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 20 Flying HighThe suit snarled at Duo its mouth wide. Heero could see Duo clearly. He looked suit in the mouth then stood in the driver seat facing it for a second then he glanced down.
Heero could not see the color of his eyes but his face was intense as he looked down at them. He wasn't frightened. He was furious.
"Why the hell are you there," he shouted at him.
It wasn't a question. Heero blinked at him for a second and everything became clear. Breaking eye contact with Duo at that moment was the hardest thing to do in his entire life. Heero turned from him and glanced at the trembling sweeper.
"Get on!" he shouted. "Now!"
The man ran to his lift and Heero hit reverse and floored the gas. He turned the wheel and spun around. Then he hit the highest gear and again floored the petal. They raced towards the huge bay door on nearly the opposite end.
"What the hell are you doing?" Ace screamed. "You're leaving him?"
Heero didn't answer. He couldn't go against Duo's wishes even suicidal ones for he was a soldier and knew what sometimes needed to be done. His eyes were scanning the interior of the bay and he was looking for someone. Trowa. Trowa had tried to stay as far away from the fighting as possible. Without a vehicle he would only be a handicap.
"Trowa get the bay door open," Heero shouted towards a shadow near the door.
As if his words were magic Trowa appeared and he was instantly working on the panel that controlled the door. He had been watching the whole time and saw that if they needed to get away the best place to be was by the door.
"What about the captain?" Ace asked.
Again Heero didn't answer him. He felt Ace struggle to turn around and look behind them. He was worried that he might jump but Ace didn't do that.
"Captain!" Ace yelled suddenly.
His scream was so heart wrenching that Heero did what he had been trying not to do and that was to look back. What he saw took his breath away. The image was imprinted into his brain as quick as a cam flash. He knew he shouldn't have looked but now that he did he found it hard to look away.
"Heero watch out!" Wufei yelled.
Heero turned in time to see a huge metal object right in front of him. He swerved just barely avoiding it. The huge metal box that was lying in the middle of the bay was the elevator from the lift. He had almost driven straight into it.
He dodged more debris and there he saw the bay door opening. Trowa raced through and got to the other side. He could see him again at the panel. He had just opened it and now he was closing it.
Duo, he thought desperately. He wanted to shout at Trowa. He wanted to rage at him, "don't close the doors Duo is still in here."
Only he had saw the vehicle or what was left of it as it was being scrammed into Jaaku na's mouth. He couldn't actually see Duo as bolts and bits of metal fell to the floor. He only saw Jaaku na cramming the vehicle into it's mouth like a ill bred child eating a rice ball. Not that way, no not that way, he cried silently to himself.
As they passed the bay doors Heero hit the brakes and nearly threw everyone off. He could hear Wufei shouting at him to turn the vehicle around. The suit was coming for them. He could hear it. It's great weight making the floor tremble as it raced towards them. He could hear it clearly since the bay door was still open. Trowa hadn't closed it yet.
Heero glanced at Trowa and saw that he was staring into the bay. His look was intense. He turned and there was Jaaku na hobbling furious to them and right ahead of it flying through the air his back jetpack blazing was Duo.
Heero stared in disbelief. Duo hadn't stayed in the vehicle buying them time with his death. Ever resourceful Duo had jumped prepared with some kind of get away. It was a desperate move but he was alive.
"Hurry turn this thing around," Wufei said again this time getting his attention.
Wufei could shoot backwards but the aim was off. Heero spun the vehicle around and Wufei blasted at Jaaku na's knee again. He was trying to slow it down since Duo's jetpack was only made for short bursts and the way he was using it he was going to run out of juice long before he got to the door. Already he was losing altitude.
Duo's jet pack couldn't keep him above the suit's head. He drifted down and the jet pack sputtered before blazing again. The suit swung at him and barely missed. This time he was about waist level to it and still he was slowing down. His jetpack sputtered again and this time he dropped to knee level. Wufei had to cease firing or hit Duo. He cursed and Heero echoed the sentiment. The jetpack was going and Jaaku na was close.
With a final spurt it died leaving Duo almost to the door. He rolled and came up running, ripping the fastenings from around his chest. He moved as fast as his bad ankle would let him. Jaaku na pressed its advantage laboring frantically behind him. It was gaining on him fast.
If he was in full health it still would have been hard. Heero jumped from the vehicle and raced towards him. Too slow, Heero thought as a shadow raced passed him and grabbed Duo. Trowa! The two moved much faster. Heero joined them and together with Duo's arms around their shoulders they managed a good sprint.
"Faster, Heero," Trowa urged as the ground trembled and Jaaku na closed in on them.
As they past the bay door the suit was nearly upon them. They weren't going to get the door close before it got there. Wufei fired furiously at its knee and finally with a wet crunching sound the half melted knee gave way. Jaaku na came crashing down. The impact as the Gundam fell forward shook them off their feet.
"Ace, close that door," Duo yelled at the sweeper as the three of them went down. Ace scrambled to the panel in seconds.
They had toppled right in front of the door. Heero looked back and saw that Jaaku was not deterred the suit had started to crawl after them. He saw the suit reach forward as the bay door slammed shut on its fingers. The door trembled and moaned.
They were too late Heero thought frantically. From the corner of his eye Heero saw Duo dig into his suit's pocket and pulled out a small black cylinder. It was a detonator. It was a device that was no bigger then the palm of his hand. Heero didn't have much time to appreciate Duo's handiwork. Heero jumped up and dragged Duo to the side of the door watching as Wufei and Trowa ran to the other. Duo pushed the button.
The explosives Duo had planted in his vehicle—the vehicle that Jaaku na had eaten—had crammed into its mouth, exploded. The blast caused flames to shoot out from the crack of the door. It was so powerful an explosion that it took out the patched outer wall in the bay. The breached hull caused a maelstrom. The sudden vacuum sucked all the debris, the suit, and pulled Heero's and Wufei's vehicle into the bay door hard enough to shatter it.
It seemed the group was pressed flat for eternity the suction and gravity pinning them in place. It was only a few seconds. The pressure finally eased when the bay door slid shut. They all collapse to the ground grasping from breath. Ace dropped to the floor unconscious his body was not that of a Gundam pilot. Trowa, Wufei and Heero stared at Duo in amazement as he flashed them a cocky smile.
"A captain must keep his word," Duo said with a Shinigami smile.
Duo had promised to cut it up and throw it out. Heero wanted to hug him, touch him. How it could have crushed—no Heero thought, he would not think about that.
"Let's get to the bridge," Duo said to him clapping him on the shoulder. "Quatre must be worried."
TBC
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