Read this first!!!!! First of all, I want to apologize for not updating in more than a week, but I was banned from the Internet for all of Spring Break. Luckily, I was able to use the computer so I used that time to type up this chapter. Again though, I will demand at least *10* reviews before I post up the next chapter. Yes, I upped the tally. No, I will not change my mind. As for the twisted past, I'm gonna explain it now. From what I understand, Heero's parents were killed during the attack on the L1 colony. Odin Lowe found Heero and took him in. I'm not sure how much time passed between the attack on L1 and the attack on the Sanq Kingdom, or which one came first. For the sake of the plot line in this story, I'm making the attack on the Sanq Kingdom come after. I also understand that the kingdom was destroyed when Relena was only a baby I think. Well, like I said, for the sake of the plot line, she was two when it happened. Yes, I also know that for two year olds both Heero and Relena were very articulate, but I'm not good at baby talk. I just put it to the fact that Relena was trained at a very young age to have proper manners and proper speech and grammar as a result of being the princess of the Sanq Kingdom. Heero because he's just…………Heero. Also, in my story Odin Lowe went down to Earth from L1 to take care of some assignment he had, and that's how Heero met Relena and took her to Odin. Like Heero, Relena was also taught to be an assassin by Odin and she went along with Heero on the mission that killed him. Dr. J found them and took them in. Like I said in the previous chapter, I'm changing that mission to take place years earlier in A.C. 185 when they were 5 years old. Both of them were genetically enhanced and trained to become perfect soldiers. That includes all the hacking skills, superior strength, ability to be awake and make it not show up on the little scan thingys that monitor brain waves, etc. Uh………both of them were given a gundam and taught how to pilot it. Heero's is the Wing Gundam, of course, and Relena's is the Angel Gundam. I know the whole Relena being a gundam pilot thing has been done before, but I'm trying hard to make mine different and unique. This chapter is kinda like an extended prologue, but that's only because this chapter is essential to the story. I do kinda need it. Otherwise you might not understand the rest of the story. This chapter is set on L1 and kinda explains more about the time with Dr. J but just in case you still don't get it, I'm putting the final explanation in the next chapter's author's note. On to the story……

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~A.C 188

Relena sighed as she completed her workout for the day. Dr. J made them a little harder each time. It was only noon and already she had done her warm-ups, a three-mile jog in twenty minutes (it is possible, no I have not done it before…... ^^), seventy crunches, sixty push-ups, a ten-minute flexed arm hang, and forty pull-ups. Not to mention fifty thirty-pound bench presses, thirty forty-pound bench presses, an hour-long sparring session with Heero, a half-hour training session with one of Dr. J's assistants, and finally her five-minute cool-down session. One of these days she was going to kill Dr. J for making the workouts so long. Not that she really minded. It kept her occupied.

She waited for Heero to finish his cool-down so they could head over to the command room where they were due for their pilot training. She grabbed a towel and draped it around her neck, using the ends to rub off the sweat on her neck and face. She quickly retied her tight ponytail to keep her hair from her face and tossed Heero a towel as he walked toward her. "Ready?" Relena asked him. "Hn." "Let's get going then before Dr. J blows his top." Heero nodded and they headed off in the direction of the command room.

"Have you finished modifying the Angel Gundam?" Heero asked her. They had gotten their gundams almost a month ago and were allowed to make any modifications they wanted. Relena had wanted to add on a few more vulcans and instead of the regular wings and the bird mode transformation she decided to add four angel wings, two for flight and two that could be used as a shield. "Almost. All that's left is to recalibrate the Angel blaster and I'm finished. Should take only five minutes tops. What about you? Have you finished synchronizing the battle program installed on Wing Gundam?" "Yeah. I wonder when we'll get our first mission." "Must be soon. We've finished training and our gundams are completely operational and our piloting skills have exceeded those required." "Hn."

When they reached the command room Dr. J motioned for them to follow him through a door on one side. They obeyed mutely. The door led to a secret room with a giant viewscreen in the center. A chart of the locations of the Earth and colonies was taped to the center of a small table in the middle of the room. Dr. J took a seat at the end of the table and motioned for Heero and Relena to sit on the side facing the viewscreen. They sat, both completely mystified but not showing it, their faces devoid of all expression. Dr. J turned to them.

"The mission you are supposed to undertake is called Operation Meteor." Dr. J pushed a button and the design schematics for both the Wing Gundam and the Angel Gundam appeared on the screen. "These two gundams and four others were designed by other scientists like myself for this purpose. Originally, there were only supposed to be five gundams created. The Wing Gundam," he pressed another button and the schematics for the Wing fill the screen. "The Gundam Deathscythe," another button was pushed and the plans for the Deathscythe appeared. "The Gundam Heavyarms," the blueprints for the Heavyarms appeared as the next button was pressed. "The Gundam Sandrock," design schematics for the Sandrock appeared on the viewscreen when the button was pushed. "And the Shenlong Gundam," (someone please answer my question: Is it Shenlon or Shenlong? O.O?) The last design specs came up at the touch of a button. (Whew, glad that's over, too many push this button here then pressed that button and………you get the picture. ^^)

"However, I changed this and built a sixth gundam, the Angel Gundam," Dr. J brought up the schematics, "since I apparently had to train another pilot. Even so, this plan will not be carried out. This is for the sole reason that the Barton Foundation, the group that originally designed this plan to bring about peace between the Colonies and Earth, would put the whole of the Colonies and Earth under their complete control and we would be worse off. Instead, we will launch an attack against OZ, the organization that began the disagreements between Earth and the Colonies. OZ is an organization that started out aimed for peace, though over a matter of time, I believe that some members of the organization began to aspire towards complete control of the Earth and Colonies.

