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Waiting is the most vital part of a combat such as this...

"No one likes you anymore these days, son. 'Proof is everybody's been assigning me to kill ya', well, not that anybody enjoys having a killer on the loose."

"Everybody as in Zeimer Wargon?" Heero asked.

Odin whistled. "Now I REALLY gotta' kill ya'. You're not supposed to know that. He's been dreaming of your death so he can settle on the cute queen." Heero perked up. "So, he decided to make you a conspirator and leave his hands clean. Real good brain he got."

'Yeah, a bubble-brain.' Heero thought.

"Say, how many did I catch you?" Odin asked.

"Just 1." Heero replied, "You?"

"Yep, you got 1. But I have it on a bullet proof jacket." Odin paused before asking, "And you?"

Heero looked down at his wound. It WAS caught by the jacket but the machine gun was so strong that it penetrated through. He gritted his teeth as beads of sweat started dripping down while he tried to level his breathing.

"I thought so." Odin laughed. "That Pierre Wallace is some kid. He improved this machine gun, ya' know." Heero bit his lower lip as he felt a stinging pain spread slowly and agonizingly. "It's deadly... VENOMOUS" Odin stressed the last word. "He's never tried it before and you're the first test subject. How does it feel?" he smiled sinisterly.

Seeing how bad the situation was to him, Heero decided that if he ever intended to see another day, he'll have to deal with this guy some other time.

Suddenly, Heero zoomed out of his hiding place and opened fire to Odin, catching a few more bullets by the arms, leg and chest. Just then, he took out a knife from his back and made a bee line for Odin's forehead when his vision blurred and only managed to strike him deep into Odin's chest. Odin fell back, grunting in pain. When he looked up, Heero was nowhere in sight.

Just then, his earpiece cracked to life and Pierre's voice came. "The brat escaped too..." he gasped. "But, he left me bad here..."

"I can't believe this!" Noin complained. "How could you FORGET your wallet in the SHUTTLE!?!?!"

Zechs didn't say anything but sighed and went out. Noin pouted at the passenger seat. 'He's ALWAYS like that...' From the rear mirror, she noticed a small pimple on her forehead and tried pinching it when she saw a peculiar figure run out of the building through a far end entrance/exit which she knows very well as the VIP area. The said figure limped away out of sight.

It hurts.

Heero tried to look for cover, anywhere is fine. But, his vision was getting blurry, breathing ragged, his whole body in pain – and not JUST bullet wounds' pain. It seemed as though some sort of poison was put in it and now, it's spreading. However, with him walking/limping around like that, it's not helping to slow it down.

'Have gotta... stay focused...' he thought but suddenly stopped as he sensed someone following him. He narrowed his eyes. Could it be Odin?

Noin knitted her eyebrow and took out her gun. Somehow, that part of the port was deserted. If this was a plan to ambush her, they succeeded. She looked around the straight corridor – no one. She could've sworn the man walked that way...

Suddenly, something dripped to the floor. Slowly, she looked up and saw a hand's silhouette on the vent.

Then, she grabbed a nearby pole and poked the cover open. It fell with a crash and a hand limped on top of her with blood dripping slowly. She jumped and grabbed the hand, pulling it and its owner down. She managed to catch the person from hitting the ground head first but was shocked to death to see who the person was and the condition he was in.

She covered her mouth in bewilderment, "Heero..." she checked for a pulse but could barely feel anything. "No... oh no... Heero... Heero!" Noin shook him hoping he'll wake up to ensure he was alive.

He opened his eyes slowly and through his blurred vision, could see Noin's concerned face. It hurts Noin deeply to see the younger boy so fragile and helpless like that.

"N... Noin..." he managed to gasp and then grunted in pain as the venomous pain jolted throughout his body. "Ugh......"

"Hang on, I'll help you..." Noin slinged one of Heero's arm at the back of her neck, holding onto it from the other side and staggered to her feet as his weight was dead total on her.

She turned around but was met with a man whom she never thought she'd see.

"Miliardo..." He had a gun pointed to Heero. As weak as he felt, Heero could still glare at his white haired former (and forever will be) enemy. "Please..." she pleaded, shaking her head.

"Give me 1 very good reason why I shouldn't kill you, Yuy," Zechs looked hard at him.

Heero was having trouble getting the air in and out of his lungs much less talk; and right now, he can't see anything but shadows. He was about to say something when a dizzy sensation took him over and something making its way through from his gut and up to his throat. He spat the sudden gush of blood out and felt it.

"Heero!" Noin cried out in alarm as Heero screamed in pain. He tried to breath but failed. Suddenly, an eerie blackness swallowed him up. Then, he went limp; his screams stopped altogether - and so did his breathing.

Elsewhere, Hera floated in space in her Gundam. She lost consciousness right after she performed the jump and was covered with oozing red liquid which were drying up.

