Disclaimer: I don't own GundamWing....*sobs* I'm so sorry Heero, Duo, Trowa...///_—˜
Dedication: To all who love me and my stories and also to those I cherish dearly....Ex: My devoted readers....if there are any out there...and my family....
Summary: Well....this is Before Colony 130. What's happening later on in the prologue is... well, you're going to notice the last names so, I won't really go into it, but they're fighting because they have to....
This obviously takes place WAYYYYY before our former GW pilots enter the picture, heck, they aren't even born yet...*frowns*, but... the two main people in the prologue aren't their fathers, but they are their grandfathers... pretty couky, huh? *nods* I know... but, I'll let you get on with the story.
Another thing.... it's kind of the same thing as it was for my last fic : Truth or Consequence.... they don't know who they are. But it's like the first episode, only the GW know each other, the Peacecrafts know each other, but Sally Po and Wufei don't know each other yet. Sad *nods* I know....
It's kind of....oh, what's the word...oh yeah, this fic is kind of an AU *frowns* I think that's how it's spelt...but, anywho, enjoy this fic....
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**Love and Lies**
~*~Prologue~*~
**The Earth deserves no peace...**
//BC 130\\
The God of death and the Angel of death both went at it. They fought and they fought till the very end, until they were both laying on the ground, their clothes stained with each other's dark blood. The Angel of death looked over at the God of death and he suddenly sneered before snickering.
" You can never win. Why don't you just give up now and let the Earth have the peace they deserve? Why must you be so heartless and cruel? ", The Angel of death demanded.
The God of death snorted and slowly stood up, only to hunch over slightly as he wrapped an arm around his stomach, " It's you who'll never win. I want to make death happen, but you only want to preserve it. And for what reason? None! The Earth deserves no peace what-so-ever. Not with those damned Peacecrafts living..... "
The Angel of death shook his head, his brown hair lay matted to the sides of his face, stained in his blood from a deep wound to the back of his head as his long gray wings folded and replaced themselves back into his back, " The Peacecrafts are gentle and caring people who only care about the Earth, not about themselves.....you have no right to go out and say such stuff about them.. ", he defended them.
The God of Death snorted again and stretched out his long pitch black bat-like wings, " Well then? They should just let the Earth suffer then, instead of living in this.... harmony... ", he spat out the last word venomously as he bent down and picked up his scythe and held onto it firmly with two hands.
" You're never going to learn are you? I don't want to kill you..... but if I must, then I must.... "
" Bring it on and you'll only be bringing death upon the Earth and yourself... ", The God of Death warned.
The Angel of death waved a hand through the air, " There's no time for such talk now. Now is the time I destroy you and make done with your evil ways Jin Maxwell..... you've said enough to talk the ear off the dead..... now, draw and let's get this over with... ", Ryu Lowe told him in a dark tone, his Prussian blue eyes narrowed as he swung his long, gold staff around in a full circle before catching it promptly and then charging at Jin head-on.
Jin narrowed his cobalt blue eyes and quickly grabbed his sycthe in two hands and charged at Ryu. They met at the middle, their weapons causing sparks to fly about wildly as they clashed together. Ryu grimaced under the effort of having to push Jin away from him as Jin swiftly guided the long, dangerous looking sycthe into a deadly downfall upon the Angel of Death.
Ryu and Jin both stumbled back, breathing hard, clutching their wounds that had reopened. Ryu's head shot up and he looked at Jin as he fall to the ground on a knee. Something wasn't right here. There was another presence that hung around in the air like thick fog that was stubborn and wouldn't go away.
Jin felt Ryu's suspicion and he held himself up with the help of his sycthe, " W-what is it? "
Ryu shook his head and closed his eyes as he stretched out his senses as far as they would go, yet he still couldn't feel anything or anyone. Jin watched Ryu and thought about killing him right then and there, but he decided against it, for it wouldn't quite fair.
There was a light sound of tinkling silver bells that echoed around them. Ryu heard Jin gasp and he snapped his eyes open. He found a young woman with long flowing light sandy blonde hair and piercing violet eyes that seemed to see straight into his very soul. She outstretched a hand to him and beckoned for him to come to her.
Jin swallowed thickly and watched as Ryu's eyes glazed over and slowly began to walk towards the strange woman. The woman blinked her almond shaped eyes and tilted her head to the side, " Come.... don't be afraid. Only be afraid of the death you will cause the Earth and yourself... ", she whispered in a soft, melodic voice.
Ryu blinked and looked at the woman, " W-what do you mean...? "
The woman looked at him and frowned lightly, " What I mean is, what you're doing now will kill the one who will only be able to restore peace to the Earth and the Colonies... "
" C-colonies? What are they? ", Jin spoke up as he walked up to Ryu and stood beside him, using his sycthe to hold him up as his wounds began to bleed quickly and freely.
" The Colonies are a place where life will grow. Besides for residing on the Earth, people will be able to live in metal-like homes that are located out in space. You will only kill off the ones who will be able to make those homes for the people of Earth... don't be so cruel... "
Jin looked at the woman and watched in amazement as long white beautiful wings sprouted from her back and stood out proudly behind her, " W-what are you? "
The woman smiled kindly as she looked at him, " I am called... the Angel of Peace... I am from the future. In a sixty-eight years, all will be gone... you will destroy my world if you continue to fight. Please, don't do it... just go back home to your families... "
Ryu's eyes slowly closed and he slumped to the ground. Jin was at his side in an instant. He looked up at the woman and found that she was gone, " W-where'd she go...? ", he whispered in confusion and shock.
