Gailstorm: Hmm, I suppose I have to put up a disclaimer. I don't own Gundam Wing. Nobody sue, because I don't have any money any way.
Duo Maxwell: Now you can finally read the story!

Jenny pulled her jacket tighter across her shoulders as the wind blew harder. Her worn yellow jacket was the only one she owned. It was almost midnight as she made her way back to the dorm. She was coming home from watching a movie at the local movie theater. The moon was hidden by a cloudy sky so the night seemed darker than usual. Jenny decided that it was just her over active imagination playing tricks on her. However, she couldn't shake the eerie feeling that overshadowed her. It was partly the movie's fault. She'd gone to see The Others, by herself. While, the movie wasn't that scary it still made her a little jumpy. The worst part of the walk home was going past the old research lab. There wasn't much lighting and way to many trees. Images of someone jumping out from between the trees and grabbing her kept pushing their way into her other thoughts. As she got closer to the building, she thought she heard voices. One voice in particular sounded extremely angry. There were others but they weren't quite as loud. She hoped that whoever was lurking in the woods would leave before she got any closer. Jenny heard a soft mumbling and then the voices went quiet. " Good", she thought to herself, " they are probably leaving." Confident, she walked past unafraid. Jenny felt something extremely hard slam into her stomach. She uttered a small, " ugh" before falling to the ground. Her world quickly faded to black.
When she woke up a few minutes later her position had changed dramatically. She was on her back surrounded by trees. Jenny could feel the moist soil underneath her hands. The pain in her stomach came back all to quickly. She clutched her stomach and rolled one side. " Ow. What happened? ", she complained. For the first time she noticed that there was someone else in the woods with her. Turning cautiously to her left she saw a group of four standing a little way off. Their faces were hidden by the dark and they were arguing amongst themselves. She listened carefully. " It's a girl. You just hit a girl." Another voice said, " Calm down Quatre. We didn't know who was out there." Jenny tried to get up without attracting their attention, but a silent figure stopped her. In what little light there was she could tell that it was a boy who had his foot firmly planted on her chest. " You aren't going any where onna.", he said in a low voice. Jenny couldn't speak, his shoe was cutting off her air supply. The other four turned to face them when the boy spoke. She squirmed under his foot trying to get free. Her lungs were screaming for air. " Wufei, lay off. She can't help us if you kill her.", said a dry voice. The boy removed his foot, and she jumped to her feet. Before she could get away, he grabbed her arm and twisted it behind her back. After seeing that he wasn't going to let her move, she coughed and said hoarsely, " Let me go. Just let me get home. I don't have any money or anything." One of them said, " We aren't going to rob you. We just need some help." She swallowed before saying, " I don't think I can give you the help you need. If you let me go I promise I won't tell anyone about you." Someone laughed slightly and said, " She thinks we're crazy." The boy behind her said harshly, " You are crazy, Maxwell." She blinked in surprise. How did these people know her last name? The dry voice spoke again, " Come on. We can't do anything standing here in the dark." Jenny could hear people pushing through the trees. The grip on her arm tightened as Wufei her pulled out into the open. By that time, the moon had reappeared from behind the clouds and illuminated the night. The moonlight gave her a good look at them. The boy standing closest to her had blonde hair. She could see confusion in his blue green eyes. He asked, " Where are we?" Jenny said without thinking, " Wilson." She got the impression that they didn't know what she was talking about, so she kept going, " Texas..., the United States." A boy with a long braid nodded and she knew they understood. For someone reason maybe just to be contrary she kept going, " planet earth, between Venus and Mars." Wufie squeezed her arm and said angrily, " Shut up." "Whatever", she muttered, " You asked." No one said anything so Jenny decided to break the silence, " Okay, you said you needed my help. What can I possibly help you with." " What is your name?" The question came from a boy with dark brown hair and dark blue eyes. She hesitated before answering, " Jenny Maxwell" The boy with the braid said, " Well, we've got something in common." She was about to say that Maxwell wasn't that uncommon of a last name when she was interrupted by another question. " What is this place?" " West Linden College.", she answered. He asked her another question, " What are you doing here?" Fearing that her mouth might get her into trouble again she said, " At the moment I'm trying to get away from you, so I can get home. But I suppose that's not the answer you're looking for. I actually go to college here." " How old are you?" This time the question came from a boy with light brown hair sticking out in a weird fashion. He was looking at her with his eyes slightly narrowed. " Just turned seventeen.", she told them. Their questions stopped for the time being. The boy with the dark blue eyes said, " If you are going to help us I suppose you should know something about our situation." " What a minute!", Jenny yelled. She was not at all sure that she wanted to be mixed up in whatever was going on. " Why do you want me to help. Ask someone else. I'm no good. I swear." Wufei growled, and the next thing she knew she was on her knees with a gun to her head. " Stupid girl quit yelling. Unfortunately, we are stuck with you. There is no one else around to give us assistance. It is a matter of necessity only. Do shut up and listen." She stiffened as the cold metal touched her forehead, but remained quiet. The greened-eyed boy said, " Wufei put your gun away. This kind of treatment isn't likely to make her want to cooperate." The gun left her forehead, but he wouldn't let her get up. The blonde boy sighed and said, " My name is Quatre Raberba Winner. We were visiting the L2 colonies when something happened. We're not quite sure what, but we woke up in those woods. Our gundams also seemed to have disappeared. I don't suppose that anyone in this community has seen any of our mobile suits?"
