Gundam Wing/ X-men crossover "Zero X" - part 6
Well I have finally written the next section of Zero X, I'm sorry it took so long, part of it was due to moving house and the rest was just because I am crap, new week resolution write more regularly.
Title: Zero X part 6
Pairing: 1x2 and 3x4 (occasional hints)
Warnings: AU, X-men cross over. This fic is unbeta'd.
Rating: PG (for now at least)
AN: I've mixed and matched parts from different X-men universes (there are so many, I can never keep them straight anyway), sorry if this offends anyone. only basic knowledge of the X-men is needed to understand the story.
links to part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5,
Heero looked up from the laptop as Duo appeared beside him "We need you to slip onto the transport with the others, we'll catch up be ready to break out we'll wait for an unpopulated area to attack." Heero handed him two small blocks "This transmitter emits static bursts on Zero's frequency at regular intervals as well as allowing you to signal us, I'll be able to track you even with their jamming systems. The other device will interfere with the explosives in the power limiters, it'll give you 10 seconds to pick the lock system or disable the limiter mechanism."
Duo grinned "10 seconds huh? That's practically an eternity to me. Anything else I need to know?"
"Try and get the kids out of the firing line but we will need you and Wufei in the attack. I'll be operating on the Zero system, so warn them to stay clear." He paused briefly "Quatre didn't tell me they were coming, I would have warned you."
Duo grinned "I know man, don't sweat it and I know Quat would have warned us if he could, he's obviously up to something complicated, I just hope the blonde martyr isn't going to get himself killed. Better get back, even I can't arrive in time to catch a transport that's already left."
Heero nodded smiling tightly and catching Duo with his eyes "Watch your back."
Jubilee stared at the empty space where Duo had been standing before looking back at Wufei who was ignoring Bobby and Kitty's questions and instead staring at the TV screen as if it held the secret of life the universe and everything. She followed his gaze to see the message had changed to random sequences of numbers and letters flashing across the screen.
"Wufei what's happening? What's going on? Is..."
Kitty's questions were cut off by large simultaneous crashes as men in combat fatigues and carrying automatic weapons poured into the restaurant from both the front and the back and the screen went blank. Jubilee lifted her hands in instinct to attack them catching a similar movement from Bobby out of the corner of her eye, shocked exclamations passed through the crowd at the sight of the soldiers as people dropped to the ground or pushed past each other in an attempt to escape.
"Everybody on the floor now!"
The soldiers moved in as one to surround the four remaining mutants. Jubilee waited, hands up ready to strike, but held in place by Wufei's easy and relaxed stance and a quick shake of his head as the attackers entered. Jubilee was impulsive and often rash, but she wasn't stupid and she had been with the X-men long enough to know that sometimes you had to follow someone else's lead so she waited to see what Wufei would do. The soldiers had fanned out to cover the entire restaurant but kept the four remaining mutants under close watch, one of the soldiers threw collars at their feet
"Put these on."
Jubilee stared at the collars recognising the glow of the power limiters despite the change in design since the last time she had seen them. She really didn't like the idea of being powerless in front of these men but Wufei had already bent over gracefully and snapped a collar around his neck without any hesitation. Kitty had followed his example after a moments of doubtful glaring at the collar, reluctantly Jubilee picked up the collar snapping it on her neck as one of the soldiers stepped forwards threateningly at her hesitation leaving only Bobby with the use of his powers. The entire room stared at Bobby waiting to see what he would do, his feet shifted and he raised his hands, the spray of ice was halted abruptly left broken and useless as if it had hit an impenetrable barrier a foot from where the soldiers stood. The sound of a gun retort filled the room and Bobby folded falling bonelessly to the floor, somebody was screaming and it took Wufei's restraining hands on her shoulders before she realised it was herself, she stared blankly at Wufei until finally his words penetrated the fog
"It's alright, it's a fast acting tranquiliser. Jubilee, be calm."
Jubilee stared in horror still held back by Wufei as one of the soldiers stepped forward and kicked Bobby firmly in the stomach before reaching down and clipping the power limiter around his neck. In the background Kitty was shouting and crying her path blocked by a machine gun pointed firmly at her head. Some of the civilians screamed but no one had moved to help them or even protested, a year ago Jubilee would have been shocked but she had grown used to no one caring about mutants.
