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One day, they recieved a mission that absolutely required all of them. They babied Usagi and made sure she was alright, questioning whether or not they should go.
"Shimatta." Hiiro said, reading the computer screen. He inwardly sighed and walked into the bedroom where the others were congregating around Usagi.
"We have a mission. And it needs all five of us." Hiiro added softly.
"No. One of us stays." Trowa replied. Usagi rolled her eyes.
"Go. The war needs you more than I do. I'll be fine here for awhile." she said.
"No." Quatre insisted.
"You all have been neglecting the people who are counting on you most. Go!" Usagi implored.
The five of them exchanged glances, and finally they gave in.
"Alright, but are you sure you'll be okay?" Duo asked.
"Hai. I'll be fine."
"Sure?"
"Sure."
"Positive?"
"Yes! Now go already!" Usagi replied, laughing. After making sure she was comfortable and had water to drink, the five left the apartment.
Little did they know, there were eyes watching them... There were four men watching... waiting... planning. These were the soldiers that had watched Usagi being beaten.
"Let's move." The leader commanded as they saw the Gundam pilots disappear from sight. They entered the apartment and looked around for Usagi.
"Who are you?!" she demanded when one of them entered the room. Then she reconized him, and a tear coursed slowly down her cheek. She knew where they were taking her, and she doubted she would return.
"You're coming with us, girlie." the leader, Iken, said. He picked her up and carried her down the stairs and out of the apartment complex to the van that awaited. The others followed. Usagi, like before, refused to show that she was scared beyond belief and aching from her broken bones.
They didn't speak to her or even look at her more than long enough to throw a bottle of water and a blanket to her. Grateful for the small show of humanity, she took both and attempted to make herself as comfortable as possible on the hard floor. Amazingly enough, she fell asleep for most of the five-hour ride.
"What the hell is this?" Wufei demanded. They had arrived at the given location, but there was nothing- no base, no mobile suits or dolls, no soldiers. And from what they could gather through the heat-seekers on their Gundams, no life forms of any kind.
"Guess we got the wrong address." Duo tried to joke feebly. Confused, they turned around and headed home.
"We're back Usagi!" Duo called as they entered the apartment. Hearing no reply, they assumed she had fallen asleep, so they didn't go in to check on her until an hour later.
"Usagi?" Trowa called. He had gone into the bedroom to get a jacket, and was surprised to find that Usagi wasn't there. They hadn't heard her making any noise, and she couldn't have moved far from the bed without help. He immediately knew something was wrong.
"She's gone." Trowa said, rushing into the living room.
"Good one Trowa. She can't even walk." Wufei replied sarcastically. Trowa glared at him.
"Seriously. Usagi's not in there." he repeated.
"What?" Quatre asked. The five of them crowded into the bedroom to see that what Trowa said was true. They went to work searching- even in the most unlikely places, like in the two inch space under the bed. They were desperate to find her, to prove that something horrible hadn't happened to her. Then Duo noticed something- a note was tucked under Usagi's pillow.
"Hey, look at this." he said, grabbing the note and opening it. He read it aloud.
"Gundam pilots-" Duo read. "We have your precious little girl- whose daughter is she, again? Anyway, if you don't want her to be hurt anymore, come to the Cimpoan base on colony X-17999. We'll tell you where she is after you show." He sank to the bed slowly as he read.
"Not again." Hiiro said, taking the note and reading over it himself.
This time, Usagi was utterly confused. Fourteen hours after she had been taken from the apartment, they had gotten off the carrier. They didn't drag her around like luggage or beat her. Instead, they escorted her to a small, well-lit room with a bed, a desk, and a television. The four of them left her in the room with the promise that she was being watched, that the door was locked, and that they were guarding the door as well. She looked around the room cautiously before settling onto the bed and making herself comfortable. It didn't take long for her to fall asleep again.
The Gundam pilots were going insane with worry as they checked the apartment for bugs and tracers. As soon as they agreed that there were none to be found, they took off for colony X-17999.
"Sir!" a soldier exclaimed. "Five mobile suits coming in from the west! They're Gundams!" In the command center of the base, they were waiting for the Gundams to show. The reason for it wasn't what most would expect- the commander of the base only wanted to read into their computers, especially Wing Zero's.
"Trace the computers! If we can lock on and hack into the Zero system on Wing Zero then it's possible that we can control the pilots!" the commander, Twen, shouted as the Gundams approached the base.
