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Author's Notes: YATTA! We're on a roll! : D hopefully, next chapter will come out soon -_-;
"Blah" = talking
[Blah] = telepathic speaking
'Blah' = thoughts
Blah = flashback
Dimensional Destiny Chapter 12: Hostage
Miryo was tight in the fist of the mobile suit, flying through the air. Of course, she could easily remove herself from the mobile suit, but then she wouldn't know where to go.
"Here." The mobile suit set her down.
"Already? Okay."
The mobile suit flew away, leaving her alone. 'Hmm.east, where's east.oh yeah!' Miryo looked at her watch, which was actually Kenja's watch; a present from his parents (who remained anonymous) for his 13th birthday (his parents ditched him). He resented that watch just because it was from his real parents, and didn't really care when Miryo snatched it. The back of the watch had a compass, which really came in handy. Miryo quickly found out which direction east was and flew off at top speed.
* Trunks remained silent as Quatre told Gohan where the headquarters of the Black Hawks was, while the other Gundam pilots debated whether they should go and help or not. It was mostly Duo and Wufei who were doing the debating.
"Come on, Wufei! We were gonna go and destroy the headquarters, so let's go and do that now! We just have to get those four out first."
"Fine, I don't care anymore. I'll go if they're so important to you!" Wufei turned around and headed towards his Gundam.
"Heero?" Trowa turned towards Heero for agreement.
"We'll likely be swarmed by mobile suits. Better get ready for a tough battle," Heero said as he headed towards Wing Zero.
"So, it's agreed then. Let's go!"
All the Gundam pilots jumped into their Gundams and led the way to the headquarters.
However, after no more then ten minutes of flight, they saw a dot of light in the distance.
"That ki feels familiar.it's Miryo!" Trunks yelled and flew faster.
*
Kenja was once again in the ventilation shaft, hoping to find a way out. Just like Rika, he ignored all the other paths and headed straight forward. Soon, he reached a dead end. Turning over onto his back, he looked up and saw a tunnel leading up. Carefully and soundlessly, he flew straight up and looked out the vent at the end.
He was shocked.
Kenja was at the rooftop, and though it meant a way out, there were soldiers all over the place. There were mobile suits surrounding the building (since they were in a remote area, they had no fear of being seen).
'Oh boy, this isn't good.'
[Kenja, that you?]
He jumped in surprise. 'Rika's voice!'
[Rika? Where are you?]
[In a room.you're just a bit to my right.actually, kinda far.]
[Hang on, I'll try and find you.]
Kenja went back down head first (after some awkward turning) and started crawling. When he reached an intersection, he stopped.
[Can you sense my ki? How far am I?]
[Um.you're a lot closer now.try turning left.]
He did as he was told.
[Yeah, you're getting closer.]
Kenja soon came to a vent and he looked down.
"Hi Rika."
[Kenja!!] Rika yelled excitedly.
Kenja removed the bars at the vent and dropped down to the room below. Rika ran up to him, looking extremely happy.
"Hey, great to see you again." She smiled. "Now all we have to do is find Pota and get out of here."
"Rika, it's not gonna be that easy." Kenja told her what he saw on the roof.
Her smile faded, and she crossed her arms across her chest thoughtfully. "We should just search for Pota first, maybe he'll have an idea of some sort."
"Right." Kenja flew up to the vent and was squirming inside when Rika heard footsteps outside the room.
[Shit.! Kenja, get outta here!]
Kenja managed to get his whole body back into the ventilation shaft just as a soldier opened the door.
"Who were you talking to?" he demanded.
"Myself," Rika quickly lied.
"Next time I hear you talking you're in trouble, kid. And don't try anything funny, we'll be checking on you and your friends every ten minutes now." He went back out and slammed the door.
[Kenja, still there?]
[Yeah.]
[Okay, we have two choices. You can return to your place and act like nothing happened, or we can all break out and have a mad scramble back to the Gundam pilots.] Rika tapped her chin. [And I think we should go with the first option. Gohan never taught me to repel bullets.]
[Man, this sucks.okay, see ya.]
[Stay safe, Kenja.]
[Uh-huh.oh wait.] Kenja dropped a red bandana and Rika caught it.
[What the.]
[It came with the flame shirt; I didn't really like it.keep it with ya.]
