Yami: Sorry it's been a few days. My internet has been acting up.
Kai: Heero did it.
Heero: You dared me to!
Yami: *sends both to shadow realm* Grr.
Hikari: Quiet! I'm working on my own fics!
Yami: And what will you do if I don't be quiet, Quat?
Hikari: *sends Yami to shadow realm* There. Now I can have some peace and quiet! Oh, btw, Yami doesn't own anything. I'll have her back for the next chappie, dun worry.
Chapter Five
The people in the baseball field slowly edged away from Heero. Only Garrett stayed by him. "What's going on?" Garrett asked.
"I dunno," Heero said. He shouted up to the robot, "Who are you? What do you want?"
The robot didn't answer. Without warning another robot, different from the first, flew by and destroyed the first one. With only a second glance at Heero, it flew up into he sky.
"That was a close one," Quatre said as they landed in their lunar base.
"Is there any hope of him remembering?" Duo asked. "It's kinda weird. You know, having him alive but unable to fight."
"We could try something," Quatre said. "I've been working on a plan for awhile. It's almost ready."
"Cool. Now I'm just gonna get some sleep."
Heero cut school for the first time in his life the next day. Garrett joined him in Baton Rouge. They drove around all day speculating on what the giant robot could have been.
"Maybe aliens are finally taking over and you did something they don't like?" Garrett suggested.
"I don't think so," Heero said. "It could have been people from the future. Maybe they think I'll do something bad sometime soon."
"You get any closer and you'll have to pay rent," someone said behind them in the car. Heero spun around to see Duo there, grinning.
"What the he- Duo!" Heero yelled. "Don't do that ever again!"
"Sorry," Duo said. "Couldn't resist."
"How'd you get in here?" Garrett asked. "We're moving!"
"Snuck in. So what?" Duo seemed to force his grin away. "But now on to business. Heero, what do you know about what happened to you seven years ago?"
Heero frowned. "I don't know. I always assumed it was a car crash that made me lose my memory or something. But I've always had this weird dream. I was falling, and there was someone calling my name. And I always feel the same way: afraid."
Duo listened silently for a moment. The he said, after Heero finished, "Watch this tonight when you have a chance to be alone. Then email me." He handed Heero a DVD. Then, grin back in place, he said, "So what's for lunch?"
Heero wandered around his room late that night. The DVD was ready to play at the touch of a button, but fear was stopping him from pushing play. What was on there? Would it be a joke? Or his past?
There was a knock on his bedroom window. Startled, Heero knocked over his glass of root beer he'd been reaching for.
"Who is it?" he whispered.
"Me," Garrett whispered back. "Can I come in?"
"Sure," Heero replied, moving away from the window so Garrett could climb in.
"Have you watched the tape yet?" Garrett asked.
"No," Heero said. He stared at the blue screen. "Haven't worked up the courage."
Garrett thought a moment, then stole the remote and pushed "play". "Better now than never."
Several options appeared. Pilot Stats. Video Options. Heero selected video options. More selections appeared. Single angle. Multi angle. Multi angle split screen. Heero selected split screen.
The screen became divided into quarters. A different scene played in each.
The top left one showed a battle in space. Robots like the ones from Heero's dreams dashed around, destroying each other and everything in their path.
The top right screen showed a close up of a section of the battlefield. Five robots similar to the one that had destroyed the robot from the football field were wreaking havoc on the battlefield.
The bottom left screen showed a television broadcast. The broadcast was in another language, so English captions were on the screen also.
The bottom right screen showed a room with a lot of people at computers and the like. There was audio for that screen, and what it said was confusing.
"Heero, there're two suits coming up behind you!" The girl he heard yelling in his dreams was leaning over a nearby screen.
"Roger that," Heero heard his voice say. One of the robots, the one with wings, darted down to avoid the robots behind it.
"Heero, watch it! They have a buster rifle!" Duo's voice sounded strained.
"I'll take care of it."
A beam of energy ripped through the screen. Dozens of robots were destroyed. The one with wings survived, though it drifted towards the pale sphere hovering below it. The Earth, as seen from space.
