A/N: Ya blah blah disclaimers...U know the works. Anyways, sorry this chap took so long. I had fucking writers block. I hate it and
it hates me and I'm its common victum. *sigh* so here ya are. My 14th chapter finally done. Er now I can get on with the others.
Chapter 14
~*~First Part:Complete~*~
" Hand me that ammo clip there would ya Duo?" I asked as I placed a few straps around my leg to hold ammo. The braided boy stood up from
beside a box and handed me some clips for any brand of handgun. I caught a few and hooked them to my thigh. I already had my guns hooked onto
my other thigh. " Right, You ready?" I asked curiously, looking at him. He loaded an ammo clip into one of the guns he chose then smiled my
way,' Ready as I'll ever be' I nodded and proceded to the door standing there waiting for Duo to do the same. We each stood on oposite sides
of the closed door. Duo held his gun firmly, ready to defend himself from whatever wanted to meet him and me on the other side. " I'll go
first" I said in a whisper. He nodded and waited for me to move infront of it. I stood infront of the door never feeling so nervous in my
entire life. The main power was just left of where we were.
After we shut the power off, we had to rely on the other gundam pilot to do the rest for us while we searched for the bomb disarming class.
I placed my hand on the knob of the door, taking a breath to relax myself. I then whipped it open and pointed my gun straight infront of me.
The only problem was was that no one was there threatening me. " Clear..." I said seriously, letting my ally know that he was safe to come out
from hiding. I poped my head out the door and looked both ways down the hall. No one was there. It was deserted. I walked out casually trying
not to look suspicious for the millionth time.
Close behind me was Duo, hoping that he wouldn't get caught. I looked around the hall and saw in the corners of this corridor were cammera's.
" Shit...we can't get through..." I cursed. Duo poped his head over my shoulder and looked at me suspicously,' Whadaya mean?' I cocked an
eyebrow and pointed my finger toward the cammera, gaurding the room to the main power. My long haired friend then sighed repeating,' Keense,
Keense, Keense...when are ya gonna learn...' He held up his gun, closed one eye and focused. He pulled back the trigger and a loud crack
rang through the air. The good thing was, we couldn't be seen anymore. The bad thing was that we could have been heard. I looked over to him
and growled,' For your sake, pray we weren't heard...'
I began walking down the hall clutching my gun loosly in my left hand. Duo hmph'ed and crossed his arms,' Whats that suppose to mean?'
Ignoring him, I stood infront of the door that held the nessessities we needed. The power box that would shut off the power. That was one
huge nessessitie. I looked over to the right and saw the key card slot thinking that there had to be another way in. Soon Duo was standing to
my right pondering the same thing. He then asked,' Do you have a hair clip?' " My hair is to short for a hair clip. I should be asking you if
you had one" I said unamusingly. " Leave the hair outta dis..." he growled. I sighed and thudded my head on the wall,' Think, think...'
Suddenly the door creaked open. Me and Duo stood there in amazment and shock. " Hmm...great example of mind over matter" he said looking in.
" No...your friend must've done it. He knew we were heading here anyways plus he knows the colony pretty well " I said anxiously as I walked
in. The long brown haired boy walked in after me and looked around. I searched the room along the walls trying to find a small grey box.
There would be a huge main switch inside that I'd have to pull down. Luckily, Duo seemed to have found it first. " Hey, is this it?" he asked
poiting at it with his gun. A smile grew on my face. I walked over and nodded,' Ya thats it.' " Alright...I'll look for the others" he said
taking a step forward. My words then stopped him,' Others?' He then spun around and nodded,' Ya others. This is a colony not like your
average home. One box shouldn't shut off all the power. There should be at least 2 more...'
" Fine whatever. Look for em quickly" I said opening the one I was currently at. He then continued looking around for similar power boxes.
Meanwhile I was looking through each switch in the box. It couldn't be small it had to be a big one. The main switch that would shut off
everything. I then thought. If we shut off everything, would that shut off the computer system controlling the colony aswell? " Duo..." I
said in a curious tone. " Ya?" He answered back. My eyebrows were lowered in wonder. This was actually going to be an interesting question,
' If we shut off all the power to the colony, will the main database shut off aswell?' There was a moment before he replied. When he did, he
was more theoretical rather than knowing for real,' Well, if you shut off the main switch shouldn't the colony end up a floating piece of
metal?' " I dunno..." I said. Great. Here were were just inches away from doing what we were here to do and now we weren't sure if we could
do it properly.