Standing outside Colonel John Lewis watched his men take down and restrain the mutants but he waited until the confirmation over the radio "All four mutants are secure, Sir."
Quickly acknowledging the communication he gestured to Turner and Jackson to follow him. As he entered the restaurant he took a moment to check his men's positions silently approving of the the way they had distributed themselves to cover the mutants and civilians both. His eyes flicked carefully over the unknown male mutant lying unconscious on the floor and the two unknown female mutants being restrained, he dismissed their anger and questions as irrelevant and turned his attention to the much more dangerous mutant 05. His intelligence had suggested that both 05 and 02 had been present earlier, suggesting that some advance notice had been received, enough for 02 to use his superior speed to escape but not for all the mutants to leave. His eyes flicked to the CCTV cameras and TV screens, mutant 01 had clearly managed to pick up something and pass it on no doubt he was still watching,well that could be useful if handled correctly, he needed something to draw out the rest of the zero unit. Mutant 05 stood still and unconcerned for the short time it took him to cross the room, he stopped well inside 05's carefully guarded personal space, knowing that any psychological advantages however small should be exploited
"05, where is the rest of your unit?"
"Colonel Lewis," 05 nodded politely in acknowledgement as if it was a social gathering, "I really couldn't say Sir."
Lewis refused to let the mutant see his irritation at his steady calm "I see, the legendary loyalty of zero unit at work. 02 was with you earlier and has deserted you surely your loyalty does not extend to traitors. Your own people have abandoned you 05."
05 gave no response beyond a small thin lipped smile
Turner lent forward "We have the men to canvass a 5 block radius sir."
"02 could be three states away by now Captain Turner." mutant 05 stated calmly
the colonel tapped his leg impatiently "Indeed or he could be watching us right now, have units 3 and 6 spread out and search the area." Lewis stared at mutant 05 who didn't even blink at the orders, irritated he turned to Turner "What readings do we have on these other mutants?"
"Sir, the male registers as an alpha class mutant, we witnessed his ice forming ability no other mutant abilities indicated. Female one is a beta class mutant with explosive plasma generation abilities, female two is also an alpha class mutant, readings indicate phasing ability."
"They may be useful with enough modification, load them onto the transport too and have the civilian memories wiped."
Duo slipped behind his friends into the transport, so far everything was going to their admittedly sketchy plan despite Bobby's rashness. Duo slid over to the still unconscious boy checking with quick efficiency for any signs of internal bleeding relieved to see nothing more untoward than a broken rib after the viscous kick he had received. Padding back to Wufei he surreptitiously checked the power limiter did not give any indication he had disabled it before he tapped out his medical report in Morse code on his friend's leg, Wufei shifted a foot a fraction in acknowledgement but gave no other outward sign careful not to alert the guards. Duo settled back transmitter in hand to wait for Heero's signal amused as always that X-retrieval units were still searching for him on the ground glad that Heero had been successful in removing the details of their secondary mutations from the project files. It was nearly 3 minutes before the transmitter gave it's first twitch indicating the other's had caught up to the transport, a simple tap was all that was needed to alert Wufei before he sped over to the guards closest to the hatch, he had snapped the neck of the second before the first had even hit the floor, at the other end of the holding room the other two guards were dead daggers of light cast unerringly through their hearts, Duo dropped his shields coming immediately into view he grinned holding a finger to his lips to silence the startled girls before they could cry out and give the game away.
"Calm down I need to get these collars off you and get you out of the cross fire." He whispered as Wufei collected a hypodermic from the body one of the guards and plunged it into Bobby Drake bringing him abrubtly awake
"You killed them." Kitty hissed at them with unusual vehmenence
Wufei looked up at her flatly "Yes, it was necessary." he stood with fluid grace "You have seen men killed before, your friend Wolverine does not pull his punches whatever the rest of the X-men may do."
Duo watched the uncomfortable moment as each of the young X-men acknowledged the truth of his statement and reluctantly accepted their actions.
Bobby who after a moments disorientation seemed remarkably clear headed spoke up "We aren't just some kids we have been trained by the X men, we can help you. "
Duo snorted at the thought "Not a good idea, you don't know our battle tactics, move in the wrong direction and you might get caught in friendly fire." he stated gently as he flipped the mechanism of first Jubilee's and then Kitty's collars stepping over to Bobby "This plane's about to land, jump out of the hole in the bulk head Fei'll provide and clear the area and take cover OK." Duo waited for their nods before pressing a button on the side of the transmitter "Show time."
