Empathy
By Nyassa Kaiba
Prologue
"Come on Princess! We've got to get out of here!" Natari dragged Relena down the hall of space battleship Libra. Smoke billowed behind them as Natari's detonator set off the smoke bombs. The detonator was Dr. N's latest invention. It would detonate only if it moved within range of the bomb in question. The idea was to create a fog bank that would confuse snipers trying to get a clear shot.
Relena found herself dragged to a docking port empty of anything except Natari's enormous Blue Zero Gundam. "Into the passenger seat!" Natari ushered her.
;"Which one?" Unlike the Wing Zero the Blue Zero had been built with a passenger seat for rescue or body guard missions. And the Zero System activated only when the button was pushed.
"The one in the back." Natari said quickly. Relena vaulted into the back seat. "Oh no." Natari stated. Dorothy Catalonia had made her way through the smoke. "Not the scary lady with the huge eyebrows!"
Dorothy grinned at having been able to find them. Dorothy pulled something out of her jacket pocket, pulled something out of it with her teeth, and threw it into the cockpit.
"ABUNAI!!!!!" Natari cried. A blue and silver gas grenade landed in the cockpit just as the door was closing. "Come on Blue Zero you hunk of junk! Let's get out of here!!!" The Gundam slowly hummed to life, but so were the mobile dolls around them. "Shit, she's booted the Mobile Dolls." The Blue Zero beeped. "Full power, stand back Princess we're getting OUT of here!" The Blue Zero shot out to the edge of range, then Natari sent a low power missile into the hanger. Dorothy was by then long gone, but it left the mobile dolls within completely useless. Then, a single Virgo came out of the Hangar firing. Natari was streaking away, dodging the shots aimed at her. "Catch me! Like you even could, *thhhhhbbbbbbbb*!!" Bird mode. A wing was shot off. "Yah! Jeezz!! Dorothy doesn't take these things that lightly does she?" Another shot skimmed the paint and armor. "I WAS ONLY KIDDING ABOUT THE EYEBROWS YOU FUCKING BITCH!!!!!! Touchy isn't she?" Another one left a huge dent in the back of the mobile suit. "I just had the fucking thing DETAILED!!! That's it…" Natari turned the Gundam around and charged, beam saber out and aimed to kill. At the last second she dodged away, a feint, before charging in and sticking the beam saber down through the mobile doll's head. Natari pulled out, went back to bird mode, and left the place at the highest speed she could without hurting Relena. Once they were out of Libra's territory Natari turned her attention to the gas grenade. It had gone off while they were fighting. "There's nothing for it. It's gone off."
"What was in it?" Relena asked, looking over Natari's shoulder.
"Mentasynth gas. We've got…" Natari calculated quickly. "15 minutes until the stuff starts to take effect, and if somebody rescues us, then we're gonna end up giving it to whoever answers the door. There's no antidote either, although Dr. N is working on one."
"What's Mentasynth gas?"
"It was originally a gene manipulation, then Oz decided to use it for a weapon and White Fang stole it from them. It spreads like a virus, but diffuses into a range of only 15 feet. We're crammed into eight feet of space, so there's no escaping it. It's not contagious, but if you breath the gas, you're stuck."
Relena's blood ran cold. "What does it do?"
"It gives empathy, telepathy, and one helluva headache. I can put us into stasis though, so that it goes more slowly. You really don't want to be conscious when it kicks in. It's torture."
"If it's that painful, I'd rather it go faster than slower." Relena said absently.
"Okay then, I'm sending out a distress beacon. It's gonna home in on Wing Zero n' whatever ship it's docked in." Natari got to work programming the homer. "Probe away!"
By Nyassa Kaiba
Prologue
"Come on Princess! We've got to get out of here!" Natari dragged Relena down the hall of space battleship Libra. Smoke billowed behind them as Natari's detonator set off the smoke bombs. The detonator was Dr. N's latest invention. It would detonate only if it moved within range of the bomb in question. The idea was to create a fog bank that would confuse snipers trying to get a clear shot.
Relena found herself dragged to a docking port empty of anything except Natari's enormous Blue Zero Gundam. "Into the passenger seat!" Natari ushered her.
;"Which one?" Unlike the Wing Zero the Blue Zero had been built with a passenger seat for rescue or body guard missions. And the Zero System activated only when the button was pushed.
"The one in the back." Natari said quickly. Relena vaulted into the back seat. "Oh no." Natari stated. Dorothy Catalonia had made her way through the smoke. "Not the scary lady with the huge eyebrows!"
Dorothy grinned at having been able to find them. Dorothy pulled something out of her jacket pocket, pulled something out of it with her teeth, and threw it into the cockpit.
"ABUNAI!!!!!" Natari cried. A blue and silver gas grenade landed in the cockpit just as the door was closing. "Come on Blue Zero you hunk of junk! Let's get out of here!!!" The Gundam slowly hummed to life, but so were the mobile dolls around them. "Shit, she's booted the Mobile Dolls." The Blue Zero beeped. "Full power, stand back Princess we're getting OUT of here!" The Blue Zero shot out to the edge of range, then Natari sent a low power missile into the hanger. Dorothy was by then long gone, but it left the mobile dolls within completely useless. Then, a single Virgo came out of the Hangar firing. Natari was streaking away, dodging the shots aimed at her. "Catch me! Like you even could, *thhhhhbbbbbbbb*!!" Bird mode. A wing was shot off. "Yah! Jeezz!! Dorothy doesn't take these things that lightly does she?" Another shot skimmed the paint and armor. "I WAS ONLY KIDDING ABOUT THE EYEBROWS YOU FUCKING BITCH!!!!!! Touchy isn't she?" Another one left a huge dent in the back of the mobile suit. "I just had the fucking thing DETAILED!!! That's it…" Natari turned the Gundam around and charged, beam saber out and aimed to kill. At the last second she dodged away, a feint, before charging in and sticking the beam saber down through the mobile doll's head. Natari pulled out, went back to bird mode, and left the place at the highest speed she could without hurting Relena. Once they were out of Libra's territory Natari turned her attention to the gas grenade. It had gone off while they were fighting. "There's nothing for it. It's gone off."
"What was in it?" Relena asked, looking over Natari's shoulder.
"Mentasynth gas. We've got…" Natari calculated quickly. "15 minutes until the stuff starts to take effect, and if somebody rescues us, then we're gonna end up giving it to whoever answers the door. There's no antidote either, although Dr. N is working on one."
"What's Mentasynth gas?"
"It was originally a gene manipulation, then Oz decided to use it for a weapon and White Fang stole it from them. It spreads like a virus, but diffuses into a range of only 15 feet. We're crammed into eight feet of space, so there's no escaping it. It's not contagious, but if you breath the gas, you're stuck."
Relena's blood ran cold. "What does it do?"
"It gives empathy, telepathy, and one helluva headache. I can put us into stasis though, so that it goes more slowly. You really don't want to be conscious when it kicks in. It's torture."
"If it's that painful, I'd rather it go faster than slower." Relena said absently.
"Okay then, I'm sending out a distress beacon. It's gonna home in on Wing Zero n' whatever ship it's docked in." Natari got to work programming the homer. "Probe away!"