It didn't take them long to reach the colony. It was one of the outer one's, pretty much out of the way. It had a small population of people living in it. A good place to hide. They landed, only to learn the address was right next to the spaceport. It was a large warehouse, an empty one too.
"There has to be some way of finding these people." Quatre sighed looking around the old crates and large rusted machinery. No one had been there for a while.
"Well this might be the right address so maybe they might have an area here where they're hiding." Trowa suggested. They searched the entire place but there wasn't much there. Wufei called everyone over the farthest side of the building.
"There's some new wiring here." He pointed to the wall. They all pushed against a large crate nearby that might be hiding something behind it. They almost had it pushed far enough when they heard a female voice from behind them. They all went for their guns but stopped when they saw it was Relena. Wufei grumbled.
"What's she doing here?" He demanded, crossing his arms over his chest. Duo elbowed him for the comment. Quatre walked over to her.
"Relena it's too dangerous for you to be here." He said, his tone soft with concern for her safety. She nodded in agreement.
'Yes I know that. But..I..can't sit around and do nothing. I want to help you." She said sounding brave. Duo scratched the back of his head while Wufei angrily turned back to the crate. Trowa walked over to her, he obviously had an idea.
"I know how you can help." He told her. The others listened in carefully. "Go in the truck and keep an eye out for anyone who looks suspicious. If you see anyone you can radio us inside. That way we'll know if we're being followed or not." He explained to her. She nodded, relieved that she could do something for them.
"Thank you, I'll be sure to do that." She smiled and headed for the truck, which was parked next to the warehouse.
They went back to pushing the crate again. They looked behind it and sure enough there was a steel door blocking their way. Once they had the crate completely out of the way, they blew the door open. It was dark inside. Wufei went in first making sure the way was clear. Once he gave the rest of them the signal they followed him in. The hallway came to an end where a door was obviously blocked by something on the other side. They forced it opened, knocking over whatever kept them in. It was a bookcase. They had also knocked out a guard who must had taken notice of the moving bookcase.
"Well that wasn't too hard." Duo whispered to Quatre. They closed the door that led out of the office, they were now in. Trowa shut the blinds on the windows that looked out or rather in. He turned to the others.
"It would be best if we split up." He suggested. Wufei backed away abruptly.
"I'm not teaming up with Maxwell again." He declared a little too loud. Duo just rolled his eyes. Trowa quickly motioned for Wufei to be quiet.
"I'll go with Duo, and you and Quatre will team up. If either team finds Heero we have to let the other team know. This place probably has cameras so watch for them. If you take out any soldiers, be sure not to leave a trail...Wufei." Trowa mentioned almost cracking a smile. Wufei ignored the comment and tossed the bag, he carried over his shoulder. They moved out.
"So how many guys do you think they have?" Duo asked Trowa as they went down another long hallway towards the center of the base.
"Who knows. We could be easily out-numbered or have an advantage. It's hard to say with these splinter groups." He said back in a low voice. They entered a large room. It was obviously where all the technicians worked considering the large amount of tools and scrap metal. They both hid behind some of the scrap. No one appeared to be in the room with them. It was dark except for the little light from the hallway and the other exits.
"We need to get over to that doorway." Trowa whispered. A couple of soldiers came from one of the exits and ran past the two of them. They pressed up against the large amount of metal. Duo got a better look at it.
"Uh, did you notice this yet?" He said, in a hushed voice to Trowa, once the soldiers left the room. Trowa looked at it and nodded his reply.
"It's Gundamium Alloy. Somehow I don't think they were going to rebuild just one Wing Zero." He remarked. They got out of their hiding place and headed for the doorway.
"Oh yeah sure make a whole bunch of 'em. Like one wasn't enough trouble." Duo muttered under his breath. They found another room, obviously the control room for the base. No one was in there. They closed the door behind them and went over to the controls.
"Considering that no one is here, it's possible that they know we're here already." Trowa commented hitting a few keys on the keyboard. Duo pulled open a drawer from underneath the panel. There were several cards laying inside.
"These must be part of their security system." He observed taking them. He went over to another control panel.
"Are you looking for Heero?" He asked, beginning to type as well.
