At three a.m. in the morning, a young girl with black hair was walking through a dark and deserted park. Suddenly she heard a rustle overhead. She looked up confusion clearly written on her face. She then hears a screaming and yelling.
"Give me back my CD you kisama," it was girl's voice.
The girl on the ground hears a loud clang and a branch falls on her head. She lets out a loud cry in pain and clutches her head. Two figures fall from the tree and landed on the ground with a cat-like grace.
"You will die," growled the girl letting go of her head and pulling out her sword.
"Hold on put that down I didn't mean to hurt you," said the girl who had been screaming earlier. "I'm Mailie and this is my brother, Wufei."
"I'm Sero."
"Hi Sero. I'm sorry about the branch thing. Hey! You have a sword too. Neat. So do I." Mailie kept talking when finally Wufei said,
"Mailie shut-up. Onna, you talk too much."
"Well excuse me, Wufei. Sorry for living.
Mailie turned back to Sero and smiled, "So want to come to my place?"
"Sure," replied Sero.
Mailie turned and began to walk off in another direction, Sero following behind her and Wufei behind them.
In another part of town
A girl with long black hair and silver eyes was walking along the sidewalk when somebody knocked into her causing her to fall back and land on her butt.
"Hey! Watch where you're going," growled the girl on the floor.
"I'm sorry. Are you okay?" replied a female's voice from above. She extended her hand to help the other girl up.
"I'm Birdie Winner. What's your name?"
"You're Birdie Winner. THEBirdie Winner. What are you doing in a place like this?"
"That's not important I need to know your name," said Birdie.
"Aphrodite Bloom. Why?"
"Come follow me."
"Um…I'm sort of busy meet me at the circus later."
"Okay"
The two girls departed. 'Wonder what she wanted?' thought Aphrodite as she went on her way.
At the circusAphrodite had just finished her act on the trapeze. She was now in the back when she heard a knock on the door.
"Who is it?"
"Um…It's Birdie Winner."
"The door is open."
The door opened and Birdie stepped inside.
"First, I want to congratulate you on your performance."
"Thanks," Aphrodite replied coolly. "So what did you want to talk to me about?"
Birdie looked nervous for a second then said, "My brother sent me to get you."
"Okay let me get dressed."
Birdie exited leaving Aphrodite to change, who emerged, wearing a short black shorts and t-shirt, a few minutes later.
"Come on," said Birdie leading the way.
Back with Mailie and Sero"What's wrong with him?" asked Sero indicating Wufei.
"Oh him there's not enough justice in this world according to him," explained Mailie. "Let's leave him alone."
Mailie touched Sero on the shoulder. Sero got this quick flashback. Her eyes widened and she started backing up.
"No," she whispered.
Mailie looks at Sero nervous and worried and asked, "What?" Sero keeps backing up until she hits a wall. Mailie came over and asked, "Sero, what's wrong?"
"What's wrong, Mailie?" asked Wufei coming over.
"I don't know," explained Mailie. "We better get her help."
"I know someone," said Wufei.
They advanced toward Sero, but she lets out a loud shrill scream. Wufei and Mailie cover their ears in pain as they continue to get closer to her.
"NO!!"
At Birdie's house"WOW! This place is huge," gasped Aphrodite.
"Yeah," replied Birdie in a bored tone. "This way."
Birdie led Aphrodite through several doors. They then came to a large door and Birdie pushed it open and they both stepped inside. The room was richly furnished with the finest material. In the back of the room closest to the window was a desk and sitting at the desk is a young boy about 16 years old with platinum blond hair, sapphire sky blue eyes, and the fairest skin.
"Good morning, Miss Aphrodite Bloom. I am Quatre Raberba Winner."
"Nice to meet you, but what do you want from me?" asked Aphrodite.
"You own a gundam by the name of Black Panther."
"Hey, how did you know that? I didn't tell anyone except for my brother," exclaimed Aphrodite.
"Let's say I have connections, but that's not the point. I have some one picking it up."
Just then somebody burst through the door. It was Wufei and Mailie and they were carrying a rolled up blanket that moved occasionally.
"Can we get a doctor?" asked Wufei.
"What's wrong and what's wrapped in that sheet?" asked Quatre.
