Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Family Ties ❯ Chapter 75 ( Chapter 75 )

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Trowa thinks he's located Duo and Heero is ready to drop everything to go get his husband, but Une has other things on her mind and Heero has to wait. Another ally is brought in to help out with the situation.

Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Hentai / Romance / Suspense / Angst | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 03.12.2010 | Pages: 10 | Words: 8.8K | Visits: 251 | Status: Work In Progress

“Family Ties”

January 2007 ShenLong

Chapter 75

[Preventer Shuttle 221]

“I think I've located Duo...” Trowa's voice was soft as he informed his commanding officer of his findings.

“Pardon?” Wufei whispered.

Quatre joined his husband, peering over the man's shoulder to look at the computer screen.

“I think I may have located Duo,” Trowa repeated.

“Agent Fire?! What is going on? Did I just hear Air say he may have located Agent Night?” Une demanded.

“Duo?!” Heero called out. “They've found Duo?”

“Agent Day, sit down and be patient!” Une snapped.

But Heero wouldn't be seated. He moved to stand behind the Commander. “Barton, Chang! Confirm what you just said,” Heero insisted.

“Ah, one moment, please,” Wufei replied and then keeping his voice to a hushed whisper, he turned to Trowa. “Where?”

Typing as fast as he could Trowa scanned through the files he'd discovered, attempting to get as much information as possible. “If what the files say is correct, he's being held somewhere in what used to be the residential section of the main dome. I'll need more time to find exactly where.”

Both Quatre and Wufei perused the information on the screen, Wufei returning to his conversation with Une moments later.

“Commander. From the information we have, it seems that Maxwell is being held in a secure location in the main dome. Request permission to infiltrate and confirm the presence of Agent Night.”

“Agent Fire, request momentarily denied...”

“What?! You can't be serious, Une,” Heero yelled. “If they've found Duo then he needs to be extricated as quickly as possible.”

“Agent Day! Stand down,” Une snapped and turned back to the comm link. “Fire, use what information you have at your disposal to work out the best plan to infiltrate and locate Agent Night. I also need as much information as you can get in relation to those mobile suits. I will contact you again in two hours. I expect you to have that information for me then and I will give you your next set of orders. Is that understood?”

“Yes, Commander.”

Hearing the tone in Chang's voice, Une knew the agent was most likely planning something.

“Agent Fire, none of you are to leave that shuttle until given the instruction to do so. Do I make myself clear?”

“Crystal, Commander.”

“Good. Do as I've requested and I will be in touch with you again in two hours. Une out.”

“Agent Fire, out.”

“What the hell does she mean we're to remain here and not go get Duo?!” Quatre fumed.

“I'm just as annoyed as you are over this, Winner,” Wufei snarled. “But orders are orders and we have to do as the Commander has ordered.”

“I'm sure the Commander has a good reason for refusing to allow us to go in and get Duo right now, and you have to admit, we need to look over the evidence and work out a viable plan to locate and extract Duo,” Trowa said as he continued to work on the computer.

Quatre let a deep sigh escape. “I know, you're right. We can't go in there half cocked and try to rescue Duo, we do need a plan; but it doesn't make it any easier knowing he's so close and still so far.”

“Winner, you were always good at strategy, work with Barton to figure out exactly where Maxwell is being held and the best way to infiltrate and get him out. I'll do a little more digging on those suits and see what I can find.” Wufei brought up the other screen and hooked into the stick.

All three fell silent as they set to their respective tasks.

* * *

[Preventer Headquarters]

“You can't be serious, Une!” Heero snapped. “If Duo is in there we need to get him out as quickly as possible.”

“Agent Day...”

“No! I will not stay here whilst my husband is in danger. You can either give me the transport and clearance to go to the satellite, or I will save you the trouble and resign now. Either way, I'm going to get my husband back!” Heero's eyes flashed dangerously as he delivered his ultimatum.

Une glared back with just as much ferocity. “Agent Day, back to my office; NOW!”

Agents Sky and Sun wisely kept their silence and did their best to occupy themselves with other tasks as the Commander and a very irate agent left the communications room.

Heero followed the Commander back to her office, his mind a turmoil of thoughts. Entering the office, Heero stood before the desk and opened his mouth ready to begin another round of arguing.

Seeing the agent about to start again, Une got in first. “Agent Day, sit down, shut up and listen to me!”

Heero was momentarily stunned by the fierce tone and sat.

“Thank you. I have no intention of leaving Agent Night where he is, that's assuming he's still there. Right now though I have bigger problems to sort out and I will need your full cooperation for what I have in mind.”

