Disclaimer I wish to say that I'm not the owner of Gundam Wing or the other series. Good night.
This chapter took way longer than it should have. Oh well, I hope you guys enjoy.
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Chapter 16- Legacies Collide
"So Alex has been kidnapped." Heero unemotionally stared at Colonel Une. "And you called me in to help get him back?"
"It is true that we want him back, but the kidnapper also requested that you bring the ransom money." The Colonel slid the note over the table to Heero.
The gundam pilot slowly examined the note, and then he saw the name. He didn't show it, but he recognized the name on the note. It was a name Heero thought he wouldn't see again, and was kind of surprised that this Silent Wind was still alive. Heero's mentor said that he had killed the man, but wasn't completely sure and warned him of the stealthy assassin. Until now, the thought had faded in Heero's memory.
The brown-haired pilot looked back up the Colonel with tempt in his face. "The alias of the man who kidnapped Alex?"
"Yes. According to our sources..." Heero stood up and began to walk toward the door. "Heero, where are you going?"
"I'll deliver the ransom as ordered."
Une stood up in surprise and anger. "I haven't said everything yet."
"There is no point in saying everything. I'll go where I'm ordered" Heero walked out of the office.
"That's unusual. He didn't want to hear a thing about the ransomer..."
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Heero patted his chest and felt the wire tap was secure. Alex has nothing to do with the past conflict between the two of us... so why kidnap him? There was only one chance that this operation would work. He is a lure for sure... that must be all. But in his heart, the brown haired pilot knew there would be sadness ahead. Silent Wind doesn't want the money. Yet, he demands it anyway. He slid on a green shirt then a jacket and made sure the jacket was firm. If its a fight he wants, I'll give him one... He picked up the briefcase with the ransom money and began to walk toward the door. But, I don't want to kill him.. if I don't have to.
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Though the note specifically said to have only Heero be there, the Preventors had the front of the old MGM Casino staked out with undercover people and a single surveillance van a good down a main street. Their preparations were complete several hours before the designated time Heero would show up, and Heero was due any minute to show up with a briefcase.
Hilde and Toki sat impatiently in the van as they observed screens with a view of the front MGM Casino and surrounding area. Everything was calm and peaceful at the moment.
"When will Heero arrive?"
"In a few minutes."
"What about 'him'?"
"No telling."
The two continued to stare at the screens for several more minutes without a word said.
Finally the nineteen year old Heero Yuy could be seen on one of the screens as he approached. He had a briefcase in hand and wore his typical green tank-top with brown pants. Heero's eyes examined his surroundings to make sure that Silent Wind hadn't gotten there before him.
Other than a few homeless people and a couple of undercover agents, the place was virtually devoid of anything human. The streets were filled with old garbage and reeked with decay.
The pilot let out a breath and continued onto the front of the building. Once he got there, he sat the briefcase down to his right foot. Heero took another step forward and proceeded to lean up against a wall.
Heero stood up against the wall for a few minutes. His blue eyes examined, but there wasn't a sign of Silent Wind. Yet he knew that Silent Wind watched him. Where do you are you lurking Silent Wind? As another minute, Heero's patience kept steady as he continued to stare. Then, one of the MGM Casino doors opened up, the rough outside of the door gave way to lack lust inside of the door. He turned his head and examined the door. There was nothing that held the door open. I guess he was here the entire time and even opened up the door. The pilot began to walk toward the door.
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"Damn these pilots!" Hilde slammed her fists on the console as she viewed walk into the MGM Casino. Then a metal door smashed into the floor on the other side of the open door. "We've got to get him out of there!..."
Toki nervously grabbed his radio and began to broadcast. "Operation compromised. We need to get the package out. Find any way to get inside." The technician let go of the button and looked back up to Hilde. But he saw nothing but the back doors wide open. He turned a knob on the radio and activated it.
"Lumin.""What is it, Toki?" Crackled over the radio.
"Get back here on the double."
"I'm going to find another way in."
In a sarcastic tone, "We have a wire tap on Heero. Let the others worry about finding a way in and get back here."
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Heero stared at the metal door that sealed off his entrance. The door cracked the cement floor and extended into the low ceiling while it went from one wall to another. I'll have ti find another way. The pilot turned around with briefcase in hand and began to look around.
The lobby of the MGM Casino was torn apart with paint faded and walls that crumbled. The chandeliers were corroded but once in awhile flickered with ominous effect. The front desk was nothing but a pile of concrete and rotten wood. When the lights didn't flicker on, the lobby was a very dark and ominous. The place was simply a shadow of its former self.
