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The Assassins' Lament
Chapter Nine: The Captured
"How could I be so stupid?" Cheetara growled to herself as she winced at the pain in her head, "I should have been more careful… They should never have been able to sneak up on me like that."
She was in a dark holding cell somewhere in the complex. Her hands were bound as well as her legs to keep her from trying to escape. She, of course, wasn't about to continue lying on the ground like a helpless little doll. She slowly pushed herself towards the wall then used it to as a support get to her feet. Once she was on her feet she hopped a little ways away from the wall. Once that was done, she jumped into the air bringing her arms under them and around to the front.
"That feels much better," she sighed, "Too bad these are cuffs and not rope."
She hopped over to the small window and looked out. She remembered this place as if she'd been here only yesterday. She could almost here the old church bell ringing.
(Flashback)
"Keep running Quatre!" a young girl with blond hair shouted to a smaller boy who also had blond hair, "There coming closer!"
"I'm twying!" the little boy shouted back, "Ahh!" the little boy tripped fell to the ground.
They were only about 5 years of age.
"Quatre!" the young girl shouted turning and running over to the little boy, "Get up we have to go," she said in a panicked voice.
"You're not going anywhere you little brats," came a voice as a man walked up and grabbed the two of them picking them up off the ground. They struggled as they were dragged back the way they'd come… back towards the white van.
The little boy began to cry and he struggled to get free.
"Shut up you rugrat before I throw you off a bridge or something," the man said in an exasperated voice.
"You leave my brother alone you big dork!" the girl growled as she kicked him. Her little brother continued to whimper and sniffle as the two of them were dropped by the van.
"Which one do we take?" he asked his associate, a woman who'd just stepped out of the van and walked over.
"Take the girl… That little brat would be nothing but trouble. What a cry baby," the woman said rolling her eyes, "Besides… no one would expect a pretty little blond girl."
"Leave me alone!" the girl growled as the man went to pick her up and throw her in the van. She angrily kicked him in the ankle and ran off.
"Kids pretty fast," the man said not moving from his position.
"Come on back here little girl," the woman shouted out, "You wouldn't want you baby brother to get hurt now would ya?"
The man snickered as he saw the young girl stop in her tracks and look back. She looked to the ground biting her lip as the man calmly walked over taking her by the shoulder and leading her towards the van again. A tear dripped to the ground as she stepped past her brother without looking back and was lifted into the van.
Little Quatre watched as the van drove off leaving him there all alone, "Dilia," he cried out.
(Flashback)
"Don't stop! Keep going!" Wolf shouted to the two from the back. It seemed as if they'd been running for hours, but they were still being pursued. Zeon wasn't going to give up until the three of them were captured again… or dead.
"They're gaining… again! We need to find shelter. Somewhere to hide from them," Cheetara shouted back.
"We're in the middle of nowhere. There is no shelter for miles," Falcra said as she continued to run.
They heard several shots being fired at them from the flying mobile suits. They quickly dodged and regrouped again. They were tiring fast but they knew if they stopped it was over. There was no room for rest… no room for mistakes. They all knew what would happen if they were caught… what could happen. The most severe would be torture… the least would be continuing where they left off… killing again.
"I can't go anymore," Falcra whimpered falling to the ground.
The other two stopped and looked back at her but only for a second before they both ran over and lifted her up to her feet, "We're not leaving you behind. We get out together or we all get caught," Wolf said in a serious tone of voice. It seemed lately that that was the only tone of voice he ever used.
Suddenly something fell over them… A net.
"No!" Cheetara shouted. 'This can't be happening,' she thought to herself. They'd come so far just to be dragged down again. She looked sadly over at Wolf and he took her hand holding it tightly. She nodded to him. It would be ok. He wasn't about to let anything happen to them.
"I don't want to go back," Falcra whimpered.
"Hey… Come on now… Haven't you learnt anything threw all of this? Don't give them the satisfaction of seeing you cry," Wolf said with narrowed eyes and clenched fist as he looked up at the mobile suits that were surrounding them.
She nodded meekly and took a deep breath.
Several of the mobile suit cockpits opened and men and women jumped out.
"Don't worry Falcra… This is far from over," Cheetara said also narrowing her eyes in contempt at the people surrounding them.
"Oh it's over alright," said a tall burly man just before he hit her across the head. Everything went blank.
