Across The Ages by Mercury84
Part 3: The Battles Begin
Intro: Once again, here's the recap. It's becoming kind of a routine thing.
Anyway, the Sailor Scouts are at the secret base of the G-boys. Heero has just
been kidnapped, but they don't know if he is dead or alive. The kidnapper was Aria Storme. Quatre has just told the others of the enemy mobile suits headed
for them.
"What?? Enemy troops NOW? Somebody up there hates me!" yelled Duo.
"What are we going to do?" asked Trowa. "From the size of those troops, it'd be
stupid for just four of us to take them on."
"I know, Trowa. We need a fifth pilot, otherwise we don't stand a chance!" said
Quatre, looking at the screen worriedly. "Geez, even five pilots wouldn't be
enough! These troops are massive! Hey girls, do you think you can help with
your special powers?"
"Uh, sure, I think so. We've never done any thing like this before, though,"
said Lita.
"It's worth a shot," said Quatre. "But we still need a fifth pilot. We need to
hurry!"
Suddenly, Raye spoke up. She'd been silent most of the time, staring at Wufei.
"Amy! Why don't you pilot Heero's Gundam?"
"What? That's insane! I couldn't possibly handle that machine!" exclaimed Amy
in shock.
"Sure you could. You're the only one of us who knows how to use computers and
electronics. You're an expert at them!"
"I don't think..."
"Are you guys sure? It's dangerous," said Quatre.
"We're gonna hafta try it, you guys. The troops are almost here! Are you good
with computers, Amy?" asked Duo.
"She's a genius!" said Serena enthusiastically.
"Come with me, then, miss. I've piloted Heero's suit before," said Trowa. "I'm
just going to show you the basics. That button and lever operate the beam
cannon. That one works the beam saber. And if all else fails, just lead them
to us and we'll take care of them."
"Okay," said Amy nervously, her eyes wide with fear.
"I can't believe we're doing this," said Duo quietly. "We're putting a girl
with no experience into a massive machine to fight in the worst battle we've
faced. And I thought that stuff only happened in movies."
"They're here!" yelled Wufei, who, like the others, was in his Gundam.
Trowa helped Amy get strapped in, after telling her a few more things, and
jumped into his Gundam. "Let's go!"
The Gundams stepped out of the base, with the four remaining girls running
behind them. They saw the gigantic amount of machines coming towards them. The
four pilots set to work immediately, with Amy cautiously trying out the parts of
the Gundam.
*******
"Okay, girls, let's help them out," said Raye. "Transform!"
"Mars Celestial Fire Surround!" yelled Sailor Mars, sending rings of fire at the
approaching troops. Duo used his Gundam to destroy the stunned mobile suits.
The four scouts used their different powers, trying to help out their pilot
friends.
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!" Sailor Venus momentarily caught a few mobile suits
in the chain, and Trowa destroyed them before they broke free.
"Ya know, it would help if we had Amy's bubble attack to fog things up," mentioned Sailor Moon.
"I know, I wish she could be in two places at once!" said Mars.
*******
Meanwhile, Amy was getting the hang of Wing Zero. She took out a couple of
suits, and saw Quatre on the comm link.
"Everything okay?" asked the blond boy.
"Sure. How's the battle going?"
"Well, we've destroyed about 20% of the enemy."
Only 20%? Amy thought to herself.
Quatre's face disappeared from the screen. As Amy returned to the situation at
hand, she started to feel a strange sort of power in the back of her mind.
Huh? What's happening?
She felt as if she was losing control. Everything was yellow, all around her.
What is this? It wants to control me, I feel it. It can't control me. I don't understand...
Amy fought the unfamiliar force, but she finally gave in. The Wing Zero took
over. Amy's eyes slowly opened, but only about halfway. She had no feeling of
what she was doing at all. She only had one thought.
I must destroy my enemy.
She lashed out at the troops, destroying bunches of them with the beam cannon.
I don't need the others. I can kill them all by myself. They're my enemies as
well.
Shinigami took out a line of mobile dolls, and then flew over to a new position.
"Whoa, look at Amy!" yelled Duo.
"It's the Zero system, Duo! It's taken over her mind. She'll see you as her
enemy!" yelled Quatre. 60% of the troops had been destroyed.
