Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ An Unusual Cure ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter 4

 

The next morning the pair booked a flight to L1 using Heero's laptop. They arrived in L1 around noon. The ride over had been quiet, and it left Heero feeling out of place. Things were never this peaceful when Duo was involved. That kiss seemed to have silenced the boy. Heero wasn't concerned, Duo had a soft smile plastered from ear to ear and he had spent the entire trip leaning against the other boy. Heero found he liked the feeling of the brained baka leaning against him. It felt so natural. Like the boy belonged beside him. It made Heero feel calm and safe, a feeling that he had rarely experienced in his life.

 

“The shuttle has arrived at L1. Thank you for flying and enjoy your stay.”

 

At the announcer's voice, the shuttle's passengers started filing out. Duo stretched blinking sleepy eyes, “We're there already Hee-chan?”

 

Heero gave a small but rare smile. Duo looked a little less then disappointed to leave the tightly packed row. Heero couldn't blame him. The ride over had been a pleasant and peaceful one.

 

“I guess we should find a hotel to stay in. Then we'll check out that factory. Does that sound like a plan?”

 

“Hn.”

 

“Oh I see, you're going back to your six words per an hour limit. Well fine, I can talk for both of us. Can we find a room on a high floor? I like to have a view. Hey this is your home colony isn't it? I bet you're happy to be home.”

 

“I do not consider this my home.”

 

“Oh, well I can understand that. I'm not much of a fan of L2 either. So, are you hungry Hee-chan? Let's get a hotel with room service okay? I'm famished and that way we can have something brought up to us. Do you think they have pizza here? I haven't had pizza in a long time.”

 

Heero sighed and stood up only to find that his strength had left him. He sank back down against his will. His body had just stopped working.

 

“Kuso.”

 

“What did you say? Hey Hee-chan you okay?”

 

“I think it's the same weakness that claimed me earlier.”

 

“You're kidding me. Oh no we can't have you fainting here.”

 

“I don't think I will. I just need to find a place to rest for a few minutes, hopefully this will pass soon.”

 

“Ya, okay can you walk if I help you?”

 

Heero wasn't certain. This was worse then it had been in the past. Still he had to try, “I think I can.”

 

Duo nodded and slid Heero's arm over his shoulder. His right hand griped Heero's wrist while his left hand slid around Heero's waist. “Okay, ya ready.”

 

Heero nodded stars dancing in front of his eyes. He wasn't sure if this was caused by Duo's touch or his illness but he couldn't think about that right now. He had to focus.

 

The pair slowly moved down the now deserted isle. After they were off the shuttle Duo sat Heero of a bench and went to find a phone. “I'm gonna get us a room and call a taxi. I'll be right back Hee-chan okay?”

 

Heero nodded, to weak and confused to pay much attention to Duo. What was happening to him? The web site had given him very little information as to how the implants worked. They explained that adrenaline would be injected into him when his heart exhilarated. That made some sense. His heartbeat would exhilarate when he was in a battle, on a mission, or in some other type of danger. But he had been calm and relaxed on the ride over. So why would this be happening now? And why was it making him weak? Adrenaline should be amplifying his strength, not visa-versa.

 

Heero sighed, he hoped that Duo would return soon. He was fading fast. `And then there's Duo to worry about. I'm falling in love with him. I won't lie to myself. But how can I pull him into my life, and into the danger that accompanies it?'

 

Heero shook his head, a move that nearly caused him to fall over from dizziness. `I'll follow my emotions, just as I always have.'

 

“Hey Peatie you're not gonna believe this. Look at that guy over there. Doesn't that look just like Heero Yuy?”

 

Heero stiffened, the person speaking stood a little ways away from him. A second man, the one that he'd addressed as Peatie, accompanied him. Peatie was squinting at him through hazy brown eyes. Both men had identical uniforms on and both uniforms had patches with the insignia `TURF' written on them. The two were large and muscular. Normally they would not have been a match for Heero but in his current condition he didn't stand a chance.

 

“That can't be him. Heero Yuy's not on this colony.”

 

“How do you know for sure? No one knows where he is. And ya gotta emit, the guy looks just like that picture of Yuy we saw.”

 

“Ya, I guess we should take him in. I don't want to get into trouble for missing him.”

 

The two men advanced on him. `Duo, where the hell are you?'

 

Heero was on the edge of fainting but he still wasn't going to give up. He didn't even have a gun on him. Heero remained seated but readied himself all the same. Perhaps he could buy enough time until Duo returned.

 

“Hey kid, can we talk to you for a minute?”

 

Heero responded by standing and throwing a punch to the man's atoms apple. Under normal circumstances the man would have been out of the fight. But Heero did not have much strength left. All the same the atoms apple was very sensitive to pressure, so it left the man backing up wheezing for air. “That's him Peatie, it's gotta be.”

 

The other man came at him throwing a punch. Heero dropped into a crouch to avoid the man's fist and then went right into a low spin kick. The kick connected with the man's ankle sending him tumbling forward. The man had leaned into his punch and feel right on Heero. The heavy bulk pinning the boy was as more than his exhausted body could take. He crumbled to the ground and could not pull himself up.

 

“Quick, grab his feet and I'll get his arms. Little monster got me good.” Heero felt his hands being pulled behind his back and his ankles tied together. “Duo, where are you?” And then darkness claimed him once again.

