Last chapter I believe. I understand why so many people say they won't write anymore without reviews! They really help to give encourgment and inspiration, without them discourgment sets in. So please review!!! Like the story , hate it? Tell Me!! Bye! Ohh, and I don't own Gundam Wing. * tears*
They sat around a table at an outside café conversing quietly.
" The only lead we have is some old woman's rambling about a warehouse with suspicious lights!" Wufei was irritated with how slow things had been going. They had only one lead and that from a woman who normally only talked to cats.
" Chill Wufei." Duo laughed rembering there little encounter with the old woman. Her cats had taken an instant liking to Wufei and had not let him be until they left.
" Hmmm." Wufei looked like he could have had steam pouring out his ears. He absently picked some more fur from his uniform.
" huhhh."
They all looked at Quatre his head bent in thought. Trowa placed a hand on his shoulder. Quatre looked up to see them all looking at him.
" We will stop him. No weakling who can't even begin to fathom peace and justice will beat those with true justice in their hearts." Wufeis voice carried a tone of finality to it.
" We'll check out this place tonight, we can not just write it off. Besides I have a feeling about this." Heero spoke up.
" Why is this guy so obsesed with you anyway Quatre?" Duo looked questioningly at Quatre. They all turned to look at Quatres serious face.
" He worked for my father a long time ago. He was a businessman with big plans. Father had lent him use of a facility on one satalite never suspecting his true intentions. I was visiting the satalite with Father and had wandered away from him. I walked accidentaly into Thalners research lab and discovered the bio weapons he was constructing in secret under the rouge of medical work. He caught me in there, threatened me, but I told Father. That resulted in the destruction of Thalners career and his bio weapons marketing. Until now I had completely forgotten about him, now..."
" The guy had it coming if that was what he was doing." Duo leaned back in his chair tipping it almost to the point of it falling over.
" The mans insane." Trowa spoke for the first time in an hour.
" That makes him even more dangerous." Heero looked toward Trowa. " He may be planning something with bio weapons. There have been reports that bio weapons were discovered in a few colonys. They were caught in time but their creator got away. We have no time to waste."
" Lets do it then."
" Mission commenced."
The warehouse was run down looking from the outside. Its steel walls were rusted and broken. Five boys dressed in Preventers uniforms, the black uniform blending them into their surroundings, snuck toward the front of the diplapatated building. No guard stood watch and no lights shined, the building appeared empty.
" Things don't feel right here." Quatre brought a hand to his chest placing it on his heart. " We have to go in."
Heero looked with worry in his eyes at Quatre. He still looked pale from his knife wound and now he had been acting odd ever since they had started out that night. They had talked about forcing him to stay behind but hearing that Quatre had nearly left them behind.
" Alright, Duo and Wufei, you two first. Just get through and give a signal." Nodding they moved out without making a sound.
Reaching the building they stopped, stooping under the windows on the door listening for any sound. When none came they stood u and in one swift movment together entered the building. The inside was dark and nothing was moving. Duo moved to the door and motioned the others it was clear. Swinging around, gun drawn at a thump behind him. Wufei lay spread egale on the floor flat on his face. Duo stiffled his laughter at the sight and the cat he had tripped over.
Together they moved side be side down the wide hall. The way was lit by moonlight to a door at the far end of the hall that was as wide as the hall itself. Warily peering through the windows into the darkness they opened the door and stepped through, Heero at the center.
The room was flooded with light as the doors slammed shut behind them. Thalner sat behind his desk a smirk making his face contort. The boys, guns drawn, faced the men that were surronding them. Thalner had moved around his desk to stand in front of Heero .
" Welcome to my humble home."
" You were expecting us." Trowas statement brought Thalners eyes over to him then past, pivoting back to Quatre who stood unwavering beside Heero.
" Yes, of course. Winner always walks in at the right moment."
" Well he does know how to make an entrance." Duo smirked back at Thalner.
" Do you know what this is?" Thalner held up a syringe contaning a orangeish luiqued.
" Your new poison." Quatre stated looking with contempt at the syringe.
" Right, and I am so glad you are here because I needed a test subject." An insane smile spread across Thalners already ugly features.
" Heh." Wufei looked Thalner in his eyes making the older man wince almost like in pain. " Do you really think we walked in here that unprepared?" His eyes glinted.
" Wha..!" Thalners eyes widened and he reached for a gun realizing his mistake to late. Heero slipped the small detonater out of his sleeve and hit the butten. Simultaneous explosions rocked the building throwing Thalners lackys off balance in surprise. Five blurs attacked knocking them off their feet and out cold in an instant.
Quatre went straight for Thalner knocking him backward onto the desk. He punched his hardest into the other mans face and abdomen but was thrown off balance himself with an unexpected explosion.
" What was that?" Duos voice rose above the din.
" A little surprise of my own." Thalner luaghed taking advantage of the distraction to throw Quatre off him and into the far wall. " You now have about two minutes of life left!" Thalners eyes were bloodshot and held no sanity. Another explosion rocked the building bringing some of the ceiling down into the room.
Coughing, they reached the door, bearly able to see in the thick dust. Fire had begun to lick at the beams above them sending sparks down around them.
" We have to get out of here!" Wufei screamed above more explosions.
" Quatre! Where are you?!" Heeros voice held an unusal tone of fear to it. The others realizing that Quatre was no where in sight whirled frantically trying to peer through the smoke and rubble.
" Go now! Leave me and get out! NOW!" Quatres voice peirced the sounds all around them.
" No!" Trowa began moving forward only to be pulled back by Duo.
" GET OUT OF HERE!" The room was caving in, the flames slowly starting to consume it. They had no time to think.
They turned running back through the collapsing building to the door. Rushing through to outside they looked back in horror at the building that was blazing. Nothing would be left of it.
Duo hit his knees tears pouring down his cheeks. Wufei was holding Trowa back the boy slowly sucombing to Wufeis will as they watched in horror.
Heero took a few steps foward, slowly at first then faster till he was running at full tilt back to the building up the steps and into the door. He dodged the falling fire and beams still at a run down the hall to the door at the far end of the hall. Bursting through he moved about to the far end of the room looking desperatly for the one thing that brought him back. Moving around a fallen beam he saw the gloden locks brushed back from a pale face. Pulling the boy from under the larger mans body he looped his arm around his waist half carrying him toward the door. He didn't know how but he knew he would not let his friend die in there.
They ran to the front of the building unbelieving that Heero had just run back into the blaze. Yet he was doing what each of them had wanted to do. They stared in fear at the fire that consumed the doorway except for a small passageway that was still clear.
" Come on.." A whisper escaped Duos lips.
Thier eyes went wide as their smiles as two figures silloeted by the fire moved toward them. Slowly out of the fire Heero and Quatre walked, side by side. Quatre leaned heavily on Heeros shoulder, seeing the exteamly happy faces of the three at the bottom of the steps he could not help but crack a smile. Heero supported his friend walking him down the steps. A smile crossed his face, it was over they had stopped Thalner. Somehow that did not seem as important to him as the feeling he felt inside at that moment, a feeling of being, finally, with his family.
Quatre stared at the endless expanse of desert stretching before him. Heat danced on the dunes, shimmering like starlight in the air. He sighed and closed his eyes letting the breeze kiss his upturned face. Opening them again he smiled at the four figures making there way toward him.