In the cockpit of Wing Zero, Quatre appeared on the comm-link. "Amy? Listen to
me. The Zero system will make you see us as your enemy! You have to fight it!"
"Shut up, Quatre. I'm in control. I know what I'm doing," said Amy, her voice
completely flat, much different from the high-pitched voice she usually had.
"Get out of my way, or I'll kill you."
"Amy, that's not you talking. That's the Zero system. You've got to get
control."
"Quatre! You've gotta stop her before she goes insane!" yelled Duo.
Voices in Amy's head were screaming out different orders.
"Kill them all!" said one.
"No, they're your friends!" said another.
"Kill them if they get in your way!" screamed another.
Amy saw Quatre's pleading face on the comm-link. She really did care for him a
lot.
"He doesn't care about you!" yelled a voice. "Has he ever told you he did?"
"No, he does care, he's just shy!" yelled the opposing voice.
Amy was between sanity and insanity. She didn't know what to do. Suddenly, the
mobile suits attacked the now-still Wing Zero from behind. A beam cannon hit
her hard, and she turned to destroy it. She was back to her crazed self. Most
of the suits were attacking her.
"Amy! Look at me! You've got to get control!" yelled Quatre.
"Leave me alone! I don't need you or anyone else. Get away!" screamed Amy.
Quatre's mind was racing. He was thinking to himself.
Amy isn't capable of fighting at Wing Zero's level. I've got to stop her or the
Zero could kill her. But how?
He reached a conclusion. Sandrock flew towards Wing Zero to try and restrain
her. As she drew the beam saber back to strike Quatre, he reacted and used the
machine's arm to hold back the saber. Amy jumped back and flew at Quatre again.
This time she veered off at the last minute and flew towards Duo, who was still
carrying on the battle with Trowa and Wufei. Quatre started to go after her,
but was stopped by approaching mobile suits. As he turned to destroy them, Amy
turned back around and struck the Sandrock from behind with the saber. Quatre
sliced the mobile suits and turned towards Amy, sparks flying from the right
side of his Gundam, where he'd been hit. He winced in pain, but called out to
Amy anyway.
"Amy! This is totally wrong! I'm not your enemy! This isn't like you!"
Amy once again looked at Quatre. She was tired and hurt. She wasn't used to
mobile suit battle. Normal battle, with her attacks, sure. But not this kind
of fighting. Quatre looked at her seriously.
"Amy, you've got to fight the system!"
Quatre's words, his pleading eyes, and her care for him brought Amy back to
sanity. But, it was too much for her to handle at a time. She slumped over,
out cold, accidentally turning off the comm. link. Wing Zero shut down, with
the suits still attacking it.
Quatre's screen in Sandrock went black. "Amy? Amy?!" There were only 20% of
the troops left. "You guys! Something happened to Amy! We've got to finish
this battle!"
All the pilots were hurt from the battle. But, it had been made a lot easier
with the Sailor Scouts' help. As Shinigami took out the last few mobile suits
surrounding Zero, Quatre jumped out of Sandrock, ignoring his injuries. He ran
over to the slumped-over mobile suit. The other pilots followed. Quatre pushed
the button to open the cockpit from the outside, but the hatch only opened about
a quarter of the way.
Quatre tried to see in through the slot. "Amy? Amy, are you all right? Are
you there?" Quatre faced the other pilots. "I need to get the hatch open, but
the manual release in on the inside."
"Well, then, I guess you're getting in there and opening the door," said the God
of Death, crossing his arms with a smile.
Quatre gave Duo a look and then attempted to squeeze his head and an arm through
the opening. He could see Amy, who was unconscious, and still buckled in. He
could also see the release switch he was looking for. It was, unfortunately,
just out of his reach. Quatre stretched his arm as far as he could, then tried
again to get through the small slot. Finally, he reached it, and the hatch
opened with a jolt.
"Whoa!" yelled Quatre as he fell into the cockpit into Amy's lap.
Amy woke with a start, wondering why there was a boy sitting on her.
"Quatre? What are you doing?" asked Amy, still a little confused.
"Sorry, Amy," said Quatre, his face turning red. "The hatch got stuck and I had
to open it from the inside and..."