"Let's get 'em!" Duo exclaimed. The five of them had already locked onto the base. Hiiro opened a COM link with the base.
"Where is she?" he demanded in monotone.
"No need for the harshness, sir." Twen replied, stalling for time. Hiiro fired his cannon beam once, right into the center.
"Where is she?!" Hiiro demanded again. When he recieved no reply, he fired again, this time with a stronger beam. The base rocked with the explosion, waking Usagi up.
"What the hell?!" Twen exclaimed. "Fire again and I'll give orders to kill her!"
Hiiro ignored him.
"I'm going to ask one last time!" he warned. "Where is she?!"
"In hell, where she belongs!" Twen replied. Hiiro lost all remaining patience and opened fire on the base.
The commander center was nearly destroyed, and the soldiers began evacuating immediately. Footsteps pounded past Usagi's door and she wondered what was going on. When the steps died down, she got off the bed and laid on the floor. Using her good arm and a lot of willpower, she dragged herself over to the door and opened it. The guards were gone, and the hallways looked nearly deserted. There was dust and debris on the floor, and new explosions sent shivers through the walls.
Despite all of this, Usagi kept dragging herself down hallway after hallway, trying to find her way out.
Hiiro and the others stopped firing. Ignoring the fact that they had recieved one last text message from the base, they all powered up to maxium and fired one last shot each. The final explosions nearly wiped out the entire base, sending portions of the ceilings and walls falling down. One slab of the heavy granite ceiling tile fell onto Usagi, pinning her legs to the ground. She screamed in pain, and could have sworn she heard voices right before she blacked out.
Quatre was the first to acknowledge the text message they had recieved. He opened it and scanned the contents, then cried aloud as he realized what they had done.
The message read:
'You fools. By the time you finish shooting you'll have killed everyone in this base- including her. The girl was being kept right next to the command center that you fired at. She's dead.'
The others opened the message and read it for themselves.
"Kami... we didn't... No..." Wufei whispered to himself.
Duo: Did we?!
Wufei: I didn't kill her, did I?
Aka: Lalalalala I can't hear you!
Hiiro: Omae o koruso.
Aka: Lalalalala.
Trowa: REVIEW, goddamit REVIEW!
Aka: Now now, watch the language.
One day, they recieved a mission that absolutely required all of them. They babied Usagi and made sure she was alright, questioning whether or not they should go.
"Shimatta." Hiiro said, reading the computer screen. He inwardly sighed and walked into the bedroom where the others were congregating around Usagi.
"We have a mission. And it needs all five of us." Hiiro added softly.
"No. One of us stays." Trowa replied. Usagi rolled her eyes.
"Go. The war needs you more than I do. I'll be fine here for awhile." she said.
"No." Quatre insisted.
"You all have been neglecting the people who are counting on you most. Go!" Usagi implored.
The five of them exchanged glances, and finally they gave in.
"Alright, but are you sure you'll be okay?" Duo asked.
"Hai. I'll be fine."
"Sure?"
"Sure."
"Positive?"
"Yes! Now go already!" Usagi replied, laughing. After making sure she was comfortable and had water to drink, the five left the apartment.
Little did they know, there were eyes watching them... There were four men watching... waiting... planning. These were the soldiers that had watched Usagi being beaten.
"Let's move." The leader commanded as they saw the Gundam pilots disappear from sight. They entered the apartment and looked around for Usagi.
"Who are you?!" she demanded when one of them entered the room. Then she reconized him, and a tear coursed slowly down her cheek. She knew where they were taking her, and she doubted she would return.
"You're coming with us, girlie." the leader, Iken, said. He picked her up and carried her down the stairs and out of the apartment complex to the van that awaited. The others followed. Usagi, like before, refused to show that she was scared beyond belief and aching from her broken bones.
They didn't speak to her or even look at her more than long enough to throw a bottle of water and a blanket to her. Grateful for the small show of humanity, she took both and attempted to make herself as comfortable as possible on the hard floor. Amazingly enough, she fell asleep for most of the five-hour ride.
"What the hell is this?" Wufei demanded. They had arrived at the given location, but there was nothing- no base, no mobile suits or dolls, no soldiers. And from what they could gather through the heat-seekers on their Gundams, no life forms of any kind.
"Guess we got the wrong address." Duo tried to joke feebly. Confused, they turned around and headed home.
"We're back Usagi!" Duo called as they entered the apartment. Hearing no reply, they assumed she had fallen asleep, so they didn't go in to check on her until an hour later.