Jenny looked up at them blankly. What in the world were they talking about? L2 colonies, what were they? Was it a slang word for some country? She'd never heard of gundams or mobile suits. She grew exasperated. Quatre seemed to be nicer than the others. Why was he talking gibberish? " I don't know what you're talking about. What's a gundam? I've never heard of the L2 colonies." Her protests seemed to shock only Quatre and the Maxwell boy. The other two looked completely unfazed. "Hn, what year is this?", was the only response she got from them. " 2001. It's December 10, 2001.", she answered somewhat confused. " Injustice! Why do you lie?", screamed the boy who kept her from standing up. He pushed her down so violently that her head hit the ground with a sickening thud. The world seemed to swim around her for a second or two. Nobody moved not even Wufei to regain his hold on her. In that split second, she made her move. Instead of running like a smarter person would have done, she whirled around so that she was face to face with her attacker. His hair was blacker than the night and was pulled back out of his face. He glared at her with his dark black eyes glittering angrily. As anger grew inside of her, thoughts came flying into her head. " How dare this boy treat her so. He couldn't be any older than she was. She'd done nothing but answer all their questions honestly. And what did he do? Threatened her with a gun, hurt her, and called her a liar." White fire seemed to burst forth from inside her, filling her entire body with its heat. All she could see was the black haired boy smirking in front of her. Jenny felt somewhat dizzy and her face hurt, but she couldn't remember why. The heat enveloped her brain causing her to forget everything and charge forward.
For the second time that night, Jenny came to lying on the ground in the dark woods. This time, however, she felt a whole lot worse. Her head throbbed, and her face ached. She seemed to have acquired more bruises since the last time she was awake. The last thing she remembered was staring at the smirking face of Wufei. A pleasant voice that could only belong to Quatre whispered, " Ms. Maxwell, are you alright. " " I think so.", she whispered back. " My head feels rather strange, don't know why though." He whispered again, " We think that you may be suffering from a minor concussion." " We?", said Jenny as she opened her eyes. Quatre and the boy with the strange hair sat on either side of her. " What just happened? I can't seem to remember." They didn't answer her. " This is turning out to be one weird night.", she whispered. " Why are we whispering?", she asked in a confused tone. Again Quatre answered, " You and Wufei did make a lot of noise, and we seem to have attracted some unwanted attention." That would explain why they were back in the woods. Jenny stood up slowly feeling weak and sore. Wufei and the Maxwell boy stood some distance away locked in some sort of argument. The other boy with the dark brown hair stood behind a tree silently watching whoever was walking by. She saw the gleam of something silver in his hands. " What is it with these guys and guns?", she thought to herself. Jenny was suddenly afraid for the person he was so silently watching. Moving slowly, and trying not to make a sound she made her way towards the boy with the gun. Quatre and the other boy followed closely behind her. Peering through the tree branches she saw the cause of their alarm. Strolling back and forth in front of the small forest were two campus policemen. They seemed to be debating on whether or not to enter the dark woods. Jenny hoped that they would just walk away. There was no telling what these boys would do, and she didn't want anyone to get hurt. The situation made a turn for the worse when the younger cop began to walk towards them. She decided to take action. She turned towards Quatre and whispered urgently, " Do you trust me. I think I can take care of the problem without anyone getting hurt." Quatre himself was looking a little worried. His eyes widened at her question, but he nodded his yes. Trowa stared at them but his face remained expressionless. " Come with me then. Oh, and if this works you have to let me go." He followed her as she walked swiftly towards a break in the woods that was some distance away from the other boys. Just as the policeman was about to come face to face with a deadly weapon, Jenny let out a loud sobbing sort of shriek. She put one arm around Quatre's shoulders using him as a crutch and propelled him out into the open.
She began to cry even louder so as to catch the attention of the other police officer. They both took off running towards the sound of her voice. The younger one reached them first seeing as he was closer. He said, " What happened. Are you okay?" Jenny cried a little more trying to wait for the second cop to get there. Most of her tears weren't fake, the pounding in her head was becoming almost unbearable. She concocted a story about a man who had stolen her purse. In between sniffles and tears she explained that she had been walking home from the movies alone when she'd been attacked. The tall man with possibly red hair had come out of nowhere and had grabbed hold of her purse. After seeing that she wasn't going to give up her purse without a fight, the man had begun to beat her. Her attacker finally took her purse and left her in a dead faint on the ground. Jenny introduced Quatre as a nice boy who was coming home late from work. She told the police that he found her lying on the ground on his way back to James Hall. By then Quatre was able to help out a little with her story and added that he was trying to help her get safely back to her dorm. The officers asked her many questions about her "attacker." She made things up as best as she could. Finally, the men left to report the incident leaving her with gentle admonitions about walking alone at night. They watched from their car as Quatre walked her to the door of her dorm. Finally, the police car drove away leaving them alone as before. Jenny took her arm from around Quatre's neck. She pulled open the door and moved to go inside but stopped and said, " I hope I never see you five boys again." Her voice softened a bit and she looked earnestly into his blue green eyes as she said, " I do hope you find someone that can help you." She closed the door leaving a slightly saddened boy behind her in the dark.


(A/N: Jenny goes berserk kind of like Orson does in Record of Lodoss War)