"Actually I'm trying to find out how far along they are in reconstructing Wing Zero. We might have to destroy that too while we're here." Trowa informed him.
"That shouldn't' be too difficult." Duo replied continuing to hack into their system. Trowa pulled out his communicator.
"Quatre, are you there?" He called into it. Quatre answered him right away.
"Are you anywhere near area 57 on the base?" He asked him. "Yeah that's a couple sections away from us. Why? What's going on?" He said back.
"That's where they are rebuilding Wing Zero. See if you can find out how far they've gotten. We may need to destroy it." He explained.
"Okay we'll check it out." He ended the conversation quickly. Trowa looked over to see how far Duo had gotten.
"Find him yet?" He asked leaning over. Duo had a mischievous look on his face.
"Not just yet. I felt it appropriate to leave this first." He answered. A slight smile crossed Trowa's face as he watched Duo finish typing.
"Hey they deserve this after all the trouble they caused us." He added. Trowa went back over to the other panel and started searching for the area Heero would most likely be held in. While the computer began the search, he noticed a couple of files nearby and read their subjects. He decided it would be best to take them as well. He quickly found the area and they both headed out in that direction.
***
Quatre and Wufei made it to area 57. To their surprise there was more then one Wing Zero in the process of being built.
"So they were going to produce more then one. Should have seen that coming." Wufei said to Quatre. He just sighed and looked down.
"Why can't these groups accept things the way they are. There's no point in rebuilding these things in order to start another war." He said back to Wufei.
"I don't know but they definitely went too far this time." Wufei retorted unloading his bag. There were several explosive devices inside along with detonators. He tossed an explosive to Quatre, who absentmindedly caught it.
"We better get started before they know we're here." He added. Quatre nodded resolutely and went to work. They set up the explosives on each of the duplicates of Wing Zero. It didn't take too long. Quatre jumped down once he finished putting the last one down and set up the detonator. He pulled out his communicator to call Trowa in order to let him know they were all done.
"Alright, the two of you can head back to the truck and wait for us. We're almost done over here. We know where Heero is, well that is where we think he would be if he's even here. So we'll be out in a couple of minutes." He explained. Quatre relayed the information to Wufei and they went back the way they came.
***
Relena sat in the front of the truck waiting impatiently when she saw a shadow moving toward her. She got down low in the seat, hoping that they wouldn't notice the unfamiliar truck sitting outside the warehouse. There was no sound except for the footsteps that seemed farther and farther away. Relena released the breath she had been holding.
"I suggest you come out of the vehicle now." Came a loud voice from outside the truck. A chill went up her spine as she realized she had been caught. She went for the handle and opened the door, stepping out. The end of a gun first came into view. She didn't flinch or move for that matter.
"Heh, we never figured you'd ever show up here." Came the voice again. She recognized the face behind the gun. It was the 'maid' from before. Relena remembered suddenly what had happened. It was this women who was responsible for Heero disappearing so suddenly.
"Well since he won't cooperate with us I'm sure this will be an incentive, now."
The lady added motioning with the gun for Relena to move towards the building. Relena didn't move causing the lady to cock the gun and move closer to her.
"I won't go with you. I won't be used for your evil plan." She said bravely.
"Yeah well you would say something like that considering you're from earth." The women answered still waiting for Relena to move.
"Relena, look out!" Quatre yelled from across the parking lot. She ducked down and the lady started shooting rounds off at him. He jumped out of the way. Wufei came up behind her and knocked her unconscious. He stood up looking down at her.
"Weak." He muttered picking up the gun. Quatre headed over to help Relena up from the pavement. Wufie picked up the other lady and turned to Quatre.
"What should I do with this one?" He asked him.
"Just put her in the building. We don't want to draw any more attention to ourselves." He said walking with Relena over to the truck.
"Did you find Heero?" She inquired. Quatre shook his head.
"Trowa and Duo are looking for him. They told us to come out here till they get back." He explained. Relena didn't respond but got back in the truck. Wufei came back over and they sat in the truck, waiting.
***
Trowa and Duo made it to the confined area. They checked each of the rooms using the key cards, Duo found in the control room. They got to the end of the hall. This was the second to the last door they were opening. Trowa slid the card in the panel next to the door. It quickly opened. Heero was still slouched against the far wall. He didn't bother to look up yet, assuming they were soldiers. They remained in the doorway.
