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Invalidated Fatality
Chapter Two
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Lady Une frowned and massaged the bridge of her nose. One of her best preventers had vanished completely. He should have returned from his mission several days ago, but no one had heard from him, no one had seen him, and no one knew where to look. Although he was known for trying to estrange himself from the people he cared for, Lady Une knew that this was not the case. It was in his contract to inform her of any such plot, and it was in his nature to stick to the contract.
The vid-phone beeped. Putting her glasses back on, Lady Une pushed a button to receive the transmission. "Yes, Mr. Winner?" she said.
"Hello, Lady Une," Quatre said. "Any leads?"
"No. I just sent several preventers to search the mission site. They haven't found anything yet." Lady Une shook her head.
Nodding, Quatre said, "I have one."
"Well?"
"I'm coming back to Earth. I'll tell you then."
As the screen went blank, Lady Une sighed, turned to her computer, and began writing the necessary emails. She had already informed the other Gundam pilots of Heero Yuy's disappearance, and now she had to deal with the task of informing other important people. Of those people, she would not inform Relena Darlian/Peacecraft. Relena was recently nominated for re- election for the position of Vice Foreign Minister, but she didn't want to be re-elected. Unfortunately for her, she didn't have a good enough reason to decline, and she always had a strong desire to help the people. Lady Une needed her elected because she strongly supported the Preventers. Not many politicians supported the Preventers' Organization yet, so they needed all the support they could get. If Relena did find out about Mr. Yuy's disappearance, there would be a good chance that she'd abandon her previous commitments and search for him . . . Therefore, Lady Une deduced that she would refrain from telling Relena as long as possible.
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BRING! Brrrring! Brrrriiinngg! The phone was ringing like crazy in Heero Yuy's apartment, but nobody was home to answer it.
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Heero regained consciousness bolted to a hard, frozen metal table in a pitch black room. His body ached and felt too heavy to move. Suddenly, a light flickered on overhead, bathing the room in a pale irredescent blue light. Heero frowned, watching a door slide open and a man enter the room.
"Good morning," the man chuckled, "About time you woke up. We were starting to worry." Heero wondered what he meant by 'we.' The man stood closer to the table. "After all, it would be a pity to lose a weapon we never got a chance to use."
Heero's eyes widened. "What?" he asked, his voice hoarse.
The man laughed; it sounded almost bitter. "Don't bother fighting us," he replied darkly. "You won't win." He pulled a syringe from his coat pocket. "In exactly twenty-four hours," he said, inserting the needle in Heero's arm, "You won't know any better."
The amber liquid from the syringe flowed into Heero's veins. He shuddered involuntarily as the world around him dimmed. "Bastard . . ." he muttered.
The man left the room, turned off the lights, and smiled at the guard outside the little room. "Only Dr. Robinson is allowed in," he told him and headed down the hall. To himself, he added, "My plan is in progress . . ."
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Duo turned off the videophone rather violently and leaned back in his chair. "Nothing," he muttered.
Trowa, who was scouring the Internet for information about their missing friend, frowned. "I'm not getting anything either," he said. "I wonder how Quatre's doing with this."
Duo sighed. "Yea, maybe he's having better luck, eh? I'll call 'im." He dialed the number, and Quatre's face appeared on the videoscreen.
"Hello, Duo," he said. "Before you ask - no, I have no more information about Heero. He just disappeared."
Moving from his position against the wall, Wufei asked, "He may have decided not to come back. You know how he is -"
"Yes," Quatre replied, "but I don't think he would. It's not like him to leave when it's important that he stays. The Magnauts are out searching the site, but all they found so far was a bit of blood and a piece or two of his jacket. I'm coming to Earth - I'll tell you everything I know when I get there."
"Sure thing, Blondie," Duo said, frowning as the screen went blank. "Something here just isn't adding up . . ."
~~~~~
Sally Po rapped on the doorframe of Lady Une's office.
"Yes?" Lady Une said, looking up from her computer. "News?"
Nodding, Sally Po replied, "Nothing."
With a sigh, Lady Une shook her head, finished her email to Preventer Wind, and sent it.
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Lucretzia Noin Peacecraft smiled at her husband. He had been away for most of the day, dealing with several technical problems that the Mars Colony was experiencing. "Zechs," she said, wrapping her arms around his waist and laying her chin on his chest, "What's wrong?"
Zechs kissed her forehead, but pulled her arms off and looked at her.
"Did something happen with the colony? I thought -"
He shook his head. "No. The colony's fine - it's built wonderfully - it was just a wiring issue in the main control area."
"Then why do you look so stressed?" Noin frowned, hoping he wasn't going to avoid the topic like he sometimes did.
Zechs sighed, knowing that he was defeated. "Noin," he said, "I received an email from Colonel Une this afternoon."
"And?"
"Heero Yuy is MIA."
"What!? You can't be serious, he . . ." Noin blinked in disbelief. "What happened?"
Zechs shrugged. "They don't know. The base exploded, and Yuy never returned to Headquarters. He may have disappeared on purpose, but they don't think so."
"Didn't they find anything there?"
"No, they didn't. If he were dead, they would have found his body beneath the rubble," Zechs told her. "I don't think he's dead. All they found was some blood and a small piece of his jacket."
Noin sat down. She couldn't believe that the young man they had so relied upon during the wars could be MIA. Her world had become suddenly sharper. Zechs sat down next to her, and she leaned back against him. "Does Relena know?" she asked.
"No," he said, "and I don't think she should. She has a lot on her mind as it is."
"Zechs . . ."
