Ch9
Prelude to the Warfeild

Disclaimer: Vandread nor Gundam Belong to me.

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Heero slumped in the chair as he poured over the computer data from Wing Zero's computer systems.
The scanner data was in front of him now and waving past his eyes as he scrolled down.
The door opened to admit a woman, "You called?"
Heero turned, "Yes...Parfet."
Parfet walked over and looked at the computer screen in Heero's room, "This is all the combat data?"
"Yeah. I thought I'd look over it and try to analyze a weakness. I was hoping to have a second opinion."
"Well let me see." She responded and pulled up a chair to examine the specifications of the Heavyarms.
The two sat idle for a moment looking over the sensor data from the battle.
...And Parfet wanted to start a conversation, "Heero?"
"Hn?"
"I want to thank you for giving me advice earlier..."
Heero tapped on some keys, "Did it help?"
"Well I...had lunch with the Doc..."
"I thought I saw you two together," Said Heero and then observed, "Heavyarms has no ammo...."
"Yes well..." She said and blushed, "I just can't believe...I can't..."
"It's normal to be nervous on a first date." Said Heero, "All girls are."
"No..." She said, "I can't believe...I'm in love with him...a man at that!" She turned away in her chair, "I thought it was impossible..."
Heero made a confused face when she wasn't looking, "And that's abnormal to you? On second thought, don't answer that."
She sighed as Heero continued looking over the data.
He finished Sandrock, "Well I don't think there appear to be any sort of weaknesses on these Mobile suits. They've been all worked out. It's lucky we managed to stop them at all."
"Well," Asked Parfet, "Maybe we should upgrade some of our systems."
"We've already upgraded all the Dreads and Hibiki's Van type." Said Heero as he turned around in his chair, "I'm not sure if we can upgrade them any further than they already are."
"What about taking some of these weapons systems, like that active cloak?"
"We don't have the schematics. Only ideas." Replied Heero, "No... Wait," He raised his head, "Doesn't the Nirvana have any weaponry?"
"Not that we've been able to access." Said Parfet, "And we couldn't find any backup systems. I think there are what appear to be weapons aboard though..."
"Let's start looking." Said Heero as he left his seat.

Hours later Heero climbed down from a maintenance shaft.
"Well?" She asked.
"I could find what looks like a back-junction to what looks like an extensive particle generation field. I think it's networked through the entire ship." Heero finished as he came to the ground.
Parfet answered, "We did have weapons in there at one time...but we can't use them anymore...or we haven't found the controls-"
"They're stunned." Said Heero, "And they can probably be accessed through the commander's station on the bridge. Or Auxiliary control-"
Then Hibiki ran up, huffing and puffing.
"Hibiki, what's-"
"Heero!" Replied the pilot, "Damnit get down to the launch bay!"
"Why?"
"Two of your friends have shown up!"
"What?" Heero wasted no time in dropping everything and taking off.

