Ok, so here's the first chapter of my story. For those who don't know, my other story, An Endless Story, is the prequel to this in a way and it might honestly be helpful to go read it. It will help clear a few things up. Anyway, enjoy and feel free to leave feedback!
I'm doing this once and once only because I think it's pretty obvious that if I don't own it the first time, I'm not gonna own it any other time!
Disclaimer: Anything that doesn't look like mine, isn't! AKA I don't own the Gundam characters nor the idea of Gundams but the plot line, OCs, and Gundam designs are mine!
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Four years. That's how long it had been since peace was brought to the world and to outer space. Four years since the pilots had really seen each other. Four years since Antonia Renata Fabrizia seemed to disappear once more, leaving no trace of her whereabouts.
Ever since the day they destroyed their Gundams, none of the boys nor her best friend Cynea had heard from the girl, she seemed to just vanish as fast as she had come into their lives. But, as the world turns they moved on and paid no mind to it and lived their lives the best they can. But a lot can happen in four years.
The peace they had fought so hard to obtain was slowly diminishing as it was in the human nature to always want more and more and never be satisfied with what they have. The once thought to be destroyed mobile suits began to reappear, though only a select few who had gone through intensive training were allowed to pilot them. Their systems had also been updated to resemble the ones that Antonia had built for Cynea and herself fours years ago. Once again a need for the young genius arose but with her having disappeared from existence for four years, hope looked lost. But in the midst of all of the turmoil, a small glimmer appeared as a strange computer hacker appeared.
Evangelo was what he called himself and he brought the war torn people hope. Never showing his face and using a computerized voice, no one knew who this strange person was, but they knew that he could help them. He could somehow hack into the computer systems of the modified mobile suits and raised the hopes of the people. But one person can only do so much and soon The Order as they called themselves became too powerful.
Wanting the peace they had once fought for to return, the Gundam Pilots set out to find this strange Evangelo, each silently hoping that it was the strange girl that had changed their lives and then disappeared.
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Beeping and red lights flashed inside the cockpit and the young pilot instantly knew what had happened. "No! Not me! Please!" he shouted as the familiar computerized, black cat with one angel wing and one devil wing appeared on his screen. The cat tilted it's head at the pilot as if it could see him. It then grinned as it opened it's eyes revealing them to be blood red. "Guys! It's Evangelo! He's taken over my-" the transmission was cut off and the suit began to move on it's own, attacking it's comrades. It didn't take long for the suit that had been hacked to fall to those who were once it's comrades making the hacker frown.
"Well, it seems like their training their men better," they grumbled before standing up. "I do believe I've caused enough mischief on the battle field, now to see if I can help my friends." Clicking away at a keyboard the same cat soon appeared on the public screen, taking over what was a speech that was being made by the leader of 'The Order'. The black cat appeared on screen causing everyone to look up. The cat licked it's paw and cleaned it's ear before spreading it's wings and opening it's eyes, gazing down at the people below.
"I have a message for the Gundam Boys," the cat spoke, it's voice distorted like someone was speaking through a fuzzy megaphone. "I know you're still out there and I know you're looking for me. I'm not going to tell you where I am nor who I am, but I will tell you how you can earn those things. Prove to me that you are of use to me and prove to me that you deserve a second chance at life." The screen then clicked off and revealed the leader of The Order staring flabbergasted at the screen.
The leader was an elderly man with a mustache. An eyepatch covered his right eye, proof of what he had gone through during the warring times. He had been a solider of Mariemaia when she fell and just could not settle with the way things ended up, though he had ideas of his own. He believed that the people of Earth should be under control of the more scientifically advanced space colonies and that life on Earth was a hopeless cause because it would eventually die. He also believed that the colonies should be under one rule instead of being independent, much like Oz had all those years ago.
Heero watched the screen go blank. "Mission accepted," he spoke before continuing on down the street.
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Duo had paused with a mouth full of food while Quatre just starred at the TV in the deli they were at. The two had decided to join together in their search for Evangelo in hopes that two minds were better than one being true. Cynea walked out of the bathroom and looked at the boys face's, confused. "What did I miss something?" she asked causing everyone to look at her.
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"So, Evangelo has given you a challenge. Are you gonna take it?" Sally asked her partner.
The Chinese man looked on the now blank screen and just starred before smirking, "Do I really have a choice?"
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"Trowa, are you really going after that crazy hacker?" Catherine called as she watched her friend walk away.
"I have no choice. It is a mission and I must accept it," he replied as he continued walking. He knew the others were searching as well, and they all had a good idea at who it was, now all they had to do was find the secretive little girl that had disappeared four years ago.