Ryu groaned and brought a hand up to clutch the collar of Jin's black robe, " J-jin... go back to your family... tell them that everything's alright... "
Jin shook his head and grabbed his friend's hand, " Ryu, you've been my best friend since nursery! I would never, EVER leave you to die... you got me? "
Ryu flashed him a small, weak smile before closing his eyes and going completely still, " Whatever you say, Jin... whatever you say.... "
***
Times were different then, and they're different now. Five boys would be named peace keepers of the Earth and of the Colonies in the sectors L1 through L5. In about five years from now they will all be born and then abandoned in their life to be brought up by the scientists who grouped together to create Mobile machines known as the Gundams.
Ryu Lowe and Jin Maxwell are both dead to the world, but not to their families. Their powers and ablilities have been passed on to other family members, but who? And how will we know?
The 'real' Heero Yuy was assinated about five years ago and from then on, all chaos and hell broke out on the Colonies and the Earth. OZ attacked the Colonies and also parts of the Earth, but they were silenced one year from today by three unknown saviors.
From then on, nothing has disturbed the Earth and the Colonies who are still healing to this very day. But... in thirteen years from now, all hell and chaos will break loose once again. Who will stop it from spreading? Who will save the Earth and Colonies as the previous saviors had saved them?
Only five men will carry the weight of the world on their shoulders... but will they be able to restore peace to the Earth and the Colonies? Or, will they bring death and peace to the Earth and the Colonies after it's already been silenced by the saviors of the Earth and the Colonies?
Only the battle that will bring peace and death will hold that decision for them and the rest of the people who inhabit the Earth and the Colonies.... and one woman....
~*~ Chapter 1 ~*~
** " It all burned to the ground.... " - Merle from Vision of Escaflowne (Episode #3)**
//23 years later, AC 198\\
*The Sanc Kingdom*
" What do you want with us? ", a slightly scared and angered Lucrezia Noin Peacecraft demanded as she grabbed Relena's hand, and her husband's hand; Milliardo Peacecraft in her own trembling ones.
The man standing in front of them sneered and cocked back the hammer on his gun. He pointed it straight at Noin's head, " Why should I tell you? ", he snarled.
Milliardo growled lightly under his breath and then grimaced as the back of his head began to throb again. Relena Peacecraft stared at the man holding the gun with wide light blue eyes, " J-just let us go! We did nothing to you. Why must you do this? ", she asked in a trembling voice.
The man holding the gun slowly brought the gun to Relena and pointed it at her head, " Just shut the hell up! Fucking Peacecrafts, I swear! You need to keep that hole in your face shut. Look at where it's gotten you! Execution... assination... you guys will never learn, will you? "
Noin watched him and she pressed her lips together in a tight line before speaking again, " Who sent you? ", she demanded.
The man whipped the gun over to her, aimed it quickly at her head, and then pulled the trigger. A loud scream escaped Relena's mouth and a loud gasp followed from Milliardo as Noin's dark eyes rolled back into her head and she slumped to the side, against Milliardo, blood trickling from the hole in her forehead down her nose and lips.
Milliardo reached over with a trembling hand and gently caressed Noin's pale cheek, tears streaming down his cheeks as he closed his dark blue eyes and clenched his fists together. Relena watched Noin's lifeless body and then her brother's shaking fists that were clenched tightly.
" N-noin.... no! You bastard!! ", Milliardo finally found his voice as his eyes snapped open and he glared at the man who had shot her.
Milliardo then jumped up from the ground and lunged at the man who still held the gun in his head. Another man quickly jumped out from the shadows. He quickly unsheathed a sharp long knife that gleamed dangerously in the dim light hanging from the ceiling and stabbed it deep into Milliardo's chest as they met.
Milliardo swung his arm out and his fist connected with the side of his face. The man cursed loudly and yanked the knife from Milliardo's chest and stabbed it into his chest again. Over and over. Steel piercing flesh until Milliardo was laying on the ground, bleeding from eight stab wounds to the chest.
Relena brought her hands to her mouth to try and stifle her screams. Milliardo looked over at her, crimson trickling from his lips, and crimson beginning to create a large pool underneath his damaged body as he outstretched a hand to her.
" S-survive.... ", Milliardo whispered in a strangled voice as his body began to tremble uncontrollably and then went completely still.
Relena crawled over to her dead brother, tears streaming down her bruised cheek that had been injured before this all happened. She reached over and placed her brother's head in her lap, gently reaching down with trembling hands to softly and tenderly stroke the long platinum blonde tresses that would never ever have the wind flow through them.
Relena then placed a hand over his eyes and gently closed them, before one of the men reached down and yanked her up. Relena struggled against him, but the more she struggled, the more he'd slap her in the face again.
" Fry it all... ", the man who had killed Noin muttered before dragging Relena to a linen closet and throwing her inside the dark, small room.
Relena sat curled up in a ball in the far corner of the little closet. She closed her eyes and prayed that this was all a dream and that she was going to awaken anytime soon. But she was mistaken when smoke began to slide into the little room from underneath the door.
Relena stood up quickly and backed up againt the wall, shaking her head she muttered through her tears, " This can't b-be happening... I want out of it all! I don't want to be here... please, oh please! Won't anybody listen? Make it all stop, make it all go away.... "
The smoke in the little room grew thicker and worse, causing Relena to double over and cough her brains out. There was a light clicking noise and the door to the linen closet slowly floated open, revealing the entire basement ablaze. Flames licked the walls and furniture hungrily, reaching for Relena as well as she slowly stepped out into the open.
Relena placed a hand over her mouth and nose and ran for the stairs that would lead to the main floor of the Peacecraft manison. Once she was up on the main floor after tripping on the stairs a few times and bruising her legs and ankles, she quickly looked around and then took off down the hall that would lead her to the front door - to freedom.
Relena was not even a few feet away from the front door which was wide open revealing the outside ablaze as well. She dropped to the ground clutching her stomach as she began to cough. Relena clamped her eyes shut against the stinging that had claimed them and began to crawl towards the door, using her hand against the floor to guide her.