Heero made it to the Platform and skidded to a stop.
Two large Mobile suits were standing there. One Red, one Blue.
"Mercurious...and Vayate." He hissed.
It looked like they got in somehow, probably from trailing Meia on patrol...
In the hands of the Mercurious were two people, Dita and Meia.
Jura was cowering in a corner with sheer panic on her face as she realized this was all true.
Coming up in the bay were several women with weapons.
BC included.
But it was Heero who drew their attention, "Who's there!"
"Well well," Said a sinister voice, "He finally showed up."
"Dorothy."
"Nice Timing Heero."
"Sally...you too?" Heero asked.
On chests of the Mobile suits were the preventors insignias.
Of course, them too.
"Release them." Commanded Heero, "They have no part in this."
"Other than helping you defeat your friends." Replied the Sly voice from the Vayate.
"They are not my freidns anymore." Replied Heero.
"They'll be hurt to hear that." Replied the Mercurious, "And your friends will be too. Tell me Heero, which one do you value more?"
"You Bastards!" Cried Hibiki, "Let her go!"
"Ah so it looks like you have replacements," Said Dorothy, "So tell me, is his bark harder than his bite?"
"Why you-"
Heero held up a hand that stopped Hibiki, "Don't do anything irrational. They can crush you or Drop Dita."
"Are you just gonna stand there and take it!?" Demanded Hibiki, "We have to save them NOW!"
"We wait for the right moment." Said Heero and turned back to the large suits, "So Sally, when did the preventors start holding hostages?"
"The day you left Heero." Replied Sally, "The day we decided to elliminate you from memory."
"You're mad." Heero replied.
"Well...yes." Said Sally as she dropped both.
"NO!" Cried Heero and Hibiki as they ran for their partners.
Sally laughed as they fell.
Heero lept and reached out to catch Meia.
He suceeded, catching her and collapsing to the ground.
Hibiki served more as a coushin as he cought Dita and both collapsed.
"Huh. That's no fun." Said Sally as she moved the foot of the Mercurious.
"NOW!"
Gundfire opened up and pinked along the surface of the Mobile suits.
Both of the faceplates lowered as the Gundams backed, "Ha! What can you do!?"
Either the Praxis was moving it, or it had been reacting on it's own, the first of the Wing Gundam punctured through the sheild over where it had been sitting.
"What!?" Demanded both women as the Gundam burst from it's covering and slammed the fist into the Mercurious's helmet.
Heero watched as his Gundam moved by itself. Then he turned and barked at Hibiki, "GET DITA OUT OF HERE!"
Hibiki nodded and did the best he could to carry Dita out of the room.
BC rushed forward and knelt beside Heero, "We'll take her. You get rid of them."
Heero closed his mouth, nodded, and turned to run for the battle.
The other women withdrew, since the possibility of the door being blasted open was high.
The Gundam moved back and knelt as Heero hopped up the armor and into the cockpit.
As the cockpit closed Heero grasped the controls and started directing the Gundam.
The Chest and head cannons opened fire, spraying the suits down with surpressive fire.
Then he pulled the beam saber and rushed forward-
-only to have the Mercurious's beam counter him.
"We're not that stupid." Said Mercurious as the beam crackled.
The other shield had it's beam ignited and swung in to decapitate Heero.
He dropped backwards and shot the Wing's feet out, kicking the red in the tosor and shoving it across the bay.
He did the best he could to handspring around and land his Gundam to open fire with the head guns at the Vayate.
Dorothy shielded herself as she backed for the Mercurious.
Then the doors parted and blasted both suits out into space.
Heero endured the vacuum to equip himself then hop into space after them.
The Dreads were already outside and fighting the two with mixed results.
"Is Barnette out here?"
"Yes Heero."
"Keep destracting them."
Heero landed on the top of the platform and raised the beam rifle and toggled the sniper scope.
His sights lined up with the Vayate as he scoped down to the cockpit...
Only to watch the Vayate spot him and raise it's own cannon-
Heero quickly hit the retros and soared over the beam as it sizzled the armor of the Nirvana.
He tried to re-gain a lock but then dismissed it as he returned to a normal cockpit and rushed at the two.
Red and blue both seperated and started their two-pronged attack.
Heero rushed past the Mercurious, turned and fired.
Defensor disks hovered into place and absorbed the fire from the machine guns.
"Not that easy..."
A particle shot came in and Heero rolled out of the way.
"Damnit I need a Dread out here!"
BC informed him, "Meia and Dita are still in the Sick bay. We're sending Jura out to help you."
Heero rolled his eyes. Jura...
Dread Jura approached...and then combined to form Vandread Jura.
Well so it looked like he was spared...
There was a momentary silence at the new Dread.
"...What's that!?" Demanded Magano on the bridge.
One of the bridge crew sighed and replied, "Ugh...it's a Crab."
"Okay!" called Hibiki, "Let's kick some ass!"
"Aww but my Dread is so-"
"WILL YOU STOP WHINING AND GET TO WORK!"
The Defensor disks of the Vandread hovered out into formation for a grid pattern around the Vandread.
"Copycat!" Hissed Sally as Dorothy opened fire.
The beam contacted the shield with no effect.
"I saw that!" Replied Hibiki as he turned the Dread around to position the mirror. The ringing discs rotated around the ring as it mimiced the particle cannon and shot it back.
"Wha-!?" Paniced Dorothy as she avoided the blast.
"Hehe..." Laughed Hibiki in the cockpit, "I think I'm getting the hang of this!"
Jura sniffed but realized that her Vandread wasn't all that bad...
Heero cartwheeled and landed on the back of the Vandread.
"Hey what-"
"Just keep doing what you where doing." Said Heero as he reclined his machine again, "And keep moving. I doubt they'll make another mistake."
The Vandread started moving for the Mercurious while Heero started taking sight on the Vayate with his Particle cannon.
Dorothy, obviously seeing what Heero was doing, kept moving out of the way.
"Damnit..."
"If you want to fight me Heero then do it," She hissed, "Don't hide behind a screen. Where's your honor?"
Heero winced, "It died the day you came after me."
The particle shot fired and struck the side of the Vayate, blowing out a major section.
"Ahh!" Yipped a Dread as it was being harrassed by the Mercurious.
"Hey hold still!" Cursed Hibiki as he tried to poke the Mercurious.
Heero grumbled and said, "I'm leaving this with you. Don't loose it."
He attatched the Beam rifle to the side of Vandread Jura before hopping off and igniting his engines, also pulling the beam saber and chasing after the Mercurious.
"There you are!" Laughed Sally.
"Save it." Said Heero as he pulled two Beam sabers.
Sally had two already deployed as she sliced at Heero, who had dodged and was rollng.
He kicked the Mercurious in the head before rolling in space and stopping to fire his machine guns into the back of the Mercurious.
The Planetary Defensors snapped up and surrounded the Mercurious, "Ha Ha Heero-"
"Ha yourself!"
The Particle cannon copy fired from Jura and hit the Mercurious.
Heero took the opportunity and raced forward-
And sliced the Mercurious in half.
Sally screamed as her Gundam exploded around her.
"Wha...Heero you murdered her!" Screamed Dorothy, "You Killer!!!"
Vayate came in with a vengeance and opened fire.
Heero weathered a blast then turned and as if on instinct, turned in space and jabbed the Beam saber into the enemy..
The saber punctured the center of the cockpit.
Dorothy was dead instantly as the Vayate exploded seconds later.
Heero was wide-eyed.
He had killed Dorothy and Sally.
Two people who had been good friends until just recently.
What had he become?

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About halfway into the battle with the Mercurious and Vayate I just realized that this whole spiel replaces Episodes 5, 6, and 7 (Except longer) so then I realized that Jura never combined with Hibiki...sorry if that section seems abit rushed...

Anyway, we've hit Nine chapters already! ON TO THE TENTH!


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