Disclaimer: I do not own Vandread. I just wish I did.

Chapter 1:

Surprise Attack, Strange Arrival

Setting: Right after the men's ship departed from the Nirvana.

-On the Nirvana-

The bridge was empty with the exception of Rebecca and the Captain, who were watching as the men's ship grew smaller and smaller.

"I doubt everyone will agree with the mixing of men and women," the Captain said. "I agree, Captain, we can't let our guard down." Rebecca answered.

-On Mejale at one of the units that was shut down-

"Captain, we have confirmed that the men's ship has left the Nirvana," a girl yelled.

"Good, good. Call Maggie, I need to speak with her." A woman with short black hair answered. "Roger." The other girl responded.

A girl with shoulder length brown hair enters the room and walks to stand in front of the black haired women. "You asked to see me, Captain?" the girl said.

"Maggie, we just received word of the men's departure from the Nirvana. You won the right, so is your team ready?" the black haired Captain asked.

"Yes, we will leave right away," Maggie answered as she turned and walked away.

-Back on the Nirvana-

-Reg central-

"So are you in," Gascogne asked.

"Yes," Meia answer as she lay down her hand.

Valore laughed. "Straight flush, really Meia?" she said. Gascogne smiled.

"So you beat me again. Playing with you just makes me miss Hibiki." She said as she shuffled the cards.

"Yeah, it is quite around here." Meia answered.

***alarms sound***

"Captain, they're in the ship." Amarone yelled.

"Attention crew, we have intruders on the Nirvana." The Captain said over the loud speaker.

"Jura, Barnette cover the hanger and surrounding halls," Meia yelled as they ran down a hall way.

Then they rounded a corner and found three hooded people. One of which was quickly typing on one of the Nirvana's computers. The girls turned when the heard Meia, Jura, and Barnette approaching.

"Girls, run," the first girl yelled. The other two took off running.

"Oh no you don't," Barnette said as she and Jura ran after the girls.

The other girl ejected a disc and turned to run, just then she was tacked by Meia. As the girl struggled to escape from under Meia, one of the other hooded girls reappeared.

"Leader," she yelled.

"Lucy, run, leave me." The girl yelled back.

Then seeing that she was not going to escape Meia's grip, she slid the disc toward the girl. But before it could reach her, Jura, who had just rounded the corner, brought her sword's blade down on it.

"Lucy, go now, that's an order." The struggling girl yelled.

"Leader… I can't…" Lucy answered as she began to cry.

"I'm so sorry, Lucy." The trapped girl said as her voice cracked. "Now go!" she screamed.

Lucy turned and ran, followed by Jura. It was then that the girl under Meia turned. As she turned her hood fell.

"Meia." She whispered. Meia froze her eyes wide with shock.

"M..M..Maggie." she breathed.

Maggie smiled, "Guess we kept our promises after all." She answered as she passed out.

Meia jumped up from the girl and stared at her. Then Gascogne rounded the corner.

"Meia," Gascogne said as she noticed Meia's frozen form. She then looked around.

"Meia, what's with the blood?...Meia?" Gascogne asked as Meia began to back toward the wall, her eyes never leaving the bleeding girl's face.

"We need a medical team in the Western wing." Gascogne called over her communicator, as Meia hit the wall and slide into a sitting position. She then brought her knees to her chest and covered her face.

"What's happed?" Paiway asked as she and some of the medical team rounded the corner.

"I'm not sure but this girl has lost a lot of blood and is passed out." Gascogne said as she stared at Meia.

"What's with Meia?" Paiway asked as her team began to load the girl onto a stretcher.

"I'm not sure," Gascogne answered, "But I'll deal with her, you just take care of this girl." She said as she walked over to the blood covered Meia and pulled her to her feet. She then lead Meia to the showers and to her room, Meia never spoke.

-The next day-

"So what can you tell us about our guest?" the Captain asked as she and Rebecca entered the sick bay.

"Nothing really," Paiway answered. "All I know is that she's covered in scares. We stopped the bleeding and gave her some blood." She said.

"Was the bleeding caused by our girls?" Rebecca asked.

"No, the cut looks old, or at least that's what Duelo said when I sent him the pictures." Paiway answered.