"Well this is something I never thought I'd see." Duo said, causing Heero's head to jerk up. The two of them walked in to help him up.
"Are you able to walk?" Trowa asked him as he stumbled a bit then stood all the way up.
"I should be able to manage it for now. How'd you find this place?" He asked them.
"Can we discuss this later? We haven't been caught yet and would like to keep it that way. It's obvious that they don't treat their guests nicely." Duo observed how bad Heero looked. They both swung one of Heero's arms over their shoulders, heading for the door. He flinched as his own shoulder began hurting. Trowa pulled out his communicator again.
"Quatre, we're coming out." He reported. There was a loud explosion on the other side of the base. Alarms began going off and most of the staff headed to area 57. Heero closed his eyes as they made it to the warehouse. He started to realize how tired he was. They got into the truck and took off for the spaceport. Once on board their shuttle, they left the colony.
"Seems as if we weren't even noticed till the end there." Trowa mentioned to Duo as he piloted. "Well they'll know who was responsible later." He grinned. Relena helped Heero to the back. They sat down and Heero leaned against her. She bent over, wrapping her arms around him. He felt cold to her. Quatre handed her his jacket and she put it around him as well.
"Are you okay, Heero?" She asked, lightly brushing his bangs out of his eyes. He sat up suddenly and looked towards the front of the shuttle.
"What about the plans? They still have them for Zero." He pointed out. Trowa turned in his seat to face him.
"Don't worry, Duo already took care of that." He said back. Heero rested his head back down and looked up at Relena. She looked so relieved to see him. He closed his eyes again and eventually fell asleep.
***
Meanwhile back at the base, pandemonium spread quickly. The leader came into the control room to see what the problem was. The sirens in the background finally were shut off, but it was still hard to understand what was going on.
"And what about Heero Yuy? Is he still in his cell?" The leader asked one of his soldiers.
"I don't believe so sir. This was an obvious attempt to get him out." The soldier answered. "Well what's the damage report then?" The leader was becoming impatient.
"All of our work to rebuild Wing Zero has been destroyed. But none of the workers were killed in the explosion." Was the reply. The leader smiled grimly.
"Well at least we still have the plans." He mentioned.
"Hey what's this?" One of the other soldiers asked who was typing at the control panel. A large smiley face came on the screen laughing at them. Then a message appeared as well which read: Your computer systems have been hacked into by the God of Death. So all information has been deleted. Have a nice day. The leader stood there with his fists clenched at his sides. He stomped out of the room angrily. None of the soldiers said anything at that point.
***
When the Preventer's got back to the ship, Sally and Hilde were waiting for them. When Sally saw Relena come off with them, she smiled and shook her head.
"So that's where you went. I had a feeling you'd be with them." She said, crossing her arms infront of her. "We really need to get Heero to the medical section." She answered back. Sally looked over at Quatre.
"Is your sister still here?" She asked him. He shook his head. "No she left awhile ago. I could try to contact her for you though." He offered. Sally looked over at Heero whom Trowa and Duo were carrying. He was still sleeping. He didn't look too be doing very well. He was dirty and she could tell he had been injured badly. She shook her head resolutely.
"There's no time. I'll take care of him." She decided. Quatre looked at her surprisingly.
"But I thought you didn't like to deal with these situations." He mentioned. He was right of course, she felt like she couldn't handle this kind of situation in a professional manner. But that didn't matter to her right now.
***
Trowa and Duo helped Sally get Heero onto the table. However he wasn't sleeping but unconscious again. Things might have been easier if he was just sleeping. It made his condition all the more urgent. Quatre followed them into the room.
"Can I help at all?" He offered standing in the doorway. She didn't answer him right away. Trowa headed to the door and past him as he came farther in. She was busy getting Heero's IV straightened out. Heero shivered a little on the table. Duo went and got a thin blanket from the closet nearby.
"Sally, I want to help." Quatre reiterated. She looked up at him and stopped what she was doing. "Please let me." He added. She nodded at him and went back to work.
