A Shadow in the Night- Chapter 1
By: M. Maxwell
Disclaimers: Refer to the prologue. (I'm too lazy to type them again! ^_^;)
RELENA'S P.O.V.
It had been midnight when I had crept slowly out of the palace to escape to my new life. A chance to start over, without being forced into my decisions. In the present, I was walking slowly towards an OZ base that lay near the tree lined borders of the Sank Kingdom. It was nearly morning now; the sun was cresting over the hills in a distance making a beautiful sight. I breathed in deep sigh of relief as the base finally came into view. I pulled the bill of my black cap lower to my face so as to hide my features. I didn't want any of them to recognize me at the base and turn me in to my brother. I let out a short laugh as I thought of how he most surely would react when he discovered me gone in only a few hours. I became serious as I got nearer to the base. Leaning down, I stopped to check all my artillery; wiggling my foot slightly I felt for the sword that was tucked into my black leather boots. "Great got my sword ready." I thought as I continued to make sure I had everything else. In doing this, I remembered the skills I had learned in the class I had sneaked out to take on self defense in hand to hand combat, piloting mobile suits, "And affective ways to make yourself a walking armory." I thought smugly when I was finished. Taking out a small compact I studied myself momentarily. I smiled as I did so. I wore a tight long sleeved black leather shirt, revealing a lot of my midriff and a silver belly chain I wore. My pants were very tight and also made of black leather to match my gun holster and shoes wear I had another gun holster around my knee high boots. "No doubt everyone would find it interesting to find the princess of a pacifist nation dressed this way." I said laughing slightly. "Hell, I am myself!" I moved my compact back to one of my cargo pockets on my pants and went over the idea for my mission again. "Okay. First I infiltrate this base and steal a shuttle to space where I will then track down doctor J." I nodded my head as if to a commander. "Alright, let's go kick some Oz ass!" I said running off to the base.
MILLIARDO'S P.O.V.
I strolled down the hallways of the Palace, humming to myself, contemplating the ideas of Relena's speech yesterday. It was quite unusual how she had suddenly gotten a horrible migraine after fumbling around with some conversation on what she would do now that OZ and Romefellar were going head to head. "Poor Relena." I thought silently to myself. I had often wondered how she put up with her load of work at her age. The reporters could be awfully insistent and annoying but she seemed to brush them off very well while being professional. I passed a window and happened to glance out at the ocean as the sun's early morning rays glittered and reflected off of it. "The earth is so beautiful this time of year." I said aloud. "Yes, it is." I turned at the sound of someone behind me and was happily greeted by a smiling Noin. "I didn't know you were there." I said to her smiling back. She shrugged it off. "Obviously." Just then an ex-Treize faction soldier ran up to us, interrupting the serene moment. "Captain Noin. Mr. Milliardo." He stood at attention before continuing. "We can't find Miss Relena." My eyes widened in shock and soon both Noin and I were running off to her room. So many things raged through my mind in that second. 'Was she kidnapped? Where did she go? Why did this have to happen now in such a hectic time?' We banged through the halls and soon were skidding to a stop at Relena's door. I frantically opened the door and was welcomed by an empty suite. Only the sun's rays inhabited it, and the wind flowing through the open balcony doors. "Why are the doors open?" Noin asked pushing her way past the desk that sat near them with the lamp still on. That was when I finally regained my speech. "Relena," I asked to no one in particular. "Are you okay?" Noin busied herself with getting guards out on the premises to search for Relena while I searched the room for any traces of a note or sign of where and why she was gone, but to no avail. I looked out the window and peered into what I once thought was a great day. "Where ever you are, please be okay." I said out on the balcony. "Please."
RELENA'S P.O.V.
