Part 10
A/N: Ok I never did say who the woman was in chapter 4. I wrote that chapter when I was on a really big Test Tube (TTDSDG) kick, so the woman was Chang Lain, Wufei's daughter. ~* Liberties where taken with God Gundam, I just wanted Domon to show off.*~
Chapter dedicated to: Rachel Evans for reviewing every chapter, I'm glad you like this fic.
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No POV
The Gundam pilots, minus Wufei, prepared to leave to get back Altron.
"A mouse." Domon muttered looking at his God Gundam.
"Yep." Duo said with a shrug "Sometimes it takes something like that to remind us we're nothing but mere mortal men."
The shop housing the Gundams, Maguanac corps, tecks, and Howard fell into utter silence.
"Duo that's profound! Where did you get that from?" Quatre said, stating the question that everyone was wondering.
"Either that or I need to clean DeathScythe Hell's cockpit." Duo said acting like he didn't hear the blond boy.
"Duo, where did you get that 'mere men' thing from?" Heero asked the braided boy.
"What?" Duo asked, coming out of his trance.
"Duo you said something about being 'mere mortal men' where did you get that from?" Quatre asked, hopeful that maybe he friend was really a genius.
"Oh I read it on an ice cream bar stick."
Howard groaned, "There goes everyone's hope. Your Gundams are refilled." He told everyone.
"Thanks Howard." Trowa said softly.
"Weapons refilled?" Heero asked.
"Of course." Howard said and began to walk away. "Oh and Domon, I just have one thing to say. You have the strangest Gundam I have ever seen."
"It's normal for my world." Domon said, "You're the ones with strange Gundams."
"Yeah, well I can see no way to fly that thing."
"It's really rather easy." Domon said as he started to walk towards his Gundam.
Domon watched as the other pilots grabbed pull ropes to get into their Gundams. He smiled and commanded God to lower its hand. Walking into the hand the Gundam rose up Domon and he walked into the cockpit.
"Weird man." Duo mutter over the comm.
The ship's doors opened and the five Gundams launched into space. The plan was to confuse OZ by having five Gundams attack. Since OZ had Altron, they hoped the presence of God would be enough to throw the normally relaxed base into confusion. Heero had hacked into the security records and found no mention of a strange Gundam destroying half of a hanger and therefore the base was not on a higher state of alert. Even Wufei's escape had either been covered up or forgotten.
*~*
(Flashback)
Heero sat alone in a darkened room while Howard finished working on the Gundams. Letting his fingers walk across the keys he had hacked the computers of the OZ base that had held Wufei. Reaching his desired page he pulled up the base's past two weeks security logs and looked for any mention of Wufei. The logs for when Wufei had been captured where complete, no mention of Duo showing up was recorded, but he hadn't expected any since Duo wouldn't have let himself be seen. The records where also there for a patrol finding Altron. Skimming ahead for any activity, Heero found none, until Wufei escaped. The only mention was that a suspected Gundam pilot had escaped. Reading the rest of the day's reports Heero's mouth hung open. Quickly typing a few keys he called the others, including Domon, to his room.
*
Domon entered the mostly darkened room and paused. The light from the laptop's screen was casting eerie shadows across Heero's face and for a moment Domon could almost think Heero was some form of demon or part of the Devil Gundam's team.
"Are you ok Domon?" Quatre asked.
"I'm fine." The man answered and finished his walk into the room. He leaned against one of the walls while Duo jumped on Heero's bed, much to the obvious annoyance of the Japanese pilot. Quatre pulled out a chair from the desk and sat there. Trowa leaned against the same wall as Domon.
"What's up He-man?" Duo asked.
"Something strange is going on." Heero answered, without showing any sign he had heard Duo play with his name.
"What?" Trowa asked.
"There is no record of Domon helping Wufei escape. Didn't you say you blew a hole in a side of the cargo hold?" Heero asked.
"Yes. It was in the hanger doors." Domon told the teen.
"According to this data that never happened."
"Is it possible that Wufei's virus is working?" Quatre asked.
Duo grabbed Heero's laptop and began to type. Heero shot him a death-glare but didn't make a move to get his laptop back from the braided teen.
"Whoa!" Duo suddenly said.
"What is it Duo?" Quatre asked from his chair.
"How far did you get?" Duo asked Heero.
"Only to the security page, I saw no reason to go any further." Heero told him.
"Man you should have. A work order was placed for the hanger door, but not for Gundam damage. According to this, an air hose blew and caused a spark which blew up some fuel containers that where left next to the door. While that's possible, the likely hood that it would happen the same day Domon blew out the door is impossible." Duo told them handing the laptop back to Heero.
"So it could be a trap?" Trowa asked.
"Yeah but if it is, it's a dozy of one." Duo said.
"The virus Wufei tried to install could never do something like this. There has to be more to it than a simple virus." Heero explained.
