Rubbing his eyes with the palms of his hands, Trowa released a disgusted
and angered sigh. He'd broken into every OZ computer system they had or
ever existed and he still couldn't find out where Cathrine and Heero were
being held. Duo, Wufei, and Quatre had each tried it but worn themselves
out as he was. That didn't matter, he was needed and he'd sacrifice
everything to fulfill his mission, to his friends and family. Even if he
had to give up his life in return.
Yawning, Duo pushed himself off of the floor and looked up at Trowa who still continued to type away. The young pilot heard a break in the pulsing of keys and was somewhat confused and must have been disturbed, but his friend was right back at it in no time. "Anything?" He was hopeful, but the American teen knew by the exhaustion and impatience in his friend's unblinking and straining eyes that it wasn't looking good.
Shaking his head, Trowa kept his eyes on the screen as he tried to get into the OZ surveillance systems. "Not yet, I haven't found anything in any of their systems and there isn't one remaining that I haven't broken into. I'm going to see if I can't get into the surveillance systems and find their room that way. Then from there, we can just track it and map the base. It's simple, just a long process." Yawning himself, he shook his head and blinked back the exhaustion.
Duo rose from his seat, passing by the light-blue collar and matching, chain-link leash. Faith's body had been buried outside of the town, near a really pretty lake in a small valley where the sun touched the gentle grass and blooming wildflowers with its soft rays. Sighing, he watched over Trowa's shoulder as the other two slept on, his eyes scanning the pictures. "There!" He caught the shapes of two bodies in one of the prisoner's cells.
With a smile, Trowa zoomed in and quickly tracked down the room and where it stood in the base. Yet, he was extremely worried by the expression on Cathy's face, it was saddened and forlorn. Heero lay on her floor, his body covered but the darkened areas on the black and white video showed that he sported many painful bruises and Cathy did sport one on her cheek. Gritting his teeth, he only took a deep breath. "When we track them down, and as soon as the others have gotten enough sleep, we'll infiltrate the base and get them out of there. Are you rested?" Looking up, he glanced over his shoulder at an angered Duo.
"Yeah, you should try and get some. They are so going to pay for hurting them." The pilot's voice was low and hateful, yet calm.
"Later. And they'll pay, after the others are out of there and safe. If you and Wufei can keep the others occupied, Quatre and I can get in and out with Cathy and Heero. It'll most likely be a full scale battle with the entire of the base after you, so you need to hold out for a while." Glancing back at the screen, he quickly memorized where the room was in the maze called a base. Looking back at the screen, he watched the door open and Cathy stand as a soldier entered.
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Cathrine stood in front of Heero, he'd begun to stir and woke up due to a nightmare and she had tried to calm him. That's all they needed now, more soldiers. "Come to say sorry?" She sneered and her eyes filled with hatred burning like a wildfire.
Smirking, the man only stood in front of her. "Well, cocky little bitch aren't we? Get the hell out of the way unless you want a matching bruise to go with the one I just gave you."
"Fuck off ass-hole."
Letting an evil grin crease his lips in full, he nodded. "Later, I plan to. Just as you said, and worse than you'll ever know...." He'd planned to have a little fun with the "Perfect Soldier" after his next interrogation. "Now move, or I'll move you myself. And it won't be gently."
Glaring at him, she spit in his face and smirked. "You didn't say please."
Without a second thought, he wiped the spit from his cheek and eye and hit her across the left side of her face, throwing her back to the ground. "Don't piss me off you little whore!"
Cathy bit her tongue to keep from crying out and struggled to her knees, hearing Heero groan softly behind her. Taking a deep breath, she stood on shaky legs and faced him again. "That's right, I get paid for what I do..." Her eyes dared him but she crumbled to her knees again, coughing and sputtering as the wind was knocked out of her, it felt as if the soldier's hand continued to hit her in the stomach. But yet again, she pushed herself to her feet, bound to protect Heero.
"You damn, mother-fucking, bitch! Get the hell out of my way now!" He watched the young woman stand with trouble, his eyes blazing with anger at her defiance. She was only a woman!
"You didn't... say please.." She smirked but felt her body hit the floor moments after the hand contacted with her face, her head snapping back and bouncing off of the metal floor before it hit it again. Groaning softly on her back, she tried to stand as fast as possible but by the time she'd pushed herself into a sitting position, she could see that Heero hung in the hands of the soldier near the doorway.
Listening to his raspy breaths grow shorter and he struggled more, the OZ soldier only continued to close his grip on Heero's throat as he held him against the frame of the door, off the ground. "Keep your sorry ass down you bitch or I'll snap his fucking neck right here and now. It's as easy as that." Crushing his throat completely, he grinned at her shocked and pleading look. All of her movements stopped and she sat back down. "Know your place girl and you'll live longer." Throwing 01's light and limp body to the other side of the hall and into the wall, he quickly closed the door and locked it.
