Sally had been in charge of fixing the recovered pilot up and of keeping the others out from underfoot which both had been a challenge , she had a kid that had made almost every machine she had used go berserk , making it hard to really check for broken bones , all that could be done at the moment was to remove the metal support rod from her side and clean up the side of her head where a nasty gouge had been. Finally after a few hours of pure pestering she let them in , it would have been bad enough if it had been just one or two sitting just outside the door but walking out to be the fixation of 9 sets of eyes was finally getting to her.
She had left everything that had been pulled of her patient in the one corner from the now blood soaked black jacket to the shattered shades they'd pulled from her face , even the CD player was there but none of it could be removed as they had not been searched yet. She had been left with nothing that had been brought in with her , there had been to much concern about the safety of the rest of the team to take any chances leaving the red head looking oddly out of place under the white sheets that now covered her.
"I just can't believe you found remains of the Zero system in that thing ..." was all Quatre could say , he had his own run in with that system and couldn't see why anyone would want to jeopardize themselves enough to use it let alone for it to be a permanent fixture.
"It just don't make any sense , why blow herself up just on the off chance of escape , what do they have over her head" yelled Duo , he had been quiet since he had seen who it was , Niki had almost thought he was in shock till now.
"Well it isn't anything in her system" said Sally , glaring at Duo as she walked back in with a few results. "Seems the machines just don't like her but the blood work didn't pick anything foreign up ..."
"Well at least one thing is normal" smiled Niki as she came up to look at the paper , but little of it made sense to her.
"I ... " she quit right there , for the first time one of them seemed to be in better humor so to point out the fact that the results were not normal was bound to go over badly. "Yeah , we will likely find out more when she wakes but right now I think she needs a lot of rest and a few good meals."
"Yes , next invention we work on is a net , makes chasing them down easier" snickered Jason.
"How long do you figure she'll be out?" Asked Matt , knowing the
sooner she woke the quicker they could get some idea about what they were
up against and exactly where the others are now.
"I'm keeping her sedated right now , best I can say is to try in the morning ... " was all Sally would say , collecting the papers and trying to shoo them all out , she had to report her own concerns to Une and since none of them had a next of kin here it would be up to Une to decide who was informed from there , the last thing she needed to do was burst everyone's bubble.
The next morning had been an early one , they all started with a loud knock that disappeared quickly to the next door as Duo made the rounds to wake them all up , he had managed to stay out of Sally's sight all night but that was due to the fact that the night nurse had promised not to mention he was there if he promised to stay out of her way which had been easily done when he curled up on a big chair and eventually fell asleep.
He didn't stick around knowing how much of a bear Wufei woke up as , having left his door for last so he could make a quick get away but as he ran past a few doors were opening to display a few disgruntled faces anyway.
"Whoops ... " they heard him say down the hall when he almost ran over Sally in his rush to get out of sight quickly. "Sorry Sally ... didn't see ya there"
"Maxwell ..." echoed down the hall as a door opened near the end , that had been Duo's cue to continue his hasty retreat as once again he ducked around the closest corner and did not stop to look back this time.
"Good to see he's energetic this morning" she commented and almost as soon as the words had left her mouth she winced as she watched him retreat down the hall and almost right into Heero.
Niki couldn't help but laugh at Wufei , he was almost as bad to wake up in the morning as Trel was , but this was funnier cause she hadn't been the one to rouse the dead. "Owh come on , we can still catch him if we hurry"
Wufei looked like he almost considered the option but walked back into his room to get ready for breakfast and plot his revenge on the braided nemesis.
Sally stood in the hall and waited for Matt to come out , letting him know Trel had finally woke up but was going to be disoriented as they had kept her on mild pain killers and the last thing she wanted was for anyone to upset her while she was stuck on bed rest.
They had waited till after breakfast but were not surprised that Duo hadn't shown up , as they all knew where he had headed so when he had wheeled up to the table it had been a shock , but all he did was grin back at them while another one pulled up at the other end of the table.
"Geez I hope they serve better out here , and who ever said I needed to be on some kind of diet anyway" huffed Trel from the other chair , she still hadn't gotten her things back but a lab jacket and a hair band had been all they needed to spring her from the med ward.
"Duo ... " yelled Heero , it had been his shoulders all the information had been put onto so seeing her at the table was the last stunt he had expected from either of them.
Trel started to laugh but thought better of it as she moved the automated chair over to the line up that was forming for breakfast leaving her bewildered partner in crime to face the angry bull.
"Hey , she was hungry and it's not like anyone will notice her missing , well she's not really missing if she is with us I guess , more like a guarded escort ..." but he had been quickly cut of by a death glare that would bend steel.
"She's wounded" was the come back.
"She thought of it" he tried to defend himself.
"Sally is going to kill him" pointed out Wufei , wondering if there was going to be anything left of Duo for his own revenge.
"Before Heero does?" Niki asked him , seeing the rage build in the normally unflappable boy.
"I just wan na know when she dyed her hair red again" was all Jason could say watching as she put a tray on her lap and started back towards the table.
"What do you mean again , it was red last time wasn't it?" answered Quatre , having been one of the few that heard him over Heero and Duo's argument.