Swallowing, Heero glared at the Commander. “I'm listening.”

“Before we can put any plan into action there's a couple of things I need to do. First up I need as much information on those mobile suits that are on that satellite as possible. The agents currently on the satellite will work out a viable plan for getting Agent Night out; I'm counting on Maxwell to be able to give us further Intel on Barton, the satellite and this Firecell thing once he's located and safely back in our territory.”

Heero nodded.

“There's also another matter I need to attend to.” Une turned away and pushed the com link on her desk. “I won't be a moment.”

“Yes, Commander?”

“Felicity, please contact extension six, zero, six. Tell them to find the sheep - code red.”

“Yes, ma'am.”

“Thank you.” Une let a gust of air escape her lungs.

“Six, zero, six? Find the sheep? Code red?” Heero questioned. He'd never come across that before.

“Patience, Agent Day.”

* * *

[Satellite XRB 23]

Barton gave an evil smile as he strode down the corridor and entered the main computer room in the dome. He was feeling particularly good this morning. He nodded to a few of the technicians as he entered and took his place to the side of the main bank of computers.

The head technician came over, clipboard in hand. “Mr Barton,” he greeted.

“Ah, Craven. I trust that everything is ready for today?”

“Yes, sir. We only have a couple of things to double check and all will be ready to go.”

“Good.” Barton looked around. “Where is Hawkins?”

“He will be with us shortly, sir.”

Barton rubbed his hands together. “How long do you think?”

Craven looked at his watch and did some mental calculations. “I would say another three hours, sir. By that time the ESUN sector will be at mid morning, the colonies ranging from mid morning to late afternoon cycle.”

“Excellent. The vid feeds are all set?”

“They are. Each feed is set to transmit to the main broadcasting stations on the earth and colonies,” replied Craven.

“Perfect. Carry on, Craven.” Barton sat back in his chair, a smile on his face as he thought about what was to come.

* * *

[Somewhere in the Earth Sphere]

The yellow light blinked rapidly and a soft buzzing noise alerted the occupant to the communication. A pale hand reached out and pushed a button.

“Six, zero, six?”

“This is six, zero, six.”

“Commander says to find the sheep - code red.”

“Code red. Affirmative. Inform the Commander, Bo Peep will bring the sheep home.”

“Ah. Okay.” Felicity scratched her head. She didn't have a clue what it all meant, but having shared the position of Une's secretary along with Shirley and Fiona for a while now, she'd learnt not to ask questions but do as requested.

“Six, zero, six, out.”

The pale fingers drummed the top of the desk for a moment. Blue eyes narrowed and the lean body rose gracefully from the seat. “Une, what are you up to?” the husky voice said and glanced out the window. “Only one way to find out.” The tall figure exited the room and disappeared down a hallway.

* * *

[Preventer Shuttle 221]

Hardly a word had been shared between the three agents as they worked away at their respective tasks. Trowa and Quatre spoke only in hushed whispers when necessary and Wufei was completely lost in his own world as he investigated the mobile suits.

After an hour and a half, Wufei was the first to lean back and admit he'd gone as far as he could. Glancing at his watch, he noted the Commander would be in touch again very soon and turned his attention to the other two agents. “Have you come up with anything?”

Releasing a loud sigh, Quatre turned to face the Chinese man. “Sort of.”

Wufei raised an eyebrow. “Sort of?”

“Trowa, if you would?”

The tall man typed a few commands and with the mouse, brought up a secondary window on the screen. Wufei moved a little closer to see what Quatre was about to explain.

“From what we could determine from the files, Duo is being held in one of these rooms here.” Quatre pointed to a section on the blueprints in the second window. We're not too sure how many, if any, of the other rooms are occupied, but they would have to visit the rooms at some stage to feed Duo. There are a couple of smaller rooms which appear to be closets or storage facilities in the same block. I propose we infiltrate this section, hide in these rooms and observe. Once we are sure which room Duo is in, we move in and get him out.”

“That's it?” Wufei questioned.

“That's the basic idea,” replied Quatre. “We can't plan a whole lot given there are so many variables in play.”

“In other words, follow the basic plan and improvise where necessary,” Trowa added.

“Once we have Duo, we get ourselves back here as quick as possible.” Quatre looked to his lover for confirmation.

Trowa nodded.

“Okay.” Wufei wasn't too sure but it was the best that they had right now.

“What about the suits? Did you find out much on them?”