[But why.]
There was a silence, and Rika thought he had left.
[I can tell you're worried. Keep it as a reminder.Miryo wouldn't fail us, we'll all be alright.]
Rika was quite amazed at Kenja's sudden change of personality. [Thanks.] She stared at the bandana long after he was gone. 'I guess when it comes to friends, he's willing to be serious.'
*
Miryo had never felt so relieved.
She had just spilled the whole story to the Gundam pilots and the Z- gang, and the whole time, Trunks had his arm protectively around her shoulders.
"So that's the situation.what now?" Gohan turned to Wing Zero.
"We could try and beat him.did he say what would happen if we lost?"
"I think he'd kill one of you," Miryo replied, and she looked around. "The others were supposed to follow me.I wonder what happened."
"You guys found a way out?"
"We were in the middle of that." Miryo glanced around worriedly. "You know what? I think we should all just charge into the place."
"That's stupid. If he wants a fight, I'll give him a fight." Duo's Deathscythe (Hell Custom) took flight.
"Duo, wait!"
"I'll be alright. Don't follow me, there's no need to compromise the safety of the other three. Just come if I'm not back in two hours!"
"But they can defend themselves!" Miryo protested.
"But not against sleeping gas and bullets. At least, not yet on the bullets." Krillen pointed out.
All they could do was watch as Duo flew off into the distance.
"You know how to dodge bullets?" Miryo stared at Krillen.
*
How long had it been? Hours? Weeks? Minutes? Pota had no idea. He kept falling asleep and waking up. Once in a while, a soldier would poke his head in, sort of check that he was there and alive, then go out again. Pota's stomach growled loudly. The soldier stuck his head in.
"What was that, a dog?"
"My stomach," Pota answered, narrowing his eyes. The soldier laughed at his misery.
"Wait!" Pota yelled before he went out again. "How long have I been in here?"
The guard stared at him curiously. "About an hour or so." He then left Pota.
'An hour.' Pota's stomach growled again. 'Maybe if I sleep I'll feel less hungry.'
*
Kenja sat there miserably. 'I just have to find Pota! But if they check on me while I'm gone. Damn, I wish Miryo would be faster. Why couldn't they pick Rika as messenger?' As minutes that seemed like hours went by, Kenja began to doubt they would ever get out. It seemed like a half hour since the soldier had last checked on him. Kenja lay down on his side and curled up. 'Anything to make the time pass faster.'
*
Pota awoke to the sound of his door opening. To his surprise, the guard threw someone into the room and the door closed once again.
"Duo?!"
Pota scrambled over to Duo, who lay on the floor, bleeding. Pota rolled him onto his back and shook him. "Duo? Duo!!"
"Un.what?" Duo opened his eyes. "Pota!"
"Duo, what happened?"
The braided Gundam pilot sat up and rubbed his head. "Well, we met up with your other friends.you know, the ones that trained you or whatever.we decided to come and get ya, and on the way there, we met up with Miryo, and she explained what was going on. I came here alone to fight the leader of the Black Hawks. Didn't go too well." Duo groaned and leaned against the wall.
"Duo, tell me. What's up with these 'Black Hawks' guys?"
"They're an organization that mass-produces mobile suits for their own use. Also, the leader, Raziel Ellundus, has his own Gundam. A replica of Epyon, but with upgrades. It's a lot faster and stronger." He coughed, and then continued. "They were plotting to overthrow the government and take over. And in the process, assassinate Relena."
"Relena? Heero's girl?"
Duo laughed. "You can say that. Anyway, the point is, they need to be stopped, and that's what our mission was."
"Wow.sorry we got in the way," Pota apologized sheepishly.
"It's alright, I don't blame you." Duo sighed and closed his eyes. "Hopefully, they'll come for us."
*
Raziel smiled. He'd just defeated one of the legendary Gundam pilots. But until another one came for his challenge, he had little entertainment. 'Hmm, perhaps I should add something to our little deal.'
"You." He motioned to one of his soldiers. "Get one of the kids, make 'em scream. I don't care what you do, just keep them alive."
"Y-yes sir." The soldier left gave him a strange look, then left.
Raziel chuckled to himself. 'Every time you lose, Gundam pilots, one of your little friends will be in for some pain.'
