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 19Toying with Them
As Jaaku na stalked the two vehicles their only saving grace was that it couldn't move well since one of its knees was damaged from their lazar blasts earlier. It wasn't enough to completely immobilize it but it did slow it down.
Heero tried not to think that wasn't the only reason why it hadn't taken them out already. He had started to get the impression that it was toying with them. Since the suit could not use the armaments in its forearms. It improvised by picking up debris from the bay floor and tossing it at them. Tossing it at Duo mostly.
"We can't keep this up," Wufei said watching as a mass of pipes flew precariously close to Ace's head.
The suit had been working really hard on disabling Heero and Wufei. Not killing them just knocking them over or catching them. It stalked them constantly keeping Duo and Ace away but throwing things at them. The difference on how it chased them was unnerving it seemed that there was another purpose to its attack.
They drove around the suit their gunners blasting it whenever they could. Heero watched the suit pick up a piece of flaming debris. There were other pieces of debris that would have been hard to dodge, that would have crushed them completely but Jaaku na didn't used them. It also didn't stalk Duo or his gunner either but Heero wasn't going to let his guard down. Maybe it was trying to trick them into thinking that it wouldn't throw something at them and then when they least expected it, it would.
So far by keeping Duo and Ace away they hadn't been able to damage anymore of the suit. That was a strategy Heero understood. The single lazar blasts were not enough. It was barely enough to really keep the suit from even grabbing them. The single blasts just could hold it back for a few precious seconds. Ace kept trying to work on its damaged knee since they were always a little behind the suit while it was pursuing Heero and Wufei so far his efforts had proved fruitless.
"Duo," Heero shouted glancing behind him past the lumbering suit to Duo.
"I'm trying," he yelled back.
Heero knew that Duo understood what he was saying. He was telling him without words that they had to break this pattern. They couldn't keep this up. Just then a mass of parts flew at Duo. He saw the metal bits slammed in to the bay floor just ahead of him. He him saw Duo dodged it but instead hit something else something that was lying of the ground already.
Sparks flew as the metal that was caught under Duo's vehicle dragged on the ground. As Duo twisted trying to dislodge it he turned. Heero glanced back again and saw that it was Jaaku na's arm.
He could see the fingers clinging to the undercarriage and the thick heavy metal appendage dragging behind like a bloated snake. Duo tried to shake the arm off driving left then right. It was no use. It seemed to be clinging to his vehicle like it was still alive.
Jaaku na had stopped chasing them and its attention was on the struggling vehicle behind it. It turned and actually started towards Duo and Ace. It didn't rush. It didn't need to since with the arm Duo could not move well.
Heero could hear Wufei cursing. He was shouting to Duo to shake it off. Duo couldn't. It was like it was holding on. Heero looked closely and he thought he saw the fingers on the hand that Duo was dragging move.
Duo hit gas and then slammed down hard on the brakes. The vehicle bounced and Heero watched the back flip up. The heavy weight of the arm dragged at the fingers trying to hold on. Heero saw the gundam fingers break free but the damage had already been done.
The back of Duo's vehicle had rose too much and he jackknifed. He completely flipped over. For a second they were airborne then the vehicle landed on its top its wheels spinning like crazy as sparks flew from its contact with the bay floor then it bounced. It flipped back over and rolled a bit then it hit another piece of metal and rolled on its side.
Heero and Wufei watched helplessly. The gunner Ace had ducked down and was holding the back of the driver's seat for dear life. He was only a few years older than them. Duo told him that Heidi had hired the guy and then he had taken him in since his ship needed a man who could handle lazars.
They had rolled twice bouncing along the bay floor like a rubber ball. After rolling on its side it slid till it hit the patched wall of the bay. Once they stopped Heero watched Ace scrambled to get away. He ran a few feet then remembered the captain. In his panic he had forgotten all about the other man. He turned partially and froze as the huge suit came pounding at him.
Heero floored the gas shouting at the suit trying to distract it. Wufei blasted it in the back of the knee as Ace had done. Jaaku na lumbered on. The suit wasn't interested in them it wasn't interested in Ace. It wanted Duo.
"Duo get out of there," Heero yelled. "It's coming."
Heero did not see any motion from the vehicle. He couldn't see the cab area since it facing away from him. He thought that maybe Duo was hurt or unconscious and that only made him drive recklessly at the suit trying to reach Duo before it but he knew he couldn't.
The gunner stood there shaking helplessly as the suit reached them. Jaaku na bent down and grabbed vehicle. Heero cursed. His heart was pounding his stomach twisted in a tight knot. He was too far away to stop it. It had Duo and the vehicle. Now Heero could see that he was in the cab. He was in the front seat and he was struggling. What the hell was he doing?
"Wufei blast it," Heero yelled.
"I can't," Wufei yelled back his voice breaking in fear.
He didn't have a clear aim. Like Raymond the suit was holding the vehicle as close to it as possible.
"Duo!" Heero yelled.
TBC
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