Disclaimer: We do not own DBZ, Gundam Wing, or any of the characters
(wouldn't it be nice if we did?). However, Rika, Miryo, Pota, and Kenja
are our original creations.
Author's Notes: Ah, short chapter.o well :P read on ^^
"Blah" = talking
[Blah] = telepathic speaking
'Blah' = thoughts
Dimensional Destiny Chapter 11 Complications
Rika opened her eyes. 'Where am I?' She looked around, and noticed that she was in a small room with fluorescent lights shining brightly. Miryo, Pota, and Kenja were with her, tied to chairs and unconscious. Rika shifted slightly and realized she was tied to a chair also. 'Damn it, not again!!'
[Yo, you guys, wake up!] She called to her friends.
"Wha?" Pota opened his eyes and tried to stand up. "Huh?"
"Whoa, serious case of déjà vu." Kenja looked around.
"Don't tell me we got caught by those mobile suits." Miryo carefully leaned forward, tipped over the chair, and managed to stand up (but with the chair tied to her back).
"Cool! Lemme try." Kenja leaned forward, tipped over, and landed on his face. "Owwwww."
"Hey, shut up in there!" yelled a voice from outside the door.
[Guards?] Rika wondered.
[Yeah, I guess so.um, do you think we could ki blast these chairs off our backs?] Pota suggested.
[But where would we go from there?] Miryo pointed out. [The ki blast would attract a whole lot of attention.]
[So what?] Kenja rolled onto his side. [We can take care of them.]
[But it would be much better to leave unnoticed. Then we wouldn't have a mad car chase type of thing,] Rika stated. She looked up and saw a vent. [Hello.]
The others followed her gaze (Kenja squirmed around in an attempt to see) and knew what she was thinking. Miryo waddled to the center of the room so she was under the vent.
[There's a breeze.it'll probably lead outside.]
[But it's a tight squeeze, even without the chairs,] Pota pointed out.
[Wouldn't hurt to try.] Rika continued to stare at the vent.
[Hello, the chairs?] Kenja continued his kicking and squirming. There was a moment of silence as everyone tried to find a solution to get untied. Rika continued to stare at the vent, Pota pulled at the ropes (which didn't loosen a single bit), and Kenja tried biting the ropes.
[Guys, remember when we received our powers from Dende.we got ki blasts as well as weapons?] Miryo said in a rush.
[Of course!] Rika closed her eyes, trying to remember how to make weapons materialize into her hand, and suddenly there was something cold in her hand. She opened her eyes. 'My sword.' She pushed it against the ropes and easily cut through. [There!] The others did the same, and they were soon free of the chairs.
Silently, Rika flew up to the vent and pulled on the metal bars that blocked the opening. With her almost-saiyan strength, the bars easily came off. Rika poked her head inside and looked around, the ventilation shaft was bigger than she had expected, and they should fit easily enough.
[Okay, I think we can escape through there.] Rika flew down and gently put the metal bars on the floor. [Who wants to go first?]
The other three immediately pointed to her. Rika sighed. [Don't yell at me if I lead you the wrong way.]
They flew up and entered the ventilation shaft, in the order of Rika, Pota, Miryo, and Kenja. They crawled along, following Rika, who was ignoring all the other pathways and going straight forward. At one point, they saw another vent that led to another room, and stopped to eavesdrop.
There was a conversation going on between two soldiers and a third person. The third person was a man with silvery hair and reddish brown eyes; he seemed to be in command.
"Hmm, I sort of regret telling the Gundam pilots to self-destruct." he said. The four teens held back their gasps.
"Why is that, sir?" asked one soldier.
"It would've been more fun if I went and destroyed them in a fight. In fact, I should forget the self-destruct thing and do that instead!"
"Do what, sir?" questioned the second soldier. The first one slapped his forehead.
"Never mind.you're fired." The silver-haired man drew a gun from his side and shot the soldier. He then turned to the other one. "Bring me one of the prisoners.I need one of those kids to send a message to the Gundam pilots.after all, their location remains secret to me."