I then thought of something. If we shut off all the power, the emergency lights will turn on, but they're dim. " Wait...no. The database will
be fine." I said positively. " How can you be sure?" he asked. I turned around and smiled at him,' Because, the emergency lights are activated
by the main database' " I see...well anyway, I found the other one. I guess there were only 2..." He said pointing to the other one. " Right.
Well you can turn that one off and I'll do this one. When you open the cover, look at the bottom. There should be a long black switch. Thats
the one you need to pull down. Got it?" I asked hopefully. " Ya got it..." he replied back. I then turned around and looked back at the power-
box. I felt somewhat nervous. Who would have thought that this mission was going to end up like this.
I exhaled heavily and placed my hand on the switch, ready to pull it down at any moment. " Ready?" I asked. " Ready..." He replied strenly. I
closed my eyes and inhaled deeply,' NOW!' I heard both the switches jerk down. After a few seconds, we were both consumed in darkness. I
stood there breathing hard. " Duo?" I called out not being able to see where I was. I placed my hands infront of me to feel my way around. I
now knew how it felt to be blind. It was hard to see, but the emergency lights were on in the hallway. I was able to see it from the cracks in
the door.Suddenly a source of light was born just infront of me. It was a red light that was held in the hands of my long haired companion.
To my surprise, he was holding a flare.
" There's a whole crate here. Just becarefull where you step..." he said flashing the light infront of the flare filled crate. With the
amount of light given, I carefully walked over to the crate and looked in. He was right. There were many flares in the crate, just waiting to
be used. " Alright. Take a few. I'm sure they'll be useful" I said taking at least three and inserting them on my straps that kept my guns in
place. Duo took a few aswell. " Now we just need a bomb..." he said anxiously. I leaned my hands on the crate's edge and sighed,' Ya...a bomb'
There was an odd moment of silence until the long brown haired boy spoke,' You nervous?' I stood up and laughed lightly,' You have no idea.
This is probably the most craziest thing I'm going to do...'
He then placed his hand on my shoulder for comfort,' Don't worry. At least you don't have to worry about doing this alone' I smiled and nodded
feeling relief taking over. He was right. I didn't have to do this alone. I then turned my head and looked over to the door. I slowly walked
over and stood there waiting for my companion to do the same. When he stood beside me, I then opened the door and peeked out making sure that
no one could see us or anyone that would see us. I turned my head back in and looked at him, " Alright. Lets go..." I said as I walked out.
Duo took his flare and scraped it upside the wall. Soon its light was smothered out. There was no need for it anyway now that we were in the
hall. As I walked out carefully, hearing my feet taking each cautious step, I heard 2 shots fired from behind me.
I whipped around and saw Duo blowing the smoke from the tip of his gun. " What're you doing?" I asked semi angrily. Once again he could have
gotten us in trouble. He then smirked at me,' I shot the power boxes. That way no one could turn them back on' I nodded nervously. It was a
good idea but I guess the word ^Risk^ didn't even pop up into his hair filled head. We then proceded walking down the dim lighten hall. It was
eerie walking down this hall. It was quiet with the exception of our feet smacking on the floor. Our guns held tightly in our hands in case
any unsuspecting student, gaurd, or anyone for that matter, poped up infront of us.
" Where are we gonna find these bombs again?" Duo asked in a whisper. " There's a room on the second level. It's where students are trained
to disarm bombs. Locked safely away are the real ones we use in our missions. Unfortunately, only the students that have been trained to use
the bombs properly, can use them in a mission" I said as we started reaching the end of the hall. A wondering look then crossed his face,' What
about you? Can you use them? Or do you at least know how?' I smirked but kept my face looking straight infront of me,' I'm a professional in
shooting and artillary. If you need a sniper, look me up. But if you need a bomb expertiese, count me out'
" Damnit girl. I know somewhat about bombs but I'm not all that great with them. How are we gonna carry this out if neither of us really know
how to set up a bomb? And one isn't going to be enough" he said nervously. I stopped and stood at the corner of the hall. I turned around and
looked at him in the eyes,' Your right. 3 bombs are needed to achieve full damage on this colony. A bomb on each of the popular floors. 1, 2,
and 3. The result, lots of fireworks' The braided boy scratched his head,' Ya well I hate ta brake this to you babe...but your not getting
your fireworks if you don't know you to set up the bomb properly'
" Who said I didn't know how to set up a bomb? I did live with a room mate that did take the classes...which...um...I'm sure he didn't need...
hmmmm" I said looking away in sadness. It was just hard to believe. My room mate didn't exsist. It was all an act and it was hard to bare.