Next part: part 7
Title: Zero X part 6
Pairing: 1x2 and 3x4 (occasional hints)
Warnings: AU, X-men cross over. This fic is unbeta'd.
Rating: PG (for now at least)
AN: I've mixed and matched parts from different X-men universes (there are so many, I can never keep them straight anyway), sorry if this offends anyone. only basic knowledge of the X-men is needed to understand the story.
links to part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5,
Heero looked up from the laptop as Duo appeared beside him "We need you to slip onto the transport with the others, we'll catch up be ready to break out we'll wait for an unpopulated area to attack." Heero handed him two small blocks "This transmitter emits static bursts on Zero's frequency at regular intervals as well as allowing you to signal us, I'll be able to track you even with their jamming systems. The other device will interfere with the explosives in the power limiters, it'll give you 10 seconds to pick the lock system or disable the limiter mechanism."
Duo grinned "10 seconds huh? That's practically an eternity to me. Anything else I need to know?"
"Try and get the kids out of the firing line but we will need you and Wufei in the attack. I'll be operating on the Zero system, so warn them to stay clear." He paused briefly "Quatre didn't tell me they were coming, I would have warned you."
Duo grinned "I know man, don't sweat it and I know Quat would have warned us if he could, he's obviously up to something complicated, I just hope the blonde martyr isn't going to get himself killed. Better get back, even I can't arrive in time to catch a transport that's already left."
Heero nodded smiling tightly and catching Duo with his eyes "Watch your back."
Jubilee stared at the empty space where Duo had been standing before looking back at Wufei who was ignoring Bobby and Kitty's questions and instead staring at the TV screen as if it held the secret of life the universe and everything. She followed his gaze to see the message had changed to random sequences of numbers and letters flashing across the screen.
"Wufei what's happening? What's going on? Is..."
Kitty's questions were cut off by large simultaneous crashes as men in combat fatigues and carrying automatic weapons poured into the restaurant from both the front and the back and the screen went blank. Jubilee lifted her hands in instinct to attack them catching a similar movement from Bobby out of the corner of her eye, shocked exclamations passed through the crowd at the sight of the soldiers as people dropped to the ground or pushed past each other in an attempt to escape.
"Everybody on the floor now!"
The soldiers moved in as one to surround the four remaining mutants. Jubilee waited, hands up ready to strike, but held in place by Wufei's easy and relaxed stance and a quick shake of his head as the attackers entered. Jubilee was impulsive and often rash, but she wasn't stupid and she had been with the X-men long enough to know that sometimes you had to follow someone else's lead so she waited to see what Wufei would do. The soldiers had fanned out to cover the entire restaurant but kept the four remaining mutants under close watch, one of the soldiers threw collars at their feet
"Put these on."
Jubilee stared at the collars recognising the glow of the power limiters despite the change in design since the last time she had seen them. She really didn't like the idea of being powerless in front of these men but Wufei had already bent over gracefully and snapped a collar around his neck without any hesitation. Kitty had followed his example after a moments of doubtful glaring at the collar, reluctantly Jubilee picked up the collar snapping it on her neck as one of the soldiers stepped forwards threateningly at her hesitation leaving only Bobby with the use of his powers. The entire room stared at Bobby waiting to see what he would do, his feet shifted and he raised his hands, the spray of ice was halted abruptly left broken and useless as if it had hit an impenetrable barrier a foot from where the soldiers stood. The sound of a gun retort filled the room and Bobby folded falling bonelessly to the floor, somebody was screaming and it took Wufei's restraining hands on her shoulders before she realised it was herself, she stared blankly at Wufei until finally his words penetrated the fog
"It's alright, it's a fast acting tranquiliser. Jubilee, be calm."
Jubilee stared in horror still held back by Wufei as one of the soldiers stepped forward and kicked Bobby firmly in the stomach before reaching down and clipping the power limiter around his neck. In the background Kitty was shouting and crying her path blocked by a machine gun pointed firmly at her head. Some of the civilians screamed but no one had moved to help them or even protested, a year ago Jubilee would have been shocked but she had grown used to no one caring about mutants.
Standing outside Colonel John Lewis watched his men take down and restrain the mutants but he waited until the confirmation over the radio "All four mutants are secure, Sir."
