Infinite Battle
Mission 2 - Phantasmic
"This is Shadow 03."
"Roger 03."
"I've comfirmed that HQ of the rebels. It's not far from the old OZ base here." Shadow 03 said into the walkie-talkie.
"Good job 03." said the commander, who's voice was came through the speaker, "Return to the base where we can call them for peace negotiations."
"Sure thing, over and out." he said and turned off the walkie-talkie transmission. The spy turned around but an imposing shadow blocks his way. Helooked up and began speechless. Shadow 03 turned on the transmission and yelled into the speaker,"03 03! REBELS! I've confirmed that they have mob-" A large explosion rang out. No one could have guessed that this did anything but open the small tear that had formed in the fragile unity called peace.
XxXxX
"Moblie suits?" Relena exclaimed and jumped out of her seat at breakfast.
"Relena.." Noin sighed as two boys and two girls look up at her.
"That's what has been confirmed. A spy at their headquarters sent a transmission. All that we had gotten back was this blurry picture. It looks like a Leo suit." said a blonde. His face was still young, though much other than before. Zechs Marceies...or namely Milliardo Peacecraft. "Relena, this means we must stop them. This rebel maybe the ones to destroy this era."
"Brother, in this time of long peace, I know that soldiers from the past would want to start a new war because they are lost." Relena slammed her fists onto the table, "We will negotiate with them. We must avoid war."
"Ma'am?" Reiao blinked at Relena. This situation serious, yet odd for him. There had not been retaliation with mobile suits in years. They were illegal and theer were no more factories to mass produce them. How could have mobile suits survived? "It could have been a miscalculation."
"What could you misunderstand this with? There is nothing in this world that could make that big of a figure besides a mobile suit." Shinlou said simply. Noin sighed again.
"He has a point. Besides, things are getting very fishy lately. It started when Quatre disappeared, then WuFei, and now Duo." she said.
"Well...Heero should be back soon with some information for us. I'm sure he'll be glad to meet Solo." Relena reassured. That's when they realized the empty seat.
"Speaking of Solo...where'd he go?" Noin asked and Reiao shook his head.
"Solo doesn't know hwat to make of the situation." he said, "Apparently Duo never told him the truth so I took the liberty of telling him last night. I don't think he took it very well." Reiao sighed. Noin stood up.
"I'll go find him. He's pretty stubborn." she said with a laugh.
XxXxX
"Hey, what's up kid?"
"Hm?" Solo looked look, then glanced behind him. He was finally dressed in more comfortable clothing: a black t-shirt, jeans, and black sneakers. He didn't really want to talk to anyone right now. All he wanted was to go home. Change wasn't something he enjoyed. He was on the balcony connected to his room. "I'm fine, Noin."
"I know Earth is hard to get used to from living on the colonies in space." she said and leaned on the bansiter, cool wild whipped around them, "You just need to try it out. Earth isn't that bad."
"I'm worried." Solo sighed and looked up towards the sky as a few bird flew over head.
"About what?"
"...It...it's nothing. Nevermind." He replied. That was a subject he didn't want to stray into. "These rebel guys seem so dedicated to fighting. It's so confusing because alot of people don't want a war. Don't they see that? I mean, are the they being selfish? Or greedy? It just isn't right."
"Funny." Noin smiled.
"What is?"
"It's just funny to hear words like those come from a kid who grew up in a wor void of war." Noin stated, "Shows that you really are a new generation."
Solo shrugged, "It's just what I think. You can't really say this generation is new. If there are people wanting to start a war in it, then it can't really be new. You could call it revised, not new." he said, "Dammit, I hate to get all sentimental like that."
"Yup, you sound alot like Duo." Noin laughed, "Though he'd put it like, 'The God of Death has no time to get all soft and stuff.' something like that."
"Good impersonation," Solo chuckled then blinked, "Why'd he call himself teh 'God of Death'?"
"It was just the little nickname he gave himself." Noin said, "He always said that he'd rather be the 'God of Death' than the 'Hero of a Massacre'."
