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Chapter 18:
The four boys looked out to their Gundams, and their eyes landed on Deathscythe.
"Maybe we should repair it?" Quatre asked the others. No one answered.
"He doesn't like his Gundam touched," Heero said once he looked at Quatre's fallen face. "But," he started again; the blond boy looked at him. "I think he would like to see Deathscythe whole, from where he is."
"The God of Death seems more real now than it did before," Wufei said.
"Things are sure going to be different without him," Trowa looked out over the sea.
The boys were quiet for a long moment. "Will we be able to win the war without him? I mean it was already really hard without Heero." Quatre asked as he leaned against the rail looking at the ocean.
"We'll have to," Heero said, and stood on the rail and jumped over to Deathscythe. Trowa followed him. Quatre smiled and he and Wufei went to get their laptops.
John watched them from the balcony of Weir's office. The woman was standing next to him.
"Thank you John," she said.
"Their kids, they'll bounce back," he said and watched as the four worked together, though it seemed out of place that Duo wasn't with them. The braided boy would have been talking so loudly that they would have been able to hear it from here, as it was now, they knew what to do and they did so in silence.
"I wonder how they took their punishment," Weir said.
"Well from the looks of it really well," John said. "But we have some news."
"Oh?" Weir asked.
"The planet that five Hive ships are resting, they haven't moved for three days. Maybe we can go in and check it out?" he asked. Weir glared at him. "Daniel isn't getting any closer to figuring out how to make a small DHD," he said.
"The ones in the jumpers won't work?" she asked.
"No," Daniel said as he walked in. "It's a different gate system, I'll have to program it for the gate on Earth rather then here. The jumpers are only equipped to this gate system."
"Doctor Jackson, what do I owe the pleasure?" Weir asked as Rodney walked in.
"Well, you know that information that Duo sent us, well there are plans in it to build power sources, among other things," he said.
"Weapons?" John asked.
"Just like Jack huh?" Daniel asked. "Yes, I want to take this information back to earth with Rodney and get Sam on this project too."
Weir looked at them. "You want me to loose Rodney for how long?"
"Ah…" Daniel looked to Rodney. "I guess I can't do that."
"No, no I want o go!" Rodney said and looked at Weir.
"What if we need you Rodney?" Weir asked.
"Then I step back through the gate," Rodney replied. Weir had forgotten that the gates worked and they had used the space ship to bring the Gundams.
"Okay fine," she said and looked to Daniel and Rodney, and then to John. "Before you go. John get a team together and meet in the briefing room in two hours."
John nodded. He knew who he was going to have for this.
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The four boys sat side by side at the table, Rodney and Daniel were off to the side, John was sitting next to Teyla and Wufei. Weir looked at John and let out a sigh. "Your mission will be to go in, get information as to why they have landed and are waiting and get out. If, and only if you have a chance to get the DHD you can do so."
"Can we destroy their ships?" Quatre asked. Weir looked at him.
"If you think you can get one or two of them go ahead, you can't take your Gundams," she looked at him.
The blond boy nodded. "We know."
"Boys," Weir called them as they were getting up to leave they stopped. "John is in charge; his orders are as final as mine. You will listen to him."
They all nodded their heads and walked out to get ready. It didn't take them long to get ready, they were taking a jumper and the four boys sat down and looked ready for war. Teyla looked at them and then to John and Rodney. He shook his head at them. No fifteen year old kid should be like that.
Once the gate was opened they went through the gate and cloaked at once. They entered the planet and looked at the five hive ships, they were clumped together. Heero leaned forward over John and looked at them, his face schooled in a black expression. Like this was something normal for him. He moved back to the others and checked their weapons and took their jackets off, they weren't use to working in them. Heero checked his radio and each boy in turn checked theirs. John watched them once they had landed.
"Rodney you are going to stay here and make sure we know where the Jumper is when we coming running out. Teyla will be with me, we'll take a hive ship," he said.
"Oh-five and I will take one, oh-three and oh-four will take another," Heero said and looked at John. "Its better this way."
