side of his face. His hand was no less tense then usual around his gun, waiting for the first move to be made. There was a voice nearby the door, "They couldn't have just disappeared! They're around here, somewhere. Keep searching," a man said. Men were throughout the whole house; you could hear them even though there were explosions outside.
"How the hell does this thing work?" the girl in the Gundam said. The Gundam she was in hadn't moved an inch while Duo's had destroyed about half of the Leo's. "Well," he paused as another Leo fired at him, "you take hold of the controls, and maneuver them." "I know that, but the Zero system," she replied. "Don't worry about it, it only works if the mind works with the system; you know, if it figures you are a good enough pilot and are able to handle what it thinks." "Um, what do you mean? It thinks for itself? Wouldn't that be like a mobile doll or something?" "Kind of, but it is only a system, it needs a pilot to boost it's ability, just like the original." "What's different about this one?" she asked nervously. Duo thought for a moment, "don't worry about it, remember, only works with the right pilot." "Sure," she said looking down at the controls. Slowly she moved her hands towards them and clasped the grips on the handles. "Let's go then," she said placing her feet in the correct position. The Gundam beeped at her again, causing her to flinch from not expecting it. She moved the Gundam forward, taking one step at a time. Some of the Leo's fell back. "The other one is awake, sir," one of the pilots in a Leo exclaimed to a man searching the house over a radio. "Well, seems the other pilot slipped out into his Gundam, don't worry we have his friends," the man said back over the radio, "keep firing, destroy them."
Soon the girl had gotten the hang of the suit, "works real nicely." "Uh, yah," Duo said back to her, "we're almost done here." "Yah," she said back to him, in somewhat more of a happy tone, "how's Elizabeth?" "Is that her name? How pretty…. Uh, she's fine right now," he answered back, "by the way, what's yours?" "My na, oh, it's Ann, code '0101'," she replied. "Huh?" she said as the suit beeped at her again, "uh." Lights started to flash somewhat around her, "what the?!" she exclaimed. "What? What is it?" Duo hurriedly said back over the com system, *that damn system better not have switched on* he panicked. The Gundam next to him started to move faster towards the Leo's. *Holly shit, it did* he thought as he hurriedly tried to contact the girl before things got out of hand. "Ann! Ann, you have to stop! Stop right now, damnit!" he yelled to her. "Duo, I, I don't know what's going on with this thing!" she said in a panicked tone, but kept fighting. She had a beam saber out, and was destroying the Leo's with ease. "Stop now!" Duo said, launching his Gundam at her. "I can't!" she exclaimed as the Gundam turned to counter Duo. All Leo's were destroyed and others on the ground were fleeing for their lives. Then she saw it, she saw her enemy and it's station being destroyed. It formed into the shape of the fast approaching Gundam. "No! They're my friends! I won't kill them!" she exclaimed. Duo watched the Gundam's beam saber turning towards him, but he already had too much momentum. Then, the saber shutdown, and the Gundam dodged him. "Ann! Are you alright?!" he said over the radio managing to pull his Gundam out of the dive. "I," Ann hesitated over the radio. She was breathing hard as sweat rolled down her face. "Stay, stay back Duo…. I, I don't want to hurt you," she barley managed to say. The saber initiated again and the Gundam Ann was in turned towards Duo. Heero had managed to get back out of the window in the chaos, only shooting a couple of men. *I have to stop her, that system will kill her if I don't* he thought as he ran towards his own Gundam. The Gundam picked him up on radar and alerted Ann of it, "I said stay back!" she screamed with tears in her eyes as she brought down the saber towards Heero. Heero stopped running and looked up towards her, *If she doesn't stop, I'll have to self-destruct her* he thought. Just before the saber got close to Heero, Duo rammed the girls Gundam, but with this system, Ann sliced the right arm of Duo's Gundam off. The Gundanium arm with its scythe fell to the ground, just missing Heero, but Heero didn't move an inch, keeping his gaze on his Gundam. His thumb grazed over the button that could self-destruct the whole thing he had refitted himself, and annihilate the girl he had strange feelings for. A battle was going on in his head, as well as around him. "I said stop!" Duo yelled over the radio system. "I, I can't help it!" Ann yelled back as tears that burned her eyes spill over down her face, mixing with her salty sweat. Her arm was bleeding from the open wound, blood now streamed down her arm and was dripping on her pants, staining them a darker color. *I can't, I can't take this. I have to get out of here! I have to get out* thoughts exploded in her mind as her temples drummed. She fumbled with the belt as the system let out another beep. The cockpit door opened as Heero ran over to the Gundam. He caught the falling girl as she stumbled over the edged of the opening. She was dripping with sweat and blood, breathing hard from her great ordeal. *Poor girl never had a chance* he thought as he looked at her tear stained face. "Uh…." she moaned as her eyes opened slightly. She looked up into the stern ultramarine eyes, but it seamed as if they had a look of concern to her. He too looked down at her, studying her eyes. They were green and brown, stern, yet they had feeling in them, a feeling of great pain, deep pain that scarred her, concealing her revenge. After about a minute, Ann passed out in his arms. Duo jumped out of his Gundam and ran towards them, pistol in hand. "Is she alright?" he said as he approached. "We need to get her into the house and bandage her up," Heero replied. "But the guys will be back, and they took Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei," Duo informed him. "I know, but the girls need to be attended to first," Heero said as he stood up and walked towards the house. Duo ran towards his Gundam to retrieve the girl called Elizabeth. Meanwhile; Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei were being transported somewhere, waiting for what comes next….