"Yes sir." The soldier turned and left the room.
[Dudes, we have to go back there!!] Rika nearly screamed.
[What? Why?!] Kenja shouted back.
[They probably used us as hostages, knowing that we know the Gundam pilots.] Rika forced them to get moving and explained as they made their way back to the room they started at. [From what they said, I assume they wanted the Gundam pilots to self-destruct in exchange for our safety.]
[I thought they already self-destructed!] Miryo said.
[No way, why would they want one of us to carry a message to them? Anyway, my point is, they probably gave the Gundam pilots some time to make their decision. Now that guy wants to challenge them to a fight instead of getting rid of them the easy way, and he needs one of us to tell the Gundam pilots, 'cause he has no idea where they are!] Rika sped up, forcing the others to crawl faster. [And we need to pretend that we never escaped, so we can tell the others what's happened!]
[Why?!] Kenja yelled, still confused.
[Because if there's no one to tell them, they might actually blow up the Gundams!!] Rika yelled. [I mean, the chances of that are slim, but they might! And we have no idea where we are right now, so after we get outside, then what?!] She stopped,
causing the others to stop and turn around. [Oh my gosh, how can we even get the message to them?]
Kenja (who was currently in lead) continued crawling, and the others followed.
[Well, whoever gets picked as messenger should ask them where they were fighting before, and navigate from there,] Kenja said, and stopped crawling when he saw the vent they started at.
[What makes you think they'll listen to us?] Miryo asked as Kenja jumped down into the room.
[Because, they want the fight, right? And what harm will it do to take one of us to the previous battlefield?]
When they were all in the room again, they noticed the soldier wasn't there yet.
[So that's the plan. The messenger asks to be taken to where they were fighting before, and if they do that, go.] (Rika paused and thought for a moment) [.east?]
[I think so,] Pota agreed. [Then maybe the rest of us could go back into the ventilation shafts, get outside, and follow them?]
[We could try that.] Rika turned to the door when she heard footsteps.
"Hey, I got orders to take one of them."
"Okay."
The door opened, and the soldier they saw before was standing at the doorway. He stared. "I thought you guys were tied up!"
"It's amazing what teamwork can do!" Kenja blurted out. The other three slapped their foreheads.
".Huh.think you're so smart, aren't ya?" The soldier's gaze drifted around the room. "You!" He pointed at Miryo. "Come with me."
Miryo slowly walked forward, turning back to cast a worried glance at the other three.
"Hurry up." The soldier went behind her and shoved her forward. The door slammed shut.
".Rika, are you sure this plan was a good idea?" Kenja questioned, looking a little concerned.
"It's all I can think of. I mean, we have no idea where we are, so going outside would be a little useless."
There was a short silence.
"Kenja, what was that back there? 'It's amazing what teamwork can do'?!" Pota stared at his friend.
"I couldn't help it." Kenja grinned.
"Okay! Well, I guess it's back to the ventilation shaft now." Rika was about to fly up when the door opened again.
"Huh?!"
"You two." There were three soldiers at the doorway this time, and one of them pointed to Rika and Pota. "Get out here."
Surprised, the two stepped out of the room into a long corridor. The door slammed shut. One of the guards grabbed Rika's arm and turned left, while another grabbed Pota by the shoulder and shoved him the other way.
Kenja sank into a sitting position. 'What's going on?'
*
Gohan and the others landed in front of the five Gundam pilots.
"You guys can fly." the blonde one said. ".You're the people Rika and the others talked about, aren't you."
Gohan stared. "You know them?"
"Yeah, they told us all about you guys," the one with the braided hair, answered. It was a confusing situation, but after exchanging explanations and introductions, everything cleared up a bit.
"So, you have no idea where they are now?" Trunks questioned.
"We know where they are, we were trying to destroy that place earlier; the headquarters of the 'Black Hawks'," Duo answered. "But we're sort of thinking they might hurt them once they catch sight of us."
