Gundam wing A/C
Clues to destruction
Chapter 3: First key.
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Duo, Heero and Quatre all stood in the entrance hall of one of the oldest castles in England. It was rumoured to have one of the biggest libraries in the world. To the gundam pilots it seemed the likeliest place for the first card to be, given it's age and history. Their biggest problem though, was the fact that the castle was owned by a large chain of hotels, therefore the library was now a casino and the three pilot's where going on an unofficial holiday.
"Hey! How the hell did they get permission to make it a hotel anyway?" Duo asked loudly to no one in particular as he threw his duffle bag on to his bed. "I mean something this old would have been listed as a world heritage sight wouldn't it?" Heero 'Hn' ed from where he lent against the wall. "It's privately owned, it's possible that they made it a hotel before they even realised it was here." Duo gave him a weird look before flopping down beside his bag. "Whatever." He passed it off moving on to the problem at hand. "What are we going to do about getting into the library?"
"If I'm correct it should be completely empty by around three in the morning." Quatre spoke up for the first time from an armchair on the other side of the room. "But there is definitely something here, I feel a presence in the walls." Duo moved so he was leaning on his elbows, a frown marred his expression as he glanced off to the side where a long, flat case lay on the floor. The others traced his gaze, "There's just something that's not right about this place." Duo said finally. "Hn, there had been murders here in the past."
Both Duo and Quatre gave Heero a curious look. "Murders?" Quatre asked. Heero nodded slightly. "Over the last few months people have died in the old library, the hotel managers covered it up to make sure there was no damage to their reputation. The recent victims were all Oz soldiers staying here during missions." Duo shut his jaw, "How'd you find out all that?" Heero raised an eyebrow. "I know, I know, stupid question." He flopped back down again throwing an arm over his eyes. "Damn laptop." Duo muttered fiercely, Quatre hiding a smile behind his hands. "Hn." Heero sniffed indignantly. "Do you think Oz knows about the keys then? I mean look at it, Ozzie's are murdered here regularly and I bet most of them where found in the old Library right?" Duo looked at Heero for confirmation and the messy haired teen nodded.
"I came to the same conclusion." Heero said in a voice carefully shielded of emotion, not lifting his gaze from the floor. "Whatever is in there is killing anyone that comes looking for the key." "It might just be waiting for the right people to come along." Quatre piped up in response. Heero just grunted and levered himself off the wall, "I'm going to see what I can find out about this place. We will commence recon tonight." He said in a tone that told the other two that the conversation was clearly over. The door was closing behind him when Duo leapt off his bed and raced after him. "Hee-chan! Wait up!"
The door clicked shut, leaving the blonde pilot of Sandrock alone. A smile spread over Quatre's face slowly and a hand came up to rub absently at his chest. He knew that both Heero and Duo loved each other so much it was painful, but at the moment both would rather die than admit it to each other. Quatre shook his head and went about getting organised for their midnight trip to the library.
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"Hee-chan! Wait up!"
Duo caught up with Heero at the end of the hall, just as the Prussian eyed teen was about to enter the lift. Heero delivered a glare at the braided baka before he pushed the button for the lobby and the door's slid closed. Duo jittered for a moment before the predictable chatter began to pour forth. "So Hee-chan, what 'ya looking for?" He asked. "Hn." Came the reply. "Everything? How are you supposed to find that?" Duo had unconsciously slipped into the part of the fool. "Hn, Baka." Heero grunted again, "Oh so you're looking for things that might relate to the key's. I didn't know you believed in all the super natural stuff, I would have made you out to only believe in anything that goes boom." Heero glared at Duo full force as the lift doors slid open to reveal the rapidly filling front hall. Duo just grinned widely before his chatter turned to meaningless things.
They wondered around the bottom floor, well at least Duo was wondering, Heero was going from room to room looking for anything that could tell them where the key was. They did pass the library, It had a few of the guests already gambling as the afternoon wore into night. The two teens had just about given up on getting anything when they spotted something engraved into the stone of one of the deserted halls. It was the sun and moon symbol from the scimitars that had belonged to Quatre's past self. On closer inspection they found the other crests on the stones either side of it. "This is definitely the place Heero." Duo said as they where making their way back to their room from the lift. "Those crests wouldn't be there other wise." Heero nodded. "We're going to find it tonight."