"There's some antibacterial stuff in that cabinet over there. You can clean him up some." She informed him. He left quickly and came back with some gauze as well. He then preceded to unwrap Heero's hands. He made a face as he did so. Duo and Sally lifted Heero up from the table in order to get his dirty tanktop off. Sally went back to the monitor next to her. The screen wasn't working right and she fooled with the knobs on it.
"So I guess you want to help too?" She asked Duo, who was standing behind her. He suddenly hit the top of the machine and the screen came on. He stood back, grinning at her.
"If you need me, I can. So long as things don't get too gross." He answered. She smiled back, showing her gratitude.
"I don't think it will." She said as she finished getting the IV in Heero's arm. Then she went over to the closet and pulled out three white coats for them. She didn't want any of their uniforms to get dirty. She also got some gloves as well. She hadn't done this kind of work lately but she knew procedure.
***
Out in the waiting area, Relena wouldn't sit down like the others. Wufei finally got sick of watching her pace back and forth. He decided not to look at her or in that direction either for that matter.
"He's going to be fine. Especially with Sally taking care of him." Trowa told her. She just nodded back. "You should just try to not think about it." He added turning his attention away from her. Hilde walked into the room. She was a bit heated seeing the other two just sitting around, waiting.
"Okay if no one else is going to get back to work then I'm not doing it all myself." She declared taking a seat. Relena couldn't help but smile at what she said. Hilde crossed her legs and looked around the room.
"So where are the other two?" She asked curiously. Wufei pointed to the closed door labeled Emergency Room. "Their in there. Why, I'm not even sure." He said quickly not giving it much thought. She sat back not completely understanding the reasoning herself.
"Well that could be considered a scary thought." She mused, looking over at Relena, hoping to cheer her up. She covered her mouth trying to keep from laughing. Trowa even cracked a slight grin at the remark.
"That's not the most flattering thing you've said about Duo you know."
Trowa mentioned closing his eyes as if in deep thought. Hilde looked over.
"Well it's the truth. I wouldn't be in there since I don't have any knowledge in that field. Now if it was a computer or some kind of machinery then that's different." She elaborated. Relena smiled even more.
"She does have a point." She added. Wufei stood up and headed for the exit.
"I can't wait around like this. I have more important things to do then listen to you three talk about such nonsense." He grumbled. Hilde narrowed her eyes at him but he didn't see her glare. He didn't understand the purpose behind the conversation. But it was ridiculous trying to explain it to him anyway. Relena finally stopped pacing and took a seat next to Hilde. That made Hilde and Trowa feel less awkward now.
***
It had been exactly one hour since they had gotten back to the ship. Sally was almost done cleaning and bandaging Heero's wounds. A slight movement of his hand caught her attention. She straightened up and put her pair of scissors down on the tray nearby. She waited to see if he was going to wake up. She looked at the monitor.
"That's not gonna help you." Duo mentioned to her over the table. "This is Heero we're talking about afterall." He added. She nodded in agreement and couldn't help but smile. Quatre was cleaning some of the equipment across the room, not paying much attention to them. Sally looked back down when she heard Heero groan softly.
"Heero? You awake yet?" She asked him. He opened his eyes wearily and gave her a slow nod. She smiled back.
"Good. You guys have to stop scarring me like this. You're too hard to replace." She told him. Duo shot her a look. She met it and smirked even more.
"Oh very funny." He said crossing his arms infront of him. Heero glanced over at him.
"Why's he here?" He asked, still a little dazed. Sally laughed at that.
"He's just helping me out. I wouldn't do that to you, don't worry." She replied. Duo raised an eyebrow at her. "Okay next time you won't get my help. You can just fix your own stickin' monitor." He decided. Quatre came over once he realized Heero was awake.
"Hey, can I go let the other's know he's okay?" He asked Sally. She nodded, giving him permission. He quickly left the room.
"So what's the damage anyway?" Heero said to Sally as she finished cutting the last bandage. She put her scissors back down, for the last time and handed the tray to Duo.
"It's not so bad. I'm surprised they would actually shoot you though. The Alliance didn't even do stuff like that." She explained.
"Let's not get into what the Alliance use to do." Duo said as he brought the tray over to the counter. Heero just let out a low sigh. He tried to sit up from the table but then decided against it. Sally bent forward.
"You really need to take it easy for awhile. I don't want you moving around so much for a couple of days." She added.
