Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Love, War, and Peace ❯ Pt. 7 ( Chapter 7 )

Title: Love, War, and Peace pt. 7/16

Author: DamnVespa

Pairings: 1x2, 3x4, DxR, ZechsxTreize, 5xZechs

Category: AU (????)

Archived: Mediaminer.org, 1x2ml, DHML,

Disclaimer: I don't own anything.

Notes: I am seriously screwing with the GW world. I got the idea from a techno-ized version of a Braveheart song.

Warnings: There are going to be a couple of deaths. I'm not going to tell you who but they will die. And there is Major Angst. So be prepared. Another thing, towards the end it will get kind of gross….But don't worry I will label that specific chapter for you.

Even though the warmth of life had ebbed from his body, Heero still held him. He had been crying quietly but now with proof that Duo wasn't coming back, sobs over took his body. He nuzzled Duo's chest and rocked back and forth. He wailed all his pain and sorrow into Duo's still chest. Heero looked down into the violet eyes that were looking heavenward but held no spark of life. Pained to see those lifeless eyes Heero closed them with trembling fingers. He picked up Duo's body and walked around until he found the tree that Duo sometimes sat under to read. He remembered, with a pained smile, how Duo had said it was the most peaceful spot he had ever found.

Heero laid the body down carefully and looked at him. He caressed the face one last time and stood to go find a shovel. He eventually found one and went back out to the tree and started to dig a hole. When the hole was deep enough he carefully laid Duo's body in it. Heero took one last look at his beloved before he started to bury him there. Once the hole was filled up again he gathered two sticks together and fastened them to make a makeshift cross. He stuck that in the ground at the head of the grave and walked back a little. Tears still ran down his face but he paid it no mind, he turned and slowly made his way back to the house. He found Trowa, Quatre and Wufei all sitting in the living room. When he entered they knew Duo was dead and with the dirt covering Heero they realized he had already buried him. Without a word being said the four of them went back out into the yard and Heero showed them the grave.

They stood around the grave silently sending prayers to whoever listened. Quatre looked at Heero and noticed the lost and helpless look on his face. When he looked up into the blue eyes Quatre gasped at the amount of sorrow and grief reflected in them. Quatre immediately hugged Heero to try and comfort him. Heero stood stock still for a minute before he slumped and sobbed all over again in Quatre's arms.

Heero felt more sorrow and pain in this instant than he ever felt in his entire life. All the pain and sorrow flowed threw him and coalesced into a ball of anger. Anger against the world and anger against the people who took his Duo away from him. He needed to vent his anger, sorrow and pain and he knew the perfect target. He yanked himself out of Quatre's arms and stalked off towards his Gundam. The others watched as Heero stalked towards his gundam. As one they followed him, not to stop him but to be there for him. Heero didn't care who was following him as long as they didn't get in his way. He powered up his Gundam and flew off to the base.

Noin frowned, all of the suits she sent out to get the Gundams never returned. It seemed her plan failed and she was not happy. She knew it had been a gamble and she had lost, but that thought didn't soothe her either. She sighed and called for reinforcements since the base now was defenseless. She had already ordered the evacuation in case the Gundams pressed the advantage. Only a skeleton crew was left at the base. Unfortunately the nearest base was at least a day or two away. That meant that the reinforcements wouldn't get there until the next day at the earliest. She would have sent men to check out the last whereabouts of the downed suits but she didn't have any to spare. So she resigned herself to getting them another day. She sat in her office drinking some tea when a young lieutenant gave her the last reports sent back to them from the missing suits. She took the papers and started to read them when her eyes widened at what she read. So it seemed the Gundams did have a weakness and her plan didn't fail. She knew she had to get this off to Dermail and quickly. She opened her laptop to send off a report but was prevented when alarms all around the base started going off. She got up quickly and ran to the control center and brought order to the chaos there.

"What's going on?"

"Four Gundams have been spotted and they are headed this way."

"Damn. Alright, evacuate."

Noin reached over and toggled the comm switch to tell the rest of the men on base, but before she could shout out a warning the room was cut in half by a beam saber. Killing everyone inside instantly.

