I do not own Gundam Wing
I do own the characters Naomi and Mendel
Chapter 4 A Mission
Duo walked on into the night, past two large buildings, and straight into one of the largest. He was welcomed as 'Baja', apparently whoever this 'Baja' was, was very important. Stationing himself at the front, Duo noticed that Sally wasn't there. All of a sudden, a woman's voice called from behind,
"Hey you guys! They're going to bring over the ransom money!" Duo whipped around and saw Naomi holding a walkie-talkie, looking triumphant. He looked happy but on the inside, he was sure they were all waist deep in something they shouldn't be. Naomi turned to him.
"Baja, I'm going to go attend to some. annoying business. Take care of things from here and, don't kill anyone. Do you hear me?"
"Yes ma'am!" Naomi smirked and then walked out of the door.
"Quatre!" Mendel gasped. "Get away!" She screamed and tried to get away. Quatre pursued her, holding a syringe. Mendel shivered in a corner when a familiar voice hit her ears.
"Mendel?" Slowly she opened her eyes. She saw Quatre, but he was different. Not the Quatre she saw before, but the Quatre that she knew.
"Quatre? Quatre is that you?"
"Mendel. Are you alright?"
"That all depends. What do you consider 'alright'?"
"Certainly not what you are now."
Mendel let out a hoarse laugh. Quatre smiled and then moved over to her arm.
"Here. This will help."
"What is it?"
Quatre slowly pushed the fluid in the syringe into her arm. Mendel felt like a light lit in her head. Instantly she felt better.
"Thank you Quatre. But, what was that?"
"A mental stimulate."
"What?!" Mendel's mouth dropped but Quatre simply teased her by smiling. But she couldn't be mad at Quatre for very long, for she too succumbed to his warm smile and followed him out the door.
They both walked for a while, eventually going their own ways to accomplish their mission: to save the Sanc Kingdom and its inhabitants.
Trowa stumbled along on his way to the control room. Strangely enough, there were no guards in the room when he got there. He then sat on the floor and set to work. Stripping cables here and there, reattaching more wires in places that he had memorized. Trowa was trained to have half of his attention always on his work, and the other half on his surroundings; but right now, he concentrated all of his attention on the wires in front of him. Slowly, a tall figure loomed behind him. Trowa didn't hear the person until it was too late. A dark laugh filled the room as Trowa fell to the ground and was engulfed in darkness.
Mendel stepped slowly over to the large door in front of her. The oak wood was gorgeously carved with many a floral pattern, surrounding an attack dog and a sheep dog. A thought passed through Mendel's mind.
Hmm.I see it! This door was just built. Apparently Relena had it specially hand carved to look like this. The attack dog, that's Heero. And the sheep dog, that's Relena.
Mendel smiled as she pushed open the door and passed the threshold. An air of suspicion passed through the air. She shivered. Something had happened. Something bad. Mendel's pace quickened as she searched for the bomb shelter. She stopped when she saw a large metal door engraved with the words,
Emergency Bomb Shelter
"Gee, I wonder where this leads." Mendel sneered as she opened the door. A woman in a lab coat holding a syringe greeted her in the dark.
"Nice to see you made it.Mendel Noin." Mendel gasped as the needle broke skin and she plunged into blackness once again.
Quatre pulled out his walkie-talkie and instinctively punched in Trowa's coordinates. "Trowa! Trowa do you read?"
"Quatre Raberba Winner, if you ever want to see Trowa again, come to building 336. See you there." The radio buzzed eerily as Quatre rushed to where Heero was.
"Mendel.Mendel." Trowa suddenly awoke to find himself chained to a wall.
"Ah.good to see your awake, Trowa Barton." Naomi snickered as she stepped out of the shadows.
"Something's not right. This isn't like you. This isn't like you at all!" Trowa spat. Naomi only turned away.
"I need Mendel.now. I'll pay you anything if you go get her!" Naomi pulled out the key to the chains that bound him.
"Never." Naomi was overcome with rage as she hit him on the cheek.
"Tell me.Tell me now! Tell me where Mendel is!"
"No."
And with that Naomi drove her fist into his gut. Trowa coughed.
"So, you gundam pilots do feel pain. I would have never guessed." Naomi walked over to a table and casually sat on top of it. "Well, I guess you're not willing to work for me hm?" A smile crept across Trowa's face.
"Good guess."
"Don't you be smart with me!" Naomi's face turned from a pale peach to a burning red. "I know where Mendel is. I can have my most trusted colleague kill her anytime I want."
Trowa froze. Then, he laughed.