As soon as she felt the cold marble of the front step underneath her palm she breathed a sigh of relief and slowly stood up. Relena opened her eyes and took a trembling step forward to look at the disaterious scene in front of her. Three crosses stood standing in the ground, one leaning to the side, the other to the left and the other straight.
Tied onto those crosses were her brother, her sister-in-law, and her foster mother, all gutted from the inside to the outside. Relena shook her head as she brought a hand to her mouth and pushed down the bile that was beginning to rise in her throat. She began to walk towards them slowly, taking small steps, stumbling every now and then.
The flames that were ablaze outside of the Peacecraft mansion licked at Relena's clothes, but she didn't care. Why should she have to? Her entire family was dead. They were all assinated, and why? All because of the war for peace that only ended up bringing death upon the world.
Relena's lower lip trembled as fresh tears fell down her cheeks, only to evaporate from the heat of the flames around her. She looked up at the sky and slowly fell to the ground on her knees. A strangled sob slipped past her lips followed closely by a wail of agony and anguish as she slammed her fists against the hard pavement.
There was a loud snapping behind her that caused her to quickly jump up and whirl around to face whoever was there. No one was standing there, just flames. Relena sniffled lightly and broke down again as she began to walk around the burning Kingdom, stumbling and calling out her brother's name everynow and then....
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The helicopter flew low to the ground of the burning Kingdom. A short man about the age of fifty looked at the driver of the helicopter through his small black googles and then pointed to a figure that was walking around.
" There! She's there.... fly down so I can go and get her. ", he shouted at the driver over the whiring of the blades.
The driver nodded his affirmation and then lowered the helicopter to the ground, setting it gently away from the flames. The snort man with the googles threw open the door and jumped out of the helicopter. He quickly walked towards Relena Peacecraft who was stumbling as she walked.
Dr.J of the L1 Colony stopped in front of Relena and looked at her as she lifted her face to look at him, " Relena Peacecraft? ", he asked loudly over the roar of the flames.
Relena nodded her head nimbly, " Y-yes. What do you want? You want to kill me too? Assinate me, perhaps? ", her usual soft voice now dripping heavily with sarcasm.
Dr.J shook his head and outstretched his hand towards Relena who just stared at it with doubt and uncertainty in her frightened light blue eyes. Dr.J watched her, " Come now, my dear. Let's get you out of this mess.... will you come with me to my place? I could care for you until you were able to get back on your feet... I'm not going to hurt you, Relena. Please, you must believe me.... ", he assured her gently, yet firmly.
Relena slowly stood up and reached out to grasp Dr.J's outstretched hand. As soon as their hands touched, Relena began to fall to the ground, but Dr.J wrapped an arm around her waist and held her up, allowing her to lean against him, so he could support most of her weight.
" W-what's going to happen? ", Relena asked lightly in his ear as he helped her towards the awaiting helicopter.
Dr.J smirked slightly and gave her hand a reassuring pat, " No need to worry, my dear. Everything will be fine. I won't let anything too bad happen to you... I'll keep you safe... "
Relena closed her eyes against the pain of the only family she ever had now gone, against the pain that caused her head to throb, against the pain that made her ankles swollen, and against the pain of her bruised legs. Relena tried to shut out the world, the roar of the flames, the loud crumbling of the brick buildings that fell apart as they were brought in the path of the fire.
Dr.J glanced over at Relena as he got her settled in the helicopter and watched as small tears spilled down her cheeks, gleaming in the bright light of the fires below them...
***
" ....the entire Peacecraft family was found murdered... all but one... ", the woman on the television reported into her microphone as she swept a hand behind her at the fire in the Sanc Kingdom that was being put out by firefighters as she spoke.
" Murdered? All but one?! ", Dorothy Catalonia practically shouted as she jumped up from her chair and clicked the off button on the remote for the TV.
" This is absurd! Stupid, pathetic! How could they all be dead? All except for one? Who could it be? ", she cried and wondered at the same time as she raked a hand through her long pale blonde tresses.
" The Peacecrafts were all murdered? ", Trowa Barton's voice came from the doorway as he stood there with his arms crossed over his chest, Katherine Bloom standing beside him, a hand over her mouth at the news.
Dorothy nodded slowly and then sighed heavily as she plopped back down into the chair she had previously jumped up from before, " Yes.... but who could be the one who's still alive? There has to one of them still out there.... the reporter said it herself... "
Trowa nodded and slowly walked over to the window to gaze out at the gardens that Quartre Rabera Winner and Wufei Chang were walking in. He turned around and looked at Dorothy with deep green eyes and frowned lightly, " That's rather odd if you ask me. Do you think it was all staged so that only one of them would live and the others would die? Like... for instance, someone going over there - to the Sanc Kingdom - and killing all but one for one reason... "
" What would that be Trowa? ", Katherine's soft voice spoke up from behind him as she walked farther into the room.
Trowa looked at her, " What I'm thinking is that someone went over there to assinate all of them but one. The one who would have a special job... a special case... "
Dorothy frowned deeply, " You're not making any sense, Trowa... "
Katherine looked at Dorothy, " He is too... he's making perfect sense. You just weren't listening... "
Dorothy quirked what appeared to be a gray eyebrow at the girl, " I am too listening, Ms. Bloom! It just doesn't seem like there's anybody stupid enough to go to the Sanc Kingdom and blow everyone off but one.... "
Katherine's lips went together in a tight, and impatient line, " Whatever... There just might be one who would be stupid enough to do it... "
Trowa and Dorothy both looked at Katherine, " What? ", Trowa asked, breaking the short minute of silence.
" Heero Yuy... "
***
" Hey! Do you know what you're doing? ", Duo Maxwell's unsure voice hissed in Heero Yuy's left ear as he tugged on the end of his long, dark brown braid.
Heero frowned deeply as he continued to fiddle with the wires, ' Red crosses blue, green crosses yellow, and orange crosses purple... ', he thought as he crossed the selected wires over each other.