"But.these guys are just regular people, right? No way can they hurt those four. Not after the training we gave them," Krillen protested.
"Your 'training' didn't do much good, since they're caught," Heero shot back.
"Why are we even discussing this? We don't need to help them, they disobeyed and got themselves into this." All eyes turned to Wufei.
"Wufei, how can you be so uncaring?! They wanted to help us, they didn't think this would happen!" Duo shouted.
"Well, this did happen, and it's all their fault. We're not getting punished for it, I'm not self-destructing my Gundam," Wufei folded his arms across his chest defiantly.
"Listen, we don't care whether you guys help out or not, we're going," Gohan said, ignoring the look on Vegeta's face. "Just tell us where it is."
Trunks sighed. 'Miryo, wherever you are, I hope you're alright!'
*
Miryo stood before the man with the silver hair, listening to his request.
"I want you to tell the Gundam pilots to send one of them here before the end of the week. If that request isn't fulfilled, one of your friends might stop breathing; if you know what I mean." he stated clearly. All Miryo could do was nod.
"Good, now off you go.and if the message is not delivered, that might also result in the death of a friend. Perhaps all of them."
"Wait!" Miryo interrupted.
"What is it?" He raised an eyebrow.
"I don't know where they are from here," Miryo said, trying to look completely innocent. "Can someone take me to where they were fighting before?"
"You mean where you got captured? Hmm.I guess it can't hurt. Take the girl back to where you found her." The soldier that shoved Miryo all the way here nodded, grabbed her arm, and pulled her out of the room.
"Heh heh heh.one by one, I'll crush the Gundam pilots!"
*
Rika shivered in the room she was taken to. 'So they decided to separate us.how smart.' It felt quite different without her friends. She felt insecure, and she constantly worried if anything had happened to them. 'This is the first time we've been separated against our will,' she realized. It was not a nice feeling. Rika suddenly remembered Quatre's words: "You do seem to have a leadership quality."
For some reason, those words encouraged her, and filled her with a determination as fiery as her own ki blasts. 'We're all getting out of here alive, and that's that!'
Author's Notes: Ah, short chapter.o well :P read on ^^
"Blah" = talking
[Blah] = telepathic speaking
'Blah' = thoughts
Dimensional Destiny Chapter 11 Complications
Rika opened her eyes. 'Where am I?' She looked around, and noticed that she was in a small room with fluorescent lights shining brightly. Miryo, Pota, and Kenja were with her, tied to chairs and unconscious. Rika shifted slightly and realized she was tied to a chair also. 'Damn it, not again!!'
[Yo, you guys, wake up!] She called to her friends.
"Wha?" Pota opened his eyes and tried to stand up. "Huh?"
"Whoa, serious case of déjà vu." Kenja looked around.
"Don't tell me we got caught by those mobile suits." Miryo carefully leaned forward, tipped over the chair, and managed to stand up (but with the chair tied to her back).
"Cool! Lemme try." Kenja leaned forward, tipped over, and landed on his face. "Owwwww."
"Hey, shut up in there!" yelled a voice from outside the door.
[Guards?] Rika wondered.
[Yeah, I guess so.um, do you think we could ki blast these chairs off our backs?] Pota suggested.
[But where would we go from there?] Miryo pointed out. [The ki blast would attract a whole lot of attention.]
[So what?] Kenja rolled onto his side. [We can take care of them.]
[But it would be much better to leave unnoticed. Then we wouldn't have a mad car chase type of thing,] Rika stated. She looked up and saw a vent. [Hello.]
The others followed her gaze (Kenja squirmed around in an attempt to see) and knew what she was thinking. Miryo waddled to the center of the room so she was under the vent.
[There's a breeze.it'll probably lead outside.]
[But it's a tight squeeze, even without the chairs,] Pota pointed out.
[Wouldn't hurt to try.] Rika continued to stare at the vent.