I breezed calmly through the doors at the front of the base, making sure I had my hat's rim pulled down far over my eyes and face. Only a few guards stood at attention in the front hall. "Hmm.. They have good security." I thought as I walked right past the guards. "You there! Stop!" I froze in my tracks. 'Spoke too soon.' I turned slowly towards the angry voice and saw two guards; they're guns trained on me. I decided I'd have some fun with these guys. "Me?" I said pointing innocently to myself. "Who are you? This building requires security pass!" The taller, well built man yelled. "Oh" I whipped out a pistol and shot the men. "Guess I'll take yours." I smiled ruefully at their bodies and tore off one of the men's tags, placing it carefully in my pocket, and once again began my infiltration. I kept my pistol in one hand and stayed low in the shadows, being careful to note that I was headed towards the hangar. I fingered a timed mine I held in my gloved hand when an idea came to mind. I stuck it to the wall and set to start count down. "Might as well cause some destruction if I am here." I pulled out more mines and stuck them through out the base as I made my way closer to my destination. After a good thirty minutes of killing or knocking out guards I had finally made it to the hanger. I let out a sigh of relief that was quickly obliterated when I pulled up my sleeve to reveal that I had less than five minutes to escape the base before it blew up. "Kuso!" I muttered as I scanned the area for a shuttle. My eyes caught sight of one and I was quickly off to it and boarding. Unfortunately luck was not on my side. Five guards all stepped forward out of seemingly no where. "There she is!" I heard as they all began in hot pursuit of me as I ran blindly towards the shuttle, making occasional shots behind me. Suddenly I felt a heavy weight on my as one of the men tackled me to the ground. Before he could completely take hold of me I turned towards him, stuck my feet into his stomach and propelled him head first into a wall as I rolled over to a crouched position. All the other guards lay scattered about the hanger but I heard the pound of footsteps as reinforcements neared. Sparing a glance at my wristwatch I saw I had one minute left. Frantically I jumped into the shuttle and prepared to fly up the ramp that would give me the momentum to launch into space. The engine coughed and wheezed to life and I wasted no time pressing the buttons to continue the process. By now there were millions of soldiers clearly visible, and getting very close to the shuttle. "Too close." I said with a smile as the shuttle flew up the ramp and into the sky. I looked back as the gravity pushed me into my seat. A great explosion of fire and screams could be heard. "Mission accomplished." I said just as sleep claimed me.
Kitto! Chapter 1 is finished! :: Wipes sweat from head:: R & R Onegai!! I love comments…and e-mail especially since this is the first series fic, and first fic I have posted here! =)
By: M. Maxwell
Disclaimers: Refer to the prologue. (I'm too lazy to type them again! ^_^;)
RELENA'S P.O.V.
It had been midnight when I had crept slowly out of the palace to escape to my new life. A chance to start over, without being forced into my decisions. In the present, I was walking slowly towards an OZ base that lay near the tree lined borders of the Sank Kingdom. It was nearly morning now; the sun was cresting over the hills in a distance making a beautiful sight. I breathed in deep sigh of relief as the base finally came into view. I pulled the bill of my black cap lower to my face so as to hide my features. I didn't want any of them to recognize me at the base and turn me in to my brother. I let out a short laugh as I thought of how he most surely would react when he discovered me gone in only a few hours. I became serious as I got nearer to the base. Leaning down, I stopped to check all my artillery; wiggling my foot slightly I felt for the sword that was tucked into my black leather boots. "Great got my sword ready." I thought as I continued to make sure I had everything else. In doing this, I remembered the skills I had learned in the class I had sneaked out to take on self defense in hand to hand combat, piloting mobile suits, "And affective ways to make yourself a walking armory." I thought smugly when I was finished. Taking out a small compact I studied myself momentarily. I smiled as I did so. I wore a tight long sleeved black leather shirt, revealing a lot of my midriff and a silver belly chain I wore. My pants were very tight and also made of black leather to match my gun holster and shoes wear I had another gun holster around my knee high boots. "No doubt everyone would find it interesting to find the princess of a pacifist nation dressed this way." I said laughing slightly. "Hell, I am myself!" I moved my compact back to one of my cargo pockets on my pants and went over the idea for my mission again. "Okay. First I infiltrate this base and steal a shuttle to space where I will then track down doctor J." I nodded my head as if to a commander. "Alright, let's go kick some Oz ass!" I said running off to the base.
MILLIARDO'S P.O.V.