*
"It's been an hour and 50 minutes! Let's go check on him!" Miryo yelled impatiently, checking her watch.
"He said two hours," Heero replied bluntly.
"Well, who cares, I'm going." Miryo took flight, with the Z-gang following her.
"What a stubborn kid." The Gundams followed.
*
Rika winced, her right hand wet with blood. The whole scene replayed over and over in her mind.
*Flashback*
The door opened. Rika ignored it, assuming they were just checking on her. The soldier drew his gun.
"What.?!" BAM!
She screamed, falling to her knees and grabbing left arm, where the bullet had hit. The soldier left, callously ignoring her scream of pain.
*End Flashback*
Panicked thoughts raced through her head. 'Would I die from loss of blood? How long do I have? Will the others get to me in time?' Rika looked at her arm; blood trickling down and splashing onto the floor. 'I have to stop the bleeding.' She reached into her pocket and felt something soft. 'Kenja's bandana.' Rika couldn't help smiling, even though the pain in her arm was incredible. 'Good ol' Kenja.' Rika tied the bandana around the wound, suppressing a cry of pain, then sat down, and leaning against the wall. In a daze, she put a hand over the phoenix charm around her neck. 'Miryo, I hope you have some sort of help coming!'
*
The headquarters of the Black Hawks was within view. Duo was nowhere to be seen, but a whole lot of enemy mobile suits were. The mobile suits caught sight of them, and flew up to stop them.
"Foolish!" Vegeta powered up to super saiyan and fired a ki blast. Gohan, Trunks, Krillen, and Miryo all began to fire ki blasts.
"How many mobile suits do they have?" Miryo asked the pilots.
"They have thousands. A whole army," Trowa replied grimly.
"Oh man! We'll take 'em, you guys go rescue the other three!" Krillen yelled as he sent a destructo disc flying through three mobile suits.
"No way am I doing the rescue mission," Wufei declared, and began attacking the nearest enemy.
"Fine, Quatre, Trowa, and I will go. Any way in?" Heero asked.
"Try the ventilation shafts!" Miryo charged her special ki blast. "Silence Dragon!" The blue dragon charged forward and took care of all the soldiers on the roof. Guiltily, she charged up another ki blast, reluctant to kill so many soldiers.
"I'll cover you!" Gohan landed on the roof and powered up. "KA.ME.HA.ME.HAAAAA!!"
The huge ray of light destroyed at least eighteen mobile suits and distracted the others. Heero, Quatre, and Trowa quickly jumped into the ventilation shaft, leaving their Gundams for the others to defend.
*
Kenja jumped up at the sound of explosions. 'They're here!' I'll have to get the others.' He flew into the ventilation shaft once again, and tried to look for Pota. 'Rika, be the smart leader you are and get moving!'
Kenja scrambled around in the shafts, randomly making turns and trying to sense Pota's ki. 'There.' he found it, but Pota was quite far away, and Kenja had made a wrong turn. 'Damn.'
*
Heero heard a bump. 'Huh?' He sped up, and came face to face with Kenja.
"Heero!"
"Kenja?"
"Dude, you actually came to get us? Cool."
"Where are the other two?" Quatre asked.
"Well, I found Rika earlier, but I have yet to see Pota.he's somewhere over there," he pointed to his right.
"Okay. I'll go with him, since he seems to have some idea where Pota is.Quatre, go find Rika, and Trowa, find Duo," Heero instructed. Kenja gave Quatre quick directions to where Rika was and led the way towards Pota.
*
Rika sat there in a daze, slumped against the wall, right hand resting on her wound. 'What's that sound.explosions? Or is it just my imagination?' She felt tired, and her eyes closed involuntarily. A while later (she had no idea how much time had passed), she heard a voice calling her name.
"Rika.Rika!"
"Un." She forced her eyes open, and saw Quatre kneeling beside her. "Quatre?"
"What happened to you?"
"Shot in the arm." Rika mumbled, pushing herself away from the wall.
"You alright? We gotta get out of here." Quatre helped her up.
"Uh." she looked up at the vent. "I don't think I can get through with an injured arm.
"It's the only safe way out," Quatre said, glancing at Rika's arm with a concerned look.