[Hello, the chairs?] Kenja continued his kicking and squirming. There was a moment of silence as everyone tried to find a solution to get untied. Rika continued to stare at the vent, Pota pulled at the ropes (which didn't loosen a single bit), and Kenja tried biting the ropes.
[Guys, remember when we received our powers from Dende.we got ki blasts as well as weapons?] Miryo said in a rush.
[Of course!] Rika closed her eyes, trying to remember how to make weapons materialize into her hand, and suddenly there was something cold in her hand. She opened her eyes. 'My sword.' She pushed it against the ropes and easily cut through. [There!] The others did the same, and they were soon free of the chairs.
Silently, Rika flew up to the vent and pulled on the metal bars that blocked the opening. With her almost-saiyan strength, the bars easily came off. Rika poked her head inside and looked around, the ventilation shaft was bigger than she had expected, and they should fit easily enough.
[Okay, I think we can escape through there.] Rika flew down and gently put the metal bars on the floor. [Who wants to go first?]
The other three immediately pointed to her. Rika sighed. [Don't yell at me if I lead you the wrong way.]
They flew up and entered the ventilation shaft, in the order of Rika, Pota, Miryo, and Kenja. They crawled along, following Rika, who was ignoring all the other pathways and going straight forward. At one point, they saw another vent that led to another room, and stopped to eavesdrop.
There was a conversation going on between two soldiers and a third person. The third person was a man with silvery hair and reddish brown eyes; he seemed to be in command.
"Hmm, I sort of regret telling the Gundam pilots to self-destruct." he said. The four teens held back their gasps.
"Why is that, sir?" asked one soldier.
"It would've been more fun if I went and destroyed them in a fight. In fact, I should forget the self-destruct thing and do that instead!"
"Do what, sir?" questioned the second soldier. The first one slapped his forehead.
"Never mind.you're fired." The silver-haired man drew a gun from his side and shot the soldier. He then turned to the other one. "Bring me one of the prisoners.I need one of those kids to send a message to the Gundam pilots.after all, their location remains secret to me."
"Yes sir." The soldier turned and left the room.
[Dudes, we have to go back there!!] Rika nearly screamed.
[What? Why?!] Kenja shouted back.
[They probably used us as hostages, knowing that we know the Gundam pilots.] Rika forced them to get moving and explained as they made their way back to the room they started at. [From what they said, I assume they wanted the Gundam pilots to self-destruct in exchange for our safety.]
[I thought they already self-destructed!] Miryo said.
[No way, why would they want one of us to carry a message to them? Anyway, my point is, they probably gave the Gundam pilots some time to make their decision. Now that guy wants to challenge them to a fight instead of getting rid of them the easy way, and he needs one of us to tell the Gundam pilots, 'cause he has no idea where they are!] Rika sped up, forcing the others to crawl faster. [And we need to pretend that we never escaped, so we can tell the others what's happened!]
[Why?!] Kenja yelled, still confused.
[Because if there's no one to tell them, they might actually blow up the Gundams!!] Rika yelled. [I mean, the chances of that are slim, but they might! And we have no idea where we are right now, so after we get outside, then what?!] She stopped,
causing the others to stop and turn around. [Oh my gosh, how can we even get the message to them?]
Kenja (who was currently in lead) continued crawling, and the others followed.
[Well, whoever gets picked as messenger should ask them where they were fighting before, and navigate from there,] Kenja said, and stopped crawling when he saw the vent they started at.
[What makes you think they'll listen to us?] Miryo asked as Kenja jumped down into the room.
[Because, they want the fight, right? And what harm will it do to take one of us to the previous battlefield?]
When they were all in the room again, they noticed the soldier wasn't there yet.
[So that's the plan. The messenger asks to be taken to where they were fighting before, and if they do that, go.] (Rika paused and thought for a moment) [.east?]
[I think so,] Pota agreed. [Then maybe the rest of us could go back into the ventilation shafts, get outside, and follow them?]
[We could try that.] Rika turned to the door when she heard footsteps.
"Hey, I got orders to take one of them."