"It's all right," said Amy. "What happened? I've got the worst headache. It
was the weirdest thing, everything went yellow and there were voices in my head
screaming at me..."
"It was the Zero system," explained Duo. "It's a device used in mobile suits
that can enhance a soldier's abilities. But, if the person isn't totally set on
the mission and isn't a perfect soldier, then the system makes them go crazy.
I've tried it, and so have the rest of us. Quatre actually mastered it, but he
doesn't use it much." Duo smiled wickedly. "Ya know, Quatre, you and Amy look
so cute like that."
Quatre didn't realize that he was still seated on the scout's lap. His face
turned beet red again as he apologized and climbed out onto the hatch. Amy
unbuckled her safety belt and tried to climb out as well, but discovered there
was a terrible pain in her left side. She couldn't even move without sending a
river of fire through her body.
"Ouch! Quatre, I can't get out of here!"
"Are you hurt, Amy?"
"Of course she's hurt. She's never piloted a mobile suit in her life and you
just put her through a crash course," said Duo.
Quatre reached into the mobile suit and helped Amy out onto the hatch. He used
the pulley that was usually used to get into Wing Zero to lower himself and Amy
down to the ground. It was still winter, and the wind blew savagely across the
battleground. The Sailor Scouts had finally caught up with the gigantic
machines and saw three of the boys standing in the wind while the fourth one
helped Amy sit on the ground.
"Hey, what's going on?" asked Jupiter. "Did Amy get hurt? Who's helping her?"
"It's Quatre. C'mon guys, we need to get over there," said Venus.
The scouts hurried over and saw Amy seated on the snow, leaning against Quatre,
who was ordering Duo to give Amy his coat. Duo obliged and handed the coat to
Quatre, who wrapped it around Amy's shoulders.
"Amy? Are you all right?" asked Sailor Moon worriedly.
Amy smiled at her friends. "Sure. I'll be fine."
"Geez, she's just as bad as Quatre!" said Duo jokingly.
"Let's get back to the base. It's cold out here," said Trowa.
"Can one of you guys help me walk back to the base?" asked Amy politely.
"No way, you're not walking, not until we know what's wrong. I'm carrying you
back to the base," said Quatre.
Amy laughed. "No, really, I can manage."
"No dice, you're getting carried whether you like it or not," said Quatre, his
eyes joking. "After all, you took such good care of me when I was hurt. Maybe
you just need a Band-Aid or twenty."
Amy laughed again. "All right, you can carry me."
Sailor Moon giggled and looked at the other scouts. They were all smiling, too.
Back at the base, Quatre set Amy down on a bed. "Are you all right?"
"I think the question is, are you all right after carrying me all that way back
here?" asked Amy, smiling.
"Of course. You need to be checked over for injuries."
"We'll take care of that, thank you," said Serena. "Go on, get outta here."
Quatre's face turned red as he backed out of the room. He walked out to the
main garage, where the pilots were drinking coffee. It was around midnight.
They had already taken care of most of their wounds, and Trowa was just
finishing wrapping a broken wrist belonging to Duo.
"How's your girlfriend, Quatre?" asked Duo.
"She's not my girlfriend, Duo. I was just helping her. I don't know how she
is, the girls are taking care of her." Quatre sat on a bench.
"Yeah, right. You guys are 'just friends'. I've heard that before. You like
her, and you know it."
"No, I only like her as a friend, Duo."
"Uh huh, sure."
Quatre was starting to get annoyed. He stood to face Duo. "Listen Duo, I don't
---" Quatre winced and dropped onto his knees, clutching his side.
"Hey, are you okay, Q-man?" asked Duo, going over to Quatre.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Amy hit me with the saber when she was out of it."
"You're not fine. Move your hands."
Quatre obliged, and Duo said, "See? It's bleeding. I'm getting a bandage."
When Duo came back with the bandage, Quatre tried to take it from him. "I can
take care of it, Duo."
"Shut up and let me help, Quatre." Duo proceeded to wrap up his comrade's side,
but stopped when Quatre groaned. "What's wrong?"
"That hurts like heck, Duo. What are you doing?"
"Nothing. I'm just putting this bandage on. Does this hurt?" Duo lightly
touched a spot above the wound. Quatre drew in his breath sharply. "I think
you've got some broken ribs, pal."