"There's a girl wrapped in the blanket and she's crazy," explained Wufei.
Quatre called his Maganac men in and they carried the bundle away. As soon as they left Quatre turned to Wufei and said, "This must be your sister. Her name is Mailie correct?"
Wufei nodded his head
"What is going on here I demand an explanation NOW!?" demanded Aphrodite.
Just then the door opened again but this time three boys stepped in. The first on had chestnut brown hair pulled into a braid and violet eyes. The second one had brown hair and cobalt blue eyes and…
"TROWA?! What are you doing here?" asked Aphrodite. "Trowa, I want an explanation."
"We'll explain soon," said Trowa calmly.
Aphrodite let out an exasperated sigh and went to stand back with Mailie and Birdie. Mailie looked at both of them and said, "Hi, I'm Mailie. What's your name?
"I'm Birdie."
"Aphrodite Bloom."
"Do you know why we are here?" asked Mailie.
Aphrodite shook her head and Birdie said, "I was just told to go find her." And she indicated to Aphrodite.
So they just decided to the boy's conversation.
"Duo, did you find anything?" asked Quatre.
"Yeah, we found White Coyote and Silver Wolf, but we can't find Black Panther," reported Duo.
"That's because I hid it so not even my brother could find it," interrupted Aphrodite.
"What did you say?" asked Heero.
"I said I hid it someplace else."
"Where?" asked Duo.
"None of your business," said Aphrodite stubbornly.
Trowa glared at her and she sighed and said, "Okay, I'll tell you, but first I need an explanation." And with that she sat on the ground.
Mailie and Birdie both nodded their heads in agreement.
Quatre cleared his throat and said, "It started a year ago with OZ, Whitefang, and Mariemaya…"
On hour later"…and that is the whole story," finished Quatre.
They looked over at the girls and noticed Aphrodite and Mailie had fallen asleep and Birdie was about to doze off. Everybody sweat-dropped and face-faulted.
"Quatre, you put them to sleep," said Duo.
They were drawn out of their thoughts by a scream and Rashid bursting through the door.
"Master Quatre…" began Rashid then he fainted.
Aphrodite and Mailie woke up and Birdie was wide-awake now.
"What happened?" asked Quatre.
They look out the door and see Sero standing in the doorway holding a sword and the 40 Maganacs unconscious on the floor around.
"Who's that?" asked Duo.
"That's Sero," replied Mailie.
"STAY BACK!!" yells Sero warningly.
They all remain in that spot except for Duo who decides to step closer.
"GET BACK!!" Sero yelled again this time swinging her sword at Duo, but Wufei steps in and deflected the sword causing it to go flying into the wall. Sero sprints down the hall everyone hot on her heels. She makes a quick left into a music room. Everyone stops at the door. Sero was trapped and she looked around the room nervously. Her eyes landed on a harp and she stares at it. She moves over and sits down on the couch. Her wild look disappears and she begins to play. Mailie sighed in relief and watches as Sero continued to play the harp, not noticing the others entering the room and taking seats.
Ten Minutes Later
Sero stopped playing and stood up and looked around confused, "Where am I? AND WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!"
"You are in his house," said Mailie. "And I'm Chang Mailie, remember?"
"That's right, so who are they?" asked Sero.
"I'm Quatre Raberba Winner, this is my sister Birdie," he points to the girl next to him with blue hair and silver eyes. "That is Heero, over there is Duo, then there's Trowa and Aphrodite and you know Wufei. What's your name?"
"Sero," she replied gazing into Quatre's soft sapphire sky blue eyes
Quatre blushed lightly, turned and left indicating everyone to follow. They went back to the study and sat down.
"Sero, you might want to know what's going on," said Quatre and he was about to tell the story again when several people yelled, "NO!!" Quatre blushed again then turned to Aphrodite who was oblivious to the staring.
Duo came over and said, "Babe, where is your gundam?"
"First of all it's Aphrodite and second I'm not telling."
"You have a gundam too?" asked Sero.
Heero turned and looked at Sero and asked, "What do you know about gundams?"
Sero ignored him. Heero was about to ask again when they heard a beep. Sero looked at her wrist watch. She presses a button and a hologram of Doctor J appeared.
