AC 201 Heero and Wufei are preventors called in for an accident on a sweeper ship captained by Duo. However it was no accident there's a killer on board and it isn't human. If you like suspense and gore you'll like this horror story. (At least I'm hoping to create suspense I believed I managed it.)
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters I only get my jollies off on torturing them and my readers with horrible gory stories like the one below. Bandia and a bunch of other rich and talented folk own these characters. Please don't'sue me.
Warnings: Rated R just to be on the safe side contains yaoi, gore and minor amounts of smut.
Secondary warning: I don't think my stories are scary, not to me personally but I have gotten that in my feedback (few as there was but there was some). A kind reviewer wrote to me and said, "don't change your style of writing. It's yours. There are people out there that will appreciate it." I thank that person. So I haven't toned it down or changed how I write but I am giving you fair warning.
Jaaku na Gundam
(English Translation The Evil Gundam)
Chapter 15 Evacuate"Like any living an animal. It needs to feed," Trowa explained at all their looks of disbelief except Duo's. The look he gave him was thoughtful if not worried.
"And once it feeds it grows," Heero added his comment dispelling the look he had given him earlier.
"That's not possible," Quatre said. "It's not living, not really."
"And another question is how is it feeding or getting the parts it needs," Heero pondered out loud not really hearing Quatre.
"I want my men and everyone else off this ship," Duo said. "What if it's not only feeding on metal parts but human?"
His face was so serious it was frightening. Duo looked at Heero terrified. His was face full of emotions as he took in Heero's bandaged neck and hand.
"A new protégé to Zero? How about something old," Wufei said to them. "Cyberorganics."
"No one could make that work," Quatre said softly.
"Those crazy scientists are not no one," Wufei said through gritted teeth.
"You are all still missing something very important," Trowa said shaking his head in frustration. "Living things not only eat they multiply."
"I want to evacuate—the—ship," Duo repeated.
They all met in Duo's debriefing room; the pilots, Heidi, Sally, five preventors, three of Duo's sweepers and the rest of Quatre's private bodyguards. The room was crowded and the atmosphere was tense.
"I am evacuating the ship," Duo told them without preamble.
"That suit shot down the last shuttle trying to leave," one of the sweepers said. The other two nodded their heads.
"We are going to try and keep it occupied while the crew and other parties on board leave."
"Who is the we, Captain Duo?" Asked one of the preventors.
"Preventors Yuy and Chang as well as myself will remain on board," Duo told them.
"Duo, I am staying on the ship," Quatre said. "I'll be of better use here than giving you three another ship to worry about."
Duo ignored Quatre. Instead he looked at one of the head guards. "What's your opinion on this?"
"We'll will stay with Mr. Winner," he said.
Heero could tell that Quatre's guards were undecided. They knew that the fleeing ships would be in danger. They also knew anyone staying on board was in danger. He didn't envy their position.
"I'm staying too," Heidi said.
"No," Duo told her.
"You would rather die along with your friends," Heidi said angrily.
"I'm not planning on dying," Heero snapped. "Nor would I let anything hurt Duo much less kill him."
Heero's comment seemed to make Heidi even angrier. She folded her arms across her chest and glared at him. She shot him a scathing look taking in his bandaged hand and neck. Heero felt his face flush red with anger and embarrassment.
"Stop it," Quatre said his face red with embarrassment. "This is not the time nor the place."
"And when is it the right time and place Quatre," Heidi cried. "When they're dead."
"Heidi," Duo nearly shouted. "I need you to take responsibility for our men. You can't help me with this—not this, only Heero and Wufei can. They know what we are dealing with."
"What are we dealing with, sir?" said one of the sweepers.
Everyone was curious about the suit in the third largest bay, the sweepers even more so. They have seen it change and felt the bizarre menace of its actions.
"An experimental Gundam," Heero said into the pregnant silence the man's question created. "It was made during the war and abandoned here."
"An experimental Gundam?" parroted a preventor. "How do you know about that?"
"We don't know exactly about it only the men that designed such types of suits," Quatre told them. "I have seen and handled their work more than anyone."
"I know this might be a silly question but why can't we contact those men," Heidi asked.
"Those men died during the war," Duo said shaking his head. "From this moment—right now, we are the best persons to handle that suit."
"If only there was something else I could do," Heidi told him. "I feel so helpless."
"Sir, with all do respect we all feel the same way," said one of Duo's sweepers. "I know I speak for everyone when I say, 'we don't want to give our ship to this intruder,' sir."
"Nor do I," Duo told them and his partner, Heidi. "We mean to destroy it. The problem is Gundams were built with fail-safe programs or sensors. This one is no different. It could and will take everything with it if it can."
This comment caused a whole barrage of comments. The group discussed plans and in the end two sweepers from the control room would stay behind. Sally would be the only medical technician that would remain on the ship. The hardest problem was Quatre and his guards. None wanted to leave the space rep but they knew that in order for the plan to work they had to split up.
In the end two of his men stayed behind. The others would be manning Quatre's ship as a decoy in order to confuse the suit from any other hostile actions.
The plans were confirmed and the meeting adjourned. Heidi lingered as everyone else filed out to their assigned tasks. She walked up to Duo barely coming to his chin. Heero had never before realized how petite she was until then. She was always so strong so vibrant.
Duo embraced her gently. "I'm worried too but no one is safe until that suit is destroyed," he whispered to her.
Heero watched the two not knowing that his observation was noted. Wufei nudged him gently indicating they should leave and give the two captains privacy. Heero turned to leave schooling his face into a blank expression but it was too late Wufei had seen.
TBC
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