"Are you sure?" asked the blond pilot.
"Yeah, pretty sure. Don't worry, I'll take care of it. Geez, I can't believe
you sometimes. You carried a girl all the way back here when you knew you had
an injury like that. For a guy as smart as you, you can really do some stupid
stuff." Duo wrapped Quatre's side up and tried to lean back on his hands,
forgetting about his broken wrist momentarily. Pain shot through his arm,
causing him to curse and stand up.
"I'm going to see if Amy's all right," said Quatre, standing up slowly.
"Thanks, Duo."
"No problem, Q-man."
Quatre slowly walked back to the room where Amy was. He knocked lightly on the
door. A voice from inside the room told him to come in. Quatre opened the
door, and saw Amy asleep on the bed, and likewise were Raye, Mina, and Serena.
Lita sat in a chair by Amy's bed.
"Hey, Quatre. What happened to you?"
Quatre realized that his shirt was still unbuttoned from getting his injury
treated. He blushed and started to button it up. "Um, Amy did it with the
mobile suit."
"Huh?" asked Lita, her eyes questioning.
"It's complicated," said Quatre, lowering himself into a chair. "The Gundam
that Amy used had a system in it that makes a soldier a better pilot, but if a
person isn't experienced enough or not mentally strong enough, it makes the
person go insane. Amy went crazy and hit me with a beam saber before we got her
calmed down."
"Amy? Insane? How come she didn't tell us?"
"She might still be in shock. I don't think she fully understands what happened
yet. Anyway, is she okay?"
"Well," Lita started, "we know she's got a sprained wrist, some bruised ribs,
and a lot of cuts and bruises."
"Geez, I feel terrible about this. I shouldn't have asked her to pilot that
machine."
"Don't feel bad, Quatre. She said it was fun getting to try out one of those
suits."
"She did?"
Amy stirred from her sleep. She looked across the room and saw Quatre.
"Quatre! When did you get here?"
"Just a minute ago. How are you?"
"I've been better," said Amy with a smile. "Oh my gosh! Are you all right?
I'm so sorry for what happened out there. I didn't know what to do."
"It's all right, Amy. I'm fine. Just a couple broken ribs. You did really
well with that suit, for a first time." Quatre looked at the floor, recalling
the memory of blowing up the space colony with Wing Zero.
"Something wrong?" asked Amy.
"It's nothing," said Quatre politely. "Anyway," he said, changing the subject
"we're probably going to stay here for a while to recover before we go to find
Heero. Amy, I had a better idea. Since you seem to understand the gundams
pretty well, I think you could pilot my gundam, and I could use Heero's gundam.
Mine doesn't have the Zero system in it."
"Really? Are you serious?"
"Sure," said the Sandrock pilot. "As soon as you're a little better, I'll show
you how to use it. It's less complicated than Heero's. I'll leave you alone so
you can get some rest."
"Okay. Thanks, Quatre," said Amy.
As Quatre shut the door to the room, Lita turned to her friend Amy. "So, you
and Quatre are getting pretty serious, huh?"
"What? What do you mean by that? We're just friends," said Amy hurriedly.
"Come on, Amy. You rescued him from a battle, you helped him find Trowa, he got
you out of that suit, he carried you back here. You like him a lot, and I bet
he likes you too," said Lita, winking at Amy.
"I'm not saying anything. Quatre is a nice guy, but I couldn't possibly be his
girlfriend. We're from the past, and we have to go back after we defeat our
enemy. Besides, I already have Greg."
"Think about it, Amy. We live in the future, too. The Sailor Mercury of the
future is just the same as the Amy of the year 2000. Greg isn't going to be
around in AC 195, so what could it hurt to have a boyfriend lined up for the
future?" asked Lita.
"I'm just confused, Lita. I'm going to sleep. You should get some sleep, too.
It's almost 1:30. Thanks for staying awake, though."
Lita nodded and fell asleep in the chair beside Amy, who was having trouble
sleeping.
Something is wrong, thought Amy. Something big is coming, and dangerous.
