Chapter Five: Zero Tolerance
Act One: Escape
By Knux19{Zzzz..Huh? OH! It's my turn!}
"Urgh....." Heero's awoke to find his hands bound behind his back. His head was in immense pain. The room surrounding him was quite small, and there were two more chairs aside from the one he was restrict to. There were ropes strewn about as if others were restrained earlier.
"Where are they....." He checked the knot in the bindings behind him. It was shoddily done and he made quick work of his restraints. "Now to get some answers."
"I think not." A voice shot out from behind him. "This is where you die Mister Yuy." He aimed a .50 Desert Eagle at Heero's head. He gripped the trigger.
BANG!
All that existed in the room was a single shot. The assailant fell and passed out. Heero checked the man's pulse. "Nothing...."
"That's what you commonly get when you fire a .357 at someone who isn't sufficiently armored." Lance had been hiding in the shadows covering Heero.
"Where's Saori?"
".....I'm not sure. I woke up and saw them drag her off somewhere. I couldn't get loose in time, but I overheard them say something about using her to their advantage and killing the other two."
"Killing the other two? What could they have used her for that they couldn't have done with us?"
"I'm not sure but I'm afraid we don't have time to think that over. As much as I hate to say it, we have to leave. The guards have more than likely heard my shot, so unless we want to have one helluva party, we'd better get moving."
"Without making a rescue effort?!" He couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Look, I want to find her, but the guards will be crawling all over the place in minutes. If we don't get out of here, we'll be dead and we won't have a chance at getting her back at all."
Heero breathed a heavy sigh. "You'd better be right about this. You know that the military doesn't smile on abandoning a fellow soldier."
"Yeah, but mind you, we're not working for the military." Lance confiscated the fallen guards weapon and reloaded his gun. "Let's move. We can escape in the hangar."
After fifteen minutes of evading guards and half a dozen corridors, Heero and Lance arrived at the hangar. Heero stared up at some old Leo type mobile suits. "Civilian issue..." Leo's were available to the public, but weapons were no longer issued. They were sold out to construction and maintenance firms, only equipped with small heat rods and cutting lasers. Nothing that could ever be used a tool of war. "These won't help..."
"Those will." Lance pointed out four Aires type suits. Also available to the public, they were only issued for construction jobs that required large transports. "I don't think they'll miss a couple of these things."
As they climbed into the cockpits, several soldiers entered the hangar. "There they are! Stop them!" A hailstorm of bullets began to rain onto the hull of the suits.
"Heh....it sorta gets amusing after a while." The thrusters on Lance's Aries erupted and blasted him out into the vacuum of space.
As Heero brought his suit to life, two of the enemy soldiers had managed to board the remaining Aries. It was clear that the Leo's were civilian issue.....but the Aries were not.
"That's good to know." After vacating the hangar, Heero swung his Aries around and set the targeting mechanism. "Mission....Complete." His finger clenched the trigger and unloaded a small cluster of missiles.
As the Aries tried to pursue the escapees, they met with a very quick end. The resulting explosion set the hangar on fire and killed every living being inside.
"That should get us out of here."
"Don't be too certain. They may have reinforcements around here. Besides, by the time we get back, we'll probably have another mission, so we don't have time to stick around here."
"No rest for the weary...."
Vincent observed the suits blast away from the station. "Well done Yuy.....This will just make your death more worthwhile...."
"Urgh....." Heero's awoke to find his hands bound behind his back. His head was in immense pain. The room surrounding him was quite small, and there were two more chairs aside from the one he was restrict to. There were ropes strewn about as if others were restrained earlier.
"Where are they....." He checked the knot in the bindings behind him. It was shoddily done and he made quick work of his restraints. "Now to get some answers."
"I think not." A voice shot out from behind him. "This is where you die Mister Yuy." He aimed a .50 Desert Eagle at Heero's head. He gripped the trigger.
BANG!
All that existed in the room was a single shot. The assailant fell and passed out. Heero checked the man's pulse. "Nothing...."
"That's what you commonly get when you fire a .357 at someone who isn't sufficiently armored." Lance had been hiding in the shadows covering Heero.
"Where's Saori?"
".....I'm not sure. I woke up and saw them drag her off somewhere. I couldn't get loose in time, but I overheard them say something about using her to their advantage and killing the other two."
"Killing the other two? What could they have used her for that they couldn't have done with us?"
"I'm not sure but I'm afraid we don't have time to think that over. As much as I hate to say it, we have to leave. The guards have more than likely heard my shot, so unless we want to have one helluva party, we'd better get moving."
"Without making a rescue effort?!" He couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Look, I want to find her, but the guards will be crawling all over the place in minutes. If we don't get out of here, we'll be dead and we won't have a chance at getting her back at all."
Heero breathed a heavy sigh. "You'd better be right about this. You know that the military doesn't smile on abandoning a fellow soldier."
"Yeah, but mind you, we're not working for the military." Lance confiscated the fallen guards weapon and reloaded his gun. "Let's move. We can escape in the hangar."
After fifteen minutes of evading guards and half a dozen corridors, Heero and Lance arrived at the hangar. Heero stared up at some old Leo type mobile suits. "Civilian issue..." Leo's were available to the public, but weapons were no longer issued. They were sold out to construction and maintenance firms, only equipped with small heat rods and cutting lasers. Nothing that could ever be used a tool of war. "These won't help..."
"Those will." Lance pointed out four Aires type suits. Also available to the public, they were only issued for construction jobs that required large transports. "I don't think they'll miss a couple of these things."
As they climbed into the cockpits, several soldiers entered the hangar. "There they are! Stop them!" A hailstorm of bullets began to rain onto the hull of the suits.
"Heh....it sorta gets amusing after a while." The thrusters on Lance's Aries erupted and blasted him out into the vacuum of space.
As Heero brought his suit to life, two of the enemy soldiers had managed to board the remaining Aries. It was clear that the Leo's were civilian issue.....but the Aries were not.
"That's good to know." After vacating the hangar, Heero swung his Aries around and set the targeting mechanism. "Mission....Complete." His finger clenched the trigger and unloaded a small cluster of missiles.
As the Aries tried to pursue the escapees, they met with a very quick end. The resulting explosion set the hangar on fire and killed every living being inside.
"That should get us out of here."
"Don't be too certain. They may have reinforcements around here. Besides, by the time we get back, we'll probably have another mission, so we don't have time to stick around here."
"No rest for the weary...."
Vincent observed the suits blast away from the station. "Well done Yuy.....This will just make your death more worthwhile...."