Konnichiwa Minna-san! I'm back! I'm really getting these chapters up quickly, a little too quickly though. I barely have time to plan the next chapter. But whatever I usually do these chapters without much planning anyway. Well I've got nothing more to say about this chapter so you can get started.
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 Six: Hallelujah's Fun…
A few hours later, Haro floated into Tieria's room. The Meister was completely alone. Lockon was helping out in the bridge, Christina had also come down with the flu and was resting in her bed, Feldt was monitoring things in the bridge and Sumeragi was making lunch. Meaning Tieria was unsupervised, granted he was only asleep. He was feeling sicker than he had in the past few days so he was spending most of the day asleep.
Haro floated up to the bed and pulled out a string activated firecracker. It was the type of firecracker that children usually played with and made a loud pop and shot confetti when the string was pulled. Haro pulled the string and it did not disappoint. Tieria woke with a start and bolted upright in his bed causing the headache he had to worsen ten-fold. He clutched his head and fell back against his pillows, keeping his eyes tightly closed to prevent himself from blacking out.
"Ha ha you jumped! You jumped!" Haro chirped.
"Haro…" Tieria murmured as the pain in his head started to subside, "What do you want?"
"Hallelujah's bored! Hallelujah's bored!" Haro said.
Tieria sighed. He just didn't have the energy to deal with this at the moment. He felt awful and all he really wanted to do was sleep, "Go away," He muttered.
"Nope, nope," Haro said, "I have orders! I have orders!"
"I don't care," Tieria said, "I want to sleep." He turned away from the small robot.
"Don't ignore me dammit! Don't ignore me dammit!" Haro said as he hopped on Tieria's bed
"Haro, please," Tieria said as he turned away again.
"I can't! I can't," Haro said, "I wanna play! I wanna play!"
"This is Hallelujah's doing isn't it?" Tieria asked, "He programmed you to do this, didn't he?"
"No, no," Haro, "He asked nicely! He asked nicely!"
Tieria sighed and sat up. As he did this Haro pulled another three party poppers right in Tieria's face, "You blinked I win! You blinked I win!" Haro then threw the empty shells at Tieria then left.
Tieria stared at the popper shells that were on his bed. He was rather angry with the other Meister. He knew that Haro was just acting on orders, the small robot didn't have much of a freewill. He wanted to get even but he was too tired to do anything so he rested against the pillows not bothering to take the streamers and confetti out of his hair, he just wanted to get back to sleeping the terrible headache he had off.
Feldt was rather confused when she walked into Tieria's room and found that there were streamers in his hair. She placed the lunch tray down on the desk and gently pulled the paper bits out of his hair. She placed her hand on his forehead and sighed, she could tell that his temperature was climbing at a slow but steady rate. She really didn't want to wake him, but Haro had run off and was no where to be found so they had to resort to using a thermometer.
"Tieria," She said as she shook his shoulder a bit, "Tieria wake up."
Tieria stirred and moaned. He opened his eyes, "Feldt," he muttered.
"I'm sorry," She said as she handed him the thermometer, "We can't find Haro so we have to check your temperature with a thermometer."
Tieria nodded and took the device from Feldt and put it in his mouth. After a minute the device beep and he removed it. He brought it up to his eye level and frowned as he discovered that the little screen was too blurry to read. /Why aren't my glasses working?/ He thought.
"What's wrong?" Feldt asked.
"It's nothing," Tieria said as he handed the thermometer to her, "Here I can't read it."
"You don't have your glasses on," Feldt said as she took the thermometer.
"I don't?" Tieria asked.
"No," Feldt said, "You don't." She picked the wire-rimmed glasses off of the small ledge near his bed and handed them to him, "Here, these might help."
Tieria was glad that his face was probably already rather flushed from the fever he was running because if it wasn't the girl would have been the first…no wait it was second…the second person to see him blush, "Thank you," he murmured.
"Don't worry, I won't tell," She said. She then sighed as she read the small screen, "Thirty-nine even. Are you hungry at all?"
Tieria shook his head. He was feeling rather nauseous but he wasn't sure if it was a symptom of being sick or from not eating much in quite a few days. But either way, he didn't want to risk it. "I'm feeling kind of nauseous," he said, "And I don't want to risk it."
"I understand," Feldt said, "Nausea can be quiet common with a high fever or the flu. But Sumeragi-san still wants you to have a little something in your stomach so I brought you some tea."