"Okay."
The door opened, and the soldier they saw before was standing at the doorway. He stared. "I thought you guys were tied up!"
"It's amazing what teamwork can do!" Kenja blurted out. The other three slapped their foreheads.
".Huh.think you're so smart, aren't ya?" The soldier's gaze drifted around the room. "You!" He pointed at Miryo. "Come with me."
Miryo slowly walked forward, turning back to cast a worried glance at the other three.
"Hurry up." The soldier went behind her and shoved her forward. The door slammed shut.
".Rika, are you sure this plan was a good idea?" Kenja questioned, looking a little concerned.
"It's all I can think of. I mean, we have no idea where we are, so going outside would be a little useless."
There was a short silence.
"Kenja, what was that back there? 'It's amazing what teamwork can do'?!" Pota stared at his friend.
"I couldn't help it." Kenja grinned.
"Okay! Well, I guess it's back to the ventilation shaft now." Rika was about to fly up when the door opened again.
"Huh?!"
"You two." There were three soldiers at the doorway this time, and one of them pointed to Rika and Pota. "Get out here."
Surprised, the two stepped out of the room into a long corridor. The door slammed shut. One of the guards grabbed Rika's arm and turned left, while another grabbed Pota by the shoulder and shoved him the other way.
Kenja sank into a sitting position. 'What's going on?'
*
Gohan and the others landed in front of the five Gundam pilots.
"You guys can fly." the blonde one said. ".You're the people Rika and the others talked about, aren't you."
Gohan stared. "You know them?"
"Yeah, they told us all about you guys," the one with the braided hair, answered. It was a confusing situation, but after exchanging explanations and introductions, everything cleared up a bit.
"So, you have no idea where they are now?" Trunks questioned.
"We know where they are, we were trying to destroy that place earlier; the headquarters of the 'Black Hawks'," Duo answered. "But we're sort of thinking they might hurt them once they catch sight of us."
"But.these guys are just regular people, right? No way can they hurt those four. Not after the training we gave them," Krillen protested.
"Your 'training' didn't do much good, since they're caught," Heero shot back.
"Why are we even discussing this? We don't need to help them, they disobeyed and got themselves into this." All eyes turned to Wufei.
"Wufei, how can you be so uncaring?! They wanted to help us, they didn't think this would happen!" Duo shouted.
"Well, this did happen, and it's all their fault. We're not getting punished for it, I'm not self-destructing my Gundam," Wufei folded his arms across his chest defiantly.
"Listen, we don't care whether you guys help out or not, we're going," Gohan said, ignoring the look on Vegeta's face. "Just tell us where it is."
Trunks sighed. 'Miryo, wherever you are, I hope you're alright!'
*
Miryo stood before the man with the silver hair, listening to his request.
"I want you to tell the Gundam pilots to send one of them here before the end of the week. If that request isn't fulfilled, one of your friends might stop breathing; if you know what I mean." he stated clearly. All Miryo could do was nod.
"Good, now off you go.and if the message is not delivered, that might also result in the death of a friend. Perhaps all of them."
"Wait!" Miryo interrupted.
"What is it?" He raised an eyebrow.
"I don't know where they are from here," Miryo said, trying to look completely innocent. "Can someone take me to where they were fighting before?"
"You mean where you got captured? Hmm.I guess it can't hurt. Take the girl back to where you found her." The soldier that shoved Miryo all the way here nodded, grabbed her arm, and pulled her out of the room.
"Heh heh heh.one by one, I'll crush the Gundam pilots!"
*
Rika shivered in the room she was taken to. 'So they decided to separate us.how smart.' It felt quite different without her friends. She felt insecure, and she constantly worried if anything had happened to them. 'This is the first time we've been separated against our will,' she realized. It was not a nice feeling. Rika suddenly remembered Quatre's words: "You do seem to have a leadership quality."
For some reason, those words encouraged her, and filled her with a determination as fiery as her own ki blasts. 'We're all getting out of here alive, and that's that!'