The Smallest Pilot
Chapter 6
Heero Yuy, unlike Duo was alone on his missions, and such, he was currently trying to rig a place with explosives, now that his leg had finally had a chance to heal at least enough to where it would not pain him too much. He finished off his work, and then proceeded to gather up his tools, and such, and to leave the building. As he watched the time tick down he felt nothing but satisfaction in his job well done, and then he turned to look at the ground, as though expecting something to be there. However, there was nothing but dirt, and some gravel. A strange feeling stung him in the heart, and his eyes to burn. 'What is this feeling?', Heero thought to himself, 'Duo's the cause of all this.',
Whether it was love, or not, Heero wasn't quite sure.... "If I was..... Normal... Would you love me?", Duo's question rang through his mind like an echo. Heero didn't know the answer to that, whether these feelings of need were for Duo or just for company, or just habit of having Duo there to watch with him. No, Heero wasn't sure, not this time, because this question didn't have a direct, and simple solution. He gazed at the sky for a brief moment, before turning and heading for where his gundam hid. As soon as he got to the small, and hardly noticeable clearing, Heero Yuy was ambushed, and knocked unconscious.
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Heero soon found himself being dragged onto a table, and clamped down to it with metal arm, and leg braces. He heard a woman's voice giving orders for people to leave him there, that they would know because of the equipment would show when he woke up, and warn them. Heero laughed at himself inside his own mind, he could move without using any extra breath or beats of his heart. Heero didn't know yet, though whether or not he was able to break the restraints holding him to the table. Heero looked up at the camera, he could feel someone watching him, and as full realization came that Duo was there, watching, Heero found the strength to free himself. It was true, Duo had been there, and watching Heero. (Now that Trowa and Quatre had gone off on a mission together alone, and the two probably wouldn't come back to see him for a while.) Heero looked at Duo, or more precisely, Duo's hologram, now more so designed to carry the normal- person- sized parachute bag. He tossed it at me, and turned off his hologram, and then, used his gun to blast out a window, before shrugging on his own parachute. (Slight change, reason will become known shortly.) With that, they came around the corner, just as we jumped. I watched him falling for a while, before he opened his chute, only it didn't open properly, and tangled the extra chute. I cupped my hands to catch him in them, but missed. I tried it a second a third, the ground was getting closer, and I tried one last time. I caught him, cupped my hands, undid my chute, though too late, and rolled to protect Duo from being hurt to badly.
I soon found myself looking up at the sky, pain laced my leg slightly, and I mutely noticed the small movement on my hand, and the small groaning of Duo. I opened my hands, and looked at him, he was scuffed, but not broken. I sighed of relief, and then found Duo watching me carefully. "Are you okay?", Duo asked me, in a concerned tone.
"Just my leg's broken again, I think in the same spot.", I muttered.
"I was scared that you had....", Duo's voice trembled slightly.
"I'm fine.", I repeated, "I had to save you.",
"Why?", Duo asked, "Why save me?",
"I- I don't know, it's just that, I'd rather see someone die while in battle as they should not falling because the chute didn't open up right.", I lied, terribly.
However, it satisfied Duo's question for the moment. It wasn't long afterward that Howard found the two of us, Duo sitting on a small rock near my hand. My wounds were tended to, and we both were taken to the boat again.
End Chapter: Sorry so short, but, I'm a bit behind this week. From now on every other Tues, I will update if possible.