Tieria nodded and took the mug from the girl, "Thank you," He said as he took a sip.
"Tieria I have a question," Feldt said, "When I walked into your room, you had confetti and streamers in your hair. How did it get there?"
Tieria sighed, "Haro," he said, "Apparently Hallelujah was bored and he asked Haro to wake me by pulling a party popper in my face."
"Do you want me to tell Sumeragi-san about it?" Feldt asked, "You're a lot sicker than Allelujah is and Hallelujah shouldn't be doing that."
"No it's alright," Tieria said. He wanted to see how far Hallelujah would drag this little "war" out. And he knew that if it started to really annoy him or if it became a hazard to his already rather weak physical health, he could use Veda to put a stop to it, "I want to see what he's going to do. Besides, I'm sure he can't stand being stuck in bed all the time so I'll let him have his fun for the time being."
"Dammit kid, the fever must really be messing with your head." Lockon said as he entered the room, "You're actually allowing someone to have fun?"
"I can stop it whenever I want," Tieria said, "And I feel bad for making him sick."
"That's true," Lockon said, "Oh Feldt Sumeragi wants us both at the bridge."
"Why did something come up?" Feldt asked.
"No," Lockon said, "She's going to review the mission recorders from yesterday and she wants the two of us to help. Oh and Tieria, you have strict orders to stay in bed."
"I understand," Tieria said. He wasn't going to try to get out of bed anyway. He was starting to get really drowsy and he wanted to sleep a bit before Haro unleashed his next onslaught against him.
"Hey sleep well, kid," Lockon said, "Well, as well as you possibly can with a thirty-nine degree fever."
Tieria nodded and rested against the pillows again, hoping to sleep for a decent amount of time.
Once again Tieria was the only one in his room when Haro came for the "second phase" as Hallelujah put it. Haro had orders to not wake Tieria for the next two phases. Hallelujah wanted it to be a "surprise." Haro then took the six rolls of toilet paper that Hallelujah had instructed him to get and started throwing them around Tieria's room.
As Haro was throwing the fifth roll around the room, it accidentally hit and woke Tieria. Tieria sighed as he noticed that he was completely covered with toilet paper he was about to sit up and catch Haro in the act but he then got a much better idea and hit the call button, which had been nicknamed the "panic button," that was located by his bed.
Lockon was getting rather bored watching the footage from the mission recorder. /Dammit, how the hell can Tieria stand to do this? It's so boring/ Then a small blip appeared on the monitor he was using. "Ms. Sumeragi, Tieria hit the panic button in his room," he said, "I'm going to go see what he needs."
"This had better not be an excuse to weasel your way out of helping us," Sumeragi said.
Lockon shivered, "You have no idea how much you just sounded like Tieria there," he said, "It was kinda scary."
"No it's true Sumeragi-san," Feldt said, "Tieria has activated the call button in his room."
"Okay," Sumeragi said, "Lockon go see what he needs."
"Alright," Lockon said. /Thank you so much Tieria/ he thought as he exited the bridge.
Haro had just finished with the sixth roll of toilet paper and was about to leave when the door opened.
"Tieria, what do you need?" Lockon called as he entered the toilet-papered room, "What the hell happened here?"
"What's this? What's this?" Haro asked.
"You woke me up Haro," Tieria said as he tried to clear some of the toilet paper from his bed, "And I hit the panic button."
"So this is what you've been doing all day!" Lockon said as he tried to get to the little robot but he tripped on the nearly knee-deep toilet paper.
"Uh oh, uh oh," Haro said as Tieria finally managed to sit up, "Busted, busted." He took one look at Lockon, "SNIPER NO SNIPING! SNIPER NO SNIPING!" Then he hurried out of the room keeping out of Lockon's reach.
"HARO! YOU STOP THAT THIS MINUTE!" He yelled.
"No, no," Haro said as he floated off down the hall, "Sniper no sniping! Sniper no sniping!"
Lockon sighed as he walked over to Tieria's bed, "Is that all you hit the panic button for?" He asked.
"Yeah," Tieria said as he tried to get the rest of the toilet paper off his bed.
"Hold on," Lockon said as he pulled his communicator out, "I'll help you get rid of all this. Ms. Sumeragi,"
"What is it Lockon?" Sumeragi called back.
"I'm gonna have to stay here for a bit," He called.
"Why is that?" Sumeragi asked, "There had better be a good reason."
"Tieria was sick again and I want to clean him up a bit," Lockon lied, "I'll be up there as soon as he falls back to sleep."
