New Beginnings
PrologueThe year is After Colony 202. It had been six years since the Barton Foundation Incident, and the Gundams were self detonated.
Duo and Quatre were walking down the halls of the Preventer Base in their uniforms. They were on their way to meet Sally. She has said that she had a job for them to do.
Finally the pair reached Sally's office. Quatre knocked on the door.
"Come in!" Came Sally's voice from the opposite side. The two ex-gundam pilots entered to office. Sally was perched on the side of her desk while their three comrades; Heero, Trowa, and Wufei leaned against the wall, arms crossed.
"So what's up Sal?" Duo asked, walking into the office.
"Well like I said I have a job for the five of you." She began. "Five new people have enlisted with the Preventers. One had joined the Alliance Military during the war. Out of the other four, two were in the police. One a SWAT leader, the other a talented street patrol. The other two were negotiators. All of them have been trained in combat and know how to use the Leo, Aries, and the Cancer."
"What does this have to do with us?" Trowa asked.
"I want you five to show them the ropes. Possibly show them Mercreus and Vayeight. They'll be arriving next week."
"Um by chance are these people chicks?" Duo asked.
"Duo I wish you wouldn't use that term." Sally sighed rubbing her forehead. "But yes they are female. The reason I chose you five is because you're about the same age as them and I just felt like bugging you." She added with a smirk.
"Ever so grateful." Heero mumbled.
"Hey if you guys don't want to do it, I will." Duo offered. "Gives me a chance to work the old Shinigami charm."
The plane that flew towards the Preventer Headquarters a week later was less than half full with a total of only 5 passengers.
A young woman in a Military uniform sat near the middle of the small aircraft her dark, almost chestnut brown, hair tied up into a tight bun. Dark sunglasses covered her eyes as she silently read a biography on Field Marshal Noventa. Looking up from her book, she took off her sunglasses and looked out the window, the light from the sun reflecting off her deep violet eyes.
"Welcome home Chi." She mumbled to herself, resting a hand on the window.
Cleopatra Nekoheron rolled her eyes when she heard the younger woman beside her sigh yet again.
"What is your problem Heiwa?!" She demanded, glaring at the brunette.
"I am so BORED!" The brunette in question whined. "Are we there yet?"
"For the tenth time no."
"Are we there now?"
"No."
"How about now?"
"NO!" The blonde yelled causing the other three women to look back at them. Blushing, Cleo slid down in her chair and glared at the woman next to her.
Snickering quietly, Heiwa pulled out a diskman and put the headphones, blocking out all other noise.
"What was that about?" Ally Korwasky asked her blue haired companion.
"Who knows."
"The brunette seems rather young don't you think?"
"I'd say about your age, maybe a bit older. You youngin'" The blue haired woman said with a small smirk.
"No need to bring that up, Meiko." Ally said with a small smile.
"We all look rather young in here." Meiko said quietly.
"Well Miss Une did say that the Preventers were looking for young able bodied people. I guess we fit the description."
"True..."
About an hour later the small plane landed at the Preventer Headquarters in London. Almost silently the five women stood up.
At the back, Heiwa was collecting her things from the overhead bin, when out of the corner of her eye she thought she saw something. Turning to investigate further she barely had a chance to stifle the gasp that worked its way from her lungs.
"No way... it couldn't be her." She whispered
"Heiwa, you okay?" Cleo asked. No answer. "Senshi!"
"Huh? Oh sorry Cleo. What's up?"
"You okay?"
"Uh, yeah. I just thought I saw someone who looked familiar is all." The young woman said with a shrug of her shoulders. "That woman in the middle, she sorta looks like my best friend from before the war. Threw me for a loop y'know?"
"What happened to her, if you don't mind me asking."
"No clue." Senshi said sadly, handing Cleo her backpack. "Haven't heard from her since she left to join the Alliance. She's probably dead. She's the type to be out in the thick of things."
"I'm sorry."
"Yeah, me too."
Ally and Meiko had already gathered their belongings and were making their over to a waiting van where Lucrezia Noin and Sally Po greeted them.
"Miss Kiyomori, Miss Korwasky. Pleasure seeing you again." Lucrezia greeted, shaking the younger women's hands. "We just have to wait for the others." She added, motioning to the plane.
"Of course." Meiko said with a small nod, dropping her small messenger bag on the ground.
A minute later the woman from the middle of the plane exited, followed shortly after by Cleo and Senshi.
"We'll make the introductions quick. We would like all of you to meet Meiko Kiyomori. She was a negotiator from Finland. Ally Korwasky, a negotiator from Switzerland. Cleo Nekoheron, a SWAT leader based out of Tokyo. Senshi Heiwa, a patrol officer also based out of Tokyo, and Chi Midori, member of the Japanese Military, based out of Kyoto."
Senshi blinked a few times before she flew into action and practically jumped on Chi. "IT IS YOU!!!" She screeched, practically squeezing the life out of her childhood friend. "I thought you were DEAD!" She cried, tears of happiness rolling down her cheeks.
Chi laughed, wiping the tears off her friends face. "It'd take more than a war to kill me Sen, you should know that."
"Right now, I'm going to make the obvious assumption that those two know each other." Sally stated.
"I'd have to agree with you there Miss Po." Meiko chuckled, watching the reunion with a small smile.
"We really should be going." Lucrezia suggested, opening the driver side door.
The others quickly agreed, tossed their bags into the trunk and piled into the van.