Disclaimer: *holds up hands* Don't own the GW charas. Just the next gen. Messed up, ne?

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Chapter 3: The Arabian Gundam


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"Hey, this is fun!" Danny swung from the trapeze that was attatched to the tent. Trixie laughed on the ledge as the sixteen- year-old attempted to grab the other bar while upside down. "This is harder than I thought."

The tapping of the keys on a keyboard went unnoticed in the circus tent as the performers rehearsed for tonight's show, and Hanna liked it that way. Typing in a few hacker codes, she broke into the Eve system. Searching all of the files, Hanna finally found the answer to her current predicament.

"Hey Hanna!" Danny called as he landed on the ledge next to Trixie. "You've been working all day! Come up here and try this out, it's great!"

Hanna didn't answer. Instead, she closed her laptop and proceeded out of the tent, past all the surprized performers and her newfound friends.

Trixie quickly climbed down from the platform and ran up to Hanna. Grabbing the escaping girl's arm, she said, "Hanna, you just got here. If you're going to go somewhere, at least let me and Danny come along with you."

"No," snapped Hanna, turning to see the look of shock on the circus star's face. She felt the grip on her arm loosen. "I'm sorry, but this is something I have to do alone." And with that, she exited the tent without looking back.

"What a strange girl," Trixie uttered, still gazing at the flap of the tent where Hanna left through.

"It's Hanna," Danny said as he came up from behind Trixie. "I've learned not to ask questions when it comes to her."


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The Eve military base was buzzing with activity as soldiers scrambled to load the carriers with mobile suits. But, they were unaware of the pair of eyes which watched them from a distance. On the top of a hill, Hanna watched through her binoculars as the soldiers began to line up for count. Her bike, which leaned behind a bush, was well concealed, so as not to attract unnecessary attention.

"Damnit, the rumors were right. If all of us want to go to Arabia, then it will have to be tonight."


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"Lieutenant Nell," a soldier saluted a woman in a dark green uniform, "we're ready for the operation in Arabia. The mobile suits are ready and waiting."

"Good," answered the Lieutenant as she observed all of the soldiers enter the carriers. "We'll depart at night so that no one will see us leave."

"Yes ma'am." The soldier exited, leaving the Lieutenant to her thoughts.

"Now we'll see about all those rumors about a resurrected Gundam suit in Arabia being true."

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Pulling out a rabbit from his top hat, Eric heard an approaching vehicle. "Hey Trix, isn't that your friend?"

"Huh?" Trixie emerged from the tent along with Danny. "She's back? But where did she..."

"We have to leave now!" interrupted Hanna as she jumped off the bike. "Those damn Eve soldiers are leaving early!"

"What the hell? The Eve soldiers are leaving early?" The look on Danny's face was a mixture of shock and confusion. "What did you exactly have in mind when you said you'll get us to Arabia?"

Her face expressionless, Hanna moved her gaze from Trixie, to Danny, then back. "We have to leave now."

"Wait," Trixie pleaded with the soldier, "let me say goodbye to my family first." Closing her eyes, Hanna nodded in approval. Walking towards her father, Trixie gave him a hug. "Goodbye Dad. I hope I'll be seeing you soon."

Patting her back, Eric reassured his daughter. "I know that I'm gonna see you again someday, but write often, ya hear?"

"Yes Dad. But where's Mom and Uncle Trowa?"

"You mean us?" The four turned to see the Ringmaster along with the knife thrower walking towards them. Trixie smiled as she let go of her father and approached the both of them. "Mom, Uncle Trowa, I'm going with Hanna and Danny now."

Running towards her daughter, Catherine embraced her child. "Oh honey, are you sure you're going to be alright?"

Looking towards her uncle, Trixie grinned. "Yes Mom, I'm sure I can handle it. Goodbye."

Trowa stepped forward as Catherine let Trixie go. Catherine wiped away a small tear as Trixie looked into her uncle's eyes. The circus star embraced the Ringmaster. "Thank you for believing in me, Uncle Trowa."

Trowa returned his niece's hug. "You be careful out there." Wiping away a few tears, Trixie gave her final bow to her family. She was about to walk away when Trowa called to her. Throwing a disc and a pair of keys, he yelled, "You might need these."

"Keys to the truck," commented Danny. "Well, I was wondering how we would all fit on your bike Hanna." Looking at the soldier's unchanging face, the mechanic decided to change the subject. "So, who's gonna drive it?"

"I will," Hanna broke her silence. "Besides, I'm the only one who knows the exact location of the base."

