Part Five
by quicksylver
The story was taking too long so i decided to wrap it up.
Standard disclaimers apply. Warnings: language and yuri...
nothing else really.
Enjoy!
Heero meanwhile was sharing a look of slight empathy with Helen. He knew what she was going through first hand. Just then he remembered why they had come into the room in the first place.
"We've found the orb." he stated calmly.
Everyone looked up. This was news indeed. Helen debriefed them quickly.
"We've been monitoring several Oz transmissions, looking for any link that could lead us to the orb. We were actually lucky to come across the encrypted requisition as we did. "
Heero completed the explanation. Oz was sending troops and supplies to a base that had been logged as abandoned about a year ago. Some deeper exploration had uncovered a top secret progress report detailing test results from preliminary experimentation. The base was located no more than three hundred clicks from their current safe house; the orb was within reach.
Quatorce nodded, summoning Rasid to get their gundams ready. They were going to have to move fast if they wanted to catch Oz unaware. Both Sandrock pilots put their heads together to plan the assault. It would be two pronged- the gundams coming in to engage the Oz suits and provide cover and diversion while the pilots would slip in the base during the frenzy to nab the precious globe.Everyone agreed. It was a good plan.
"There's only one thing you forgot though" Meiran interjected.
"What is it?" Quatre inquired, they had thought it out pretty well.
Meiran pointed to their unwelcome visitor. "Lover boy here, as Dana puts it, is still on the floor."
Dana almost choked, spitting out the soda water she had been drinking all over the plush carpet. The male Trowa gently lay the unconscious boy on a nearby sofa while Quatorce ordered that he be cared for until they returned. That would keep Milliardo out of their way for a while.
Within the next ten minutes the plan was fairly ironed out and ready to execute. As the ten teenagers got to the hangers Wufei looked to the girl he had never thought he would see again until the day he died. She was beautiful as ever as she prepped for the mission, climbing into Shenlong's cockpit with the grace of a cat. She was Nataku... the spirit of justice.He almost regretted going for the orb. If they went back to their world he would never see her again. It was like losing her for a second time.
A hand was on his shoulder, Duo's eyes were filled with understanding as he patted Wufei on the back and ran to the jeep where Heero was waiting. Sometimes that boy sees more than he lets on, Wufei pondered. Duo, without words, had reminded him that the Meiran he had come to know over the past couple of days, though a treasure to behold, was not the same on he had married. They were from different worlds and all he could do was keep this memory close to his heart.
With that thought he hopped into the back seat of the stealth HumV that the Winner Corporation secretly manufactured. Anything else would draw unwelcome attention when they got close to the base.With some clanging and clunking the five gundams loaded into the massive shuttle which would fly them to the base where the would drop in on the surprised Oz troops like fiery rain. ETA was seven minutes; they would leave five minutes after the jeep in order to converge on the base at about the same time.
Quatorce double-checked her equipment. She had come to care for the male pilots and knew that they felt out of place in her world. She promised herself to do all that she could to ensure that they get home safely. She smiled at the female Trowa through the com screen, the redhead always knew what she was feeling and nodded her support, her eyes the only window to the smile she wore on the inside.
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Luc Noin was in his glee. He and the beautiful Lt. Zel were in the crude officer's lounge of the base, sipping on some non- alcoholic wine as they were off duty. Ever since they had attended the academy together he had been completely in love with the blonde woman known as the Lightening Countess. So one could imagine his pleasure at his transfer to her command.
What he would give to actually be under her personal command. His cheeks flushed at the thought and he hid behind the crystal tumbler. They had been discussing recent events but had fallen into a comfortable silence. He took this time to observe her ways. She was simply astonishing to him.
He was about to attempt more savvy conversation when an explosion rocked the base. They were on their feet within seconds, their com units ablaze with maydays from the troops. The gundams were on the base, all five of them.
Zel cursed. The orb... they had to be after the orb. She commanded Luc to head the defense forces while she secure their priceless asset. She took off down the corridor toward the lab, hoping that she was not too late.
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Heero targeted two guards with his pistol, felling them like trees with pinpoint accuracy. He and Wufei were running toward the lab while the other three pilots provided back up and ground cover. According to the schematics the lab should be just around this bend, Heero estimated as Wufei landed a drop kick on an unsuspecting guard.
They made it to the door of the lab without much more resistance. Heero grew wary, something as important as this did not come without some kind of advance security. He and Wufei stood on both sides of the metal door as he tried the lock. As the panel seeped a sudden energy beam came bursting out of the doorway, searing Heero on his left arm and barely missing the chinese boy.
They dove for cover and looked to the now gaping hole that stood smoking where there used to be a door. Heero checked his wound, nothing to serious. Wufei let loose some random rounds into the lab hoping to draw out the attacker while Heero called for back up. A gundam attack from the outer wall would give them enough time to go in and hopefully subdue whoever was firing the energy beams.
Dana was the nearest to them so she powered up her scythe and went in for the kill, ripping out the linings of the lab like tin foil. Helen followed in Wing Zero, cutting down any suits that could disrupt the braided pilots work.
Suddenly a huge white-hot beam ripped through the linings of the lab out into the air and straight into the gundam that stood there.Helen could only watch as DeathScythe went down, a big gaping hole where the chest should have been. She screamed with rage and gunned her engines swiping her beamsword into the lab, desiccating the hi-tech equipment it stored.
She quickly landed her gundam next to the fallen DeathScythe and jumped unto the suit's belly. Please be safe Dana, she pleaded as she pried the damaged cockpit door open with her bare hands. The other pilots sighed in relief as the Japanese girl gently lifted a groggy Dana out of the gundam.
