Alternation Part Two: The Return

Chapter Five: Breathing The Cold, Cold Air Outside....

Author: X-Rated

Similarities between this and episode twenty-five, please don't flame me!!
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It had been a few months since the group's last mission, and they were getting restless, especially the guys. Donna, Amy and Natalie were fine with being in the house for so long.....

"Im bored!" complained Wufei, throwing himself down in a chair....

"And...I've got just the remedy for that" smiled Heero, walking in....

"Ooh, and what might that be?" asked Wufei, sarcastically

"A brand new mission!!"

"Oh thank god!" shouted Wufei "I don't think I could stand another moment in this house with those damn women...."

"Hey!" said Donna, Natalie and Amy from upstairs...

"How many of us are going?" asked Trowa, from the kitchen..

"Um...six of us" replied Heero, putting his laptop down in front of Wufei

"How come?" asked Quatre, coming downstairs

"Donna and Duo got the flu, so they're staying behind..."

"Ok..."

*TWO HOURS LATER*

"Is everyone ready?" asked Trowa, strapping himself in...

"The gundam guys and gals are all tucked in, we are ready to fly..." laughed Heero, shaking his chestnut bangs from his eyes...

"Rock and Roll!" shouted Amy, taking the new and improved, Desert Hoshi into the skies...

Upon reaching Peacemillion, which had been occupied by a rebel organisation, the Saracen Squad...the group split in two, Quatre and Trowa went with Heero, and Natalie and Amy went with Wufei...

"Where in god's name are we?" shouted Natalie, kicking a wall...

"I have no idea..." whispered Amy, shining the torch around the darkened hallway...

The three lost, cold and slightly freaked out Gundam pilots felt their way along the hall....finding doors and a light switch....

The bulb flickered for a few seconds, and then stayed on....

The group found themselves surrounded by a large group of OZ guards...

Considering the ratio of guards to pilots, Wufei, Natalie and Amy still tried to fight them off, but they were easily overcome...and imprisoned in Peacemillion's storage freezer....

"Shit.." coughed Wufei, banging on the door.....

"Is it just me, or is it getting colder in here?" said Natalie, examining the fact that she could see her own breath....

"Ah no shit sherlock!" whispered Amy, shivering and huddling her shoulders further into her fleece lined jacket....

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Quatre tried to radio the other half of the group, and when he could'nt get any reception, or a connection, he grew concerned for their safety.....

Heero and Trowa managed to get into the main control room, it was abandoned like a ghost town.....

"Im gonna hack into the main system and shut down everything in here ok?" said Heero, typing away at a keyboard.

"Have you had any contact with the others?" asked Trowa

"No.....they're not replying"

"What?!"

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The trapped, cold and near dying pilots were starting to feel the effects of the freezing cold air....not only on the outside, but on the inside too...

"I...I...can't....breathe....too...too...good" stuttered Amy, coughing and spluttering her ass off....

"You're not the only one...."

"I wanna go home..." whispered Nat, a lone tear falling down her cheek

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"Right! Im in..." shouted Heero, when he found what he was looking for...

"Good, now lets shut this thing down and get the hell out of here..."

Quatre sat silently in a nearby chair, with eyes closed, obviously concentrating in something. Suddenly they snapped wide open, and there was fear in those aquamarine oceans....

"They're in trouble, deep trouble...." he whispered

"Who is?" asked Trowa

"The others, they're in deep danger..."

"What kind of danger?"

"They're trapped in a freezer for Christ's sake Trowa!" shouted Quatre, blurting out the truth

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"Nat? Amy? Are you still with me?" whispered Wufei, who could feel his lungs collapsing inside of him....

"Im.....so..so...so..cold...." squeaked Amy

"Don't neither of you go dying on me now...." warned Wufei

"I don't think we're gonna get out of here....." whispered Amy, who had small frost flakes appearing on her hair

"Listen, when you three came into this time, it was the best thing that ever happened to the five of us...even though it does'nt seem like it, we all really care about you...."

"You do?"

"Yes..."

"Thank you Wufei..."panted Amy....and then a white light blinded her eyes...

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Well???

3:22pm

11/11/01