My Last Breath
Chapter Five: Can You Hear Me?
By Monkey Princess
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Ice and snow and white. That's all there was to see. Just the gleaming icebergs in the distance, and the snow covered ground, and the icy snowy ground and the ocean reflecting the sun in the distance. Washu hummed a happy tune as she put the pieces of her equipment together. "There we go. Now ChibiUsa, all you have to do is push this button right here to talk, and let go to listen. It's like a walky-talky. Now, when you get into the ice, if you ever stop hearing static or any other normal noises, come back right away. If there are footsteps, leave."
ChibiUsa nodded tiredly. "I can do it."
Washu raised an eyebrow. "Did you eat this morning?"
"No."
"Well why not? I'm sure Goten can cook." Washu said, laughing and putting a gun together.
A blush formed across both Goten and ChibiUsa's cheeks. "Kami-sama, Washu!" Goten shouted from behind a telescope. "Haven't you had enough fun?"
Washu smiled and laughed. "Ah, for now I guess it can wait."
"Well," said Gohan's voice in her ear from back in CC. "Time to get moving Usa."
"Alright." She took the gun and slid a knife into her boot. Finally, Goten handed her a very old looking key.
"Good luck," he whispered.
She smiled slightly and began her walk into the ice bottom cave.
'Slide, step, slide, step, slide, stop, step, slide.' She repeated mentally, trying to find the easiest way past the thin ice. From the other side of her earpiece, she could hear Washu's humming. She stepped instead of sliding once, and cracked the ice slightly. 'I'll have to watch that when I come back.'
"Doing all right?" came Washu's voice.
"Doing fine." She muttered, pushing the button then releasing.
Washu continued her humming.
~*~
Goten stood surveying the area around them. Three little black dots and one big black dot were quickly making their way towards them. "Washu, visitors."
Washu tossed Trunks a gun. "Shoot 'em out. We don't need any interference."
Trunks pointed the gun, his hands shaking at first, then steadied. 'One, two, three' he pulled the trigger. A bullet flew though the air, attached to it was a bomb.
~*~
"Agh!" A scream echoed though the stale air in the icy cave. ChibiUsa looked back nervously.
'No one.' "Usa-" came Washu's voice through loud static. "The ice is- breaking up. Goten!-Be careful! You'll fall-into the water---Oh my god! Trunks!-Help him out!"
Static over took the earpiece, then a piercing beep followed. ChibiUsa tore the earpiece out of her ear angrily. She turned the corner and saw it.
It was old and rusty the music box, but it was beautiful still. Ancient looking paintings were peeling off of its rusty metal. She pulled the key out of her pocket and put it in the lock. The box opened slowly. It was a micro-chip placed in the place where the dancing ballerina should have been. She picked it up and put it in her hand so she could show Washu right away. It played an old tune, one she heard before, but couldn't place the name of.
There was a crack behind her, she slammed it shut and turned around, after slipping it into the bag Washu had given her earlier.
There in front of her stood a man. He wasn't very tall, and he didn't look very muscular under the black ski clothes he was wearing. His hair was shoulder length and black. His eyes a cold blue.
He smirked, "Well, well, look whose helped me find the music box."
She shook her head, trying to see if there was another way out. None. She ear nervously, pulling her earring.
He pulled his gun out. She dropped everything in her hands but the music box and the chip, and pulled up her gun. She moved the hand that had the chip in it to her mouth and swallowed it. She gagged and choked slightly. They stared at each other for a second before he fired. She pulled the trigger, but was hit while doing so, causing her to loose her target. Her bullet landed in the icy wall behind the man. His bullet, which was not really a bullet at all but a dart, hit her in the neck. Her vision became black, then normal, then black to blurred, then just black. She fell to the floor motionless.
He picked her up, and grabbed the bag. He walked out quickly, a glare on his face.
~*~
Gohan cursed. "Bulma, they were ambushed!"
"What?" Bulma asked, she had only been walking past Gohan's station. She walked into the cubicle. "What happened?"
Gohan pulled the satellite in for a closer picture of what had happened. The attackers shot the ice, and broke it. Washu called everyone back, and Goten couldn't get away from the broken ice. He left the equipment and tried to walk across slowly as Washu said, but the ice broke under him. Trunks and Washu then tried to help him out of the water while fighting off the attackers. Washu tried to call a warning to ChibiUsa that she had seen someone slip into the cave, when we lost connection to what they were saying."
Bulma frowned. "I want all satellites that have a view of this on screen now." She shouted off to some random person. "Dou, go pick up group 340 from Russia. NOW! I want them out of there."
The young boy who was walking down the hall nodded and ran in the opposite direction.
"Ami!" Bulma shouted. "Ami, try to track these people. I want to know who they are and who they work for."
"Yes ma'am." Said Ami from the other side of the little hall.
~*~
"Goten, grab my hand, quickly." Trunks shouted to Goten as he tried to grab onto him.
