They still had a few days before they had to put their part of the plan into action and in reality with only things like cleaning up the food fight and watching TV it had been almost dull with the lack of the other pilots. Sure between Any and herself they could make tons of gadgets or play on the internet but what could one do , write a story to leave in this world just so your mark was left ? That may not be to horrible an idea , if nothing else when the real Gundam pilots got around to going through their things this time they'd have something to laugh about, after all the docs had to have some way to get ahold of the pilots so why not send it to the docs , maybe they'd even get a kick out of it.
She had spent a lot of time playing on the computer , well it wasn't like she could work on a whole web site cause there was only a few areas of expertise that she had and all of those would likely track right back to the hotel room , and that was best not to do at this critical stage. When Amy proposed that they go out shopping it was a nice relief from writting so she all but jumped at the idea , she knew she'd need a bottle of hair bleach cause there was no way in hell Duo was gonna recognise her with red hair , and she was getting sick of the deep red trusses anyway , there was a difference between getting use to it and actually liking it.
It had been Amy who caught sight of the shadowed figure
creeping around in the alley way , of course leave it to eagle eyes ....
when everyone elses head was in the clouds she was to busy watching reality.
Amy drew her attention to the movement and they soon followed , both of
them had been up for some mischief but what they saw was right down their
alley , the dark figure had just ben someone in darl clothes and a prominent
braid trailing down his back. For the umpteenth time she cursed the doctors
for their request , this would be so much easlier if they all worked together
as a team.
"Should we go in?" asked Amy in a whisper.
" Sure why not." After all it would be easier to see at what stage their plan was at if they could find out first hand exactly what was going on , plus the movie hadn't shown Duo sneaking around. They followed a hallway down to where a light could be sen from an open door but held some distance back.
Of course Duo was leaned up against the side of the door commenting about someone working , this part she knew well but incase there had been some change due to all the additions that certainly was not there during the making of the movie they all knew so well. That was when she felt Amy's tap against her shoulder with a questioning look.
She signed back that they were talking , now she knew what they could have been doing in their off time , not like sign language was a difficult language to teach , she sighed at her over sight and turned her attention back to the conversation.
" Relena's been kidnapped."
" Well duh." like she couldn't have told them that , but their little outburst had gained them the attention that , although was wanted was not allowed at the moment as both Duo and Heero's foot steps could be heard comming from the dimly lit room.
" I think it's a good time to run." was Amy's quick responce and swifter steps , they burst out the door and up the closest ladder to get out of sight , clearing the roof just as two confused gundam pilots searched over the alleyway below , but neither dared to peek over the edge till they heard the door shut below them. She had forgotten that this wasn't a movie that you could just make idle comments about.
"Amy , I have finally figured out what to do with our dead time" she said with a relieved sigh , standing up and dusting herself off as she looked for an alternate way down from their lofty hiding place.
After that they took great care doing up what little they had planned , it had all mainly been to kill time but having run into the boys had really dulled down the need to roam during their down time , what came to mind more was planning on how to avoid a close call like that one again and she was sure some day dreaming was not out of the question as she walked along before they had to return to their serious mode of sneaking around.
Before she knew it though the time had come to pull her head out of the clouds and start acting serious again , going from window shopping and outdoor vendors to guns and espionauge , now she knew how the other pilots must have felt throughout this whole experience , but atleast they didn't have to hide from everyone , hell's bells how many times had they either been caught sight of or so close that it was by sheer luck to avoid their diligent attempts to investigate it fully.
Again she was drifting and supose to be watching out for security and still manage to find transportation which was looking almost impossible to get at the moment until once again fate had stepped in to rub their noses in the fact that they should be working together as both Heero and Duo were headed towards a private shuttle in the Preventers bay which looked like the air ports after the terrorist attacks back on her own world.
" So," stated Amy " what should we do?"
Problem solving was one thing but this was totally different , for one things most problems wern't out to shoot you if you messed up , she looked around and only one thing even looked like a possibility as she pointed up , it seemed her partner in crime was not to enthused about the idea but you took what presented itself and unless she wanted to go knocking Preventers out then this was the only other plan .... and a much easier one at that.
When it was all said and done they had made it , and even now as they looked towards each other's voices in the dark there was little doubt it was as easy as the cartoons showed it to be , then the sudden shift dropped both of them , man , who taught those two to drive ..... it had to be Heero cause she knew Duo was way more manerverable then that , but she didn't dare say that one out loud .... but thankfully the lights were on so now it was a game of what to do and hope the boys didn't come looking for them.
