Operation: Meteor

Chapter 3: Talks

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(Italics means that they are speaking in another language.)

Quatra was happy that one of them had finally decided to do something about their stalemate. They had been together for a few weeks but none of them had really talked to any of the others. When 02 had asked for help Quatra had seen his chance to change that. He had told the other boy his name in hopes of an alliance and what he got was a plan to get everyone to work together to help learn to trust and rely on each other. It would take a lot to earn the trust of a bunch of trained killers. But he was pretty sure that if he worked with 02, who had given his name in return (it was Duo), which they could probably get the others to help with the information on 01. After that they could try other type of things to see if they could work together. But first they had to get the others together and try and get them to share information. Granted the information was about a common enemy and possible ally but that didn't mean that they didn't still consider each other the same way. They agreed to meet in the living room portion of the house to discuss if there was anything that anyone knew about Dr. J and his subject 01.

05 and 03 were already in the living room when they walked in. Duo decided to start things off with some introductions. He had Quatra introduce himself and gave his codename as Sandrock. He told them that his name was Duo and his codename was Shinigami. He also told them that if they didn't want to reveal their own identities that they didn't have to but he thought it would be easier if they all knew what to call each other besides a number. They thought that over for a moment then 05 said that it would be dishonorable to not tell them his name. He introduced himself as Wu-Fei codename: Shenlong. 03 said his name was Trowa and didn't give a codename. Duo told them that he had been on a mission to try and recruit another member to join there little team but that the mission had failed and a mall was destroyed in the process. He said that he needed their help if they were going to be working together that they should get their final member together as well. They asked what he knew about the newest member and he told them that the subject was labeled as 01 and under the care of a Dr. J and that was all the information that he had. Duo had met with the boy once and told them everything that happened during that encounter. The others except for Trowa seemed shocked. Quatra said he had never heard of something like that 'all over one little girl' is what he had said. Wu-Fei on the other hand seemed on the verge of exploding. He said that it was an injustice and that he could never work with someone that would willingly sacrifice children so easily. Duo told Wu-Fei that he agreed with him but that their bosses had other ideas and that they had said that 01 was necessary.

"The problem is that I seriously underestimated what 01 was willing to do. It's obvious that we're lacking in the information department at the moment so I was hoping that one of you would know something more about him or this Dr. of his."

Duo looked around at his companions and tried to see if they were concealing anything. Trowa still had a blank face but Wu-Fei and Quatra looked contemplative. Quatra looked out the window and started taking.

"I have heard a few rumors about a Dr. J though you must remember that the information came from rumors they also come from people who have no reason to lie. I have heard that there is a rouge doctor that works for the highest bidder and that he had a project to create the perfect weapon. I wasn't certain of the rumors until I came upon someone who had just come from one of the doctor's labs. The man had been delivering food to the lab and had seen some things he aught not to have. He saw a boy that he said was around the age of fifteen being beaten by a man in a white lab coat. The man that beat the boy had a mechanical arm and a cane with ocular implants as well. I'm not sure if they are the same weapon and doctor that we want but I do know that they had wiped out entire cities in that area."

Duo and Wu-Fei were a little shocked at that though Trowa didn't seem fazed at all. In fact Duo noticed as they continued their discussion that Trowa seemed to know everything they could come up with. He thought that was a little weird so he asked if Trowa knew anything about 01 or Dr. J. Trowa looked at him as if considering for a moment and then replied.

"I trained with 01 for a while but any information I have is confidential. Sorry."

Duo got frustrated and got up and kicked the wall. Then he started yelling which brought the scientist to the room to see if everything was okay. Quatra was trying to apologize to Trowa for Duo while at the same time trying to get Duo to calm down. Wu-Fei was trying not to laugh at Duo and pay attention to the scientists before something happened. After everyone was settled down they explained what had happened and decided to ask the scientists if any of them knew anything about 01 or J.

They agreed that all they knew were rumors and that the only one of them that had ever had any kind of contact with J had been S. Everyone turned to look at the quite scientist though the look on his face showed that he couldn't see them and that he was lost down memory lane. They left him like that for a few minutes before G decided to prod him for answers and asked him what he knew about 01. S looked up and them and blinked as if he were surprised that they were there.

"Hmm…sorry I had to think on it for a moment but I think that I can answer some of your questions. Yes well let's see what first? Oh how about we start with the beginning. Well what I know of as the beginning anyway. When I first found Trowa I thought he would be the perfect replacement for my previous operative. He even took his name, which was convenient. Well we had been training him for about a year when I got a message from J saying that he thought it would be a good idea if we tried to train our boys together. You know see different training style and the like. Well I agreed and we moved into one of J's compounds. Trowa was placed in a cell with 01 and I was given my own quarters with access to my own lab, which at the time I thought was wonderful, but everything comes with a price. With the lab I had something to keep me occupied so I didn't pay as much attention to Trowa's training schedule as I should have and J got to basically do whatever he wanted with him. Fortunately all he wanted was a training partner for 01. We ended up staying there till just recently. Actually we had just left when I got your message of joint training. I had been keeping track of the kind of things you three had been doing and thought you had a little more sense than J. As for information about 01 and J what you need to know is this: J wanted that boy turned into a weapon and that is exactly what he is right now. You can't treat this boy normally because he is not normal he is a weapon. Even before J started training him he wasn't normal. I believe he w born in a war zone and as a result of what he went through to survive he stopped feeling any kind of emotion. I've seen it happen before and it is sad but it can usually be corrected if caught in time unfortunately in this case the boy was trained to be a weapon from birth and having J find him and train him the way he has I don't think that he will ever be able to be anything resembling normal. Hmm…just out of simple curiosity how did he act towards you 02?"

