Disclaimer: I don't anything within this story except Hiroku, the story plot, Rayne and Hisoka (there at the end). I will say that this story follows the Gundam Seed storyline and has direct quotes, but I added to them by bringing in an OC, so many of the episodes are word for word but then my character Hiroku comes in. So enjoy…and read and review please!
Chapter 13
Yzak headed back to the frontlines to fight in a huge attack that Patrick Zala, PLANT Chairman, was beginning with the use of a new weapon called GENESIS. Hiroku however, stayed behind to return a favor for a long time friend. She was upset that she couldn't go back to fighting with Yzak, but she knew that her friend had been there for her when her whole family died, so now it was her turn to take care of her friend, Tina, who was deathly sick.
"You really don't have to do this Hiro-chan." Tina said weakly. Tina had been wounded during an investigative mission to an abandoned colony and was shot in the stomach. But apparently the bullet had a type of chemical in it that was eating away at her practically. Well that was what she told Hiroku anyways.
"Oh Tina. Your still the same, always doing things yourself and not letting other people help you." Hiroku giggled.
Hiroku helped Tina sit up in bed and then set a tray on her lap that had some soup and water on it.
"Your too good to me Hiro-chan." Tina smiled.
"Your damn right I am! You helped me through so much and spoiled me to no end to try and help me get over the deaths of my family members. I'm just returning the favor, and you're my best friend in the whole world, so I feel obligated to do this." She explained.
"I mean that much to you?"
"Of course you do! Why would you think otherwise?"
"I don't know…"
"Well why don't you get some sleep and I'm going to run out to the grocery store and fill up that bare frig of yours."
"Ok Hiro-chan. Thanks so much…and be careful."
"Why? The store is just at the end of the corner?"
"Oh no reason."
"Ok then…bye! I'll be back in like…one hour."
"Bye…and you won't be coming back." she finished under her breathe.
Once Hiroku was out of Tina's apartment she jumped out of bed and ran to her communicator to call someone.
"She's left. She totally fell for the whole being deathly sick deal. This was easier than I thought." Tina said into the communicator.
"You've done great work Tina. I'll send word of this too Azriel and then we can proceed with the plan." A man said on the other line.
"Great! Send my regards to my brother for me."
"Sure thing Tina. Your brother, Azriel will be pleased with your work."
"He sure will. Let me know immediately once you start with the next half of this plan. I will meet you at the old armory factory."
"You got it." The line was cut and everything silent.
Hiroku was walking down the street from the grocery store. It was nighttime outside and it was rather cloudy, so you couldn't see the fake stars that PLANT produced.
Let's see I got…milk, cheese, eggs, bread…
Crunch
"Whose there?" Hiroku voiced firmly as she whipped around when she heard something behind her. "Hmm…must have just been animal or something."
Bump
"Oh it was no animal." A firm deep voice said.
"Huh?" Hiro looked up surprised. But before she could do anything else, someone came up behind her and hit her on the back of the head and then tied her arms behind her back. The two thugs carried her to an old jeep and drove away in the direction of the old armory factory.
It had been a week since Yzak had last heard from Hiroku. She had promised to email him everyday. She had done that the first two nights…but then he stopped getting them. He was beginning to worry. The war was finally over. He had found out that Dearka had deflected to fight with ORB in order to protect a natural. Yzak didn't really understand that…but then again it was Dearka he was talking about.
Why would she all the sudden stop emailing me. Hey! I should check my phone and see if maybe she called. He thought excitedly.
Yzak ran to his room on the VersaliusII and rummage through his duffle bag for his cell phone. Once he found it he saw he had only one missed call…but there was so caller ID or a number to call back. He did have a message though.
Maybe she called from a pay phone…yea a pay phone. Yzak was really starting to worry about her. He opened his cell phone and called his voicemail to retrieve the message. He finally got to the message.
"If you want to ever see your precious silver snipist again then come back to Aprilius One and go to the old armory factory by midnight tomorrow or else…" There was some whispering in the background and then he heard a painful cry come from Hiroku. "There will be a lot more where that came from. So I suggest you hurry if you really want her back. If you don't come…she dies. And if you decided to come…come alone." Then the line was cut.
"No…dammit!" Yzak yelled as he stood up and threw is phone down.
How could this have happened? How could I have let this happen? I should have forced her to come with me! Dammit! Why? why!? Yzak for once in his life…shed tears. Though minimal they were there none the less. And why not!? His girlfriend, or more importantly his lover, had just been kidnapped and is being tortured as we speak by someone. Yzak suddenly sat up and picked up his phone and dialed the number of two people who he knew would help him in his time of need.
Hiroku woke up in a daze. Her head hurt extremely bad. And she just realized that she was in a rather uncomfortable position. She looked at her surroundings and found herself in a dark warehouse. There were boxes of different types of weapons everywhere…even some small nuclear ones. She gasped in fear when she saw those.
What the hell! Where am I? and why am I so uncomfortable? Eww what is running down my back and ankle?
She looked down and saw her right ankle was twisted in an unnatural position with blood dripping from the back. Gross. She looked behind her as best she could to see what was dripping down her back but only came face to face with the barrel of a gun. And it wasn't just any gun…it was her silver sniper rifle that her father gave her.
Ok now I'm very confused!
"Your awake." stated a firm voice. Hiroku recognized that voice.
"Tina?"
"You always were a smart one."
"What the hell is going on here?!"
"Your smart. You can figure it out!" Tina stated raising her voice.
"Obviously not!" Hiroku retorted.
