Konnichiwa minna-san! I'm back with the second chapter. I don't have anything to say about it so I'll let you get started after the brief disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam 00 or its characters. I own Shinead and the plot.
Happy Reading!
Chapter Two: Discoveries
Regene stood in the observation deck of the Ptolemaios staring into the dark abyss. He was wearing Tieria's normal outfit which made him feel even worse about the situation that his genetic twin was in. He heard the door open and in the reflection of the glass a teenager with pink hair appeared.
"Feldt…"
The girl looked at him then her eyes widened, "You look so much like him," She said softly, "Where's Tieria?"
Regene spun around and looked at the girl, "What do you mean?" He asked his eyes wide
"You're not Tieria Erde," Feldt said, "You look exactly like him and at first I was nearly fooled but there's just something about you."
Regene remained silent if he was discovered then Tieria would be killed.
"Who are you?" Feldt asked, "Why are you here? Where is my brother!?" She screamed as she pulled a gun out of her jacket and aimed it at Regene, "Should I report you, or just shoot you?"
"Please wait," Regene said as he sank to the floor, "If I'm discovered Ribbons Alamark will shoot Tieria with a pseudo GN-particle gun and let the cellular mutation slowly and painfully deteriorate his body until it kills him."
"What do they want from him?" Feldt asked still pointing her gun at Regene
"Ribbons wants information on the 00 Gundam," Regene said, "He also wants to know more about Trans-am and the Raiser System."
"Heh," Feldt laughed, "What idiots," She said darkly, "Tieria is the most stubborn of all of us. He won't say a word."
Tieria came around some time later with Ribbons and Revive standing over him.
"I'm not happy about the little mess you made last night," Ribbons said, "But anyway there is something I want to discuss with you, how does the 00 Gundam work?"
"I don't know," Tieria muttered. His head and stomach were still aching and his leg was throbbing horribly, "They don't share that information with the pilots."
"Surely you must know how it works," Revive said
"I don't even know how the solar furnaces work," Tieria said
"What about Trans-Am?" Ribbons asked
"Again," Tieria said, "I don't know…but we do have you to thank for that. If you hadn't have hacked Veda we would have never gotten Trans-Am." For this little retort Tieria received another sharp slap in the face.
"How do you not know how your machine works?" Revive asked
"I thought the blue prints for the GN-Drives were stored in Veda," Tieria said as he looked up at Ribbons, "I thought you had full access. I'm sure you can find how the GN-Drives work with the blue prints."
Enraged, Ribbons brought his hand down hard on Tieria's injured leg and he screamed in pain, "What about that little Gundam that accompanies yours?"
"Like…hell…I'd tell…you…how that…works…" Tieria said smirking despite the pain that had traveled up to his shoulder.
Ribbons once again slammed his hand down on Tieria's leg right where the bone was broken. He watched as Tieria paled then passed out due to the pain.
"How are we supposed to interrogate him if you just knocked him out?" Revive asked
"Don't question me!" Ribbons yelled as he slapped Revive across the face as well, "I'll get Tieria Erde to talk however I see fit!"
Hilling stood outside of a high school, //No fair// she thought, //Revive gets to interrogate Tieria Erde and I'm stuck here picking up the human//
"You're late!" Hilling yelled as a blue haired girl exited the school.
"There was a math elite meeting that I needed to attend," She said, "I told Ribbons about it."
"Ribbons gives you too much freedom," Hilling said, "A worthless human such as yourself should be locked up."
"I'm glad you're not Ribbons then," the girl said
"What was that human?" Hilling yelled
"I'm just saying innovator," The girl said, "Ribbons knows something about me that scares him which is why I'm allowed way more freedom than you."
"How!?" Hilling yelled, "Human!" She then charged at the other girl who side stepped.
"You really are an idiot," The blue haired girl said as Hilling, who had fallen, looked up at her, "No matter how many times you try to fight me, I'll always win. You claim to be a "top-class" fighter in a mobile suit but when it comes to good old-fashioned fist fighting, you sink the failboat."