"Do you think that I'll believe that?"
Naomi stared at him. "Of course I do. If you don't believe me, try this." Naomi pulled out of her pocket a small remote control. She pointed it at the wall and a large vid screen popped up, showing Mendel unconscious and strapped onto a bed. Naomi turned around and smiled.
"You see?"
"That's not what I'm afraid of."
"Why not!?"
"Because I know that you are a good person. At first, I thought that people were good, and people were bad. That is, until Quatre made me realize that everyone is good on the inside." Trowa stared up at Naomi, who in turn looked angry.
"I know that you're good inside."
"You say that Trowa was abducted?"
"Yes. I've tried calling Mendel too."
Heero looked at him.
"And?"
"No answer." Quatre sat down on the grass next to Heero.
"Heero, I think that I'm." Quatre looked away. Heero could sense what Quatre was feeling though.
"It's alright, Quatre." Heero stood up and walked over to the Wing Zero. In turn, the great metal giant rested its cold gaze upon him.
"Quatre."
Quatre was startled at those sudden words.
"Yes?"
"Where is Duo and Wufei?"
Quatre responded by pulling out a small hand held computer. He typed in their code and an electronic map of the Sanc Kingdom popped up on the screen.
"Mendel is close by Trowa but.she's moving. She seems to be alright. Trowa isn't moving. Duo and Wufei are.together?"
Heero looked up at him. "What?" Quatre handed him the small computer. "No. Something's not right."
Heero stood up and turned around. A dark figure stood before the two young boys. Heero reached for his gun but a needle hit his skin. In the dark he could see Quatre struggling to fight back, but he too fell to the ground. Both of them were unconscious. The man pulled out his walkie- talkie.
"This is Jera. I've captured the last two gundam pilots."
Naomi answered.
"Good."
Mendel lifted her head up in the blackness. She wasn't tied down at all. There was someone beside her. She squinted in the darkness, trying to see who it was.but to no avail.
"Hey.wake up." Mendel began to shake the body furiously. "Wake up! Wake up!" But her desperate cries remained unheard in the never-ending misery of the dark.
"Oh. I hate this! I hate you Naomi! I hate you!"
And then, something happened. Mendel didn't exactly no what caused it.but all of a sudden.she began to cry. Silent tears flowed down her cheeks as she looked on into the bleakness of her despair.
"Me.Mendel?" A voice called out to her. A hushed, pained voice.
"Yes?"
"Mendel.are you.all right?"
Mendel recognized that voice.
"T-Trowa?"
"Mendel."
Mendel struggled to get up.
"Trowa, where are you?"
"I'm.not.not sure. I think.that I'm in.a corner." His voice trailed off as he struggled to gain his breath.
"Trowa hold still and try not to talk."
"O.okay."
"Trowa! Ugh." Mendel smiled in the darkness at the fact that Trowa never really did listen to her. She moved her hands blindly in front of her as she tried to look for the nearest wall.
"Darn it! Man.how big is this room anyway?"
She decided that it was safe to put her arms down for now, but just as she did so.
"Owww!!!"
"What's wrong?"
"Trowa, I thought I told you."
"Yeah.I know."
"But, just if you're interested, I hit my head in the wall!" Mendel did a fake sniff and sob to keep both of their spirits up. At the far end of the room, a soft echo of laughter could be heard.
"There!" Mendel cried as she ran with all her strength to the farthest end of the room. The darkness, though, never seemed to stop.
"Is there no end to this? Trowa, I'll never find you-"
And with that Mendel tripped on something and fell to the ground.
"Found me." Trowa coughed.
"Owww. Yeah.I guess I did. Ouch."
Trowa bent over with his arm outstretched. His hand moved over to Mendel's head and he stroked her face.
"Mendel."
"Trowa.please.try not to speak."
"But Mendel.I want you to know."
"Yes?"
"Mendel.I love you."
Even with her heart in pain and fear almost overtaking her, Mendel managed to smile.
"I love you too.Trowa."
Naomi was watching the screen irritably.
"They're both frightened, I can see that. And yet."
She cocked her head as she looked at the image of the two people who love each other as if they were brother and sister; sitting side by side, constantly comforting one another. And how Naomi longed to have a person to love like that.and to love her back.
"I hate you Mendel!" She yelled at the screen before turning to the soldier standing behind her.
"You know what to do. Kill her and the boy.Trowa. Leave the rest."
"Yes ma'am!" Jera turned on his heel, gun outstretched, to eliminate Mendel and Trowa. The two obstacles in Lady Naomi's plans.