So many shadows... he has picked his arena well.
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In a broken down security room several screen flashed broken up images of hallways. Then one of the screens showed Heero as he entered a hallway. A bare hand reached and touched the screen. The hand slowly moved to the right and then pretended to grab Heero's neck. Now to end the legacy of Odin Lowe.
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Just remember Heero. He uses the shadows and shots one bullet for each kill...
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A lightning bolt raced across the sky as it created a beautiful spread
of electricity, and Alex looked almost out of instinct upward to see
the sky. He just missed it by moments, but saw a dark figure on the top
of a building next to him. Another lightning bolt flashed, this time
Alex saw the figure more clearly. This person had very dark clothes on,
possibly black, along with a veil that covered his face. In the man's
right hand, a desert eagle was pointed at Alex and he froze out of fear
again.
'Does it end this way?' He reached
into his collar area and slowly pulled out the pendent that Duo had
given him months earlier. He slowly rubbed the pendent with his thumb,
but then let it go and back into the shirt. 'No. My promise to myself
is broken, but I won't die so easily.'
Alex booked down the back alley as fast as he could and managed, to his amazement, not to be shot at.
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He has no compassion for anyone.
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A brown haired toddler looked up at Silent Wind. The two locked eyes, even if one was covered while dark and the other was open and blue. The room they were in had several metal cribs similar to the one the boy was in and all of them had electronics surrounding the cribs, each had a function and made sure the child inside was in good health. Yet the other children there were huddled away the man in black, and were terrified of him, whereas this toddler seemed curious.
"What do you want?"
The toddler continued his stare.
"Would you stop staring at me? Be scared like the other ones."
The child lifted and tried to reach for the man's black veil. Silent Wind took a step back surprised at the child's action, but then crouched down while he leaned forward. The blue eyed child grabbed the veil.
"So you wanted to play? Well, that's different..."
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He has lost his soul...
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On a nearby rooftop, a man cloaked in shadows observed the two as they
walked away. He began to walk closer to the edge of the roof, and got
hit by some nearby light. The man wore a black spandex outfit, with a
black belt woven into the suit and held a desert eagle on each side. He
also had a black leather trench coat over his outfit. To top it off,
this man had a black head cover, similar to that of scuba divers. A
black veil that was woven into the head cover; this way no one could
see his face from any angle, except from below even then shadows
covered his face.
No thoughts ran through his
mind and he was completely focused his sight on Duo and Alex. He came
to realize that he had light on him and he slowly backed off into the
darkness. He faded away slowly into darkness and vanished without a
trace.
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and his pride.
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Silent Wind pointed one of his trusty Desert Eagles at his prey. For the first time in four years, he had finally cornered the infamous assassin, and supposed killer of Heero Yuy, Odin Lowe. Odin didn't have a gun drawn, but he couldn't reach for anything on his combat suit yet.
The two men were in an abandoned factory outside of Paris. Though abandoned, the factory's machines were at work and generated a massive amount of steam, gas, and humidity. Water dripped from cold machines as condensation built up.
Odin, with a cocky smile on his face, said, "Will you enjoy killing your prey now that I am cornered, or will you turn me in for the criminal that I am?"
"When I'm done with you, you'll beg for one of those options."
"Is that so..."
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As Heero approached the main gambling area of the Casino, the darkness that had filled the room was wiped out by work light fixed to columns. Heero stopped as he examined what he could see of the room and mumbled. "I hope you guys are still getting this." The calmly walked into the room and examined more of the area. Old broken tables lined the area; some roulette wheels, blackjack, and various others. There were still some broken gambling machines on the other side of the room. After he took in the sight, he shouted, "I know you're here. There is no point in hiding in the shadows."
A dark figure stepped out from behind a column and ominously stared at Heero. Heero content with the stare glared Silent Wind back.
"Here is your money." Heero tossed the briefcase between him and the assassin. "Now, tell me where Alex is and everything else will be fine."
The black veil ruffled a little bit, but Silent Wind made no attempt to get the briefcase.
"So you didn't really want the money after all, you just wanted me to come to you."
Heero slowly reached down to prepare his gun. Silent Wind continued to stare. Heero kept up his guard as the staring match continued.
"This is meaningless what you're doing. If I don't stop you, the Preventors will. Win or lose, you will gain nothing."
Meaningless? Silent Wind tilted his head being slightly confused and then raised it up. "What do you know nothing about me, or why I must fight here!"
He speaks... and I've heard this voice before.