Heero was in a mad rage and destroyed the base entirely. The others didn't move to help they just stood by in case help was needed. They each felt the pain and anger about the death of their comrade but were content to let Heero mete out the justice for it. Heero kind of zoned out and let the anger take over. He destroyed everything in sight. When he was done there was nothing but rubble but his thirst for revenge didn't leave his body. He wanted to hunt down more of them and kill them all. He saw a fleeing jeep and he started to move Wing in that direction when he felt a calming sensation that went straight through to his core. He thought he felt someone holding him but passed that off as too much grief. He calmed down and finally was able to see what he had done.

He looked at the base and smiled but it never reached his eyes. He turned to his fellow Gundam pilots and led them back to the safe house. The calming peace he felt didn't leave but it enveloped him and Heero sighed. He would fight for peace but not for the people. No he would fight for his Duo. He vowed he would gain peace and hopefully it would kill him in the end.

When they got back to the safe house they saw the mangled form of Deathscythe. It looked like a broken toy. They all looked at it and were reminded of what they had lost just hours ago. They set down their Gundams and hurried inside to get away from the sight. They needed to leave soon before any one else was sent to find out about the missing suits. They were about ready to leave when they heard a knock at the door. They looked warily at each other and all took up positions beside the door in case of a threat.

Dorothy looked at the sheet of paper in her hands. This was the place where the Gundam Pilots were supposed to be hiding out. She could see the remains of what must have been a battle and she hoped they hadn't left already. She admitted that she was a little frightened of meeting them, but she would do this because her Relena asked her to. She gathered all the courage she could muster and went up to the front door. She knocked three times on the door and waited for a response. The limo that had driven her there was waiting patiently behind her. She frowned when there was no answer. She hoped they hadn't left yet, it would take forever to find them again and Relena didn't have the time. She decided to have a look inside the house to be sure they weren't there. She opened the door and was immediately dragged in. She was then slammed against the wall with a gun barrel pointed directly at her head.

She looked at the gun barrel and followed it until she found the hand holding it and then behind that she saw intense dark blue eyes staring at her. She quickly gathered herself and waited patiently to see what was going to happen. She looked around and saw two boys behind the one holding her. One held a sword and the other a dagger. There was a third boy to her left and he was also calmly pointing a gun at her. She didn't see the last pilot and that worried her a little. She immediately turned her attention back to the boy holding her.

Nothing was said and the tension rose higher. Dorothy couldn't take the silence anymore and hoped they were waiting for her to speak.

"My name is Dorothy Catalonia. I work for Relena Peacecraft. I came here to see if you would have an audience with her."

"How did you find us?"

"We have our sources."

The boy in front of her growled and pressed the gun against her head, "Not good enough."

"I can't tell you. It would put them at risk. You must surely understand that these resources must be protected against yourself and against Dermail."

The blonde boy on her left put his weapon down. He walked over to the boy in front of her and placed his hand on his arm, "I believe her. Put down the weapon."

The boy in front of her hesitated for a second but put the weapon down. The others behind him also put their weapons away, but this did not calm her. She knew they could probably shoot her before she even moved a muscle. She kept herself calm and waited.

"Ms. Catalonia, why does Miss Peacecraft want to speak with us?" The blond boy asked.

"She wants to talk with you and give you her support in person."

"If you wait right here, I'll discuss this with my colleagues."

"Sure."

The boys walked away and conferred with each other. She waited right where she was, not moving at all. They talked quickly and quietly and soon the blonde headed one came forward. She turned her attention to him.

"We'll meet Miss Peacecraft in two days."

"Thank you, I'll be sure to tell her. I will leave you now."

Dorothy turned and walked out the door. Once the door was closed behind her she let out a large puff of air. She had never been so nervous in her life but she thought she handled it well. She walked back to the limo but didn't feel any safer until she was safely inside. Once inside she glanced back at the house, and wondered what Relena and her were getting into.

Once Dorothy had left, Heero turned to Quatre, "Put in a call to Howard. Tell him we're bringing him Deathscythe. Don't tell him what happened to D-Duo. I'll tell him."

Quatre nodded his head and started the call. Heero walked out and got into his Gundam. He then maneuvered Wing so that he could pick up the fallen Gundam. Then without a word to anyone else he flew off towards Howard and the Sweepers. The others followed him more sedately knowing they needed to give Heero space.

TBC

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