Operation: Meteor (2)
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Chapter 2: Report
As they were leaving the Mall the boy heard an explosion, then another followed by a third. Looking around he noticed that there was bombs planted everywhere. He looked at the other boy for an explanation but he was already leaving. Getting up he followed the other boy out. They hadn't gotten very far when the entire place blew up.
"What the hell was that for? Not only did you kill everyone in there, you had to blow them up too! What is with you?"
Duo was enraged. He had just witnessed something very similar to what had happened to him when he was a child and he still remembered what it felt like not having the body of a loved one to bury. The families of all these people would be suffering. He couldn't stand it.
"The evidence was destroyed. They will blame the fire on an accident."
The other boy didn't seem to care that some of these peoples families would go on with the belief that their loved one is still alive. These people's families would suffer because they needed to make sure that their cover wasn't blown. It wasn't right but Duo couldn't do anything about it. The boy said that they should meet again in a few days to finish with the meeting. Duo wasn't sure he ever wanted to see the other boy again but nodded his head anyways. They decided to meet at a park near the safe house in a few days. With that decided they went their separate ways.
After they had left the mall Duo reported back to his boss at their safe house. He gave a full report on everything that had happened. He could still smell the blood and hear their screams as the people died. He didn't think he would be getting sleep any time soon.
"Duo I understand that this is not something you're used to but you need to get over it. This is a war and you are a soldier. People get killed even if they are innocent. I'm sorry if I seem callous but you must understand that it is necessary to our cause. If he hadn't killed those people our entire operation might have been compromised."
Duo looked at his boss as if he had grown an extra head. How could he say something like that? He had seen how soldiers operated on L-2; he didn't want to be anything like that at all. He would never be a soldier no matter what G said. On L-2 the soldiers had killed anyone who got in their way and sometimes those who weren't. They had destroyed homes and generally left the entire place devastated in their wake. He realized that was also how the boy had acted. That boy was prepared to do anything to win the war. He would do anything to accomplish his mission. Duo had thought he was prepared to fight in this war, but he knew he would never be able to do something like that. He didn't think he would want to be able to do that.
"That's exactly what he said. He said the meeting had been compromised. We could have just left or something He didn't have to kill all those people. They were just innocent civilians. The people were only there to get a break from the war not to become sacrifices for us. If it had been me I know that I couldn't do it. There's no way in hell that I could ever do something like that and I don't think the others could either."
Looking at his boss he suddenly noticed how worn out and tired he looked. This was the man who had taken him in and trained him to take care of himself when he had been a street orphan on L-2. He had never seen him look like this before. He was always so commanding it never occurred to Duo that the war could affect him like this.
"I know you couldn't do that. And you're right the others probably couldn't either. That's the problem. This war is going to get messy and you're going to have to do things you're not going to like. Some of them might include killing children or families simply for the sake of keeping your cover. I never trained you for that. You're just not capable of doing it. So we need someone that is.
When we started this project of training children to be soldiers we made a mistake. We kept treating you like you were kids and not as soldiers. Well some of us did anyway; it looks like S and J were able to avoid that problem. But because I trained you the way I did, you aren't capable of doing certain things. After we decided to train you we each went our separate ways. We have tried taking on OZ individually but that didn't work out too well. We have to work together. I have managed to convince O, M and S but we still need J. With 01 and 03 taking the missions that the rest of you can't do we should be able to take OZ down.
01 and 03 were trained to be weapons, not soldiers. 03 was trained by mercenaries before S found him and after that his training was just intensified. My information on 01 is extremely lacking but I do know that he was supposed to be trained as the perfect soldier. Somehow that didn't work and he ended up being the perfect weapon instead."