"Wait, I have an idea." Rika shot a small ki blast at the door, and it blew up. "We'll blast our way out."
"Why didn't you just do that earlier?" Quatre asked, following her to the door.
"We were afraid it would catch too much attention. Plus, we wouldn't know where to go even if we managed to get out." Rika shot a ki blast down the corridor. Together, both she and Quatre ran down the hall, hoping to find a way out.
*
"Here we are!" Kenja kicked off the bars that were blocking the vent and dropped down to the room below.
"Dah! Kenja?" Pota yelled in surprise as he stood up.
"Hey, we're breaking outta here! Wait a sec.if Duo's here with you, and Trowa doesn't know that." Kenja looked to Heero for an answer.
".I'll go look for him. You three get out of here," Heero calmly instructed and left them.
"Oh boy." Pota and Kenja helped Duo up, and carried him up to the vent.
*
"Phoenix Inferno Blaze!" Rika fired her signature ki blast, getting rid of the soldiers that were trying to stop them. She suddenly felt dizzy, and fell back.
"Whoa!" Quatre caught her. "What's wrong?"
"Tired."
"You're probably using up too much of your strength," Quatre assumed as he helped her continue down the hall. Three more guards came from a left turn up ahead and ran towards them.
"Urgh.!!" Rika forced another ki blast from her hand. "I don't know how much longer I can do this!"
*
"What's taking them so long?!" Krillen yelled as he sent a destructo disc through another ten mobile suits.
"Maybe those weaklings were killed!" Vegeta responded.
"No way! I can still feel their ki's!" Gohan charged up another Kamehameha as a mobile suit aimed for the empty Wing Zero.
There was a rumble, and Raziel, in the Epyon replica, emerged from his underground hiding place.
"Stop!" ordered the pilot. All battle ceased. "I'll make a deal with you, 05. See here?" Two soldiers were on the rooftop, holding an unconscious Trowa by his arms. "We found the pilot of 03. If you fight a defeat me, I'll let all hostages go free. However, if you lose, you will all die, each and every single one of you. No interference from them!" He pointed to Gohan the others. "Got it?"
"I accept your challenge," Wufei answered without hesitation.
Author's Notes: YATTA! We're on a roll! : D hopefully, next chapter will come out soon -_-;
"Blah" = talking
[Blah] = telepathic speaking
'Blah' = thoughts
Blah = flashback
Dimensional Destiny Chapter 12: Hostage
Miryo was tight in the fist of the mobile suit, flying through the air. Of course, she could easily remove herself from the mobile suit, but then she wouldn't know where to go.
"Here." The mobile suit set her down.
"Already? Okay."
The mobile suit flew away, leaving her alone. 'Hmm.east, where's east.oh yeah!' Miryo looked at her watch, which was actually Kenja's watch; a present from his parents (who remained anonymous) for his 13th birthday (his parents ditched him). He resented that watch just because it was from his real parents, and didn't really care when Miryo snatched it. The back of the watch had a compass, which really came in handy. Miryo quickly found out which direction east was and flew off at top speed.
* Trunks remained silent as Quatre told Gohan where the headquarters of the Black Hawks was, while the other Gundam pilots debated whether they should go and help or not. It was mostly Duo and Wufei who were doing the debating.
"Come on, Wufei! We were gonna go and destroy the headquarters, so let's go and do that now! We just have to get those four out first."
"Fine, I don't care anymore. I'll go if they're so important to you!" Wufei turned around and headed towards his Gundam.
"Heero?" Trowa turned towards Heero for agreement.
"We'll likely be swarmed by mobile suits. Better get ready for a tough battle," Heero said as he headed towards Wing Zero.
"So, it's agreed then. Let's go!"
All the Gundam pilots jumped into their Gundams and led the way to the headquarters.
However, after no more then ten minutes of flight, they saw a dot of light in the distance.
"That ki feels familiar.it's Miryo!" Trunks yelled and flew faster.
*
Kenja was once again in the ventilation shaft, hoping to find a way out. Just like Rika, he ignored all the other paths and headed straight forward. Soon, he reached a dead end. Turning over onto his back, he looked up and saw a tunnel leading up. Carefully and soundlessly, he flew straight up and looked out the vent at the end.
He was shocked.