A beeping noise sounded overhead and Duo slapped hand to his forehead. Groaning, he complained, " That does it! We're dead and it's all your fault, Heero. what do you have to say for yourself? Remind me to make a place for you in hell.... it's just my invitation... "
Heero snorted, " Hn... just be quiet already, will you?! You're the one who's going to get us in shit... ", he grumbled as he slid out from underneath the large computer and stood up to type something into the system that had turned itself on.
Duo followed him and frowned as he scratched his head and then crossed his arms over his chest, " I still don't know how you do it? After three years of knowing you, I'll never understand how you can hack into such complicated things, Heero.. "
The eighteen year old tuned him out. Heero tilted his head to the side and then cursed lightly under his breath as a red little note appeared in the far left corner of the large screen. He directed the mouse over to it and clicked on it, opening it, revealing the large print on the screen; Self Destruct in 5 mins....
" Shit! Duo... we gotta move, now!! ", Heero shouted as he reached out, grabbed Duo's wrist and began to run from the run, dragging the protesting Duo Maxwell with him.
" What the hell did you do? "
Heero ignored him as he continued to run down the long hall, trying to find a way out before it all blew up and then collapsed on them. Duo frowned and wrentched his arm from Heero's deathgrip, " Will you answer me? ", he shouted at him.
Heero suddenly stopped and Duo slammed into his back, " Whoa! ", Duo cried as he stumbled back a few feet.
Heero blinked and scanned the dimly lit hall, " Hurry! This way... ", he hissed over his shoulder at Duo as he took off down the hall again and disappeared around a corner.
Duo snorted and mumbled something about Heero being too panicky at times before he looked down at his watch and felt his heart stop. Thirty seconds was all they had left before it was hastalavista. Duo groaned loudly and took off after Heero in a dead run. He found Heero standing in front of a large metal door, his hand outstretched and placed flat against it.
" Hey!? What's the deal? Why aren't you outside running from it all? ", Duo shouted at him as he ran up to him.
Heero glanced over his shoulder at Duo and snorted, " Hn... there's no way out... "
Duo blinked and then shook his head as he walked up to the door and looked at it, " There is too! How could there not be? "
Heero shrugged and then reached out to type in a four digit code into the number pad on the side of the wall. The door slid open partially and then stopped. Duo stared at the small gap in between the floor and the door and sighed heavily in defeat, " We're never going to get out are we? We now have... ten seconds... ", he reminded Heero as he glanced down at his watch.
Heero dropped to the ground on his stomach and squeezed his way through the small gap, " Come on! Hurry it up, will you? We haven't got all day... ", he called out as he stood up on the other side of the door and brushed himself off before taking cover from the building that was about to explode.
Little beads of sweat began to roll down Duo's face as he dropped to his stomach on the ground and squeezed his own way through the little gap. Once he was outside, he jumped up and ran as fast as he could to where Heero was waving an arm at him, telling him to hurry.
The entire ground shook beneath them and Duo stumbled and then lost his footing as he fell to the ground, his left cheek slamming up against it. Multiple explosions sounded out from behind him and Duo, after feeling the blasts vibrate through the ground, scrambled to his hands and knees and began to crawl frantically towards Heero.
Heero frowned deeply as he watched the building quickly collapse to the ground in a huge heap of metal and stone. He shook his head and then plowed a hand through his dark brown hair that fell in front of his Prussian blue eyes, " I knew there was something up with it.. ", he muttered as Duo quickly stood up beside him and brushed himself off.
" What do you mean? ", Duo asked as he began to pick small pieces of insulation from his dark brown hair, his deep cobalt blue eyes watching Heero's emotionless expression.
Heero knitted his brows together, " This was all a bit set-up! "
" How do you know? "
" Think about it, Duo... there was no one else in that building except for us. Why is that? ", Heero pointed out.
Duo quirked a dark brow and tilted his head to the side as he glanced back at the large pile of metal and stone, " Perhaps no one's working today and it's a big day off... ", he joked lightly.
Heero sighed heavily and turned to head back towards the spaceport. Duo watched him go, " Hey? Where are you going now? "
" Back to L1... why? ", Heero shouted over his shoulder.
Duo frowned and shrugged as he followed, " I might as well go back to L2 then.... after, I grab something to eat... "
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Dr.J tilted his head to the side as he watched Relena Peacecraft slowly sit up from the metal table. Her light blue eyes held confusion in them as she looked over at Dr.J to find him watching her.
" W-what happened? Where am I? ", Relena demanded as she jumped down from the table to walk over to him.
Dr.J smirked and clasped his hands behind his back, " You're where you belong, Relena... why? Is something the matter? "
Relena nodded, " I don't remember ever coming here. Where exactly is here anyway? ", she asked as she looked around the laboratory.
" You're on the L1 Colony... this is your home. This is where you will be staying for the rest of your training until you've fully completed it... ", Dr.J explained to her.
" What is my name again? "
" Relena... "
" Oh... and how did I come to be here? "
" You had a little... accident while you were training... ", Dr.J lied simply.
Relena quirked an eyebrow, " Accident? What kind of accident? "
Dr.J watched her through his small black googles, " Forget it for now. How about you go and grab your new clothes, which are sitting on the chair beside the table, and get changed? Then I'll get one of my assistances to show you around... "
Relena nodded her head nimbly and turned to make her way towards the chair that held her clothes. When she turned around to ask the man a question concerning why she was brought here, she found no one. Only an empty room holding lots of strange machinery.
Relena frowned and looked down at her clothes and then sighed heavily as she changed silently and then made her way towards the door to go meet this assistant of his that would show her around the facility...
(A/N**: Well? Whatcha think? Do you like so far? Hmmm? *frowns and sighs* I'm trying, I'm trying...LOL. Please, bear with me... *waves* Well... Ja ne!! Until later on tonight when I have Chapter 2 up....)