***to be continued***
Chapter 4 A Mission
Duo walked on into the night, past two large buildings, and straight into one of the largest. He was welcomed as 'Baja', apparently whoever this 'Baja' was, was very important. Stationing himself at the front, Duo noticed that Sally wasn't there. All of a sudden, a woman's voice called from behind,
"Hey you guys! They're going to bring over the ransom money!" Duo whipped around and saw Naomi holding a walkie-talkie, looking triumphant. He looked happy but on the inside, he was sure they were all waist deep in something they shouldn't be. Naomi turned to him.
"Baja, I'm going to go attend to some. annoying business. Take care of things from here and, don't kill anyone. Do you hear me?"
"Yes ma'am!" Naomi smirked and then walked out of the door.
"Quatre!" Mendel gasped. "Get away!" She screamed and tried to get away. Quatre pursued her, holding a syringe. Mendel shivered in a corner when a familiar voice hit her ears.
"Mendel?" Slowly she opened her eyes. She saw Quatre, but he was different. Not the Quatre she saw before, but the Quatre that she knew.
"Quatre? Quatre is that you?"
"Mendel. Are you alright?"
"That all depends. What do you consider 'alright'?"
"Certainly not what you are now."
Mendel let out a hoarse laugh. Quatre smiled and then moved over to her arm.
"Here. This will help."
"What is it?"
Quatre slowly pushed the fluid in the syringe into her arm. Mendel felt like a light lit in her head. Instantly she felt better.
"Thank you Quatre. But, what was that?"
"A mental stimulate."
"What?!" Mendel's mouth dropped but Quatre simply teased her by smiling. But she couldn't be mad at Quatre for very long, for she too succumbed to his warm smile and followed him out the door.
They both walked for a while, eventually going their own ways to accomplish their mission: to save the Sanc Kingdom and its inhabitants.
Trowa stumbled along on his way to the control room. Strangely enough, there were no guards in the room when he got there. He then sat on the floor and set to work. Stripping cables here and there, reattaching more wires in places that he had memorized. Trowa was trained to have half of his attention always on his work, and the other half on his surroundings; but right now, he concentrated all of his attention on the wires in front of him. Slowly, a tall figure loomed behind him. Trowa didn't hear the person until it was too late. A dark laugh filled the room as Trowa fell to the ground and was engulfed in darkness.
Mendel stepped slowly over to the large door in front of her. The oak wood was gorgeously carved with many a floral pattern, surrounding an attack dog and a sheep dog. A thought passed through Mendel's mind.
Hmm.I see it! This door was just built. Apparently Relena had it specially hand carved to look like this. The attack dog, that's Heero. And the sheep dog, that's Relena.
Mendel smiled as she pushed open the door and passed the threshold. An air of suspicion passed through the air. She shivered. Something had happened. Something bad. Mendel's pace quickened as she searched for the bomb shelter. She stopped when she saw a large metal door engraved with the words,
Emergency Bomb Shelter
"Gee, I wonder where this leads." Mendel sneered as she opened the door. A woman in a lab coat holding a syringe greeted her in the dark.
"Nice to see you made it.Mendel Noin." Mendel gasped as the needle broke skin and she plunged into blackness once again.
Quatre pulled out his walkie-talkie and instinctively punched in Trowa's coordinates. "Trowa! Trowa do you read?"
"Quatre Raberba Winner, if you ever want to see Trowa again, come to building 336. See you there." The radio buzzed eerily as Quatre rushed to where Heero was.
"Mendel.Mendel." Trowa suddenly awoke to find himself chained to a wall.
"Ah.good to see your awake, Trowa Barton." Naomi snickered as she stepped out of the shadows.
"Something's not right. This isn't like you. This isn't like you at all!" Trowa spat. Naomi only turned away.
"I need Mendel.now. I'll pay you anything if you go get her!" Naomi pulled out the key to the chains that bound him.
"Never." Naomi was overcome with rage as she hit him on the cheek.
"Tell me.Tell me now! Tell me where Mendel is!"
"No."
And with that Naomi drove her fist into his gut. Trowa coughed.
"So, you gundam pilots do feel pain. I would have never guessed." Naomi walked over to a table and casually sat on top of it. "Well, I guess you're not willing to work for me hm?" A smile crept across Trowa's face.
"Good guess."
"Don't you be smart with me!" Naomi's face turned from a pale peach to a burning red. "I know where Mendel is. I can have my most trusted colleague kill her anytime I want."
Trowa froze. Then, he laughed.
"Do you think that I'll believe that?"