I felt Duo's hand on my shoulder again,' You miss your room mate don't ya...' I lifted my head and forced a smile,' Ya. It's just hard to grasp
that I was played for. He may claim to be this gundam pilot...but whenever I see him, I see my best friend Mikey. And it's just hard to let go.
I'm not going to be able to get use to it.'
" Ya well. This guy is like that. Whenever he wants to find info on something, he'll do whatever it takes to get it. Thats just how Heero is.
But you know, after this. You may never see him again" he said softly. When Duo said that, my heart fell. Yet again I was loosing a friend. A
friend that didn't even exsist in the first place. Yet it still hurt. " Ya...I know" I said trying to hold back my emotions. Suddenly an idea
struck me, " Maybe I can become friends with this Heero character?" I said wonderingly. Duo began windmilling his arms. He then stopped and
looked at me with a disturbed face,' With Heero? heh heh...trust me. No one can be friends with that guy. I've known him for sometime now and
we still don't get along'
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A/N: I know this chapter is short. But Hey, whatcha gonna do. I had a real bad case of writer's block and this chapter sucked. I know.
Don't worry though. My mind is finally getting back in bussiness. It might take me awahile to put up the next few chapters but don't worry
they will be out up sooner than it took this one. And guess what? I'M GOING TO THE STATES ON THE 20th!!....*Oh goodie* Ya. I'll be seeing
whats left of the twin towers. I dun even know if there's stuff still left. But hey ohwell, if this story is still in the making by the
time I get back, my inspiritation level will be sky high. So ya, it'll be all good.
it hates me and I'm its common victum. *sigh* so here ya are. My 14th chapter finally done. Er now I can get on with the others.
Chapter 14
~*~First Part:Complete~*~
" Hand me that ammo clip there would ya Duo?" I asked as I placed a few straps around my leg to hold ammo. The braided boy stood up from
beside a box and handed me some clips for any brand of handgun. I caught a few and hooked them to my thigh. I already had my guns hooked onto
my other thigh. " Right, You ready?" I asked curiously, looking at him. He loaded an ammo clip into one of the guns he chose then smiled my
way,' Ready as I'll ever be' I nodded and proceded to the door standing there waiting for Duo to do the same. We each stood on oposite sides
of the closed door. Duo held his gun firmly, ready to defend himself from whatever wanted to meet him and me on the other side. " I'll go
first" I said in a whisper. He nodded and waited for me to move infront of it. I stood infront of the door never feeling so nervous in my
entire life. The main power was just left of where we were.
After we shut the power off, we had to rely on the other gundam pilot to do the rest for us while we searched for the bomb disarming class.
I placed my hand on the knob of the door, taking a breath to relax myself. I then whipped it open and pointed my gun straight infront of me.
The only problem was was that no one was there threatening me. " Clear..." I said seriously, letting my ally know that he was safe to come out
from hiding. I poped my head out the door and looked both ways down the hall. No one was there. It was deserted. I walked out casually trying
not to look suspicious for the millionth time.
Close behind me was Duo, hoping that he wouldn't get caught. I looked around the hall and saw in the corners of this corridor were cammera's.
" Shit...we can't get through..." I cursed. Duo poped his head over my shoulder and looked at me suspicously,' Whadaya mean?' I cocked an
eyebrow and pointed my finger toward the cammera, gaurding the room to the main power. My long haired friend then sighed repeating,' Keense,
Keense, Keense...when are ya gonna learn...' He held up his gun, closed one eye and focused. He pulled back the trigger and a loud crack
rang through the air. The good thing was, we couldn't be seen anymore. The bad thing was that we could have been heard. I looked over to him
and growled,' For your sake, pray we weren't heard...'