"Unfortunately I don't think that's gonna be a problem." He agreed bitterly.
"There has to be some way of finding these people." Quatre sighed looking around the old crates and large rusted machinery. No one had been there for a while.
"Well this might be the right address so maybe they might have an area here where they're hiding." Trowa suggested. They searched the entire place but there wasn't much there. Wufei called everyone over the farthest side of the building.
"There's some new wiring here." He pointed to the wall. They all pushed against a large crate nearby that might be hiding something behind it. They almost had it pushed far enough when they heard a female voice from behind them. They all went for their guns but stopped when they saw it was Relena. Wufei grumbled.
"What's she doing here?" He demanded, crossing his arms over his chest. Duo elbowed him for the comment. Quatre walked over to her.
"Relena it's too dangerous for you to be here." He said, his tone soft with concern for her safety. She nodded in agreement.
'Yes I know that. But..I..can't sit around and do nothing. I want to help you." She said sounding brave. Duo scratched the back of his head while Wufei angrily turned back to the crate. Trowa walked over to her, he obviously had an idea.
"I know how you can help." He told her. The others listened in carefully. "Go in the truck and keep an eye out for anyone who looks suspicious. If you see anyone you can radio us inside. That way we'll know if we're being followed or not." He explained to her. She nodded, relieved that she could do something for them.
"Thank you, I'll be sure to do that." She smiled and headed for the truck, which was parked next to the warehouse.
They went back to pushing the crate again. They looked behind it and sure enough there was a steel door blocking their way. Once they had the crate completely out of the way, they blew the door open. It was dark inside. Wufei went in first making sure the way was clear. Once he gave the rest of them the signal they followed him in. The hallway came to an end where a door was obviously blocked by something on the other side. They forced it opened, knocking over whatever kept them in. It was a bookcase. They had also knocked out a guard who must had taken notice of the moving bookcase.
"Well that wasn't too hard." Duo whispered to Quatre. They closed the door that led out of the office, they were now in. Trowa shut the blinds on the windows that looked out or rather in. He turned to the others.
"It would be best if we split up." He suggested. Wufei backed away abruptly.
"I'm not teaming up with Maxwell again." He declared a little too loud. Duo just rolled his eyes. Trowa quickly motioned for Wufei to be quiet.
"I'll go with Duo, and you and Quatre will team up. If either team finds Heero we have to let the other team know. This place probably has cameras so watch for them. If you take out any soldiers, be sure not to leave a trail...Wufei." Trowa mentioned almost cracking a smile. Wufei ignored the comment and tossed the bag, he carried over his shoulder. They moved out.
"So how many guys do you think they have?" Duo asked Trowa as they went down another long hallway towards the center of the base.
"Who knows. We could be easily out-numbered or have an advantage. It's hard to say with these splinter groups." He said back in a low voice. They entered a large room. It was obviously where all the technicians worked considering the large amount of tools and scrap metal. They both hid behind some of the scrap. No one appeared to be in the room with them. It was dark except for the little light from the hallway and the other exits.
"We need to get over to that doorway." Trowa whispered. A couple of soldiers came from one of the exits and ran past the two of them. They pressed up against the large amount of metal. Duo got a better look at it.
"Uh, did you notice this yet?" He said, in a hushed voice to Trowa, once the soldiers left the room. Trowa looked at it and nodded his reply.
"It's Gundamium Alloy. Somehow I don't think they were going to rebuild just one Wing Zero." He remarked. They got out of their hiding place and headed for the doorway.
"Oh yeah sure make a whole bunch of 'em. Like one wasn't enough trouble." Duo muttered under his breath. They found another room, obviously the control room for the base. No one was in there. They closed the door behind them and went over to the controls.
"Considering that no one is here, it's possible that they know we're here already." Trowa commented hitting a few keys on the keyboard. Duo pulled open a drawer from underneath the panel. There were several cards laying inside.
"These must be part of their security system." He observed taking them. He went over to another control panel.
"Are you looking for Heero?" He asked, beginning to type as well.
"Actually I'm trying to find out how far along they are in reconstructing Wing Zero. We might have to destroy that too while we're here." Trowa informed him.
