Heya
Hello, this is my first fanfiction, I hope it's something you'll enjoy reading.
The story starts from an original episode: 'Heero, distracted by defeat'
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'No ma'am you're wrong, look colonel Une! The objective is to eliminate the rebels; his Excellency doesn't want battles that involve civilians!' Lucrezia Noin was standing behind her senior officer, in an attempt to talk some sense into the woman's head. She held her violet eyes fixed on the colonel's back, as if she could hold the colonel from launching the deadly missiles only with her gaze.
The slightly elder woman narrowed her eyes; how dared that young soldier! Speaking up to her like that! She was just a lieutenant, someone that should obey orders! She quickly turned around, raised her hand and slapped Noin in the face. The young women let out a soft cry in surprise, not able to ban the surprised and angry look from her eyes.
Une looked behind her and was ready to give one of the soldiers the command to fire, when Noin stepped forward to stop her. 'No, don't!' The colonel felt anger taking control over her body when she clenched her fist, ready to hit the young soldier again, when the screen of one of the computers bleeped and an elder man appeared. He declared that he was willing to surrender…..but refused to hand over the gundams.
As Noin was trying to figure out what the guy could mean, the pilot of Gundam Zero 1, a young boy with a look in his eyes that sent a chill up her spine, exited his gundam and self-detonated without hesitation. Everyone in the room held his breath, as the magnificent piece of technology exploded into a ball of raging fire. Noin gasped and felt a strong bond of ice-cold fear clenching her heart. This was impossible…..he just sacrificed his life…. without a second thought…
She caught herself staring at the back of Colonel Une, as if she looked for something to turn her anger to, when she was startled by the buzzing of the phone next to her. Still a bit confused with the current events, she picked it up, without thinking. It was only when she heard a familiar voice that she realised she had picked up Une's private phone.
A little grin appeared on her face as she listened to her orders. 'Colonel, you have a call from his Excellency.' Colonel Une reached out for the phone, ready to pull it out of her hand, when Noin blocked her with her wrist.
'Colonel, he says for you to be more graceful….about everything.' Colonel Une gasped almost unnoticeable and looked at the young soldier in front of her with a searching look in her eyes.
'More graceful….Lady Une!' Noin narrowed her eyes, as they were filled with something like…triumph. Lady Une could not tell. She simply kept staring at Noin, suddenly aware of the distance between them that was too small, and of the slight contact they had, as Noin was still holding off her hand. She shook her head firmly and slapped her hand away.
'Everybody…return to your posts!' She ordered as she tried to retain her calm. She brushed a lock of brown hear behind her ear and took off her glasses. While everyone around her was picking up their usual business, she cleaned them carefully, whereas she kept a thoughtful eye on Noin. The young soldier had finished her call and was now waiting for orders. The little spark of triumph had already disappeared form her face and the Lady could notice her hand tremble a little when she held up Une's private phone.
Lady Une put her glasses back on and focused her hazelnut coloured eyes on the Mediterranean face. She accepted the phone and played with it for a little while, thinking of a command to give the lieutenant. 'You will return to the headquarters immediately, report there and stay in the building until I summon you. Do I make myself clear?'
Noin swallowed and saluted; 'Yes ma'am!' She turned around and walked out of the control room, glad to have escaped a tirade in open public…for the time being at least. She felt the colonel's gaze burning in her back when she ticked in the code to open the door. Even when it was closed again and she was walking towards an airplane to take her to the headquarters, she still felt those two brown eyes on her body. Subconscious she reached for her cheek that hurt. She was sure that the skin was flame-coloured, in the shape of a woman's hand. That would be a nice bruise to wake up with tomorrow, she thought by herself when she accessed the plane.
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Voila!! That's the first chapter for you! Hope you enjoyed it! I know, there's not much action in it, but it's only the first chapter okay?
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