Author's Note: Ace Rayer is my own personal character, (duh, just
look at my penname) but I don't own any of the others, unless I decide to
make some up later on. I don't own Gundam Wing (though I WISH I did), or
any of the characters, so suing me would not only be pointless, but I also
have no money to speak of. Hah. Okey dokey, on to the fic.
The year is After Colony 198. Peace still reigns throughout the Earth sphere, which has expanded to include the planet Mars. The Kronos Corporation, based on mars, is the primary source of Neo – Titanium, a main element used in the creation of shuttles, which comes from their extensive mining operation on Mars. The five former Gundam pilots have "retired" to the colonies. Duo Maxwell, one-time pilot of Gundam Deathscythe, went back to the L2 cluster and restarted his salvage operation, with the help of his girlfriend, Hilde Schbeiker. Trowa Barton, once pilot of Gundam Heavyarms, went back to L3 to re-join the circus with his sister. Quatre Rebarba Winner, ex-pilot of Gundam Sandrock, went to L4 to take over the family business, Winner Corporation, which is a leading shuttle manufacturer, along with all 29 of his sisters. Chang WuFie, retired pilot of Gundam Altron, is still in the Preventers, along with Zechs Merquise, Lucrezia Noin, and Sally Po. Only Heero Yuy, former pilot of Wing Gundam Zero, didn't return to some sort of a home, choosing instead to remain at Relena Peacecraft's side, as an impromptu bodyguard. The Preventers, meanwhile, have been sent to Mars, investigating reports of brutality towards the Kronos miners.
In the new Earth Sphere United Nation capitol, London, Vice Foreign Minister Relena Dorlian, formerly Relena Peacecraft, was meeting with the President of ESUN. She had just come from a rather heated (on her side at least) argument with Heero, telling him to stay away from her, and to stop "protecting" her, something she thought would make her seem like a hypocrite, preaching total pacifism and meanwhile having her own private bodyguard. Unfortunately, she couldn't have picked a worse time for the argument. The meeting was nothing special, nothing more important than the routine, taxes, crime, the latest on the rebuilding of the property damage that had been caused from the Mariemaya Army's attack two years before, which was rather substantial. A soldier dressed all in the colors of the Earth Sphere Alliance, the ruling government of earth and the colonies prior to the OZ revolution, which was a near total brown, with a darker brown helmet and various designs depending on rank, stepped into the room. One of the black-clad bodyguards moved toward him to question him on his business in the room, when the bodyguard fell flat on the ground. Relena spun toward the door, wondering what was happening.
"Who are you, and what in the world are you doing he-" Relena was cut of by the man grabbing her by the arms and her mouth, the man who had sneaked behind her, the man wearing the same uniform, ESA brown, as the other ten or twelve people in the room, subduing the bodyguards or the President.
"Don't worry miss Dorlian, you'll soon find out," the man said, not greatly encouraging Relena's hopes as he raised a remote detonator in one hand, pushing down the button.
Heero was about two blocks away, in a hotel that he had rented during his stay in London, when he heard the explosion. He swiftly turned toward the source of the noise, which was, to his dismay, the ESUN capitol building.
"Re-…. Relena…" The former mobile suit pilot dashed out the door, sprinting at full tilt toward the ESUN building.
One day later, rescue workers were still sorting through the wreckage of the ruined capitol. No sign had been found of Vice Foreign Minister Dorlian's body, but the President had been located, badly injured, but miraculously alive. The news reports said he was at the local military hospital, under critical condition, and no guess was yet made about his ability to pull through. Zechs Merquise, formerly known as Milliardo Peacecraft, now known only as Preventer Wind, except to his new wife Noin, who insisted on calling him Zechs, turned off the television with a mixture of disgust and grief, grief at knowing that his sister Relena was likely dead, and that he could do nothing about it, disgust at the detachment that the newscasters seemed to show at the tragedy. Noin and Zechs were on their way back from Mars, toward earth to help out wherever they could in the aftermath of the still blameless attack on ESUN. They were already past the L5 colony cluster, and going to earth at full throttle, when the proximity alarms flared up.
