Konnichiwa Minna-san! I'm back and hopefully getting better with the humor. There's not much more I have to say about this chapter so you can get reading.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam 00 or its Characters, they belong to Bandai, Sunrise and Yun Koga. But Veda said I could borrow them for a bit.
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Chapter Three: Haro "Helps"
The next time Tieria woke up, he found Allelujah sitting in front of his bed reading the book on World War II he had.
"Allelujah," He said as he sat up a bit, "Where's Sumeragi?"
"Hey," Allelujah said as he closed the book, "How are you feeling?" He placed his hand on Tieria's forehead.
"Awful," Tieria said bluntly, "Now answer my question."
"She had something she had to do," Allelujah said not daring to tell Tieria that Sumeragi hadn't finished her mission report yet, "She'll be back when it's done."
Tieria sighed and took notice of the book, "What do you think of it?" He asked.
"What? The book?" Allelujah asked, "It's very interesting. Wars were a lot different back then…a lot less deadly."
"I find them to be very primitive," Tieria said.
"Tieria, it was over three hundred-fifty years ago," Allelujah said, "Of course it was primitive."
"There was one war I read about that took place in America during the eighteen hundreds," Tieria said, "The strategy for one of the armies was to completely destroy any and all bridges, crops and live stock that the other side possessed. The war only lasted for about four years."
"Wow," Allelujah said, "Don't you wish that things were still like that?"
"Of course I don't," Tieria said, "If it was still like that then our organization would be pointless."
"I guess you're right," Allelujah said sheepishly as Tieria coughed, "You're still very warm, do you need anything?"
"Just some water," Tieria said. His stomach had finally settled and wasn't feeling sick any more but he didn't want to take any chances.
"Alright, I'll be right back." Allelujah said as he stood up and walked towards the door. However just as he walked from the room, Hallelujah took over with a plan.
Tieria coughed a bit more and sighed. He wasn't a huge fan of this whole "being sick" thing. He had so much to do, yet all he wanted to do was sleep. He shut his eyes and was about to fall asleep again when something hard was roughly placed on his stomach. Startled, Tieria quickly opened his eyes and sat up a bit.
"Ah I see our stubborn little invalid is awake. I brought you something to eat."
"I'm not hungry," Tieria said bluntly as he tried to calm down after the rude "awakening."
"Oh but I've brought something special for you," The older Meister said in a sinister tone.
Tieria sighed and looked down at the tray, "ALLELUJAH HAPTISM!" He roared, "THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!"
"What's so unacceptable about it flu boy?"
"Everything!" Tieria snapped. His energy was slowly giving out, "It's ice cream!"
"Yeah, so?" The taller Meister said, "Ice cream is the perfect food when you're running a fever."
"You should know how I feel about sweets!" Tieria snapped, "We shouldn't even have this on board this ship!"
"Not all of us like to eat that cardboard shit you seem to like so much. Now, shut the hell up and eat it Goddammit!" Hallelujah yelled. He hated dealing with Tieria, "Or I will shove it down your goddamn throat myself!"
"You're acting very odd today, Allelujah Haptism," Tieria said.
"The fever must really be messing with your head," Hallelujah said, "You should know that I'm not Allelujah, I'm Hallelujah."
Tieria sighed and picked up the spoon. Normally he would never have agreed to eat ice cream at all, let alone for breakfast. Or lunch, depending on what time it was. But he just didn't have the energy to deal with Hallelujah, who might have been in a good mood. Tieria could barely tell on normal day, forget a day where his body temperature was elevated to an almost unbearable degree. "Thank you," He said tiredly.
"You're wel- wait…did you just thank me?" Hallelujah asked, "Who the hell are and what the hell have you done to our little Tieria Erde?"
"That's quite enough," Tieria said softly.
"I'm sorry Tieria," Allelujah said as he regained control, "Hallelujah took over for no reason.
"It's alright," Tieria said softly.
"I just wanted to bring you some water," Allelujah said, "I hope Hallelujah didn't bring you anything that made you feel sicker."
"No," Tieria said as he finished the ice cream. As much as he hated to admit it, the frozen treat made him feel a little better. But he would never tell Allelujah that for fear that Hallelujah would hold it over his head for the rest of his life. He handed the bowl back to Allelujah. "It's alright."
Allelujah looked at the bowl, "Hallelujah brought you ice cream?" Allelujah said sheepishly waiting for Tieria to flip out. But Tieria just rested against the bed again. /He must really be feeling sick/ Allelujah thought.