Quickly acknowledging the communication he gestured to Turner and Jackson to follow him. As he entered the restaurant he took a moment to check his men's positions silently approving of the the way they had distributed themselves to cover the mutants and civilians both. His eyes flicked carefully over the unknown male mutant lying unconscious on the floor and the two unknown female mutants being restrained, he dismissed their anger and questions as irrelevant and turned his attention to the much more dangerous mutant 05. His intelligence had suggested that both 05 and 02 had been present earlier, suggesting that some advance notice had been received, enough for 02 to use his superior speed to escape but not for all the mutants to leave. His eyes flicked to the CCTV cameras and TV screens, mutant 01 had clearly managed to pick up something and pass it on no doubt he was still watching,well that could be useful if handled correctly, he needed something to draw out the rest of the zero unit. Mutant 05 stood still and unconcerned for the short time it took him to cross the room, he stopped well inside 05's carefully guarded personal space, knowing that any psychological advantages however small should be exploited
"05, where is the rest of your unit?"
"Colonel Lewis," 05 nodded politely in acknowledgement as if it was a social gathering, "I really couldn't say Sir."
Lewis refused to let the mutant see his irritation at his steady calm "I see, the legendary loyalty of zero unit at work. 02 was with you earlier and has deserted you surely your loyalty does not extend to traitors. Your own people have abandoned you 05."
05 gave no response beyond a small thin lipped smile
Turner lent forward "We have the men to canvass a 5 block radius sir."
"02 could be three states away by now Captain Turner." mutant 05 stated calmly
the colonel tapped his leg impatiently "Indeed or he could be watching us right now, have units 3 and 6 spread out and search the area." Lewis stared at mutant 05 who didn't even blink at the orders, irritated he turned to Turner "What readings do we have on these other mutants?"
"Sir, the male registers as an alpha class mutant, we witnessed his ice forming ability no other mutant abilities indicated. Female one is a beta class mutant with explosive plasma generation abilities, female two is also an alpha class mutant, readings indicate phasing ability."
"They may be useful with enough modification, load them onto the transport too and have the civilian memories wiped."
Duo slipped behind his friends into the transport, so far everything was going to their admittedly sketchy plan despite Bobby's rashness. Duo slid over to the still unconscious boy checking with quick efficiency for any signs of internal bleeding relieved to see nothing more untoward than a broken rib after the viscous kick he had received. Padding back to Wufei he surreptitiously checked the power limiter did not give any indication he had disabled it before he tapped out his medical report in Morse code on his friend's leg, Wufei shifted a foot a fraction in acknowledgement but gave no other outward sign careful not to alert the guards. Duo settled back transmitter in hand to wait for Heero's signal amused as always that X-retrieval units were still searching for him on the ground glad that Heero had been successful in removing the details of their secondary mutations from the project files. It was nearly 3 minutes before the transmitter gave it's first twitch indicating the other's had caught up to the transport, a simple tap was all that was needed to alert Wufei before he sped over to the guards closest to the hatch, he had snapped the neck of the second before the first had even hit the floor, at the other end of the holding room the other two guards were dead daggers of light cast unerringly through their hearts, Duo dropped his shields coming immediately into view he grinned holding a finger to his lips to silence the startled girls before they could cry out and give the game away.
"Calm down I need to get these collars off you and get you out of the cross fire." He whispered as Wufei collected a hypodermic from the body one of the guards and plunged it into Bobby Drake bringing him abrubtly awake
"You killed them." Kitty hissed at them with unusual vehmenence
Wufei looked up at her flatly "Yes, it was necessary." he stood with fluid grace "You have seen men killed before, your friend Wolverine does not pull his punches whatever the rest of the X-men may do."
Duo watched the uncomfortable moment as each of the young X-men acknowledged the truth of his statement and reluctantly accepted their actions.
Bobby who after a moments disorientation seemed remarkably clear headed spoke up "We aren't just some kids we have been trained by the X men, we can help you. "
Duo snorted at the thought "Not a good idea, you don't know our battle tactics, move in the wrong direction and you might get caught in friendly fire." he stated gently as he flipped the mechanism of first Jubilee's and then Kitty's collars stepping over to Bobby "This plane's about to land, jump out of the hole in the bulk head Fei'll provide and clear the area and take cover OK." Duo waited for their nods before pressing a button on the side of the transmitter "Show time."
Next part: part 7