Tenshi- Spirit will be touring Europe...well mostly Germany.
Spirit- Yeah. But for now enjoy!
Disclaimer- I claim no ownership to Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing.
Pairings Decided So Far:
Hotaru/Heero; Usagi/Mamoru; Haruka/Michiru; Quatre/Minako; Trowa/Setsuna
I'm still thinking for the others. Either the girls will be paired up with OC's or the pilots. And Wufei and Duo will just end up with either one of the girls or Sally and Hilde.
NOTE: The girls aren't sailor senshi in this fic. There will be a lot of refrences to their senshi forms and powers however. Also I'm slightly changing everyone's ages since this is a AU story. Hotaru is 15; Inners, Relena, and pilots minus Trowa and Wufei are 17; Wufei, Haruka, and Michiru are 19; and Setsuna and Trowa are 21. If you don't like this and try to negotiate with me, I will listen and see what I can do. If you don't like this, and choose to get disagreeable, I will pretend to care for a moment then continue writting this story with the characters at the ages I have established for them. Thank you, and have a nice day. :)
Quatre read over the files that had been extracted from the base. Sipping his hot cup of coffee he continued to read through them. All the other people that had been held there had no information on their life before being taken in. All the records ever showed was what they were put through while there. Most were already labeled deceased. If that was so, why didn't they get rid of the bodies? Leaving them there to rot out wasn't exactly helpful to anyone. It was then a sickening thought came to the Arab. What if they were still being experimented on even after death? There were no records of it, but it was possible.
Sighing, he placed the folder he was holding down and stood up. Headquarters sure had gotten busy since their findings. People were rushing around everywhere, reading through collected data, or trying to figure out the chemicals they had found. The only one they were able to bring in was the girl. And she was proving rather difficult to work with. She wouldn't respond to any of the guys when they questioned her. So then they brought in Lady Une. Though still not talking, she was at least nodding or shacking her head to some of the questions. A psychologist they brought in, determined she was afraid of the men. It was plausible, but then why didn't she fight back or act afraid when they had rescued her? Quatre thought, it was just perhaps she felt more comfortable with women. A majority of the bodies recovered from the site were in fact female.
He knew full well that the girl was obviously traumatized from whatever had gone on there, but they needed to know who did this before they completely lost all trace of them. Looking in his coffee mug, he found he was running low. Opening the door to his office, he walked out into the very white hallway and down to the commissary. There he found two more of the former gundam pilots taking a break from their paper work. Wufei leaned against one of the walls while holding a cup of his herbal tea. Trowa sat at one of the few round tables in the room, with coffee and what appeared to be an inventory list of the machinery and weapons found at the base.
"How are you guys holding up?" he asked, walking over to the small counter in the corner where the coffee pot was sitting.
"It's been two days, and still we don't know more then we did in the beginning." Wufei grumbled. "That onna better talk soon."
"Is she even able to?" Quatre asked, leaning on the counter.
Not looking up from the paper Trowa replied. "There is nothing physically wrong with her vocal chords, and she does understand both English and Japanese. My guess is she just doesn't want to speak, or perhaps is afraid of telling us anything."
"Whoever is behind this, might still have more people to experiment on in their custody. They might be using them or she thinks they are, to keep her quiet." Wufei pointed out.
"There's one thing that bugs me though." the three looked up to see Milliardo Peacecraft enter the room. "Why leave her there? Did they think she was dead or dying? Or perhaps. . ."
"They wanted us to find her? But if she isn't even going to speak at all, how is she going to gain our trust? Usually you gain your enemies trust so that they will inform you on matters." Quatre said.
The man shrugged and closed his pale blue eyes. "Until she starts talking and we find some useful files, we'll have to continue bumping our heads in the dark."
"Are Yuy and Maxwell still watching the interrogation?" Wufei asked. Milliardo nodded.
"They're hoping to find something in her body language. Though I'll doubt they'll get much. She moves as much as she talks." he explained.
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Hotaru looked up at the young woman who entered the room. She had medium length light brown hair and caring blue eyes. She smiled sweetly at her and took a seat next to Une. For a moment there was silence. The girl obviously didn't want to rush into questioning her. In fact, it seemed she was waiting for Hotaru to get comfortable with her added presence. The violet eyed girl just stared, taking in the girls total appearance. The newcomer was rich. Probably very rich, judging on the quality of her clothing. She also had a different kind of aura then Lady Une. Though Lady Une had the air of a leader, it was plain to see she had to work to gain that kind of power. This new girl had a natural born leadership. This meant she had to be born into politics or was royalty.
"Do you know who I am?" the girl asked, causing Hotaru to slightly jump.
After a few seconds she shook her head.
"I am Relena Peacecraft. Do you know who that makes me?"