The main amount of it passed easily enough , they had opted for finding somewhere to hide out that they were not going to end up crushed cause if Heero was doing the landing they were bound to get something dumped on them.
When all else failed that left only one thing to do , they sang their way from 99 bottles down to a mere 29 as the first blast hit close to the shuttle , this was the part she had really wanted to avoid , from now on she was recomending seat belts for the back of shuttles .... now if she had Une's e-mail it would be easy to lodge a complaint about it as the second on hit.
" Hey, Trel does their ship blow up?" Amy asked as she held on to dear life.
" Um, no I don't think so." she knew the flying style , she'd seen it done way to many times but being in the ship while he did it really didn't help her stomach as she silently cursed herself for that bottle of pop she had drank before comming along on this rollercoaster ride. "Awh man , even the Superman ride had an end to it"
When the noises finally died away she knew it would be
safe enough to get out while they could cause no army was about to leave
an enemy ship unattended , and when they finally freed themselves of both
the ship and the bay there was little choice on their best means of travel
as she smirked and pointed out the vent system again.
" NO! NO! NO! HECK NO! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!" she shouted as she stomped her foot.
They heard footsteps heading for them the she said " Ok just this once."
She grumbled as she climbed in to the system followed by Trel which was only audibal when ever Heero was not in sight , it was almost comical how it ended up turning off like a switch but was that just from seeing him or from their earlier encounter with that pair had left her to silently wonder just which of the two held her tounge as she knew herself would be content to watch this all day.
They hurried along before a stray bullet found them and soon found Savanna and Niki , gladly joining them to actually do something that did not involve bullets , landing on the rump end or sudden explosions but ending up on the blunt end of a reprimand anyway as the other two had not been expecting that kind of company.
" Don't do that!" Well atleast the reception was warm enough as she grinned back at Nikita.
" You could have used the door." Now she knew they had scared the two that occupied the room , even Savanna was scolding them.
" Sorry, I don't feel like being shot with bullets
today." her energetic partner replied as she grabbed a computer.
The floor was littered with the unconcious bodies of
soldiers wearing the same uniforms as both Savanna and Niki had on
" What happened here?"
" Don't ask," was her only responce , but a few bodies was beter then a lot of blood , then Savanna started laughing enough to get her attention , Jason's face was plastered to her screen.
" Hey guys if you get this message I have finished my job here." He said crazily and laughed like a madman. " I'm Superman faster than a speeding bullet more powerful that locomotive can leap tall buildings in a single bound, I am Superman!" well atleast he looked like he was having fun ..... but that usually meant bad news if he was enjoying himself.
" Jason has gone over the edge more than ever, remind me to take out the ZERO system in Death Fortress when we get back." Chuckled Savanna , well that seemed enough to get her back into a good mood , atleast the argument about the skirt hadn't been raised up yet.
" I got it!" shouted Amy as she popped the disk out and jumped out of her seat.
" Good, cause we have company!" Nikita shouted as she pulled up picture on the main screen. It was Trowa walking down the hallway, slowly and calmly.
" How long well it take for the virus to load?" asked Savanna calmly.
" 10 minutes at the most." Said Trel as she tried to make the virus up load faster , why was it anything related to computers always took time.
" That won't give us enough time!" Nikita shouted, " He'll be here in like 6 minutes!"
" Not if I can help it." Said Savanna as she grabbed the speaker and held her nose and said " Mr. Trowa Barton, please report to the Mobile Suit Hanger." But as he turned around Trel breathed a sigh of relief , she certainly was not in an explainative kind of mood and was more then glad when Amy announced it had finished , again in the nick of time as gun fire could be heard just outside the door.
The good news was this time there was no grumbling about the method of their exit as they all filed into the vent shafts and started towards the shuttle port , infact there was little said till they were safely within the shuttle and all ready to claim their gundams after having taken off from the colony , Amy had pulled up the screen after hacking into the security to see just where this whole thing was at their current time just as Duo was folding over due to a punch in the gut , she closed her eyes and knew he'd be alright but it was not the most pleasent thing to watch and when she opened them she had three faces warching her and trying to comfort her , she just smiled and tried to let it go in the work that they had left.
When they finally hooked up with Jason the mood had passed
, and in his calmer state this was bound to get easier. Sure he could be
crazy but atleast it was a reason to laugh , they suited up and waited
for the inital shock of being blasted out into space to fall to earth ,
this was certain to be an experience she'd soon want to forget , but it
was definatly going to out do any roller coaster ride she had ever sat
in. She pulled the violet colored glasses on and then the helm , taking
the last of her time to make sure all systems checked out since she had
nothing but time.