(Flashback)
Cheetara opened her eyes and looked around. She was in the middle of a dark room. She had a metal collar around her neck with a thick chain that was attached to a metal loop on the floor. She ignored the degrading feeling it gave her as she continued to look around. She'd been here before… several times. This is where they were given their orders. She looked around for the others. They didn't seem to be there… she was alone. She bit her lip fearful of what might have happened to Them. Her thoughts were cut off, however, when the chair at the head of the room turned to face her.
"Hello Cheetara. It's so good to see you again," the figure said in a calm voice, "You know that stunt the three of you pulled was very disappointing. I thought you believed in our cause. I thought you wanted to save the world as much as the rest of us… I suppose I was wrong."
"Save the world? If that's what you call saving the world then I don't want to be a part of it," she hissed.
"Come now… We're doing the right thing. Yes, we may need to kill off a few people but in the long run it will save millions from war, poverty, starvation, illness and so much more. Once the world and the colonies are one again we can work together to get rid of all those things," he replied.
"Bullshit!" she shouted trying to get up but being pulled down again by the collar, "All you want is power… Power over the entire human race."
"I was hoping you'd see things my way but I suppose we'll just have to do things the hard way," the man said as he threw something in her direction.
She looked at what he'd thrown. It was a small golden locket.
"Open it," he said in his calm voice.
Cheetara narrowed her eyes as she picked up the locket and opened it. Her eyes went wide at what she saw… It was a picture of her and her younger brother… Quatre.
"Take a long look my dear… If you don't cooperate then we'll just have to enlist help from someone else… or we could always just kill him," the man laughed.
"You leave him alone!" She shouted with fury as she, once again, tried to attack him being held down by the collar.
"Well then… I guess we have a deal," he said as he stood up and walked towards the door getting inches from her as if daring her to attack.
She said nothing knowing there was nothing that needed to be said. She looked over at his feet as he passed and held the locket tightly in her hands.
(Flashback)
"Quatre," Dorothy whispered to herself as she grabbed the locket pulling it over her neck. They'd been surprised when Zeon hadn't attacked their loved ones when they'd escaped the second time but it seemed the reason was because they hadn't really lost them. Zeon was always there… always watching over them… until they were needed again.
Suddenly the door began to open slowly. She watched the door as she backed up to the wall narrowing her eyes expecting trouble. A figure walked in holding a gun. Her eyes went wide as she recognised the figure.
"Trowa?" she whispered from the shadows as she walked towards the light coming from the door.
"Dorothy," Trowa sighed with relief.
(Meanwhile)
After "borrowing" a mobile suit from the Zeon base, Hilde headed towards the Preventer's Headquarters. She made it there in little time and headed for the cargo hold to drop off the suit.
She jumped out of the suit, after shutting down the systems, and headed towards the door that would lead her into the main building.
"Don't move," came a voice suddenly.
Hilde narrowed her eyes and turned in the direction of the voice. There stood several figures. She recognised the one in front as Heero Yuy, "Heero, we have to round everyone up… It's an emergency."
"Yes it is… We've got a spy in our midst," Heero said with disgust.
"What?" she asked knowing he was speaking of her. His tone was angry and she could see his hand rested on his gun. Somehow they must have found out their secret… or at least hers. This wasn't good but she was on a mission and she'd do everything she could to relay her message to them.
"You're coming with us," Heero said as he took several steps towards her taking out his gun and pointing it at her.
"Heero… what's going on?" she asked in her most sincere voice. It was best to play dumb until she knew exactly what they knew.
"Don't play stupid with me. I know who you are… what you are. I can't believe we fell for your tricks," he said shaking his head with the disgusted look still visible.
"I didn't come here to play games, Heero. I came to warn you," she hissed back.
"A trap no doubt, or are you just going to draw us all together to kill us all… that is what you do best isn't it?" he said nodding to the men behind him. The men walked towards her, guns drawn.
"I am on your side," she said backing up a step.
"We'll see about that…" Heero said as the men reached her and grabbed her by the arms.
"I'm sorry," she whispered suddenly before elbowing one man, kicking another and punching several more. With Heero's troops out of commission she turned and ran.
Heero narrowed his eyes as he pointed his gun and fired.
The shot missed as Hilde jumped into the air coming down on her hands and rolling to a standing position once more and continuing her running. When she got outside she quickly jumped into a tree hiding herself from her pursuer. Heero eventually gave up and headed back inside.
"It's over," she whispered to herself, "We've reached the end and there's no turning back."