"That shouldn't' be too difficult." Duo replied continuing to hack into their system. Trowa pulled out his communicator.
"Quatre, are you there?" He called into it. Quatre answered him right away.
"Are you anywhere near area 57 on the base?" He asked him. "Yeah that's a couple sections away from us. Why? What's going on?" He said back.
"That's where they are rebuilding Wing Zero. See if you can find out how far they've gotten. We may need to destroy it." He explained.
"Okay we'll check it out." He ended the conversation quickly. Trowa looked over to see how far Duo had gotten.
"Find him yet?" He asked leaning over. Duo had a mischievous look on his face.
"Not just yet. I felt it appropriate to leave this first." He answered. A slight smile crossed Trowa's face as he watched Duo finish typing.
"Hey they deserve this after all the trouble they caused us." He added. Trowa went back over to the other panel and started searching for the area Heero would most likely be held in. While the computer began the search, he noticed a couple of files nearby and read their subjects. He decided it would be best to take them as well. He quickly found the area and they both headed out in that direction.
***
Quatre and Wufei made it to area 57. To their surprise there was more then one Wing Zero in the process of being built.
"So they were going to produce more then one. Should have seen that coming." Wufei said to Quatre. He just sighed and looked down.
"Why can't these groups accept things the way they are. There's no point in rebuilding these things in order to start another war." He said back to Wufei.
"I don't know but they definitely went too far this time." Wufei retorted unloading his bag. There were several explosive devices inside along with detonators. He tossed an explosive to Quatre, who absentmindedly caught it.
"We better get started before they know we're here." He added. Quatre nodded resolutely and went to work. They set up the explosives on each of the duplicates of Wing Zero. It didn't take too long. Quatre jumped down once he finished putting the last one down and set up the detonator. He pulled out his communicator to call Trowa in order to let him know they were all done.
"Alright, the two of you can head back to the truck and wait for us. We're almost done over here. We know where Heero is, well that is where we think he would be if he's even here. So we'll be out in a couple of minutes." He explained. Quatre relayed the information to Wufei and they went back the way they came.
***
Relena sat in the front of the truck waiting impatiently when she saw a shadow moving toward her. She got down low in the seat, hoping that they wouldn't notice the unfamiliar truck sitting outside the warehouse. There was no sound except for the footsteps that seemed farther and farther away. Relena released the breath she had been holding.
"I suggest you come out of the vehicle now." Came a loud voice from outside the truck. A chill went up her spine as she realized she had been caught. She went for the handle and opened the door, stepping out. The end of a gun first came into view. She didn't flinch or move for that matter.
"Heh, we never figured you'd ever show up here." Came the voice again. She recognized the face behind the gun. It was the 'maid' from before. Relena remembered suddenly what had happened. It was this women who was responsible for Heero disappearing so suddenly.
"Well since he won't cooperate with us I'm sure this will be an incentive, now."
The lady added motioning with the gun for Relena to move towards the building. Relena didn't move causing the lady to cock the gun and move closer to her.
"I won't go with you. I won't be used for your evil plan." She said bravely.
"Yeah well you would say something like that considering you're from earth." The women answered still waiting for Relena to move.
"Relena, look out!" Quatre yelled from across the parking lot. She ducked down and the lady started shooting rounds off at him. He jumped out of the way. Wufei came up behind her and knocked her unconscious. He stood up looking down at her.
"Weak." He muttered picking up the gun. Quatre headed over to help Relena up from the pavement. Wufie picked up the other lady and turned to Quatre.
"What should I do with this one?" He asked him.
"Just put her in the building. We don't want to draw any more attention to ourselves." He said walking with Relena over to the truck.
"Did you find Heero?" She inquired. Quatre shook his head.
"Trowa and Duo are looking for him. They told us to come out here till they get back." He explained. Relena didn't respond but got back in the truck. Wufei came back over and they sat in the truck, waiting.
***
Trowa and Duo made it to the confined area. They checked each of the rooms using the key cards, Duo found in the control room. They got to the end of the hall. This was the second to the last door they were opening. Trowa slid the card in the panel next to the door. It quickly opened. Heero was still slouched against the far wall. He didn't bother to look up yet, assuming they were soldiers. They remained in the doorway.