~~~~~END CHAPTER~~~~~
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Invalidated Fatality
Chapter Two
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Lady Une frowned and massaged the bridge of her nose. One of her best preventers had vanished completely. He should have returned from his mission several days ago, but no one had heard from him, no one had seen him, and no one knew where to look. Although he was known for trying to estrange himself from the people he cared for, Lady Une knew that this was not the case. It was in his contract to inform her of any such plot, and it was in his nature to stick to the contract.
The vid-phone beeped. Putting her glasses back on, Lady Une pushed a button to receive the transmission. "Yes, Mr. Winner?" she said.
"Hello, Lady Une," Quatre said. "Any leads?"
"No. I just sent several preventers to search the mission site. They haven't found anything yet." Lady Une shook her head.
Nodding, Quatre said, "I have one."
"Well?"
"I'm coming back to Earth. I'll tell you then."
As the screen went blank, Lady Une sighed, turned to her computer, and began writing the necessary emails. She had already informed the other Gundam pilots of Heero Yuy's disappearance, and now she had to deal with the task of informing other important people. Of those people, she would not inform Relena Darlian/Peacecraft. Relena was recently nominated for re- election for the position of Vice Foreign Minister, but she didn't want to be re-elected. Unfortunately for her, she didn't have a good enough reason to decline, and she always had a strong desire to help the people. Lady Une needed her elected because she strongly supported the Preventers. Not many politicians supported the Preventers' Organization yet, so they needed all the support they could get. If Relena did find out about Mr. Yuy's disappearance, there would be a good chance that she'd abandon her previous commitments and search for him . . . Therefore, Lady Une deduced that she would refrain from telling Relena as long as possible.
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BRING! Brrrring! Brrrriiinngg! The phone was ringing like crazy in Heero Yuy's apartment, but nobody was home to answer it.
~~~~~
Heero regained consciousness bolted to a hard, frozen metal table in a pitch black room. His body ached and felt too heavy to move. Suddenly, a light flickered on overhead, bathing the room in a pale irredescent blue light. Heero frowned, watching a door slide open and a man enter the room.
"Good morning," the man chuckled, "About time you woke up. We were starting to worry." Heero wondered what he meant by 'we.' The man stood closer to the table. "After all, it would be a pity to lose a weapon we never got a chance to use."
Heero's eyes widened. "What?" he asked, his voice hoarse.
The man laughed; it sounded almost bitter. "Don't bother fighting us," he replied darkly. "You won't win." He pulled a syringe from his coat pocket. "In exactly twenty-four hours," he said, inserting the needle in Heero's arm, "You won't know any better."
The amber liquid from the syringe flowed into Heero's veins. He shuddered involuntarily as the world around him dimmed. "Bastard . . ." he muttered.
The man left the room, turned off the lights, and smiled at the guard outside the little room. "Only Dr. Robinson is allowed in," he told him and headed down the hall. To himself, he added, "My plan is in progress . . ."
~~~~~
Duo turned off the videophone rather violently and leaned back in his chair. "Nothing," he muttered.
Trowa, who was scouring the Internet for information about their missing friend, frowned. "I'm not getting anything either," he said. "I wonder how Quatre's doing with this."
Duo sighed. "Yea, maybe he's having better luck, eh? I'll call 'im." He dialed the number, and Quatre's face appeared on the videoscreen.
"Hello, Duo," he said. "Before you ask - no, I have no more information about Heero. He just disappeared."
Moving from his position against the wall, Wufei asked, "He may have decided not to come back. You know how he is -"
"Yes," Quatre replied, "but I don't think he would. It's not like him to leave when it's important that he stays. The Magnauts are out searching the site, but all they found so far was a bit of blood and a piece or two of his jacket. I'm coming to Earth - I'll tell you everything I know when I get there."
"Sure thing, Blondie," Duo said, frowning as the screen went blank. "Something here just isn't adding up . . ."
~~~~~
Sally Po rapped on the doorframe of Lady Une's office.
"Yes?" Lady Une said, looking up from her computer. "News?"
Nodding, Sally Po replied, "Nothing."
With a sigh, Lady Une shook her head, finished her email to Preventer Wind, and sent it.
~~~~~
Lucretzia Noin Peacecraft smiled at her husband. He had been away for most of the day, dealing with several technical problems that the Mars Colony was experiencing. "Zechs," she said, wrapping her arms around his waist and laying her chin on his chest, "What's wrong?"
Zechs kissed her forehead, but pulled her arms off and looked at her.
"Did something happen with the colony? I thought -"
He shook his head. "No. The colony's fine - it's built wonderfully - it was just a wiring issue in the main control area."
"Then why do you look so stressed?" Noin frowned, hoping he wasn't going to avoid the topic like he sometimes did.
Zechs sighed, knowing that he was defeated. "Noin," he said, "I received an email from Colonel Une this afternoon."
"And?"
"Heero Yuy is MIA."
"What!? You can't be serious, he . . ." Noin blinked in disbelief. "What happened?"
Zechs shrugged. "They don't know. The base exploded, and Yuy never returned to Headquarters. He may have disappeared on purpose, but they don't think so."
"Didn't they find anything there?"
"No, they didn't. If he were dead, they would have found his body beneath the rubble," Zechs told her. "I don't think he's dead. All they found was some blood and a small piece of his jacket."
Noin sat down. She couldn't believe that the young man they had so relied upon during the wars could be MIA. Her world had become suddenly sharper. Zechs sat down next to her, and she leaned back against him. "Does Relena know?" she asked.
"No," he said, "and I don't think she should. She has a lot on her mind as it is."
"Zechs . . ."
~~~~~END CHAPTER~~~~~