Okay this is a story that sprung to life in my mind some time ago and I think I've got a good enough grip on it that I can write it to the end. There is a prologue to this story that I will write later. It'll be in the gundam wing section of FFN!
Disclaimer: As usual I own nothing but the half dead plot that gave life tot this story and Kimi Lowe whom is my OC.
Summary: "What are you doing?" Nicol asked looking up from playing.
"Making memories." Kimi said smiling as she placed the pendant on the piano and urged her friend to play on.
Chapter 1, wormhole
a space shuttle landed at the spaceport
on it's landing strip stood a large group of people waiting. As the passengers
of the shuttle got off board most of the group left. Eventually only 5 boys
were left standing and waiting as the crew of the ship left too. scene shiftsKimi stood in front of a large office door. She knocked and took a
deep breath. scene shifts again"I've reached the blip. It's a wormhole. What now?" Kimi
asked. on board of a spaceship
"Are you sure she's on this shuttle?" asked a black clad boy. A
brown haired boy nodded as his eyes moved over the leaving crewmembers. Finally
the pilots of the shuttle came out and looked at them.
"BROTHER!" yelled the young co-pilot as she ran at him. The
brown-haired boy now identified as her brother smiled as he pulled her into a
hug.
"Kimi." he murmured happily.
"Heero said you wanted to see me?" she said as she entered and
closed the door behind her.
"Yes, I have a mission for you. I'm not happy about this but I have
little choice. We've got more missions then we have capable agents at the
moment. Your mission is...this." the commander said motioning at a large
monitor in her office. On it a blip beeped steadily.
"A...blip Lady Une sir?" Kimi asked incredulous.
"Yes a blip it's been there for three days now. We don't know what it
is or why it's there. Your mission is to go to those coordinates and
investigate the 'blip' then report back." Lady Une said calmly.
"Now nothing come back to the base we'll send a team of scientists to
monitor it." Lady Une said.
"roger that. I'm- SHIT! I'm being pulled in I don't know what it is
but this thing seems to get stronger I-I can't-"
"SIS NO!!!"
'Okay so I'm definitely not back at HQ, maybe someone else found me? I'll have
to find the communications department of this place and contact HQ.' Kimi
thought as she walked through the spaceship as if she'd lived on it all her
life.
"Excuse me miss but you can't go there authorized personnel only." a
man in uniform said. Kimi looked at him.
'Apparently I'm at a military base of some kind. This is not good, I must
contact HQ as soon as I can.' she thought as she nodded to the man.
"Take me to the person who is in charge here." she said as if she
were talking to a lower ranking soldier.
"Eh, sure." the man said uncertain before leading the way.
'A bridge, a spaceship? must remember to take inventory while here until I can
contact HQ.' she thought as the man led her to the bridge of the spaceship
where a blond man was discussing something with what seemed to be the captain.
"Sir, the young lady woke up. She wishes to speak with you." the man
said saluting before leaving. The blond haired man nodded and motioned for her
to follow him to a small office like room.
"So you finally woke up. Welcome aboard the Vesalius. My name is commander
Raww La Klueze. You
wanted to talk with me?" The blond haired man said smiling as he sat down.
"My name is Kimi Lowe. It seems I've lost my way after the navigational
equipment of my ship started to malfunction. I must contact my superiors right
away. Where can I find radio equipment?" Kimi said bowing to the man (a
custom she'd grown to used too to change) before sitting down also.
"Is that so. We found your spaceship floating nearby and picked you up.
Your controls were broken and you lay on the ground unconscious. Care to tell
me what happened?" he asked her.
"I was investigating a wormhole that had been growing more and more
active over the course of 3 days unfortunately my ship came to close and
well... the rest is beyond me. I only remember asking for help because my ship
wouldn't react anymore." Kimi explained calmly.
Commander La Klueze POVOne of the mechanics came to me on the bridge with the girl from the
spaceship that we'd encountered earlier. It'd been drifting around and no one
answered. The men who'd been send to investigate came back with an
unconscious young girl. She was now standing behind the mechanic who told
me she wanted to speak with me. I motioned for the girl to follow me to a more
suitable place to talk. She followed me with a neutral expression on her face
and showed no signs of fear or anxiety like one would expect from someone in
her position.