Dedication: To all who love me and my stories and also to those I cherish dearly....Ex: My devoted readers....if there are any out there...and my family....
Summary: Well....this is Before Colony 130. What's happening later on in the prologue is... well, you're going to notice the last names so, I won't really go into it, but they're fighting because they have to....
This obviously takes place WAYYYYY before our former GW pilots enter the picture, heck, they aren't even born yet...*frowns*, but... the two main people in the prologue aren't their fathers, but they are their grandfathers... pretty couky, huh? *nods* I know... but, I'll let you get on with the story.
Another thing.... it's kind of the same thing as it was for my last fic : Truth or Consequence.... they don't know who they are. But it's like the first episode, only the GW know each other, the Peacecrafts know each other, but Sally Po and Wufei don't know each other yet. Sad *nods* I know....
It's kind of....oh, what's the word...oh yeah, this fic is kind of an AU *frowns* I think that's how it's spelt...but, anywho, enjoy this fic....
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**Love and Lies**
~*~Prologue~*~
**The Earth deserves no peace...**
//BC 130\\
The God of death and the Angel of death both went at it. They fought and they fought till the very end, until they were both laying on the ground, their clothes stained with each other's dark blood. The Angel of death looked over at the God of death and he suddenly sneered before snickering.
" You can never win. Why don't you just give up now and let the Earth have the peace they deserve? Why must you be so heartless and cruel? ", The Angel of death demanded.
The God of death snorted and slowly stood up, only to hunch over slightly as he wrapped an arm around his stomach, " It's you who'll never win. I want to make death happen, but you only want to preserve it. And for what reason? None! The Earth deserves no peace what-so-ever. Not with those damned Peacecrafts living..... "
The Angel of death shook his head, his brown hair lay matted to the sides of his face, stained in his blood from a deep wound to the back of his head as his long gray wings folded and replaced themselves back into his back, " The Peacecrafts are gentle and caring people who only care about the Earth, not about themselves.....you have no right to go out and say such stuff about them.. ", he defended them.
The God of Death snorted again and stretched out his long pitch black bat-like wings, " Well then? They should just let the Earth suffer then, instead of living in this.... harmony... ", he spat out the last word venomously as he bent down and picked up his scythe and held onto it firmly with two hands.
" You're never going to learn are you? I don't want to kill you..... but if I must, then I must.... "
" Bring it on and you'll only be bringing death upon the Earth and yourself... ", The God of Death warned.
The Angel of death waved a hand through the air, " There's no time for such talk now. Now is the time I destroy you and make done with your evil ways Jin Maxwell..... you've said enough to talk the ear off the dead..... now, draw and let's get this over with... ", Ryu Lowe told him in a dark tone, his Prussian blue eyes narrowed as he swung his long, gold staff around in a full circle before catching it promptly and then charging at Jin head-on.
Jin narrowed his cobalt blue eyes and quickly grabbed his sycthe in two hands and charged at Ryu. They met at the middle, their weapons causing sparks to fly about wildly as they clashed together. Ryu grimaced under the effort of having to push Jin away from him as Jin swiftly guided the long, dangerous looking sycthe into a deadly downfall upon the Angel of Death.
Ryu and Jin both stumbled back, breathing hard, clutching their wounds that had reopened. Ryu's head shot up and he looked at Jin as he fall to the ground on a knee. Something wasn't right here. There was another presence that hung around in the air like thick fog that was stubborn and wouldn't go away.
Jin felt Ryu's suspicion and he held himself up with the help of his sycthe, " W-what is it? "
Ryu shook his head and closed his eyes as he stretched out his senses as far as they would go, yet he still couldn't feel anything or anyone. Jin watched Ryu and thought about killing him right then and there, but he decided against it, for it wouldn't quite fair.
There was a light sound of tinkling silver bells that echoed around them. Ryu heard Jin gasp and he snapped his eyes open. He found a young woman with long flowing light sandy blonde hair and piercing violet eyes that seemed to see straight into his very soul. She outstretched a hand to him and beckoned for him to come to her.
Jin swallowed thickly and watched as Ryu's eyes glazed over and slowly began to walk towards the strange woman. The woman blinked her almond shaped eyes and tilted her head to the side, " Come.... don't be afraid. Only be afraid of the death you will cause the Earth and yourself... ", she whispered in a soft, melodic voice.
Ryu blinked and looked at the woman, " W-what do you mean...? "
The woman looked at him and frowned lightly, " What I mean is, what you're doing now will kill the one who will only be able to restore peace to the Earth and the Colonies... "
" C-colonies? What are they? ", Jin spoke up as he walked up to Ryu and stood beside him, using his sycthe to hold him up as his wounds began to bleed quickly and freely.
" The Colonies are a place where life will grow. Besides for residing on the Earth, people will be able to live in metal-like homes that are located out in space. You will only kill off the ones who will be able to make those homes for the people of Earth... don't be so cruel... "
Jin looked at the woman and watched in amazement as long white beautiful wings sprouted from her back and stood out proudly behind her, " W-what are you? "
The woman smiled kindly as she looked at him, " I am called... the Angel of Peace... I am from the future. In a sixty-eight years, all will be gone... you will destroy my world if you continue to fight. Please, don't do it... just go back home to your families... "
Ryu's eyes slowly closed and he slumped to the ground. Jin was at his side in an instant. He looked up at the woman and found that she was gone, " W-where'd she go...? ", he whispered in confusion and shock.
Ryu groaned and brought a hand up to clutch the collar of Jin's black robe, " J-jin... go back to your family... tell them that everything's alright... "
Jin shook his head and grabbed his friend's hand, " Ryu, you've been my best friend since nursery! I would never, EVER leave you to die... you got me? "
Ryu flashed him a small, weak smile before closing his eyes and going completely still, " Whatever you say, Jin... whatever you say.... "
***
Times were different then, and they're different now. Five boys would be named peace keepers of the Earth and of the Colonies in the sectors L1 through L5. In about five years from now they will all be born and then abandoned in their life to be brought up by the scientists who grouped together to create Mobile machines known as the Gundams.