S looked over at Duo as if he were the most interesting thing in the world. The others were all thrown off by this question. They hadn't really expected that much information. Duo looked thoughtful for a moment then replied.

"He looked like a soldier. He talked like a soldier; he did everything like a soldier. I don't see how this has to do with anything though."

"Well it actually has a lot to do with things. It means that J doesn't want to have anything to do with this little group you've put together. 01 was trained to fit in with any conditions. If he had wanted to he could have seemed like any other teenager on a mall trip with his friend. Instead he acted like a soldier one who happened to blow up the entire mall because of a little girl if I understand the circumstances right. J is telling you to back off."

Everyone was shocked. They didn't think that J would blow up a mall full of people just to send a message. They were all on the same side. They just wanted to finish what they had planned in the beginning. The plan had been to separate for a while and find someone to train then regroup and they would then have a group of well-trained assassins and/or soldiers at their disposal. Then they could make their own changes in the government. Apparently J took his responsibilities a little too far and now they were going to have to deal with the consequences since they really did need 01's help. As it was Trowa was the only person that knew anything about 01.

"Well can you tell us about him? Like what will it take to get him to help us or something like that?"

Quatra looked to Trowa for an answer but the other boy just stared at S. As a matter of fact the two seemed to be having a starring contest. Nobody said anything and just let the two work out their problems their own way but everyone knew that Trowa was their last hope. If he wasn't going to help them then they would have to give up on the idea and find someone else.

"I told him that I wouldn't betray him and I won't. I will accept any punishment that you see fit to give me for my insubordination."

S looked shocked for a moment and everyone else was just confused. No one but S had understood what Trowa said and he looked pissed off by whatever it was. The others decided that they should stay out of it for now and wait until they knew if they were going to get Trowa's help first.

"You have never disobeyed me before why would you start now? For some boy that would kill you if J snapped his fingers, you are nothing to him you know that right? You should forget any ties you think you have to him; he is nothing but a killing machine. At least you still have some humanity in you he cannot function without someone there giving him orders and right now that person is J. You know that means he is a threat. We have to eliminate J then you can talk him into joining us."

S tried to reason with Trowa in the same language but it didn't seem to be working. If anything what S was saying was making Trowa angry. His hands were clenched into fists and he was glaring at S. It looked like Trowa was trying really hard to restrain himself.

"You think that he is a machine? You want to kill J so that you can use him for your own plans. The only difference between you is which people are going to be killed, the Alliance or OZ. You can kill J but he still won't serve you like you want. I'll make sure that he doesn't end up as your slave."

Whatever Trowa had said seemed to amuse S which Duo found kind of disturbing. He had thought that the others had the same kind of relationship with their scientists that he had. He had seen how Quatra interacted with M and saw that it was similar and so he had assumed the same for the others. Looking at how Trowa and S were now though made him think differently. It seemed more like a master slave relationship then anything else except for right now the slave seemed to be rebelling. Duo wasn't sure what was going on since he didn't speak whatever language they were talking in at the moment but he did know that he wasn't going to like the outcome. And of course he was right because right at that moment S walked up to Trowa and hit him in the face.

"I will not have you talking to me in such a manner. You will obey your orders and that is final. Your orders are to eliminate J and recruit 01 is that clear?"

S looked ready to explode with anger when he was done speaking. Everyone took an involuntary step back as the argument continued.

"I refuse to follow those orders. You gave my training over to J and now you are going to pay for that. He never trained me to follow orders like he did with 01, he figured that it was your problem and he was right. Do you know what happens to a weapon that has exceeded its master? It becomes used improperly and in this case I can think on my own and plan on correcting the error. What is the use in having a master that refuses to use you to the best of your abilities and with 01 his master is just plain insane. That man only uses him as a torture toy. It's better this way you will see. Well maybe not since your not going to survive the night. Thank you for the training but now it's time that I took control once more."

Everyone was a little shocked when Trowa started to smile. S took a few steps backwards and started shaking his head like he had heard something that he couldn't believe. That just made Trowa's smile widen. He took out a gun and aimed it at S's head. Before anyone could do anything he pulled the trigger.

The hole was small but there was a puddle of blood around the older man's head. No one moved for a few moments after the shot. They just stared at the body, as it grew cold on the floor. Trowa walked over and kicked S in the side but he didn't move other then that. Trowa still had the smile on his face until he looked up at the other people in the room.

"Are you going to try and stop me as well?"

The others all looked at each other and made a silent agreement to not piss him off. They all shook their heads no and said that they don't even know what is going on. Trowa looked at each of them considering and then suddenly nodded. He said that he would just kill them if they ended up giving him trouble later. Duo decided to ask what was going on and why he felt the need to kill someone. And why he had smiled about it. Duo couldn't understand why someone would smile when they killed someone else.

Trowa explained that he was S's slave and that he got tired of it. He killed S because he had wanted him to kill J so that he could take 01 as another slave. Trowa didn't think that it was a good idea since he liked 01 and plus he no longer wished to be a slave himself. He thought that if he was going to kill J that he might as kill S as well and set them both free. Then he asked if the others wanted to kill the other scientists or if they needed help with it. The scientists had looked very uncomfortable but the boys declined saying that they weren't slaves and didn't need to kill anyone right now. Trowa told them that it was just as well since he would need all of his time to get 01. He said that they should work on the next part of their plan and that he would get 01 and bring him back. If it turned out that they only wanted slaves as well then he would take 01 and leave. Otherwise they might stay and help.

TBC…

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