Heero and Duo were sitting in the living room talking. Well more like Duo sat there chattering away as Heero sat and listened.
“I went and saw the circus that Trowa’s in while it was in L2. Cathy is incredibly accurate with those knives I wouldn’t want to be Trowa during an Act if she was ticked at me. NO Way! You wouldn’t believe the act he and this girl put on. It was great. You have got to meet this girl Trowa’s been going out with she’s like the almost opposite of him, she almost talked me to de…”
Suddenly the whole place seemed to light up and every vid window displayed Wing Zero going into self-destruct mode.
“WHAT! Heero what’s going on?!” Duo screamed looking at the screen then turning to look at Heero to find he’d already left the room. Duo took off after him heading straight for the Gundams hangers. By the time Duo reached the hanger, Heero had already deactivated the self destruct and was putting on a space suit, duffle bag in hand.
“Heero, what the @$#* are you doing?!” He screeched watching him move back towards his suit.
“Relena is in trouble. I’m going after her. Call the others and make sure you look over your suits to check the modifications that have been made before you go.” He answered climbing into Wing Zero and beginning system warm up. Duo just stood there mouth agape until Zero began to head for the hanger door. After that he sprang into action contacting, Quatre & Dorothy, Trowa, Cathy, & Micalla, Wufei & Sally, Noin & Zechs, as well as Howard. After making sure everyone had the current coordinates for Peace Guard he grabbed his own duffle bag and headed out after Heero.
“I’m coming Hilde, just hold on.”
Relena stirred waking up slowly. She cracked her eyes open slightly before slamming them closed again at the bright light. She sat up slowly trying to work through her disorientation as she opened her eyes more slowly this time. Then it all came crashing back on her. She immediately searched the room for Hilde without seeing any sign of the dark haired woman. Instead she found herself looking as a tall man who wore the symbol of white fang.
“Hahaha. Foolish Princess, you really think I’d leave you in the same room as an ex-solider, especially one so closely related to a gundam pilot. Let alone the fact, that she sneaked on to Libra and stole data, successfully delivering it to the gundam pilots. Give me some credit. Besides I’ve been planning this for way to long. Don’t worry no one will be tracking you. I destroyed that retched locket with a tracking device in it. Your dear pilot won’t be able to find you that easily.” He told her an evil smirk on his face the entire time. Relena could only stare in disbelief and then horror at the mention of her beloved locket.
“But don’t worry I’m sure the wretched pilot of Wing Zero as well as your traitorous brother will come. And then I’ll make you all pay, YOU will each watch the others suffering and not be able to do a thing about it. For your precious Heero, since I’m sure he’ll be the first to arrive I have a sword that’s blade has been soaked in a very deadly poison. One little scratch will be all it would take. But I’ll make sure he receives much more than that.” He said laughing as he left the nameless white room in which Relena was imprisoned.
‘Oh no Heero, be careful. I couldn’t stand to lose you. Not now, not like this.’ She thought desperately as she carefully shifted her bruised body to a corner in the empty room.
Hilde woke up groggy and disoriented. The previous events rushed to her mind, quickly she scanned the dark and danky room she was in. ‘No sign of Relena!’ She tried to sit up but with no luck. Whoever their captor was they had made sure to pretty much put her out of order, with numerous bruises and probably a broken bone or two. ‘Duo you better find us quick and bring Heero, we are in way over our heads.’ She thought before collapsing back into unconsciousness.
Zechs, Noin, Cathy, Micalla, Dorothy, Sally, and Howard all stood starring at the size of Peace Guard once they had boarded. They had quickly been rushed through the docking of their shuttles by the gundam pilots than led through the hallways to the huge hanger housing all of the Gundams before given a chance to take in this massive ship. The Group now just stared in awe while the pilots immediately went to their gundams running system checks and checking out the modifications that Heero had somehow made on them without their previous knowledge. Soon the three were finished and were suiting up to go after Heero and Duo to help rescue Relena and Hilde. By this time Zechs had come to and was following suit going back to the shuttle he’d arrived in and retrieving the Epyon. Once all the Gundams were in the same hanger, their systems beginning warm up procedures, the pilots went over their plans with the others.