"Do we know anything about this girl, her age or name at least?" The Captain asked.

"Her name is Maggie, Maggie Starfight. She's 18 and got most of those scares when she was little." Meia answered leaning against the door way. "But I thought the abuse had stopped," Meia whispered to herself.

"Meia, how do you know this girl?" the Captain asked.

"We knew each other as kids on Mejale." Meia answered as the girl began to wake up.

" M..M..Meia." she moaned as she opened her eyes.

Meia looked at the girl, who tried to sit up. Then with a little help form Paiway, Maggie sat up and looked around at everyone. She made eye contact with Meia, who quickly looked at the floor.

"So, Maggie," Paiway asked, "Can you tell us why you have so many scares?"

Maggie looked at Paiway. "Why don't I just give you my medical disc," she asked.

"Where is it?" Rebecca asked.

"In a wooden box under the seat of my dread." Maggie answered.

"Parfet," Rebecca said as Parfet's face appeared on the computer's screen, "can you bring us the wooden box from under the seat of the intruder's dread?"

"Sure" Parfet said as her face disappeared.

"Now, if you don't mind, please explain why you attacked and entered our ship." The Captain demanded as she carefully watched Maggie.

"Well," Maggie started, "I'm a member of a Mejale pirate crew."

"So you're a member a Melinda's Pirates, are you?" the Captain asked.

Maggie looked at the old women, 'she knows more than I expected' Maggie thought as she answered the Captain.

"Yes, I am the leader of the 3rd unit." She said.

"Well what is it that Melinda's crew has against us?" the Captain asked.

"Melinda's crew is anti-government, and your crew is now part of a very important government experiment." Maggie answered as she locked eyes with the Captain.

"So we are her new target?" she asked.

"Yes, she has a plan to turn the men against the woman and have the government destroyed." Maggie said as a worried look appeared on Paiway's face.

"But that would make her and her crew prisoners of the men." Rebecca said.

"She thinks she can beat the men by gathering the woman who would fight and revolting." Maggie said. "But in order to do this she first needed the information on your ship, your crew, and your weapons." Maggie continued.

"And that is why you are here?" the Captain said as she connected the dots in her head.

"It was, but one of your girls destroyed the disc when Meia had me pinned to the floor." Maggie said, "But I should warn you, that she won't give up that easy."

At that the Captain smiles, "nether do we, child." She said.

"I know of Melinda's crew," the Captain said, "many girls die trying to survive her rules. So how is it you became the 3rd in command?" she asked.

Maggie smiled, "Well first, you must understand that to get anything in Melinda's crew you have to fight for it. When I joined the crew 4 years ago, I was a depressed child." Maggie said glancing at Meia, who appeared to be trying not to cry.

"I was full of anger, so I fit in well. Melinda's rule is that you fight for what you want and you keep what you win. I fought my way up the ranks till I was facing the 2nd in command herself, Commander Kei Mori. We fought for around 3 hours but with no end in sight and both of use easily losing energy and both having multiple bleeding wounds, the Captain stopped us. Since I had tied with the commander, I was offered a position as 3rd in command. I was given my own unit of 150 girls and I fought for the right to a place for us to live."

"We have that many girls on the Nirvana." Paiway said looking at Maggi, "and we can hardly fit them here. Where did you put all of your girls?" she asked.

"We live in the original unit, the one that started it all." Maggie said.

"You mean the one where the power plant blew up." Rebecca said glancing at Meia for Rebecca was one of the few who knew about Meia's Ohma.

"Yeah," Maggie answered, "And you wouldn't believe how beautiful it is, the ground is covered in grass and the trees are always green." Maggie finished as she caught Meia's eyes darting away from her face. "Just like the scientist wanted, before it blew up." Maggie added.

Everyone grew quite then Paiway asked "Do you have babies in you unit, Maggie?"

Maggie smiled, "Yes I do. I have 5 babies right now but I have 30 kids that are under 5 years old."

"Really?" Paiway said, "And they have to fight?"

Maggie laughed, "No they don't. Anyone under 5 years old is safe. But once they turn 6, they start hard training and have to start fighting to survive." Maggie said.

"How are there so many babies?" Rebecca asked thinking of Kahlua.

