C 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: Personally, I don't think that my stories are scary. However, I have received feedback from a small amount of reviewers claiming that they were. "Don't change your style of writing, it's yours. There are people out there who will appreciate it." I thank that person. I decided to take their words to heart and I have not toned down or changed how I write. However, I am giving fair warning.
Jaaku na Gundam
(English Translation: the Evil Gundam)
Chapter 30
Improbable
"Good, so you destroyed it," Fad repeated when Pol's question was met with silence.
"We believe, it was destroyed once it entered the atmosphere," Heero told them.
"Sweet mother," Pol swore.
The trio did not need any explanation to understand the seriousness of the situation. A berserk machine on the loose—it was completely unheard of; only a mad man would allow such a thing to happen. Mad men, Heero thought silently.
"So why aren't there any search parties?" Fad asked suspiciously. "Why isn't this place swarming with Preventors?"
"There will be in a few days, the area was restricted," Wufei told them. "Even preventor ships aren't equipped to handle an armed Gundam."
"Armed?" Ky nearly squeaked.
"Sweet mother," Pol swore again. "When were you going to tell us?"
"We believed it was destroyed," Quatre said in defense. "We were trying to figure out a way to make sure when you interrupted us."
"Alright, we believe your story," Fad told them. "We can still help you…for a price."
"Those guys should be mercenaries," Trowa told them when they finally got a minute of privacy.
Heero agreed silently. Fad, Ky and Pol had taken them to the barn. Under a pile of sweet smelling hay, there was a meager cache of weapons; a dozen guns, most were rifles but there were a couple of shotguns. The models were old and there was little to no ammunition. There were also four huge round cylinders. Two were a little slimmer but all were over three feet long and shaped like a cannon except the back was open. The bigger ones were called rocket launchers. Heero recognized those. The smaller ones were for the small round hand shaped bombs, the trio called grenades.
The group surrounded the small pile that was uncovered. Heero had never seen grenades before. Trowa's experience as a mercenary helped a little for he had heard of the devices although he rarely had use for them. Quatre only looked at them curiously. Wufei scoffed.
Wufei had used rocket launchers before but the arms he had were top of the line. The colonies actually produce weapons more easily than earth. So, they were all exposed to the most sophisticate ammunition available.
"These weapons are useless," Wufei grumbled. "Those rocket launches are so old they belong in a museum."
Duo who had been quiet the whole time picked up the rocket launcher balancing the heavy weapon on his shoulder. Heero silently agreed with Wufei, the thing looked so old he wondered if it still worked.
"That's nuts," Wufei told them as he watched Duo exchange the larger launcher for a smaller one. "If you think we are mad enough to put an exploding missile on our shoulders, you're wrong."
Duo continued to balance the device upon his shoulder. He pulled out its old and quirky viewfinder, placing his eye to it as he took aim. Even if it was the smaller one, the thing had to weight almost forty pounds.
"Nice," Duo added after a second.
"You're not really thinking of using that," Quatre said nervously.
"I think it's American made," Duo told them. He looked delighted.
Wufei snorted at that and made a rather caustic comment under his breath. Heero didn't hear him but Quatre's faced pinked in reaction to it and Trowa actually laughed. Short and brief though it was, it was a rare thing to hear and it startled all of them. Duo looked at him surprised.
"I didn't know you could do that," Duo said offhandedly. He then looked down at the weapon he had been holding. "It's a heavy arm."
Trowa got the hint. He walked over and picked the one of the missile launchers. He lifted it a little easier than Duo had and seemed to fiddle less with the viewfinder. A pleased looked appeared on his face. It was gone so quickly that if Heero didn't know him he would have thought he imagined it.
"It will do," he told them. "Where's the ammo?"
"We only have ammo for the grenade launchers and rifles," Ky told them. "The rifles are used to kill the larger animals for food. The grenades were used in construction."
"There must be a logical reason why you would show us weapons without ammunition," Wufei snapped.
"It can be made," Pol explained. "We think?"
"The Martian soil needs help to become more fertile and part of the composition we use is a form of nitro. The nitro compound when mixed with other chemicals can explode even in Mars's atmosphere," Fad explained. "It just wouldn't burn well since there wasn't enough air to fuel a fire but it will explode."
"We also don't know that right amount to place in the shells," Pol continued sheepishly.
"You don't have ammo but you have shells?" Quatre asked.
"The crop duster uses these shells," he said with a shrug.
"I can put together just about any device," Duo admitted. "I'm just not good with mixing chemical compounds."
"I can do the composition," Quatre said.
"Last thing we need to do is blow ourselves up and save that suit the trouble," Wufei said shaking his head.
"It sounds like a fairly simple arrangement. Duo can re-configured the device and I can do the explosive material," Quatre explained.
Heero took one look at the casings and decided Wufei was right they were too dangerous and unusable. "I'll redo the casing. Duo, you can configure the device afterwards."
"So what should I be doing in the interim?" Duo asked picking up a grenade and tossing it.
"Work with Trowa on getting us some real transportation," Heero said trying to snatch the grenade away. Duo foiled his attempt by stepping away and picketing it.
"While you guys fool around with composing outdated explosives and fixing ancient unsound transports, I'll try and do something impractical like try and pinpoint where the suit may have fallen," Wufei said sarcastically. He also tried to stop Duo from juggling two more grenades.
"Impractical," Duo said deftly avoiding Wufei. "Try improbable."
"Let's get started," Heero said quickly worried that Duo might elaborate more. He was sure Duo wasn't referring to Wufei's reasoning.
TBC
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Thanks for reading if you're still there with me. Again, I must apologize for the late posting. I had been trying to do weekly posting but it seems that recently that has not been possible. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I am again in search of a beta. Shinko I really appreciated the help I hope we can coordinate better in the future. Until then please know that I am looking for someone and thank you ahead of time for the consideration. To all readers I love knowing your comments and opinions so feel free to send them and as allows my special thanks to Starshifter for her help, time and opinions. Ani