Okie. For those of you (which are probably not many) who read this small chapter when I first posted forever and a year ago…I have changed some things and expanded upon others. For those who are new to my story, welcome and enjoy!

No matter what anyone says. I do not own Gundam Wing. I hope you enjoy. And if you do enjoy then please leave a review in the little box!

When the Gundams fell to Earth, it was reported that there were only five. Gundam Wing, piloted by Heero Yuy. Gundam Deathscythe, piloted by Duo Maxwell. Gundam Sandrock, piloted by Quatre Raberba Winner. Shenlong Gundam, piloted by Chang Wufei, and Gundam Heavyarms, piloted by Trowa Barton. This is the story of the sixth pilot. Gundam Archangel, piloted by Shina Maxwell. As of now, she is the only female pilot. This is her story.

Green lights danced across a black screen, and started to blur together. Long, white lashes flickered over stormy violet eyes. The owner of the vivid eyes rubbed a hand over her face. A quick glance at the clock rewarded her with the fact that she had been staring at that damned computer screen for five and a half hours. She groaned slightly. She was no closer to her target than when she started.

"Still no luck?"

Shina flopped back in her chair. "None. There's no data on him. Even in the OZ database!"

"Did you really think that a Gundam pilot would allow anyone to keep data on him? He's probably already erased it."

"I know that. Why the hell do you always have to be right?" Shina pulled her knee length braid over her shoulder and played with the end of it. "And why the hell does my brother have to be so hard to find. No. Wait. Lemme guess. 'Because he's a Gundam pilot?'" She turned to her companion.

Madame A's mousey brown hair was swept up into a loose bun. It left a severe expression on her face but it looked like it could melt at any moment. One hand was tucked into the pocket of her white lab coat, the other held a steaming mug. She held it out to Shina. "Thought you could use a pick-me-up."

Shina could already tell what was in the mug. Her favorite, earl grey tea. She took the mug and took a careful sip. It was the perfect temperature. Warm, but not hot enough to burn her tongue and just enough honey. "You thought right. How's my baby?"

Madame A smiled. "Good as new. You need to go easier on Archangel."

"I know, I know. 'Your Gundam comes first, your life comes second.' I'll try to be more careful. I just can't wait to see him again. This is gonna be so much fun!"

"Don't you need to find him first?"

Shina's face fell. "Why did you have to remind me. Trying to find him is like trying to find the floor in his room. Not possible."

"Oh...I wouldn't say that. I have, from a very reliable source, that he will be at L2 in one week."

"L2? I shoulda guessed. It'll be 8 years in a week since the Maxwell Church was destroyed." Her face went thoughtful for a moment in remembrance. "Wait!" Shina's eyes narrowed as she looked at Madame A. "You've been in contact with Professor G, haven't you?"

"I can't hide anything from you can I?" She smiled.

"Not for long anyways. When did you find out?"

"About 15 minutes ago. The only thing I don't know is if the others will be there. Best to keep a low profile till you find out what the situation is." She paused. "You should get some sleep. You're scheduled to leave tomorrow at 0800 hours. And you had better be awake. And it is almost 0200."

"Yikes! I didn't think it was that late! Guess I do need to go to bed."

"Indeed you do. You have spent way to long staring at that screen." She turned and walked out of the room.

Shina finished off her tea and crawled into bed. She thought that she would never fall asleep. Slowly but surely she slipped off to dream land.

The same dream. It comes over and over. Always the same. Red light flashes along the long corridor of the sweeper ship. My hand is clasped in a sweaty palm . My brother pulls me along at great speed. An explosion is heard and smoke fills the corridor. We duck into the hanger and he throws a space suit at me.

'Just to be safe' he says.

Heading back out into the chaos, we try to find the Professor. Another explosion rocks the ship and we both get thrown back into the wall. Stars blossom before my eyes as my head hits the wall. Dim visions of him picking me up and running with me are the last thing that I recall. No. Wait. There's something else. Something that wasn't there before. Another explosion, I'm wrenched from his arms and he looses me in the smoke. I hear my name being called. I try to answer but no sound emerges. I know I'm not dead. It hurts to much for me to be dead. The steady ringing of the alarms drowns out everything and I knew nothing more.

