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The Assassins' Lament
Chapter Thirteen: Thine Enemy, Thine Friend
Trowa sat quietly on the bed in the cell with his arms crossed staring at the wall. How had things gone so wrong? He sighed to himself and hoped the others were safe. He had a feeling Zeon had something to do with everything that was happening between them and the preventers. What lies had they told them?
His thoughts were lost, however, when the door to the cell opened and a blond gundam pilot walked in, "Hey Trowa. You ok?"
Trowa looked over at the blond, he couldn't quite believe what he'd just said. He looked away for a moment then sighed, "Quatre, I need you to do me a favour."
Quatre nodded and walked over to sit next to his former comrad, "Anything."
Trowa nodded and lifted his hands to remove the necklace that hung hidden under his shirt. He brought it out and handed it to Quatre, "I need you to bring this to Cathrine. Tell her I'm sorry."
Quatre looked at him sadly knowing his friend had lost hope, "Ok. And don't worry. This'll all work out I'm sure of it."
With the Quatre got up and headed out taking one last look at his friend before letting the guard close the cell door again.
Meanwhile, Dorothy and Hilde had made their way back to earth and were currently heading for the Preventer's headquarters. They talked through the communicators in the helmet's of their gundams as they drove.
"I just have this feeling that things are going to turn out really bad," Hilde said sadly, "What if we're too late? What if they've killed him?" She was worried sick about Trowa. Sure he was strong and could take care of himself but the preventers knew him and what he was capable of and she knew that Trowa wouldn't do anything to hurt any of them whether or not they were willing to hurt him. All three of them knew that the preventers were probably the only ones that would be able to stop Zeon… If only they'd let them help.
"If that was all they wanted to do they would have done it back on the colony. No… they want information probably… and to lead us back so they can arrest us as well," Dorothy said, "It might be a trap but there is no way I'm leaving Trowa to them." She was worried to the point of shaking slightly. Zeon had always tried to teach them not to care… To hold back their emotions… but no matter what Zeon did they couldn't take away the feelings the three of them had for each other. They were friends… family… and there was nothing they'd be able to do to take that away from them.
"You're right," Hilde said with a sigh, "Do you still have the disk. Maybe if we give it to them they'll believe that we're trying to help them."
"Yes but I don't think even that will get rid of the knowledge Zeon must have given them," Dorothy said calmly, "They'll never trust us again."
Back in the cell, Trowa was staring at the wall again. It had been over an hour since Quatre had left and he couldn't stand waiting to find out what was going to happen from here. Thankfully, his question was answered as he heard footsteps approaching from outside.
"Hello Trowa," Lady Une said as a guard opened the door and let her and Noin into the cell. Noin didn't look too happy and kept on guard just in case he tried something.
"Lady Une," Trowa nodded calmly looking over to her through the corner of his eye. Either they were here to tell him what would become of him now, that they'd caught the others, or try to get information from him. He wouldn't lie to them… not anymore. Maybe if he told them the truth then they'd trust him again.
Lady Une watched him for a few moments wondering what he was thinking about. She glanced over at Noin who didn't seem sure of what to believe at that moment.
Lady Une sighed, I was time to ask the question. Deep inside she hoped he'd say no but she knew that if he did then she wouldn't believe him, "Are you or are you not one of the legendary Shadow Assassins?"
Trowa closed his eyes for a moment. He hadn't expected her to be so blunt. It was obvious that Zeon had given them the information. 'So they must believe we're still working for Zeon,' he thought to himself and clenched his fists. He'd promised himself he wouldn't lie and he'd keep that promise, "Yes…"
Both Une and Noin looked shocked at Trowa's confession and Lady Une turned and put a hand on her forehead for a moment taking a deep breath. They'd hoped that it had been a lie… That someone was just trying to pull the 'team' apart but it was obvious that they were wrong.
"Why?" Lady Une asked turning back to look at the former gundam pilot.
