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Chapter Eleven
"So, they've completely disappeared?" she asked as she looked over at the boy at the computer.
"Yes. No sign of any of the gundam pilots. I think the explosion in the girls dorms was something to do with them, or this man who is hunting them. I just don't know what and I can't worked. Shit, it bugs me."
"The two females pilots have disappeared but have left all their stuff. Girls don't leave their stuff behind."
"I've noticed."
She slide on to his lap and removed his hands from the mouse and keyboard.
"Excuse me?" he coughed but she paid him no attention. Her fingers spread over the keyboard as she searched for something. He lent back, annoyed at her touching his laptop but there wasn't much he could do with her weight on his lap. "What are you looking for?"
"The gundam hideout idiot, what do you think? They have to hide the gundams somewhere. They need somewhere close by and easy access. They also have to be able to walk there and back without people noticing. My bet, is its somewhere in the forest."
He raised an eyebrow at her.
"Any idea where in this very large and overgrown forest it might be?"
She turned and looked at him. "Why would I know that? I'm not clever like you, besides you'll be able to tell me where it is tomorrow. Goodnight, I have to get some beauty sleep."
"Why will I be able to tell you?" he asked, spinning the chair round as she hopped off his lap and strolled confidently towards the door.
"Because you are going to look for it, now. It would not do for a lady like myself to go wondering around a forest at midnight, especially dressed like this," she indicated her nightwear.
"But you'll wondering around the boys dorm in it? I'll be outside in half an hour; you'll be there too. This is a joint mission. You don't get out of it so easily."
Trowa stood out in the middle of the forest beside the small river. He had had no luck in tracking down the Gundams, but he never thought he would. He had discovered Quatre asleep and wrapped his love up in blankets before he had come up for fresh air. It was not right that Duo and Heero would both leave without even leaving a note. They would have known the worry it would cause the other three and besides the mission was yet to be completed and Heero never left a mission until it was finished.
"Lets look over here!"
"Be quiet, girl, before someone hears you!"
"Me? They'll hear your god awful breathing before they hear me."
Trowa pulled out his gun and flashlight and took a step forward towards the two who were approaching. He flicked the flashlight on, aiming it directly into their faces and raised his gun.
"Stop. Right. There."
The boy covered his face quickly. "You're Trowa Barton, gundam pilot zero three, aren't you?"
"For that I'll have to kill you."
"You need to listen to us!" the girl begged, shielding behind the boy. "We needed your help. We got scared when you disappeared because we never got a chance to ask for your help!"
Trowa didn't lower his gun but he pointed the flashlight into the ground.
"Why would we help you?"
"Heero Yuy is the only one who would understand."
"He's not here."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, he's not here."
"TROWA!" Wufei came running out into the ground but he skidded to a stop as he spotted the two intruders. "Oh busy?"
"What is it?"
"Duo's cleverer than we thought. We didn't need to use that tracker. Just our own."
"Who's Duo?"
"Be quiet and get inside before I shot you," Trowa threaten and Wufei raised an eyebrow as the two moved.
"What's going on?"
"I think these two know something, and I think they can help us."
"You think? You think?"
"It's a gut feeling."
Wufei stood, his mouth wide open as he stared at Trowa. The taller boy shrugged.
"You've been hanging with Maxwell too much."
Quatre was waiting for Wufei's return with his boyfriend but he was shocked to see two students enter the hanger, especially seeing as one of them was Patsy, the girl who had shown deep interest in Duo's hair. She gave Quatre a glance over.
"You're not a female," she commented.
"You're not a crazy madwomen," the boy snorted.
"What's going on?" Quatre asked as Trowa and Wufei appeared.
"They want our help."
"I think Duo and Heero need our help."
"You've lost your Gundams?" Patsy laughed.
"Someone took them."
It sobered Patsy up quickly and she spun round.
"What?"
"The Gundams are missing and we didn't move them. Also two of our pilots are gone. How did you know where to find us?"