"This operation will begin in A.C 195, exactly seven years from now. There will be the five originally planned gundams launched to five different areas of the Earth Sphere. 01, Heero, will go to England. 02, Duo Maxwell, pilot of Gundam Deathscythe, will be launched toward America. 03, Trowa Barton, pilot of Gundam Heavyarms, will be launched toward Latin America. 04, Quatre Raberba Winner, pilot of Gundam Sandrock, will go to Arabia. Finally, 05, Chang Wufei, pilot of the Shenlong Gundam, will land in China. Relena will begin her part of the mission a week from today." Relena's face was impassive on the outside but inside she was curious.

"What is my mission?" "Relena, you will return to England, where your uncle, Vice-Foreign Minister Darlian is situated. You must return to your position as the Princess of the Sanq Kingdom, Relena Peacecraft. This is essential, because once the operation is begun, the Vice-Minister will become a target. You Relena, will be needed to continue his work. When this happens, the war, for it will become a war, will begin in earnest. While Relena will remain a big, influential, political figure, the five gundams and pilots will work toward disbanding OZ. Relena will be able to join the fights as soon as she regains her memories."

Relena appeared shocked at this. She had been upset at having to return to being a Peacecraft with the silly ideas that talk and pacifism will bring peace. She had been even more upset at the thought that she might not be able to join the fights. Now what did he mean by 'when she regains her memories'? "Relena will go down to Earth in her gundam, hide the gundam properly, and head off in the direction of the Vice-Minister's home. When she is far enough away from her gundam and close enough to the Darlian home, she must spray she air in front of her face with this," he held up a small spay can, "and take a deep breath. This will effectively erase all her memories except for her first name. She will believe that she is Relena Darlian until her memories are triggered back. Once that happens, the operation should be already well under way, and Relena should be able to fight against OZ both using her gundam and her political status. We should have no problem winning the war." Dr. J handed Relena the spray can. "You are dismissed. Heero, help Relena get ready for her mission and you must both return here in a week. Until then you will be relieved from pilot training."

Heero and Relena nodded and left toward the gundam hanger. As soon as they got there, Relena began work on her gundam, checking all controls, circuits, and wires, calibrating the Angel Blaster and double-checking the command system. Inside, she was angry. She was furious at Dr. J. Maybe it was necessary for the mission, but she was still mad. Why did she have to return to being some frilly princess. It wasn't that she liked killing. She had been on missions before with Odin and Heero and she had killed too, but she didn't like it. Neither did Odin or Heero, but it had to be done. Anyone who liked killing was sick in the head, in her opinion. But still, she was a soldier, not a pacifist princess. She would have to live like one for seven years until her memory returned. She also knew that if she didn't erase her memories she would never be able to do it. She was also slightly nervous, she didn't know how to act. Her fighting skills and soldier skills had become instinct, even if her memory was erased they wouldn't go away. She knew that before she left her gundam she would have to leave all her weapons or she might end up hurting or even killing innocent civilians. Would her so-called uncle, Vice-Minister Darlian, know who she was?

Relena sensed Heero watching her. "What do you want Heero?" she asked him without turning from what she was doing. "Maybe it won't be so bad. You won't remember anything so it might not be that hard to adjust." "I am a soldier. You of all people should know that. I'll have a very hard time adjusting. Besides, instincts are not things you can remove by simply erasing memories." "Hn." She finished her task and turned to him. "I'm done, the Angel is all checked out. Wanna go out to get something to eat?" "Yeah sure." "Let's go."

~ One Week Later

Relena adjusted the wing shields to protect her gundam as she entered Earth's atmosphere. She was going to land the thing in the middle of a dense forest area in England, pretty close to the Darlian residence, but not so close that there was a risk of her gundam being discovered. She had to be careful. It was well past midnight, and it was still pretty dark, though the sun would rise soon. As soon as she cleared the atmosphere she guided her gundam towards the forest. Once there she slowly lowered the giant mecha, being careful not to destroy the trees around her, so as to not raise suspicion. She set the gundam down in a sitting position, and jumped out.

Relena carefully removed all her weapons and set them inside a secret compartment she had added to one of the feathers in the first wing. That done, she began the approximated three-hour hike to the Darlian residence.

It was around seven in the morning when Relena reached her destination. She stood outside the gates of the Darlian residence. Making sure no one was around she took the spray can out of one of her pockets and sprayed the air in front of her and threw the can away. She took a deep breath and her world went dark.

So………whaddaya think. Remember………*10* good reviews for the next chapter. I might not be able to update as often as I'd like cause I got SAT's I have to take and finals are coming up. I will try as hard as I can to update regularly, possibly once a week or more, provided the review requirement is met. That's it for now………Ja ne! ~Chibi