"I will trust you on that," John said. "Ready? Move out." He said. The boys went out and towards different hive ships. They moved silently, like stalking cats, only quicker. John watched them for only a moment before he and Teyla went to their hive ship. Leaving Rodney alone in the jumper.
Trowa and Quatre went to the one on the far left. They slowed once they got closer, being well use to working with each other, Trowa went in first, Quatre waited until he heard the soft click of his radio on his caller. He went in and stalked farther then Trowa, looking around the corner slowly. So far all was clear. He clicked his radio softly. He watched as Trowa went past him, stalking the shadows. They knew this was dangerous, Duo was the best one at breaking into and out of places, and when he was caught, well, Quatre nearly had a heart attack. As it was now, they were sneaking into a hive ship. Quatre didn't miss Trowa placing a small black box on the side of the ship. They were going to destroy them once they go the information. Bastards serve them right; they should kill them all, their Gundams will see to that. He was so into his thoughts he had missed the click of his radio. "Oh-four?" Trowa's voice called softly in his ear. That got the blond moving, the worry that sounded in the deep voice. Quatre looked up and saw Trowa hiding into the side. He shook his head and went forward, talking was dangerous on the radios. What was he thinking? He moved forward and then plastered himself against the wall as a brute walked down the hall. He and Trowa were holding their breath as the Wraith stopped and looked down their hallway. The brute stopped for several long seconds. Quatre wanted to look back at Trowa, but didn't dare move for fear of being caught. The Wraith moved away finally, the boys waited several minutes before they let their breath out and looked down the hall. It was clear. They went the other way then what the brute went down.
Setting special bombs around the hive ship as they went through out the thing so that when they were a safe distance away, a press of a single button will blow it sky high. Quatre smiled at the thought of destroying the ships now. A hand was placed on his shoulder and pulled him into a door. The room was somewhat large. Down below several of the Wraith were talking. Trowa turned on a receiver and let it pick up on their conversation. Though they were speaking in their own language, the two boys didn't know what they were saying, but hopefully the team at Atlantis did, and if no one else, Rodney may, he could read the stuff. Trowa attached the transmitter to a spot on the wall and then he and Quatre backed out. Not wanting to stay any longer then needed.
They were the first ones back to the jumper. Walking inside Quatre went and looked out the window. He saw John and Teyla run swiftly and quietly out of the far right hive ship. Rodney went to wave at them, and they boarded the jumper. It was strange that Heero and Wufei weren't back yet.
"Where are Heero and Wufei?" John asked. Trowa responded first and turned the channel on his radio and clicked his radio. They waited for a moment and then a response, one soft click followed by, a different click, and then the message in the strange radio clicks.
"They're on their way out, they are having some trouble because it was heavily guarded," Quatre explained and watched through the window.
"They're not in trouble?" Teyla asked.
"No, they haven't been caught," Quatre answered her as she looked out the window too. "Are the conversations being recorded?"
Rodney looked up at him and nodded his head as all three wheels were spinning. He was tired. Trowa stood beside him and placed a hand on his shoulder. The man was worried. They had learned that he and Heero had spent some time together, and had made friends. But less time since Duo came here, and even less time now that the rest of the boys were here.
A few minutes later they saw the two boys run out of the hive ship.
"About time," Rodney said as they entered the jumper and something was placed in his lap. Rodney looked at it and then to Heero, the gundam pilot didn't say anything as he stood there.
"Mission accomplished," Heero said. Wufei was sitting down accepting a bottle of water from Quatre while he looked at Heero.
"You got it!" Rodney called. John looked back and then to Heero.
"It was part of the mission, Heero wouldn't leave without it," Wufei said.
"That was only if we could," John said.
Trowa looked at John. "You don't understand, there are no ifs in missions. To us, it was get the info and the DHD," Trowa said.
"So why don't you have one?" John asked.
"We were in charge of the information, Heero was in charged with the DHD," Wufei said.
"When did you decide this?"
"Before we left Atlantis," Quatre replied as he sat down when the jumper started to fly.
Heero held out his hand to Rodney, the man looked at a detonator. The man smiled and took it, they all looked out the window as he pressed the button and three of the hive ships exploded, causing damage to the two beside them.