AN: And the next chapter is up! Hurrah! I don't own gundam wing (wish I
did) or any of the characters (it would be so cool if I did though) and I
am not making any money off of this (Not that I wouldn't like too) so don't
sue me. Sorry about spelling and grammar errors. I have no idea how to
spell Misallenious so put up with the misspelled version. That's it, Now
read the story!
Double doors let Hilde into the building, well, warehouse really. It was where all kinds of things that were useful to an army were kept. There where huge, wooden shelves, reaching to the ceiling. To Hilde the place felt like dusty, disorganized organization. Each row was carefully labeled. There was a row labeled "Transportation", one labeled "Weaponry", three labeled "Necessaries" (whatever those were) and one labeled "Misallenious". The shelves were anything from organized, however. There were things jammed everywhere. Things overflowing. Things lying in the aisles waiting to trip someone up. To Hilde it was paradise. The moment she had entered the building she had come up with a dim, foggy sort of plan. She would steal a car or truck or something and then make it go as fast as possible anywhere away from here. If she was lucky she could get a shuttle to another colony, or earth, or somewhere. It didn't really matter where she ended up. All Hilde wanted was to be away from here
The first aisle Hilde examined was the "Transportation" aisle. She had been hoping to find a row of jeeps and trucks, but the aisle was mostly parts for jeeps and trucks. There was one very old car, but there was no gas, so that was useless. The next aisle she went down was the one labeled "Weaponry". There she found a very nice handgun and enough ammo to last forever. She grabbed as much as she could carry and headed of the "Nessesaries" aisle. There she found a very nice jacket with enough pockets to hold both gun and ammo. And a few fruit bars and jerky she had found there too.
Hilde found the jackpot in the "Misallenious" Section. Of course, a car would do much better, it had more metal and fiberglass, more shielding from bullets, and a larger gas tank, but a motorcycle was the second best thing. It was your basic, get around, nothing fancy, not a Harley, motorcycle. With no key. "Okay, so problem solve Hilde." "No key. So... Hotwire it." "Good! One problem- you don't know how." "Whatever, I'll figure it out. Lets see.. damn it, I can't see. I need more light."
Hilde wheeled the bike over near the doors, and bent down to work. It didn't go well. After 5 minuets of attempting to hotwire the stupid motorcycle she was disgusted with herself and motorcycle manufacturers in general. Just about the time Hilde banging her head against the bike, a man ran through the doors closest to Hilde and fell over her and the bike. It took her completely by surprise. One minute she was killing brain cells and the next there was a strange, more than likely deadly, man tripping over her. They landed in an undignified pile and Hilde and the man both scrambled up and away from each other as fast as humanly possible. Hilde had her gun out and pointed at the man before she had time to think. The problem was he had a gun pointed at her too.
For the first time, Hilde got a good look at him. He was very familiar.
"Holy shit, Maxwell?" she gasped, lowering the gun a fraction of an inch. He was no longer more than likely deadly- he was a gundam pilot, known killer and assassin, the reason she was in this mess. Definitely a health hazard.
Duo Maxwell lowered his gun an inch or two and looked at her. "Oh good, its you!" he said, and smiled.
"Yes, of course it's me, who else would you find in a high security military base? Can you hotwire a motorbike.. errr. Motorcycle?" Hilde asked, rather quickly, as she pocketed her gun.
"What? Uh, a motorbike? Um sure, why?" Duo asked, confused.
Hilde started to haul the bike up from the ground. "Because I need to get the hell out of here, now, before I am captured and killed. Help please." Hilde could now here noises from outside. She had minutes at the most, before someone came in here and found her. Duo helped her right the bike and immediately bent to the exposed wires.
"It's simple," he said. "What colors make Green?"
"Green? Uhh. Blue and yellow, why?"
"Because you snip those wires, cross em, and vrooom!" responded the gundam pilot, ignoring the loud noises coming from outside. "Or, at least, I think it's blue and yellow. There, now start her up." Hilde stepped forward and, with shaking fingers, tried to start the engine. It worked. The engine coughed, and caught, rumbling happily. "Yes! You're a genius!" Hilde said, hugging one of the most hated men in the universe. "Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou. How can I repay you?"
"Hey, hey, hey," said Duo, as he grabbed her arm. "I am the one repaying the favor." There was a shout from outside and a beeping noise filled the building. "Shit." Duo said, "We had better go now, they know your missing."
That made Hilde move. "Wait." Said Duo, "We need helmets. Safety first, yaknow?
Hilde was in shock. "Helmets? You want Helmets?" Duo nodded. Sighing Hilde told him to stay put, she knew where they were so she would go get them, it was quicker that way.
Hilde took off at a run down "Misallenious" aisle again. It took a bit of searching to find the helmets. They were in behind a pile of blankets and old pillowcases. Eventually she found two and headed back down the aisle at a jog. She ran around the corner shouting an "I've got them." Before stopping dead. There were now two men in front of her. One was short, blond, and holding a gun to Duo's head. Duo was kneeling on the floor.