"You know nothing about the pain I had to endure, nor what... he did... what the man who raised you did to me! ... and this world!"
Heero shook his head in disappointment at Silent Wind's words as he realized who he really was. "Of all the people, I honestly hoped it wasn't you. Diel, you're shouldn't do this. You're a great bodyguard."
"So, you figured it out..." Silent Wind pulled off his black veil ski mask to reveal a middle-aged head with black hair and emerald eyes. Diel stared at Heero's eyes and they were still as emotionless back at the Sank Kingdom. "But you know my other famous client?"
"It's not your fault that Heero Yuy died."
"Who says I took the blame? Everyone stamped it on me. So I found a way to get back at the man who ruined mine and even those that were corrupt." Diel gripped his black veil mask and looked down at it for a moment. "The black veil is worn by grieving women at funerals. This one mourns for all the souls that died at my hands..."
I know what I must do. I won't be killing him since he is already dead to the world. Heero began to pull out his gun. "And the ones to come. It will miss you."
Silent Wind raised his Desert Eagle with deadly speed and fired a shot at Heero. Heero barely got out of the way of the bullet and the bullet ricocheted off the wall behind him. The gundam pilot pulled out his gun and tumbled forward behind a broken roulette table. Damn this guy is good. Heero tucked and rolled to another table while a bullet passed his head by mere inches from his head.
"What's the matter, Heero? You go soft over the years?"
"You wish..." Heero mumbled. The pilot lunged out from behind the table and had his gun trained on where Diel used to be. But, Diel wasn't there anymore. "Shit." Heero turned around and bashed in the face with a fist and staggered back. Then a kick knocked the gun out of his hand but the next punch Heero blocked. He held Diel's hand back and tried to slug Diel in the face, but Diel grabbed his hand.
"You're strong for an old man."
"You're not half bad yourself."
Diel head butted Heero, and both men lost concentration. When Heero gained back his concentration he kneed the black-haired man in the crotch. The emerald for the first showed signs of pain as it spread throughout the body. Seizing the opportunity, Heero let go of his grip and kneed Diel's stomach. With a punch, Diel crashed into a broken down blackjack table. One of his Desert Eagles come out of its holster and slid next to a table by Heero. Heero walked over to the table and picked up the Desert Eagle. The pilot looked back at Relena's former bodyguard and the man had started to get back up.
"How dare you use that... have you no honor?"
"Yes, but as for you... You have none."
Diel saw Heero with one of his Desert Eagles pointed at him and the look of desperation was all over his face.
"I thought I wouldn't have to kill you... But I was wrong..."
Diel went for his remaining Desert Eagle, and then a shot rang out. He saw the bullet as it came at him, and it knocked him back when it hit him. Diel managed to stay up as he looked down as his chest and saw blood come out of the hole in his chest. Some blood started to come out of his lips, but he pulled out his gun anyway. A second bullet hit him and this time threw him back. Diel fell back onto the blackjack table he had just gotten up from. The gun had fallen out of his hand and slid away.
Heero calmly walked toward Diel with the gun still pointed him. Once the pilot finally got close enough, he saw that Diel fought to stay alive as blood spat out of his mouth and his hands covered the bullet holes. The pain seemed enormous as Heero observed that he could barely breath as well. "Tell me where Alex is."
Diel looked the Heero's eyes, and there was almost a sadness in them. "Left... pocket..." Heero looked down Diel's body and a pocket on the inside of his Gothic jacket. He reached down and pulled out a slip of paper with an address on it.
"You wanted me ... to..." Heero looked back at Diel's eyes, but his eyes were dead. His breath ceased, and Heero checked his pulse for half a minute. Silent Wind was dead. "May your soul finally find rest."
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Heero stepped out of the front door of the MGM Casino as a second wave of Preventors entered the place to investigate what happened inside. The metal door had been lifted by the time he had gotten up there. His blue eyes glimpsed the piece of paper he had taken from Diel.
"Heero!"
The brown-haired pilot looked over to who called him. It was Preventor Lumin, and then he looked back to the piece of paper. He tore it in half and put one part into his pocket. He looked back up at her.
"I can't believe you went in there without..." Lumin stopped as he put up a piece of paper to her face.
"This is where Snow is being held. Get him." The Preventor grabbed the piece of paper and was about to say something to him. "Go now. I don't want to talk to anyone." She stepped away from him as he walked away from her.
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Heero,
Odin's legacy died tonight. The one of hatred... but you were wrong about me. I did have my soul and humanity... thanks to someone who isn't even human...
Diel.