"Well this is something I never thought I'd see." Duo said, causing Heero's head to jerk up. The two of them walked in to help him up.
"Are you able to walk?" Trowa asked him as he stumbled a bit then stood all the way up.
"I should be able to manage it for now. How'd you find this place?" He asked them.
"Can we discuss this later? We haven't been caught yet and would like to keep it that way. It's obvious that they don't treat their guests nicely." Duo observed how bad Heero looked. They both swung one of Heero's arms over their shoulders, heading for the door. He flinched as his own shoulder began hurting. Trowa pulled out his communicator again.
"Quatre, we're coming out." He reported. There was a loud explosion on the other side of the base. Alarms began going off and most of the staff headed to area 57. Heero closed his eyes as they made it to the warehouse. He started to realize how tired he was. They got into the truck and took off for the spaceport. Once on board their shuttle, they left the colony.
"Seems as if we weren't even noticed till the end there." Trowa mentioned to Duo as he piloted. "Well they'll know who was responsible later." He grinned. Relena helped Heero to the back. They sat down and Heero leaned against her. She bent over, wrapping her arms around him. He felt cold to her. Quatre handed her his jacket and she put it around him as well.
"Are you okay, Heero?" She asked, lightly brushing his bangs out of his eyes. He sat up suddenly and looked towards the front of the shuttle.
"What about the plans? They still have them for Zero." He pointed out. Trowa turned in his seat to face him.
"Don't worry, Duo already took care of that." He said back. Heero rested his head back down and looked up at Relena. She looked so relieved to see him. He closed his eyes again and eventually fell asleep.
***
Meanwhile back at the base, pandemonium spread quickly. The leader came into the control room to see what the problem was. The sirens in the background finally were shut off, but it was still hard to understand what was going on.
"And what about Heero Yuy? Is he still in his cell?" The leader asked one of his soldiers.
"I don't believe so sir. This was an obvious attempt to get him out." The soldier answered. "Well what's the damage report then?" The leader was becoming impatient.
"All of our work to rebuild Wing Zero has been destroyed. But none of the workers were killed in the explosion." Was the reply. The leader smiled grimly.
"Well at least we still have the plans." He mentioned.
"Hey what's this?" One of the other soldiers asked who was typing at the control panel. A large smiley face came on the screen laughing at them. Then a message appeared as well which read: Your computer systems have been hacked into by the God of Death. So all information has been deleted. Have a nice day. The leader stood there with his fists clenched at his sides. He stomped out of the room angrily. None of the soldiers said anything at that point.
***
When the Preventer's got back to the ship, Sally and Hilde were waiting for them. When Sally saw Relena come off with them, she smiled and shook her head.
"So that's where you went. I had a feeling you'd be with them." She said, crossing her arms infront of her. "We really need to get Heero to the medical section." She answered back. Sally looked over at Quatre.
"Is your sister still here?" She asked him. He shook his head. "No she left awhile ago. I could try to contact her for you though." He offered. Sally looked over at Heero whom Trowa and Duo were carrying. He was still sleeping. He didn't look too be doing very well. He was dirty and she could tell he had been injured badly. She shook her head resolutely.
"There's no time. I'll take care of him." She decided. Quatre looked at her surprisingly.
"But I thought you didn't like to deal with these situations." He mentioned. He was right of course, she felt like she couldn't handle this kind of situation in a professional manner. But that didn't matter to her right now.
***
Trowa and Duo helped Sally get Heero onto the table. However he wasn't sleeping but unconscious again. Things might have been easier if he was just sleeping. It made his condition all the more urgent. Quatre followed them into the room.
"Can I help at all?" He offered standing in the doorway. She didn't answer him right away. Trowa headed to the door and past him as he came farther in. She was busy getting Heero's IV straightened out. Heero shivered a little on the table. Duo went and got a thin blanket from the closet nearby.
"Sally, I want to help." Quatre reiterated. She looked up at him and stopped what she was doing. "Please let me." He added. She nodded at him and went back to work.
"There's some antibacterial stuff in that cabinet over there. You can clean him up some." She informed him. He left quickly and came back with some gauze as well. He then preceded to unwrap Heero's hands. He made a face as he did so. Duo and Sally lifted Heero up from the table in order to get his dirty tanktop off. Sally went back to the monitor next to her. The screen wasn't working right and she fooled with the knobs on it.