"Well if he was the God of Death, then the son of Death must be Misery. And Misery love company so I'm not anti-social. So then I like being around people so then I wouldn't want to kill anyone because I like to be around them." Solo pointed out. Noin patted his head and smiled.
"Keep that additude kiddo, we're going to need it."
"Whatever you say." Solo said with a shrug. Suddenly there was a large blast and the entire building shook. Noin nearly stumbled backwards over the balcony but Solo grabbed her hand and pulled her up, "An earthquake?"
"That was no earthquake!" she exclaimed as the building shook again. Aires Mobile Suit painted red flew over head and one flew to the balcony, laser gun pointed at them.
"Put your hands in the air and don't move! We've got the entire place surrounded!" the pilot of the suit said and Noin looked to Solo and mouthed 'run'. He took a step back and then he did.
"GET BACK HERE!" the pilot in the Aired suit shouted. When Solo had made it well into the building he saw Reiao up the hall. The blonde boy ran up to him. In his eyes was fear and anger that didn't look right there.
"Solo! Did you see?" he gasped, out of breath from running. "Mobile suits!"
"I wonder how they got them." Solo thought out loud.
"I dunno, but we have GOT to get out of here! Come on!" Reiao said, grabbed his friend's hand and took off up the hall.
"Wait! What about-"
"They'll be fine! We have to go Solo!" Reiao panted out as the two of them ran up the hall. The building continued to shake violently. After having gotten caught up in thick smoke, they'd made it outside. There was no sign of the others anywhere. Mobile suits were flying every which way and the building behind them was on far and had begun to collapse.
"Solo! Reiao!" yelled someone. It was Shinlou. He had a small jeep and was in the driver's seat. The two dashed over and jumped in, despite the rebel suits shooting at them.
"Where's Noin? And the others?" Solo asked Shinlou, who had hit the gas petal and taken off up the road. The mobile suits did not follow.
"They got away already in an airplane." he said, "Looks like we are headed for a new war, especially if they attacked Foreign Minister Darlin."
"A war...?"
"Seems so." Reiao sighed.
XxXxX
"Hurry UP Solo!" the two other boys yell back as they walked through a city. They had drove for hours and finally had reached this place. Luckily, th rebel group wasn't there. Currently their main objective was to find a hotel where they could use a vid-phone. They found an inn and went inside.
"May I use your phone?" Shinlou asked the desk cleric. the woman nodded and the boys walked to the back of the inn and dialed the vid-phone number for the place that Relena and the others had took. They waited and they waited. No answer came, all that was there was static. Had the craft been shot down? Was Relena and the others captured? What should they do? Their questions were answered when an annocement was made over the city's main vid-phones, which triggered all the vid-phones in the city to go on.
"The foreign minister, Miss Darlin, has been kidnapped by the Phoenix group. They say that they cannot guarentee her's or the other prisoners' safety," The newsman annouced. People in the streets froze and the boys just watched it. Many people had started to panic. "But if we promise to cut the connections between Earth and the colonies then they may remain safe. Do not panic! The United Earth Sphere Nation is planning to negotiate with the terrorists and teh prisoners will soon be safe." The transmission ended and the three boys looked at each other.
"They can't be serious..." Shinlou said, "Negotiate with THEM?"
"What do we do? We are the only ones that haven't gotten caught." Reiao sighed. Really there was nothing that they could do without getting caught themselves. Still, they had to do something! The others were in trouble.
"We'll just have to find where they are at and break in." Solo said suddeny. Reiao looked at him funny, but Shinlou nodded in agreement.
"He's right." WuFei's child said, "We won't do any good standing around like dead meat. Eventually they'll find us here."
"Then what-"
"We are going to need to find out where she's being held, first of all." Solo pointed out. Shinlou pulled out a small pocket computer and pressed a few buttons on it.
"There's an old Alliance base not far from here. we could go there and see if there are any old explosives of weapons that had been forgotten there." Shinlou said, "If we are lucky, it might be occupied by Pheonix and then we can get some information on where Relena maybe. If not, we can still look for the old weapons."