"Well, I'll tell you then. All along I am a member of Blue Cosmos. Your mother was too. In fact my brother, Mutata Azriel, was your mother's nephew. He unfortunately has perished. So I am next in line to take over. Your mother was a very important figure for Blue Cosmos. Her father was the previous leader. Although, she decided to fall in love with a coordinator, your father. You and your deceased brother were her first children and she made you coordinators. We are blaming you for her death on Junius Seven!"
"What! Why? if you didn't notice…it was the Earth Forces that attack Junius Seven. I wasn't even there!"
"Well if your mother hadn't fallen in love with your father she would be leading Blue Cosmos to the blue and pure world we strive for."
"Then why are you blaming me? It was my father who she married…not me!"
"Yeah I know. But you're the only one from your family that's alive. So tough luck babe."
Tina walked away and that just seemed to fire up Hiroku even more. She twisted and turned in the chair she was tied too. The chair fell over on to the concrete floor and she hit her head on something sharp. Hiroku laid there with blood streaming down her face when she heard Tina call out again to someone down the hallway.
"Mark! Make sure she is…taken care of. Her boyfriend comes in less than three hours. Make sure she is ready."
"Yes ma'am!"
The man named Mark walked over to Hiroku and roughly pulled her up by her long black hair and untied her from the chair. He dragged her down the hallway and into an even larger warehouse room with more weapons in it. Mark now yanked her over to a wide piece of wood that was welded into the metal wall. Hiroku was tied by her hands and feet to the board. She was a little dazed during the whole process but soon she felt herself getting beaten all over and then knocked in the head to completely knock her out.
Yzak was now back in Aprilius One with only two hours until he was supposed to be at the old armory factory. He had been ordered by whoever called him to come alone. But he decided to call Dearka and ask him to come help him. Dearka immediately agreed and had met Yzak in Aprilius One. They were both in a rented car driving very fast to the location specified by the kidnappers.
"How do you think she is doing?" Dearka asked.
"I don't know. I hope she is ok…but I have this feeling that she isn't." Yzak answered gripping the steering wheel until his knuckles turned white.
"Chill dude. Our plan will be great to get her out of there!"
"I hope your right man."
They drove for another hour and made it to the factory right at midnight. Dearka jumped out of the car and grabbed his gun and a briefcase, then ran off to the back of the large warehouse. Yzak got out of the car quickly and ran to the front entrance. He barged in through the doors and ran into a very large man dressed all in black.
"You the one that needs to be here at midnight?" the man asked in a very deep voice.
"Your damn right I am! Now where is she!?"
"Follow me."
The man turned around and lead Yzak down the long dark hallway to a huge room that was filled with weapons, big and small. As the man was turned around, Yzak quickly adjusted the transparent headset that he was wearing in order to contact Dearka when the time was right. Once the man left Yzak's view he looked straight ahead and saw…
Tina turned around when she heard someone enter the large warehouse room. She motioned for the large man to step away from in front of Yzak. She smirked when she saw him.
How harmful could he be. He looks like a weakling. She thought happily.
"Well, well…you must be this b!tches boyfriend. I'm surprised you showed. Is she really that important to you? What's so great about her?" Tina asked trying to get a reaction out of Yzak. She positioned Hiroku's silver sniper rifle next to Hiroku's head with her hand on the trigger…ready to pull it if necessary.
"I don't have to explain myself to you." Yzak seethed, but trying to stay calm.
"Why? because you know that you can't fight me?" Tina mocked.
"Exactly."
"What!? Your admitting to me that you can't fight me?"
"Sure. I have nothing to hide from you."
Stupid naturals. He thought to himself.
Tina walked forward to stand in front of Yzak. She stopped about three feet away and pointed the gun at him. Yzak didn't flinch an inch. Yzak could tell that this girl in front of him was getting frustrated with him. He smirked inwardly so as not to blow his cover.
"I thought you would come to save her?" Tina asked confused and in a frustrated tone.
"I am here to save her." Yzak stated.
Outside Dearka heard his queue through the headset. He plugged in a device from the briefcase to a large electrical machine that would cut the power and release a toxic gas inside. As soon as he heard Yzak's line he flipped the switch and saw the power go out in the entire factory. He then ran inside quickly so he could get Hiroku from what Yzak's coordinates where on his communicator. Yzak was supposed to keep the people inside occupied until Hiroku was safely out of the building and then Yzak could make his escape.
Back inside all the Blue Cosmo supporters were in a panic when the power shut off. They tried booting up the back up generators but everything was out. Tina turned toward Yzak with a scowl.
"You have something to do with this don't you?"
"Nope."
"Don't lie to me!"
"I'm not."
"Yes you are!"
"No."
"Yes!"
"Yes."
"No!"
"Ha." Yzak smirked.
"Wait…hey!" Tina answered back confused. "Oh now you wanna play that game do ya!"
"I don't play games."
"Why the hell are you being so calm about this?"
"No reason."
"Tell me dammit…or I'll…" she turned around to go back over to Hiroku…but she was gone. She turned back toward Yzak but he was gone too.
"DAMm…it" her voiced faded and fell to the ground.
Yzak ran with all his might out of the factory to the car that Dearka was waiting in with Hiro in the back seat. As soon as Yzak got in the car he gunned the engine and once that were a safe distance away he nodded to Dearka, who pressed a button and the whole factory went up in flames with loud explosions. Yzak wanted so badly to stop and check on Hiroku, but he knew that she needed to get to a hospital and fast.
At least she is safe now. I just hope there is nothing seriously wrong with her. If I lost her now…I would kill myself. You've done it before…you've pulled through I know you can this time. Please for me…I love you too much to let go. And I won't ever let you go…not now…not ever.
Wow! That was bad…but all better thanks to Dearka and Yzak! Yaya for them! Well I would to see your opinion on this…please! Oh and next Friday is the posting of the last two chapters…so its almost over guys! So keep your eyes peeled for the next installment.