Kenja was at the rooftop, and though it meant a way out, there were soldiers all over the place. There were mobile suits surrounding the building (since they were in a remote area, they had no fear of being seen).
'Oh boy, this isn't good.'
[Kenja, that you?]
He jumped in surprise. 'Rika's voice!'
[Rika? Where are you?]
[In a room.you're just a bit to my right.actually, kinda far.]
[Hang on, I'll try and find you.]
Kenja went back down head first (after some awkward turning) and started crawling. When he reached an intersection, he stopped.
[Can you sense my ki? How far am I?]
[Um.you're a lot closer now.try turning left.]
He did as he was told.
[Yeah, you're getting closer.]
Kenja soon came to a vent and he looked down.
"Hi Rika."
[Kenja!!] Rika yelled excitedly.
Kenja removed the bars at the vent and dropped down to the room below. Rika ran up to him, looking extremely happy.
"Hey, great to see you again." She smiled. "Now all we have to do is find Pota and get out of here."
"Rika, it's not gonna be that easy." Kenja told her what he saw on the roof.
Her smile faded, and she crossed her arms across her chest thoughtfully. "We should just search for Pota first, maybe he'll have an idea of some sort."
"Right." Kenja flew up to the vent and was squirming inside when Rika heard footsteps outside the room.
[Shit.! Kenja, get outta here!]
Kenja managed to get his whole body back into the ventilation shaft just as a soldier opened the door.
"Who were you talking to?" he demanded.
"Myself," Rika quickly lied.
"Next time I hear you talking you're in trouble, kid. And don't try anything funny, we'll be checking on you and your friends every ten minutes now." He went back out and slammed the door.
[Kenja, still there?]
[Yeah.]
[Okay, we have two choices. You can return to your place and act like nothing happened, or we can all break out and have a mad scramble back to the Gundam pilots.] Rika tapped her chin. [And I think we should go with the first option. Gohan never taught me to repel bullets.]
[Man, this sucks.okay, see ya.]
[Stay safe, Kenja.]
[Uh-huh.oh wait.] Kenja dropped a red bandana and Rika caught it.
[What the.]
[It came with the flame shirt; I didn't really like it.keep it with ya.]
[But why.]
There was a silence, and Rika thought he had left.
[I can tell you're worried. Keep it as a reminder.Miryo wouldn't fail us, we'll all be alright.]
Rika was quite amazed at Kenja's sudden change of personality. [Thanks.] She stared at the bandana long after he was gone. 'I guess when it comes to friends, he's willing to be serious.'
*
Miryo had never felt so relieved.
She had just spilled the whole story to the Gundam pilots and the Z- gang, and the whole time, Trunks had his arm protectively around her shoulders.
"So that's the situation.what now?" Gohan turned to Wing Zero.
"We could try and beat him.did he say what would happen if we lost?"
"I think he'd kill one of you," Miryo replied, and she looked around. "The others were supposed to follow me.I wonder what happened."
"You guys found a way out?"
"We were in the middle of that." Miryo glanced around worriedly. "You know what? I think we should all just charge into the place."
"That's stupid. If he wants a fight, I'll give him a fight." Duo's Deathscythe (Hell Custom) took flight.
"Duo, wait!"
"I'll be alright. Don't follow me, there's no need to compromise the safety of the other three. Just come if I'm not back in two hours!"
"But they can defend themselves!" Miryo protested.
"But not against sleeping gas and bullets. At least, not yet on the bullets." Krillen pointed out.
All they could do was watch as Duo flew off into the distance.
"You know how to dodge bullets?" Miryo stared at Krillen.
*
How long had it been? Hours? Weeks? Minutes? Pota had no idea. He kept falling asleep and waking up. Once in a while, a soldier would poke his head in, sort of check that he was there and alive, then go out again. Pota's stomach growled loudly. The soldier stuck his head in.
"What was that, a dog?"
"My stomach," Pota answered, narrowing his eyes. The soldier laughed at his misery.
"Wait!" Pota yelled before he went out again. "How long have I been in here?"
The guard stared at him curiously. "About an hour or so." He then left Pota.
'An hour.' Pota's stomach growled again. 'Maybe if I sleep I'll feel less hungry.'