"What the?" Zechs looked out the view port, but saw no passing shuttle. Then he looked in the rear monitors and saw something that he thought he never would again. Two bright blue flashes that could signify nothing other than the vernier engines of mobile suits. He quickly checked their make, and was astonished at the results. The second mobile suit, the one slightly behind the other, was none other than the Altron Gundam, WuFei's old Gundam. He quickly checked the other suit, but just wound up even more confused. It was a new model, made of gundamiam alloy, making it a new, previously unknown and possibly nonexistent, Gundam. The new suit was all black and gray, and had the distinctive head with V crest of a Gundam, but had was painted all black, and seemed to take more after Zechs' own Tallgeese than a Gundam in physical characteristics. It had the large beam/buster transforming cannon on its right shoulder, the two huge vernier engines on the back, and the bulky body and legs of Zechs' favored old suit. However, the shield was far different. It looked more like the shield on Quatre's Sandrock, if somewhat elongated, and painted black and gray, like the rest of the suit. The new suit's eyes are what clinched it though. The eyes shone a faint green, the same color that all Gundam's eyes showed when it was activated. Zechs quickly hailed the passing Gundams, focusing on the first, knowing WuFei wasn't likely to reply anyway.
"This is Preventer Wind, hailing unknown mobile suit, identify yourself immediately." The response came quickly, and, thankfully, wasn't a threat, but Zechs didn't find the words reassuring at all.
"This is the Gundam Shadowhawk, Zechs Merquise, I was wondering when I'd run into you. You'd best follow me if you want to get back at the people responsible for Miss Relena's death." Zechs was stunned into silence by the pilot's words. "Oh, by the way, you'd best bring Tallgeese, they're equipped with Taurus mobile suits. And please, hurry it up already." Zechs had no choice but to comply.
Barely three minutes later, Tallgeese pulled up next to the new Gundam, Shadowhawk.
"About time Zechs, now, you ready to fight, or are you a little rusty?"
"Before I do anything more, I need to know who you are pilot, or rather, who both of you are, and how you come to possess two Gundams."
"Fine, the Altron's pilot is Chang WuFei, whom I believe you know, and my name is Lieutenant Ace Rayer."
The year is After Colony 198. Peace still reigns throughout the Earth sphere, which has expanded to include the planet Mars. The Kronos Corporation, based on mars, is the primary source of Neo – Titanium, a main element used in the creation of shuttles, which comes from their extensive mining operation on Mars. The five former Gundam pilots have "retired" to the colonies. Duo Maxwell, one-time pilot of Gundam Deathscythe, went back to the L2 cluster and restarted his salvage operation, with the help of his girlfriend, Hilde Schbeiker. Trowa Barton, once pilot of Gundam Heavyarms, went back to L3 to re-join the circus with his sister. Quatre Rebarba Winner, ex-pilot of Gundam Sandrock, went to L4 to take over the family business, Winner Corporation, which is a leading shuttle manufacturer, along with all 29 of his sisters. Chang WuFie, retired pilot of Gundam Altron, is still in the Preventers, along with Zechs Merquise, Lucrezia Noin, and Sally Po. Only Heero Yuy, former pilot of Wing Gundam Zero, didn't return to some sort of a home, choosing instead to remain at Relena Peacecraft's side, as an impromptu bodyguard. The Preventers, meanwhile, have been sent to Mars, investigating reports of brutality towards the Kronos miners.
In the new Earth Sphere United Nation capitol, London, Vice Foreign Minister Relena Dorlian, formerly Relena Peacecraft, was meeting with the President of ESUN. She had just come from a rather heated (on her side at least) argument with Heero, telling him to stay away from her, and to stop "protecting" her, something she thought would make her seem like a hypocrite, preaching total pacifism and meanwhile having her own private bodyguard. Unfortunately, she couldn't have picked a worse time for the argument. The meeting was nothing special, nothing more important than the routine, taxes, crime, the latest on the rebuilding of the property damage that had been caused from the Mariemaya Army's attack two years before, which was rather substantial. A soldier dressed all in the colors of the Earth Sphere Alliance, the ruling government of earth and the colonies prior to the OZ revolution, which was a near total brown, with a darker brown helmet and various designs depending on rank, stepped into the room. One of the black-clad bodyguards moved toward him to question him on his business in the room, when the bodyguard fell flat on the ground. Relena spun toward the door, wondering what was happening.
