(Congratulations... I am no longer writing this fic... why you may ask? well Patrick Zala and, oddly enough, Treize Khushrenada have plotted and succeeded in killing me... they now write this fanfiction)
Warning:contains flashbacks
201 A.C.
"I'll be home before dinner he said, it's not gonna take that long he said... Duo Maxwell where are you!" if he ended up like the others then if he ever does return "I'll kill him!" The vidphones ringing disturbed Hilde's muttering. she was hesitant to answer, phone calls usually meant bad news after all, but her curiosity got the best of her and she reached for the switch. The last face she ever wanted to see at the moment looked back at her with a grim look on her face.
"Mrs. Maxwell" Lady Une said solemnly "I have some bad news"
"Let me guess" Hilde interrupted "Duo's gone and disappeared" Lady Une sighed
"Yes"
"I see... well thank you for letting me know" she hung up before Une could say anything else this is going to be a long night...
*SNAP, SNAP*
Hilde blinked. Dorothy Catalonia was leaning into her friends face, hand extended in the snapping position, smiling.
"Have you had a good nap?" she asked amused "or are my tea party's really that boring?"
"Sorry" Hilde apologized
"You looked lost for a second there... bad memory?"
"*Sigh* just thinking about this disappearing business, the news is all over it"
"Oh please the news didn't really get into it until Quatre got taken"
"Taken?" Hilde asked confused
"That's my firm belief" Dorothy said "no one would go through an anomaly willingly. now honey or sugar?"
C.E. 70
"Are you okay Duo?" Kira whispered a little worried, Duo had been silently fuming as they were being led to the hanger.
"No I'm not okay. I specifically put my neck out so that you wouldn't end up in this position" Duo whispered back fiercely
"You think I wanted you to take the fall for me?"
"Considering the fact of what you are..."
"But that doesn't matter, and besides, we don't know what they'll do"
"I think I have a little more experience being pushed around by guards than you do"
"?"
"What are you two mumbling about?" one of the guard asked
"The inner makings of Gundanium alloy and it's impact tolerance" Duo replied
"..." obviously the guards had no idea what he was talking about... neither did Kira.
"Wha-?" by this time they had reached the Strike
"So what are we doing again?" Duo wondered
"You want him to remove the lock on the O.S. Right?" Kira asked at the same time
"For starters" the annoying man said
"Oh... I believe my mechanic put that lock on for me" Duo glaring at Kira
With the Archangel Officers
I hope the others are okay they had been sitting there for a while and Murrue was getting worried. Presently the door opened to reveal a brown haired youth carrying a... tea tray? No expression was visible on this young man's face. Setting the tray down he saluted and said
"My name is Sergeant Trowa Barton... I have been sent here to make sure you are all comfortable"
"That's very kind of you" Murrue said returning the salute
Could this guy get any more serious? I mean come on, there is no emotion to his voice at all! Mu's thoughts were interrupted by Murrue asking
"Do you know when we would be able to return to our ship?"
"Unfortunately I am not at liberty to discuss that at this time" Barton said in the same monotone "but there is no need to worry"
"I assume you are not worried about the base getting attacked anytime soon?" Mu asked. Barton smirked?
"No base is impenetrable" he said simply and with another sharp salute he left the room.
Back with Duo and Kira
After Kira unlocked the O.S. Duo began messing with it, nothing big just a few flaws to the system that would give Kira a bit of trouble with it later on.
"You are a coordinator?" there was that annoying man again
"Hn?" Duo looked up from his little (sabotage) task
"Your typing is faster than I have ever seen for a natural" the man continued
"Heh... how else am I supposed to pilot it?" Duo asked honestly if I any slower than this and I'd be dead
"So you are admitting to this?" Duo shrugged. The man grinned with a wicked glee I hate that look "Then I would imagine that you are capable of many thing..."
"Such as what?" Duo asked guardedly
"Such as analyzing this machine and building more like it... or perhaps you could even build a weapon that's effective against this type of mobile suit"
"Sorry but I don't think I can do that... I'm just a simple mechanic after all and I'm not under your command"
"But you're already a traitor to your fellow coordinators aren't you?"
"Traitor?" Kira questioned
"Traitor? No... Terrorist? Yes" there was silence for a moment after Duo's words. That was when the first explosion hit. Duo smirk
"An attack?" Kira asked
"Mirage colloid" Duo muttered
And with the Archangel Officers again
"Ah... they broke through" Mu muttered "that last explosion just made a huge crack in the wall! The airs leaking out!" turning to the other two he said "shout something. Get them to open up the door"
Understanding this Murrue screamed "we're gonna die please help us!" she yelled. amidst all the screaming the door opened. Mu, who had angled himself just behind the door, rushed at the young man... his eyes met the roof
"Don't worry..." a stoic voice said "I took care of the guards" Sergeant Barton looked at Mu with a raised brow. Taking the young mans offered hand Mu mumbled
"You could have taken it easy on me"
"..."