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The hotel lights where dim as the skeleton staff moved around the lobby and kitchen on the bottom floor. The air was deathly still and no one noticed the black clad figures slipping through the halls, or caught the glint of metal as the weapons attached to their backs shifted slightly with every movement. The library doors opened silently on well oiled hinges and slid back with a muted click. A single beam of light broke the darkness as Quatre finally turned on a torch. "This place is huge!" Duo exclaimed in a whisper as the torches weak beam slid over the high vaulted ceilings and the book lined walls.
"Some kings believed that knowledge from books would make them wiser and bring them more power." Quatre whispered back as they moved around the betting tables and slot machines. Heero glared at them from ahead, his eye's glowed eerily in the torchlight making Duo and Quatre stop any words that might have burst forth. Heero drew his sword and held it ready as he moved toward the back of the huge room. Duo took his lead and pulled his scythe from his back, the wolf seamed to move in the dim light.
Quatre was the first to feel it. He stopped short as it circled around him, radiating a power beyond belief. Heero and Duo stopped to as it suddenly made its presence known. "So the time has come for the five to walk again." The voice hissed dangerously. The three gundam pilots stiffened and looked around furtively. "We've returned to gather the keys Serpent." Quatre declared loudly. When Heero and Duo looked at him they noticed that him aqua-marine coloured eyes where glowing in the semi darkness. "Many have come for the key," the voice hissed, "But even you must answer the riddle I give you, young masters, as was your own will."
Determination filled Quatre's voice as he spoke once again to the invisible hissing spectre. "Then say the riddle Serpent!" The faint sound of swishing cloth was heard and a figure appeared a small distance in front of them. "Very well..."
"They say I wielded fire,
At god's right hand side.
I drove man from Eden,
And brought uncertainty to their lives.
Who am I?"
The three teens stood quietly for what seemed like an eternity. The air remained still as nothing dared move, but then, Duo began to shake and snicker. "Oh please!" He said loudly, a smile heard in his voice. "Could you have made it any easier?" The snickering turned into a giggle. "The answer is Uriel! The archangel Uriel! Everyone knows his name means 'Fire of god.'" As he calmed down again Heero and Quatre looked to the figure who had approached them once Duo had answered. "You know, He is the first person to have answered that correctly in over a millennia." Duo gave the figure a lop sided grin, "Hey, you think I didn't learn anything while I lived in the church?"
The quiet sound of laughter came from under the figure's hood and the bright light burst from it's chest. "You've earned the key, take it respectfully." The light gathered and the figure disappeared, leaving a card floating in mid air. Duo reached out and grabbed it, though as he did a voice echoed around the room. "Hand over the card and no one gets hurt." Duo, Heero and Quatre all turned to face the doorway, bringing their weapons to bear. Duo shoved the card out of sight when he saw the Ozzie framed by light from the hall. "Never Zechs." Heero growled. "Have it your way." The platinum haired man said nonchalantly and hidden troops began to open fire on the three pilots.
"Shit." Duo swore, diving for cover and narrowly avoiding getting shot. Across from his hiding place Heero was looking around, searching for an escape route. Then Duo remembered what he'd seen earlier. The five crests on the wall in the deserted corridor that had backed on to the library. "Heero!" He called out about the noise. "Get to the back wall!" A look of confusion crossed his usually blank face before it hardened and he nodded.
Signalling to Quatre they began to retreat, occasionally firing shots over their shoulders. Zechs ordered the soldiers to stop firing and a deafening silence followed. "Spread out and find them! Shoot them on sight, I want to see their bodies." The Ozzie's ventured into the huge room, but their search was for nothing. Heero, Duo and Quatre were already out.
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Well there you go, they have the 'snake' card and are out of there, but how are they going to deal with the competition now the Treize has the rest of Oz working on finding the key's and how many more do they know about?
Find out in the next chapter!
