“No, Your Majesty,” the old man murmured in reply. “I don’t believe we do.” “In other words,” Heero turned back and smirked at the messenger, “why should we go to all the trouble of returning them to you at all?” The messenger stiffened in alarm. “King Yuy --” “Unless King El wants to come to my city and join in the manhunt himself, it’s pretty much out of his hands, wouldn’t you say?” Heero’s smirk vanished, and his eyes glittered. “Have no worries, Elto. I will deal with the traitorous scum myself. If you really want, you can have what’s left over when we’re done.” Elto’s representative breathed a sigh of relief. “Thank you, Your Majesty. I have with me a list of the physical descriptions of each of the rebels --” “Give it to the Captain of the Guard. Since you said the rebels had already crossed into Yusankyo, we can’t waste any more time in getting the hunt underway, can we?” Heero stood abruptly from his throne and began pacing. “Once you’ve given us the information, kindly give my regards to King El, will you?” “Certainly, Your Majesty,” the messenger murmured, biting hard against a more scathing reply. He tried not to show his humiliation at this abrupt treatment in front of the entire Yusankyo court as he handed the dispatch to the burly man who’d approached him and the King proceeded to methodically ignore him, but once his business was done he collected his retainer and fled the throne room as quickly as his dignity would allow. Heero stared after him, absently rubbing his shoulder. “Wonder what bit him,” he muttered, then decided it wasn’t important. “Rashid -- prepare the Maguanacs for a seek and destroy mission.” “Aye, Your Majesty,” the Captain of the Guard replied, bowing deeply. He was a tall, imposing, wild-haired man, but his ferocious exterior hid a surprisingly good-natured soul, and his loyalty was unquestionable. “And especially be careful about that -- knight, ha, he was a Champion, wasn’t he?” Heero began pacing again, ice-blue eyes narrowed in thought. “On second thought, Rashid, hunting him down will be a little harder, won’t it?” “Difficult, Your Majesty, but not impossible,” Rashid agreed, with a hint of pride for the elite soldier corps he captained. “Or would you rather we captured him alive?” “Alive?” Heero cocked his head to one side in surprise. “I would think that would be more difficult, not less...” He trailed off as he remembered what the messenger had said; Premier Knight of Elto, and skill with the sword unparalleled.
Re: Tenku no GUNDAM
Date: 2006-02-21 06:43 am (UTC)“In other words,” Heero turned back and smirked at the messenger, “why should we go to all the trouble of returning them to you at all?”
The messenger stiffened in alarm. “King Yuy --”
“Unless King El wants to come to my city and join in the manhunt himself, it’s pretty much out of his hands, wouldn’t you say?” Heero’s smirk vanished, and his eyes glittered. “Have no worries, Elto. I will deal with the traitorous scum myself. If you really want, you can have what’s left over when we’re done.”
Elto’s representative breathed a sigh of relief. “Thank you, Your Majesty. I have with me a list of the physical descriptions of each of the rebels --”
“Give it to the Captain of the Guard. Since you said the rebels had already crossed into Yusankyo, we can’t waste any more time in getting the hunt underway, can we?” Heero stood abruptly from his throne and began pacing. “Once you’ve given us the information, kindly give my regards to King El, will you?”
“Certainly, Your Majesty,” the messenger murmured, biting hard against a more scathing reply. He tried not to show his humiliation at this abrupt treatment in front of the entire Yusankyo court as he handed the dispatch to the burly man who’d approached him and the King proceeded to methodically ignore him, but once his business was done he collected his retainer and fled the throne room as quickly as his dignity would allow.
Heero stared after him, absently rubbing his shoulder. “Wonder what bit him,” he muttered, then decided it wasn’t important. “Rashid -- prepare the Maguanacs for a seek and destroy mission.”
“Aye, Your Majesty,” the Captain of the Guard replied, bowing deeply. He was a tall, imposing, wild-haired man, but his ferocious exterior hid a surprisingly good-natured soul, and his loyalty was unquestionable.
“And especially be careful about that -- knight, ha, he was a Champion, wasn’t he?” Heero began pacing again, ice-blue eyes narrowed in thought. “On second thought, Rashid, hunting him down will be a little harder, won’t it?”
“Difficult, Your Majesty, but not impossible,” Rashid agreed, with a hint of pride for the elite soldier corps he captained. “Or would you rather we captured him alive?”
“Alive?” Heero cocked his head to one side in surprise. “I would think that would be more difficult, not less...” He trailed off as he remembered what the messenger had said; Premier Knight of Elto, and skill with the sword unparalleled.