"Well, Melinda picks two women with skills that she finds important and forces them to have a baby." Maggie said.

"So since you're the 3rd in command, I guess that means you've had a lot of babies." Paiway said.

As she said this Meia looked straight at Maggie, waiting to see what the girls answer would be.

"They tried to get me to, but I black listed my name in the Mejale system so no doctor will implant me." Maggie said glancing at Meia, who quickly refocused on the floor.

"So you got all these scares from fighting in Melinda's crew?" Rebecca asked as she looked at the long scare that traveled down Maggie's neck and into her gown.

"No, Just most of them." Maggie answered as she glanced down. "Let's just say that I had a very rough childhood." She said as the Captain turned to look at Meia.

The Captain was beginning to understand but she still had many unanswered questions.

"Maggie," Rebecca said, "how did you get the cut on your stomach?" she asked.

"Well," Maggie started, "It all started about 1 ½ after I joined Melinda's crew…"

-Flashback-

A little black haired girl is walking down a hall when she sees an apple.

'I'm hanger, I'll just take this and eat it' she thought as she grabbed an apple and began her trip home.

"That's stealing," a voice said.

The little girl turned and stared at Fuyu, a tall dark skinned woman with red hair.

"I'm going home." The girl answered.

"With one of my apples," she said, "that's against the rules, to take what is not yours." She continued as the small girl backed against the wall.

"I'm s..s..sorry." the girl said as Fuyu pulled a knife from her belt.

"Oh you will be." She said as a smile spread across her face.

-A few hours later in the crew's large training room-

"Fuyu," Maggie yelled as she entered the room. "who gave you permission to punish one of my girls?" she asked.

"She stole from my unit, I had to teach her to follow the rules." Fuyu responded.

"There's an order by the Captain that punishment for my entire unit goes through me first. Now I have a 6 year old who will never pilot a dread." Maggie screamed. "she was a very promising pilot at that, but now she's missing 3 fingers." Maggie finished as Fuyu smirked.

"too bad." She said.

"So now," Maggie began, "it is my right by the order of the Captain to challenge you as punishment for the braking of a Captain's order." Maggie said.

Fuyu turned away, "I refuse." She said.

"You cannot," a sly voice said.

"C..Cap…Captain." Fuyu said as she turned to see the black haired women standing near the door.

"Make it official, Maggie." The Captain said.

"I, Maggie Tanaka, leader of the 3rd unit, 3rd in command of the pirate crew, leader of the dread army, commander of the spy unit, and head of the medical unit challenge Fuyu Matsumoto to a single weapon battle for punishment for the breaking the Captain's order." Maggie said.

The Captain grinded. "My order gives Maggie the right for the chosen fight. Now chose your weapons." The Captain said.

"My 470 single shot laser gun" Fuyu said with a hardened expression.

"My dragon tail fire whip." Maggie responded. At this the surrounding crew smiled and began to quietly chat. It was always a good show when Maggie used her whip.

"begin" the Captain shouted.

Fuyu pointed her gun at Maggie, 'if she moves an inch I'll shoot' she thought.

Maggie smiled as her whip hit the ground around her. One thing she had learned a long time ago was that fighting without a purpose was useless. Now she was fighting for one of her girls, they were her responsibility and she would protect them.

"What?.. you too scared to move?" Fuyu asked as Maggie locked eyes with her. Maggie flinched. Her whip cut across Fuyu's hand and gun, cutting her skin and breaking her bones.

Maggie's whip was special, it was a long black whip that spreaded into 3 at the end. Each end was embedded with small diamond and blades, with a leather tip that burned when it hit skin.

"damn," Fuyu said as she rose off the ground, holding her now broken hand and gun.

"call it" Maggie demanded.

"Never" Fuyu answered as she charged Maggie.

Maggie moved with lightning speed as her whip cut across Fuyu's face, leaving three long cuts and an injured eye.

"call it" Maggie shouted.

Fuyu laughed. "do you know what the little bitch told me as I cut her?" Fuyu asked. "she begged me not to hurt her, she said that Miss. Maggie would fix it. That Miss. Maggie would make it better. I told her that Miss. Maggie couldn't protect her. Then I cut off three of her fingers before she got away… would you like me to send them to you in a box?" she asked as Maggie snapped.