She gave a nod.
"How long have you been in that prison."
Something different. This time the pale girl shrugged.
"For a long time?"
A nod.
"Do you remember the faces of the scientists?" no response. "I don't want you to describe them. I'm just asking if you remember."
A momentary pause, then a nod. It was clear to Lady Une that Relena was now only asking yes or no questions. It was to ease the girl out of her silence, and discomfort. Not wanting to interrupt she let the questioning continue.
"Did you personally know any of the other people kept there?"
A shake.
"Hotaru. . . is that your name?" the girl nodded and Relena smiled and stood up. "Well Hotaru, you're in safe hands now. There is no longer a need to feel scared. Whoever they were, they can't get you here. I have asked for them to get you a room several floors up, but if you like I can assign you to live with some of our most trusted soldiers."
Hotaru looked away to the floor. It seemed she was contemplating on what to do. Eventually she looked back up at Relena with a new expression. Relena stared back trying to deceiver it. After awhile she realized it was a mixture of worry and hopefulness. "Crystals." the girl said in a vacant voice.
The woman's eyes widened and Relena sat back down. It had been the first word they ever heard the girl say. And they could tell from the hoarse sound of her voice, it had been a long time before she had ever said anything. "Crystals? What crystals?" Lady Une asked.
"They want them." was their answer. Hotaru hugged her knees and seemed to gaze into space. "Have you heard of them?"
"What are the crystals names?" Relena asked. Hotaru shook her head, indicating she didn't know.
Lady Une nodded then asked, "what do they want with these crystals?"
"Power." she whispered, her violet eyes then turned to Relena. "You have one too. Just like me." the women stared at her, not really knowing what she was talking about. Hotaru's expression changed again. This time she looked very sad, pained even. "They will be after you soon."
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"I don't care what it takes! I want you to be guarded at all times!" Milliardo said as he stormed through the halls of the headquarters. The people quickly moved out of his way as he went. Not wanting to upset the man any further lest they wanted to risk serious injury. Relena followed closely behind, along with Une, Noin, and the pilots.
"Milliardo will you just listen to me for a second? We don't actually know if anyone is coming after me. And even if there was, I don't have any powerful crystals or any at all! How does Hotaru even know if I were to have one?" Relena tried to reason.
He just continued his march through the facility. "I don't care! That girl's word is all we have right now. And if that's all she's said for the past two days, then we better not take it lightly."
The two siblings continued to argue as the rest of the group followed in silence. Just when things began to quiet down, the girl spoke and now the Lightning Baron was in a uproar. Even Noin couldn't seem to calm him. Lady Une turned to the boys and told them to just meet her in the conference room in 5 minutes. If in fact Relena was to have bodyguards they would be called for the duty of it. The boys agreed and headed back to their offices. Duo yawned and held the back of his head with his hands. Even he was tired of it all.
"Man what a drag. I just wanted to go in there, possibly bust a few bad guy. Stop their evil plot to conquer the world. Then come home and be done with it." he nagged.
"We all were expecting to do as much Maxwell." Wufei snapped.
"School's coming up as well. Une will want us to attend the Academy again to help keep an eye on Ms. Peacecraft." Quatre reminded them.
Duo grumbled and hung his head. "Thanks for reminding me." the five continued to walk through the hanger where workers were busy trying to figure out the weapons they retrieved. It would be nice if that base had a name too. Instantly Duo opted to name it Base: Pain In My Ass, or Base PIMA for short. No one really cared, or wanted to argue so the name took. Going back to their conference room the pilots each grabbed the files they were looking into and gathered around the large table in the middle of the room.
"Has anyone figured anything out yet?" Trowa asked.
"No, but something bothers me. On the folders where the names are kept it says 'project' then gives what I'm guessing is the projects name. Only Hotaru has an actual word, the rest have numbers and are marked as failed." Quatre pointed out.
Heero nodded. "I noticed that too. Hotaru wasn't a failed project so why keep her there?"
"Maybe it was as Milliardo suspected. They wanted us to find her."
"Who tipped us off about the base?" Duo questioned, leaning back in his chair.
Wufei read the report. "Russian flying military units spotted it while training. They claimed it wasn't theirs, nor had it been there two months ago when they flew into that area on a mission."
"Well damn. Not much information here. And there is no reports on these crystals that weird chick talked about?" the braided pilot asked. The others shook their heads. Unless some of the reports were in some kind of anagram coding, in which case they would have some experts look at it later, they had nothing that could possibly lead them to the owners of the base.
