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 23 Blazing TrailsIt would have worked except for one problem Heero was dependent upon a full turn before releasing his burden. That gave the suit enough time to realize its danger. Those few precious seconds cost them dearly.
Before Heero could complete the swing, Jaaku na grabbed the cables connecting it to the Meridian. Using that and a blast from its jets it rammed the Meridian. The suit slammed into the ship rolling across the hull—its gundianium body tearing metal plates free. For a short time both the ship and the suit spun towards the red planet. When the Gundam finally cleared the ship, its body shooting towards the red planet below, Heero released the cable. He saw several short bursts of lazar blasts pushing the thing further away and into the planet's gravity.
"Damn it!" Heero swore.
"What do you mean that was great," Duo breathed, as he watched the suit start to burn as it entered the atmosphere.
Heero didn't need to answer as they were both jolted roughly. He glanced at Duo and saw the dawning knowledge there. He looked back to the cam view—the suit was no longer visible. They were too close to the planet.
The ship trembled, they were caught in its gravitational field. Meridian's propulsions were not adequate to deal with the pull of a planet. Heero could feel the ship throbbing as power was being diverted to the few remaining propulsion jets in the front of the ship.
"No!" Duo shouted jumping out of the chair and racing back towards the bridge.
Heero followed him sliding into a wall as the ship listed suddenly. Duo crouched low rolling with the motion. Still, Heero caught up with him pulling one of his arms around his shoulder helping him sprint back to the deck.
"We need more power!" Quatre yelled as he and Duo entered.
"Don't," Duo shouted. "It's too late, that wouldn't stop us. We will need that energy."
"When?" Wufei asked angrily.
"When you land us," Duo told him smartly, "safely," he added with a laugh.
Heero wasn't surprise Duo would joke at a time like this. It was how he handled pressure. An alarm sounded and a light started flashing on the bridge. They didn't have much time. Heero looked at everyone but his fellow ex-pilots. Their chances were slim. The intense pressure and heat would be hard on even a gundam pilot. They may not make it. Then again, if the ship burned up in entry none of them would.
"Maxwell your jokes are not amusing," Wufei snapped.
"Who said I was joking?" Duo told him. He then turned to Quatre and Trowa. "Quatre take over communications and Trowa the engines. Benson, Ace, Sally and Amos take the emergency chairs in the back. Heero secure them."
Duo made it that only the pilots would remain in the regular chairs. Sally got up immediately going to the emergency chairs in the back. The special chairs had harnesses that were made to hold a person in place while the ship sustained high levels of velocity and turbulence. It was the safest place for her and the others. Heero was quickly strapped Sally in when Ace and Benson sat.
"Why are we bothering?" Said Benson as he started to secure himself. "We can't survive this."
"Have faith in your captain," Heero told him and he adjusted the two sweeper's straps.
Benson and Ace knew how to use the chairs. They just let Heero to double-check the straps. Heero then finished with Amos, Quatre's remaining guard. The man was so white faced that his short cropped platinum hair seemed darker.
"Heero," Duo shouted. "Maintain life support."
It was a tall order. Already the inside of the bridge was hot as the outer shell of the ship caught fire. Heero felt sweat break out along his body instantly. The heat made him woozy. He had to remain conscious. They all did except for Sally and the others.
The ship jolted again and Heero and everyone were swung hard in their seats. Heero heard a breathy whoosh fly out of Quatre as he was slammed back into his chair. There was real gravity and they were falling fast.
The area around the ship's breached hull in the third largest bay disintegrated. Huge sheets of metal melted as flames now roar through the inside of the ship. The big bays were being consumed. Something exploded in another bay causing the ship to crack in two. They were literally falling apart. The larger part of the ship containing the bays separated tearing away from the control area.
The upper decks were still intact as both pieces were hurtled to the Martian surface. Heero squinted through teary eyes as the heat nearly overwhelmed him. Dimly he realized that Duo was shouting orders to them.
"Trowa the front propulsion engines operating?" Duo asked.
"Barely," Trowa told him.
"Wufei the propulsion engines before impact," Duo told him panting in the heat. "Stay alert."
"Impact in two minutes," was Wufei's answer. His voice sounded strained.
"Quatre send out an emergency signal," Duo choked out.
He didn't hear anything more from Duo after that. Heero felt like his chest was being crushed. It was hard to breathe not that breathing was easy in the heat. His lungs burn so with the littlest of breaths.
"One minute, thirty seconds to impact," Wufei gasped out to Heero's amazement.
He didn't know Wufei had such resistance. He could barely breath much less talk. Did Sally know? He wondered. If he could move any muscle in his face Heero would have smiled.
"One minute," Wufei panted now.
Wufei was bringing them down in a flaming ball. He had no visuals, almost no controls and it was even hard to move. They were flying like a bat out of hell or dragon in Wufei's case.
"On my mark," Wufei growled out.
Trowa was at the engine controls. It would take incredible strength to reach forward and handle the controls. Heero didn't doubt he could, that was why Duo put him there. Trowa had incredible strength in his arms.
"30 seconds," Wufei choked out.
"20."
"10."
Heero was feeling faint. He fought it. He had to stay alert in order to maintain manual controls to the life support in the control room. Wufei's voice was getting fainter but it was still impressive. Truly a dragon, Heero thought as the edges of his vision darkened.
"9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 release," Wufei gasped out.
"That was a hard landing Wufei," Duo moaned.
The group owed their lives to luck and the Gundam pilots at the helm. The pressure from the fall would not have affected Duo if he hadn't been wounded previously. The pressure on his chest had been too much. He had passed out so he didn't know that, Trowa had managed to get the remaining power to their front propulsion, that Wufei had managed to keep them from doing a nosedive in the red Martian soil and that Heero had managed to maintain control of the life support for the bridge.
Heero turned carefully making note that every thing was still working. When the ship hit all electronic functions outside the control room were gone. Heero had actually blacked out for a moment. They all had but Heero recovered first. He was able to make sure the cabin was intact. Duo really knew them he had placed them at the best stations.
"Maxwell you said safely not soft," Wufei snapped.
"We must be better off than I thought if you're making jokes," Duo told him.
Heero made his way to the front of the ship. The cabin was dark with only a few emergency lights to help them. He glanced at Wufei, his partner's inside helmet was smeared with blood. Wufei gave at him a look of relief.
"Your status," he asked Wufei.
"Clear," he told him standing carefully.
"And yours?" Wufei asked glancing towards the back of the control room.
"Good," Heero answered.
"That's good," Duo said interrupting them. He was favoring his chest. "I would hate to have to watch you set your own bones again."
Wufei glanced back to Heero quickly his look of disbelief fading as he saw that Duo was serious. He shook his head and winced in pain.
"How's our group in the back," Duo asked. He had noticed Wufei's preoccupation.
"Surprisingly good," Heero told him. "Ace and Quatre's guard Amos may need medical attention. Quatre is looking at them right now."
They walked towards the back and found Quatre still working on his guard. He had left them all in their harnesses. Sally was actually starting to revive. Heero watched Wufei go to her first.
"We have about a days worth of air," Heero told them.
"We don't have to worry I made contact before we crashed," Quatre answered.
Mars is named after the Roman god of War. The planet has two moons. Name after the chariot horses of Ares. They are called Deimos for panic and Phobos for fear. Phobos is the larger of the two and is believed to be caught in Mars's orbit. It is slowly being pulled inward at a rate of 1.8 centimeters per year. Scientists believe that in a few million years Phobos will probably crash into the planet.
TBC