Cya ^__^
Clues to destruction
Chapter 3: First key.
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Duo, Heero and Quatre all stood in the entrance hall of one of the oldest castles in England. It was rumoured to have one of the biggest libraries in the world. To the gundam pilots it seemed the likeliest place for the first card to be, given it's age and history. Their biggest problem though, was the fact that the castle was owned by a large chain of hotels, therefore the library was now a casino and the three pilot's where going on an unofficial holiday.
"Hey! How the hell did they get permission to make it a hotel anyway?" Duo asked loudly to no one in particular as he threw his duffle bag on to his bed. "I mean something this old would have been listed as a world heritage sight wouldn't it?" Heero 'Hn' ed from where he lent against the wall. "It's privately owned, it's possible that they made it a hotel before they even realised it was here." Duo gave him a weird look before flopping down beside his bag. "Whatever." He passed it off moving on to the problem at hand. "What are we going to do about getting into the library?"
"If I'm correct it should be completely empty by around three in the morning." Quatre spoke up for the first time from an armchair on the other side of the room. "But there is definitely something here, I feel a presence in the walls." Duo moved so he was leaning on his elbows, a frown marred his expression as he glanced off to the side where a long, flat case lay on the floor. The others traced his gaze, "There's just something that's not right about this place." Duo said finally. "Hn, there had been murders here in the past."
Both Duo and Quatre gave Heero a curious look. "Murders?" Quatre asked. Heero nodded slightly. "Over the last few months people have died in the old library, the hotel managers covered it up to make sure there was no damage to their reputation. The recent victims were all Oz soldiers staying here during missions." Duo shut his jaw, "How'd you find out all that?" Heero raised an eyebrow. "I know, I know, stupid question." He flopped back down again throwing an arm over his eyes. "Damn laptop." Duo muttered fiercely, Quatre hiding a smile behind his hands. "Hn." Heero sniffed indignantly. "Do you think Oz knows about the keys then? I mean look at it, Ozzie's are murdered here regularly and I bet most of them where found in the old Library right?" Duo looked at Heero for confirmation and the messy haired teen nodded.
"I came to the same conclusion." Heero said in a voice carefully shielded of emotion, not lifting his gaze from the floor. "Whatever is in there is killing anyone that comes looking for the key." "It might just be waiting for the right people to come along." Quatre piped up in response. Heero just grunted and levered himself off the wall, "I'm going to see what I can find out about this place. We will commence recon tonight." He said in a tone that told the other two that the conversation was clearly over. The door was closing behind him when Duo leapt off his bed and raced after him. "Hee-chan! Wait up!"
The door clicked shut, leaving the blonde pilot of Sandrock alone. A smile spread over Quatre's face slowly and a hand came up to rub absently at his chest. He knew that both Heero and Duo loved each other so much it was painful, but at the moment both would rather die than admit it to each other. Quatre shook his head and went about getting organised for their midnight trip to the library.
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"Hee-chan! Wait up!"
Duo caught up with Heero at the end of the hall, just as the Prussian eyed teen was about to enter the lift. Heero delivered a glare at the braided baka before he pushed the button for the lobby and the door's slid closed. Duo jittered for a moment before the predictable chatter began to pour forth. "So Hee-chan, what 'ya looking for?" He asked. "Hn." Came the reply. "Everything? How are you supposed to find that?" Duo had unconsciously slipped into the part of the fool. "Hn, Baka." Heero grunted again, "Oh so you're looking for things that might relate to the key's. I didn't know you believed in all the super natural stuff, I would have made you out to only believe in anything that goes boom." Heero glared at Duo full force as the lift doors slid open to reveal the rapidly filling front hall. Duo just grinned widely before his chatter turned to meaningless things.
They wondered around the bottom floor, well at least Duo was wondering, Heero was going from room to room looking for anything that could tell them where the key was. They did pass the library, It had a few of the guests already gambling as the afternoon wore into night. The two teens had just about given up on getting anything when they spotted something engraved into the stone of one of the deserted halls. It was the sun and moon symbol from the scimitars that had belonged to Quatre's past self. On closer inspection they found the other crests on the stones either side of it. "This is definitely the place Heero." Duo said as they where making their way back to their room from the lift. "Those crests wouldn't be there other wise." Heero nodded. "We're going to find it tonight."