Naomi stared at him. "Of course I do. If you don't believe me, try this." Naomi pulled out of her pocket a small remote control. She pointed it at the wall and a large vid screen popped up, showing Mendel unconscious and strapped onto a bed. Naomi turned around and smiled.
"You see?"
"That's not what I'm afraid of."
"Why not!?"
"Because I know that you are a good person. At first, I thought that people were good, and people were bad. That is, until Quatre made me realize that everyone is good on the inside." Trowa stared up at Naomi, who in turn looked angry.
"I know that you're good inside."
"You say that Trowa was abducted?"
"Yes. I've tried calling Mendel too."
Heero looked at him.
"And?"
"No answer." Quatre sat down on the grass next to Heero.
"Heero, I think that I'm." Quatre looked away. Heero could sense what Quatre was feeling though.
"It's alright, Quatre." Heero stood up and walked over to the Wing Zero. In turn, the great metal giant rested its cold gaze upon him.
"Quatre."
Quatre was startled at those sudden words.
"Yes?"
"Where is Duo and Wufei?"
Quatre responded by pulling out a small hand held computer. He typed in their code and an electronic map of the Sanc Kingdom popped up on the screen.
"Mendel is close by Trowa but.she's moving. She seems to be alright. Trowa isn't moving. Duo and Wufei are.together?"
Heero looked up at him. "What?" Quatre handed him the small computer. "No. Something's not right."
Heero stood up and turned around. A dark figure stood before the two young boys. Heero reached for his gun but a needle hit his skin. In the dark he could see Quatre struggling to fight back, but he too fell to the ground. Both of them were unconscious. The man pulled out his walkie- talkie.
"This is Jera. I've captured the last two gundam pilots."
Naomi answered.
"Good."
Mendel lifted her head up in the blackness. She wasn't tied down at all. There was someone beside her. She squinted in the darkness, trying to see who it was.but to no avail.
"Hey.wake up." Mendel began to shake the body furiously. "Wake up! Wake up!" But her desperate cries remained unheard in the never-ending misery of the dark.
"Oh. I hate this! I hate you Naomi! I hate you!"
And then, something happened. Mendel didn't exactly no what caused it.but all of a sudden.she began to cry. Silent tears flowed down her cheeks as she looked on into the bleakness of her despair.
"Me.Mendel?" A voice called out to her. A hushed, pained voice.
"Yes?"
"Mendel.are you.all right?"
Mendel recognized that voice.
"T-Trowa?"
"Mendel."
Mendel struggled to get up.
"Trowa, where are you?"
"I'm.not.not sure. I think.that I'm in.a corner." His voice trailed off as he struggled to gain his breath.
"Trowa hold still and try not to talk."
"O.okay."
"Trowa! Ugh." Mendel smiled in the darkness at the fact that Trowa never really did listen to her. She moved her hands blindly in front of her as she tried to look for the nearest wall.
"Darn it! Man.how big is this room anyway?"
She decided that it was safe to put her arms down for now, but just as she did so.
"Owww!!!"
"What's wrong?"
"Trowa, I thought I told you."
"Yeah.I know."
"But, just if you're interested, I hit my head in the wall!" Mendel did a fake sniff and sob to keep both of their spirits up. At the far end of the room, a soft echo of laughter could be heard.
"There!" Mendel cried as she ran with all her strength to the farthest end of the room. The darkness, though, never seemed to stop.
"Is there no end to this? Trowa, I'll never find you-"
And with that Mendel tripped on something and fell to the ground.
"Found me." Trowa coughed.
"Owww. Yeah.I guess I did. Ouch."
Trowa bent over with his arm outstretched. His hand moved over to Mendel's head and he stroked her face.
"Mendel."
"Trowa.please.try not to speak."
"But Mendel.I want you to know."
"Yes?"
"Mendel.I love you."
Even with her heart in pain and fear almost overtaking her, Mendel managed to smile.
"I love you too.Trowa."
Naomi was watching the screen irritably.
"They're both frightened, I can see that. And yet."
She cocked her head as she looked at the image of the two people who love each other as if they were brother and sister; sitting side by side, constantly comforting one another. And how Naomi longed to have a person to love like that.and to love her back.
"I hate you Mendel!" She yelled at the screen before turning to the soldier standing behind her.
"You know what to do. Kill her and the boy.Trowa. Leave the rest."
"Yes ma'am!" Jera turned on his heel, gun outstretched, to eliminate Mendel and Trowa. The two obstacles in Lady Naomi's plans.
***to be continued***