End of Part 3
Author's note: Hello again! Thank you for reading! Please remember to send
all suggestions, plans, ideas, submissions, comments, remarks, observations
notes, and Chinese good luck charms to me at bluechibimercury@hotmail.com
Part 3: The Battles Begin
Intro: Once again, here's the recap. It's becoming kind of a routine thing.
Anyway, the Sailor Scouts are at the secret base of the G-boys. Heero has just
been kidnapped, but they don't know if he is dead or alive. The kidnapper was Aria Storme. Quatre has just told the others of the enemy mobile suits headed
for them.
"What?? Enemy troops NOW? Somebody up there hates me!" yelled Duo.
"What are we going to do?" asked Trowa. "From the size of those troops, it'd be
stupid for just four of us to take them on."
"I know, Trowa. We need a fifth pilot, otherwise we don't stand a chance!" said
Quatre, looking at the screen worriedly. "Geez, even five pilots wouldn't be
enough! These troops are massive! Hey girls, do you think you can help with
your special powers?"
"Uh, sure, I think so. We've never done any thing like this before, though,"
said Lita.
"It's worth a shot," said Quatre. "But we still need a fifth pilot. We need to
hurry!"
Suddenly, Raye spoke up. She'd been silent most of the time, staring at Wufei.
"Amy! Why don't you pilot Heero's Gundam?"
"What? That's insane! I couldn't possibly handle that machine!" exclaimed Amy
in shock.
"Sure you could. You're the only one of us who knows how to use computers and
electronics. You're an expert at them!"
"I don't think..."
"Are you guys sure? It's dangerous," said Quatre.
"We're gonna hafta try it, you guys. The troops are almost here! Are you good
with computers, Amy?" asked Duo.
"She's a genius!" said Serena enthusiastically.
"Come with me, then, miss. I've piloted Heero's suit before," said Trowa. "I'm
just going to show you the basics. That button and lever operate the beam
cannon. That one works the beam saber. And if all else fails, just lead them
to us and we'll take care of them."
"Okay," said Amy nervously, her eyes wide with fear.
"I can't believe we're doing this," said Duo quietly. "We're putting a girl
with no experience into a massive machine to fight in the worst battle we've
faced. And I thought that stuff only happened in movies."
"They're here!" yelled Wufei, who, like the others, was in his Gundam.
Trowa helped Amy get strapped in, after telling her a few more things, and
jumped into his Gundam. "Let's go!"
The Gundams stepped out of the base, with the four remaining girls running
behind them. They saw the gigantic amount of machines coming towards them. The
four pilots set to work immediately, with Amy cautiously trying out the parts of
the Gundam.
*******
"Okay, girls, let's help them out," said Raye. "Transform!"
"Mars Celestial Fire Surround!" yelled Sailor Mars, sending rings of fire at the
approaching troops. Duo used his Gundam to destroy the stunned mobile suits.
The four scouts used their different powers, trying to help out their pilot
friends.
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!" Sailor Venus momentarily caught a few mobile suits
in the chain, and Trowa destroyed them before they broke free.
"Ya know, it would help if we had Amy's bubble attack to fog things up," mentioned Sailor Moon.
"I know, I wish she could be in two places at once!" said Mars.
*******
Meanwhile, Amy was getting the hang of Wing Zero. She took out a couple of
suits, and saw Quatre on the comm link.
"Everything okay?" asked the blond boy.
"Sure. How's the battle going?"
"Well, we've destroyed about 20% of the enemy."
Only 20%? Amy thought to herself.
Quatre's face disappeared from the screen. As Amy returned to the situation at
hand, she started to feel a strange sort of power in the back of her mind.
Huh? What's happening?
She felt as if she was losing control. Everything was yellow, all around her.
What is this? It wants to control me, I feel it. It can't control me. I don't understand...
Amy fought the unfamiliar force, but she finally gave in. The Wing Zero took
over. Amy's eyes slowly opened, but only about halfway. She had no feeling of
what she was doing at all. She only had one thought.
I must destroy my enemy.
She lashed out at the troops, destroying bunches of them with the beam cannon.
I don't need the others. I can kill them all by myself. They're my enemies as
well.
Shinigami took out a line of mobile dolls, and then flew over to a new position.
"Whoa, look at Amy!" yelled Duo.
