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: 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 35

Burnt

He should have felt relief but he didn't. He stood there staring at that crack feeling his body start to tense. He envisioned a hand tearing through that thick outer wall like tin foil and snatching out the plant workers one by one. A shiny metallic hand that would end in claws and stink of old blood.

Heero shook off the macabre thought. That suit could not be the cause of everything; there could be another reason for it. He glanced at Duo and saw that he was frowning.

Nile walked up the wall and felt along the crack's jagged edge, after a while, another man joined him cursing. They had to patch it up and seal off the out side air. They didn't want to force the door again to the next section. That meant they were all trapped until they air levels rose. Heero and the other pilots stood away from the group starting to feel useless.

"Duo, do you know how to fix something like this?" Ky asked as he walked over to the section's com unit.

He turned to see Duo just shrug then walk over to the control panel Ky had been examining. Duo wouldn't meet his eyes and there was a tension between them. Heero wanted to explain but he just didn't think this was the best time. Besides, the words wouldn't come and he was a coward. Instead he decided it would be best to try and stay focused on their current situation. He joined the others around Ky and Duo.

"No, Heero I think," Duo announced after a moment. "He's better with control systems."

"I doubt that," Ky joked.

Heero gave him a scathing look, which he naturally ignored. He turned to examine the unit. It was easy to see why the cam wasn't working. The unit wasn't damaged.

"It's missing some parts," he told them.

"It's line up with the damaged wall," Quatre said turning to stare back at the wall. "Could this unit be the cause?"

Quatre asked a good question but Heero was doubtful. He glanced back and saw that the impact did seem to line up with the breech in the wall. It was a good sign. The suit could not be the cause of everything; Heero silently repeated to himself.

"There are no burn marks," Wufei countered. "It wasn't the com."

"Well, what could it have been?" Ky asked.

"A meteor?" Quatre asked.

No, Heero thought to himself. We all know what it could be and we are just kidding ourselves. Only the impact on the wall was wrong and the debris field by the hole was both inside and out. What could have made that? Not the thing they had been fighting. Heero stared at the com unit feeling a wave of apprehension. This was the key but still he had no answers.

"It's odd." Duo said then smiled uneasily. "Where are the pieces? I guess, I must be getting paranoid but shouldn't there be parts lying around."

Duo was right. It was odd. The parts seemed to have been taken. He looked at the unit again. Now, he knew what it was that had been troubling him. The com wasn't ripped apart, it hadn't exploded, the lower panels and parts of the circuit board were missing gone taken.

It was a mystery and the pieces didn't fit at least not yet. Only Heero didn't want to put the pieces together because deep down he knew that picture wasn't going to be pleasant.

"Maybe they took it with them?" Quatre mumbled thoughtfully.

Not they, Heero thought but he didn't want to think that way. He turned and watched the group working on the wall. They were clueless and innocent. He looked at his fellow pilots and knew they had their own suspicions. The need to discuss their real feelings showed in their haunted stares.

Heero looked at the men feeling guilty. They were spraying an adhesive to the edges along the wall and then spraying a foam into the crack. Within each unit there was tanks that held the emergency foam. Three members sprayed the crack with the foam creating a barrier. Well actually it was two members and Nile supervising. Heero watched the white fluffy stuff slowly pile up.

"It doesn't take long to harden and when it does it will make an air tight seal," Pol told him. "Once it is in place, the oxygen levels will rise pretty quickly."

Waiting was difficult, Heero thought. All of them including the plant members were forced to wait until the cracked outer wall was fixed and they were all anxious to leave each for their own reasons.

"Exactly how long will it take the oxygen levels to rise?" Wufei asked peevishly.

"Not long really," Pol answered. "At most about half an hour."

Some how that seemed like a long time. Heero knew they could forcefully override the door to the next section, however the low levels of oxygen meant that if their companions were in the next compartment they would be exposed to the Martian atmosphere.

It felt like months when actually it took thirty five minutes. The complex's system was sensitive to the low levels of oxygen and quickly redirected breathable air into the section once the breach was secured.

Their approached to section 4 was completely different than the mad rush to section 3. The group figured their companions were probably trapped somewhere in the next three sections.

The doors opened with out any coaxing and Heero watched feeling a slow build up of tension. Again, the area was empty. No one was there and there wasn't any sign of damage. The com was intact and running smoothly. The group looked around at a loss.

Like in section 2, they didn't linger. The group checked the com, drill and wall then continued to section 5. This time as the door slid open Heero tensed so much he felt nauseous. It took him a couple of seconds to realize it wasn't just the tension that caused it. There was a faint smell in the air. He took a deep breath and frowned. There was a sweetness to it, a cloying sweetness that clung in his nose. It was rather unpleasant and seemed to linger in the back of his throat.

"Do you smell that?" he asked the group.

The group instantly started sniffing the air. They had all opened up their suit's mask. The air reading in the section had read normal. The group shook their heads. The Topes, both junior and senior glanced at him. Their look was more curious than annoyed.

"No," young Tope said. "What are you smelling?"

At first, Heero was at a lost for words. It was hard to describe. It reminded him of the bacon he had earlier and the smell of burning plastic. A smell that was both sweet and astringent at the same time.

He just shook his head. He didn't want to think about it since it also smelt like burnt flesh.

TBC

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After an unexpected hiatus from my writing due to personal matters I am back. I hope to finish the story and I apologize to the readers who were disappointed due to my untimely neglect. Thanks for reading if you're still there with me and wish me luck, I hope you enjoy the horror.

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