Chapter Sixteen
"What is your name?" asked Dr J.
"My name is Project Zero" replied the soldier formerly known as Heero Yuy.
"What is your mission?" asked Dr J.
"To kill the enemy" replied Project Zero.
"And who's the enemy?" insisted the scientist.
"Anyone that wants to kill me, is the enemy, anyone that fights me, is the enemy, anyone that says I am wrong, is the enemy. I kill the enemy" replied Project Zero.
"Good boy. Now, I will give you this medicine, it will help you to rest" said the doctor injecting some liquid into Project Zero.
Project Zero lay on his bedroom's bed. Dr J switched off the lights and left him alone.
The project had been a complete success, as far as Dr J was concerned. Project Zero was the best soldier Dr J had ever seen. Completely cold blooded, focused exclusively on his mission. This time his creation would not disappoint him.
They had finished the training. Their weapon was ready for use. Project Zero was three times as strong as Heero Yuy. He was also more ruthless. His brain now operated in the same exact way than the Zero system had done. All of this without any mechanical implants. They had managed to change the chemical values in his brain. The person they had known up to know code named Heero Yuy, did not exist anymore. This time, in order to avoid any risk of failure, they had got rid entirely of the soldier's humanity.
Dr J, one of the previous leaders of the colonies' resistance group, was betraying all his beliefs and had made his skills available to this new cause. The Terraforming Project of Mars.
He went back to his laboratory, to find the scruffy blond haired man whose name was Pieter van der Veert. He asked Dr J after their project.
"How is he doing?" Pieter asked.
"He's almost ready. Now he's resting. He is not able to sleep for it is impossible for him to shut down his brain. I have given him some medicine to help him relax. His senses are constantly on alert. He's just perfect" replied Dr J.
"Well, now all we need is for dear Miss Relena to come here. From what you said, it will be the only way to test he really is ready, if Miss Relena does not cooperate, we will ask Project Zero to complete the mission Heero Yuy failed to" Dr J's colleague stated.
"Of course. This will definitely be the final test" agreed Dr J.
"Now, we should get back to those blueprints. Our space unit has already located an old gundanium processing plant. They will bring it to us here so we can start re-building the Gundams" said Pieter.
"No, not the Gundams. THE Gundam. We will only build one. But this time it will be much better than the other five combined. This has to be the ultimate Gundam. And it will be Project Zero to pilot it" explained Dr J.
"That will be good but, what if the other pilots have the same idea? Won't it be difficult to fight four Gundams with only one?" asked the blond man.
"Not really. Especially since, after Project Zero will complete this mission, his next will be to eliminate the other four Gundam Pilots" said Dr J.
"All four of them? Why not using them for this same project? This way we will have five perfect soldiers…" enquired Pieter.
"No. The only perfect soldier is Project Zero, the former Heero Yuy was the only pilot I knew able to survive the old training process. The others do not stand a chance with this new one…hence it is better we eliminate them…" said Dr J resoluted.
"Ok then. But first things first. I see our guest has finally arrived. We should go to the shuttle launch platform to greet her as she deserves…" said Pieter looking at a communication screen.
"Sure. Let's go…" said Dr J following Pieter outside their lab.