"Well ... yeah , but she hated it , we worked two bottles of bleach through that just to get rid of the red tinges after we went back" snickered Nikita remembering every single curse Trel spouted and was glad they had been at Trel's place doing it.
"Lets hope Savanna ain't that bad when we get her back , she'd be out for blood if someone messed with her hair" he said quietly so only Niki could hear him.
Trel rolled up beside Heero and took the cup of coffee that was in front of him , replacing it with a different cup "The lady over there said you needed de-caf , something about cutting you off ..." she grinned at his bewildered look as she rolled back to her spot , avoiding Duo who had just fallen out of his own wheels to the floor laughing.
After that the group walked her back to her room , coming face to face with a very disappointed Sally Po , who had been waiting for their return. One look and Duo was gone as fast as he could wheel away which got everyone but Sally laughing and brought Trel almost to tears with the pain she was causing herself. It didn't take long to disperse the group as a nurse came in and rushed them all out , she had been in a bad mood as her charge had just disappeared on her and this lady was not about to go for a second round of that kind of nonsense.
That day had been mostly spent looking over the data from the battle before but was interrupted by Sally who requested the assistance of one of the girls. It was revealed later that Trel had chased her nurse off by calling her Hitler and said she'd rather ' kiss a mule then have a woman watch her bathe' which was the final straw unfortunately for the nurse.
From then on Trel was under the group's care and against a few opinions she found things to work at which didn't really require much movement , she had almost dozed off when the others had finally decided to break for supper and they had almost made it to the sanctuary of the cafeteria when the sirens went off leaving everyone to scramble , Trel chose to follow the pilots into the hanger where she found the Gundams had been stored.
"I need six pilots again using the strategy you planned out earlier , everything has been installed and the net has been placed between Jason and Matt's Gundam to lessen the confusion. Trel you're to report back to the med wing just to be on the safe side" announced Dr. J , but she hadn't really been paying any attention to him as she had been more interested in finally getting to see Ocasta.
Commander C was the one that had to burst her bubble as he moved to get her attention. "Your not going to be much use out there with that hole in your side , but after the last time you can help by getting the med wing ready"
Trel wheeled around and left rather despondently , she knew she couldn't fight but the last thing she wanted was to have her nose rubbed in that fact. She wheeled into the closest room and eased up out of her chair , grabbing the lab coat and putting it on , if she couldn't go out then she was gonna do the next best thing and cover them from the ground.
Matt and Jason had been automatic choices , Nikita had never been in question either , but this time Wufei had decided to go instead of Duo who was still a little shaken after having seen how Trel ended up from the last attempt at reclaiming one of their own , he'd be more then happy not to repeat that again.
While she had the scooter well hidden she had no problem moving around unnoticed which felt good so long as she didn't make any sudden movements. Getting in was easy but finding a secluded terminal had been a search , finally she'd grabbed one by the door , it was somewhat hidden from view which was exactly what she had been looking for but without her V-box or watch it was all finger work to tap into the tracking system and communication channels , by the time she had it all figured out and was settled in they had already made it to where the enemy was.
Jason had the bottom edge while Matt had to keep right over top of Death Fortress while in the air. The others had the task of chasing their new guest into the net after ensuring the detonator was disabled , they'd chosen the second one since it was the first to run during a confrontation.
There was little to do but watch the mouse run , of course Trel started to hack the com system to the opposing Gundam , she hated surprises and wanted to see just what was hiding inside the soon to be caught "Kinder Surprise Egg". Wufei had easily located and disabled the detonator which just left bagging the bird.
She'd gotten it but hadn't been watching just how close they had been to finally springing the trap so their shocked expression when she asked if they wanted to see what was inside the Cracker Jacks box before they'd even caught it was amusing.
"Man , why didn't you tell us you could do that before , then we could tell which one was which ... not to mention who the other pilots are" said Jason , looking back at the small window like the image had three heads.
Trel laughed and pulled up the image of the whole interior , not about to get into how long it had taken her to hack just the one she had but hoping to give them some kind of early warning about who they were dealing with , displaying a frantic face of the male occupant as they chased him into the boxed canyon.
"Oh geez , not him again , guess he's about to experience the shock of his life" Matt smiled coldly , flipping the switch to electrify the netting that was strung between the two Gundams and watching as he flew right into it.
The screen went blank , the electricity had overloaded the systems and shut the whole thing down. They had pulled it off but caught the wrong one , although the enemy was now down two pilots this wasn't one of their own but Saddam Hussain.
"Trel , were on our way back , the net should hold it so advise them they are going to need a cell ready" came Heero's voice.
"Better make it a firing squad" snorted Jason , who had seen this guy more times then he'd liked too.
"Jason , that's not very nice" snickered Nikita.
"Did you copy that Trel?" asked Heero , he wasn't use to not being acknowledged.
A few minutes went by with no response.
"I don't like that , lets head back and find out what happened"
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I know , I am evil for all the cliff hangers and other things but it is so fun to watch everyone squirm. So now you have an idea of who one is but believe me there is still a shocker or two in here so don't think you have all the answers. At the time Trel was writting this she had no clue about Treize so that should make you think about this being six pilots , and it's not Noin or Zecks *L*.
Thanks for the great reviews , it's been fun comming online just to see if anyone left me any. Keep up the story Shadow , it's been fun checking back to see how it's going.