Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing, it belongs to Sotsu and Sunrise and Bandai.
Prologue
by Relwarcn
It is not the victor that moves the heart of the people - Lady Une
Somewhere in Outer Space –
Access DENIED
Please enter access code-
Password:
The young man with chocolate brown hair stared at the screen with narrowed Prussian blue eyes. This was going to prove to be far more difficult than he had first anticipated. He had been trying to break down this particular security firewall for over four hours now to no avail.
He had obviously stumbled over something of great importance to need such security. He growled softly under his breath in frustration, while his fingers flew expertly over the keyboard as he continued to work. He had never failed to hack through a firewall of any kind. He wasn't about to start now.
Password DENIED
UNABLE TO COMPLY
A shrill beep echoed through the room. The young man stared at the screen as the words 'Access Denied' flashed continuously on the screen.
Access DENIED
Access DENIED
Access DENIED
He stared tiredly at the flashing words before narrowing his eyes in renewed determination.
Please enter access code-
Password:
The young man watched as the curser blinked at him and waited for him to enter the right code. He reached over and retrieved a disc that he thought he wouldn't have needed and inserted it. His decoder program ran instantly and the prompt screen appeared. He selected the 'Find Password' command.
FIND PASSWORD
Decode Complete
Password:
Password: IL L I A N A
Illiana? An eyebrow went up at the chosen password.
Password Accepted
Please enter desired command-
Find:
The young man slowly formed a barely noticeable smile. His fingers tapped smoothly across his keyboard as he entered his query. The screen flashed for a few seconds, trying to compile the data requested.
Retrieving Desired Query
487 Match(es) Found
Continue?
He selected 'Continue' and waited for everything to load. A few minutes later, the words 'Data Transfer Granted' flashed triumphantly at him. He flexed his fingers and stretched, holding back a head-splitting yawn. He stared as hundreds of files filled the screen. But one particular one had caught the young man's attention. The file's name…'Prj. Phoenix Star'.
His eyes widened uncharacteristically as he opened the file to reveal a memo received only a few hours ago…
Next time!
Act I: Beginning
Excerpt-
Chang Wufei, the somewhat new replacement for Preventer Wind, opened the door of his shared office with Preventer Water, Sally Po and settled himself on the couch that he and Sally shared in the back of the office. He leaned over and grabbed the remote, flipping through channels randomly, until he caught his favorite action flick playing.
Leaning back comfortably, he opened his usual Wednesday Chinese take-out delivery of Fish Vegetable on rice and Kungpao chicken with egg roll. He picked up his chopsticks and was eating the first bite when the door swung open and Sally staggered in, laden with holding her own take-out. She sat down and stared at the program rather dubiously before grabbing the remote and changing it to the news channel.
Sally opened her own food and was settling down, well aware of Wufei's glare. She allowed herself a small smile. If looks could kill…she would have been long dead. She heard him mutter not-so-softly about "Certain people having no idea what good programming was."
Wufei focused his attention at the recent news report and then froze before standing up so fast, he dumped all his food on the floor. Without a second glance, he was rushing out of the room to God-only-knows-where. Sally blinked. She turned toward the reporter on the screen and then felt her own body running out the door after her partner.
The reporter continued to give the report to the empty room, oblivious to the fact that the inhabitants had already raced out. "…And two terrorist bombings in completely irrelevant places still puzzle authorities as Quatre Raberba Winner, CEO of all Winner companies, a Scavenger, identified as Duo Maxwell, a bellboy in a hotel in Neo-Tokyo, Japan, still unnamed, and a traveling circus clown, identified by his companions as Trowa Barton still remain in critical condition and…"
Yes…there is a reason why this fic is called Phoenix Star and it's not because it's a pretty name or anything, it does have important significance… Please read and review!