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Children of War
By,
Luna Dragon
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The large moon shone dimly as it began to set behind the Earth, the same way it always did every night. Soon, the sun would peek it's way through the horizon but Heero, for one, didn't appreciate it's burning rays. The sun was too bright for his comfort as he skulked along the shadows of a large, metal building. The building seemed quiet and appeared to be abandoned and unguarded. But the Perfect Soldier knew that looks were meant to be deceiving. Because, hidden from the inexperienced eye were high tech surveillance systems. Heero, of course, avoided them all with great ease and was about to infiltrate the building itself.
Right now, as far as he could tell, it was a secret and small organization that hid their true agenda and were making thousands of mobile dolls. Earlier he had found a confidential sub basement below the building. He had heard men talking of no plans to ship them elsewhere or to use them. They were making an army, for what, he had a pretty reliable hunch. It was an army for a war that didn't exist . . . yet.
Now the men had left, leaving the Perfect Soldier with a perfect opportunity to put his plan into action. He climbed slowly from the sub basement and inspected the area.
Rows and rows of mobile dolls greeted his vision and he frowned. Why would they continue to build these when the wars were already over? People were at peace now, and everything was supposed to have passed. He figured it had to do with all the soldiers in battles who thought they had no other purpose in their lives but to fight, so they were going to fight, no matter the cause.
At this, Heero's frown deepened. True that was how he felt most of the time, but he didn't find ways to fight another war. His hands were saturated with more than enough blood, and he was through fighting meaningless battles. The Perfect Soldier would fight if he had no other option, but just so he could feel like he had a purpose? Not even he would go as far as to do that.
Cautiously he moved through the rows of the heavy metal machinery and came to a stop at a computer. 'This is where the files must be kept,' Heero thought as he took a disk from his pocket and, placing it into the computer, he began hacking away.
Just as he was about to break through a rather defenseless firewall, a cold metal steal was placed to the back of his neck and he stiffened. "Don't move," The voice hissed venomously.
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The two silhouettes ran across the walls without making a sound, stopping only on occasion to look around the corner. So far no guards had appeared, and that worried one of the shadows on the walls, which connected to none other than Akiko.
'We should have at least ran into a dozen people back here!' Akiko thought frantically as she searched around, pulling Duo along behind her.
She ducked under the view of a surveillance camera and Duo followed in pursuit. He was also a little worried. Of what he heard from Akiko, this place was one of the most secretly guarded places in the complex. But, they had seen not one guard there whole trip from the basement to the second floor. It was snooped with high tech security involving cameras and alarm systems, but no guards, human or not.
The former pilot would have voiced his thoughts, but he wasn't sure if they had sound proof walls. If he talked, would an alarm sound because his voice activated it? 'No time like the present to find out,' He thought, hiding a grin.
His mouth hadn't even opened before Akiko placed her hand to it. She shook her head and pointed behind the corner. Two guards were standing as fortifications to a highly classified area.
Slowly, Akiko removed her hand from Duo's face and mouthed, "The lab," without making a sound.
He nodded and they stepped back slightly, until they were positive they were out of hearing and viewing range. "What do we do now?" Duo whispered. "That's the lab, right?"
"At least the shortest and safest way to it." Akiko replied. "And there's only one way I could think of to get in there." Duo raised a questioning brow and Akiko grinned. "Leave this one to me, those two know who I am. But you stay here."
"Remember our deal?" Duo asked, matching her grin.
"Forget that for now, and besides, I'll be around the corner." Akiko snapped.
The braided teenager sighed but complied. "Yeah, yeah, Kiko."
With a nod, Akiko walked from around the corner slowly approaching the two men who were guarding the door to the laboratory entrance. She stopped only a mere three feet in front of th two. "I need to go in there, the Prof's waiting for me." Akiko demanded with a scowl.
"Yeah right," The first man answered.
"We would have been informed if you were. Now get out of here," The second added.
Akiko's scowl changed into a smirk as she walked closer. "Is that so?" She asked. "Because you know the consequences for not listening to the Prof, right? If he finds out that you two wouldn't let me in, you'd be sure to get punished."
The two sentinels glanced at each other uncertainly and that was all Akiko needed. In that split second, she retrieved a hand gun from her pocket and held it to the first guard's temple. Her other hand was pressed firmly on the second's neck. A small trickle of blood ran down her hand and as she released a bit of weight, one of the lights on the ceiling illuminating her small pocket knife.
"Like I said, you'd be sure to get punished. By me," Akiko said.
In seconds, she removed the gun and her hand, hitting one guard in the neck and knocking him to the floor. She grabbed the other by the head and slammed his face into her knee. She hit him in the back on the neck and he sunk, unconscious like his partner. With her hand, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and the blood on her shirt.
'No matter how much I try, my hands will always be red.' Akiko thought.
She hadn't realized she was so nervous, but she had every right to be. One screw up and she and Duo were goners. She kept her eyes on both of the sickeningly pale watchmen even as footsteps approached her. She knew who it was before they spoke. "Now I really don't want to get on that bad side of yours." Duo murmured.
Getting to her feet, Akiko slung the shorter man's arm over her neck and proceeded to drag him off. "You take the other one, we'll need to change into these clothes."
"Oh, does that mean I get to watch?" Duo asked as he once again complied with Akiko's wishes.
"Hentai," Akiko muttered. "I didn't mean to actually take off your clothes! Put the uniform over them!"
Duo shrugged. "Worth a try."
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Roughly, Heero was thrown into a cell with his hands cuffed carelessly in front of him. "We have no time for you," The guard shouted as he slammed the cell door shut. Heero growled inwardly, angry at himself for not paying closer attention.
He wondered if the guard knew who he was, apparently not or he wouldn't be thrown in here.
The Perfect Soldier said nothing to the retreating figure. No pleas for forgiveness, no pleas to be let lose. He just stared with a monotone expression on his face, secretly contemplating on how he was to escape.
Though the guard had not been smart enough to check who he was, he had removed every weapon Heero had possessed.
Well, almost.
With his arms hand cuffed in front of him, it made things only easier than if they were behind him. He slung his arms over his shoulder and placed them behind his neck, as if he were happy-go-lucky and appeared to be resting peacefully, save for the fact that his eyes were opened.
Taking out a small chip that was placed behind the collar of his shirt, he walked over to the door and placed it on the handle. He wouldn't use it now.
Later, when a guard returned, he would detonate the small explosive and grab the person's weapon.
He planned on getting the information. 'I'm not running away until I find out what's going on here.' Heero thought.
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End of Chapter
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Author's Note: Another chapter done. It will be longer next time, it's that I have a special plan for chapter 22. Look forward to a bit of Akiko/Duo romance.
Thanks for your patience and reviews, but keep em coming! ^____^ Since it's the weekend now, the next chapter will be out in a few hours, technically, since its 12:07 AM and March 2 now. So uh, next chapter in a few hours!
