Major Simi: I didn't like writing that chapter, I believe it took too long for me to figure out how to do it, and over all it was needed, ^.^ I hope they get better
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Chapter 10:
Duo watched with longing as Heero did another test with his Gundam. John stood beside Duo watching as Rodney and Carson looked over the data they were getting. Rodney kept shaking his head and mumbling to himself. Duo was leaning on the railing playing with his braid as he watched Wing Zero dance in the sky.
"You have one too huh?" John asked Duo.
"Yeah," Duo chuckled, "his name is Deathscythe."
"Strange name, is it like Wing?" John asked.
"Huh? No, Deathscythe is different," he said and turned around to face John. "I have a special weapon."
"Like Wing's beam gun?" John asked.
"Naw, any mobile suit can use a beam gun, well almost. I have Hyper Jammers," he said with a big grin on his face. "Able to knock out any mobile suits system for a few hours, or a colonies system for a few minutes," he seemed really proud of that. "And my weapon of choice is my beam scythe."
John nodded at him as he listened. "There are a couple of things I should have asked before, but didn't. When you came through the gate, Jack sent Weir some data. In that data there was a bit about you. They said you called yourself a Hero of a Massacre, what was that about?"
Duo looked at him, a frown on his face as he thought about it. "Wanna tell me why you don't talk to yer old man?" Duo asked him. They stared at each other for a moment.
"We didn't agree to the same future," John said flatly.
Duo watched John for a moment more and looked back at Wing. "On V08744, an L2 Colony, I was an orphan in a Church, the Maxwell Church. Father Maxwell and Sister Helen were wonderful people; I had wanted to live there with them the rest of my life. Anti-Alliance rebels hulled up inside the Church. I didn't want them there, in my home; I didn't want Father Maxwell and Sister Helen to get into trouble. So, I told em I'd steal a Leo for em," Duo said and his speech started to go down. "I went out an' took a suit, stealin one… no problem fer a street kid," he paused for a moment playing with the end of his braid, as if remembering. "The damn Alliance tacked the Church to get ter the rebels. The whole Church… en one big ol boom." The area was silent for a moment. Duo leaned against the rails and looked up at Wing, like an angel in the sky.
"So Maxwell is," John started.
"Duh, took the name myself, Duo too," he said. "Before any of this, I was a nameless street kid in L2, rotten piece of shit it is, but it's home…" he placed a smile back on his face and grinned up at Wing. "Enough talk of all the sad crap," he said. "I'm hungry." He walked over to the telecom and pressed a button. "Hey Hee-man, lets grab some grub."
"Hey I'm not done with the tests," Rodney complained.
"You can do tests after I stuff my face," Duo said watching Wing land and Heero hop out. They walked inside Atlantis side by side; Duo had started chatting up a storm once Heero came beside him, something about Kat, and Fei, and a Queen of Earth. John looked to the others; Rodney let out a pout and a complaint but followed. Carson behind him.
In the mess hall they watched, once again, as Duo ate. He ate like he was going to starve in the next three days. Carson could only explain it as a teenage boy. Heero on the other hand ate normally.
"Duo," John looked at the braided boy. "Why do you call him the Perfect Soldier?"
Duo looked at John and then to Heero and grinned. "If you don't know by now, you never will." He said and leaned back in his chair once almost all his food was gone. "There are five of us. We're called Gundam Pilots; we were trained by some strange men, and put into the Gundams and sent to Earth. As far as I can tell, we are all from the Colonies, and our enemy is Oz." Heero looked at him to see if he was going to give any more information. His hand twitched slightly.
After their lunch, Heero had finally agreed to let Duo in Wing. So as Duo was getting wired for his go by Carson, Heero was adjusting Wing from the inside. He was just slightly taller then the braided pilot.
"You're going to have to adjust the speed yourself," he said as he moved out of the way.
"That means taking power from your weapon's or armor," Duo said as he moved inside.
"That's up to you," Heero said. "John and I are going to be in a jumper shooting off drones."
"I'll leave your beam cannon down then, that thing's heavy as it is," Duo got into the pilot seat, and pulled up the systems. Heero was leaning in watching him. Rodney followed them with words, and understood what they were doing.
"I don't think it's a good idea," Carson said just as Weir and Teyla walked out.
"I thought Heero was going to show us," Weir said.
"That's what I'm sayin, I don't know what Duo's normal readings are, I don't know if they'll change during combat," Carson looked worried.
"He'll be fine," Heero said and moved off the cockpit door, and walked over to the jumper and got inside.
"Sheppard here, we have thirty Drones, ready?" he asked. Duo gave him a thumb up, and the jumper took to the sky and cloaked. Duo grinned and gave a thumb up to Carson and Rodney and closed the cockpit door. Wing stood up and the screens came alight for him. He looked around, and got adjusted. He leaned back in the seat for a second and took the silver cross he wore around his neck and closed his eyes as he pressed it to his lips.
He walked Wing out and off the pier. Then the Gundam flew up into the sky. Weir looked at the radar; the Gundam of course didn't show up. She looked to the sky.
"His readings are a lot like Heero's," Carson said.
"The power readings a bit higher," Rodney said and looked up. Then three drones were lunched at the Gundam.
"Three?" Weir said. "John?"
"Heero said it was alright," John said.
They watched the Gundam. Wing turned and moved out of the way, a beam saber in hand as the suit flew left and right, avoiding the homing drones. Duo laughed lightly and cut two down, and dropped some to get away from the other, then turned around and shot it with a smaller beam gun. Wing stood in the air waiting.
"Carson?" Weir asked.
"Heart rate went up a little, more then likely due to adrenaline and excitement," he said. "Other then that he's fine."
Five drones were shot out, Heero watched as Wing moved around in the sky.
"He's going faster then Heero," Rodney said. "There isn't much of a difference right now, and by how he's using the controls inside the Gundam, he's use to a much faster suit," Rodney explained.
"How do you know?" Weir questioned as she looked at his screen.
"Because, you see the pressure he's putting on the controls of the movement and thrusters, their quick, and slight at first and then more forceful and slow," he said, "its showing that he's use to doing things quickly, he's having to slow down and force the controls. Heero is more precise in his movements. He goes as far as he needs too and no more, Duo, jumps when he can step."
"So different makers?" Weir asked.
Rodney looked at her for a second, "Yes, different makers, for different people too. No doubt its difficult changing," he laughed some. "It's like a tailored made suit for me, and then giving it to John to wear. It doesn't quite fit right," he said and turned back to the screen.
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John looked at Heero as he fired off five more drones. "You're not worried about your suit?"
Heero looked at him from the passenger seat. "For someone worried about lives, the first thing that came to mind was a suit?" Heero asked.
John looked at him. "We could have saved them."
"What purpose would it have served?" Heero questioned. "It was better then letting them live and be killed, or eaten, by who they thought was their protectors. Those innocent people had Wraith living among them. If I had to say, those three Wraith were farming the humans. Which is the curler fate?"
"That's a lot of if," he said.
"War is a lot of 'ifs'" Heero said and watched as eight drones shot from the jumper. He had an expressionless face. "No."
"No what?" John asked and looked around to see if he didn't something wrong.
Heero looked at him. "I a not worried about my suit, I know Duo, he's not suicidal."