"Sero you have a mission. The Data is on you wrist watch."
"Mission Accepted," said Sero and she pressed another button and Doctor J disappeared.
"Was that Doctor J?" asked Heero.
Sero looked at Heero surprised, but dismissed it.
"By any chance do you have a gundam?" asked Quatre to Sero.
"No, I'm just a professional assassin." Quatre did not believe her and said, "You're lying." Sero gulped and said," Yes, I do have a gundam by the name of Gold Fox. It's number is 000. I'm a special project of Doctor J."
"Well you are all welcomed to spend the night here and we will finish looking for the other gundam tomorrow. Birdie will show you to your room."
"I will be leaving," said Sero.
"Will you come back?" asked Quatre.
"May hap, just leave a window open." She goes to the window opens it and jumps out. Everyone stares and sweat-dropped. Aphrodite breaks the silence
"So how about those rooms?"
"Oh yeah, follow me," said Birdie.
As they walk down the hall Mailie says, "Wonder if she made it, this is a four story building."
Just then they heard an engine start, they go to the nearest window and peer outside. They see a motorcycle take off down the road. Mailie giggles and said, "Hey Wufei look outside."
There was silence then curses floated down the hall. The girls look at each other and start laughing and continue to walk down the hall.
Back in the roomQuatre and the others were talking in a whisper then everyone went silent. The silence was interrupted by Duo.
"Trowa, why didn't you tell me you had a sister."
Trowa shrugged and said, "Never thought about it."
"She's cute," said Duo.
Trowa looked at Duo, "What?" exclaimed Duo. Trowa just shook his head in disbelief.
"We need to find Black Panther so we can begin training them on more advanced levels. Wufei you can take…"
Quatre was interrupted by Wufei, "Sorry, I can't. I'm going to the Preventers with Sally."
Quatre sighed and said, "So what do we do?"
"I'll train Mailie," volunteered Trowa.
"But you were supposed to take Aphrodite," said Quatre.
"I'll take Aphrodite," said Duo smiling.
"And I'll take my sister. Heero you will continue working on the Zero system."
Heero nodded
"If that is it we should get to bed," said Quatre.
In the girl's hallMailie exited her room and went next door where she proceeded to knock on the closed door.
"Come in," came an exhausted voice.
Mailie entered to find Aphrodite on the bed lying down.
"Hey Aphrodite can we talk?"
"Sure."
Mailie took a seat in the chair and they sat in silence. She finally spoke and said, "It seems too surreal. I wonder what is going to happen?"
Just then another knock sounded on the door and it opened to reveal Birdie.
"Can I join you?"
"It's your house," replied Aphrodite.
Birdie came in and took a seat on the floor and said, "I heard my brother say that they were going to start training us and then when we were ready they would send us on our first mission."
"Sounds fun," said Mailie.
They fall into silence and then Mailie said, "Aphrodite, your brother he's cute."
Aphrodite looked at Mailie and raised an eyebrow.
"What?! He is cute."
"It's okay. It just took me by surprise," said Aphrodite.
"Do you know if he's taken?" asked Mailie.
"No he's not taken, but if you're interested I'm warning you he is very stubborn," said Aphrodite.
Mailie just grinned.
"What about you Birdie?" asked Mailie.
Birdie blushed and said, "The one with short brown hair and cobalt eyes. Heero was his name."
"Him? He seem kind of distant and cold like a rock," said Mailie.
"I'll get him," said Birdie she then turned to Aphrodite and asked, "How about you?"
"I would have to say the loud mouth one. And that braid is very sexy," said Aphrodite. "He's cute and very bold."
They looked at each other and laughed.
"What's so funny?" The three girls stopped laughing and turned to see Sero standing on the windowsill.
"Hey Sero, you came back," said Mailie
Sero did not say anything just jumped from the sill to the floor.
Aphrodite got up and said, "We really didn't meet, but I'm Aphrodite Bloom."
Sero looked at her and said, "I'm not interested." She turned to Birdie and said, "Where is the nearest room?"
Birdie said, "Down the hall. Last door on the right."
Sero left the room without saying another word. Finally Mailie said, "I'm going to bed. See you all tomorrow." Birdie left behind her. When she was finally alone she turned off the light and went to bed.