“We will follow the signal Duo left us since the tracking device that Relena had is no longer functioning. Once there we will board the ship they are being held on and back up Heero and Duo. Once they get them out we will wait for Heero to give the signal that they are clear before completely destroying the ship than report back here. Where Sally, Noin, Dorothy, Cathy, Micalla, and Howard will be waiting to help any who are injured. Noin I want you ready in your Taurus in case anybody has taken heavy damage to their suits and need assistance returning to the hanger. Everyone clear?” Zechs asked after outlining their plan. Everyone nodded.
“All right then let’s go!” He said turning on his heel and making a beeline for Epyon. Trowa, Quatre, and Wufei followed suit quickly moving for their gundams. In a matter of minutes the four gundams were out of the hanger and on their way to help aid Heero and Duo in their rescue mission.
“Take care Zechs” Noin whispered before heading over to her white Taurus that had bee brought here by the gundam pilots over a year ago. ‘I always wondered were this thing had gone.’ She thought, trying to shake off the seriousness of the situation.
Sally immediately began giving orders to help her set up a medical area for any injuries the pilots, Relena or Hilde, might return with. At the same time managing to help keep everyone’s mind off the seriousness of the situation by searching Peace Guard for medical supplies as well as anything else they might need. Once everyone but Sally had left on search Noin reappeared in the opening of the cockpit of her Taurus.
“Hey Sally! You better make sure that you find Heero’s room and make sure there is accommodations for two, because I don’t think Heero or Relena are going to want to leave each other’s side when they get here. The same goes for Duo and Hilde.” She called out with a slight smile.
“You’re that sure of Heero’s feelings for Relena?” Sally replied questionably.
“Oh with out a doubt, Relena may not know it, but I’ve found evidence of a little hacking every once in awhile in the Peacecraft residence security records. He’s been watching out for her all this time. Why else do you think Zechs is so willing to let Heero take the overall lead on this rescue. Not that there’s much Zechs can do about that anyway. I don’t think he could have stopped Heero even if he had tried.” Noin replied with a cocky smile.
“Well I’ll be.” Stated Sally a little dumbstruck.
Heero slipped through the next hallway, successfully avoiding the guards posted on one end. He flattened himself against the wall. ‘Something wasn’t right here. Those guards bore the marks of White Fang, as well as something else. That means this guy could be out after revenge. Better be extra cautious there’s no telling what they might due. Hold on Relena, I’ll get you out of here. Then I’m never leaving your side again.’ He said to himself before continuing on through the hallways until he came to a security control room. Slipping inside he quickly took care of the guard and began hacking into the system. ‘Relena is in a room with only one entrance. Could be a trap. Oh Well, these guys mess with Relena, they mess with me.’
With this decided Heero slipped back out of the security room before continuing on his way to rescue Relena. Soon he came to the door leading to the one room through which he could rescue Relena. ‘Strange no guards.’ He thought briefly before opening the door and stepping into the room.
“Well if it isn’t Mr. Heero Yuy, Former pilot of the Wing Gundam or 01, and more currently the pilot of Wing Zero. You amaze me, I would have given you at least a full 24 hours before you found this ship, let alone this room. You’ve managed it in under half the time I was expecting.” Said a dark and cynical voice from the shadows in one part of the room.
“Now if you would like to see your precious Princess you must first have a little duel with me.” The voice continued not phased at all by the fact that Heero stood there pointing a gun at him. “But if you chose not to duel the room that your Vice Foreign Minister is in will begin to have all air removed from it.”
Heero frowned at this and quickly let his eyes take in the rest of the room spotting a sword only one foot away from him. Slowly he put his gun away at the same time reaching for the sword. As soon as his hand was on the handle the man in the shadows lifted his own sword.
“Let the duel begin.” The man sneered. The only reply he got was a low growl from Heero.
Relena starred in horror as she realized she was looking out of a one-way window. On the other side Heero had just entered and know was about to enter a duel with that horrid man. And there was nothing she could do to warn him of the poisonous sword.