Not wishing to argue with the headstrong fifteen-year-old, Trixie handed the keys over to Hanna. Taking them into her hand, Hanna swung her bag over her shoulder as they walked to the truck. She threw he bag into the back and opened the cabin door. Taking the hint, Danny and Trixie climbed into the truck and closed the door. Hanna walked to the other side, climbed in, started the engine, and drove off to the base.

Catherine, Trowa, and Eric watched as the three teens headed off to their destination. Eric turned to the Ringmaster and said, "Are you sure you know what you're doing? And what was that disc you gave to her?"

"Quatre will know what to do," Trowa simply muttered. "I have faith in Theresa."

"So do I," Catherine said as she stood behind her brother. "I have faith that she will return to us, just like Trowa did."


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Speeding down the dirt road, Hanna kept her eyes on the road as Danny and Trixie bounced around the cabin. "Hey Hanna," studdered Danny as she almost ate the dashboard, "uh, would you mind... um, slowing it down a bit? Or maybe I could drive?"

Skidding to a halt in the middle of a field, Hanna stepped out of the truck, leaving behind a dazed circus performer and mechanic. "We're here," Hanna replied as Trixie and Danny climbed out of the truck.

"Here?" questioned Trixie, placing her hands on her hips. "There's nothing here but... grass."

"And bushes," Danny chimed in, "don't forget, there are a lot of those here, too."

"And a military base," adds Hanna as she pulled away a bush, revealing the Eve aerial military base. Soldier scrambled left and right as they prepared for the battle that was to be held in Arabia. Motioning her hand to be quiet, Hanna whispers, "Follow me."

The sun set contributed to the advantages of the pilots, giving them a bounty of shadows to hide in. Leaning against the back of a building, Hanna saw three military soldiers walk towards the awaiting carriers. Sneaking up from behind, Hanna attacked and stunned all three soldiers with swift blows to their necks. Trixie and Danny helped the solitary pilot drag the unconcious soldiers into the shadows. A few moments later, the three teens emerged as Eve soldiers, complete with matching hats.

"Let's go," Hanna says as she swung her bag around her shoulder, "they'll be leaving soon."

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" questioned Trixie.

"Let me do the talking. You and Danny stay behind and keep quiet."

The three walked to the carriers and waited patiently to board. Suddenly, a guard approaches them. Danny and Trixie froze in nervousness, but Hanna remained calm. "Here are our orders," Hanna tells the guard as she hands out three strips of paper. "Now where are our mobile suits?"

Examining the orders, the guard nodded his head. "Right this way." With the guard in front, the three were lead to the last carrier on the landing strip. "Find a mobile suit and get it. We're leaving in a few minutes."

"Whoa, this is unreal." Danny admired the mobile suits which hung from the walls of the carrier. "These models are the same as the ones used in the White Fang incident."

"Enough wowing," Hanna cut off Danny's thoughts. "Get into a mobile suit and wait for my signal."

"You signal?" Danny's comment went unnoticed as Hanna entered a mobile suit. Glancing over to Trixie, the circus star shrugged and entered a suit next to Hanna's. "Go figure," mumbles Danny as he shook his head. He then enters a suit next to Trixie's.


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"Master Quentin," a soldier says as his image is projected in his superior's suit, "we've just recieved word that Eve soldiers are headed this way."

A light-blonde Arabian lifted his goggles. Adjusting his glasses, the Arabian answered, "Where are they headed now?"

"Well," the fighter responded, "they're coming in from the west."

"Then we'll cut them off at the pass. Alert the others and tell them to position themselves at the western entrance. They can't get through and destroy our stronghold."

"Yes sir!"


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Danny flipped a couple of switches in his suit. "Hmm, nice. There could be room for improvement though." A flash from the contorl panel caught Danny's attention. "Someone's sending a message to all of the mobile suits."

A woman of about nineteen years of age came onto the screen. She had short, blonde hair and bright, green eyes. "This is Lieutenant Nell, commander of all aerial battles. Soldiers, we are about to embark on a dangerous battle, and some of you may lose your lives. But just remember, you're dying for the glory of Eve's ideals, and you should be proud of yourselves. This is Lieutenant Nell, signing off."

"Glory?" Trixie's angry look came with good reason. "What glory? Killing yourself so that this disease can take over the world?" Danny pounded his fist on the console.

"Bastards! Sacrificing lives just so they can conquer the innocent and the unprotected!" Hanna just stared at the blank screen. "Good, we're finally getting off this God-forsaken carrier."


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Lt. Nell switched on the communicator in the control tower. The Lieutenant was not on the carriers because of strict orders from Commander Damien. But, she wanted to be there with her soldiers, instead of cooped up inside that dreadful tower. "Carriers one, two, and three, deploy all of your mobile suits now!"