 

~~~

 

Duo could not believe how stupid he was. Why the hell had he left Heero alone? So many things could have happened to him. Heero wouldn't have left without reason. Hell he wouldn't have been able to leave at all.

 

`I guess I'll just have to ask around. Maybe someone saw him leave.'

 

The place was packed but Duo soon realized just how `helpful' these people were. They completely ignored him and just gave him sour looks when he literally threw himself in front of them in hopes of getting them to talk. He was seriously considering physically restraining the people to talk to them when someone tapped him on the shoulder.

 

“Um, excuses me? I think I saw the boy you were looking for.”

 

Duo turned eyes wide and bright. A kid stood before him, a girl of about thirteen.

 

“I saw someone sitting over there,” she pointed to the bench where Heero had been sitting. Duo had to exert a lot of self control just to keep from picking the girl up and shaking the information out of her.

 

“Please tell me, did you see what happened to him?”

 

The girl nodded, “These two men attacked him and then carried him off.”

 

“They attacked him?! And nobody did anything?”

The kid shook her head. “No one here does anything for anyone. It's safer that way.”

 

“So why are you telling me this then?”

 

The girl held out her hand, “cause I know who those guys are, but you'll have to pay me if you want me to tell you.”

 

Duo growled, and he thought L2 was unfriendly. No wonder Heero didn't like this place. “Fine then,” he handed over a few bills, “but that's all your getting.”

 

The girl nodded pocketing the money, “the guys that attacked your friend both had a patch on their shirts. It read TURF on it. Weird name but maybe you know what it is.”

 

The girl turned and ran off leaving Duo standing alone. The braided boy turned and ran out of the building. He had ordered a cab to take Heero and him to their hotel. Only now he had a different goal in mind. Everything he had ever held dear he had lost. That was not going to happen now. He would get Heero back, and make this TURF corporation regret the day they ever met Duo Maxwell.

 

~~~

 

Heero awoke to a blinding white light. He was tied down and on some sort of mat. Heero recalled being captured by the two men but not coming here. Still, he could guess where here was without too much difficulty. Heero tested his bonds but found he was unable to brake free. His strength had returned, but it was not enough to brake though the gundanium that held him. He found himself thinking back to the very beginning of the war. It was right after he had met Duo, and then been shot by him. He had been captured by Oz and strapped to a table almost identical to this one. Duo had saved him then, but Heero was not positive that the young pilot would be able to do it again. Not this time.

 

“Ah, it seems our guest has awaken.”

 

Heero growled but gave no other response. The man speaking would get nothing from him.

 

“Let me introduce myself. I am Professor RJ. Fulken. I was one of Dr. J's top aids.”

 

“Dr. J?”

 

“Yes, though that old loon never did realize my true objective, nor did he understand the potential you had Heero.”

 

Heero stiffened at the mention of his name. Just how much about him did this professor know?

 

“Now I'm guessing that you have already discovered the implants we placed in your body. Otherwise you would not have made it here. J never did know about the implants. He thought that he could get his perfect solder without them. Ha, little did he know. But that is in the past. I bet you would like to know how they work or why you're acting the way you are. You see those implants were installed into you to up your abilities when you were in danger. It's actually quite simple. The danger causes your heart to accelerate that causes the implants to release extra adrenaline into your system. We also installed implants that would release a mild sedative when you calm down considerably. This was designed to allow you to rest easily during down times. Needless to say the implants are not functioning as they should. Part of the reason is because your bodies gotten used to the extra adrenaline and is over producing it. But the implants are also putting too much into your body. We don't know what caused them to malfunction in the first place but we will know soon.”

 

“So do you intend to take the pieces out?”

 

The man laughed, “oh no, they can not be removed, not without killing you. But we have to continue anyways. We will use the information we gather to perfect the implants and then we will find another subject to continue our experiments. Enjoy the time you have left Heero Yuy, we began in an hour.”

 

 

“Damn it this place is so big it's probably got it's own zip code. How am I supposed to find Heero in this mess?” Duo shook his head. Not only was he completely lost but he had seen no sign of Heero. This place was an eleven on the creep-o-meter, human experimenting behind every door. It did not take Duo long to figure out what this place was about. They were making an army of super humans, and judging from the looks of the place they where almost done. “A war without mobile suits? Ah hell, this is really bad. Heero why do you always insist on getting into these messes?”

 

Duo found an abandoned computer and started working. The information he needed was encoded and password protected but he managed to get around it. Heero was being held on the fourth floor and was to undergo surgery in fifteen minutes. He was not expected to survive. Duo bolted up from his chair and raced for the nearest elevator. As he ran sirens started flaring all around him.

 

`Kuso, I just had to start off the alarm didn't I?'

 

The halls around suddenly filled with fighters ready to stop him. Guards came from all directions all of them armed and from the looks of it well trained. `Of course they're well trained. You waltzed right into a freaking army base baka. Oh well, it's not the first time I've taken on a whole army though it is the first time I had to do it without Heero and the others.'

 

Duo darted to the elevator. They might choose to operate on Heero sooner now. He slapped the down bottom and dove for cover as a barrage of bullets flew by behind him. Rolling he stood back up and made a terrifying discovery. The elevator was not coming.

 

`They must have locked it up, that figures. I'm never going to get to him in time now.'

 

Duo found that to be the least of his worries as he was surrounded on all sides. `This is insane, how many are there?' Duo felt himself being forced down to the ground. He fought back and managed to get in some hits but these people were inhumanly strong and Duo found himself lying on his stomach with his arms pinned behind him. Someone slammed his head into the hard floor causing the world to spin. The pain sunk in and he blacked out.