"It's the Zero system, Duo! It's taken over her mind. She'll see you as her
enemy!" yelled Quatre. 60% of the troops had been destroyed.
In the cockpit of Wing Zero, Quatre appeared on the comm-link. "Amy? Listen to
me. The Zero system will make you see us as your enemy! You have to fight it!"
"Shut up, Quatre. I'm in control. I know what I'm doing," said Amy, her voice
completely flat, much different from the high-pitched voice she usually had.
"Get out of my way, or I'll kill you."
"Amy, that's not you talking. That's the Zero system. You've got to get
control."
"Quatre! You've gotta stop her before she goes insane!" yelled Duo.
Voices in Amy's head were screaming out different orders.
"Kill them all!" said one.
"No, they're your friends!" said another.
"Kill them if they get in your way!" screamed another.
Amy saw Quatre's pleading face on the comm-link. She really did care for him a
lot.
"He doesn't care about you!" yelled a voice. "Has he ever told you he did?"
"No, he does care, he's just shy!" yelled the opposing voice.
Amy was between sanity and insanity. She didn't know what to do. Suddenly, the
mobile suits attacked the now-still Wing Zero from behind. A beam cannon hit
her hard, and she turned to destroy it. She was back to her crazed self. Most
of the suits were attacking her.
"Amy! Look at me! You've got to get control!" yelled Quatre.
"Leave me alone! I don't need you or anyone else. Get away!" screamed Amy.
Quatre's mind was racing. He was thinking to himself.
Amy isn't capable of fighting at Wing Zero's level. I've got to stop her or the
Zero could kill her. But how?
He reached a conclusion. Sandrock flew towards Wing Zero to try and restrain
her. As she drew the beam saber back to strike Quatre, he reacted and used the
machine's arm to hold back the saber. Amy jumped back and flew at Quatre again.
This time she veered off at the last minute and flew towards Duo, who was still
carrying on the battle with Trowa and Wufei. Quatre started to go after her,
but was stopped by approaching mobile suits. As he turned to destroy them, Amy
turned back around and struck the Sandrock from behind with the saber. Quatre
sliced the mobile suits and turned towards Amy, sparks flying from the right
side of his Gundam, where he'd been hit. He winced in pain, but called out to
Amy anyway.
"Amy! This is totally wrong! I'm not your enemy! This isn't like you!"
Amy once again looked at Quatre. She was tired and hurt. She wasn't used to
mobile suit battle. Normal battle, with her attacks, sure. But not this kind
of fighting. Quatre looked at her seriously.
"Amy, you've got to fight the system!"
Quatre's words, his pleading eyes, and her care for him brought Amy back to
sanity. But, it was too much for her to handle at a time. She slumped over,
out cold, accidentally turning off the comm. link. Wing Zero shut down, with
the suits still attacking it.
Quatre's screen in Sandrock went black. "Amy? Amy?!" There were only 20% of
the troops left. "You guys! Something happened to Amy! We've got to finish
this battle!"
All the pilots were hurt from the battle. But, it had been made a lot easier
with the Sailor Scouts' help. As Shinigami took out the last few mobile suits
surrounding Zero, Quatre jumped out of Sandrock, ignoring his injuries. He ran
over to the slumped-over mobile suit. The other pilots followed. Quatre pushed
the button to open the cockpit from the outside, but the hatch only opened about
a quarter of the way.
Quatre tried to see in through the slot. "Amy? Amy, are you all right? Are
you there?" Quatre faced the other pilots. "I need to get the hatch open, but
the manual release in on the inside."
"Well, then, I guess you're getting in there and opening the door," said the God
of Death, crossing his arms with a smile.
Quatre gave Duo a look and then attempted to squeeze his head and an arm through
the opening. He could see Amy, who was unconscious, and still buckled in. He
could also see the release switch he was looking for. It was, unfortunately,
just out of his reach. Quatre stretched his arm as far as he could, then tried
again to get through the small slot. Finally, he reached it, and the hatch
opened with a jolt.
"Whoa!" yelled Quatre as he fell into the cockpit into Amy's lap.
Amy woke with a start, wondering why there was a boy sitting on her.
"Quatre? What are you doing?" asked Amy, still a little confused.