Killing children and families, that wasn't right. Duo had been against the original Operation: Meteor. He hadn't thought it right to drop the colonies on Earth. It would mean killing innocent people and he didn't like that. He had rebelled, they all had. Now they were fighting for peace. But if they had to kill children to get that peace it would be like working for the Alliance and OZ anyways. He knew it wouldn't be him doing it. It would be people he was working with, people his own age who were trained to fight for peace just like him. Only they were willing to do anything to get that peace, even if it meant cold blooded murder.
Killing the enemy was one thing. It was something he could handle because if you don't kill them they'll kill you. But that was grown adults who had chosen to side with the Alliance, not someone who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. The people at the mall would still be alive if he had chosen some place else to meet 01. He had chosen the mall because it was full of people and he didn't think anything would happen. Apparently he had been very wrong and innocent people had paid for his mistake. He thought about just leaving. Packing his stuff and getting away from anything related to the war. But he knew that he wouldn't be able to forgive himself if he could help stop innocent people from being killed. He decided he was going to stay and work on limiting 01 and 03's body count. It wasn't going to be an easy job, those two didn't really seem to care who was in front of there gun as long as the mission was completed. He thought he might be able to get the others to help him but wasn't sure. 04 probably would but 05 might need some convincing. If he said it was the honorable thing to do then the Chinese boy would probably help as well.
Right now they needed to get together and figure out what was going to happen. If they were going to get 01 to join then they needed a plan. And he needed help, he didn't think he could face 01 alone again not after what happened at the mall. He needed to talk to the others and tell them what was going on. Since they were supposed to be working together now they needed to communicate. He didn't think the others were talking to each other and he knew that he hadn't really talked to any of them except to get their designated number. He decided to get everyone together and have them get to know each other better. All he knew about them were their numbers and which scientist trained them. If they were going to trust each other they needed to know each other.
"I'm going to get everyone together in the living room. Maybe they know something about 01 or J that we don't."
Duo turned to leave after receiving a nod from G. As he reached the door he heard G and stopped.
"I was wondering what the little girl said in answer to your question. You said that it scared you. I was just wondering what an eight year old girl could say that would scare Shinigami."
Duo smiled at the use of his old nickname. He had been calling himself that since his time at the Maxwell church; but he didn't like to think about that, it was too painful. I guess Shinigami is going to have to get used to the realities of war, Duo thought.
"She said that 01 didn't have a soul and that he must have given it to someone to protect, unless someone stole it from him. She said she thought it was really mean of someone to steal someone else's soul. It scared me because it looked like she was right. I hadn't noticed it but his eyes were completely empty. It looked like he was hollow."
Nodding to G he left the room. He decided that he should start with 04 and get him to help with 03 and 05. 04's room was at the end of the hall. On his way down there he ran into 05 and told him what was going on. 05 said he would go get 03 and meet him in the living room. Knocking on the door he walked in to the room.
The room was like all the others, a bed and dresser with a closet and window. The window was on the far wall with the bed against the wall to the right and the dresser against the left wall, beside the dresser was the closet. The dresser had some desert flowers sitting out on it. And on the bed was a blonde haired boy reading a book.
"04 we're having a meeting in the living room. We need to find out anything we can about 01 or J."
The boy on the bed put his book down and looked up. He had pale blonde hair and bright blue eyes.
"Okay. I'll be there in a minute. Oh, and you don't have to call me 04 my name is Quatra."
Hmm...He hadn't realized that he had been using their numbers instead of their names. Quatra was right though, if he wanted them to trust him he was going to have to trust them. And calling people by their names instead of a number would be a good first step.
"Okay Quatra then. I'm Duo by the way. I was wondering if you could help me with something. I think it would be best if we all worked together but it might take a little bit to convince the others, I was wondering if you would help me."
The other boy looked at him for a little while considering. With a smile he stood up and walked towards Duo.
"I would love to help you. Working together seems like our only option if we really want to bring OZ down."
They walked to the living room together talking about ways to convince the others.
T.B.C.
A/N: I know nothing really happens in this chapter but don't worry next chapter things will get better. Please R&R.