Shina's eyes snapped open as she sat up in bed. She was covered in sweat. The alarms were still ringing in her head. As she reassured herself that it was only a dream, she realized that the alarms were not in her head. She jumped out of bed and threw on her clothes, glancing at the clock. Only three hours of sleep. "Ouch. That's gonna hurt later." She rushed out of her room to find Madame A almost at her door.

"What's going on?" Shina asked, looking up and down the hallway.

"Follow me. I'll fill you in as we go." She turned and headed to the hanger. Her expression when she looked over her shoulder at Shina was one of compassion. " We have a mole. Someone let out our purpose and location to OZ. Your mission is to get Archangel out of here and meet up with your brother on L2. Do you accept?"

"Mission accepted." Shina nodded sharply.

"Your brother should be able to continue with your training in the areas that I have not been able to help." She stopped in front of the hanger doors. "Here's where I leave you. Don't worry about fighting. Just get your Gundam out of here. That's your only mission for now. Give this to Professor. G." She handed her an envelope. "Until I contact you again, you are under his command. Understood?"

"Yeah like that'll work. Thos thinks I'm dead! Or did Professor G fail to mention that to you?" Shina calmed herself before she started to yell. "What am I gonna tell him? Hi, I'm you sister that didn't die almost two years ago! I know for a fact that he won't recognize me! The last time he saw me my hair was brown, not stark white. And my skin wasn't nearly this pale."

Madame A stopped and turned around. "We don't have time for this. I have instructed the Professor to let Duo know that you are alive. Now...do you understand your mission?"

"Perfectly." Shina nodded. "I shall do my best."

"That's all I ask." Madame A turned back around and headed to the hanger and opened the door. The sounds of battle were louder now. "Move out."

Shina threw her a quick salute and ran for her Gundam. The cockpit was already open and waiting. She hopped in and buckled in. Her fingers flew across the controls. "Good. Everything is in working order." The cockpit doors closed. She keyed in the sequence to open the airlock. They slowly inched open. Shina was through them before they were even halfway open, and ran straight into an OZ Leo.

"Ah, podic!" Shina tried to back off, but the Leo latched onto her. She knew he was calling for backup, and he was to close to use any weapons. "This sucks. I don't know how I'm gonna get out of this one." She struggled against the grip of the Leo. "Oh wait...duh stupid! You do know martial arts! Use them!" She yelled at herself. She struck up at the Leo with a fist and he let her go. She took off as fast as she could. But not fast enough. While she had been struggling with the Leo, a squad of Taurus suits had surrounded her. "Ah...butt nuggets."

They proceeded to fire. Shina was pelted from every side by bullets. She was getting rocked around pretty hard. "Stupid dolls! STOP!" She charged at the closest one but didn't even get a chance to attack before all systems went dead. Only the life support stayed active, but that was failing quick. She attached her helmet securely and waited, knowing it was only a matter of time before Archangel would be destroyed.

A loud hissing noise caught her attention. "Oh great. Just what I needed. A leak in the oxygen for my suit. Wonderful." Shina started to get light headed from the lack of air. Looking at the gauges quickly, she estimated that if they took her to one of the nearby colonies then she might survive, barely.

A loud banging came from outside. They were trying to force the hatch. Suddenly it stopped and she felt Archangel begin to move. They were towing her somewhere. She didn't really care. She had failed her mission. She breathed a quick prayer that she would make it out of this alive, if not in one piece before her vision slowly started to go black, and she closed her eyes.

grin Feels good to be working on this after like four years…yikes. Didn't realize it had been that long. Whoops. But the creative juices are flowing so hopefully I will update this quickly and often. Hopefully at least once a week if not every other week.

Just a quick note on words I have used. I used a language that one of my good friends and I have been working on for a while now. Thos means brother and podic is just a generic curse word. Sounds cool when said with anger.

Till next time!

Peace, love and lollipops!