"I can't reach." he shouted back, bullets started flying through the air. He pushed himself up as far as he could, finally managing to get a hold on Trunks fingers. "Trunks, the ice is covering! Pull me up!"
Trunks pulled as hard as he could, getting Goten half way out of the water. "Be careful, all the ice is thin."
Goten began pulling himself up. Trunks still helping. The ice closed around his left leg. "Trunks! Get me the gun!" Washu tossed him a gun and ducked down.
"Keep low guys."
Goten pointed the gun right next to his leg and fired, breaking the ice. He pulled himself out and crawled over next to Washu and Trunks. He began shooting at the attackers, his aim a bit off from his shivering.
"Goten, go get Usa." Washu shouted as her body jolted back from the force of her gun. "Take a loaded gun. I think someone's in there."
Goten nodded, took the gun and started crawling towards the cave.
Once he got inside the cave he stood, and began walking around the breaking ice. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a black figure carrying the limp form of ChibiUsa. 'Shit, Usa.' He pulled up his gun. 'I can't shoot this. I'll hit her, my aim is off too much.' He put it down, watching the figure digging through the bag. 'The box.'
A bullet flew through the air. Goten ducked behind the icy wall. 'This isn't good.' He shivered.
The person ran by, shooting Goten in the shoulder. Goten fell, and tried to shoot, just missing the man's leg. The man ran out, he could hear bullets firing as the man left.
Goten knew there was no chance of him saving Usa. He crawled back outside, his vision was going, his head felt heavy. The ice below him crackled. His body fell onto the ground; the ice cracked more, though it didn't give way under the dead weight of his unconscious body.
~*~
The man threw ChibiUsa's limp form onto the floor of the helicopter. He took the bag to the front and told the pilot to take off. He sat next to a young woman, who was holding a screwdriver to her wrist.
"Help me," she muttered, revealing her robotic arm insides.
He put the bag down and began connecting wires together; "You were shot."
"Yea, by that purple hair boy." She winced as he put the last wires together, and began stitching her skin back together. "You got the chip, right?"
He nodded, pulling the bag up. "It's in here." He opened the bag, revealing the crusty music box. "Put these on." He muttered, handing her earplugs. She took them and put them in, as he put some in his ears. He opened the box quickly. His eyes flew wide open. "IT'S NOT THERE!" He slammed the music box shut and ripped the earplugs out of his ear. "18, check the girl for the chip."
The girl nodded and walked to the back.
"Nothing!"
"Dammit."
~*~
End Chapter Five: Can You Hear Me?
Chapter Five: Can You Hear Me?
By Monkey Princess
~*~
Ice and snow and white. That's all there was to see. Just the gleaming icebergs in the distance, and the snow covered ground, and the icy snowy ground and the ocean reflecting the sun in the distance. Washu hummed a happy tune as she put the pieces of her equipment together. "There we go. Now ChibiUsa, all you have to do is push this button right here to talk, and let go to listen. It's like a walky-talky. Now, when you get into the ice, if you ever stop hearing static or any other normal noises, come back right away. If there are footsteps, leave."
ChibiUsa nodded tiredly. "I can do it."
Washu raised an eyebrow. "Did you eat this morning?"
"No."
"Well why not? I'm sure Goten can cook." Washu said, laughing and putting a gun together.
A blush formed across both Goten and ChibiUsa's cheeks. "Kami-sama, Washu!" Goten shouted from behind a telescope. "Haven't you had enough fun?"
Washu smiled and laughed. "Ah, for now I guess it can wait."
"Well," said Gohan's voice in her ear from back in CC. "Time to get moving Usa."
"Alright." She took the gun and slid a knife into her boot. Finally, Goten handed her a very old looking key.
"Good luck," he whispered.
She smiled slightly and began her walk into the ice bottom cave.
'Slide, step, slide, step, slide, stop, step, slide.' She repeated mentally, trying to find the easiest way past the thin ice. From the other side of her earpiece, she could hear Washu's humming. She stepped instead of sliding once, and cracked the ice slightly. 'I'll have to watch that when I come back.'
"Doing all right?" came Washu's voice.
"Doing fine." She muttered, pushing the button then releasing.
Washu continued her humming.
~*~
Goten stood surveying the area around them. Three little black dots and one big black dot were quickly making their way towards them. "Washu, visitors."
Washu tossed Trunks a gun. "Shoot 'em out. We don't need any interference."
Trunks pointed the gun, his hands shaking at first, then steadied. 'One, two, three' he pulled the trigger. A bullet flew though the air, attached to it was a bomb.
~*~
"Agh!" A scream echoed though the stale air in the icy cave. ChibiUsa looked back nervously.
'No one.' "Usa-" came Washu's voice through loud static. "The ice is- breaking up. Goten!-Be careful! You'll fall-into the water---Oh my god! Trunks!-Help him out!"
Static over took the earpiece, then a piercing beep followed. ChibiUsa tore the earpiece out of her ear angrily. She turned the corner and saw it.