Heero coughed and felt tears begin to trickle from his already bloodshot eyes, feeling air fill his lungs and press harshly against his broken ribs. "Don't... hurt her..." Slowly opening his eyes and squinting against the light, he felt his shirt being pulled upward by the front and the rest of his body with it. The Japanese youth couldn't struggle against it, he didn't have the strength to do so. He only looked into the greedy eyes of the man and grew scared.
"Yeah, we'll have a little fun tonight, after all this other shit is done and they find out what makes you so different from the others." Not really caring much and it'd take too long to make 01 walk, he gripped the front of his shirt tighter and let his arm hang as he held the cloth, dragging the barely conscious boy along.
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Trowa watched the screen, clenching his fists so that his knuckles were pure white. That soldier had just stricken his sister three times and was not only going to hurt Heero, but did and nearly killed him or could and would have. "That is it damn it. Quatre, Wufei, get up now. You've had enough time to rest and we're going into battle."
Duo knew that they had to do something to get Cathy and Heero out of there, they were getting hurt and not one ounce of pity was shown to either. But they couldn't just rush in without risking their friends' lives in the process. "Trowa, I know you wanna go and get them out of there and stop anything from happening to them, but if we rush in there like Heero used to, I've learned. You can make more trouble than good. Take it easy." He ignored the others as they woke up.
Trowa stared back at Duo, having closed the laptop and now his eyes held contempt. "Duo, I know that man. And by the look in Heero's eyes, he did too. He's one of the ones that hurt him in the first place. Truly hurt him. If we don't get him out of there now, Heero will have to go through it again and Cathy could even have to live it. I swore I wouldn't let it happen again, and I won't. If we don't go now and do it later, there won't be a Heero to bring back with us, not alive. He can't keep living through that and he wasn't even struggling, you saw it for yourself. He doesn't have the strength, will, or hope to keep going. He'll die. Either help me or get out of my way, I'm going with or without you."
Wufei stood, hearing what was said and knew that Heero and Cathy had been found, yet things didn't seem to be going too well. "Trowa, just wait a minute. We're coming and you know better, but if you don't settle a little bit, Heero could still die either way. Look what happened with that last mission and the messy escape. If we have a messy entrance, none of us will ever make it to escape. Not alive."
Quatre stood, he was tired yet his will and strength flared when he heard his friends speak. "We need to slow down a little bit, but yes, we also need to get there. Heero won't make it through this unless we help him and we don't want to be too late."
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Yawning, Duo pushed himself off of the floor and looked up at Trowa who still continued to type away. The young pilot heard a break in the pulsing of keys and was somewhat confused and must have been disturbed, but his friend was right back at it in no time. "Anything?" He was hopeful, but the American teen knew by the exhaustion and impatience in his friend's unblinking and straining eyes that it wasn't looking good.
Shaking his head, Trowa kept his eyes on the screen as he tried to get into the OZ surveillance systems. "Not yet, I haven't found anything in any of their systems and there isn't one remaining that I haven't broken into. I'm going to see if I can't get into the surveillance systems and find their room that way. Then from there, we can just track it and map the base. It's simple, just a long process." Yawning himself, he shook his head and blinked back the exhaustion.
Duo rose from his seat, passing by the light-blue collar and matching, chain-link leash. Faith's body had been buried outside of the town, near a really pretty lake in a small valley where the sun touched the gentle grass and blooming wildflowers with its soft rays. Sighing, he watched over Trowa's shoulder as the other two slept on, his eyes scanning the pictures. "There!" He caught the shapes of two bodies in one of the prisoner's cells.
With a smile, Trowa zoomed in and quickly tracked down the room and where it stood in the base. Yet, he was extremely worried by the expression on Cathy's face, it was saddened and forlorn. Heero lay on her floor, his body covered but the darkened areas on the black and white video showed that he sported many painful bruises and Cathy did sport one on her cheek. Gritting his teeth, he only took a deep breath. "When we track them down, and as soon as the others have gotten enough sleep, we'll infiltrate the base and get them out of there. Are you rested?" Looking up, he glanced over his shoulder at an angered Duo.
"Yeah, you should try and get some. They are so going to pay for hurting them." The pilot's voice was low and hateful, yet calm.
"Later. And they'll pay, after the others are out of there and safe. If you and Wufei can keep the others occupied, Quatre and I can get in and out with Cathy and Heero. It'll most likely be a full scale battle with the entire of the base after you, so you need to hold out for a while." Glancing back at the screen, he quickly memorized where the room was in the maze called a base. Looking back at the screen, he watched the door open and Cathy stand as a soldier entered.