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The hotel lights where dim as the skeleton staff moved around the lobby and kitchen on the bottom floor. The air was deathly still and no one noticed the black clad figures slipping through the halls, or caught the glint of metal as the weapons attached to their backs shifted slightly with every movement. The library doors opened silently on well oiled hinges and slid back with a muted click. A single beam of light broke the darkness as Quatre finally turned on a torch. "This place is huge!" Duo exclaimed in a whisper as the torches weak beam slid over the high vaulted ceilings and the book lined walls.
"Some kings believed that knowledge from books would make them wiser and bring them more power." Quatre whispered back as they moved around the betting tables and slot machines. Heero glared at them from ahead, his eye's glowed eerily in the torchlight making Duo and Quatre stop any words that might have burst forth. Heero drew his sword and held it ready as he moved toward the back of the huge room. Duo took his lead and pulled his scythe from his back, the wolf seamed to move in the dim light.
Quatre was the first to feel it. He stopped short as it circled around him, radiating a power beyond belief. Heero and Duo stopped to as it suddenly made its presence known. "So the time has come for the five to walk again." The voice hissed dangerously. The three gundam pilots stiffened and looked around furtively. "We've returned to gather the keys Serpent." Quatre declared loudly. When Heero and Duo looked at him they noticed that him aqua-marine coloured eyes where glowing in the semi darkness. "Many have come for the key," the voice hissed, "But even you must answer the riddle I give you, young masters, as was your own will."
Determination filled Quatre's voice as he spoke once again to the invisible hissing spectre. "Then say the riddle Serpent!" The faint sound of swishing cloth was heard and a figure appeared a small distance in front of them. "Very well..."
"They say I wielded fire,
At god's right hand side.
I drove man from Eden,
And brought uncertainty to their lives.
Who am I?"
The three teens stood quietly for what seemed like an eternity. The air remained still as nothing dared move, but then, Duo began to shake and snicker. "Oh please!" He said loudly, a smile heard in his voice. "Could you have made it any easier?" The snickering turned into a giggle. "The answer is Uriel! The archangel Uriel! Everyone knows his name means 'Fire of god.'" As he calmed down again Heero and Quatre looked to the figure who had approached them once Duo had answered. "You know, He is the first person to have answered that correctly in over a millennia." Duo gave the figure a lop sided grin, "Hey, you think I didn't learn anything while I lived in the church?"
The quiet sound of laughter came from under the figure's hood and the bright light burst from it's chest. "You've earned the key, take it respectfully." The light gathered and the figure disappeared, leaving a card floating in mid air. Duo reached out and grabbed it, though as he did a voice echoed around the room. "Hand over the card and no one gets hurt." Duo, Heero and Quatre all turned to face the doorway, bringing their weapons to bear. Duo shoved the card out of sight when he saw the Ozzie framed by light from the hall. "Never Zechs." Heero growled. "Have it your way." The platinum haired man said nonchalantly and hidden troops began to open fire on the three pilots.
"Shit." Duo swore, diving for cover and narrowly avoiding getting shot. Across from his hiding place Heero was looking around, searching for an escape route. Then Duo remembered what he'd seen earlier. The five crests on the wall in the deserted corridor that had backed on to the library. "Heero!" He called out about the noise. "Get to the back wall!" A look of confusion crossed his usually blank face before it hardened and he nodded.
Signalling to Quatre they began to retreat, occasionally firing shots over their shoulders. Zechs ordered the soldiers to stop firing and a deafening silence followed. "Spread out and find them! Shoot them on sight, I want to see their bodies." The Ozzie's ventured into the huge room, but their search was for nothing. Heero, Duo and Quatre were already out.
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Well there you go, they have the 'snake' card and are out of there, but how are they going to deal with the competition now the Treize has the rest of Oz working on finding the key's and how many more do they know about?
Find out in the next chapter!
Cya ^__^