"So what do you plan on doing?" Domon asked.
"Easy, we go in, blow up stuff, get Altron, and then get the hell out." Duo said with a smile.
(End flashback)
*~*
The Gundams approached the OZ base as slightly as they could. Heero had hacked into the radio traffic and had sent it to each of the Gundams cockpits so they would know if they where detected.
Everything sounded normal, then DeathScythe Hell de-clocked in front of a cargo ship leaving the base, well in the visual range of the control center of the base. Nothing happened, no one raised an alarm.
"Um, what the hell just happened?" Duo said as his face appeared on each of the Gundams screens.
"I have no idea." Heero answer, for once the perfect soldier was showing emotions, confusion.
"Let's try this." Duo said and used his Scythe to stop the shuttle.
"{Control we're experiencing turbulence.}"
"{Understood, assistance needed?}"
"{No, we're fine, AJF1 out.}"
Duo released the shuttle and looked utterly confused. "What's going on?"
"Let's get Altron and get out of here." Heero said.
DeathScythe Hell, Wing Zero, and God attached to a docking bay down from Altron. Getting out of the Gundams the three pilots meant in the bay. They pulled off there helmets but let on the space suits, or in Domon's case just left on his suit. Leaving the bay they began to walk to where Altron was. They passed several security guards, who aside from saying 'hi' to Domon, did nothing. They didn't even glance at Heero or Duo. Entering they bay containing Altron they found the room empty, and for all purposes the Gundam was fit to fly.
"This is way too freaky." Duo muttered as he and Heero checked to make sure the Gundam was fit to fly.
"Let's go before this 'luck' runs out." Heero said and started for the door.
"Domon you sure you can fly this type of Gundam?" Duo asked.
"Yeah, I think so." Domon said and climbed into the cockpit.
Duo and Heero left the hanger and Domon fastened the restraints around himself then turned on the Gundam. He just hoped his crash course in flying this type of Gundam paid off. Domon launched Altron, and passed threw the hanger doors that appeared to open for him.
God had launched and was waiting for him. The six Gundams flew back to the ship they had left.
**
Duo finished telling Howard what had happened while Heero check the security reports.
"So there was no type of resistance?" Howard asked again.
"Nothing at all, Trowa and I didn't really need to be there." Quatre told him.
"That's strange."
"So is this." Heero said. "There is no recorded of the base ever having Altron."
"What the hell is going on?!" Duo asked.
A/N: Ok I never did say who the woman was in chapter 4. I wrote that chapter when I was on a really big Test Tube (TTDSDG) kick, so the woman was Chang Lain, Wufei's daughter. ~* Liberties where taken with God Gundam, I just wanted Domon to show off.*~
Chapter dedicated to: Rachel Evans for reviewing every chapter, I'm glad you like this fic.
***
No POV
The Gundam pilots, minus Wufei, prepared to leave to get back Altron.
"A mouse." Domon muttered looking at his God Gundam.
"Yep." Duo said with a shrug "Sometimes it takes something like that to remind us we're nothing but mere mortal men."
The shop housing the Gundams, Maguanac corps, tecks, and Howard fell into utter silence.
"Duo that's profound! Where did you get that from?" Quatre said, stating the question that everyone was wondering.
"Either that or I need to clean DeathScythe Hell's cockpit." Duo said acting like he didn't hear the blond boy.
"Duo, where did you get that 'mere men' thing from?" Heero asked the braided boy.
"What?" Duo asked, coming out of his trance.
"Duo you said something about being 'mere mortal men' where did you get that from?" Quatre asked, hopeful that maybe he friend was really a genius.
"Oh I read it on an ice cream bar stick."
Howard groaned, "There goes everyone's hope. Your Gundams are refilled." He told everyone.
"Thanks Howard." Trowa said softly.
"Weapons refilled?" Heero asked.
"Of course." Howard said and began to walk away. "Oh and Domon, I just have one thing to say. You have the strangest Gundam I have ever seen."
"It's normal for my world." Domon said, "You're the ones with strange Gundams."
"Yeah, well I can see no way to fly that thing."
"It's really rather easy." Domon said as he started to walk towards his Gundam.
Domon watched as the other pilots grabbed pull ropes to get into their Gundams. He smiled and commanded God to lower its hand. Walking into the hand the Gundam rose up Domon and he walked into the cockpit.
"Weird man." Duo mutter over the comm.
The ship's doors opened and the five Gundams launched into space. The plan was to confuse OZ by having five Gundams attack. Since OZ had Altron, they hoped the presence of God would be enough to throw the normally relaxed base into confusion. Heero had hacked into the security records and found no mention of a strange Gundam destroying half of a hanger and therefore the base was not on a higher state of alert. Even Wufei's escape had either been covered up or forgotten.