A/N: Hello to all you readers out there! So, what do you think of it? Please R&R, and add suggestions if you want. See you later! - Darken Angel
Sweat rolled down her cheek as the cockpit door closed. "Um, um, um," she said nervously, looking at all the complicated controls. *It's just like training; just like the Leo's* she kept telling herself. Duo popped up on the screen, "First thing," he started, "How do I turn it on?" the girl said before he could finish his sentence. "It's already on," he said, *ah man, a total newbie* was all he could think. "GAH!" she let out a small screech as the mobile suit beeped at her. "Okay, like I was about to say. This ain't like a Leo at all, you probably no nothing about this system. It's an upgraded version of Zero," he paused, seeing her reaction. Her eyes were much bigger; shock was on her face. "Th, the Zero system," she said stuttering, while swallowing hard, *he just had to tell me that, 'ain't like a Leo'* ran through her mind. "Uh, yah, you've heard about it?" Duo said, *Maybe she does know a little about it, hoping* the thought ran through his mind. "Well," she said. His hopes rose a little. "I have no idea how to control the system, but I've heard about it pushing people to the limit; driving them crazy," she swallowed hard again. Duo's hopes sunk even farther then before. "Oh boy," he muttered under his breath. They suddenly were bombarded by gunfire. "Almost forgot our little playmates," he said, whipping out the Gundam's scythe.
*All right, those three are out of the way, the enemy knows where this room is* Heero thought to himself as he looked out the window. The sky was lit up with explosions of destroyed Leo's; it seemed like daytime, even though it was 10:00pm. "I hope they trained her to handle the Zero system, even though it's an upgrade," he said to himself. He looked towards the window, and then the door. *Probably got this place surrounded* he thought. There were footsteps right outside the window, most likely about forty new men. He crept silently over to the window sitting down right against the wall. Breathing softly, sweat trickled down the side of his face. His hand was no less tense then usual around his gun, waiting for the first move to be made. There was a voice nearby the door, "They couldn't have just disappeared! They're around here, somewhere. Keep searching," a man said. Men were throughout the whole house; you could hear them even though there were explosions outside.
"How the hell does this thing work?" the girl in the Gundam said. The Gundam she was in hadn't moved an inch while Duo's had destroyed about half of the Leo's. "Well," he paused as another Leo fired at him, "you take hold of the controls, and maneuver them." "I know that, but the Zero system," she replied. "Don't worry about it, it only works if the mind works with the system; you know, if it figures you are a good enough pilot and are able to handle what it thinks." "Um, what do you mean? It thinks for itself? Wouldn't that be like a mobile doll or something?" "Kind of, but it is only a system, it needs a pilot to boost it's ability, just like the original." "What's different about this one?" she asked nervously. Duo thought for a moment, "don't worry about it, remember, only works with the right pilot." "Sure," she said looking down at the controls. Slowly she moved her hands towards them and clasped the grips on the handles. "Let's go then," she said placing her feet in the correct position. The Gundam beeped at her again, causing her to flinch from not expecting it. She moved the Gundam forward, taking one step at a time. Some of the Leo's fell back. "The other one is awake, sir," one of the pilots in a Leo exclaimed to a man searching the house over a radio. "Well, seems the other pilot slipped out into his Gundam, don't worry we have his friends," the man said back over the radio, "keep firing, destroy them."
