Shattered Reality Part 5
Infiltration
by
Sailor Janus
Hotaru took a deep breath of the night air as she stepped out of the van and peered through the trees where the tall building, known as Station Red, stood awaiting them. Sure, she knew all the access codes and passwords in the joint, but that didn't make this exactly a walk in the park.
'Please don't let them have discovered that I switched sides. As long as everyone in there believes I still am their "pretty little assassin," the better chance we all have of making it out alive,' the dark-haired girl thought as she relocated her gun, in the pocket of her jacket among her other toys which she may end up needing for emergency uses.
"So this is the experimental headquarters huh? Yeesh, looks pretty ugly," Duo cringed at the guards surrounding the entrance, as he shoved a few clips in his pockets.
Heero turned and surveyed the area. The thought that the Preventers never found out about the place sickened him. Of course, it was masked as a normal office to keep it as ambiguous as possible. Unfortunately, they succeeded with flying colors.
"Are you sure you won't need us?" Trowa questioned the violet-eyed girl who shook her head.
"No, I don't want to risk them seeing you guys then tracing it back to us. We'll find our own way back. I am aware of several ways out of this horrible place."
The dark green-eyed teen nodded and turned on the ignition, leaving his headlights off. "If you guys need help, use the cell phone. Good luck." Quickly, he backed out and left, with a small wave. 'I hope you know what you are doing.'
"Let's do this," Hotaru simply spoke as she stalked into the wooded area surrounding the tall building as the two boys followed close behind.
Silently, the trio managed to make it to the outer edges of the clearing, without being sighted and carefully crouched down on the grass, hidden by the shadows and bushes surrounding the area.
"Damn it. I didn't count on them being this heavily guarded," the girl said through gritted teeth. 'Guess I'll have to use Plan B. I hate Plan B,' she thought with a sigh as the Heero and Duo looked up at her curiously.
"What's wrong?" the dark-eyed teen with the messy hair questioned as he noticed the frustration emitting from Hotaru.
"Nothing. Look, stay here. I have to use Plan B," the dark-haired girl growled as she stood up slowly.
"Wait, Plan B?! There's a Plan B?! What's Plan B?" the braided-teen asked looking very perplexed. Heero merely glared at the girl, since he was not acknowledged of the existence of Plan B either.
"Yes, there is a Plan B, I just didn't tell you guys because it mainly concerns me. I am going to have to appear as if I have returned from murdering you guys in order to gain access inside, and then steal some uniforms."
"Why can't we accompany you?" the Perfect Soldier challenged the violet-eyed girl who shook her head.
"Impossible. They may catch the two of you with the surveillance cameras. Just stay here," Hotaru firmly stated as she opened a small vile of red liquid smearing it on her shirt and hands.
"What are you doing?!" the cobalt-eyed ex-pilot exclaimed as he stared at the girl like she had just lost her mind.
"It's blood, as sick as it sounds. I'll explain later. Stay!" Quickly, Hotaru walked up to the building as the two ex-gundam pilots watched, from their hiding place.
'Let's see how good of an actress I am,' the teenaged girl thought as she walked up to the guarded door.
"Mission Complete. Ex-gundam pilots destroyed. Must return to headquarters," Hotaru blankly said to the guard closest to the door with a vacant look in her eyes.
The tall, black-haired man gave the girl a once over, and allowed her into the building.
Once inside, the dark-haired girl silently let out the breath she was holding, and quickly crept down the hall to the laundry shoot. Glancing around the hallway, she made sure there was no one in the vicinity before climbing in and slid down the shaft, landing in a pile of dirty clothes.
Grabbing two sets of shirts and pants that looked like they could fit the two ex-pilots, Hotaru, jumped out of the extremely large rolling laundry basket and raced to the window.
Digging in one of the pockets of her jacket, she pulled out a knife, and carefully sliced the insulation, around it. "Got it," she smirked as she removed the glass sheet, placing it on the floor and cautiously climbed out of the window. Examining the area for onlookers before rolling to her back on the ground, she clenched her gun, in case anyone followed her.
"So far, so good," Hotaru murmured, as she rose to her feet, and raced to the place she left the guys.
Abruptly, as she approached, Heero pulled his gun on her, and hesitated once he realized it was only Hotaru. The boy still did not trust her and she knew it.
"Here, throw these on. Might be a little big, but they should do," the dark-haired girl whispered, tossing the clothes at the two boys' feet. "We don't have much time left. In an hour, they'll activate the security system and even I don't really know how to successfully walk through it without setting the damn thing off."
Quickly, the two teens put the new clothing on over their own shirts and pants.
"Wait, what type of uniforms are these?" Duo asked as they began walking towards the back of the building
"Janitors'."
"Great, I feel so high up on society's totem-pole right now," the chestnut brown-haired teen muttered.
"Keep it down," Heero quietly said as they neared the building.
Hotaru inspected the perimeter facing the back entrance. Just as she hoped, empty.
Quietly they approached the door, the girl taking the lead. "If I recall the system correctly then the code should be-" Hotaru muttered to herself, pushing a sequence of buttons on the dial pad as the two boys scanned the area for guards or anyone else that might get in their way.
