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 22 A TrapHeero watched the left fuel tanks knowing that the suit would go for them. The large lazar cutters Trowa and Ace were manning could only take care of objects at a distance.
As Heero monitored the outer hull he realized that the suit had realized this also. He changed the cam angle. He found it. It was crawling along the outer hull destroying the ship's propulsion jets further taking away their control of the ship's motion.
A ship as large of the Meridian had many. Still it was going to cripple them then take its time destroying them. They were helpless to stop it.
"Damn it Heero! Where is it?" Duo asked.
"It's on the outer hull," Heero told him.
"There?" Trowa asked.
Heero put the image on the main monitor. The control room became silent as they all watched Jaaku na pound in a jet with its remaining hand. Once it was finished it looked directly at the camera knowing there was nothing they could do to stop it. Its lower jaw was dangling it looked like it was grinning at them.
"We can't get away from this thing," Ace cried. "Why is it after us?" His brown eyes were wide with shock and fear as he panted out his frustration.
"Maybe we could distract it again," Quatre suggested. His eyes were round from shock too. "There are the life pods."
"I say it fight it head on," Wufei growled. He was ashen and trembling with anger and weariness.
"Quatre take the helm, I'll be back," Duo told them all calmly.
His level tone dispelled their panic instantly. They all looked at him curiously. He sounded totally unfazed like the ship wasn't just spinning out of control.
"Duo where are you going?" Quatre asked getting up and walking to the captain's chair.
"To get some cabling."
Duo left the control room with Heero hot on his heels. Heero glanced at Duo limping ahead of him. He knew Duo knew, that he was behind him, that he had left the deck with him but Duo didn't say a word.
"You mean to trap it," Heero guessed.
Duo nodded as he led them into a room that held huge metal cables as thick as a man's wrist. They were on giant spools and hanging on the walls were hooks and connectors of various sizes.
"How are you going to get it off the ship's hull," Heero asked.
"I haven't gotten to that part yet," Duo told him troubled.
"I have an idea," Heero said his dark blue eyes sparkling with eagerness in his handsome face. The look wasn't really pleasant.
Duo and Heero loaded several cannons with grappling hooks and nets. When they were done they sat at adjourning controls next to each other. They looked like two boys getting ready to play a video game.
Heero glanced at Duo from the side of his eyes. He was in the worse scenario of his life and his was happy. He had worked with every other pilot but Duo understood him the best and he Duo.
Duo turned catching him watching. He smiled, his violet eyes now reflecting the same eagerness of Heero's. The look wasn't really pleasant.
Heero watched Duo switch on several monitors, one to the control room so he could implement the plan. They only had one chance or they were finished. Quatre had told Raashid to come in a seven days, they had only four days left. They didn't have four hours at the rate that suit was going.
"Yo, Quatre," Duo said his voice sounding pleasant.
"Yes, Duo," Quatre responded looking troubled and worried.
"Ready the left engines," Duo told him.
Quatre opened his mouth to say something but then closed it after a second. Wufei wasn't so timid. The monitor jumped and the screen split allowing his face to join Quatre's for a second.
"Maxwell you do realize that suit probably damaged those fuel tanks also," Wufei told him. Wufei hid his fear with anger.
"Of course, that's why, I'm going to ask you to take over navigation from Benson," Duo told him.
Wufei's eyes narrowed for a second and a frown appeared upon his face then he suddenly smirked. "We're going for a spin?"
Duo smiled back but didn't answer. Next he called to Trowa and Ace. "Be ready, once we get that thing off our hull I want you two to keep it off."
"Yes, sir," Ace said his voice faint.
Trowa's face remained blank and unreadable. Only the motion of his adjusting his equipment indicated his answer. Heero watched Duo switch back to Quatre.
"Quatre engage left engines on three."
"One, Two, Three engage!"
The engines flared to life followed by an explosion that rocked that ship. Again, Meridian was hurled into a spin. This time, it was more controlled since Wufei was navigating. This time, they were prepared for it.
Heero didn't see the suit. It was a lazar blast that alerted him to the fact that the explosion had indeed shook off their unwanted company.
Trowa and Ace shot relentless at the suit forcing it away from the hull. The suit had to avoid the bigger lazar cannons. Its Gundam frame was too damaged to take an open shot. As the suit swung back, Duo and Heero fired their cannons. Two sets of grappling nets ensnared the suit. It thrashed and turned entangling itself further.
Caught in the cabling's nets the suit spun with the ship. A cheer went up from the control room. Duo smiled and clapped Heero on the shoulder frowning as he realized that Heero was still concentrating.
Heero did not tell Duo that this plan was flawed for once they stopped spinning they would have a killer suit tied to them. He also didn't remind Duo that those cables could not hold a gundianium suit for long.
He meant to hurl the suit towards the planet.
TBC
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As promised, I managed to get out two more by the end of the week. I hope, I didn't frighten anyone too much, no I shouldn't say that, I actually hope I terrified you all and will continue to do so.
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