The general's eyes were wide with shock and fright as he held motionless in Duo's grasp.
"Duo!" Quatre exclaimed, just as surprised. He didn't know what was going on, but this certainly was more than necessary for the mission. They could have easily killed the man and escaped.
"Sorry 04, Duo's out. I am Shinigami."
"What...What do you want from me?" The general tried to demand but it came out a bit to plaintive to attain the commanding fearless guise he had hoped for.
His captor's lips quirked up in a humorless chilling smirk. "I want you to die. Which you will. Painfully. Like all those children you killed. Those children who already worked so hard just to live while you sold the antidote to everyone else."
"They were nothing!"
"They were everything! They were more than you could ever be!" Abruptly he released the general and stepped back, blocking the doorway. "Those children you killed valued life. I suggest you try it, seeing as how you have about a week to live before the lovely stuff I invited into your bloodstream kills you."
"I'm in the Alliance you fool! I have the best medical care in the world!" But a sweat drop was clinging tenuously to his forehead, belying his confident words.
"I'm a Gundam pilot General. If we can build that, we can certainly build a bio-weapon worse than yours. Of course, we have an antidote too, just like you did." He pulled out a little vial of liquid and looked at it curiously. Casually he continued. "Maybe I'll sell it to the highest bidder. I'm sure you have enemies that would like to make sure you never lay hands on it."
"Duo..." Quatre began, suddenly knowing exactly why he'd been assigned to this mission. The scientists must have known that Duo would react this way to the General, would in fact require Quatre to rein him in. But Quatre still didn't know why Duo was so upset over this. "Duo, we need to leave. We don't have time for this. We have a mission."
"So do I." He turned his attention back to the trembling man before him. "You know, you took away their families, their homes, their futures. And then you took away their lives too. They had more courage and valor and worth than you will ever have."
"Duo." It was a bit of a plea. Quatre really didn't want to still be here when someone noticed the scientists or the general missing and came looking.
To his relief, the other nodded shortly. "Come on 04. Let's blow this joint." He pressed the detonator and turned to the general once more. "You've got five minutes to get clear before this place goes sky high. I'd make use of that time if I were you. No reason to cut your remaining time short." He stepped aside and gestured grandly to the door beside him.
"I can have my men here in seconds!"
"Sorry old pal but they're a little busy."
It was true, for they'd broken into the computer system earlier and placed a false alarm that had sent everyone scurrying off.
With that said, Duo pressed the other detonator he carried and a chunk of the wall blew out, opening a clear way out. Quatre and his long haired partner made for that exit.
Seeing his hope of recovery escape with his vengeful attacker the General raced after them, reaching for his gun to find it was not there. It was, in fact, hiding in one of Duo's voluminous pockets.
Pitifully the doomed man chased after them, screaming. He would have grabbed for a shuttle or a mobile suit or anything to chase them down but the pilots had chosen their location better than they knew, for all of the heavy artillery was out of reach for the distraught General.
As the two young men drove off in a delivery truck the braided one held the vial out the window and shook it tantalizingly, viciously tormenting the man further. Seeing the truck finally fade from sight, the General succumbed to the sudden dizziness that had started to plague him and fell to his knees. They were just street rats he tried to convince himself unsuccessfully. They meant nothing.
But he knew better.
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