"Alright," Sumeragi said, "I'll accept that."
"Thank you," Lockon said as he put the communicator away.
Tieria sighed, "Did you really have to lie?" He said, "You didn't have-" Tieria then clamped his hand over his mouth.
"Are you really going to be sick?" Lockon asked as he tried to find the waste paper basket off of the floor. Tieria nodded as his already pale face paled further, "Shit hold on." He found the small basket and handed it to Tieria just in time. "Hey kid," Lockon said as he rubbed Tieria's back as he dry-heaved, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to jinx you there. Are you alright?" Tieria shook his head. "Of course you're not. Try to get some sleep, you'll forget about how sick you feel. Dammit where's the water bottle I put in here? Here drink it slowly." He paused, "Cleaning this mess is going to have to wait."
"Don't worry about me," Tieria muttered as he rested against the pillows with his eyes closed. He wasn't much a fan of throwing up, but it had helped to wan the nausea he had been feeling all day, "I actually feel a bit better."
"That's good," Lockon said as he started clear the area around Tieria's bed of Toilet paper, "I'm still gonna stay in here and monitor you."
"You don't have to," he said, "I don't think I'm going to be sick again."
"Still, Tieria," Lockon said, "You shouldn't be left alone when you're as sick as you are. Oh good here's the thermometer, let's check your temp before you fall back to sleep." Tieria put the small device in his mouth and when it beeped he handed it to Lockon, "Yeah, your fever is up from the last time, thirty-nine point four. Get some sleep kid. I'll clean this up and try to keep Haro from bothering you again."
"Don't tell Sumeragi," Tieria said as he shut his eyes, "I want to see how far Hallelujah goes with this."
Lockon sighed and started cleaning the mess that his troublesome little partner had made.
By the time Lockon had finished clearing most of the floor of toilet paper, Tieria had fallen into a deep sleep. He had figured this out when the kid didn't even stir when Lockon has sworn, rather loudly after tripping over some toilet paper.
/Seriously, Hallelujah shouldn't be doing this to him. He's far too sick to be bothered like this/ he thought as he sat down at Tieria's desk, /But he won't let us put a stop to it. What is he planning?/
Haro knew that it would have to be more careful with this next phase. It quietly entered Tieria's room and froze when he saw Lockon sitting at the desk. However Haro could tell that Lockon was also asleep. Haro needed to work quickly, it took out a black marker and got to work.
Sumeragi sighed as she headed to Tieria's room. They had finished with the mission recorders but Lockon had not returned. /Tieria had better be really sick/
She walked into Tieria's room and found that there was a rather large pile of toilet paper near the door. She walked up to Lockon and shook his shoulders, "Just what is going on here?" She asked.
"Ms. Sumeragi," Lockon murmured, "What is it?"
"I wondering why you didn't come back to the bridge," She said.
"Sorry," Lockon said, "But the kid's fever is up to thirty-nine point four and he was feeling sick to his stomach. He's just not doing very well." He lifted his head and Sumeragi laughed a bit, "What is it?"
"Have you seen your face?" She said as she tried to keep herself composed.
"What? Why?" Lockon said as he opened one of the panels and took a look in a mirror, "What the hell!?"
"What happened?" A soft voice asked.
Lockon looked over at Tieria, "Damn, he got you too," he said, "Hold on I'll get something to clean that with." Tieria didn't answer and as Lockon turned to leave, he moaned and coughed rather violently. Lockon sighed as Tieria panted of breath and continued coughing, "You just got sick again didn't you Tieria?"
"Yeah…" Tieria muttered as he wiped his mouth on his sleeve.
Sumeragi sighed as she walked up to the bed, "Lockon go get him a change of clothes and some clean sheets." She said, "Have you eaten anything today Tieria?" Tieria shook his head as he clutched his stomach, "So, you've only had a bit of tea and a water bottle, no wonder your stomach is sick. You need to eat. Drinking a lot of water on an empty stomach will make you feel nauseous and you don't exactly have a strong stomach Tieria. How about I bring something light to eat?"
"Sumeragi," Tieria said, "I really don't feel much like eating right now."
"Please Tieria," Sumeragi said, "You might be getting sick from not eating."
"Do you really expect me to eat after I've just thrown up?" Tieria asked.
Sumeragi sighed. Her tactic wasn't working out so well, "If you don't eat you'll have to spend more time on bed rest," She said, "And you run the risk of not being able to sortie in the next mission that Veda has planned."
