"How do we get out?" Duo asked.
"I have an idea," Trowa muttered. He walked up to the bars and gestured for the guard to come over.
"Guard, my stomach hurts. I think I'm going to be sick. Can I please get to a bathroom?"
"No. And clean up your mess if you throw up. You think I was born yesterday?" He walked back to his post.
"Well, I'm out of ideas."
"You weaklings," Wufei said. He walked over this time and called to the guard.
"What do you want?"
Wufei punched him, knocking him out, took his keys and AR-33 Assault Rifle, and opened the door.
"I couldn't have done it better myself." Heero opened the door and the boys moved out.
"Hey! You there! Stop!" A guard opened fire, and Heero, Duo, and Quatre jumped. Wufei returned fire, while Trowa did a triple axle flip, landing on the guard. Heero took the gun while Wufei finished him off.
"Is there some kind of layout to this place? I need to find some sort of lab." Heero asked no one in particular.
"May I borrow the gun, Wufei?" Quatre asked, a bit timidly.
"Whatever, but I want it back." He gave the gun to Quatre as a guard turned the corner.
"Stop!" Quatre pointed his gun at the guard. "Drop the weapon, and kick it over to me!"
"If I don't?"
"Then I'll kill you." Heero stepped up.
He reluctantly dropped his gun, and scooted it over to them. Wufei picked it up.
"Is there some kind of chemical laboratory in this building?"
"Yes, third floor."
"Where are the stairs? Or do you have an elevator?"
"Elevator is right behind those doors." He pointed.
"Thanks."
The 5 ran into it and hit the button for the third floor. On the fifth, it stopped, and two guards almost walked in, but saw them and opened fire. Heero, Wufei, and Quatre quickly killed them, and Duo and Trowa got the rifles. The doors closed, and the elevator stopped at the third floor. As they stepped out, an alarm went off.
"Well, so much for our information man. By now he has a gun and reinforcements." With that, Duo took the lead and searched for the laboratory. Guards were around every corner, and they were pinned down many times. After about ten minutes of searching, Trowa opened a door and found lab equipment, documents, and a couple scientists.
"Hey there." Duo tipped an imaginary hat before the guard dropped to the floor. "We'll hold the door; you find something that can help us, Heero."
"Well, there were looking at some sort of poison, and were putting it in capsules. I'll see if I can find something to remove them from our bodies."
*****
After a few hours, the (ex-) pilots were feeling a bit tired, and the guards just kept coming. Heero was hard at work, going through files trying to find the right information.
"Got it! There's a file right here. It says that they produced a chemical that could find a material with the same compositions as the plastic capsule, and then it would help to extract it from the body."
"Umm, what?" a very confused Duo asked.
"Theirs is a liquid in here that will cure us."
"Oh… I understand."
Heero ignored him and was searching shelves. "Here it is. I'll separate it into five dosages, and we'll all take one. You need to find the spot they injected the capsule, then use this in the same spot. It will work faster." He separated it and handed one to each pilot. They all searched their bodies and found the area to inject. Heero, a bit embarrassed, turned and unzipped his pants.
Duo immediately saw his chance. "Well, I guess that woman really did like you Heero. Come on, what did you do at that hotel room?"
"Forget it." Heero discarded the empty needle, and the others followed suit. "Follow me; we have one more stop to make."
Another group of guards opened the door and began firing. Heero threw a smoke bomb and they escaped, while the guards still fired, tearing up the lab.
There was an explosion behind them as the pilots ran. "Glad I didn't stay in there. These guys really need some more training."
As if to answer, three guards jumped in front of them and emptied out their clips. The boys hit opposite walls, then Duo and Wufei threw grenades. Each guard flew down a hallway, and they continued.
After turning a few corners, everyone stopped. "This is it," Heero said simply.
Quatre looked around confused. "But why are we here?"
"You see, this poison doesn't have a cure. Sheina wanted to kill us herself, so she put in the poison thinking it would stop us. However, there was a chemical that could push the capsule and the poison inside the capsule right out of our bodies. I will warn you, there will be a five-minute period of-"
Duo had a very pained expression on his face as he opened a door. "Constipation!"
The others were staring to feel the same, and they each went into a different stall.
*****
Two guards were walking towards the bathroom. "Hey man, how long do you think it's going to be before Sheina carries out her little 'Operation Meteor'?"
"I'll give it… two weeks to prepare everything."
"I say five days."
"Five days? I doubt it!"
"Think about it. She's already got all of her mobile suits, including the Gundams. All it is going to take is fixing up the transports-"
They stopped outside the bathroom and listened. They could hear grunting and groaning as well as a few splashes of water.
"Let's go down to the third floor."
"Third floor; right." They ran down the hall.
*****
The pilots walked outside. "Well, I'd say that was, rejuvenating." Duo commented.
"How lovely. Can we go now?" Wufei muttered.
"Yes, we need to get to the hangar. That's where the mobile suits, including the Gundams are being stored." Heero explained.
Trowa spoke up. "I thought I saw a hangar as we were going in. Follow me." Trowa began to run, and again the others followed running down a hallway.
*****
They stopped at the top floor, and emerged from the elevator inside a huge hangar. Sure enough, all five Gundams were there.
"How did she do this? We tried flying our Gundams into the sun, and when that didn't work, we simply hit the self-destruct button." Wufei asked no one in particular.
"This woman has access to a lot of things she couldn't. You're right. We had our original Gundams, then they were upgraded for space battles, then we put our own touch to them, but ended up send them to the sun. We got to try out our new upgrades against Mariemaia, and then destroyed them. This woman has access to Gundanium alloy, as well as the blueprints the scientists used when making our Gundams." Trowa stopped to take a breath as the other pilots stood with their mouths hanging open. "And look over their. She has the space Taurus and space Virgo, as well as that.
"That suit is purple!" Duo began to laugh.
"Look closely. It's taken from parts of the Mercurius and Vayeate. She painted it over."
"Yeah," Duo laughed. "Like the time I painted Heero's mobile suit before he blew it up. It was such a good addition to – oops."
If looks could kill, Heero would have shut up Duo completely. Unfortunately for him, they don't, so he grabbed Duo's braid and pulled out his gun.
Quatre stepped in the middle of them. "Come on guys. We can't start fighting now. We have to stop Sheina and her followers."
"Quatre is right. You weaklings can continue your dance while the rest of us seek justice. I say we steal our Gundams and blow this place up, then get rid of them; just like before."
"Let's try it." They began to walk as they heard the elevator open. They turned, and nine guards were in it, pointing their guns at the five. And Sheina was standing in front of them.