*~*
(Flashback)
Heero sat alone in a darkened room while Howard finished working on the Gundams. Letting his fingers walk across the keys he had hacked the computers of the OZ base that had held Wufei. Reaching his desired page he pulled up the base's past two weeks security logs and looked for any mention of Wufei. The logs for when Wufei had been captured where complete, no mention of Duo showing up was recorded, but he hadn't expected any since Duo wouldn't have let himself be seen. The records where also there for a patrol finding Altron. Skimming ahead for any activity, Heero found none, until Wufei escaped. The only mention was that a suspected Gundam pilot had escaped. Reading the rest of the day's reports Heero's mouth hung open. Quickly typing a few keys he called the others, including Domon, to his room.
*
Domon entered the mostly darkened room and paused. The light from the laptop's screen was casting eerie shadows across Heero's face and for a moment Domon could almost think Heero was some form of demon or part of the Devil Gundam's team.
"Are you ok Domon?" Quatre asked.
"I'm fine." The man answered and finished his walk into the room. He leaned against one of the walls while Duo jumped on Heero's bed, much to the obvious annoyance of the Japanese pilot. Quatre pulled out a chair from the desk and sat there. Trowa leaned against the same wall as Domon.
"What's up He-man?" Duo asked.
"Something strange is going on." Heero answered, without showing any sign he had heard Duo play with his name.
"What?" Trowa asked.
"There is no record of Domon helping Wufei escape. Didn't you say you blew a hole in a side of the cargo hold?" Heero asked.
"Yes. It was in the hanger doors." Domon told the teen.
"According to this data that never happened."
"Is it possible that Wufei's virus is working?" Quatre asked.
Duo grabbed Heero's laptop and began to type. Heero shot him a death-glare but didn't make a move to get his laptop back from the braided teen.
"Whoa!" Duo suddenly said.
"What is it Duo?" Quatre asked from his chair.
"How far did you get?" Duo asked Heero.
"Only to the security page, I saw no reason to go any further." Heero told him.
"Man you should have. A work order was placed for the hanger door, but not for Gundam damage. According to this, an air hose blew and caused a spark which blew up some fuel containers that where left next to the door. While that's possible, the likely hood that it would happen the same day Domon blew out the door is impossible." Duo told them handing the laptop back to Heero.
"So it could be a trap?" Trowa asked.
"Yeah but if it is, it's a dozy of one." Duo said.
"The virus Wufei tried to install could never do something like this. There has to be more to it than a simple virus." Heero explained.
"So what do you plan on doing?" Domon asked.
"Easy, we go in, blow up stuff, get Altron, and then get the hell out." Duo said with a smile.
(End flashback)
*~*
The Gundams approached the OZ base as slightly as they could. Heero had hacked into the radio traffic and had sent it to each of the Gundams cockpits so they would know if they where detected.
Everything sounded normal, then DeathScythe Hell de-clocked in front of a cargo ship leaving the base, well in the visual range of the control center of the base. Nothing happened, no one raised an alarm.
"Um, what the hell just happened?" Duo said as his face appeared on each of the Gundams screens.
"I have no idea." Heero answer, for once the perfect soldier was showing emotions, confusion.
"Let's try this." Duo said and used his Scythe to stop the shuttle.
"{Control we're experiencing turbulence.}"
"{Understood, assistance needed?}"
"{No, we're fine, AJF1 out.}"
Duo released the shuttle and looked utterly confused. "What's going on?"
"Let's get Altron and get out of here." Heero said.
DeathScythe Hell, Wing Zero, and God attached to a docking bay down from Altron. Getting out of the Gundams the three pilots meant in the bay. They pulled off there helmets but let on the space suits, or in Domon's case just left on his suit. Leaving the bay they began to walk to where Altron was. They passed several security guards, who aside from saying 'hi' to Domon, did nothing. They didn't even glance at Heero or Duo. Entering they bay containing Altron they found the room empty, and for all purposes the Gundam was fit to fly.
"This is way too freaky." Duo muttered as he and Heero checked to make sure the Gundam was fit to fly.
"Let's go before this 'luck' runs out." Heero said and started for the door.
"Domon you sure you can fly this type of Gundam?" Duo asked.
"Yeah, I think so." Domon said and climbed into the cockpit.
Duo and Heero left the hanger and Domon fastened the restraints around himself then turned on the Gundam. He just hoped his crash course in flying this type of Gundam paid off. Domon launched Altron, and passed threw the hanger doors that appeared to open for him.
God had launched and was waiting for him. The six Gundams flew back to the ship they had left.
**
Duo finished telling Howard what had happened while Heero check the security reports.
"So there was no type of resistance?" Howard asked again.
"Nothing at all, Trowa and I didn't really need to be there." Quatre told him.
"That's strange."
"So is this." Heero said. "There is no recorded of the base ever having Altron."
"What the hell is going on?!" Duo asked.