"So you finally woke up. Welcome aboard the Vesalius. My name is commander
Raww La Klueze. You
wanted to talk with me?" I said.
"My name is Kimi Lowe. It seems I've lost my way after the navigational
equipment of my ship started to malfunction. I must contact my superiors right
away. Where can I find radio equipment?" she said bowing to me.
"Is that so. We found your spaceship floating nearby and picked you up.
Your controls were broken and you lay on the ground unconscious. Care to tell
me what happened?" I asked her.
"I was investigating a wormhole that had been growing more and more
active over the course of 3 days unfortunately my ship came to close and
well... the rest is beyond me. I only remember asking for help because my ship
wouldn't react anymore." Kimi explained calmly.
'She's so calm. She's no normal scientist.' I thought.
"You said you were investigating a wormhole? Are you a scientist?" I
asked.
'Let's see what you do now.' I thought as I asked her about it.
"Not exactly. I'm not allowed to discuss my work with you, but let's just
say I get send out to investigate when things turn up on our space radars that
shouldn't be there." Kimi said staying calm the entire time.
"You're awfully calm for someone who just woke up on a strange ship."
I said calmly staring her in the eye. I would find out whom she was yet.
"Shouldn't I be? After all you did kindly save me when I lay unconscious
in a broken spaceship. I see no reason at to why I shouldn't be calm." she
countered without so much as blinking
"Well miss I'm affright that until I can verify that you are who you
say you are and I must order you to be taken into protective custody on
this ship you'll be escorted to your room and will stay there until such time
that I can decide what to do with you." I said still smiling calmly
myself.
"As you wish. I'll cooperate as best I can." she said calmly. Though
I didn't miss the hint of anxiety a the possibility of being locked up in her
voice.
"Hm, very well, you take her to the room I ordered to be prepared for her.
Miss Lowe you aren't allowed to leave your room unless I give you permission.
You'll be taken to the mess hall and back by one of our crewmembers. You may
ask that person for anything you might need." I told her.
"May I ask for some paper, pencils, an eraser, a sharpener and some
books before hand? To entertain myself while staying in my room." she
asked smiling calmly. I nodded and ordered another crewmember to bring it to
her.
Near dinner time one week later
Kimi POVI woke up to the sound of voices, boys voices, familiar sounding voices. I
walked to my door and opened it. Quietly I listened and recognized one of them.
I opened the door all the way and ran to where I heard the voice from down the
hall.
"Quatre!" I called out as I ran into the room. I repeated the name as
I threw myself into his arms and hugged him.
"I thought...I-I didn't... I knew you'd come and find me. How'd you find
me so soon? Where's Heero?" I asked as I looked up. When I did I realized
I'd been mistaken for the boy whom I'd hugged wasn't Quatre. He looked at me
with an apologetic look and smiled sadly. I gasped and pushed away.
"I-I'm so sorry! I was sure you...I thought...I thought you were someone
else." I said lowering my head and staring to the ground.
"It's okay miss."
the boy said kindly. Now I looked at him closely it was clear as day he wasn't
Quatre. He had green hair and brown eyes, though those eyes did hold the same
openhearted kindness and his face held the same innocence and youth as Quatre's
even his voice which actually sounded not quite like quatre's still
held the same tone to it. So friendly and kind and loving. So much like Quatre
yet completely different.
"You weren't allowed to leave your room miss Lowe." Commander La
Klueze said quietly as he walked into the room.
"I'm sorry. I thought..." I said still confused by what had happened.
"She thought I was a friend of hers sir." the green haired boy said.
"I see. Athrun you and Nicol go on and get some rest, I'll see to the
young lady here." Commander La Klueze said.
"Yes sir, come on Athrun." the green haired boy said leading his
friend who still seemed to be in shock over what just happened out of the
room.
"Come, I'll take you to the mess hall you must be hungry." Commander
La Klueze said. I didn't trust him at all but followed him nonetheless since I
was indeed hungry.