It was old and rusty the music box, but it was beautiful still. Ancient looking paintings were peeling off of its rusty metal. She pulled the key out of her pocket and put it in the lock. The box opened slowly. It was a micro-chip placed in the place where the dancing ballerina should have been. She picked it up and put it in her hand so she could show Washu right away. It played an old tune, one she heard before, but couldn't place the name of.
There was a crack behind her, she slammed it shut and turned around, after slipping it into the bag Washu had given her earlier.
There in front of her stood a man. He wasn't very tall, and he didn't look very muscular under the black ski clothes he was wearing. His hair was shoulder length and black. His eyes a cold blue.
He smirked, "Well, well, look whose helped me find the music box."
She shook her head, trying to see if there was another way out. None. She ear nervously, pulling her earring.
He pulled his gun out. She dropped everything in her hands but the music box and the chip, and pulled up her gun. She moved the hand that had the chip in it to her mouth and swallowed it. She gagged and choked slightly. They stared at each other for a second before he fired. She pulled the trigger, but was hit while doing so, causing her to loose her target. Her bullet landed in the icy wall behind the man. His bullet, which was not really a bullet at all but a dart, hit her in the neck. Her vision became black, then normal, then black to blurred, then just black. She fell to the floor motionless.
He picked her up, and grabbed the bag. He walked out quickly, a glare on his face.
~*~
Gohan cursed. "Bulma, they were ambushed!"
"What?" Bulma asked, she had only been walking past Gohan's station. She walked into the cubicle. "What happened?"
Gohan pulled the satellite in for a closer picture of what had happened. The attackers shot the ice, and broke it. Washu called everyone back, and Goten couldn't get away from the broken ice. He left the equipment and tried to walk across slowly as Washu said, but the ice broke under him. Trunks and Washu then tried to help him out of the water while fighting off the attackers. Washu tried to call a warning to ChibiUsa that she had seen someone slip into the cave, when we lost connection to what they were saying."
Bulma frowned. "I want all satellites that have a view of this on screen now." She shouted off to some random person. "Dou, go pick up group 340 from Russia. NOW! I want them out of there."
The young boy who was walking down the hall nodded and ran in the opposite direction.
"Ami!" Bulma shouted. "Ami, try to track these people. I want to know who they are and who they work for."
"Yes ma'am." Said Ami from the other side of the little hall.
~*~
"Goten, grab my hand, quickly." Trunks shouted to Goten as he tried to grab onto him.
"I can't reach." he shouted back, bullets started flying through the air. He pushed himself up as far as he could, finally managing to get a hold on Trunks fingers. "Trunks, the ice is covering! Pull me up!"
Trunks pulled as hard as he could, getting Goten half way out of the water. "Be careful, all the ice is thin."
Goten began pulling himself up. Trunks still helping. The ice closed around his left leg. "Trunks! Get me the gun!" Washu tossed him a gun and ducked down.
"Keep low guys."
Goten pointed the gun right next to his leg and fired, breaking the ice. He pulled himself out and crawled over next to Washu and Trunks. He began shooting at the attackers, his aim a bit off from his shivering.
"Goten, go get Usa." Washu shouted as her body jolted back from the force of her gun. "Take a loaded gun. I think someone's in there."
Goten nodded, took the gun and started crawling towards the cave.
Once he got inside the cave he stood, and began walking around the breaking ice. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a black figure carrying the limp form of ChibiUsa. 'Shit, Usa.' He pulled up his gun. 'I can't shoot this. I'll hit her, my aim is off too much.' He put it down, watching the figure digging through the bag. 'The box.'
A bullet flew through the air. Goten ducked behind the icy wall. 'This isn't good.' He shivered.
The person ran by, shooting Goten in the shoulder. Goten fell, and tried to shoot, just missing the man's leg. The man ran out, he could hear bullets firing as the man left.
Goten knew there was no chance of him saving Usa. He crawled back outside, his vision was going, his head felt heavy. The ice below him crackled. His body fell onto the ground; the ice cracked more, though it didn't give way under the dead weight of his unconscious body.
~*~
The man threw ChibiUsa's limp form onto the floor of the helicopter. He took the bag to the front and told the pilot to take off. He sat next to a young woman, who was holding a screwdriver to her wrist.
"Help me," she muttered, revealing her robotic arm insides.
He put the bag down and began connecting wires together; "You were shot."
"Yea, by that purple hair boy." She winced as he put the last wires together, and began stitching her skin back together. "You got the chip, right?"
He nodded, pulling the bag up. "It's in here." He opened the bag, revealing the crusty music box. "Put these on." He muttered, handing her earplugs. She took them and put them in, as he put some in his ears. He opened the box quickly. His eyes flew wide open. "IT'S NOT THERE!" He slammed the music box shut and ripped the earplugs out of his ear. "18, check the girl for the chip."
The girl nodded and walked to the back.
"Nothing!"
"Dammit."
~*~
End Chapter Five: Can You Hear Me?