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"You know Marzia, all work and no play makes a dull girl," stated a man that looked to be in his early thirties. He had short brown hair that poked out from under his faded green bandana and a scruffy beard. He was polishing a piece of metal as he spoke to the girl behind him.
The girl had snow white hair that fell well past her waist and was pulled into a high ponytail with two sections framing her face. Her eyes were a purplish shade, but that was due to the fact that a pair of green goggles covered them, watching the computer screen as she feverishly typed away at it.
"Yeah, yeah, you always tell me that Ed. And I'll tell you what. Right after I put this code in, I'll run and get us some food, how does that sound?" she asked, sticking her tongue out as she finished off a section of whatever it was she was working on.
At the mention of food, Ed looked up and spun around. "Well then stop listening to me blabber and get goin! I'm hungry here!" The girl let out a hearty laugh and turned around having finished what she was doing and saving it onto a little disc which she then clipped into a hoop that hung from her ear.
"Well, I'm all done, I'll go get the food now. Be back in a few," she stated as she moved to the door.
"Oh! And Zia," the man called causing her head to pop back into the shop. "Try and enjoy yourself a little." The girl just grinned before walking out of the shop, taking a deep breath of air before walking down the sidewalk.
As she passed by people would stop what they were doing and say hi to her or ask her how she was doing, causing her to smile. She soon came to her favorite deli and walked up to the counter. "Oh! Marzia! How great to see you! It's been what? A week now? You really should get out of that shop more often!"
Marzia laughed at the woman behind the counter, having befriended her shortly after moving there. "Yeah well, you know Ed. Always keeping me busy and what not!"
Cynea snapped her head up upon hearing a familiar voice, though it was just vaguely familiar, like she hadn't heard it in a while. "What's wrong Nea?" Quatre asked, having adopted the nic-name shortly after Antonia had left.
"Nothing, I just thought I heard a familiar voice," she replied brushing her now short hair behind her ear. "That's all."
"Hey, check out the hottie at the register," Duo commented as he starred at the white haired girl. She was wearing a pair of red shorts and a white tank top that had some kind of green design on them. The two others turned around and sighed at the unknowing girl.
"Duo, just leave the poor girl alone," Cynea muttered as she sighed.
"Thank you!" Marzia called as she took her back filled with food and headed towards the always open door. As she was about to leave some guy stood up and raced to the door, cutting her off causing her to glare at the man. "Mark, move," she snapped.
"Aww, c'mon Zia, just one date!" he begged. The snowy haired girl just narrowed her eyes further and went to move around him. The guy, Mark reached out and grabbed her wrist, twirling her around. Duo and Quatre immediately stood, ready to help the girl, when she did something that neither one of them anticipated, but was vaguely familiar to one and extremely familiar to another. She set her bag over on the counter before turning her attention back to the boy. Grabbing his wrist with her own hand, she flipped backwards with the other one, kicking him as her legs kicked over. Grinning as he flew back and at the same time releasing her, she grabbed her bag before leaving. Everyone continued what they were doing as if nothing had happened, confusing the three pilots.
Cynea stood and walked over to the counter, "Um excuse me?" she asked catching the woman's attention. "Who was that girl?" she asked.
"Oh? Marzia? She's a local girl that works down the street at Crazy Ed's Junk Emporium. Ok, so it's technically a parts shop, but he makes most of his business from that girl's computer skills."
"Thank you and um, do you know how she did that, um, move back there?"
"Oh, she's always been talented like that. She's actually a very talented young girl, sweet too. It's a shame she's stuck down there with Ed, he never seems to let her out of that shop."
"Thank you very much," Nea stated before turning to the two boys with her and grabbing them, pulling them up and out of the deli.
"Come again!" the woman called as they left the restaurant.
Nea continued to drag to the two confused boys down the street. "Nea, where are we going?" Quatre asked finally getting them to slow down.
"That girl," she whispered. "I've seen that move before. It's just like one that Toni used to do. Maybe she can help us find her." The boys looked at each other as they followed the singer. Duo managed to pull himself from her grip and Quatre managed to take hold of her hand as they came upon the shop.
As they entered a bell rang. Looking around and spotting no one, Duo called out a hello.
"Coming!" came the reply before a man came out of a back room. "May I help you?" he asked.
"Um yes, is Marzia here?" Quatre asked politely. The man looked confused for just a second before turning around.
"Zia! Get your head away from that damn computer and come out here! You have company!" There was a crash followed by hurried footsteps as the girl came out, straightening her goggles. She looked up at the visitors and tilted her head to the side.
"May I help you?" she asked.
"Yes, we were wondering if you knew a friend of ours. Her name is Antonia Fabrizia and we are asking because that move you pulled back in the deli looked a lot like one of her's," Cynea explained. Marzia put her hand on her hip and thought for a moment before responding.