"There's a man, he does weird experiments on the children at school, we knew he had sent you an e-mail, informing you of a mission you weren't to have. We…"
"Perhaps we should explain for the beginning. I'm Stefan Parish and this is Patsy Lune. We are part of the police force that protects this state. We're still in training but when this man, Doctor Musk, arrived in town we were sent here to keep tabs on him. No one else could do it because they are all too old. But the older members pretend to be our parents. Nearly fifteen years ago this Musk was discovered using gundanium on babies, he was modifying their systems, trying to create a better human. Wither he succeeded we don't know but now he's doing it again. His son and daughter are already under his control and we believe he was going to use his technology to use the Gundams and their pilots to help him rule the world as it was."
"So this Musk, he's taken Duo and Heero? And the Gundams?"
"Most likely."
"Do you know where he is?"
"We know where he lives but his lab… no. But he would have taken your friends there."
"What did you want us to help you with?"
"Stopping him! This man is a lunatic."
"Fine, we'll use this to find them, and if you help us, we'll help you."
"Quatre are you sure?"
"We're two short of our team, it wouldn't hurt to have some helping hands, plus, they know what they are dealing with better than we do."
Patsy waved at the black device in Quatre's hands.
"What is that?"
"There's a tracking device in Duo's cross. We placed it there during our last mission because it not only threatened his life but did other stuff which is confidential. He made sure that when they were taken, this machine was turned on. We can track with this."
Patsy grinned. "So, you terrorists aren't as thick as Oz makes out."
"Well," Quatre grinned back. "Only some of the time."
The dirt track that Wufei lead them along was one that looked well used. It was narrowed but easy to get through. All five of the group were armed, although Wufei was still weary of the newcomers. Quatre was happy to talk to the girl.
"So, when you went after Duo's hair, that was making contact?"
"Yep. Stef managed to make contact with Yuy in the study hall so I need to make contact with the females. Of course, I didn't know you were dressing in drag."
Quatre laughed. "I can assure you it's not something we make a habit out of."
She laughed back. "And going into Ann Summers? Is that a habit or not?"
"God, I had never been so embarrassed in all my life."
The other three remained silent. Wufei lead the way while Stefan and Trowa took up the back.
"There's caves up in front," Patsy pointed out. "The river used to run all the way along the path but due to the Oz Base they drained this part of the river. The caves used to flood every year but now they are empty."
"Maybe that's where Musk's lab is."
"I would say for certain it is."
Quatre looked behind him at Stefan. "Do you know these cave well?"
Stefan gave a sharp nod but said nothing more on the subject.
They continued on the path for another ten or so minutes until they reached a rock face.
"Where's the cave entrance?" Trowa asked, his keen green eyes unable to find a hole in the rock face, but as he spoke a rock shaped door opened.
"We're expected," Wufei commented blankly. "It would be rude not to accept their invite."
"Quite so," Quatre replied, as he pulled out his gun and edge slowly forward with Wufei. Trowa remained with Patsy and Stefan.
"What are they doing?"
"Checking if its a trap or not."
Wufei and Quatre moved silently and peered about the entrance.
Wufei signalled the all clear to Trowa and the other three hurried forward.
"Its empty," Quatre explained. "There's nothing there, just a spotless corridor."
"Strange thing to have," Wufei pointed out a security camera. "In a cave."
"Its too easy," Stefan warned. "They want you for something."
"Probably the same thing they wanted Duo and Heero for, but, we're not thick and we're not going in empty handed. We'll take formation two."
Both Trowa and Wufei nodded. Trowa turned and signalled for Patsy and Stefan to go with Quatre and the trio set off.
Trowa and Wufei gave them five minutes before Wufei turned his gun on the security camera and fired.
Immediately alarms sounded and the door began to shut. Trowa smirked as he and Wufei set off on their way to locate the Gundams. Normally this would be Heero and Duo's job to create the distraction while the others carried out the mission. But with the other two boys currently missing, it was up to Trowa and Wufei to create hell for this doctor Musk and his men. And both Trowa and Wufei would take delight in screwing with the guy who thought that he could screw around with Gundam Pilots.
tbc...
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