Chp.10
Images of each Gundam fighting played on a screen. A young woman with a hard face watched them intently.
"So these are the Gundams. Hmm....perhaps I underestimated their abilities. They appear to be fighting with total disregard of their own death. An admirable quality in a solider."
One of her underlings stepped out from the shadows in the corner.
"Yes ma'am. They are proving to be a most annoying obstacle. Nothing we throw at them seems to be able to stop them."
"I would expect as much from such renowned hero's. But I wonder."
"What is it ma'am?" the rebel solider asked.
"How do you break a man, lieutenant ?"
The man remained silent knowing that this was a rhetorical question. The woman went on, pleased that he understood her ways.
"You first take away everything he holds dear."
"Ma'am!?" The solider gasped.
"Lieutenant.......I have a list here. Bring the people on it to me. I want them alive. It is preferable that they are not brutalized but if it is necessary to complete your mission, do not hesitate to use force."
"Yes ma'am. Who are the people in question?"
"Ms. Catherine Bloom: circus performer. Ms. Iria Winner: Doctor and daughter of the late Lord Winner. Ms. Sally Po: Former medical technician, currently enlisted and awaiting orders. Ms. Hilde Schbeiker: Mechanic and junkyard salvage technician. And Ms. Relena Peacecraft: Foreign Minister."
"Relena Peacecraft!? You can't be serious! If she went missing we'd be the first ones they'd suspect!"
"Not true. They would assume it wasn't us. Relena tried to stop us and failed. She has proved she was not a worthy adversary. The investigative services will reason that something else other than a kidnapping must have happened to her. They would rationalize that Relena was of no use to us, and that the there was no motive for us to take her. Therefore, they will exhaust other revenues of investigation before focusing on us. And when they finally do, we'll already be done with her. And in a way they are right. Relena, herself, is nothing to us. But her ties with a certain Gundam pilot…" She said her eyes drifting once more to the screen, in time to see Zero slicing through a mobile doll "Well that can be of great use to us. You have your orders. Now, I must make this plan of mine known to my followers."
"Very well." The solider opened the door which lead into a balcony used for speeches. Below him was a sea of deep blue and forest green uniforms.
"All prepare to salute your leader, Aloys Stonewick!"
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Relena watched the news, carefully looking for any mention of Heero. She also felt a tiny flicker of hope that maybe her brother was fighting. Then maybe she would know if he was still alive or not. She extinguished that little spark of hope quickly. There was no reason for her to think that just because a war had started her brother was suddenly going to return to her. And if its one thing Relena hated it was false hope.
She sighed, engrossing herself once more in the recent reports of the war. She never even heard the door open and close. She realized another persons' presence only after the cloth had covered her mouth and nose and strong arms clamped around her body like a vise.
A muffled scream escaped her lips as she struggled against her capture. Suddenly her shouts ceased and she fell limp against the abductor. He slung her over his shoulder and left through the door, into the suffocating darkness, leaving only the faint smell of the harsh chemicals he had used to subdue the foreign minister.
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Images of each Gundam fighting played on a screen. A young woman with a hard face watched them intently.
"So these are the Gundams. Hmm....perhaps I underestimated their abilities. They appear to be fighting with total disregard of their own death. An admirable quality in a solider."
One of her underlings stepped out from the shadows in the corner.
"Yes ma'am. They are proving to be a most annoying obstacle. Nothing we throw at them seems to be able to stop them."
"I would expect as much from such renowned hero's. But I wonder."
"What is it ma'am?" the rebel solider asked.
"How do you break a man, lieutenant ?"
The man remained silent knowing that this was a rhetorical question. The woman went on, pleased that he understood her ways.
"You first take away everything he holds dear."
"Ma'am!?" The solider gasped.
"Lieutenant.......I have a list here. Bring the people on it to me. I want them alive. It is preferable that they are not brutalized but if it is necessary to complete your mission, do not hesitate to use force."
"Yes ma'am. Who are the people in question?"
"Ms. Catherine Bloom: circus performer. Ms. Iria Winner: Doctor and daughter of the late Lord Winner. Ms. Sally Po: Former medical technician, currently enlisted and awaiting orders. Ms. Hilde Schbeiker: Mechanic and junkyard salvage technician. And Ms. Relena Peacecraft: Foreign Minister."
"Relena Peacecraft!? You can't be serious! If she went missing we'd be the first ones they'd suspect!"
"Not true. They would assume it wasn't us. Relena tried to stop us and failed. She has proved she was not a worthy adversary. The investigative services will reason that something else other than a kidnapping must have happened to her. They would rationalize that Relena was of no use to us, and that the there was no motive for us to take her. Therefore, they will exhaust other revenues of investigation before focusing on us. And when they finally do, we'll already be done with her. And in a way they are right. Relena, herself, is nothing to us. But her ties with a certain Gundam pilot…" She said her eyes drifting once more to the screen, in time to see Zero slicing through a mobile doll "Well that can be of great use to us. You have your orders. Now, I must make this plan of mine known to my followers."
"Very well." The solider opened the door which lead into a balcony used for speeches. Below him was a sea of deep blue and forest green uniforms.
"All prepare to salute your leader, Aloys Stonewick!"
************
Relena watched the news, carefully looking for any mention of Heero. She also felt a tiny flicker of hope that maybe her brother was fighting. Then maybe she would know if he was still alive or not. She extinguished that little spark of hope quickly. There was no reason for her to think that just because a war had started her brother was suddenly going to return to her. And if its one thing Relena hated it was false hope.
She sighed, engrossing herself once more in the recent reports of the war. She never even heard the door open and close. She realized another persons' presence only after the cloth had covered her mouth and nose and strong arms clamped around her body like a vise.
A muffled scream escaped her lips as she struggled against her capture. Suddenly her shouts ceased and she fell limp against the abductor. He slung her over his shoulder and left through the door, into the suffocating darkness, leaving only the faint smell of the harsh chemicals he had used to subdue the foreign minister.
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