"So I guess you want to help too?" She asked Duo, who was standing behind her. He suddenly hit the top of the machine and the screen came on. He stood back, grinning at her.
"If you need me, I can. So long as things don't get too gross." He answered. She smiled back, showing her gratitude.
"I don't think it will." She said as she finished getting the IV in Heero's arm. Then she went over to the closet and pulled out three white coats for them. She didn't want any of their uniforms to get dirty. She also got some gloves as well. She hadn't done this kind of work lately but she knew procedure.
***
Out in the waiting area, Relena wouldn't sit down like the others. Wufei finally got sick of watching her pace back and forth. He decided not to look at her or in that direction either for that matter.
"He's going to be fine. Especially with Sally taking care of him." Trowa told her. She just nodded back. "You should just try to not think about it." He added turning his attention away from her. Hilde walked into the room. She was a bit heated seeing the other two just sitting around, waiting.
"Okay if no one else is going to get back to work then I'm not doing it all myself." She declared taking a seat. Relena couldn't help but smile at what she said. Hilde crossed her legs and looked around the room.
"So where are the other two?" She asked curiously. Wufei pointed to the closed door labeled Emergency Room. "Their in there. Why, I'm not even sure." He said quickly not giving it much thought. She sat back not completely understanding the reasoning herself.
"Well that could be considered a scary thought." She mused, looking over at Relena, hoping to cheer her up. She covered her mouth trying to keep from laughing. Trowa even cracked a slight grin at the remark.
"That's not the most flattering thing you've said about Duo you know."
Trowa mentioned closing his eyes as if in deep thought. Hilde looked over.
"Well it's the truth. I wouldn't be in there since I don't have any knowledge in that field. Now if it was a computer or some kind of machinery then that's different." She elaborated. Relena smiled even more.
"She does have a point." She added. Wufei stood up and headed for the exit.
"I can't wait around like this. I have more important things to do then listen to you three talk about such nonsense." He grumbled. Hilde narrowed her eyes at him but he didn't see her glare. He didn't understand the purpose behind the conversation. But it was ridiculous trying to explain it to him anyway. Relena finally stopped pacing and took a seat next to Hilde. That made Hilde and Trowa feel less awkward now.
***
It had been exactly one hour since they had gotten back to the ship. Sally was almost done cleaning and bandaging Heero's wounds. A slight movement of his hand caught her attention. She straightened up and put her pair of scissors down on the tray nearby. She waited to see if he was going to wake up. She looked at the monitor.
"That's not gonna help you." Duo mentioned to her over the table. "This is Heero we're talking about afterall." He added. She nodded in agreement and couldn't help but smile. Quatre was cleaning some of the equipment across the room, not paying much attention to them. Sally looked back down when she heard Heero groan softly.
"Heero? You awake yet?" She asked him. He opened his eyes wearily and gave her a slow nod. She smiled back.
"Good. You guys have to stop scarring me like this. You're too hard to replace." She told him. Duo shot her a look. She met it and smirked even more.
"Oh very funny." He said crossing his arms infront of him. Heero glanced over at him.
"Why's he here?" He asked, still a little dazed. Sally laughed at that.
"He's just helping me out. I wouldn't do that to you, don't worry." She replied. Duo raised an eyebrow at her. "Okay next time you won't get my help. You can just fix your own stickin' monitor." He decided. Quatre came over once he realized Heero was awake.
"Hey, can I go let the other's know he's okay?" He asked Sally. She nodded, giving him permission. He quickly left the room.
"So what's the damage anyway?" Heero said to Sally as she finished cutting the last bandage. She put her scissors back down, for the last time and handed the tray to Duo.
"It's not so bad. I'm surprised they would actually shoot you though. The Alliance didn't even do stuff like that." She explained.
"Let's not get into what the Alliance use to do." Duo said as he brought the tray over to the counter. Heero just let out a low sigh. He tried to sit up from the table but then decided against it. Sally bent forward.
"You really need to take it easy for awhile. I don't want you moving around so much for a couple of days." She added.
"Unfortunately I don't think that's gonna be a problem." He agreed bitterly.