'Why doesn't he say anything or punish me?' I wondered as we silently ate. The
commander had insisted on joining me for dinner.
"You must wonder why I haven't punished you for leaving your quarters
without permission." he said smiling knowingly. I raised an eyebrow.
'what does he read minds or something?' I thought.
"The reason for that is that I've learned a lot about you this last week
miss Lowe." he said with a strange smile.
"You have? Wait! What? A-a week?" I asked confusedly when I realized
what he'd said.
"Yes, a week. One week ago I send a crewman to bring you to the mess hall
but he came back minutes later and informed me that you were ill. Did you not
notice the change of rooms?" the commander said quietly.
'does he ever speak up?' I wondered.
"Not really." I answered truthfully.
"Well you've spend 7 days in the medical bay. Did you know you talk in
your sleep?" he said smirking now.
"Only when I'm very ill or so I've been told." I answered coolly
eating my food.
"You've told me some interesting things. Things I've yet been able to
confirm, but a few things kept returning. You kept mentioning someone named
Odin being Hero-" he said. I cut him short as I glared at him.
"Heero. H-e-e-r-o. Not Hero." I said. It's surprising how hard people
find it to pronounce that name.
"Very well Heero then. You also frequently mentioned something called 'the
zero' I'd like to know what it means." Commander La Klueze said calmly. I
sighed I had little choice at the moment.
"Odin is the name of my brother who I was separated from when our hometown
was destroyed during an air attack when I was 2 years of age. I recently found
him again. his name is Heero now." I said not looking at the commander.
"I see and 'the zero'? You mentioned it the most. From what I've
learned from you it's some type of computer system?" he asked.
'Darn it J. When I get back I'll kill you! Stupid Zero side-effects! GHA!' I
thought sourly. I sighed.
"I'm not allowed to go into detail about 'Z.E.R.O' or it's utilizations in
any way." I repeated.
"You'll-" La Klueze started to say before being interrupted by one of
the crewmen from the bridge.
"Sir, an encrypted transmission came in about 3 minutes ago. We don't know
who it's from but they keep transmitting the same thing over and over
on our frequency. It's blocking out all other incoming and outgoing
transmissions." the man said with a salute.
"Well break up the transmission!" La Klueze said.
"No can do." I muttered softly hiding a smile.
"Not possible sir, can't be done unless it's been decoded and
w- how'd you know?" the man said looking at me incredulously.
"Because I know who's sending it and I also know it's designed so
only it's designer and a select few other people can decode
it." I said smirking now.
"Call Athrun and his team have them report to the bridge and take this
girl back to her quarters." La Klueze said without emotion as he got up
and left.
"You'll see. I'd hurry though the transmission will last no more then 5
minutes at the most starting now. After that he'll end the transmission and
move to a new frequency." I said without blinking as I allowed the crewman
to take me to my quarters
La Klueze POVI watched the girl with mild interest. She seemed awfully sure of herself
as she told me that she was the only one who could decode that transmission. I
decided to ignore it for now and went to the bridge. When I got there the main
screen showed the transmission. The image being encoded meant it made no sense
the only thing that was visible were numbers that changed. 3:21 was displayed
when I came in.
"Status report!" I asked as I walked up to Athrun and the other 3 who
were working on decoding it.
"We've decoded the transmission...partly. It was easy to decode the
transmission this far but we can't decode it any further. We've tried
everything sir." Athrun explained as he still sat in front of the controls
to the communications Izak, Nicol and Dearka standing behind him. I sighed
aggravated.
"Cole, get the girl." I said glaring through my mask at the man who
saluted and left.
half a minute later the girl came in walking fast up to the controls pushing
aside Dearka and shoving Athrun out of the chair.
"Hm, you're good to have decoded it this far. To bad you didn't have the
passkey huh?" she said coldly. Then she started to type her fingers flew
across the keyboard and one minute later the face of a young boy no older
then Athrun appeared onscreen.
"Private hope?" the boy inquired with a voice that made most of
the crewmen in the room shudder.
Well? What do you think???