"Because that's what I was trained to be," he said calmly.
"What was your objective then? Why did they have you infiltrate our organization?" Noin said with a slight growl.
Trowa was about to answer when there was a rather loud bang. The two women looked startled while Trowa clenched his fists. It was obvious to him that it was the girls and he'd hoped they wouldn't try anything to get him out of there but he knew there was no stopping them from trying.
Lady Une and Noin looked at each other for a moment just as another guard came up, "We're being attacked by two gundams. Our own gundam pilots are heading out to try and stop them but the pilots are very skilled."
'What are they thinking?,' Trowa cursed to himself. That was just it though. If they'd brought their gundams then they couldn't have been thinking. They were going to get themselves killed.
"What are your orders?" the guard asked.
"Send out all moble suit pilots. Shoot to kill," Noin said.
Trowa clenched his fists at this and tried to keep from attacking her right there. How could she say that? They'd been her friends, her companions, how could she just tell them to kill them like that?
Noin turned to glare at him for a moment then turned to follow Lady Une out.
"If only she knew," he whispered to himself as the cell door began to close again. He narrowed his eyes and grabbed the watch that they'd left with him and threw it at crack in the door to keep it open. He smirked to himself slightly as he listened carefully at the women's fading footsteps.
Once the footsteps died away, Trowa got up and walked quietly to the door of the cell. In a flash he'd thrown the door open and knocked out the guard. He then knelt down and the guard's gun and his watch, which doubled as a communicator for short distances. He then dragged the guard into the cell and left him there making sure the door was locked.
He headed down the hallway, gun cocked and ready to defend him if needed. He could hear the sounds of the moble suits fighting outside. The girls might be foolish for coming to rescue him but they made a wonderful distraction.
Meanwhile, outside, the girls were busy fending off preventer moble suits and the gundams of Duo and Wufei. They were currently being pushed back as the preventers surrounded them.
"Damn it," Dorothy cursed as she knocked the legs out from under an attacking moble suit. Her gundam, Majestic, was made for close combat, with an energy saber and sharp points on the feet, knees and elbows, which she was extremely thankful for at this moment as she sliced the chest of another suit.
Hilde on the other hand, was stuck as her gundam, Shadowarcher, was made to fight at a distance. Her gundam had various missiles and such along with an energy crossbow on each arm. She was struggling to attack at such a close distance but managed to damage a few moble suits.
Duo, who was rather furious now, flew his gundam overtop of the fighting so that he was now behind the two girl's gundams. With a furious swipe of his energy scythe he made a large gash down Majectic's back leaving it sparking.
Dorothy growled as she wiped her gundam around and locked her sword with Duo's scythe. With her attention sowly on Deathscythe, the other moble suits began to move closer, aiming their weapons at Shadowarcher, who was defenceless.
Wufei growled as he sent his long arm at Shadowarcher racking the fang like points across the gundam's left arm just inches from the crossbow. The two new gashes on Hilde's gundam sparked slightly and she sighed as she attempted to attack Wufei's gundam to no avail.
"Time for drastic measures," Dorothy murmured over the headset. They were in a tight situation with moble suits all around them. If they tried to fly away they'd be destroyed, if they continued like they were they'd be forced to surrender or be destroyed, so the best course of action was to catch them off guard.
Hilde tensed slightly at the words, understanding what her partner meant. It was time to abandon the gundams… and have them self-destruct. That would, at least, decrease the number of opposing moble suits.
At the same time, both girls opened the cockpit door of their gundam. The preventers, thinking they were surrendering, didn't fire at them. Both girls smirked at this as they leapt into the air, landed and dashed threw the wall of moble suits.
Once they felt they were far enough, both girls pressed the self-destruction buttons in their hands simultaneously. The opposing gundams, which had all turned to shoot or run after the two, were blown forwards, if not blown apart, by the blast. Several of the moble suits toppled to the ground causing the earth to shake and a cloud of dust to form.