She heard something from far away...

"Here's something for the cutsie..." a young Hera took the gift and looked up only to see a faceless man looking down on her. Scared, she looked to her side and saw a faceless long-haired woman looking at her.

Suddenly, both people screamed and her surrounding reddened and the 2 'parents' laid before her in a heap. Someone walked towards her.

"My, aren't you pretty..." she recognized the voice and saw Pierre, faceless. Staring at the faceless face, she looked away and felt floated in blackness again until a light shone to her face. She opened her eyes and looked at the dim light from a faraway place.

The next time an image was formed, a bright light shone first. She covered her eyes and looked up. "You did well," Heero said. She stared on and suddenly felt warm. Tears run down her cheeks freely and Heero's hand reached for her, wiping the tears away. She smiled.

"Father..."

Suddenly, Heero fell back. She stood up from the simulator she was in and looked down. Heero was lying on the floor, unconscious, bloodied and full of bullet wounds. His face stayed pale and stiff with his eyes opened slightly and blood covering his face and flowing out from the corner of his mouth.

Hera trembled. This is all a dream, she thought but, it's scary, she wanted to reach for Heero but something held her tied to the ground. Exasperated, all she could do was...

"FATTHHHERR!!!!!!!!!!"

Hera woke up with a start and realized she was not in the pilot seat but was floating over it. She felt tears in her eyes and wiped it away. Zero was not functioning but it was a good thing that the oxygen supply didn't.

She floated down the cockpit, "Zero, are you still with me?" she asked. No response. She smiled sadly. "So even you desert me now..." she leaned against the seat and checked her oxygen tank. It could only hold on for 20 more minutes. There must've been a leak.

Suddenly, she heard metals clank. She opened her eyes and looked out. To her surprise, she saw a huge ship which grabbed her gundam and brought them to a colony.

"L2..." Hera whispered. "Father should be here..."

"Ok, Zeimer, are you ready?" Relena turned to see the ambassador to be shuffling in his seat, "What is it THIS time?" Relena asked, hand on her hip.

He looked up from the floor, "This is a big stepping stone for me..." he muttered.

"Don't worry, we'll be with you all the way," and paused, "I will be with you..."

Suddenly, Duo busted in through the door, "Wooh... it's really pouring out there!"

"Can't we control the artificial rain?" Dorothy asked.

"Nah, as artificial as it may be, it's still weather..." Duo shrugged, "So, you guys ready? Tro-tro'll..."

"Watch your mouth Duo," Trowa growled from behind, suddenly appearing.

Duo jumped as Relena and Zeimer giggled, "Wow... sorry man, didn't see ya' there," he laughed nervously.

"And another thing Duo, if you EVER call me that again, make no mistake that my actions will be far more severe compared to Wufei's," he continued, walking towards Duo threateningly.

He gulped, "I get the point, Trowa... by the way, haven't seen Wu-man anywhere..." Duo looked around.

"Neither did I see Quatre..." Dorothy piped.

"Oh, he told me to tell you that he had to attend to something, business calls," Catherine said, entering the backstage. "Ok, you 2, everyone's waiting for you out there. Good luck and have fun," She winked.

"Thanks," the 2 said. Suddenly, Relena tripped and fell to her knees.

"Are you all right?!" Zeimer asked.

"I'm ok, just... my shoe... its heel broke," she sighed. "You guys go ahead, I'll join you in a second," she said and disappeared into the dressing room. She grumbled to herself, "How could I..."

"What? How is he?" said a voice from the other side of the dressing room. Relena hid, 'That sounds like Wufei...' she thought.

"Is he...?" Relena could hear Wufei's voice croak and inwardly felt her heart clench for no reason. Then, he asked, "Where are you now?... I'll be there... Don't worry... they're outside, I'm alone here..." then he hung up. Relena peeped from her hiding place and saw Wufei standing in front of the dressing table.

Suddenly, he overturned the dressing table (along with the mirror), bringing everything crashing down to the ground. "That idiot..." then, footsteps were heard and Duo and Trowa entered the room, with their guns pointed towards Wufei.

They sighed, "Wufei... what's going on here?" Trowa asked.

"We thought Relena's in trouble, ya know..." Duo said. "By the way, where IS Relena?" He asked.

"I'm here..." Relena slowly stood up, surprising Wufei.

"You heard...?" he asked and she nodded.

"Who was that?" Relena asked. "And were you..." she narrowed her eyes.

Wufei looked at her sadly. She was surprised how sad the usually mean, hard, dark eyes before her were. "I'll explain in the car..." he said, walking past the trio.

"Exactly, where are we going?" Duo asked. Trowa thought better of it and decided to just listen to explanations later. He followed Wufei without question, causing both Duo and Relena to automatically follow his lead. Deep down in her heart, Relena was positive that something has happened to Heero but why was she worrying?

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