The beam had missed her by about ten feet, any further and it would have ignited the auxiliary systems, turning the whole gundam into a fireball. With a battle raging around them, Helen took the time to kiss Dana into wakefulness. The 02 pilot blinked and smiled, her smile turning into a scowl as she looked back at her wrecked gundam. No one wrecked her Shinigami and lived...One did not fuck with the angel of death.
She quickly stood and let her rage channel though her with lava in her veins. Helen backed away; she knew what was coming. Dana was going to play her ultimate trump card.Quatorce sensed what was going to happen and commanded everyone to pull back, keeping whatever mobile suits that still fought at bay. Heero and Wufei had already slipped into the lab and took cover behind some of the various computers that lined the lab.
Zel Marquese was standing near the door, watching as the two scientists charged the orb once more. During the past day or two they had discovered how to use the mystical object as a weapon, likes of which no normal beam cannon could compare. Now they used it with extreme prejudice, crazed by the power it possessed. She backed away slowly as they quarreled with each other over the glowing orb. It had corrupted their minds and now they were trigger-happy.
Outside Dana's anger was reaching boiling point, she was going to lose it at any minute. Helen crouched nearby, she knew the strength of Shinigami and that Dana would need her when it was over. Raising her voice to the heavens she cried out:
"Shinigami! God of Death! Lord of the underworld and beyond! I summon you... give me your power...give me your strength! Your disciple summons you... Come to me NOW!"
Around her the wind howled as the Death God rose to the ancient call. The shadows sprung to life, creeping towards the girl like hungry wolves. The God of death did not take lightly to being summoned and growled his displeasure with the rumbling of the ground beneath them...but the call had already been made. Dana knew the price and would pay the toll when it was due.
Her braid came loose and the wind caught her chestnut locks, whipping them about like the snakes of Medusa herself. Dana's eyes glowed violet, surging into indigo as she absorbed the power of Shinigami. She threw her head back, her lithe body straining to hold the immense presence that had possessed her.
Through the eyes of a god she could see the two scientists as they bickered over the orb. There will be none of that, she decided. And with a flick of her wrist the orb was pulled out of those greedy hands and into her own. It was time to lay down the law and show them who really pulled the strings, no one escaped death... it was infinite.
The others watched in awe as she levitated herself above the gundam and into the air just in front of the lab. She smirked with devilish glee as the two scientists stood shocked before her with Zel Marquese frozen in place behind them. It's time to see what this baby can really do, she grinned that manic "this is for my gundam you mother fucking asshole" grin that could put fear in the hearts of the most die hard cases on the planet and the colonies.
She looked at the orb and it shone with the brilliance of the sun. Soon the light solidified and swirled, forming a twisted gateway to another dimension. The gateway hardened, its gnarled posts twisted with the faces of tortured souls.
"Got a nice place for you here" she said to the cowering couple, "... with lots of nice friends for you to meet."
She chuckled at the looks on their faces when they saw the 'friends' she was talking about. Grotesque monsters lumbered around on the flip side of the gate, ripping and eating the tortured bodies of human men and women. The plump woman began to scream as a vacuum pulled them closer, hanging on to the thin man for dear life.
Stronger and stronger the pull became until it all but sucked the screaming couple in like a string of spaghetti. When they disappeared the gate wobbled and dissolved leaving nothing but mist and a traumatized Zel Marquese. She looked up at the DeathScythe pilot with bone chilling fear.
Dana cocked her head to one side, now was the perfect opportunity to get rid of the Lightening Countess but she decided against it. Instead she erased all recent memories from the officer's head. She would wake up tomorrow with a headache the size of L4 and a nasty hangover.She descended to ground level where all of the other pilots were waiting.
"Since I have the power within me, it would be wise if I sent you all home now. The orb is ready." She advised.
Quatre nodded and turned to his female counterpart.
"Thank you for your hospitality... and well... for everything else you've done for us. We'll never forget you." He grinned, hugging the blonde girl. Quatorce laughed, wiping away a tear.
The two Trowas exchanged silent good byes, shaking hands heartily. Heero turned to Helen and smirked, not willing to do anything more at the moment. Helen shrugged and, to everyone's surprise, pulled the Japanese boy in for a bear hug. Everyone laughed. Meiran turned to a silent Wufei.
"I'll always keep you in my heart Fei.' She told him, kissing him gently on the lips.
He pulled her in for a deeper kiss, savoring the feel of her body one last time. He was going to miss her dearly.
"As you will be in mine little dragon" he countered softly.
As he stepped away from her Dana floated to where Duo stood. With ease she bent slightly and whispered into his ears. Duo blushed then grinned, nodding enthusiastically. They shared a secret smile and Duo winked and took his place next to Heero. Heero gave him an inquisitive look and Duo promised to tell him what she said when they got home.
After they all said their good byes Dana opened a gateway once again, this time to the world that the boys had come from. The road they had been driving on when they had first been teleported stretched on through to the horizon. Duo groaned, they were going to have to walk it when they got back. One by one they jumped through the portal, waving their last good bye to the girls who had become their friends.
When they were gone Dana closed the portal and slowly let Shinigami slip out of her body. Helen, always ready, was there to catch the violet-eyed girl as she fainted. Calling on him always left her drained. She looked down at her lover and then around at her friends with a slight smile.
They were all dirty and ragged from the battle but all still in good spirits. Helen scooped Dana up into her arms and headed back to Wing Zero, allowing herself a rare genuine smile as the thought of the hell her koi would really raise when she awoke and saw the true condition of her gundam.
Helen chuckled, pulling her beloved closer to her bosom. That was why she loved her, she wouldn't be the same Dana without Shinigami. She guessed that she could accept that part of her... for now anyway.
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