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Cathrine stood in front of Heero, he'd begun to stir and woke up due to a nightmare and she had tried to calm him. That's all they needed now, more soldiers. "Come to say sorry?" She sneered and her eyes filled with hatred burning like a wildfire.
Smirking, the man only stood in front of her. "Well, cocky little bitch aren't we? Get the hell out of the way unless you want a matching bruise to go with the one I just gave you."
"Fuck off ass-hole."
Letting an evil grin crease his lips in full, he nodded. "Later, I plan to. Just as you said, and worse than you'll ever know...." He'd planned to have a little fun with the "Perfect Soldier" after his next interrogation. "Now move, or I'll move you myself. And it won't be gently."
Glaring at him, she spit in his face and smirked. "You didn't say please."
Without a second thought, he wiped the spit from his cheek and eye and hit her across the left side of her face, throwing her back to the ground. "Don't piss me off you little whore!"
Cathy bit her tongue to keep from crying out and struggled to her knees, hearing Heero groan softly behind her. Taking a deep breath, she stood on shaky legs and faced him again. "That's right, I get paid for what I do..." Her eyes dared him but she crumbled to her knees again, coughing and sputtering as the wind was knocked out of her, it felt as if the soldier's hand continued to hit her in the stomach. But yet again, she pushed herself to her feet, bound to protect Heero.
"You damn, mother-fucking, bitch! Get the hell out of my way now!" He watched the young woman stand with trouble, his eyes blazing with anger at her defiance. She was only a woman!
"You didn't... say please.." She smirked but felt her body hit the floor moments after the hand contacted with her face, her head snapping back and bouncing off of the metal floor before it hit it again. Groaning softly on her back, she tried to stand as fast as possible but by the time she'd pushed herself into a sitting position, she could see that Heero hung in the hands of the soldier near the doorway.
Listening to his raspy breaths grow shorter and he struggled more, the OZ soldier only continued to close his grip on Heero's throat as he held him against the frame of the door, off the ground. "Keep your sorry ass down you bitch or I'll snap his fucking neck right here and now. It's as easy as that." Crushing his throat completely, he grinned at her shocked and pleading look. All of her movements stopped and she sat back down. "Know your place girl and you'll live longer." Throwing 01's light and limp body to the other side of the hall and into the wall, he quickly closed the door and locked it.
Heero coughed and felt tears begin to trickle from his already bloodshot eyes, feeling air fill his lungs and press harshly against his broken ribs. "Don't... hurt her..." Slowly opening his eyes and squinting against the light, he felt his shirt being pulled upward by the front and the rest of his body with it. The Japanese youth couldn't struggle against it, he didn't have the strength to do so. He only looked into the greedy eyes of the man and grew scared.
"Yeah, we'll have a little fun tonight, after all this other shit is done and they find out what makes you so different from the others." Not really caring much and it'd take too long to make 01 walk, he gripped the front of his shirt tighter and let his arm hang as he held the cloth, dragging the barely conscious boy along.
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Trowa watched the screen, clenching his fists so that his knuckles were pure white. That soldier had just stricken his sister three times and was not only going to hurt Heero, but did and nearly killed him or could and would have. "That is it damn it. Quatre, Wufei, get up now. You've had enough time to rest and we're going into battle."
Duo knew that they had to do something to get Cathy and Heero out of there, they were getting hurt and not one ounce of pity was shown to either. But they couldn't just rush in without risking their friends' lives in the process. "Trowa, I know you wanna go and get them out of there and stop anything from happening to them, but if we rush in there like Heero used to, I've learned. You can make more trouble than good. Take it easy." He ignored the others as they woke up.
Trowa stared back at Duo, having closed the laptop and now his eyes held contempt. "Duo, I know that man. And by the look in Heero's eyes, he did too. He's one of the ones that hurt him in the first place. Truly hurt him. If we don't get him out of there now, Heero will have to go through it again and Cathy could even have to live it. I swore I wouldn't let it happen again, and I won't. If we don't go now and do it later, there won't be a Heero to bring back with us, not alive. He can't keep living through that and he wasn't even struggling, you saw it for yourself. He doesn't have the strength, will, or hope to keep going. He'll die. Either help me or get out of my way, I'm going with or without you."
Wufei stood, hearing what was said and knew that Heero and Cathy had been found, yet things didn't seem to be going too well. "Trowa, just wait a minute. We're coming and you know better, but if you don't settle a little bit, Heero could still die either way. Look what happened with that last mission and the messy escape. If we have a messy entrance, none of us will ever make it to escape. Not alive."
Quatre stood, he was tired yet his will and strength flared when he heard his friends speak. "We need to slow down a little bit, but yes, we also need to get there. Heero won't make it through this unless we help him and we don't want to be too late."
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