*
Kenja sat there miserably. 'I just have to find Pota! But if they check on me while I'm gone. Damn, I wish Miryo would be faster. Why couldn't they pick Rika as messenger?' As minutes that seemed like hours went by, Kenja began to doubt they would ever get out. It seemed like a half hour since the soldier had last checked on him. Kenja lay down on his side and curled up. 'Anything to make the time pass faster.'
*
Pota awoke to the sound of his door opening. To his surprise, the guard threw someone into the room and the door closed once again.
"Duo?!"
Pota scrambled over to Duo, who lay on the floor, bleeding. Pota rolled him onto his back and shook him. "Duo? Duo!!"
"Un.what?" Duo opened his eyes. "Pota!"
"Duo, what happened?"
The braided Gundam pilot sat up and rubbed his head. "Well, we met up with your other friends.you know, the ones that trained you or whatever.we decided to come and get ya, and on the way there, we met up with Miryo, and she explained what was going on. I came here alone to fight the leader of the Black Hawks. Didn't go too well." Duo groaned and leaned against the wall.
"Duo, tell me. What's up with these 'Black Hawks' guys?"
"They're an organization that mass-produces mobile suits for their own use. Also, the leader, Raziel Ellundus, has his own Gundam. A replica of Epyon, but with upgrades. It's a lot faster and stronger." He coughed, and then continued. "They were plotting to overthrow the government and take over. And in the process, assassinate Relena."
"Relena? Heero's girl?"
Duo laughed. "You can say that. Anyway, the point is, they need to be stopped, and that's what our mission was."
"Wow.sorry we got in the way," Pota apologized sheepishly.
"It's alright, I don't blame you." Duo sighed and closed his eyes. "Hopefully, they'll come for us."
*
Raziel smiled. He'd just defeated one of the legendary Gundam pilots. But until another one came for his challenge, he had little entertainment. 'Hmm, perhaps I should add something to our little deal.'
"You." He motioned to one of his soldiers. "Get one of the kids, make 'em scream. I don't care what you do, just keep them alive."
"Y-yes sir." The soldier left gave him a strange look, then left.
Raziel chuckled to himself. 'Every time you lose, Gundam pilots, one of your little friends will be in for some pain.'
*
"It's been an hour and 50 minutes! Let's go check on him!" Miryo yelled impatiently, checking her watch.
"He said two hours," Heero replied bluntly.
"Well, who cares, I'm going." Miryo took flight, with the Z-gang following her.
"What a stubborn kid." The Gundams followed.
*
Rika winced, her right hand wet with blood. The whole scene replayed over and over in her mind.
*Flashback*
The door opened. Rika ignored it, assuming they were just checking on her. The soldier drew his gun.
"What.?!" BAM!
She screamed, falling to her knees and grabbing left arm, where the bullet had hit. The soldier left, callously ignoring her scream of pain.
*End Flashback*
Panicked thoughts raced through her head. 'Would I die from loss of blood? How long do I have? Will the others get to me in time?' Rika looked at her arm; blood trickling down and splashing onto the floor. 'I have to stop the bleeding.' She reached into her pocket and felt something soft. 'Kenja's bandana.' Rika couldn't help smiling, even though the pain in her arm was incredible. 'Good ol' Kenja.' Rika tied the bandana around the wound, suppressing a cry of pain, then sat down, and leaning against the wall. In a daze, she put a hand over the phoenix charm around her neck. 'Miryo, I hope you have some sort of help coming!'
*
The headquarters of the Black Hawks was within view. Duo was nowhere to be seen, but a whole lot of enemy mobile suits were. The mobile suits caught sight of them, and flew up to stop them.
"Foolish!" Vegeta powered up to super saiyan and fired a ki blast. Gohan, Trunks, Krillen, and Miryo all began to fire ki blasts.
"How many mobile suits do they have?" Miryo asked the pilots.
"They have thousands. A whole army," Trowa replied grimly.
"Oh man! We'll take 'em, you guys go rescue the other three!" Krillen yelled as he sent a destructo disc flying through three mobile suits.
"No way am I doing the rescue mission," Wufei declared, and began attacking the nearest enemy.
"Fine, Quatre, Trowa, and I will go. Any way in?" Heero asked.