I began walking down the hall clutching my gun loosly in my left hand. Duo hmph'ed and crossed his arms,' Whats that suppose to mean?'
Ignoring him, I stood infront of the door that held the nessessities we needed. The power box that would shut off the power. That was one
huge nessessitie. I looked over to the right and saw the key card slot thinking that there had to be another way in. Soon Duo was standing to
my right pondering the same thing. He then asked,' Do you have a hair clip?' " My hair is to short for a hair clip. I should be asking you if
you had one" I said unamusingly. " Leave the hair outta dis..." he growled. I sighed and thudded my head on the wall,' Think, think...'
Suddenly the door creaked open. Me and Duo stood there in amazment and shock. " Hmm...great example of mind over matter" he said looking in.
" No...your friend must've done it. He knew we were heading here anyways plus he knows the colony pretty well " I said anxiously as I walked
in. The long brown haired boy walked in after me and looked around. I searched the room along the walls trying to find a small grey box.
There would be a huge main switch inside that I'd have to pull down. Luckily, Duo seemed to have found it first. " Hey, is this it?" he asked
poiting at it with his gun. A smile grew on my face. I walked over and nodded,' Ya thats it.' " Alright...I'll look for the others" he said
taking a step forward. My words then stopped him,' Others?' He then spun around and nodded,' Ya others. This is a colony not like your
average home. One box shouldn't shut off all the power. There should be at least 2 more...'
" Fine whatever. Look for em quickly" I said opening the one I was currently at. He then continued looking around for similar power boxes.
Meanwhile I was looking through each switch in the box. It couldn't be small it had to be a big one. The main switch that would shut off
everything. I then thought. If we shut off everything, would that shut off the computer system controlling the colony aswell? " Duo..." I
said in a curious tone. " Ya?" He answered back. My eyebrows were lowered in wonder. This was actually going to be an interesting question,
' If we shut off all the power to the colony, will the main database shut off aswell?' There was a moment before he replied. When he did, he
was more theoretical rather than knowing for real,' Well, if you shut off the main switch shouldn't the colony end up a floating piece of
metal?' " I dunno..." I said. Great. Here were were just inches away from doing what we were here to do and now we weren't sure if we could
do it properly.
I then thought of something. If we shut off all the power, the emergency lights will turn on, but they're dim. " Wait...no. The database will
be fine." I said positively. " How can you be sure?" he asked. I turned around and smiled at him,' Because, the emergency lights are activated
by the main database' " I see...well anyway, I found the other one. I guess there were only 2..." He said pointing to the other one. " Right.
Well you can turn that one off and I'll do this one. When you open the cover, look at the bottom. There should be a long black switch. Thats
the one you need to pull down. Got it?" I asked hopefully. " Ya got it..." he replied back. I then turned around and looked back at the power-
box. I felt somewhat nervous. Who would have thought that this mission was going to end up like this.
I exhaled heavily and placed my hand on the switch, ready to pull it down at any moment. " Ready?" I asked. " Ready..." He replied strenly. I
closed my eyes and inhaled deeply,' NOW!' I heard both the switches jerk down. After a few seconds, we were both consumed in darkness. I
stood there breathing hard. " Duo?" I called out not being able to see where I was. I placed my hands infront of me to feel my way around. I
now knew how it felt to be blind. It was hard to see, but the emergency lights were on in the hallway. I was able to see it from the cracks in
the door.Suddenly a source of light was born just infront of me. It was a red light that was held in the hands of my long haired companion.
To my surprise, he was holding a flare.
" There's a whole crate here. Just becarefull where you step..." he said flashing the light infront of the flare filled crate. With the
amount of light given, I carefully walked over to the crate and looked in. He was right. There were many flares in the crate, just waiting to
be used. " Alright. Take a few. I'm sure they'll be useful" I said taking at least three and inserting them on my straps that kept my guns in
place. Duo took a few aswell. " Now we just need a bomb..." he said anxiously. I leaned my hands on the crate's edge and sighed,' Ya...a bomb'
There was an odd moment of silence until the long brown haired boy spoke,' You nervous?' I stood up and laughed lightly,' You have no idea.