"Sorry, Amy," said Quatre, his face turning red. "The hatch got stuck and I had
to open it from the inside and..."
"It's all right," said Amy. "What happened? I've got the worst headache. It
was the weirdest thing, everything went yellow and there were voices in my head
screaming at me..."
"It was the Zero system," explained Duo. "It's a device used in mobile suits
that can enhance a soldier's abilities. But, if the person isn't totally set on
the mission and isn't a perfect soldier, then the system makes them go crazy.
I've tried it, and so have the rest of us. Quatre actually mastered it, but he
doesn't use it much." Duo smiled wickedly. "Ya know, Quatre, you and Amy look
so cute like that."
Quatre didn't realize that he was still seated on the scout's lap. His face
turned beet red again as he apologized and climbed out onto the hatch. Amy
unbuckled her safety belt and tried to climb out as well, but discovered there
was a terrible pain in her left side. She couldn't even move without sending a
river of fire through her body.
"Ouch! Quatre, I can't get out of here!"
"Are you hurt, Amy?"
"Of course she's hurt. She's never piloted a mobile suit in her life and you
just put her through a crash course," said Duo.
Quatre reached into the mobile suit and helped Amy out onto the hatch. He used
the pulley that was usually used to get into Wing Zero to lower himself and Amy
down to the ground. It was still winter, and the wind blew savagely across the
battleground. The Sailor Scouts had finally caught up with the gigantic
machines and saw three of the boys standing in the wind while the fourth one
helped Amy sit on the ground.
"Hey, what's going on?" asked Jupiter. "Did Amy get hurt? Who's helping her?"
"It's Quatre. C'mon guys, we need to get over there," said Venus.
The scouts hurried over and saw Amy seated on the snow, leaning against Quatre,
who was ordering Duo to give Amy his coat. Duo obliged and handed the coat to
Quatre, who wrapped it around Amy's shoulders.
"Amy? Are you all right?" asked Sailor Moon worriedly.
Amy smiled at her friends. "Sure. I'll be fine."
"Geez, she's just as bad as Quatre!" said Duo jokingly.
"Let's get back to the base. It's cold out here," said Trowa.
"Can one of you guys help me walk back to the base?" asked Amy politely.
"No way, you're not walking, not until we know what's wrong. I'm carrying you
back to the base," said Quatre.
Amy laughed. "No, really, I can manage."
"No dice, you're getting carried whether you like it or not," said Quatre, his
eyes joking. "After all, you took such good care of me when I was hurt. Maybe
you just need a Band-Aid or twenty."
Amy laughed again. "All right, you can carry me."
Sailor Moon giggled and looked at the other scouts. They were all smiling, too.
Back at the base, Quatre set Amy down on a bed. "Are you all right?"
"I think the question is, are you all right after carrying me all that way back
here?" asked Amy, smiling.
"Of course. You need to be checked over for injuries."
"We'll take care of that, thank you," said Serena. "Go on, get outta here."
Quatre's face turned red as he backed out of the room. He walked out to the
main garage, where the pilots were drinking coffee. It was around midnight.
They had already taken care of most of their wounds, and Trowa was just
finishing wrapping a broken wrist belonging to Duo.
"How's your girlfriend, Quatre?" asked Duo.
"She's not my girlfriend, Duo. I was just helping her. I don't know how she
is, the girls are taking care of her." Quatre sat on a bench.
"Yeah, right. You guys are 'just friends'. I've heard that before. You like
her, and you know it."
"No, I only like her as a friend, Duo."
"Uh huh, sure."
Quatre was starting to get annoyed. He stood to face Duo. "Listen Duo, I don't
---" Quatre winced and dropped onto his knees, clutching his side.
"Hey, are you okay, Q-man?" asked Duo, going over to Quatre.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Amy hit me with the saber when she was out of it."
"You're not fine. Move your hands."
Quatre obliged, and Duo said, "See? It's bleeding. I'm getting a bandage."
When Duo came back with the bandage, Quatre tried to take it from him. "I can
take care of it, Duo."
"Shut up and let me help, Quatre." Duo proceeded to wrap up his comrade's side,
but stopped when Quatre groaned. "What's wrong?"
"That hurts like heck, Duo. What are you doing?"