"Try the ventilation shafts!" Miryo charged her special ki blast. "Silence Dragon!" The blue dragon charged forward and took care of all the soldiers on the roof. Guiltily, she charged up another ki blast, reluctant to kill so many soldiers.
"I'll cover you!" Gohan landed on the roof and powered up. "KA.ME.HA.ME.HAAAAA!!"
The huge ray of light destroyed at least eighteen mobile suits and distracted the others. Heero, Quatre, and Trowa quickly jumped into the ventilation shaft, leaving their Gundams for the others to defend.
*
Kenja jumped up at the sound of explosions. 'They're here!' I'll have to get the others.' He flew into the ventilation shaft once again, and tried to look for Pota. 'Rika, be the smart leader you are and get moving!'
Kenja scrambled around in the shafts, randomly making turns and trying to sense Pota's ki. 'There.' he found it, but Pota was quite far away, and Kenja had made a wrong turn. 'Damn.'
*
Heero heard a bump. 'Huh?' He sped up, and came face to face with Kenja.
"Heero!"
"Kenja?"
"Dude, you actually came to get us? Cool."
"Where are the other two?" Quatre asked.
"Well, I found Rika earlier, but I have yet to see Pota.he's somewhere over there," he pointed to his right.
"Okay. I'll go with him, since he seems to have some idea where Pota is.Quatre, go find Rika, and Trowa, find Duo," Heero instructed. Kenja gave Quatre quick directions to where Rika was and led the way towards Pota.
*
Rika sat there in a daze, slumped against the wall, right hand resting on her wound. 'What's that sound.explosions? Or is it just my imagination?' She felt tired, and her eyes closed involuntarily. A while later (she had no idea how much time had passed), she heard a voice calling her name.
"Rika.Rika!"
"Un." She forced her eyes open, and saw Quatre kneeling beside her. "Quatre?"
"What happened to you?"
"Shot in the arm." Rika mumbled, pushing herself away from the wall.
"You alright? We gotta get out of here." Quatre helped her up.
"Uh." she looked up at the vent. "I don't think I can get through with an injured arm.
"It's the only safe way out," Quatre said, glancing at Rika's arm with a concerned look.
"Wait, I have an idea." Rika shot a small ki blast at the door, and it blew up. "We'll blast our way out."
"Why didn't you just do that earlier?" Quatre asked, following her to the door.
"We were afraid it would catch too much attention. Plus, we wouldn't know where to go even if we managed to get out." Rika shot a ki blast down the corridor. Together, both she and Quatre ran down the hall, hoping to find a way out.
*
"Here we are!" Kenja kicked off the bars that were blocking the vent and dropped down to the room below.
"Dah! Kenja?" Pota yelled in surprise as he stood up.
"Hey, we're breaking outta here! Wait a sec.if Duo's here with you, and Trowa doesn't know that." Kenja looked to Heero for an answer.
".I'll go look for him. You three get out of here," Heero calmly instructed and left them.
"Oh boy." Pota and Kenja helped Duo up, and carried him up to the vent.
*
"Phoenix Inferno Blaze!" Rika fired her signature ki blast, getting rid of the soldiers that were trying to stop them. She suddenly felt dizzy, and fell back.
"Whoa!" Quatre caught her. "What's wrong?"
"Tired."
"You're probably using up too much of your strength," Quatre assumed as he helped her continue down the hall. Three more guards came from a left turn up ahead and ran towards them.
"Urgh.!!" Rika forced another ki blast from her hand. "I don't know how much longer I can do this!"
*
"What's taking them so long?!" Krillen yelled as he sent a destructo disc through another ten mobile suits.
"Maybe those weaklings were killed!" Vegeta responded.
"No way! I can still feel their ki's!" Gohan charged up another Kamehameha as a mobile suit aimed for the empty Wing Zero.
There was a rumble, and Raziel, in the Epyon replica, emerged from his underground hiding place.
"Stop!" ordered the pilot. All battle ceased. "I'll make a deal with you, 05. See here?" Two soldiers were on the rooftop, holding an unconscious Trowa by his arms. "We found the pilot of 03. If you fight a defeat me, I'll let all hostages go free. However, if you lose, you will all die, each and every single one of you. No interference from them!" He pointed to Gohan the others. "Got it?"
"I accept your challenge," Wufei answered without hesitation.