/He's probably faking it/ Hallelujah said, /He seemed just fine when he was yelling at me./
/Hallelujah did you not feel his forehead?/ Allelujah asked, /Tieria's burning up./
/Yeah, he's "burning up" from all the hot air he has/ Hallelujah said /He's faking it./
/Tieria wouldn't know how to fake an illness,/ Allelujah thought, /Tieria's never been sick before./
/Eh, I didn't think of that/ Hallelujah said, /Well, I'll let you go back to playing nursemaid. Have fun./
"Do you need anything else?" Allelujah said.
"No," Tieria said as he shut his eyes, "I just want to sleep."
"Okay," Allelujah said, "Haro, please check his temperature."
"Thirty-eight point five, thirty-eight point five."
"It's not that high right now," Allelujah said, "You probably should get some sleep to make up for last night."
Tieria nodded, "You don't have to stay," He said tiredly. Yelling at Hallelujah had drained most of his energy, "It will make Hallelujah happy."
"Are you sure?" Allelujah said as Hallelujah screamed /Agree with him dammit!/ in the back of his mind. "You still seem pretty sick."
"I'll be alright," Tieria said, "Go finish your mission report."
Allelujah gasped, "You knew about that?" He asked sheepishly.
"Of course I did," Tieria said. Normally he would have given Allelujah a stern lecture but he just didn't have the energy chastise the other Meister.
Allelujah sighed, "Sleep well," he said as he walked from the room.
/That damn kid and his damn supercomputer/ Hallelujah said, /Some day I would like to introduce supercomputer to super magnet/
/Don't do that/ Allelujah said, /Our Gundams are connected to Veda. If you crash it the Gundams won't work and you won't be able to kill people/
/I guess you have a point/ Hallelujah said, /Plus supercomputer worshiper over there would probably shoot us until we were nothing but blood/
/How come you never call Tieria by his name?/ Allelujah asked.
/Computer obsessed freak's name is Tieria?/ Hallelujah asked.
Once Allelujah was out of the room Tieria opened his eyes and sat up, "Veda, bring up the reports from yesterday's mission." He said
"What are you doing? What are you doing?"
Tieria's eyes widened as he realized that Haro had stayed behind, "I'm making sure that the others have finished their mission reports," he said as he went to stand up.
Tieria then winced as Haro launched itself at him and slammed into his chest, "Can't let you! Can't let you!" Haro said, "You need rest! You need rest!"
"H-Haro…" Tieria gasped. Haro had knocked the wind out of him when it slammed into his chest.
The small robot then brought its arms and legs out and started jumping on Tieria's chest, "Lie down! Lie down!"
Tieria sighed and listened to the small robot. It was getting harder for him to keep his eyes open anyway, "Alright," he said.
"Good boy! Good boy!" Haro said, "Sleep well! Sleep well!"
Sometime later, Sumeragi walked into Tieria's room and found that he was asleep and that Allelujah was nowhere to be found.
"Haro, where's Allelujah?" Sumeragi asked softly.
"Tieria told him to leave. Tieria told him to leave." Haro responded, "Temperature thirty-eight point five, temperature thirty-eight point five."
"It's gone down a lot," Sumeragi said, "Maybe it's not the flu after all. Haro did he eat anything today?"
"Ice cream, ice cream!" Haro chirped.
"Tieria ate ice cream?" Sumeragi asked.
"Hallelujah forced him! Hallelujah forced him!" Haro said rather loudly.
"Hallelujah?" Sumeragi asked.
"Allelujah's other personality," Tieria said as he sat up.
"You're awake," Sumeragi said, "Did we wake you?"
"You didn't," Tieria said, "But Haro did."
"Sumimasen, Sumimasen," the small robot said, "Feeling better? Feeling better?"
"A little bit," Tieria said, "Could I get something light to eat?"
"Sure," Sumeragi said, "I'll go and bring you some soup. I'll be right back." She then left the room.
"Tieria, Tieria," Haro said, "I have a question. I have a question?"
"What is it?" Tieria said. In a strange way he felt closer to the little robot then he did to the other Meisters, except maybe Lockon.
"Does Tieria like Lockon? Does Tieria like Lockon?" Haro asked
"What!?" Tieria exclaimed, "Where did that come from, Haro?"
"You're nicer to him! You're nicer to him!" Haro said, "So, do you like Lockon? So, do you like Lockon?"
"I do not!" Tieria yelled as he blushed rather furiously.
"Tieria's turning pink! Tieria's turning pink!" Haro said, "It's true! It's true!"
"It's not true!" Tieria yelled as his headache started returning.
"Sure it is! Sure it is!" Haro said, "You said his name in your sleep! You said his name in your sleep!"
"I did no such thing!" Tieria yelled.