“It would appear that what Barton said was correct. There are two hundred and ninety suits to be exact. They are currently being housed in a large hangar below the second dome. From what I recall of the inventories of the equipment purchased using the missing funds, the suits should be all armed with thermal swords, small beam cannons and several fitted with a smaller version of Heavyarms' type of gattling gun.”

“What the hell would Barton want with suits?” Quatre wondered aloud.

“I'm sure we will find out soon enough,” Wufei replied dryly.

“There's an incoming call from headquarters,” Trowa informed them all.

All three slipped on their head sets and Wufei pushed the communications button.

* * *

[Preventer Headquarters]

Heero's fingers twitched as he did his best to stop himself from getting up and storming out of the Commander's office. His eyes tracked the Commander as she typed away on her computer. He jumped when the comm unit buzzed and glared at the small machine.

“Yes, Felicity?”

“I have a message for you, Commander.”

“Go ahead, Felicity.”

“The message is: Bo Peep will bring the sheep home.”

“Thank you, Felicity.” Une disconnected the comm and sat back in her chair for a second, then straightened up and looked squarely at Heero. “Do you have anyone that can continue with the file conversion?”

Heero thought for a moment before replying. “Agent Silver, Agent Lead or Agent Copper are all capable of continuing now that the program is on disc. All they need are the codes to input and the program will do the rest. Why?”

“You have ten minutes to get them organized. Report directly to supplies from the data room and collect your gear. I will notify supplies of what you will need and it will be waiting for you. Once you have it all, report back here to me. Dismissed.”

Heero opened his mouth to protest, but shut it again when the Commander turned away from him making it clear she wasn't going to discuss anything further. With a scowl, he left the office and went back to the data room to brief the other agents.

* * *

[Somewhere in the Earth Sphere]

“All secure?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Good. Clear the area.”

The ground crew all scrambled to a safe distance. The tall man made his way to the cockpit of the large transport plane and settled himself into the pilot's seat. Checking the console instruments and the flight plan, he slipped on the head set and began the check sequence.

The engines roared to life, the metallic body thrumming with the raw power. Easing the joystick forward, the large transport began to lumber forward and taxi out to the end of the runway.

“Control, this is transport six zero. Ready for take off.”

“Transport six zero, this is control. You are all clear for take off.”

“Thank you, control. I will be in touch. Transport out.”

“Good luck, transport. Control out.”

The thrum of the engines increased as the power built. The machine fought against the barrier that was holding it in place, engines rising in pitch until the pilot deemed it ready. The joystick slipped forward and the plane surged forth.

Despite its size, the plane rumbled down the runway, speed increasing until it hit the necessary point and rose gracefully into the air.

* * *

[Preventer Headquarters]

Once Heero was on his way back to the data room, Une placed her call to supplies, requesting that all be ready for Day to collect within the hour. Another call was placed before Une headed back to the communications section and her contact with the agents on the satellite.

“Agent Fire, this is Commander Une. Update please.”

“Commander, this is Fire,” Wufei responded and went on to fill the Commander in on their current situation.

Hearing Wufei out, the Commander thought for a moment before replying. “Agent Fire, listen and listen carefully. I want all three of you to infiltrate and proceed as per Agent Space's plan. Once you have Agent Night in safe custody, return to the shuttle and report in. If Agent Night cannot be located, return to shuttle and report on situation and any findings. I do not need to remind you that this is to proceed as quietly as possible. We do not want the enemy to discover our presence until necessary.”

“Understood, Commander.”

“Do nothing about the mobile suits at the present moment. I have another shuttle that will be on its way to the satellite shortly and will rendezvous with you. When you report back in I will update you further in relation to the mobile suits and the back up team on the shuttle.”

“Affirmative.”

“Good luck, agents. Une out.”

“Agent Fire, out.”

Une placed the head set back on the desk top and rubbed her temples. “I'm getting too old for this,” she muttered.

“Ma'am?”

Une looked up to where Sky stood with a mug of coffee in his hand.

“You look like you could use this,” Sky said and passed the mug over.

“Sky, you're a life saver.”

* * *

[Preventer headquarters]

Heero finished briefing the agents on the data conversion and wrote down the codes they would need to continue. Having answered any and all questions, he reluctantly left the agents to continue and headed for the supply section to collect the kit Une had said would be waiting for him.

Flashing his Preventer ID, Heero spoke to the supply officer. “The Commander said there would be a kit waiting for me to collect.”

“Agent Day. Yes, the Commander did notify us of your mission and the kit is all ready for you. One moment and I'll get it.”