Ryu Lowe and Jin Maxwell are both dead to the world, but not to their families. Their powers and ablilities have been passed on to other family members, but who? And how will we know?
The 'real' Heero Yuy was assinated about five years ago and from then on, all chaos and hell broke out on the Colonies and the Earth. OZ attacked the Colonies and also parts of the Earth, but they were silenced one year from today by three unknown saviors.
From then on, nothing has disturbed the Earth and the Colonies who are still healing to this very day. But... in thirteen years from now, all hell and chaos will break loose once again. Who will stop it from spreading? Who will save the Earth and Colonies as the previous saviors had saved them?
Only five men will carry the weight of the world on their shoulders... but will they be able to restore peace to the Earth and the Colonies? Or, will they bring death and peace to the Earth and the Colonies after it's already been silenced by the saviors of the Earth and the Colonies?
Only the battle that will bring peace and death will hold that decision for them and the rest of the people who inhabit the Earth and the Colonies.... and one woman....
~*~ Chapter 1 ~*~
** " It all burned to the ground.... " - Merle from Vision of Escaflowne (Episode #3)**
//23 years later, AC 198\\
*The Sanc Kingdom*
" What do you want with us? ", a slightly scared and angered Lucrezia Noin Peacecraft demanded as she grabbed Relena's hand, and her husband's hand; Milliardo Peacecraft in her own trembling ones.
The man standing in front of them sneered and cocked back the hammer on his gun. He pointed it straight at Noin's head, " Why should I tell you? ", he snarled.
Milliardo growled lightly under his breath and then grimaced as the back of his head began to throb again. Relena Peacecraft stared at the man holding the gun with wide light blue eyes, " J-just let us go! We did nothing to you. Why must you do this? ", she asked in a trembling voice.
The man holding the gun slowly brought the gun to Relena and pointed it at her head, " Just shut the hell up! Fucking Peacecrafts, I swear! You need to keep that hole in your face shut. Look at where it's gotten you! Execution... assination... you guys will never learn, will you? "
Noin watched him and she pressed her lips together in a tight line before speaking again, " Who sent you? ", she demanded.
The man whipped the gun over to her, aimed it quickly at her head, and then pulled the trigger. A loud scream escaped Relena's mouth and a loud gasp followed from Milliardo as Noin's dark eyes rolled back into her head and she slumped to the side, against Milliardo, blood trickling from the hole in her forehead down her nose and lips.
Milliardo reached over with a trembling hand and gently caressed Noin's pale cheek, tears streaming down his cheeks as he closed his dark blue eyes and clenched his fists together. Relena watched Noin's lifeless body and then her brother's shaking fists that were clenched tightly.
" N-noin.... no! You bastard!! ", Milliardo finally found his voice as his eyes snapped open and he glared at the man who had shot her.
Milliardo then jumped up from the ground and lunged at the man who still held the gun in his head. Another man quickly jumped out from the shadows. He quickly unsheathed a sharp long knife that gleamed dangerously in the dim light hanging from the ceiling and stabbed it deep into Milliardo's chest as they met.
Milliardo swung his arm out and his fist connected with the side of his face. The man cursed loudly and yanked the knife from Milliardo's chest and stabbed it into his chest again. Over and over. Steel piercing flesh until Milliardo was laying on the ground, bleeding from eight stab wounds to the chest.
Relena brought her hands to her mouth to try and stifle her screams. Milliardo looked over at her, crimson trickling from his lips, and crimson beginning to create a large pool underneath his damaged body as he outstretched a hand to her.
" S-survive.... ", Milliardo whispered in a strangled voice as his body began to tremble uncontrollably and then went completely still.
Relena crawled over to her dead brother, tears streaming down her bruised cheek that had been injured before this all happened. She reached over and placed her brother's head in her lap, gently reaching down with trembling hands to softly and tenderly stroke the long platinum blonde tresses that would never ever have the wind flow through them.
Relena then placed a hand over his eyes and gently closed them, before one of the men reached down and yanked her up. Relena struggled against him, but the more she struggled, the more he'd slap her in the face again.
" Fry it all... ", the man who had killed Noin muttered before dragging Relena to a linen closet and throwing her inside the dark, small room.
Relena sat curled up in a ball in the far corner of the little closet. She closed her eyes and prayed that this was all a dream and that she was going to awaken anytime soon. But she was mistaken when smoke began to slide into the little room from underneath the door.
Relena stood up quickly and backed up againt the wall, shaking her head she muttered through her tears, " This can't b-be happening... I want out of it all! I don't want to be here... please, oh please! Won't anybody listen? Make it all stop, make it all go away.... "
The smoke in the little room grew thicker and worse, causing Relena to double over and cough her brains out. There was a light clicking noise and the door to the linen closet slowly floated open, revealing the entire basement ablaze. Flames licked the walls and furniture hungrily, reaching for Relena as well as she slowly stepped out into the open.
Relena placed a hand over her mouth and nose and ran for the stairs that would lead to the main floor of the Peacecraft manison. Once she was up on the main floor after tripping on the stairs a few times and bruising her legs and ankles, she quickly looked around and then took off down the hall that would lead her to the front door - to freedom.
Relena was not even a few feet away from the front door which was wide open revealing the outside ablaze as well. She dropped to the ground clutching her stomach as she began to cough. Relena clamped her eyes shut against the stinging that had claimed them and began to crawl towards the door, using her hand against the floor to guide her.