"Did too, did too!" Haro said as he played a short recording of Tieria muttering "Lockon" in his sleep. "Told ya, told ya!"
"Haro come here please," Tieria said calmly despite his rage.
"What is it? What is it?" The robot said as it complied with Tieria's request. Tieria grabbed the small robot with his right hand and threw it as hard as he could.
Sumeragi was quite taken aback when she opened the door to Tieria's room, took one step, and then had a rather large orange blur fly by her face.
"Tieria?" She asked as she saw Tieria hunched over holding his upper right arm, "Are you alright?"
"Perfect! Perfect!" Haro chirped.
"Not you," Sumeragi said, "Tieria."
"No," Tieria said softly without looking up, "I don't feel well."
"I'm not loved! I'm not loved!" Haro said angrily.
"Sure you are little buddy," Lockon said as he entered the room.
"But Tieria threw me! But Tieria threw me!" Haro said.
"I'm sure he had a good reason for doing so," Lockon said as he picked the small robot up.
"He didn't! He didn't!" Haro said, "Tieria hates me! Tieria hates me!"
"I'm sorry Haro," Tieria said softly, "I just don't feel well."
"Meanie! Meanie!" Haro said as it attempted to make a raspberry sound, "I'm leaving! I'm leaving!"
"Hey wait!" Lockon called as his partner bounced out of his hands and left the room, "See what you made him do?"
"Haro started it," Tieria murmured as rested against the bed again. He was now rather tired and his arm hurt.
"So you ended it by throwing Haro across the room?" Sumeragi asked.
"You did what?" Lockon asked, "When Haro said you threw him, I was thinking maybe thirty centimeters or something, not across the room. I'm surprised you…" He didn't end up finishing that thought because he caught Sumeragi slashing her hand across her throat in the normal "cut it out now!" manner.
"Tieria," Sumeragi said as she noticed the soup on the tray that she had placed on the desk, "Do you still want this?"
Tieria shook his head, "I want to sleep," He whispered. He was trying to suppress the urge to cry, "You can leave. I want to be alone for a bit."
"Okay," Sumeragi said, "You just call one of us if you want something."
Tieria nodded as Lockon and Sumeragi left the room. Once the door shut he got up and sat as his computer, "Veda, bring up the mission reports," he said. The nine complete reports came up and a message reading "Mission report needed from Tieria Erde." He sighed as he brought up the word processing software and typed, "I was unable to sortie for this mission due to a fever caused by influenza." He saved and submitted the document then brought up Sumeragi's mission report. Her mission report was bound to be the most detailed and he figured that he would be able to keep himself awake long enough to read it.
But he was wrong. About half way through the first page, the words started blurring together and jumping around. He took his glasses off and rubbed his eyes and when he replaced his glasses he found that his vision had only gotten worse. He tried the best that he could but his eyes were refusing to cooperate with him. Then his head started getting heavier and he found himself leaning closer and closer to the keyboard. Until the side of his face finally made contact with the smooth plastic and his eyes finally closed.
After Tieria practically threw him and Sumeragi out of his room, Lockon went to go find Haro. He found the small robot in the observation room.
"There you are Haro," Lockon said, "I've been looking al over for you."
"Haro's sad! Haro's sad!" It chirped.
"Now come on little bubby," Lockon said, "I'm sure Tieria didn't mean to upset you."
"He did! He did!" Haro said, "Tieria's mean! Tieria's mean!"
"Now, now Tieria's not the type to just attack," Lockon said, "He needs to be provoked. Haro did you provoke Tieria?"
"Maybe, maybe," Haro said.
"What did you say to him?" Lockon asked.
"I asked him if he likes you! I asked him if he likes you!" Haro said, "Haro thinks it's true! Haro thinks it's true!"
Lockon sighed. He now understood everything, "You can't say things like that to him," Lockon said, "You probably upset him more than he upset you."
"Tieria's upset? Tieria's upset?" Haro asked.
"Yeah," Lockon said, "Tieria is a very delicate child. And he's even more delicate now given the current state of his physical health. You need to play nice and be gentle with him otherwise, he'll break."
"Tieria's broken? Tieria's broken?" Haro asked, "Can he be fixed? Can he be fixed?"
Lockon sighed, "It's not like that," he said, "But you need to be nice to him."
"Haro will try! Haro will try!" Haro said, "Are we going to talk to Tieria? Are we going to talk to Tieria?"
"No," Lockon said, "He wanted to be left alone for a bit. He's probably asleep right now so we'll wait a little bit."
"Okay! Okay!" Haro said.
A few hours later Haro and Lockon stood outside of Tieria's room. He knocked at the door and when he didn't get a response, he let himself in. He sighed when he found Tieria asleep at his desk.