Hilde's sudden appearance had taken the man by surprise. He just stood there for a beat before leveling another gun at her. Hilde promptly jumped back into the aisle as a gunshot rang out. The bullet actually hit the wooden shelving Hilde was hiding behind.
"Come out!" he yelled. His voice was strong, but nice. Beautiful even. It wasn't the voice that should have belonged to that man. His voice should have been harsh and violent- but it wasn't. The voice came again, "Come out, now! Or I will kill him!"
Hilde stepped out from behind the shelving, only this time she had a gun too. The man with the beautiful voice looked at her for a moment before starting to laugh. It wasn't a nice laugh. It was the kind of laugh that made Hilde cringe. "Are you going to shoot me?" He asked. "Are you seriously going to shoot me?"
Hilde looked at Duo. His eyes said "Do it. Shoot him." Hilde tried she really did. She told her finger to do it. To pull the trigger and kill this evil man. But her finger wouldn't listen. Her brain reasoned that if she did not kill him now he would kill her and Duo. She did not want either of them to die, now, like this. But her finger stayed still and her hand started to shake. She let out a little involuntary moan of frustration. The man started to laugh again.
Duo leapt into action. He twisted around and rolled away. He came up some three feet away with his gun in his hand. A bullet came spinning out and sped towards the man with the beautiful voice. It hit him on the left side of the chest, where his heart would be. The man's blue eyes bulged a bit, he made a small noise, and then he fell.
Hilde just stood there. She didn't know what to do. To think! Her gun was still pointed at where he had been but her arm was trembling violently. One moment that man had been alive. He had been laughing. Now he was lying on the cold, cement floor. He was dead. Hilde had killed people before, but never like this. Never so close. It had always been in mobile suits. Never like this. Dead. What if he had a family? What if they were at home now, waiting for him? What if-
Duo came up besides her and slowly took her gun away. He took her by surprise and she jerked away violently. Duo stood there looking at her for a moment. "It's okay." He said softly. "It's okay." Then he put her gun back into her pocket. "We need to get going." He was right. There was no point in staying here, they needed to be gone, now.
"Alright, lets go." Hilde said, avoiding looking directly at him. Duo bent and picked up the helmets, handing one to her. Hilde clambered onto the motorcycle, and Duo settled behind her. His arms wrapped around her waist. She revved the engine and then they were off.
AN: Honestly, I have no idea how to hotwire anything. The whole "What colors make green?" bit comes from what I was told on the bus. Don't actually try to hotwire a motorcycle like that, though, you might get blown up or something. What do you think? I've got a whole chase thing planned for the next chapter. Please review, Thanks for the great reviews so far! - Langsiell
Double doors let Hilde into the building, well, warehouse really. It was where all kinds of things that were useful to an army were kept. There where huge, wooden shelves, reaching to the ceiling. To Hilde the place felt like dusty, disorganized organization. Each row was carefully labeled. There was a row labeled "Transportation", one labeled "Weaponry", three labeled "Necessaries" (whatever those were) and one labeled "Misallenious". The shelves were anything from organized, however. There were things jammed everywhere. Things overflowing. Things lying in the aisles waiting to trip someone up. To Hilde it was paradise. The moment she had entered the building she had come up with a dim, foggy sort of plan. She would steal a car or truck or something and then make it go as fast as possible anywhere away from here. If she was lucky she could get a shuttle to another colony, or earth, or somewhere. It didn't really matter where she ended up. All Hilde wanted was to be away from here
The first aisle Hilde examined was the "Transportation" aisle. She had been hoping to find a row of jeeps and trucks, but the aisle was mostly parts for jeeps and trucks. There was one very old car, but there was no gas, so that was useless. The next aisle she went down was the one labeled "Weaponry". There she found a very nice handgun and enough ammo to last forever. She grabbed as much as she could carry and headed of the "Nessesaries" aisle. There she found a very nice jacket with enough pockets to hold both gun and ammo. And a few fruit bars and jerky she had found there too.
Hilde found the jackpot in the "Misallenious" Section. Of course, a car would do much better, it had more metal and fiberglass, more shielding from bullets, and a larger gas tank, but a motorcycle was the second best thing. It was your basic, get around, nothing fancy, not a Harley, motorcycle. With no key. "Okay, so problem solve Hilde." "No key. So... Hotwire it." "Good! One problem- you don't know how." "Whatever, I'll figure it out. Lets see.. damn it, I can't see. I need more light."
Hilde wheeled the bike over near the doors, and bent down to work. It didn't go well. After 5 minuets of attempting to hotwire the stupid motorcycle she was disgusted with herself and motorcycle manufacturers in general. Just about the time Hilde banging her head against the bike, a man ran through the doors closest to Hilde and fell over her and the bike. It took her completely by surprise. One minute she was killing brain cells and the next there was a strange, more than likely deadly, man tripping over her. They landed in an undignified pile and Hilde and the man both scrambled up and away from each other as fast as humanly possible. Hilde had her gun out and pointed at the man before she had time to think. The problem was he had a gun pointed at her too.
