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Hush: Don't Say A Word
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Chapter One: Mistaken Identity
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She took a long drag of a
cheap cigarette and sighed it back out. The television in front of her
blared the news that Milliardo Peacecraft has declared war on Earth and
that Relena Peacecraft has taken a shuttle up to Libra, his ship, to try
and negotiate. She snorted. What a waste of time. Milliardo would never
bend. A beep took her out her brooding and forced her head up. Her laptop
was screaming at her again. Great. Heaving her body up, she made her way
over and opened it. The face of her mentor Doctor M looked at her from
the screen, then at her cigarette. "Those things'll kill you one day."
She rolled her eyes. "Hi Doctor." The mushroom man shook his head but smirked
ruefully. "I take it you've heard about Milliardo's war declaration?" She
nodded. "There's nothing else on the telly. I'm missing my soaps." Doctor
M sighed. "You and your soap operas. You would think that your life was
excitement enough but no, you have to watch that crap." he scolded. "Did
you call me just to make fun of me?" she asked, trying to sound stern.
"I just wonder sometimes. But no, that's not why I've called you. I think
it's time that we make your presence known. Only Duo knows you are the
missing pilot and he hasn't said a a word. With all this going on in space,
I think they're going to need your help." he finished. She looked at him
hard before inhaling another drag. "I don't even have a gundum. How the
hell am I supposed to help them?" she asked. The old man's face lit up
slightly. "Oh, well, we've been working on the last gundum, Apocalypse,
just for this occasion. I know that you really don't like mobile suits,
but this will be more useful then the little knick-knacks that you prefer."
She raised her eyebrow when he said 'knickknacks'. Those were deadly weapons!
"(Sigh) Fine, I'll bite. When and where?" "Take a shuttle to the L2-5378S
colony and look up a man named Howard in the GS area of that colony. He
is housing the gundum and making that final adjustments. Be there in three
days. I've got to go now. Remember that name. Bye." The screen zapped out
into black and she closed it. 'So I'm going home eh?' she thought happily.
She tossed the cig and stamped it out.
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Bobbie McIntyre was by all means a self sufficient woman, but even she needed help in trying to shut the man known as Howard up. "And this is the initial booster system. You do know how to operate it right? Good. And this is the main control system that will activate this baby. You're left handed right? Good. And then, this is the sub navigational system, which is right next to the main navigational system. You know what the blips are right? Good." He was just so annoying!!!!! This had to stop. "Look Howard, thank you for the introduction, but I've had extensive training ever since I was a child on how this (ahem) 'baby' works. I've got to be out of the colony by nightfall and the way this is going, you won't halfway done with the introduction by next year." she said, taking out her light to light her cigarette. "No! Don't spark it in here. There's a lot of gas in the air." he shouted, nearly startling her. Wordlessly, she put away the lighter. "Alright, I just need to adjust the air chamber and then you can go. There's a diner down the street. Go get something to eat and by the time you get back it'll be done k?" he said, pointing to the door. "Sure old man. I'll bring you back something."
True to his word, the Apocalypse
was ready to fly by the time she strolled in a half hour later. She dropped
off the burger and fries before loading her new suit on a truck bed and
screeching out of the residential area. She was off to space.
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Duo Maxwell sighed and continued
to suck up fumes from his cigarette. So she was coming huh? It's been,
what, four years? They were just punk kids then, always causing trouble
for their guardian. He remembered leaving behind a scrawny little girl
who was too tall for her age and gawky as hell. Now she was 15 or so and
from what the doc said, she grew up. He grinned. So she must not be too
shabby. There he was, at the shuttle bay, waiting for her to show up. He
checked his watch and smiled. It was almost time. If there was one thing
Bobbie hated, it was being late. Good, his feet were starting to hurt standing
there. Footsteps clicked behind him briskly, but he didn't need to turn
around. "Hey Squirt. It's been a while." he said warmly, tossing the stub.
Finally he turned around and saw a woman with red checkered peasant crop
top, tight jeans, and sandal platforms. Her skin was bronzed and her hair
was light blonde and pulled into braided pigtails that rested on her bare
shoulders with two face framing pieces of hair falling to her chin, and
blue eyes sparkling with mischief. When he got his voice back, he grinned
like an idiot. "You look like you got off the farm!" he laughed, not seeing
her running to him before it was too late. He was knocked flat on his back
in a hug. "Hey Duo. It really has been too long." She said in a melodic
voice, holding out a hand to help him up. "Come on. I need help unloading
my 'luggage'." He smiled as she scampered away, leaving him to get the
truck. God he'd missed her.
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Once they had finished loading
the suit to his truck, they took off to meet with the others. He had just
told them he was going to pick up some reinforcement, but he failed to
mention that a) the reinforcement was a girl, which should make Wufei have
an aneurysm and b) that she was...well, he wouldn't get into that. They'll
all find out soon enough. He wasn't even sure if the doctor told her just
who she really was, and personally, he didn't want to be within hitting
range when he does. "So Duo, what are these guys like, since I have to
work with them for only God knows how long." she asked, more like stated.
He thought for a minute. "Well, I guess I'll start with Heero, since he's
my sort of partner. He's kind of really anti-social, but don't let it get
to you. And don't take it personally if he says 'Omae o kuruso' to you
and pulls a gun. He does it to everyone. He just wants to get his mission
done. Lets see...then there's Trowa. He's okay, I mean for being silent
all the time. He's really smart and never speaks unless it's to correct
you or inform you. I don't think I've ever heard him say a complete sentence
before. Anyways, then there's his partner Quatre. Be really careful what
you see to this guy cause he's really sensitive and will take what you
say to heart. He's a real gentleman you know? He's really musically inclined,
so if you hear a violin or piano playing every now and then, that's him.
Last but not least, there's Wufei. He prefers to work alone, but most likely
you'll end up working with him. Word of warning though. He has this trip
that women are inferior and that it's all about justice. Don't be offended
when he addresses you as 'onna' because he'd probably call his own mother
that. But feel free to kick ass if he calls you weak. Oh, and there are
other people that we are contact with for back up. There's Noin, who is
an ex-Oz lieutenant and Sally, who is an ex-Oz major. You'll meet others
as we go along. Oh, look, we're here." Bobbie just stared in amazement
that her friend could talk that much without getting tired of hearing himself.
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"Maxwell's back with...an
onna?! Maxwell, what is the meaning of this?!!!!" Wufei shouted to his
fellow pilot. The others had gathered when they heard Wufei and looked
to Duo. "I said I was bringing reinforcements and I did. I trained with
her and now that she finally got a gundum, she's here." he said calmly,
almost laughing at the Chinese boy's reaction. The door creaked open by
a sandled foot and kicked open the rest of the way. A butt faced them and
apparently was dragging a huge suitcase. When it was all the way in, she
stood up and turned to face them. "Relena?!"
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Well, I guess Bobbie resembles a certain well known princess eh? R&R to tell me if I should continue k?