This is probably the most craziest thing I'm going to do...'
He then placed his hand on my shoulder for comfort,' Don't worry. At least you don't have to worry about doing this alone' I smiled and nodded
feeling relief taking over. He was right. I didn't have to do this alone. I then turned my head and looked over to the door. I slowly walked
over and stood there waiting for my companion to do the same. When he stood beside me, I then opened the door and peeked out making sure that
no one could see us or anyone that would see us. I turned my head back in and looked at him, " Alright. Lets go..." I said as I walked out.
Duo took his flare and scraped it upside the wall. Soon its light was smothered out. There was no need for it anyway now that we were in the
hall. As I walked out carefully, hearing my feet taking each cautious step, I heard 2 shots fired from behind me.
I whipped around and saw Duo blowing the smoke from the tip of his gun. " What're you doing?" I asked semi angrily. Once again he could have
gotten us in trouble. He then smirked at me,' I shot the power boxes. That way no one could turn them back on' I nodded nervously. It was a
good idea but I guess the word ^Risk^ didn't even pop up into his hair filled head. We then proceded walking down the dim lighten hall. It was
eerie walking down this hall. It was quiet with the exception of our feet smacking on the floor. Our guns held tightly in our hands in case
any unsuspecting student, gaurd, or anyone for that matter, poped up infront of us.
" Where are we gonna find these bombs again?" Duo asked in a whisper. " There's a room on the second level. It's where students are trained
to disarm bombs. Locked safely away are the real ones we use in our missions. Unfortunately, only the students that have been trained to use
the bombs properly, can use them in a mission" I said as we started reaching the end of the hall. A wondering look then crossed his face,' What
about you? Can you use them? Or do you at least know how?' I smirked but kept my face looking straight infront of me,' I'm a professional in
shooting and artillary. If you need a sniper, look me up. But if you need a bomb expertiese, count me out'
" Damnit girl. I know somewhat about bombs but I'm not all that great with them. How are we gonna carry this out if neither of us really know
how to set up a bomb? And one isn't going to be enough" he said nervously. I stopped and stood at the corner of the hall. I turned around and
looked at him in the eyes,' Your right. 3 bombs are needed to achieve full damage on this colony. A bomb on each of the popular floors. 1, 2,
and 3. The result, lots of fireworks' The braided boy scratched his head,' Ya well I hate ta brake this to you babe...but your not getting
your fireworks if you don't know you to set up the bomb properly'
" Who said I didn't know how to set up a bomb? I did live with a room mate that did take the classes...which...um...I'm sure he didn't need...
hmmmm" I said looking away in sadness. It was just hard to believe. My room mate didn't exsist. It was all an act and it was hard to bare.
I felt Duo's hand on my shoulder again,' You miss your room mate don't ya...' I lifted my head and forced a smile,' Ya. It's just hard to grasp
that I was played for. He may claim to be this gundam pilot...but whenever I see him, I see my best friend Mikey. And it's just hard to let go.
I'm not going to be able to get use to it.'
" Ya well. This guy is like that. Whenever he wants to find info on something, he'll do whatever it takes to get it. Thats just how Heero is.
But you know, after this. You may never see him again" he said softly. When Duo said that, my heart fell. Yet again I was loosing a friend. A
friend that didn't even exsist in the first place. Yet it still hurt. " Ya...I know" I said trying to hold back my emotions. Suddenly an idea
struck me, " Maybe I can become friends with this Heero character?" I said wonderingly. Duo began windmilling his arms. He then stopped and
looked at me with a disturbed face,' With Heero? heh heh...trust me. No one can be friends with that guy. I've known him for sometime now and
we still don't get along'
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A/N: I know this chapter is short. But Hey, whatcha gonna do. I had a real bad case of writer's block and this chapter sucked. I know.
Don't worry though. My mind is finally getting back in bussiness. It might take me awahile to put up the next few chapters but don't worry
they will be out up sooner than it took this one. And guess what? I'M GOING TO THE STATES ON THE 20th!!....*Oh goodie* Ya. I'll be seeing
whats left of the twin towers. I dun even know if there's stuff still left. But hey ohwell, if this story is still in the making by the
time I get back, my inspiritation level will be sky high. So ya, it'll be all good.