The Back Up Plan
By Sage Summer
Sadly, I do not own Gundam Wing or any of the characters that I might use from the show. It makes me want to cry! sniffles However! I do own the character London, and I would love it if you are going to use her, at least ask, and give me the credit! winks
And on a side note: REVIEW! I love reviews! Enjoy!
Everyone knew the stories about the Pacifist leader named Heero Yuy. They knew he was fighting for the right of the colonies as well as for the right for all to live in peace. They also knew about the scandal that he had been murdered, murdered by people that never wanted peace, murdered by people who thrived for bloodshed and death. But with his death came a birth. It was the birth of a child that no one knew existed, nor would know existed, they named her London.
For several years she remained as nothing more than a small child cloaked in history, and shrouded in mystery, and to protect this life, another had to die. Her mother, a woman named Rei Makios, willing gave her life to see that her child survived. Many wanted to see this child killed for she was the link to a past that so many wanted destroyed, but she too became a mystery. Many said she had died along with her mother in the fire or became an orphan no longer able to do harm. But only one knew where she really went to. And he wasn't about ready to tell anyone...
"Those who lay their eyes upon a Gundam shall not live to tell about. Those are the orders I was given." Trowa looked in front of him, glaring down the long line of soldiers willing to give up there lives on a moment's notice. They all seemed afraid, they all seemed scared of death save for one. Unlike the rest that lined up for their slaughter this one fought back.
He had just reached Earth. This was the beginning of Operation Meteor, and this was his first target.
Trowa had lived for years on the battlefield fighting losing battles and somehow always surviving. This however was different. This was something he himself chose to do to help the colonies survive to live, to be free. He was willing to give his life for them and their pure desire for peace. He was willing to pay any price he had to for this, even if it meant taking a thousand lives with him.
Raising HeavyArms Gatling he smiled staring straight down his barrel at his next set of targets. Just as he was about to pull the trigger all the soldiers dropped their weapons. The Aries he had been admiring stood less that 10 feet away from the barrel, its own weapon on the ground. In amazement the Cockpit opened. Trowa had to stop his jaw from dropping as girl, no older than perhaps twenty years of age stepped out and took off her helmet. "If the price for you winning this battlefield is a life than take mine and spare theirs."
"No life needs to be lost, but the moment a person lays eyes upon a Gundam..."
"Yes, then perhaps they must all die to protect yourself soldier. I am asking, not for myself for my life is the battlefield but this is a training facility, and many of these soldiers you plan to kill have not even gotten out of training school let alone fought in a real battle. I know their time will come to fight you but I am asking that they do not die when they are not ready to fight someone like you. I figure my life good enough considering I am their teacher and without a teacher a student can not be taught."
Trowa kept his gun pointed dead on only slightly changing his aim from the line of mobile suits to the dead center of hers. "Why are you so willing to die? I have watched your fighting skills, many more soldiers will be willing to sign their lives away to fight under you, why do they matter so much to you."
"Do you really want to stain your hands with the blood of those who are weaker than yourself? An honorable soldier like you Gundam Pilot, a person who is fighting so desperately for peace, could at least see my request and spare the lives of these people. This is my fighting desperately for their survival."
This was such a strange request, but an admirable one. When has a commanding officer stood without ranks with their subordinates, fighting and dieing along side of them, or better yet, willing to give up their own life so that all those under them could live to see another day? This girl was honorable, and Trowa could not help to have the utter most respect for her. "I will not take your life today, I want to fight you on a more even battleground."
"Then destroy this place, your true objective was to make sure this facility was nothing but mere ashes. Go ahead. At least finish your mission."
"You are not going to stop me?"
"I have no reason to. I am merely a soldier and as long as the lives of those I am trying to protect are safe I could careless about the rest of it."
Trowa turned off the intercom with a smirk. He could feel that this girl was going to be a hard person to get rid of. She was to pure of heart, she was too kind. This war he was starting was going to kill that part of her. He had this strange feeling of needing to make sure that doesn't happen. "She is a strange one she is. It will be interesting to meet her on the battlefield, in a real battle."
The girl bowed with a great amount of elegance then turned on her heels and back into her cockpit. She flew away barking orders for everyone to leave allowing this place to go to the pilot. "This is a lost battle. If you value your lives I suggest you make haste. Your lives do not need to be lost this night. Survive so that you may lose them tomorrow."
No one made a single complaint as they quickly fled the scene. She was the last to leave only to turn back to the Trowa before disappearing into the smoke of one of the buildings, leaving him to his destruction.
"Why did you retreat your post!" Bardon yelled at the young girl slamming his fist into his desk. "That was your responsibility to protect. Commander Treize will not be at all happy that we lost that training facility."
"The soldiers are my responsibility Lt. Bardon, not the facility. Personally, I think he will like the fact that I was able to save the lives of all of his soldiers than to give up their lives on something that was not worth it. Besides, save for me and mine, no one else has lived from a Gundam fight to talk about. I think Treize will think me actions were wise, given the situation."
"How dare you talk back to me Sargent Sorghan! I am your commanding officer and when I tell you to do something I expect it to be follow." Without hesitation he rose his hand ready to slap the girl for speaking down to her superior, only to hesitate at the last second. He saw the look in her eyes. They were wild, and dangerous. Lt. Bardon swallowed hard only to snap out of all thought hearing Treize's voice coming through the darkness.
"I would suggest you do not lose your temper Lieutenant."
"But Sir, she willingly gave the Gundam Pilot the Training Center merely because she could protect the soldiers."
"My apologies Commander Treize." Sorghan bowed to Treize. "My responsibility was to my soldiers. I felt it was best to make sure your future soldiers would survive to fight another day. The Gundam Pilot we were introduced to gave us our lives in return he wanted the facility. If my actions were incorrect I will take my punishment, but I will never regret my actions. Their lives are more valuable to me than to be used as a shield for something that can be rebuilt. Lives cannot be rebuilt, only destroyed."
"Lieutenant, I think you should learn from Lieutenant Sorghan here. She is what the true idea of OZ is. Learn to have more respect for those who fight under you." Both people in the room heard the new title. Sorghan rose her head in shock. Bardon looked angered, and the room went cold with hostility. "Sorghan, would you please come with me. You have met the pilot. I would like you to tell me about him."
"Yes sir." Sorghan followed like a good puppy dog, that only followed because it had to, not because of it's loyalty to him at all.
Now all the Gundam Pilots had landed on Earth. In the end there were five. Five to gain control, five to win the battles, and five to take the brunt of the hatred toward the Colonies. But behind the scene remained on more, The Back up Plan if the pilots were to fail. This plan was a last resort, and was never meant to be discovered.