The door to the conference room opened and in stepped Lady Une. She nodded at them and took a seat at the opposite end of the table. She informed them that Relena was issued to have bodyguards, and the boys were to be them. However she also stated that Hotaru was also to be watched and that the girl would also be joining this semester of school. Instantly Duo objected, but Lady Une ignored him. Apparently they had gathered more information from the girl. Only these 'crystal carriers' could sense another. That was why she thought Relena to be one.
Taking off her glasses and cleaning them the woman then said, "she is also to be rooming with you all at Quatre's mansion as well as Ms. Relena. I know this may all seem unfair, but we don't want suspicion that another possible war is coming to get out. So the six of you, and Hotaru will be going to school to keep with that cover."
"You're seriously listening to that girl? I think all the trauma went to her head and messed her brain up." Duo said.
Wufei snorted. "It can't be anymore messed up then your own mind Maxwell."
"Aw, you don't really mean that Wu-man?"
"Maxwell!! How many times must I tell you it's Wufei!?" the Chinese boy yelled. Duo shrunk back in his chair as Wufei had risen out of his seat and looked ready to fly over the table to kill him.
"Simmer down boys. I need you to take this mission seriously. Not only for the safety of those two, but for our new world." giving the woman a nod, she then passed out all the new information as well as their school registration forms. She would be helping Hotaru complete hers and Relena was already signed up. She handed them copies of the princess's schedule so that they could sign up for the same classes. They agreed to have at least two soldiers with each girl at all times. The meeting was soon adjourned and the boys went to complete the paperwork.
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The doctor looked over his charts then back at the short haired girl that was sitting in front of him through his thickly framed glasses. She was now wearing a new pair of jeans and a large black t-shirt instead of the hospital gown she wore earlier and the ragtag clothes they had found her in. Slippers covered her bare feet which she gently swayed back and forth as she stared that the pasty walls of the room. Again the man gazed down at his recordings. Almost all her injuries were completely gone. The three ribs that were broken were healed as well as all the cuts and stitches she had. The only thing that wasn't fully healed was her right arm, but it no longer needed the full on cast.
This was beyond bizarre. Sure the pilots were fast healers, but nothing could compare to this. And of course when the girl was questioned she gave no explanation. It was possible she didn't even know how this was happening. This got the doctor to thinking it might have something to due with the bio-tests they put her through. A study of the blood sample they received from her when she first arrived only showed that she was given large doses of narcotics. That would explain why it was so easy to move her when she did have all those injuries and why her movements had been rather sluggish at first. Perhaps whatever else they had subjected her to was not yet detectable by their technology. But that was hardly plausible.
"Well Ms. Hotaru you are free to go. It seems your body is doing a fine job of repairing itself." was all the doctor could say. It was best to leave the interrogations to the professionals.
The teen girl didn't move. Instead she fixed her violet eyes onto him. He couldn't explain it, but a weird sense came over him. It was almost as if his body became cooler and more refreshed. "You don't find that. . . weird?"
He set his clipboard down and rubbed his chin. The fine nearly gray hairs scratched his hand. It had been awhile since he last shaved. "Well it's not entirely unheard of for people to be fast healers. I've just never met someone who healed so quickly. Were you born with this ability."
"Kind of." she replied. It seemed she wanted to say more, but decided against it and rose out of her seat. "Thank you." she said then bowed slightly and walked out of the room.
The man watched her go then went to open the window and pull out a cigarette from the pocket in his white coat. Normally the patients brought to him had slightly similar cases to hers. They were either hostages or prisoners of some kind of warfare. And each time they entered his office the air would weigh heavily with their emotions. All the trauma and mental pain they carried. And each time they walked out, he would be able to breathe again. However Hotaru was very different from anyone he had ever seen before. Though silent and somewhat emotionless, the air around Hotaru wasn't the least bit stifling. It was actually rather soothing. In fact. . . it almost made you want to sleep. . . forever.
Shacking his head of his thoughts he pulled out his lighter and lit the cancer stick. He hardly ever smoked. Usually it was just after seeing a patient. After putting the lighter back into his pocket he was about to inhale but then stopped. He took the cigarette out of his mouth and looked at it. The image of Hotaru's violet eyes appeared in his head and how he felt the moment he saw them. Looking at the cigarette once more he lowered his hand and put it out on the window sill. Tossing the cig then into the garbage can, along with the rest of the carton, he left the office to take a walk outside before it got too dark.
Spirit- Well the next chapter will have a little more information on what exactly happened to Hotaru and what is going on.
Tenshi- We apologize if this chapter wasn't to...exciting for you.
Spirit- But from here on out, they should really start to pick up. (Also in case it didn't seem right: it may have seemed as though it didn't take long for Hotaru to heal. Well they had found her 15.5 hours ago and I never mentioned when she actually recieved the injuries. So it did take them at least more than half a day to heal.) Anyways please review!! Ja ne
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