"Heero, eject!" The girl from his dreams was pushing buttons frantically. "Heero, can you hear me?"
The winged robot entered the atmosphere, then vanished in a burst of light.
"HEERO!!!!"
The girl pounded on the console in front of her, sobbing. A man Heero recognized as the one who'd saved him comforted the girl as best as he could.
"He's dead, Relena, he's dead."
"He can't be, Milliardo, he can't be!"
Heero watched the unfolding scene with growing unease. It was an elaborate fake. It had to be.
Quatre's voice resounded through the silent room.
"Relena, I'm sorry. There's nothing left of the Wing Zero."
The screen was then filled with the profile of a different newsman, this time speaking English.
"We here at the newsroom regret to inform you of the death of Heero Yuy, hero of the Eve wars. He was killed in action when the Preventers engaged a rogue transport carrying mobile suits. The entire ESUN mourns his passing, and wishes his friends good luck in their fight to keep us free and safe."
Duo's visage replaced the newsman's. "You see? This was you. You were a hero. Ever wonder why you were so good with weapons, whether real or fake? This is why. You were a soldier in the fight for freedom, and had never been beaten. We all thought you were dead. But now we see that you aren't. I hope that this footage jogged our memories, because we don't know how else to get you back. We need you, Heero. The Earth Sphere needs you. To contact me, write to the email address in my bio folder. Check your stats too, while you're at it."
The screen went back to the menu. Heero looked through the stats page. Writing down the email address, he ran for the computer.
Duo was just settling down to sleep when his laptop beeped, indicating he had mail. With a sigh, he sat up and opened the laptop.
"Duo, I'm not saying I believe you, but that DVD of yours explains a lot of things. Please send me instructions as to how to meet you."
Duo grinned. Now if only they could reach him before SAM did.
Heero sat back from the computer after sending the email, lost in his thought. What if the DVD told the truth? What would become of him if it was?
The front door crashed open. Heero shot out of the chair as soldiers burst into the room.
"Heero Yuy, for the crime of consorting with traitors to the Supreme Authority Militia, you are sentenced to death. However, taking recent circumstances into account, your life may be spared if you and your friend agree to come with us now. If you do not agree, you will be shot. Understand?"
"Completely," Heero said. "I will go with you."
"And I go where Heero goes," Garrett added.
"Very well." The leader motioned them forward. "Our vehicle is outside. You go first."
Heero went outside to find a spaceship in his driveway. At least, he was sure it was a spaceship. Soldiers waited along the entrance ramp, armed and alert. There was no chance of escape. Garrett glanced uncertainly at him. "Are you sure this is okay?"
"It's better than being dead."
They boarded, and the ship took off.
"Damn!"
"What is it?" Quatre looked up from his game of solitaire.
"They got to Heero first!"
"That's bad," Trowa said.
Duo snorted. "Damn straight!"
"They'll try to brainwash him next," Wufei said from his corner. "Didn't I tell you that we should have kidnapped him first?"
"He'd have just turned against us," Trowa said.
"Understandably so," Quatre added.
"So what do we do?" Duo asked impatiently.
"We get to work hacking SAM databases and finding Heero's location. Then we rescue him and undo the brainwashing," Quatre stated simply.
"And if we can't undo the brainwashing?"
"We brainwash him ourselves."
Duo turned to the computer and began to work his way past security. Quatre went back to playing solitaire while Wufei just sat in his corner, apparently asleep. Trowa started hacking, too, and soon the room was filled with typing.
Yami: Grr. It took all of my energy keeping that Dark Magician from under my skirts. If I wore skirts.
Kai: Serves you right.
Heero: My sentiments exactly.
Yami: So you all met my Hikari, Quat. That's short for Quatre. She has a temper, ne?
Kai: So do you.
Heero: *typing on laptop*
Quat: Who stole my laptop!?
Heero: *oblivious to everything*
Yami: HEERO!
Heero: Nani?
Yami: Give back Quat's laptop!
Heero: You're no fun. *gives back the laptop*
Quat: Thanks.
Heero: Why do I stay here?
Yami: Why you little- *starts shooting at Heero. *
Heero: *returns fire*
Kai: *sigh* Review, please.