Tieria sighed, "Fine," he said. He didn't want to miss another planned mission, "I'll eat something, but if I get sick I won't take any more of your advice."
"When Lockon comes back I'll bring you some gelatin and crackers," Sumeragi said, "Something easy to digest."
Tieria nodded as Lockon reentered the room, "I brought him a change of clothes, and some clean sheets like you asked," He said, "Do you need me to do anything else?"
"Yeah," Sumeragi said, "Will you help him while I bring him something light to eat?"
"You're really going to have him eat?" Lockon asked, "Ms. Sumeragi, he was just sick. Do you really think giving him food is really such a good idea?"
"I think it's because he hasn't eaten much that he keeps getting sick," Sumeragi said.
"Fine," Lockon said, "If he gets sick again, you're going to clean it."
"I will," Sumeragi said as she left the room.
Lockon sighed, "Tieria, I hate to do this to you, but I need you to get out of bed so I can change the sheets." Tieria sighed and got out of bed he sat against the wall and shut his eyes. He was so weak that the short walk had made him extremely dizzy, "Hey do you think that you could change you clothes. That way you can get back to bed quicker."
Tieria sighed and took the clothes from Lockon and did what he was told to do.
When Sumeragi reentered the room Tieria was already back in bed. "Here Tieria," She said as she placed the tray on his lap, "You don't have to eat all of it if you don't want to but you need to eat some of it."
Tieria sighed. He was expecting the food to make his stomach feel worse however to his surprise both the stomachache and nausea he had been feeling waned. He handed the tray back to Sumeragi when he had finished about half of what she had given him.
"How are you feeling?" She asked.
"A little bit better," Tieria said as he rested against the pillows again, "I'm going to try to sleep a bit. If the two of you have other things you need to do then don't watch me. If I need anything or get sick again I'll call you."
"Okay," Sumeragi said, "Sleep well."
Hallelujah was quiet amused with the little robot. Haro seemed to do whatever he was told to do. Although he was quite shocked that Tieria hadn't done anything about it yet. /This next little phase is going to send him over the edge/ Hallelujah thought, /I know it/
/Leave Tieria alone/ Allelujah said.
"No," Hallelujah said, "He made us sick now he's gonna pay. Go back to sleep would ya."
/Whatever/ Allelujah said, /Just don't hurt him/
"Fine," Hallelujah said, "Good night."
For a robot with no emotions, Haro was enjoying this part of the battle. Hallelujah had handed him a water gun that shot perfect little spheres of water and told him to have fun. So Haro spent its entire trek to Tieria's room shooting anyone he saw in the head. By the time Haro got to Tieria's room he soaked, Feldt, Lasse and a rather annoyed Ian.
Haro found that Tieria was once again asleep and alone. Haro waddled up to the bed and changed the setting for the water gun from sphere to jet. It jumped on to Tieria's bed and was about to tap Tieria on the shoulder to wake him up when Tieria, who had been awake and linking with Veda preparing to wipe Haro's memory, opened his now golden eyes. However, even though Tieria thought that he was one step ahead of Haro, the robot managed to hit the trigger on the water gun, blasting Tieria in the face nearly full force.
"Boom headshot! Boom headshot!"
The shock of getting hit in the eyes with a rather powerful blast of water momentarily broke Tieria's concentration and he nearly lost the link he had established.
"Haro wins! Haro wins!"
"That's what you think," Tieria said as he proceeded to shut the small robot down.
Hallelujah, who had been watching what Haro on his computer, was rather annoyed when the monitor went black.
"What the hell!?"
"Looks like I win this round Hallelujah Haptism," Tieria's voice sounded, "I have to say Haro nearly broke my link to Veda with the water blast to my eyes. I'll have you know that I will get my revenge. I'll give you points for the valiant effort."
"That Goddamn bastard!" Hallelujah yelled, "Screw him and his goddamn all-controlling friggin supercomputer!"
Tieria smiled lightly to himself as he restarted Haro. Tomorrow he would get his revenge. "Haro," He said as the small robot whirled to life once again, "I am going to need your help tomorrow."
"Roger, roger!"
So Hallelujah had his fun with Haro and Tieria. But what is Tieria going to do to get his revenge? Is Hallelujah going to be as tolerant as Tieria was? Will Hallelujah even take the brunt or will he leave poor Allelujah to take it? Find out in the next chapter! Until next time Minna-san!
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