Hilling stood up, "I can fight, human," She said
"Prove it but beating me in a spar," The girl said, "Innovator."
"Alright human," Hilling said as once again she went to punch the girl.
The girl stood there with her eyes closed until just before Hilling punched. She then grabbed the Innovator's wrists and kneed her in the stomach twice then knocked her to the ground with a roundhouse kick, "Next time make it worth my time," She said as Hilling slowly stood up, "We should get going, if we're late you'll get blamed."
"Damn human," Hilling said as they walked off.
Feldt watched as Regene tried to communicate with Tieria and when his now yellow eyes went back to red he sighed.
"Tieria's unconscious," Regene said, "Ribbons knocked him out."
"How does that work?' Feldt asked, "The non-verbal communication."
"Tieria and I are connected through quantum brainwaves," Regene said, "We also have the same DNA."
"You said that Tieria's unconscious," Feldt said, "What happened?"
"His leg was broken when he crashed," Regene said, "And he was violently ill last night."
"So," Feldt said, "When the Innovators decide that they want you back are you going to do what Anew Returner did?" She asked, "Are you going to shoot one of us then steal the 00 Raiser?"
"No," Regene said, "I'm not like-"
"Not like what?" Feldt said as she pulled her gun out again, "How can I be sure that you're not lying to me? How can I be sure that it was Tieria you were trying to communicate with and not Ribbons? How can I be sure you're going to get my brother back? How can I be sure you're not going to kill us all!?"
"Feldt Grace," A voice said as someone put a hand on her shoulder, "Regene Regetta is telling the truth."
"Setsuna…" Feldt muttered as she lowered her gun, "What do we do?"
"We trust Regene," Setsuna said,
A few hours later Tieria woke to something hard being placed on his chest, "Eat," A female voice said as Tieria opened his eyes. Both the look and the smell of the food made his upset stomach churn even more and he shut his eyes again, "Ribbons told me to make you eat this."
"I'm not hungry," Tieria murmured trying to keep himself from throwing up again.
"Eat it Tieria Erde!" Hilling yelled
"My stomach is still sick," Tieria said hoping that maybe she would just leave him alone, "I wouldn't be able to hold anything down."
"The pain is still making you feel sick?" She sneered, "Your tolerance for pain must be extremely low. You must be the worst excuse for a pilot that I've ever seen! Well that's no excuse, eat now or I'll force it down your throat myself!"
"Do you really want me to make a mess again?" Tieria asked softly
"Hell no!" Hilling yelled, "That was not fun last night! Ribbons and Revive made me clean the mess because I'm a girl."
"I'll end up sick again if I eat anything right now," Tieria said, "I'm sure you can work with that." He then shut his eyes and quickly fell asleep.
"Tieria Erde!" Hilling yelled as she tried to wake him up again. When she realized that Tieria was not going to wake she picked up the tray and stormed out of the room.
"What were you doing in there with a tray of food?" Hilling heard as she shut the door.
The female innovator jumped up in surprise and nearly dropped the full tray of food, "What are you doing here?" She demanded
"Just taking a walk," Shinead said casually, "What are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to eat somewhere else today," Hilling said
"Then why is your tray still full?" Shinead said,
"I decided that the room isn't good for a quiet meal," Hilling said
"Why did you lock the door?" Shinead asked
"I didn't lock the door," Hilling said, "What are you talking about human?"
Shinead walked up to the door and tried to open it, "See it's locked," She said, "What are you bastards hiding?"
"We're not hiding anything," Hilling said
"You're lying," Shinead said, "That door isn't sound proof, you were yelling at someone."
"Well, well, I see the human has discovered our little secret."
"Ribbons," Hilling gasped,
"I'll tell you what," Ribbons said, "If you can find a way into that room I'll let you help the person who is in there."
"Alright," Shinead said calmly, "That should be easy."
"It's locked with Veda," Ribbons said, "Even Hilling can't open it."
"Like I said," Shinead retorted, "It should be easy."