"Dammit kid," He said softly.
"Pain in the ass! Pain in the ass!" Haro chirped.
"Whoa, there little buddy," Lockon said, "Where did you learn that?"
"Hallelujah taught me it! Hallelujah taught me it!" Haro said.
"Figures," Lockon muttered as he walked up to Tieria. "Hey, Tieria," He called softly as he tapped the boy on the shoulders, "Tieria wake up."
The boy stirred and looked up, "Lockon," He muttered as he rubbed his eyes, "What time is it?"
"Nearly seven in the evening," Lockon said.
"I've been asleep for five hours?" Tieria asked as he put his head back down.
"Apparently," Lockon said, "I just want to know why you're not in bed."
"I wanted to read the mission reports," Tieria said.
"What did I tell you about that?" Lockon said, "You're going to make yourself sicker if you don't stay in bed."
"Stay in bed! Stay in bed!" Haro chirped as Lockon helped Tieria stand.
"I can't stand just lying around all day," Tieria said as Lockon helped him get back to his bed, "It gets boring."
"I know it does," Lockon said, "But you don't seem to have a lot of energy to do much else." He placed a cold compress on Tieria's forehead, "Haro check his fever."
"Thirty-eight point nine, thirty-eight point nine," Haro said, "Temperature increased! Temperature increased!"
"Of course it's getting later," Lockon said, "Tieria do you want anything to eat?"
"Just something light," Tieria said. He was a bit hungry but he didn't really feel like eating much, "And maybe some tea."
"Alright," Lockon said, "Haro come with me. We all know what happened the last time we left the two of you together."
"No," Tieria said, "I want to speak with Haro a bit."
"Okay," Lockon said as he left the room, "Just don't throw him again."
Tieria nodded, "Haro, I'm sorry for throwing you." He said.
"It's alright! It's alright!" Haro said, "I'm sorry too! I'm sorry too! Lockon said I need to play nice! Lockon said I need to play nice!"
Tieria smirked a bit at the robot's comment. Lockon had probably said those exact words as well. "It's alright," Tieria said.
"Lockon said that Tieria can break easy! Lockon said that Tieria can break easy!" Haro said.
"What does that mean?" Tieria asked.
"Lockon thinks Tieria's delicate! Lockon thinks Tieria's delicate!" Haro said.
"Hey, don't tell him that!" Lockon said as he entered the room. He looked over at Tieria who had his arms folded across his chest with his normal 'you had better explain yourself, Lockon Stratos' look. "He must have misunderstood me. I never said that."
"You did too! You did too!" Haro said. He then played a recording of the conversation that they had had earlier in the day.
"Tieria is a very delicate child. And he's even more delicate now given the current state of his physical health. You need to play nice and be gentle with him otherwise, he'll break."
"I told ya! I told ya!" Haro said.
Tieria turned to Lockon and Lockon could not imagine what the boy was going to do to him for saying that. All he could do was smile sheepishly and hope that Tieria was too tired to do anything about it.
"Do you think this is funny Lockon Stratos?" Tieria asked as cool as calm as always.
"Of course not," Lockon said, "I was just trying to put it into terms that Haro could understand. I swear I didn't mean to offend you."
"Haro is a lot smarter than you think he is," Tieria said, "I'm sure he would have understood you perfectly well if you had worded it differently."
"That's right! That's right!" Haro said.
"I'll let it go this time," Tieria said as he took the tray from Lockon, "But should it happen again, I won't be so understanding."
Lockon sighed. He had seen Tieria's wrath a few times before and was quite glad that the boy was sick and too tired to really do anything about it.
"I was just stating a fact," Lockon said.
"Not another word, Lockon Stratos," Tieria said darkly.
"Okay," Lockon said. After a few minutes Tieria handed the tray back to Lockon, "Are you all set?"
"Yeah," Tieria said as he finished the tea, "Thank you Lockon."
"You're welcome," Lockon said, "Do you need anything else?"
"No," Tieria said as he rested his head against the pillows again, "I'm going to try to sleep."
"Alright," Lockon said, "That sounds like a good idea. You're probably going to start feeling really sick later."
Tieria nodded then shut his eyes. Lockon sighed, he was hoping that Tieria had a better night tonight. /If Tieria has another bad night, he'll be in trouble/ Lockon thought as he placed his hand on the boy's head, /He can't handle this. Please let him sleep well tonight/
Well there it is. Haro's being a major troublemaker. What does that mean for everyone on the ship? How is Tieria going to sleep? And is anyone else going to get sick? With the start of college classes again my updates might get a bit more spaced out but don't worry I will try to update as soon as I can. Until next time Minna-san!
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