As soon as she felt the cold marble of the front step underneath her palm she breathed a sigh of relief and slowly stood up. Relena opened her eyes and took a trembling step forward to look at the disaterious scene in front of her. Three crosses stood standing in the ground, one leaning to the side, the other to the left and the other straight.
Tied onto those crosses were her brother, her sister-in-law, and her foster mother, all gutted from the inside to the outside. Relena shook her head as she brought a hand to her mouth and pushed down the bile that was beginning to rise in her throat. She began to walk towards them slowly, taking small steps, stumbling every now and then.
The flames that were ablaze outside of the Peacecraft mansion licked at Relena's clothes, but she didn't care. Why should she have to? Her entire family was dead. They were all assinated, and why? All because of the war for peace that only ended up bringing death upon the world.
Relena's lower lip trembled as fresh tears fell down her cheeks, only to evaporate from the heat of the flames around her. She looked up at the sky and slowly fell to the ground on her knees. A strangled sob slipped past her lips followed closely by a wail of agony and anguish as she slammed her fists against the hard pavement.
There was a loud snapping behind her that caused her to quickly jump up and whirl around to face whoever was there. No one was standing there, just flames. Relena sniffled lightly and broke down again as she began to walk around the burning Kingdom, stumbling and calling out her brother's name everynow and then....
***
The helicopter flew low to the ground of the burning Kingdom. A short man about the age of fifty looked at the driver of the helicopter through his small black googles and then pointed to a figure that was walking around.
" There! She's there.... fly down so I can go and get her. ", he shouted at the driver over the whiring of the blades.
The driver nodded his affirmation and then lowered the helicopter to the ground, setting it gently away from the flames. The snort man with the googles threw open the door and jumped out of the helicopter. He quickly walked towards Relena Peacecraft who was stumbling as she walked.
Dr.J of the L1 Colony stopped in front of Relena and looked at her as she lifted her face to look at him, " Relena Peacecraft? ", he asked loudly over the roar of the flames.
Relena nodded her head nimbly, " Y-yes. What do you want? You want to kill me too? Assinate me, perhaps? ", her usual soft voice now dripping heavily with sarcasm.
Dr.J shook his head and outstretched his hand towards Relena who just stared at it with doubt and uncertainty in her frightened light blue eyes. Dr.J watched her, " Come now, my dear. Let's get you out of this mess.... will you come with me to my place? I could care for you until you were able to get back on your feet... I'm not going to hurt you, Relena. Please, you must believe me.... ", he assured her gently, yet firmly.
Relena slowly stood up and reached out to grasp Dr.J's outstretched hand. As soon as their hands touched, Relena began to fall to the ground, but Dr.J wrapped an arm around her waist and held her up, allowing her to lean against him, so he could support most of her weight.
" W-what's going to happen? ", Relena asked lightly in his ear as he helped her towards the awaiting helicopter.
Dr.J smirked slightly and gave her hand a reassuring pat, " No need to worry, my dear. Everything will be fine. I won't let anything too bad happen to you... I'll keep you safe... "
Relena closed her eyes against the pain of the only family she ever had now gone, against the pain that caused her head to throb, against the pain that made her ankles swollen, and against the pain of her bruised legs. Relena tried to shut out the world, the roar of the flames, the loud crumbling of the brick buildings that fell apart as they were brought in the path of the fire.
Dr.J glanced over at Relena as he got her settled in the helicopter and watched as small tears spilled down her cheeks, gleaming in the bright light of the fires below them...
***
" ....the entire Peacecraft family was found murdered... all but one... ", the woman on the television reported into her microphone as she swept a hand behind her at the fire in the Sanc Kingdom that was being put out by firefighters as she spoke.
" Murdered? All but one?! ", Dorothy Catalonia practically shouted as she jumped up from her chair and clicked the off button on the remote for the TV.
" This is absurd! Stupid, pathetic! How could they all be dead? All except for one? Who could it be? ", she cried and wondered at the same time as she raked a hand through her long pale blonde tresses.
" The Peacecrafts were all murdered? ", Trowa Barton's voice came from the doorway as he stood there with his arms crossed over his chest, Katherine Bloom standing beside him, a hand over her mouth at the news.
Dorothy nodded slowly and then sighed heavily as she plopped back down into the chair she had previously jumped up from before, " Yes.... but who could be the one who's still alive? There has to one of them still out there.... the reporter said it herself... "
Trowa nodded and slowly walked over to the window to gaze out at the gardens that Quartre Rabera Winner and Wufei Chang were walking in. He turned around and looked at Dorothy with deep green eyes and frowned lightly, " That's rather odd if you ask me. Do you think it was all staged so that only one of them would live and the others would die? Like... for instance, someone going over there - to the Sanc Kingdom - and killing all but one for one reason... "
" What would that be Trowa? ", Katherine's soft voice spoke up from behind him as she walked farther into the room.
Trowa looked at her, " What I'm thinking is that someone went over there to assinate all of them but one. The one who would have a special job... a special case... "
Dorothy frowned deeply, " You're not making any sense, Trowa... "
Katherine looked at Dorothy, " He is too... he's making perfect sense. You just weren't listening... "
Dorothy quirked what appeared to be a gray eyebrow at the girl, " I am too listening, Ms. Bloom! It just doesn't seem like there's anybody stupid enough to go to the Sanc Kingdom and blow everyone off but one.... "
Katherine's lips went together in a tight, and impatient line, " Whatever... There just might be one who would be stupid enough to do it... "
Trowa and Dorothy both looked at Katherine, " What? ", Trowa asked, breaking the short minute of silence.
" Heero Yuy... "
***
" Hey! Do you know what you're doing? ", Duo Maxwell's unsure voice hissed in Heero Yuy's left ear as he tugged on the end of his long, dark brown braid.
Heero frowned deeply as he continued to fiddle with the wires, ' Red crosses blue, green crosses yellow, and orange crosses purple... ', he thought as he crossed the selected wires over each other.