"Nope, never heard of her, sorry," she replied with a shrug.
"Are you sure?" Duo asked, examining the girl. In a way she kind of resembled their old friend, but she looked much too young and had white hair.
"Yup, sorry. If there's anything I can do to help, I'd be glad to though," Zia replied.
The three looked at each other then back to the girl who looked no older than fourteen. "Well, we have heard that you're a pretty good programmer when it comes to computers," Duo started.
"So we know this is kind of big," Quatre added.
"But would like to help us catch the hacker known as Evangelo? We think he can help us in something we need to do," Cynea finished. The girl blinked behind her goggles and turned to Ed who just shrugged.
"Do what you want, I can't stop you," he replied as he disappeared into the back room.
A huge smile appeared on her face as she turned to the three. "Sure!" she shouted and hugged the three. "Just let me grab my stuff!" The snowy haired girl then disappeared into the back room. She reappeared two minutes later with one duffel bag slung over her shoulder and a backpack on her back.
"Are you sure you're boss won't mind?" Quatre asked.
"Oh Ed. Yeah, he's cool with it. He's been bugging me to get out of here and go places anyway," she replied with a giggle. The three nodded before leaving, Marzia turning back and shouting a good bye before the door shut. "So, what're your names? You obviously know mine, but I have no idea who ya'll are."
"I'm Quatre, and this is Cynea and Duo," Quatre answered for her. "So Marzia, where do you come from?"
Marzia giggled before answering, "Just call me Zia and I come from space. But I was sent down here a few years ago and moved in with Ed and have been living in the shop with him ever since."
"You were sent here? Why?" Duo asked.
"I dunno. I was just told, 'Go to Earth and find Ed.' So I did, and now I met you guys and I get to go on an adventure!" she shouted while throwing her hands up in the air. The other three laughed at her antics and decided that being with this girl was definitely going to be crazy.
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"Ok Duo, thanks for the update. We'll contact you later. Bye," Trowa stated into the phone before hanging up.
"So what's going on?" Heero asked as he leaned against the wall of their hotel, his blue eyes opening sliding open as he looked to his fellow pilot.
"They just picked up some strange girl they believe has a connection to Antonia. There's a possibility that she herself may be her, but they say she looks too young, like she would have stopped aging when we left her. That and she has white hair."
"I don't think it's her," Heero stated pushing up from the wall and walking to the window. "But I do believe she can help find her."
"Yes, they say she's a great computer programmer and admires Evangelo greatly," Trowa confirmed.
Heero didn't respond but continued to gaze out the window, watching as a blonde girl tried to escape the press below. "Relena?" Trowa asked. A 'hn' was the answer he received as Heero moved from the window.
"I'm going out, if anything happens you know how to reach me," he said before leaving, grabbing his coat as he left.
"That Heero, he'll do just about anything for that girl," the brunette commented as he watched Relena enter the building. Trowa just smirked as his friend left before opening a laptop and began searching. We have to find her. If not, we'll have to some how build them ourselves.
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"Are you sure it was a good idea sending her with them?" Ed asked over a headset while looking at a screen with the silhouette of a person on it.
"It's what the boss said to do," replied the person on the other line. "Keep them busy until it's time for the grand finale."
"Yeah, but still, they might catch on," Ed persisted.
"Don't worry, we have everything under control. Just go ahead and report back to base, we need you for something else." With that the line closed and Ed sighed.
"What do they have planned now?" the man groaned before taking one last look at his shop and walking away. It was the middle of the night and no one was around. The buildings that had surrounded the small shop were all unoccupied which was a good thing, because once he was around the corner, the place exploded, sending grey smoke into the night sky as red flames licked away at the place. Dancing for an imaginative audience.
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"How's the prisoner?" asked an uptight voice as a woman glared at a video screen.
"As still and silent as the day you brought her in. We're telling you, she's a mute, always has been," one man replied. "The information we brought up on her even says so."
"I don't believe that!" the woman snapped before looking into the room in front of them. "I know that's the girl that spoke out the night Mariemaia was brought down. I could never forget those red eyes."
"But miss, the only records on that girl, if this is the same one, point to the fact that she was nothing more that a circus performer, and that girl was known to be a mute," another man replied.
"I don't believe that. How many people have blood red eyes? Now either you get her to talk or I'll make sure you two won't be able to," she snapped before leaving.
The girl inside was able to hear the whole conversation and couldn't help but chuckle, though no sound came out. Dull red eyes starred blankly at the wall in front of her. Oh things were turning out perfectly and it wouldn't be long before she was discovered. It was only a mere matter of time, and to her, she had all the time in the world, but it was the world whose time was limited.