Finally, the green light flashed with a small beep. "We're in. Heero, the lab is down the west wing straight ahead. Duo and I will meet you there after I get what I need. Please try not to get caught," the violet-eyed girl firmly said as she glanced into the boy's dark-blue eyes.
"Hn," Heero nodded as he turned towards the west wing.
*~*~*~*
"So, Hotaru where are we going?" the chestnut brown-haired teen whispered as he looked anxiously around the hall.
"To my stationed room. I have to get some of my things out of here before they discover my treason," the girl simply said. "Stop here."
"Why?"
"Just stop and stay quiet," Hotaru shakily said as she pressed herself against the wall biting her lower lip. Duo also leaned on the wall, but was confused as to why, when he suddenly realized what the girl was so paranoid about. There were two scientists walking in their general direction.
Hotaru held her breath as they strolled past the two teens, unaware, of their existence.
The girl tilted her head, implying she wanted the boy with the long braid to follow her, but not to say a word. Reluctantly, he stayed close behind, wishing that he hadn't volunteered for this mission to begin with. Duo didn't mind danger or death for that matter, but the ideas swimming in his head at the moment of what these insane people would do to him if he were caught, made him nauseous. Hotaru really, should not have brought up the fact that they liked to experiment on the captives.
Cautiously, the two teens sneaked around the corner, finding themselves in another long empty hallway.
The violet-eyed girl, walked quickly, passing several doors before coming to a stop, and began entering a code into the keypad next to the door as Duo withheld watch over the multiple doors lining the corridor.
A small beep, followed by a flashing green light signaled the door was unlocked. Swiftly, Hotaru and Duo raced into the room, closing the door behind them.
Duo found himself in a very dimly lit room, cluttered with many lamps. The boy stood, amazed at the appearance of the room, before being interrupted by a very hasty Hotaru who threw a black bag at him.
"Open the bottom drawer to my bureau and take out everything inside. Be as fast as possible. We need to get back to Heero before the security system is activated," the dark-haired girl ordered the ex-gundam pilot as she threw open her closet, removing several articles of clothing as well as a large manila envelope from the top shelf, stuffing them into another black bag.
Nodding his head, Duo, opened the drawer, finding himself staring at rather extensive collection of arsenal. 'Heero would love this!' he thought as he began filling up the bag. "By the way, why do we have to sneak around if we are disguised?'
Hotaru glanced up from her closet for a second, "You do not have name tags, that's why, not to mention the guards know the janitorial staff. The only reason you have the uniforms is so if someone takes a quick glance at you guys, you do not look out of place." The girl next turned to her nightstand, grabbing a few more things, before finishing filling her bag with stuff from her top two drawers of bureau.
"Okay, got everything?" she asked, swinging around to face the long haired boy who nodded in response. "Good, let's go grab Heero and get the hell out of here."
*~*~*~*
Heero was typing like a mad man trying to access and copy the information and files which he deemed important in order to put an end to whatever the people who had associated with Hotaru were planning, as fast as possible. Whatever it was, it was probably very corrupt.
'Come on. There has to be more here.' the teenager thought as he searched through the main page to the system. Suddenly, he came across a link to a page called "Code Name: Firefly." Without a second thought, the Prussian blue-eyed ex-pilot selected the file, and began copying it. He wanted to know exactly what this girl who calls herself an ally was about and what a more perfect way, than through the lab's computer system.
Just as the Perfect Soldier completed his hacking, Hotaru and Duo ambled in the room as Heero spun around, gun ready.
"Hi to you too," Hotaru glared as she walked up to another computer terminal.
"What are you doing? I already have all the needed files," the dark-haired boy questioned, looking annoyed that she didn't think he did his job properly.
"I know, but there a few files I need of my own," Hotaru, matter of factly said.
In record-breaking speed, she copied what she found necessary before turning to the two guys and taking a deep breath when suddenly the alarms sounded.
"Oh shit," the girl cursed as she stood. "We are in deep trouble. Somehow, they found us."
"Wait, how?!" Duo asked, as his eyes grew wide.
"No idea. They must have changed the codes or something, delaying them long enough so it'd seem like an easy entrance. Damn it!"
"Nice acting job but you set this up, didn't you!" Heero accused Hotaru, looking at her coldly in the eye as he pulled his gun on her, clicking the safety off.
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Author's Notes: This was a difficult and fun chapter to plan. I knew that they were going to infiltrate into that building, I just didn't know how they would do it.
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Time to answer a few questions. The part concerning Prof. T, I'll be getting to his identity later (there is a huge reason why I'm being so quiet about it) and no the deathbusters and Mistress 9 won't be making an appearance, sorry.
Okay, yes there will be a romance, I have already chose who and it'll fit perfectly with the story. Those of you who wanted it to be another character, I have at least one more crossover concerning one of the other mentioned matches which I'll put up the same time the romance between Hotaru and someone heats up, and no, I'm not telling who it is because it'll ruin the surprise.
Let's see, am I forgetting anything? Oh yeah, around let's see, maybe it'd be chapter 8? Don't know. Well, anyways, due to graphic content, I'll have to upgrade this story to an R. You'll understand when I get there. The scenes have been written, and it's really dark and will get darker but that is what will really tie things together. Without certain events, it just wouldn't be the same.
Thank you for reading ^_^