Soon the girl had gotten the hang of the suit, "works real nicely." "Uh, yah," Duo said back to her, "we're almost done here." "Yah," she said back to him, in somewhat more of a happy tone, "how's Elizabeth?" "Is that her name? How pretty…. Uh, she's fine right now," he answered back, "by the way, what's yours?" "My na, oh, it's Ann, code '0101'," she replied. "Huh?" she said as the suit beeped at her again, "uh." Lights started to flash somewhat around her, "what the?!" she exclaimed. "What? What is it?" Duo hurriedly said back over the com system, *that damn system better not have switched on* he panicked. The Gundam next to him started to move faster towards the Leo's. *Holly shit, it did* he thought as he hurriedly tried to contact the girl before things got out of hand. "Ann! Ann, you have to stop! Stop right now, damnit!" he yelled to her. "Duo, I, I don't know what's going on with this thing!" she said in a panicked tone, but kept fighting. She had a beam saber out, and was destroying the Leo's with ease. "Stop now!" Duo said, launching his Gundam at her. "I can't!" she exclaimed as the Gundam turned to counter Duo. All Leo's were destroyed and others on the ground were fleeing for their lives. Then she saw it, she saw her enemy and it's station being destroyed. It formed into the shape of the fast approaching Gundam. "No! They're my friends! I won't kill them!" she exclaimed. Duo watched the Gundam's beam saber turning towards him, but he already had too much momentum. Then, the saber shutdown, and the Gundam dodged him. "Ann! Are you alright?!" he said over the radio managing to pull his Gundam out of the dive. "I," Ann hesitated over the radio. She was breathing hard as sweat rolled down her face. "Stay, stay back Duo…. I, I don't want to hurt you," she barley managed to say. The saber initiated again and the Gundam Ann was in turned towards Duo. Heero had managed to get back out of the window in the chaos, only shooting a couple of men. *I have to stop her, that system will kill her if I don't* he thought as he ran towards his own Gundam. The Gundam picked him up on radar and alerted Ann of it, "I said stay back!" she screamed with tears in her eyes as she brought down the saber towards Heero. Heero stopped running and looked up towards her, *If she doesn't stop, I'll have to self-destruct her* he thought. Just before the saber got close to Heero, Duo rammed the girls Gundam, but with this system, Ann sliced the right arm of Duo's Gundam off. The Gundanium arm with its scythe fell to the ground, just missing Heero, but Heero didn't move an inch, keeping his gaze on his Gundam. His thumb grazed over the button that could self-destruct the whole thing he had refitted himself, and annihilate the girl he had strange feelings for. A battle was going on in his head, as well as around him. "I said stop!" Duo yelled over the radio system. "I, I can't help it!" Ann yelled back as tears that burned her eyes spill over down her face, mixing with her salty sweat. Her arm was bleeding from the open wound, blood now streamed down her arm and was dripping on her pants, staining them a darker color. *I can't, I can't take this. I have to get out of here! I have to get out* thoughts exploded in her mind as her temples drummed. She fumbled with the belt as the system let out another beep. The cockpit door opened as Heero ran over to the Gundam. He caught the falling girl as she stumbled over the edged of the opening. She was dripping with sweat and blood, breathing hard from her great ordeal. *Poor girl never had a chance* he thought as he looked at her tear stained face. "Uh…." she moaned as her eyes opened slightly. She looked up into the stern ultramarine eyes, but it seamed as if they had a look of concern to her. He too looked down at her, studying her eyes. They were green and brown, stern, yet they had feeling in them, a feeling of great pain, deep pain that scarred her, concealing her revenge. After about a minute, Ann passed out in his arms. Duo jumped out of his Gundam and ran towards them, pistol in hand. "Is she alright?" he said as he approached. "We need to get her into the house and bandage her up," Heero replied. "But the guys will be back, and they took Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei," Duo informed him. "I know, but the girls need to be attended to first," Heero said as he stood up and walked towards the house. Duo ran towards his Gundam to retrieve the girl called Elizabeth. Meanwhile; Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei were being transported somewhere, waiting for what comes next….
A/N: Hello to all you readers out there! So, what do you think of it? Please R&R, and add suggestions if you want. See you later! - Darken Angel
