“Hey Duo. We’ve got Company.” Trowa said darkly on the screen.
“Oh Shit. Ohh looks like two Leos.” Duo cursed over the screen.
Duo and Trowa put thier suits into high gear and readied themselves for battle.
Leo one immediatly went after Duo fireing a spray of bullets. He brought the deathscythe into the air and swung his scythe in a beautiful perfected arch brining it crashing down on the Leo’s head. He felt the scythe shudder as it sliced through the Leo. He smiled as the suit exploded into scrapes around him.
He turned to see how Trowa was doing. He saw another two suits come towards the Heavyarms as Trowa finished up the second Leo.
“Trowa! Behind you!” Duo yelled.
Trowa turned and quickly dodged the missiles from the closest suit. But he caught a missile in the torso of the suit.
Duo gasped in horror as he saw Trowa’s face contort in pain and then go limp as his head hit the walls of the cockpit. He was knocked out cold. Blood was gushing from the cut above his right eyebrow.
“No!” Duo yelled. He fan over to where the broken suit layed. He turned towards the leo suits and charged at the on-coming Leo. His scythe was extended out in front of him. The thermo-nuclear blade ran quickly through the suit.
Dred ran through him as he began to realise that his only weapon was damaged and the scythe’s blade faded away. The suit that was left was too far away for him to dismatle hand-to-hand.He thought to himself ’the true Shinigami is coming to claim me.’ He closed his eyes and waited for his death.
ZZzzing! KA-Boom! Duo open his eyes to see his friends but instead it was a strange suit. One he had never seen before. It had a tail and claws and huge black wings like his own suit. It carried a tall staff with three huge blades sticking out of it. ‘It’s obviously gundanium.’ he thought to himself.
He hit the button to send a transmission to the unknown suit. He looked up from his controls to the screen. His eyes grew wide and he started to stutter. “You’re…You’re…”
Staring back at him was a girl aroud his age. She had long red hair and deep brown eyes. She had a small round nose that seemed too small for her face. She had a square jaw and a wide mouth framed with rosey lips.
She looked at him and cocked an eyebrow, “I’m sorry to have crashed your party. But you didn’t look like you were having much fun.” She said sarcastically.
“Who the hell are you?” he asked bluntly, still astonished at who he was looking at.
“You can call me Pheonix. Is that how they thank people on earth or are you being very rude?” She asked. A dark look went across her face.
“Where do you come from?” He asked suspicously.
“No, I’ll ask the questions now. Who ARE you? And how many of them are there?” She asked looking down and pointing the Gundam suit arm at the Broken Heavyarms.
Then he realized that Trowa had been laying in the cockpit, unconsious. “Shit.” He cussed to himself. He opened the deathscythe’s cockpit and jumped down to where the suit lay. He opened the cockpit of the damaged suit. He saw his friend’s face. It was bloody and slack.
Duo grabbed him by the wrist and started to tug him out of the cockpit. He heard Trowa groan in pain.
“Don’t do that. His shoulder is out of joint.” The mysterious girl said behind him. She walked over besides him and looked down at Trowa with a look of concentration on her face.
“Why the hell do you care?” he said “You don’t even know him.” he turned to her his face twisted with anger and mistrust.
She turned and looked him in the eyes. Her face was contorted with anger and impatience.” I care because I HAVE MY FUCKING REASONS. I could have easily let those tin cans finish you off…Hell I could’ve done it myself!” She yelled jabbing a slender finger at his chest. “Christ! People are becoming so ungrateful!” She muttered.
He glanced at his friend, laying in the cockpit unconscous. The mysterious girl leaned over him and put her index and middle fingers under his jaw searching for a pulse. She reached in the back of her belt and took out a funny looking gadget.
Duo looked over her shoulder. He glanced at the funny looking instrument. “What’s that for?” he asked her.
“It’s for giving painkillers.” She said putting it on Trowa’s arm and pressing the trigger. Trowa flinched. Duo felt dred wash over him. ‘Why was he letting her do this?’ he asked himself. His conscience told him to let her help. He argued in his mind.
She put the small thing back into it’s pouch and pulled out a little vile of smelling salts. She opened it and waved it under Trowa’s nose. He came spluttering back to life.
“What the?” Trowa asked his slurring his words together as he looking wearly at her from the cockpit.
“Get up. I’m gonna set your shoulder back before the painkillers die out.” she said emotionless.
Trowa glanced at her face and then at Duo’s which was white with grief for his friend’s welfare. Trowa stood up slowly, cradeling his injured arm in his chest. His shoulder was at forward at an awkward angle.
Pheonix turned and looked at Duo. “You” she said pointing at Duo.”Stand behind him.” she ordered.
Trowa silently watched as her hand slid down his shoulder to his wrist and the other hand was placed on his bad soulder.
“1….2….3” She yanked his wrist back and jerked her hand on his shoulder back at the same time. It popped back into place.
Trowa’s teeth were clenched and his face was drained of all colour. He collapsed onto Duo, knocking him backwards into the cockpit.
“Uhh…” The girl muttered as she fell forward onto Duo and Trowa. Duo looked up and saw Heero Yuy standing over him with his pistol gripped by the barrel.
“Get her off, quick.” Duo ordered.
Heero Yuy picked the limp girl up and set her on the suit besides the cockpit.
“Who is she?” He asked. He squatted over her lifting her face with two fingers under the chin.
“I…I don’t know. She told me her name was Pheonix. She helped us out when we were attacked by the Leos.” He answered like it meant nothing to him.
“Heero Yuy…Who’s this?” Quatre asked as he climbed up the suit looking at the girl.” Ohh man, did she do this?” He asked looking wild eyed at Duo who was still had Trowa in his arms.
“No…she was helping us. We were attacked.” Duo said loking up at Quatre.
“When she comes to, we’ll ask her some more questions. For now we’ll bound her arms and legs and take her weapons.” Heero Yuy said looking down at her.