"What are we doing just standing around then??" Solo exclaimed and ran tto the Jeep and got in. Shinlou jumped into the driver's seat and Reiao got in the back. They take off towards the old base. Shinlou slowed down as they near the old base. No guards, the base was abandoned.
"Keep quiet." Shinlou warned the two boys and walked towards the entrance. Guards or not, they still couldn't take a chance. They snunk inside and the coast was clear, "Okay comfirmed that no one is here."
"Um, wouldn't there..." Reiao began, "Wouldn't there not be anything here we can use? The base is dusty, no one has been here...even before the end of the Great War."
"Believe me, they always forget something." Shinlou said and found the light switch. He flicked it on and the sound fo old rickety generators could be heard as the lights came on dimly. They wander up the hall and push open the door to a storage room. There was nothing there, but he something begged him to walk in.
"Reiao, use this and help Solo go through the storage rooms." Shinlou said. He tossed Reiao a flashligh them turned.
"But...where are you going?" the blonde asked. Shinlou was already up the hall.
"We'll rendezvous in the control room in a half hour!" he yelled back and disappeared around the corner. Reiao just sighed and turned on the flashlight. He shined it into the room then followed Solo in. The both had chills.
"Who's there?" Solo yelled. There was no answer. Was it just his imagination...but it was right last time...Reiao shook the flashlight, the battery must have been dying out because it had started to flicker. There was a slam behind them and the two blinked. They turned around and gulped. Reiao held the light up to the door."It shut..." Solo said, then walked over to it and pushed. "Uh...oh..."
"Uh oh what?"
"Uh oh...as in..uh oh we're locked in!" he yelped.
"WHAT?!" Reiao exclaimed, "What are we gonna do??"
"Let's try...this!" Solo yelled and slammed into the door. Reiao rammed into it too, but the door did not budge.
"Now what?" Reiao cried tearfully.
"I dunno. Ther has got to be something we can do." Solo sighed and leaned on the wall. he crossed his arms. No idea...he had no idea what to do now."
"Don't look so down..." said a voice in the darkness. The two boys jumped and squinted to see who was there as teh flahlight died. The person flickered on a lighter , his face seen. It was young, his skin looked so soft...but his eyes...they looked depressed. "Take this..." he said and handed Solo a little explosive. The man's hands were cold.
"Wait! What do you-" Reiao yelled but the man didn't answer, flicking out the lighter. Solo places the mini explosive onto the door and held Reiao down as it blast the door open. The two dove outside. The flashlight flicked back on as it hit the ground in the hallway.
"Hey! Dude! You can come out now!...um..." Solo blinked and looked into the room as the light from the hall way filled it up. "Umh...Reiao...?"
"Yeah?"
"There...There's no one in there..." Solo said and it was true. There wasn't a soul in the room...not one person. Where could he have gone? "Reiao...do you think...?"
"A ghost?" asked a voice behind them. The two boys screamed and jumped into each others' arms. They hugged each other tightly, then blinked and looked at each other and jumped apart. It was Shinlou. "Hm? Did I scare you two?" he laughed.
"Shuddap..." Solo huffed, "That guy was there! I swear it! He gave me an explosive!"
"You could have been hallucinating." Shinlou pointed out, "This base has been abandoned for years."
"But-"
"Solo, just drop it. Shinlou's probably right..." Reiao sighed. "Why are you over here though? I though we were gonna meet in the control room."
"Heard the explosion." Shinlou said, "So I ran back to see what it was. I figured Solo blew something up." Reiao laughed but Solo made a face.
"What do you think I am?? Stupid." Solo snapped but the other two boys laughed.
"Well...you did technically blow something up." Reiao grinned and Solo smiled slightly.
"Come on...we should go to the hanger. It's alot warmer in there than it is in this hallway." Shinlou said and turned. The Reiao nodded and follow him up the hall but Solo walked, then paused, looking behind him toward the door. He swore that amist the grime and the graffiti, someone was standing there...watching him.