"Nothing. I'm just putting this bandage on. Does this hurt?" Duo lightly
touched a spot above the wound. Quatre drew in his breath sharply. "I think
you've got some broken ribs, pal."
"Are you sure?" asked the blond pilot.
"Yeah, pretty sure. Don't worry, I'll take care of it. Geez, I can't believe
you sometimes. You carried a girl all the way back here when you knew you had
an injury like that. For a guy as smart as you, you can really do some stupid
stuff." Duo wrapped Quatre's side up and tried to lean back on his hands,
forgetting about his broken wrist momentarily. Pain shot through his arm,
causing him to curse and stand up.
"I'm going to see if Amy's all right," said Quatre, standing up slowly.
"Thanks, Duo."
"No problem, Q-man."
Quatre slowly walked back to the room where Amy was. He knocked lightly on the
door. A voice from inside the room told him to come in. Quatre opened the
door, and saw Amy asleep on the bed, and likewise were Raye, Mina, and Serena.
Lita sat in a chair by Amy's bed.
"Hey, Quatre. What happened to you?"
Quatre realized that his shirt was still unbuttoned from getting his injury
treated. He blushed and started to button it up. "Um, Amy did it with the
mobile suit."
"Huh?" asked Lita, her eyes questioning.
"It's complicated," said Quatre, lowering himself into a chair. "The Gundam
that Amy used had a system in it that makes a soldier a better pilot, but if a
person isn't experienced enough or not mentally strong enough, it makes the
person go insane. Amy went crazy and hit me with a beam saber before we got her
calmed down."
"Amy? Insane? How come she didn't tell us?"
"She might still be in shock. I don't think she fully understands what happened
yet. Anyway, is she okay?"
"Well," Lita started, "we know she's got a sprained wrist, some bruised ribs,
and a lot of cuts and bruises."
"Geez, I feel terrible about this. I shouldn't have asked her to pilot that
machine."
"Don't feel bad, Quatre. She said it was fun getting to try out one of those
suits."
"She did?"
Amy stirred from her sleep. She looked across the room and saw Quatre.
"Quatre! When did you get here?"
"Just a minute ago. How are you?"
"I've been better," said Amy with a smile. "Oh my gosh! Are you all right?
I'm so sorry for what happened out there. I didn't know what to do."
"It's all right, Amy. I'm fine. Just a couple broken ribs. You did really
well with that suit, for a first time." Quatre looked at the floor, recalling
the memory of blowing up the space colony with Wing Zero.
"Something wrong?" asked Amy.
"It's nothing," said Quatre politely. "Anyway," he said, changing the subject
"we're probably going to stay here for a while to recover before we go to find
Heero. Amy, I had a better idea. Since you seem to understand the gundams
pretty well, I think you could pilot my gundam, and I could use Heero's gundam.
Mine doesn't have the Zero system in it."
"Really? Are you serious?"
"Sure," said the Sandrock pilot. "As soon as you're a little better, I'll show
you how to use it. It's less complicated than Heero's. I'll leave you alone so
you can get some rest."
"Okay. Thanks, Quatre," said Amy.
As Quatre shut the door to the room, Lita turned to her friend Amy. "So, you
and Quatre are getting pretty serious, huh?"
"What? What do you mean by that? We're just friends," said Amy hurriedly.
"Come on, Amy. You rescued him from a battle, you helped him find Trowa, he got
you out of that suit, he carried you back here. You like him a lot, and I bet
he likes you too," said Lita, winking at Amy.
"I'm not saying anything. Quatre is a nice guy, but I couldn't possibly be his
girlfriend. We're from the past, and we have to go back after we defeat our
enemy. Besides, I already have Greg."
"Think about it, Amy. We live in the future, too. The Sailor Mercury of the
future is just the same as the Amy of the year 2000. Greg isn't going to be
around in AC 195, so what could it hurt to have a boyfriend lined up for the
future?" asked Lita.
"I'm just confused, Lita. I'm going to sleep. You should get some sleep, too.
It's almost 1:30. Thanks for staying awake, though."
Lita nodded and fell asleep in the chair beside Amy, who was having trouble
sleeping.
Something is wrong, thought Amy. Something big is coming, and dangerous.
End of Part 3
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