A beeping noise sounded overhead and Duo slapped hand to his forehead. Groaning, he complained, " That does it! We're dead and it's all your fault, Heero. what do you have to say for yourself? Remind me to make a place for you in hell.... it's just my invitation... "
Heero snorted, " Hn... just be quiet already, will you?! You're the one who's going to get us in shit... ", he grumbled as he slid out from underneath the large computer and stood up to type something into the system that had turned itself on.
Duo followed him and frowned as he scratched his head and then crossed his arms over his chest, " I still don't know how you do it? After three years of knowing you, I'll never understand how you can hack into such complicated things, Heero.. "
The eighteen year old tuned him out. Heero tilted his head to the side and then cursed lightly under his breath as a red little note appeared in the far left corner of the large screen. He directed the mouse over to it and clicked on it, opening it, revealing the large print on the screen; Self Destruct in 5 mins....
" Shit! Duo... we gotta move, now!! ", Heero shouted as he reached out, grabbed Duo's wrist and began to run from the run, dragging the protesting Duo Maxwell with him.
" What the hell did you do? "
Heero ignored him as he continued to run down the long hall, trying to find a way out before it all blew up and then collapsed on them. Duo frowned and wrentched his arm from Heero's deathgrip, " Will you answer me? ", he shouted at him.
Heero suddenly stopped and Duo slammed into his back, " Whoa! ", Duo cried as he stumbled back a few feet.
Heero blinked and scanned the dimly lit hall, " Hurry! This way... ", he hissed over his shoulder at Duo as he took off down the hall again and disappeared around a corner.
Duo snorted and mumbled something about Heero being too panicky at times before he looked down at his watch and felt his heart stop. Thirty seconds was all they had left before it was hastalavista. Duo groaned loudly and took off after Heero in a dead run. He found Heero standing in front of a large metal door, his hand outstretched and placed flat against it.
" Hey!? What's the deal? Why aren't you outside running from it all? ", Duo shouted at him as he ran up to him.
Heero glanced over his shoulder at Duo and snorted, " Hn... there's no way out... "
Duo blinked and then shook his head as he walked up to the door and looked at it, " There is too! How could there not be? "
Heero shrugged and then reached out to type in a four digit code into the number pad on the side of the wall. The door slid open partially and then stopped. Duo stared at the small gap in between the floor and the door and sighed heavily in defeat, " We're never going to get out are we? We now have... ten seconds... ", he reminded Heero as he glanced down at his watch.
Heero dropped to the ground on his stomach and squeezed his way through the small gap, " Come on! Hurry it up, will you? We haven't got all day... ", he called out as he stood up on the other side of the door and brushed himself off before taking cover from the building that was about to explode.
Little beads of sweat began to roll down Duo's face as he dropped to his stomach on the ground and squeezed his own way through the little gap. Once he was outside, he jumped up and ran as fast as he could to where Heero was waving an arm at him, telling him to hurry.
The entire ground shook beneath them and Duo stumbled and then lost his footing as he fell to the ground, his left cheek slamming up against it. Multiple explosions sounded out from behind him and Duo, after feeling the blasts vibrate through the ground, scrambled to his hands and knees and began to crawl frantically towards Heero.
Heero frowned deeply as he watched the building quickly collapse to the ground in a huge heap of metal and stone. He shook his head and then plowed a hand through his dark brown hair that fell in front of his Prussian blue eyes, " I knew there was something up with it.. ", he muttered as Duo quickly stood up beside him and brushed himself off.
" What do you mean? ", Duo asked as he began to pick small pieces of insulation from his dark brown hair, his deep cobalt blue eyes watching Heero's emotionless expression.
Heero knitted his brows together, " This was all a bit set-up! "
" How do you know? "
" Think about it, Duo... there was no one else in that building except for us. Why is that? ", Heero pointed out.
Duo quirked a dark brow and tilted his head to the side as he glanced back at the large pile of metal and stone, " Perhaps no one's working today and it's a big day off... ", he joked lightly.
Heero sighed heavily and turned to head back towards the spaceport. Duo watched him go, " Hey? Where are you going now? "
" Back to L1... why? ", Heero shouted over his shoulder.
Duo frowned and shrugged as he followed, " I might as well go back to L2 then.... after, I grab something to eat... "
***
Dr.J tilted his head to the side as he watched Relena Peacecraft slowly sit up from the metal table. Her light blue eyes held confusion in them as she looked over at Dr.J to find him watching her.
" W-what happened? Where am I? ", Relena demanded as she jumped down from the table to walk over to him.
Dr.J smirked and clasped his hands behind his back, " You're where you belong, Relena... why? Is something the matter? "
Relena nodded, " I don't remember ever coming here. Where exactly is here anyway? ", she asked as she looked around the laboratory.
" You're on the L1 Colony... this is your home. This is where you will be staying for the rest of your training until you've fully completed it... ", Dr.J explained to her.
" What is my name again? "
" Relena... "
" Oh... and how did I come to be here? "
" You had a little... accident while you were training... ", Dr.J lied simply.
Relena quirked an eyebrow, " Accident? What kind of accident? "
Dr.J watched her through his small black googles, " Forget it for now. How about you go and grab your new clothes, which are sitting on the chair beside the table, and get changed? Then I'll get one of my assistances to show you around... "
Relena nodded her head nimbly and turned to make her way towards the chair that held her clothes. When she turned around to ask the man a question concerning why she was brought here, she found no one. Only an empty room holding lots of strange machinery.
Relena frowned and looked down at her clothes and then sighed heavily as she changed silently and then made her way towards the door to go meet this assistant of his that would show her around the facility...
(A/N**: Well? Whatcha think? Do you like so far? Hmmm? *frowns and sighs* I'm trying, I'm trying...LOL. Please, bear with me... *waves* Well... Ja ne!! Until later on tonight when I have Chapter 2 up....)