"Come on we're in a hurry" Mu said. As he rushed passed Barton stopped him
"That way will take you too long" he said "Follow me" at Mu's attempt to follow Natarle asked
"Are you sure we can trust him" Murrue shrugged and they followed. It was indeed a shorter trip to the Archangel than it had been getting to their starting point The sergeant soon stopped at a small tee and pointed to the right
"Your ship is in that direction" he said simply and then headed to the left
"Wait a second" Murrue said "Where are you going?"
"I have things that I need to take care of"
"At least let us thank you" Mu said "I doubt we are going to see you again" the brown haired youth stopped and then, turning around, he came back up to them.
"Is there a Duo Maxwell on aboard your ship?" he asked calmly
"Um... yes" Murrue answered slightly astonished. The young man reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper; handing it to the closest person, that being Mu, he said
"Make sure he gets this" with that he turned and walked away
And now with Kira and Duo
They let their guard down Duo jumped out of Strikes cockpit tackling the two guys in front of him as he went.
"Kid get out of here!" he yelled. Nodding Kira closed the hatch and began moving the strike
"He's that suit's pilot!" the commander shouted. Duo shrugged
"It's not my fault you thought there was only one suit on board" Duo said and then bolted for the hanger exit.
Many hours later on the Archangel
Mu stared at the slip of paper "Make sure he gets this" the young man had told him that, but there was a little mini Mu clomping around his shoulder, wearing full on black and demon horns, saying whats in the letter? Open the letter!
I can't open the letter
Why? It's for that Duo guy right? The suspicious one?
But the guy that gave me the letter helped me out. I can't go opening his mail!
But now it's Duo's mail and Duo is suspicious
Point conceded Mu opened the letter
Baka...
Mu blinked maybe I shouldn't read this...
No read it
But I don't even know what baka means
That doesn't matter.. READ IT
Baka...
Mitä voit tehdä... täällä vielä tärkeämpää miten sait tähän ovat? Tässä on minun maata, minä odottaa puhelun scrambler.
038, 12927, 483629, 4659371, 20137, 460901
well that made no sense Mu sighed guess I'll give him the letter now he ran into Duo coming out of the second hanger
"Mu... what are you doing here?" that was oddly suspicious
"Oh nothing much... just taking a walk...You?" Mu said
"Working" Duo replied
"In the hanger... with nothing in it"
"We're short on janitors" with that said Duo walked away cleaning during a water shortage? I don't buy it
Well it's not like he could be hiding a special weapon we don't know about in there...Mu opened the door.
"Mu?" Kira's voice came to Mu's ear
"Kira... what are you doing Here?"
"Just... walking... you?"
"I'm checking something out... wanna join me?"
"Sure"
Inside the second hanger was... kinda dark... and filthy
"Yeah... janitor... right" Mu mumbled
"You say something?" Kira asked
"No" Looking about Mu spotted a large tarp "now whats this?" being the curious kind of guy Mu wondered what the big object under the tarp was. "Hey Kira help me out with this" together the men pulled the tarp off of the ... "It's a..."
"Gundam?" Kira said "But I thought the Strike was the only one here"
"It's suppose to be" Mu said "this shouldn't exist..." after a moments thought Mu got into the (unlocked) cockpit "hey Kira... Can you set the O.S. So that a natural could pilot it?"
"Um... yeah I guess"
And now with Duo
Man i really need sleep... Duo yawned What was Mu doing in the second hanger area anyway? Laying in the bed Duo was almost asleep wait wouldn't he get suspicious and check the hanger? His inner mind asked him I'll deal with it in the morning the Deathscythe is locked so... Duo sat bolt upright I forgot to lock the Deathscythe!
Back with Mu and Kira
"I wonder why the shock perimeters are so low. Wouldn't that have a bad effect on the pilot" Kira asked
"Yea;. no natural would be able withstand the amount of force put into a blow"Mu replied "whoever built this thing must have been crazy"
"Nooooooo!" the voice rang throughout the hanger "Please tell me you are not messing with the O.S.!" one very ticked off Duo Maxwell jumped into the cockpit and (rather forcefully) removed Kira from it's inner workings "aw man. it's ganna take me hours to get this back to the way it was"
"So this is your suit" Mu said. Duo glared at him
"Deathscythe is not a toy to be played with by civilians or wanna be Gundam pilots" he said,still rather angry; Mu raised an eyebrow "if the shock perimeters are set too high it messes up with the hyper jammers and the central motor functions are directly linked to said jammers... this machine is a work of art if something go's wrong with the inner core than nobody can fly it!" there was silence. This answered a few questions... but opened the way to a thousand more.
Preview for chapter 6
"We are all going to die if you don't get out there help us"
"You have a mobile suit and you didn't Do anything?"
"Why is it every one thinks I'm a coordinator!"
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And here is chapter 5 and looky here... Mu has to give Duo a letter... that starts with Baka? Well they are the ones who are writing this fic...not me so you're guess on why they used french to right the letter is as good as mine... now you see the Tardis... I mean review box over there... no there, down, down yeah that one... please review...or I may never get this fiction back *Sniff*