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Chapter Summary: The scene where Duo shoots Heero. Enough said.

$- blah -$ Duo thinking to Heero
#- blah -# Heero thinking to Duo
/$ blah $/ Duo's private thoughts
/# blah #/ Heero's private thoughts
(+ blah +) Relena's thoughts

AN: We know who they are, but, as of this time, they don't know. Just to make it easier on me – not having to come up with descriptions from the other point of view – I'll just go ahead and use their names. Also, all spoken text came from the subtitles on the DVDs.

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Stone-faced, Heero rose from inside the submarine as three torpedoes lowered towards the submarine's deck. /# What is she doing here? #/ he thought upon hearing Relena call his name.

$- Maybe she thinks she can get you to stop whatever you're doing. -$ Duo's voice echoed clearly inside Heero's head.

#- I hope not. I have to complete this mission -# Heero sent back in reply, hearing Relena walking across the gang plank.

"So it is you, Heero," Relena said as she continued walking towards him. Seeing the torpedoes that he was preparing to launch she said, "No, Heero. Don't do it."

/# What does she think I'm gonna do? Just a few more … what the! #/ Heero thought as she walked up behind him and cried out to him.

"Heero, what are you doing? Tell me! Who are you anyway? Those are torpedoes, right? I can tell! I want to know who you are. Talk to me, Heero!" (+ If he'd talk to me I could convince him to come with me back to my place and maybe get him into my bed. +)

/# What is with this girl? I'm not going to tell her who I am; and of course those are torpedoes. What else would I use to destroy my gundam? I'll try it again. Maybe this time, with a gun in her face, she'll believe me. #/ Smirking inwardly at that thought, Heero turned to look back at Relena, figuring out exactly where she was at so he could aim his gun in the correct direction. Ascertaining where she was at he started, "Relena …"

Seeing she had what she thought was his adoring attention, Relena smiled and interrupted with a loudly sighed, "Heero …"

/# Yuck! #/ Heero thought as he finished turning towards her. Raising his gun so that it was aimed at her he continued, as if she hadn't interrupted, "You're in too deep." Laughing inside as he heard her frightened gasp and watched her rock back in surprise he finished, "Good-bye Relena." He began to pull the trigger to shoot her but another gunshot was heard, coming from behind him. He looked over his shoulder and saw a bullet heading right for his arm, too late for him to move away from it.

$- What are you doing Blue Eyes? -$

#- I'm trying to shoot this pesky female, but someone just shot at me. -# Heero sighed inwardly as he dropped his gun and fell to the deck, rolling to face the direction the shot had come from.

Relena, having figured out that the shot hadn't hit her, lowered her arms. She looked around, trying to spot Heero, and finally found him on the deck. She cried his name as he finally managed to get to his knees.

Grunting in pain, and at the amount effort it took, Heero raised his head, looked in the direction the shot had come from and asked "Who are you!"

The guy Heero was looking at was dressed in all black and wearing a baseball cap low over his face so no one could see his eyes clearly. Instead of answering Heero's question the boy readjusted his stance, keeping Heero in his sights, and said "It's pretty obvious that you're the bad guy here. Are you all right, lady?"

Instead of answering the unknown fellow, Relena moved towards Heero and asked "Heero! Are you okay!"

Ignoring Relena, Heero tried to get his gun. The unknown fellow, his long braid flying behind him as he moved, shot the gun out of Heero's reach, injuring Heero's right leg at the same time. #- Ouch! This guy has incredible aim with his gun. -# Heero thought as he fell to the deck once more and watched as the boy with the braid approached him.

"Don't overdo it; remember, you're injured," the boy with the braid, Duo, stated as he approached the boy in the green tank top, who he could tell was a member of his race, a sire to be exact. Not knowing it was his mate he'd shot at, he responded to his mate's statement with $- Why don't you give up? He won't keep shooting if you stay down. -$

Heero tried to get up on his feet again. #- Not a chance. I can't fail this mission. -#

Just then Relena stepped between Heero and his assailant. (+ If I get this guy to stop shooting, I'll be able to help Heero and he'll thank me by becoming my boyfriend. +) Holding her arms out, as if to block Heero from sight, she cried at the other boy, "Stop it! Why do you wanna shoot him!"

"Wait a minute," Duo said in confusion as he watched Relena tear her skirt and start wrapping Heero's arm and leg. Lowering his gun, he raised his free hand to his head, still confused and asked aloud, more to himself than to the other two on the deck, "Great! How did I end up the bad guy here?"

Just then an alarm went off. Duo lowered his arm and looked at what appeared to be a watch on his wrist and muttered, "It's already risen this high. Must've miscalculated the tide," and then looked towards the open water where two gundams could barely be seen.

Relena also looked toward the open water. She had finished bandaging Heero and had turned to look at the unknown boy just in time to see him turn to look at the sea. "What in the world is that?"

Before she could get a good look she was blinded by a bright light. The light was accompanied by the voice of the boy holding the light. "Don't look. Lady, I'm sure you have your reasons for being here … but you'd better just leave. Do yourself a favor."

As Relena tried to block the light, Heero took off for the torpedoes. His move drew Duo's attention, who shouted, "Haven't had enough!" while he fired several shots at Heero as he jumped onto the torpedoes.

From on top of the torpedoes Heero called out, "So it IS my mobile suit!" He then slammed his fist on the ignition control of the torpedoes. As the torpedoes headed for the open water, and the gundams heading towards shore, Heero flew backwards towards the water.

Disbelief in his voice Duo cried out, "What are you doing, fool!" which echoed strangely in Heero's mind as if it had been cried out mentally as well.

Just before hitting the water Heero said, "Finally, everything is finished. Mission, complete." He hit the water and passed out just as the torpedoes reached the gundams and exploded.

As the bright light of the explosion spread on the horizon, Duo cried out, "No!" but whether it was for the boy now passed out face down in the water or the sinking gundams is unknown. He looked down at the water where Heero floated and muttered, "Damn it. He knows Gundanium's impact tolerance. Which means he's the pilot of the mobile suit." Taking a step towards the edge of the deck he thought /$ Uh-oh! That's got to be Blue Eyes down there. This is not gonna be good, especially when he finds out it was me shooting at him. $/

Relena, still in shock over what she'd just witnessed, quietly asked, "Who are these guys?"