“Thank you.” Heero turned and drummed his fingers on the wooden desk as he waited.

Within five minutes the officer returned, carrying a medium sized duffel. “It's all in there, sir.”

Checking the kit, Heero discovered the usual equipment such as comm unit, first aid kit, ration bars, firearm, extra clips and ammunition inside. Signing off on the kit, Heero handed the paperwork back, picked up the duffel and made his way back to Une's office. Felicity motioned for him to go on in and after knocking, Heero opened the door and stepped back inside.

“Agent Day. Have you organized for the data conversion to continue?”

“Hai. Agent Copper is overseeing the conversion assisted by Agent Silver.”

“Good. You have your kit?”

“Hai.”

“Then come with me, Agent.”

Heero had no choice but to follow.

* * *

[Preventer Transport Station]

“Preventer control, this is Transport six zero requesting landing instruction.”

“Transport six zero, this is Preventer control. Continue at current rate of descent and alter course to three six south, eighty two east.”

“Roger that.”

“Transport six zero, you are cleared for landing on runway zero four. Coordinates are being sent through now.”

“Thank you, Control. I have the coordinates and will proceed to runway zero four.”

The large transport dropped steadily from the sky, the computer taking over and bringing the craft down through the air safely. Once the runway was in sight, the pilot took back the joystick and brought the transport in for the approach and landing. The wheels touched down and immediately the pilot began to brake, the engines screaming as they were thrust into reverse with the flaps up and applying as much drag as possible to slow the craft down. Reluctantly the machine slowed and then taxied to the end of the runway.

“Transport six zero, proceed down taxiway three and bring the craft to bay fourteen.”

“Roger that, Control.”

“Control out.”

“Transport six zero, out.”

The large craft lumbered along the tarmac and turned off at bay fourteen. Rolling into the large space, the machine came to a halt and the pilot began the shut down sequence, putting the control panel into hibernation and shutting down the engines completely.

Removing the head set, the pilot ran his fingers through sweat dampened bangs and rubbed his tired eyes. Taking a moment to close those eyes he soaked up the silence, somehow knowing it would be the last he would get for some time.

With a sigh, he unbuckled the harness and pushed his long frame from the pilot's seat. He stretched, scratched his neck and then decided he'd better open the door and greet the welcoming party before they forced their way in.

Having stowed the kit in the trunk of the Preventer vehicle, Heero climbed into the passenger seat and buckled up. Une slipped behind the wheel, started the engine and drove them out of the Preventer garage and onto the busy road.

Watching the scenery, Heero puzzled over where they were going, and then decided it wasn't worth it. He already knew he was going to get his husband back, with or without Une's permission. Judging by the direction the woman was driving in, plus the kit in the trunk, Heero was pretty sure they were headed for the Preventer shuttle port.

Then Une took a left and tossed that idea right out of the window.

Clearing his throat, Heero turned to look at the Commander. “Where are we going?” he asked, tone clipped.

“The Preventer Transport base.”

“Any particular reason why the transport base and not the shuttle port?”

“Patience, Agent Day.”

“Fuck patience! My husband is out there on a satellite and I intend to go get him and bring him home where he belongs,” Heero snapped.

To her credit, Une didn't flinch. “I will inform you of the mission as soon as we get to the transport base.”

Heero glowered. He wasn't happy at all, but he figured he could let Une have her way, say her piece and then easily take one of the shuttles from the base and head off to get Duo.

Ten minutes later Une pulled up at the gates to the base and flashed her ID. The guard let her through and she continued on through another two check points before arriving at the base and parking the car. “Grab your kit," she ordered as she exited the vehicle.

Grabbing the bag from the trunk Heero followed the Commander into the building. A small buggy was waiting for them, the agent saluting.

“Commander Une. I was told to escort you directly to bay fourteen,” the agent said.

“Thank you.” Une slid into the set. “Day, get on,” she ordered.

Still glaring, Heero obeyed and the buggy sped off down the wide 'road'.

“Transport six zero has just landed and should be in the bay when we get there,” the agent informed.

“Good.”

// Six zero... Six, zero, six... There was that number again, // Heero thought to himself as they bounced their way through the base.

The buggy began to slow and Heero looked ahead to see a large transport craft taking up the entire bay area.

Once the buggy came to a halt, Une got off and strode towards the craft. Heero grabbed his bag and followed, curiosity getting the better of him.

As they arrived at the base of the portable stairs, the door began to open. Heero looked up and then gave a soft gasp as a figure stepped into view.

“Zechs...”

~ * ~

tbc...