For the first time, Hilde got a good look at him. He was very familiar.
"Holy shit, Maxwell?" she gasped, lowering the gun a fraction of an inch. He was no longer more than likely deadly- he was a gundam pilot, known killer and assassin, the reason she was in this mess. Definitely a health hazard.
Duo Maxwell lowered his gun an inch or two and looked at her. "Oh good, its you!" he said, and smiled.
"Yes, of course it's me, who else would you find in a high security military base? Can you hotwire a motorbike.. errr. Motorcycle?" Hilde asked, rather quickly, as she pocketed her gun.
"What? Uh, a motorbike? Um sure, why?" Duo asked, confused.
Hilde started to haul the bike up from the ground. "Because I need to get the hell out of here, now, before I am captured and killed. Help please." Hilde could now here noises from outside. She had minutes at the most, before someone came in here and found her. Duo helped her right the bike and immediately bent to the exposed wires.
"It's simple," he said. "What colors make Green?"
"Green? Uhh. Blue and yellow, why?"
"Because you snip those wires, cross em, and vrooom!" responded the gundam pilot, ignoring the loud noises coming from outside. "Or, at least, I think it's blue and yellow. There, now start her up." Hilde stepped forward and, with shaking fingers, tried to start the engine. It worked. The engine coughed, and caught, rumbling happily. "Yes! You're a genius!" Hilde said, hugging one of the most hated men in the universe. "Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou. How can I repay you?"
"Hey, hey, hey," said Duo, as he grabbed her arm. "I am the one repaying the favor." There was a shout from outside and a beeping noise filled the building. "Shit." Duo said, "We had better go now, they know your missing."
That made Hilde move. "Wait." Said Duo, "We need helmets. Safety first, yaknow?
Hilde was in shock. "Helmets? You want Helmets?" Duo nodded. Sighing Hilde told him to stay put, she knew where they were so she would go get them, it was quicker that way.
Hilde took off at a run down "Misallenious" aisle again. It took a bit of searching to find the helmets. They were in behind a pile of blankets and old pillowcases. Eventually she found two and headed back down the aisle at a jog. She ran around the corner shouting an "I've got them." Before stopping dead. There were now two men in front of her. One was short, blond, and holding a gun to Duo's head. Duo was kneeling on the floor.
Hilde's sudden appearance had taken the man by surprise. He just stood there for a beat before leveling another gun at her. Hilde promptly jumped back into the aisle as a gunshot rang out. The bullet actually hit the wooden shelving Hilde was hiding behind.
"Come out!" he yelled. His voice was strong, but nice. Beautiful even. It wasn't the voice that should have belonged to that man. His voice should have been harsh and violent- but it wasn't. The voice came again, "Come out, now! Or I will kill him!"
Hilde stepped out from behind the shelving, only this time she had a gun too. The man with the beautiful voice looked at her for a moment before starting to laugh. It wasn't a nice laugh. It was the kind of laugh that made Hilde cringe. "Are you going to shoot me?" He asked. "Are you seriously going to shoot me?"
Hilde looked at Duo. His eyes said "Do it. Shoot him." Hilde tried she really did. She told her finger to do it. To pull the trigger and kill this evil man. But her finger wouldn't listen. Her brain reasoned that if she did not kill him now he would kill her and Duo. She did not want either of them to die, now, like this. But her finger stayed still and her hand started to shake. She let out a little involuntary moan of frustration. The man started to laugh again.
Duo leapt into action. He twisted around and rolled away. He came up some three feet away with his gun in his hand. A bullet came spinning out and sped towards the man with the beautiful voice. It hit him on the left side of the chest, where his heart would be. The man's blue eyes bulged a bit, he made a small noise, and then he fell.
Hilde just stood there. She didn't know what to do. To think! Her gun was still pointed at where he had been but her arm was trembling violently. One moment that man had been alive. He had been laughing. Now he was lying on the cold, cement floor. He was dead. Hilde had killed people before, but never like this. Never so close. It had always been in mobile suits. Never like this. Dead. What if he had a family? What if they were at home now, waiting for him? What if-
Duo came up besides her and slowly took her gun away. He took her by surprise and she jerked away violently. Duo stood there looking at her for a moment. "It's okay." He said softly. "It's okay." Then he put her gun back into her pocket. "We need to get going." He was right. There was no point in staying here, they needed to be gone, now.
"Alright, lets go." Hilde said, avoiding looking directly at him. Duo bent and picked up the helmets, handing one to her. Hilde clambered onto the motorcycle, and Duo settled behind her. His arms wrapped around her waist. She revved the engine and then they were off.
AN: Honestly, I have no idea how to hotwire anything. The whole "What colors make green?" bit comes from what I was told on the bus. Don't actually try to hotwire a motorcycle like that, though, you might get blown up or something. What do you think? I've got a whole chase thing planned for the next chapter. Please review, Thanks for the great reviews so far! - Langsiell