"Usagi?" Trowa called. He had gone into the bedroom to get a jacket, and was surprised to find that Usagi wasn't there. They hadn't heard her making any noise, and she couldn't have moved far from the bed without help. He immediately knew something was wrong.
"She's gone." Trowa said, rushing into the living room.
"Good one Trowa. She can't even walk." Wufei replied sarcastically. Trowa glared at him.
"Seriously. Usagi's not in there." he repeated.
"What?" Quatre asked. The five of them crowded into the bedroom to see that what Trowa said was true. They went to work searching- even in the most unlikely places, like in the two inch space under the bed. They were desperate to find her, to prove that something horrible hadn't happened to her. Then Duo noticed something- a note was tucked under Usagi's pillow.
"Hey, look at this." he said, grabbing the note and opening it. He read it aloud.
"Gundam pilots-" Duo read. "We have your precious little girl- whose daughter is she, again? Anyway, if you don't want her to be hurt anymore, come to the Cimpoan base on colony X-17999. We'll tell you where she is after you show." He sank to the bed slowly as he read.
"Not again." Hiiro said, taking the note and reading over it himself.
This time, Usagi was utterly confused. Fourteen hours after she had been taken from the apartment, they had gotten off the carrier. They didn't drag her around like luggage or beat her. Instead, they escorted her to a small, well-lit room with a bed, a desk, and a television. The four of them left her in the room with the promise that she was being watched, that the door was locked, and that they were guarding the door as well. She looked around the room cautiously before settling onto the bed and making herself comfortable. It didn't take long for her to fall asleep again.
The Gundam pilots were going insane with worry as they checked the apartment for bugs and tracers. As soon as they agreed that there were none to be found, they took off for colony X-17999.
"Sir!" a soldier exclaimed. "Five mobile suits coming in from the west! They're Gundams!" In the command center of the base, they were waiting for the Gundams to show. The reason for it wasn't what most would expect- the commander of the base only wanted to read into their computers, especially Wing Zero's.
"Trace the computers! If we can lock on and hack into the Zero system on Wing Zero then it's possible that we can control the pilots!" the commander, Twen, shouted as the Gundams approached the base.
"Let's get 'em!" Duo exclaimed. The five of them had already locked onto the base. Hiiro opened a COM link with the base.
"Where is she?" he demanded in monotone.
"No need for the harshness, sir." Twen replied, stalling for time. Hiiro fired his cannon beam once, right into the center.
"Where is she?!" Hiiro demanded again. When he recieved no reply, he fired again, this time with a stronger beam. The base rocked with the explosion, waking Usagi up.
"What the hell?!" Twen exclaimed. "Fire again and I'll give orders to kill her!"
Hiiro ignored him.
"I'm going to ask one last time!" he warned. "Where is she?!"
"In hell, where she belongs!" Twen replied. Hiiro lost all remaining patience and opened fire on the base.
The commander center was nearly destroyed, and the soldiers began evacuating immediately. Footsteps pounded past Usagi's door and she wondered what was going on. When the steps died down, she got off the bed and laid on the floor. Using her good arm and a lot of willpower, she dragged herself over to the door and opened it. The guards were gone, and the hallways looked nearly deserted. There was dust and debris on the floor, and new explosions sent shivers through the walls.
Despite all of this, Usagi kept dragging herself down hallway after hallway, trying to find her way out.
Hiiro and the others stopped firing. Ignoring the fact that they had recieved one last text message from the base, they all powered up to maxium and fired one last shot each. The final explosions nearly wiped out the entire base, sending portions of the ceilings and walls falling down. One slab of the heavy granite ceiling tile fell onto Usagi, pinning her legs to the ground. She screamed in pain, and could have sworn she heard voices right before she blacked out.
Quatre was the first to acknowledge the text message they had recieved. He opened it and scanned the contents, then cried aloud as he realized what they had done.
The message read:
'You fools. By the time you finish shooting you'll have killed everyone in this base- including her. The girl was being kept right next to the command center that you fired at. She's dead.'
The others opened the message and read it for themselves.
"Kami... we didn't... No..." Wufei whispered to himself.
Duo: Did we?!
Wufei: I didn't kill her, did I?
Aka: Lalalalala I can't hear you!
Hiiro: Omae o koruso.
Aka: Lalalalala.
Trowa: REVIEW, goddamit REVIEW!
Aka: Now now, watch the language.