A closely guarded secret was about to be released to the gundam pilots and the public. This secret would lead to a long-awaited paradise. The truth would be revealed about a crime against humanity.
Une called the gundam pilots along with Relena Peacecraft to the Preventor's headquarters. She turned on the TV recording.
"People of Earth and its colonies, I am the leader of Prophecy, a group that demands the stop and release of Project: Immortal. Until then all corrupt politicians will be held captive..." the transmission cut off.
Everyone in the room turned to Lady Une, but Quatre was the first to speak, "What is Immortal?" His reply was a shrug of indifference.
A squeaky wheel grabbed Heero's attention to a guilty looking Relena. Her smile was uneasy and she grasped her hands in a nervous manner.
"Relena," Heero's tone screamed 'you better start talking.'
"Hee..hee.. The project is fundamental to the research of evolution. She heals herself and others. You need to find these terrorists to obliterate them." Relena's eyes gleamed with malicious intent.
"She?" Quatre looked horrified at what the poor female in Relena's care had to go through.
"Opps." Relena's didn't mean to reveal that. An army knife to her jugular was meant to get her to talk some more. She seemed to spill her guts if made nervous or threatened. Everything she said was in a rush. "I am funding it, but her blood is silver, Heero. She looks our age and talks in gibberish. She is a danger to Earth. As Queen of Earth, I demand that you eliminate Prophecy. Do not worry, we keep Immortal heavily sedated so she is not awake."
The pilots exchanged looks in disbelief. They did not approve of Relena's research. Nodding in agreement, they looked her in the eye. They silently swore to make up for the tribulations Immortal had to go through as Relena's guinea pig.
"It is inhumane to hold anybody against their will. Besides, you are the former Queen of Earth," Quatre rationalized, but Wufei sneered at her in disgust while Trowa showed his contempt for her in a snarl of loathing.
"So what. It is to better mankind," Relena was not going to come to her senses.
"You may leave now Ms. Peacecraft," Lady Une practically ordered.
Relena snorted at them then in a mini-temper tantrum slammed the door, uttering foul words under her breath as she stomped away.
"I would like to avoid another war. We have known Relena long enough to know she will not stop Project: Immortal. She will not give us Immortal's location so it is up to you to find her. It is up to you five to free this girl and see to her health," stated Une in one breath.
Heero straightened his black T-shirt after he stood. He appeared upset and he was, because his morals screamed that what Relena was doing was wrong. The others had to run to catch up to him or be left behind. Duo nearly commented on Heero's foul mood. Wufei was close to panting. Heero's new green jeep idled, but Heero was impatiently waiting.
Quatre leapt over the passenger door to take the front seat. Trowa lifted an eyebrow in amusement. Duo scrambled into the car. At high speeds, they raced to Quatre's house to pack for a long mission. Their destination, London for research, because Relena might try to halt their progress. They avoided being seen by cameras so she could not track their whereabouts.
They had been doing research, in a modest ten bedroom townhouse in Quatre's standards, for two weeks when Quatre rushed in flushed.
He excitedly waved a dusty book around. The book was labeled "The Lost Empress's Prophecy." It bore an up-turned gold crescent surrounded by ten gems. The prophecy was an oracle's prediction two millennium ago.
In one minute's time, he talked enthusiastically about a prophecy that was related to the broadcast's background. He showed a picture that matched the broadcast's. Silver gleamed from crystalline towers. Gardens of radiant bounty were seen on the grounds.
Heero took the book to read the prophecy aloud,
"The lost one will be found,
Then held captive in a foul compound.
A moral threat is proclaimed,
A former sovereign is shamed.
Five seek the lost one's release,
To keep the world and more at peace.
The lost one will reveal a paradise,
With a royal hand of the wise.
The eight guardians add one to their ranks,
Four of Five watch from the land's river banks.
A rising pentagon in crystal foretells all,
Torn down walls of hatred fall.
Down goes the former in pink not creme,
Blood of silver not blue shall reign supreme."
Trowa turned to Heero in his leather chair on four wheels. He looked amazed like he came to a realization. "Either it is me or this prophecy is coming true. Prophecy lost the girl, but Relena is holding her captive after finding her."
"Yeah like Prophecy's threat isn't so bad and Relena is shamed by her actions," said Duo.
"We are trying to free her to stop another bloody war," stated Wufei.
That made almost half the lines fulfilled.
"Don't forget that Relena said her blood was silver not blue or red or even purple," added in Quatre.
Heero distracted the boys with information about a place Relena might be holding the girl. They all got ready to travel discreetly.
They crept past a guard's post, but the guard was watching the channel Eight news. Apparently, Prophecy abducted Senator Vargas to prove they meant business. They all leapt over the metal fence agilely. They ducked behind trees and bushes to avoid detection. Duo planted the bombs while Quatre lead them through the maze like fortress. Trowa handled the knives, but Heero had numerous guns. Wufei watched their backs. They used the air vents to avoid scientists and medical aides. They smelt burning flesh and saw blood samples in syringes at the test lab. One time, they heard a feminine scream of terror and pain. Stealthily, they hurried to the scream's general location to find an empty moonlit room with needles lay abandoned on a metal tray.