Maggie popped her whip as she brought in down on the women. Maggie didn't hold back as she sliced the women's skin with her whip.

"Stop" the Captain demanded as Maggie prepared to attack Fuyu. Fuyu's body lay unmoving in a pool of blood.

Maggie began to attack again as her second in command, Lucy, stepped in front of her.

"Leader," she said. "it's over."

"Call a medical crew now" the Captain said.

No one moved. This was the first time most of them had seen Maggie loss it. Maggie was always well controlled; she was always in command of herself. Only the oldest members of the crew could remember the last time Maggie had lost her temper. That time she killed four women and injured the Captains shoulder.

"Maggie," the Captain said, "get your team here now." She demanded.

Lucy turned and motioned two girls forward. The girls check and confirmed that Fuyu was still alive.

"Maggie." Lucy whispered. Maggie locked eyes with the Captain.

"Take her to the medical room and fix her wounds." Maggie demanded as the girls loaded the women onto a stretcher.

-Flashback over-

"Fuyu died two weeks later from stomach wound. I had cut her so deep that she bled to death. My team worked on her but the damage was done." Maggie continued "I found out later that Fuyu was the Commander's lover. Then last week, I was fighting the commander for the right to this mission." Maggie said, "she's very skilled with a knife and got a good slice across my stomach. We tied the fight and my girls patched me up. Since I had broken the commander's arm, I got the mission." She finished

"Wait I thought Meia said your name was Maggie Starfight." Paiway said.

"it is." Maggie responded

"then why was your name different in the story?" she asked.

"a fake I.D.?" the Captain asked.

"Yes," Meia answered. "she's had it since we were kids."

"If I remember correctly," Maggie said with a grin, "you bought it for me."

At that a small smile spread across Meia's face. "well, I couldn't let them take you away, now could I?" Meia answered as confused expressions spread across everyone's faces.

It was then that Parfet entered the sick bay carrying a wooden box.

"here" Parfet said as she handed the box to Maggie.

"thanks" Maggie said as she slid her hand across the top of the box.

"You still have it" Meia asked as she stared at the wooden box.

"Of course." Maggie said. "This box holds some of my best memories." She said focusing on the box.

"so, where's the key?" Paiway asked.

"There isn't one." Maggie answered, "this is known as a couples box." She said.

"What's so special about a couple's box?" Paiway asked.

"Well," Maggie said, "you don't need a key because only two people can open it." Maggie answered.

"how?" Rebecca asked as Maggie pressed the box to her lips.

The box opened. Maggie reached into the box being careful not to open it to wide. She didn't want everyone to see what was inside the box. Maggie then pulled out a disc.

"Here" she said as she handed the disc to Paiway, who stuck it into the computer. A list of years pulled up. Paiway clicked on a random year. A long list of dates was now showing.

"what's this?" she asked.

"this disc holds a record of every serious injury I've had since birth." Maggie answered.

"This is a lot of injuries" Paiway responded as she clicked on a day.

March 5

Injury: broken right arm

Reason: Ohma twisted it to hard

Treatment: set bone and rapped arm

"Your Ohma broke your arm?" Rebecca asked in disbelief.

"yeah, she broke more than that when I was 8. I was only 4 here." Maggie said as almost everyone's face held a sad expression. Everyone but Meia who looked ready to kill.

"Well how do you feel now?" The Captain asked after a few minutes.

"A little sleepy, but ok." Maggie said.

"we'll let you sleep." She said as Rebecca, Parfet, Paiway, and herself left the room.

"Meia." Maggie said as Meia turned to leave.

"what" Meia answered not turning to look at Maggie.

"take this with you please." Maggie said holding up the box, "it's as much yours as it is mine." She said as Meia took the box and quickly left the room.

Ok, it's my first time putting one of my stories out there, so tell me what you think. I know it's full of dialogue but hopefully I'll use less as the story continues. And I hope you'll like flashbacks because I have a lot of them. How else who I explain Maggie's life.

Hope you enjoyed it, please review. Mean, nice I don't care just let me know someone out there still cares about Vandread.

I'll have chapter 2 (Remembering the Past) up soon.

Katieruth