Lifes Bitter Truth Ch.11 Dance With The Devil

[darklord22]

Sorry to be brief but I had to segway into the final chapeter which will be entitled Shogun.

Chapter Eleven: Dance With The Devil

?Relena get behind me someone?s coming.? Heero commanded. His hearing was still superb after everything they had done to him. He figured the person was still at least forty feet away but Heero could tell the person was headed their way. ?Fuck? he thought to himself. Though his hearing was good his body was still in no condition to fight and with only one arm he was of no use in protecting her. But he?d be damned if they were going to lay a finger on her. Just then the footsteps reached the door and every functioning muscle in Heero?s body tensed up. His body wasn?t in any shape to fight but his mind was still lethal.

As the key was inserted into the door Heero made his decision. He walked to the side of the door bleeding the whole way then stood waiting for the door to open. The guard never knew what hit him; he was dead before he had a chance. Heero had successfully broken his neck with just one arm. Then Heero proceeded to lower the body to the ground and check for any weapons. There was a combat knife one side arm with three extra magazines and one main assault rifle also with three extra clips. Heero took all of these giving Relena the side arm and then took the man's flak jacket and put it on her. It wouldn?t stop handgun and rifle fire but at least it would provide some protection from shrapnel or blunt force.

?Let?s go.? He said then walked out of the cell with her in tow. She was going to make it out of here alive and he was going to make sure of it even if it cost him his life. He could honestly say that he didn?t care anymore, and with that parting thought he ran out.

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?Sir, we have a problem.? One of the soldiers who had come with the Treize faction reported to Zechs.

?What is it?? Zechs was getting pissed off. Ever since they had begun their preparations it had been one problem after another and it was starting to bring down the moral.

?Our penetration agent is dead. He was killed by the hostages by mistake. We have no way of getting the prisoners out now other than a frontal assault and with the prisoners on the run the enemy is only going to get more aggressive.?

?Shit. Do we have any intel on their numbers yet? We need something. I?m not going to risk having all our men killed because of a lack of information.?

?Sir our estimates are in the thousands.?

?God dammit we barley have one thousand men and a fourth are support.? Zechs was being pushed into a corner and it was pissing him off. They had all the guns in the world but no men to use them. It would take a miracle to save them now, and miracles were few and far between these days.

?Don?t give up hope just yet.? a voice from behind Zechs said. When Zechs turned he was faced with well over a thousand men and the former president of the ESUN. ?If you have the guns then we?ll be your men.?

?But you haven?t got any military experience. How do you expect to stand a chance against them?? Zechs was grateful for the extra help but knew the causalities would be great on their end.

?We all know how to fire a gun though? The former president retorted with a stern voice.

?But there is a good chance you will all die. What about your families?? Zechs didn?t want them to fight and die for nothing. Just then someone came up behind him. It was Wufei.

?Zechs, let them keep their honor and pride. You should know that the uncoordinated attack by an armature is often times more devastating then a full on assault by a professional.? With that the Gundam pilot walked away.

Zechs thought about it for a moment. ?Alright, let?s do this together. For the sake of peace.?

?No, for the sake of mankind and for our Queen.? Replied the ex-president.

?FOR QUEEN RELENA? Everyone behind him shouted.

?Let?s get you men some weapons.? said Treize who had snuck up behind Zechs. ?Then let?s give them a glimpse of hell.?

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?What the hell did you just say? Screamed Quinze. He couldn?t possibly have heard his second in command right. He had just entered the communications room and was pleased to see that the execution device, a beautiful gold plated guillotine with a titanium plated blade sharpened to a hairline, had been completed. This marvelous device, which would bring about the demise of Relena Peacecraft, brought such joy to Quinze. But now the news being carried by his second in command brought such a fury to Quinze that he could just kill someone.

?Sir I said that the prisoners have escap?? BOOM. Quinze pulled out his gun and fired ?Ughh, Wh... Why? S?S?Sir??

?Because, I want results and you have failed to provide.? BOOM. Quinze shot him in the head this time making sure he was dead. He then pointed the gun at the next highest ranking person in the room. ?Congratulations, you?ve just been promoted. Don?t fuck up like that little peace of shit did. Got it??

?Sir.?

?Good. Now find my prisoners. We don?t have time to be sitting on our asses people. What?s the status of the Preventers forces? How far are they into their preparations??

?Sir, our last report shows that their midway through preparations and that their numbers are around twenty-two hindered, almost a third of those being made up of civilians.?

Quinze laughed at this. ?They really are getting desperate if their going to be using civilians. Oh well, maybe Zechs will get smart and use them as human shields. That?s about all those pathetic weaklings are worth.?

?If you want to sir we can position our forces to take them out right now?? One of the soldiers on Quinze?s left said.

?No. We?ll let them come to us.? Quinze had a smile on his face now. ?After all there?s no use in wasting so much energy to squash such a small pest. Right now I just want to find my damned prisoners. I?ll be in my quarters, come get me when you find them.? ?Things are really heating up.? He thought as he walked out the room and to his office.

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Heero put his hand up, the sign for them to stop and be quiet. Relena couldn?t hear or see any body approaching so her next thought was that Heero was weakening. But about two seconds after they had stopped she heard the sound of a door opening ahead and around the corner from them.

?Make sure the prisoner doesn?t escape. After all we don?t want to end up like Charlie. I heard the boss just shot em? dead.? The voice presumably came from the same person who had opened the door. But it was the screaming that could be heard from the room that interested Relena.

Footsteps could be heard as the person shut the door and walked off. She waited till she could no longer hear the mans footsteps before she began speaking. ?Heero, that sounded like Mariemaia.?

[Fate Lowe]

Great work, keep it up. I can't wait for the next one!