"Who are you, and what in the world are you doing he-" Relena was cut of by the man grabbing her by the arms and her mouth, the man who had sneaked behind her, the man wearing the same uniform, ESA brown, as the other ten or twelve people in the room, subduing the bodyguards or the President.
"Don't worry miss Dorlian, you'll soon find out," the man said, not greatly encouraging Relena's hopes as he raised a remote detonator in one hand, pushing down the button.
Heero was about two blocks away, in a hotel that he had rented during his stay in London, when he heard the explosion. He swiftly turned toward the source of the noise, which was, to his dismay, the ESUN capitol building.
"Re-…. Relena…" The former mobile suit pilot dashed out the door, sprinting at full tilt toward the ESUN building.
One day later, rescue workers were still sorting through the wreckage of the ruined capitol. No sign had been found of Vice Foreign Minister Dorlian's body, but the President had been located, badly injured, but miraculously alive. The news reports said he was at the local military hospital, under critical condition, and no guess was yet made about his ability to pull through. Zechs Merquise, formerly known as Milliardo Peacecraft, now known only as Preventer Wind, except to his new wife Noin, who insisted on calling him Zechs, turned off the television with a mixture of disgust and grief, grief at knowing that his sister Relena was likely dead, and that he could do nothing about it, disgust at the detachment that the newscasters seemed to show at the tragedy. Noin and Zechs were on their way back from Mars, toward earth to help out wherever they could in the aftermath of the still blameless attack on ESUN. They were already past the L5 colony cluster, and going to earth at full throttle, when the proximity alarms flared up.
"What the?" Zechs looked out the view port, but saw no passing shuttle. Then he looked in the rear monitors and saw something that he thought he never would again. Two bright blue flashes that could signify nothing other than the vernier engines of mobile suits. He quickly checked their make, and was astonished at the results. The second mobile suit, the one slightly behind the other, was none other than the Altron Gundam, WuFei's old Gundam. He quickly checked the other suit, but just wound up even more confused. It was a new model, made of gundamiam alloy, making it a new, previously unknown and possibly nonexistent, Gundam. The new suit was all black and gray, and had the distinctive head with V crest of a Gundam, but had was painted all black, and seemed to take more after Zechs' own Tallgeese than a Gundam in physical characteristics. It had the large beam/buster transforming cannon on its right shoulder, the two huge vernier engines on the back, and the bulky body and legs of Zechs' favored old suit. However, the shield was far different. It looked more like the shield on Quatre's Sandrock, if somewhat elongated, and painted black and gray, like the rest of the suit. The new suit's eyes are what clinched it though. The eyes shone a faint green, the same color that all Gundam's eyes showed when it was activated. Zechs quickly hailed the passing Gundams, focusing on the first, knowing WuFei wasn't likely to reply anyway.
"This is Preventer Wind, hailing unknown mobile suit, identify yourself immediately." The response came quickly, and, thankfully, wasn't a threat, but Zechs didn't find the words reassuring at all.
"This is the Gundam Shadowhawk, Zechs Merquise, I was wondering when I'd run into you. You'd best follow me if you want to get back at the people responsible for Miss Relena's death." Zechs was stunned into silence by the pilot's words. "Oh, by the way, you'd best bring Tallgeese, they're equipped with Taurus mobile suits. And please, hurry it up already." Zechs had no choice but to comply.
Barely three minutes later, Tallgeese pulled up next to the new Gundam, Shadowhawk.
"About time Zechs, now, you ready to fight, or are you a little rusty?"
"Before I do anything more, I need to know who you are pilot, or rather, who both of you are, and how you come to possess two Gundams."
"Fine, the Altron's pilot is Chang WuFei, whom I believe you know, and my name is Lieutenant Ace Rayer."