I strolled down the hallways of the Palace, humming to myself, contemplating the ideas of Relena's speech yesterday. It was quite unusual how she had suddenly gotten a horrible migraine after fumbling around with some conversation on what she would do now that OZ and Romefellar were going head to head. "Poor Relena." I thought silently to myself. I had often wondered how she put up with her load of work at her age. The reporters could be awfully insistent and annoying but she seemed to brush them off very well while being professional. I passed a window and happened to glance out at the ocean as the sun's early morning rays glittered and reflected off of it. "The earth is so beautiful this time of year." I said aloud. "Yes, it is." I turned at the sound of someone behind me and was happily greeted by a smiling Noin. "I didn't know you were there." I said to her smiling back. She shrugged it off. "Obviously." Just then an ex-Treize faction soldier ran up to us, interrupting the serene moment. "Captain Noin. Mr. Milliardo." He stood at attention before continuing. "We can't find Miss Relena." My eyes widened in shock and soon both Noin and I were running off to her room. So many things raged through my mind in that second. 'Was she kidnapped? Where did she go? Why did this have to happen now in such a hectic time?' We banged through the halls and soon were skidding to a stop at Relena's door. I frantically opened the door and was welcomed by an empty suite. Only the sun's rays inhabited it, and the wind flowing through the open balcony doors. "Why are the doors open?" Noin asked pushing her way past the desk that sat near them with the lamp still on. That was when I finally regained my speech. "Relena," I asked to no one in particular. "Are you okay?" Noin busied herself with getting guards out on the premises to search for Relena while I searched the room for any traces of a note or sign of where and why she was gone, but to no avail. I looked out the window and peered into what I once thought was a great day. "Where ever you are, please be okay." I said out on the balcony. "Please."
RELENA'S P.O.V.
I breezed calmly through the doors at the front of the base, making sure I had my hat's rim pulled down far over my eyes and face. Only a few guards stood at attention in the front hall. "Hmm.. They have good security." I thought as I walked right past the guards. "You there! Stop!" I froze in my tracks. 'Spoke too soon.' I turned slowly towards the angry voice and saw two guards; they're guns trained on me. I decided I'd have some fun with these guys. "Me?" I said pointing innocently to myself. "Who are you? This building requires security pass!" The taller, well built man yelled. "Oh" I whipped out a pistol and shot the men. "Guess I'll take yours." I smiled ruefully at their bodies and tore off one of the men's tags, placing it carefully in my pocket, and once again began my infiltration. I kept my pistol in one hand and stayed low in the shadows, being careful to note that I was headed towards the hangar. I fingered a timed mine I held in my gloved hand when an idea came to mind. I stuck it to the wall and set to start count down. "Might as well cause some destruction if I am here." I pulled out more mines and stuck them through out the base as I made my way closer to my destination. After a good thirty minutes of killing or knocking out guards I had finally made it to the hanger. I let out a sigh of relief that was quickly obliterated when I pulled up my sleeve to reveal that I had less than five minutes to escape the base before it blew up. "Kuso!" I muttered as I scanned the area for a shuttle. My eyes caught sight of one and I was quickly off to it and boarding. Unfortunately luck was not on my side. Five guards all stepped forward out of seemingly no where. "There she is!" I heard as they all began in hot pursuit of me as I ran blindly towards the shuttle, making occasional shots behind me. Suddenly I felt a heavy weight on my as one of the men tackled me to the ground. Before he could completely take hold of me I turned towards him, stuck my feet into his stomach and propelled him head first into a wall as I rolled over to a crouched position. All the other guards lay scattered about the hanger but I heard the pound of footsteps as reinforcements neared. Sparing a glance at my wristwatch I saw I had one minute left. Frantically I jumped into the shuttle and prepared to fly up the ramp that would give me the momentum to launch into space. The engine coughed and wheezed to life and I wasted no time pressing the buttons to continue the process. By now there were millions of soldiers clearly visible, and getting very close to the shuttle. "Too close." I said with a smile as the shuttle flew up the ramp and into the sky. I looked back as the gravity pushed me into my seat. A great explosion of fire and screams could be heard. "Mission accomplished." I said just as sleep claimed me.
Kitto! Chapter 1 is finished! :: Wipes sweat from head:: R & R Onegai!! I love comments…and e-mail especially since this is the first series fic, and first fic I have posted here! =)