"If you say so," Ribbons said, "Hilling I'm stepping out for a bit." He eyed the full tray, "We will discuss that when I get back." He leaned closer to Hilling, "Make sure she doesn't get in there."
"Alright," Hilling said as she sat outside the door and watched as Shinead sighed and walked away, "That's right human, you can't get in that room now." Several minutes passed and Shinead walked back to the room holding a tray with a small bowl of rice and a large glass of water, "What are you doing?" She asked,
"Helping the person who is in there," Shinead said, "what else would I be doing? Trying to find a new dinning place?"
"You really are a stupid human," Hilling said, "Not even I can open that door now."
"Well, Miss. Care," Shinead said, "There's a reason why Ribbons is so afraid of me." She paused, "I can control that precious computer of yours."
"What?!" Hilling gasped, "How!?"
"A little thing called Electromagnetic Frequencies," She said, "And computers and people with quantum brainwaves don't seem to like them very much." At that moment Hilling froze and the door opened, "I'll see you later Miss. Care." Hilling then collapsed to the ground and Shinead entered the room.
Somehow, Tieria once again found himself conscious. Something had woken him up but he couldn't figure out what it was. He then heard the door slide open and he pretended to be asleep.
Shinead walked into the dark room. She could barely make out a figure lying on a bed at the other end of the room but she couldn't make out the face. She cautious walked up to the bed and turned on a dim lamp and she gasped, "Regene?" She asked as the purple haired boy opened his eyes, "No, wait, you're not Regene. Who are you?"
"You should know my name," he whispered, "And I told that other girl, I'm not going to eat anything you give me."
"I'm not like that other girl," She said, "I'm not an Innovator. So please tell me your name."
"Tieria Erde," He said, "I didn't think Ribbons liked humans."
"He doesn't," Shinead said, "He just keeps me around because I am able to deactivate his little computer."
"You can deactivate Veda?" Tieria asked,
"Yeah I can," Shinead said, "You look a lot like Regene."
Tieria sighed, "I met him once," He said, "And he told me that we had the same DNA."
"That would make sense," Shinead said, "You were made in pairs, you are one of them aren't you?"
"I don't know what I am," Tieria said softly, "Up until I met Regene I thought I knew what my purpose was but now I'm not sure anymore."
"You have to be true to yourself," Shinead said, "Only you can determine what you're going to do." Tieria nodded and shut his eyes, "You're not feeling at all well, are you?" Tieria shook his head, "I take it you won't be eating anything." Once again Tieria shook his head. Shinead placed the back of her hand to Tieria's forehead, "You're not really warm, your temperature might be slightly irregular but I don't think you have a fever. I'm going to leave you to sleep now alright."
"Will you be back?" He asked
"I will if you want me to come back," Shinead said, "Do you want me to come back?"
Tieria nodded then shut his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
//So she was able to get into the room was she// Ribbons thought as his eyes returned to their normal lilac purple, //There will be consequences for the three of them for that//
Regene was caught between a rock and a hard place. Now two members of Celestial being knew that he was not Tieria.
"Setsuna F. Seiei…" He muttered
"You haven't called me that in a while Tieria Erde," Setsuna said
"You're not going to report me?" he asked, "You're going to pretend I'm Tieria?"
"If I don't Tieria will be killed, am I right?" Setsuna asked
"Yes," Regene said, "Ribbons has his ways of finding out if he doesn't already know." He paused, "I know how important Tieria is to your crew members and I don't want to bear the burden of being the cause of his death for the rest of my life."
"We understand," Setsuna said,
"Thank you Regene," Feldt said softly, "And I'm sorry, I wish I was more level headed."
"It's alright," Regene said, "I understand why you were so cautious but I can assure you that Ribbons cannot control me the way he could control Anew."
//So Regene was discovered already, I can't wait to see how this will all play out//
Well there it is. Let me know what you thought! Oh I'll probably be changing my penname (again) to: Ex-Shark-Virtue-005 so look out for it!
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