"Yes ma'am!" a voice came over the speaker.

"You're being too over-concious Damien," Nell says to herself, "I can handle this new threat."


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"Deploy all suits!" shouted the pilot of carrier three. Switches were flipped, and the mobile suits were deployed into the air.

"Get ready you guys," Hanna said under her breath, as her mobile suit was deployed into the air. Picking up the engines, she flew in the same direction as the other suits, looking for signs of life in the sand. "I don't see anyone out here." Suddenly, Hanna's expression hardend as she figured out the reason why. "It's a trap."

Springing up from underneath the sand, the enemy's mobile suits had the advantage of surprize. The brown mobile suits proceeded to destroy the black and purple Eve suits. The battle was intense as the Eve suits used their beam cannons to shoot at the ground suits. But unbeknownst to them, three Eve suits flew away from the battle.

"Hanna," Danny's face appeared on the girl's screen, "what are you doing? What are you waiting for?"

Hanna pointed to the ground with her mobile suit. "That."

A huge mobile suit emerged from a sand dune, unlike anyone has ever seen. It was white with shades of grey in certain places. Black plates covered it's shoulders and knees. Four black plates were attached to it's waist and hung downward. It's shoes were also black in color. There was a gold crown with two prongs and a red center on it's head. It carried a huge, titanium double-bladed axe.

"It's the Gundam!" someone shouted. All the attention and firing power turned to the new Gundam suit.

Lifting up it's axe, the Gundam swung it and destroyed three suits with ease. With another mighty blow, four more suits were destroyed. It was a one-sided battle, as more Eve suits fell prey to the Gundam.

Seeing a perfect opportunity to communicate with the Gundam pilot, Hanna flew directly in front of the huge suit. Danny and Trixie watched in stunned silence as Hanna aimed her cannon at the Gundam.

"That girl's going to get herself killed!" shouted Trixie.

The Gundam was surprised at the boldness of the pilot, but his orders were to destroy all Eve suits. Lifting up his axe, the Gundam pilot was ready to deliver a fatal blow when Hanna's cannon went off. The beam deliberately missed the Gundam and went straight into an Eve mobile suit behind it.

Hanna then spun around and shot down another Eve suit. Seeing that this suit was an ally, the Gundam pilot worked alongside the traitor suit as they shot down more Eve suits around them. Danny and Trixie joined them and soon they were an unstoppable force.


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"Three of our own suits have betrayed us!" a soldier yelled into his communicator. "We can't hold them off! Retre... AAAAHHHHH!" The soldier didn't finish his distress call, because he was shot in the back by Hanna's cannon.

Nell was stunned. "Get me those pilots now!" After pressing a few buttons and switches, the control tower finally patched through to the traitor suits. "What the hell do you think you're doing?! Stop this now damnit! Are you listening to me?!"

Hearing the complaints from the communicator, Hanna flipped the switch to hers. "Listen here Eve, you've just met your match. Omae o korosu!" Observing the retreating carriers, Hanna flew off towards their direction, leaving behind her fellow pilots as they destroyed the rest of the Eve suits. Flying behind the carriers, Hanna shot the engines of each one. All three crashed into the ground and exploded into thousands of pieces. "No one survives."


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"Hello?! Hello?!" Nell tried to contact the carriers. "That pilot just didn't... DAMNIT!" Pounding her fist on the control board, Nell must find out who these pilots are. "Send out an order! I want those pilots and I want them dead!"


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Danny opened the hatch to his mobile suit. Using a cord, he climbed down from the hatch. Trixie followed, and they both stood in front of the huge Gundam. The hatch opened and a blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy with glasses stepped out.

"My name is Quentin Winner," the boy called as he looked down to his newfound allies, "what are you doing here?"

"My name is Danny Maxwell," the mechanic replied as he pointed to himself, "and this is Trixie Blair and... uh, where's Hanna?"

An Eve mobile suit landed next to the other two. Hanna climbed out and ran towards the others. "Get down everyone! I just self- detonated the suits!!"

Quentin quickly stepped back into the cockpit and shielded his new friends as they hid behind him. The explosion took out the three mobile suits as everyone watched.

After the coast was clear, Danny dusted himself off and turned to Hanna. He looked really peeved. "What the hell did you do that for?!"

Hanna's expression still hadn't changed. "There were tracking devices in the suits. If we were to take them back with us, then Eve will know the exact location of these rebel's base. This way, we protect ourselves and them."

Danny couldn't aruge with her there, so he just shook his head. Walking back, he yelled to Quentin, "Hey, this is Hanna Yuy. Ignore her if she seems to be inhuman sometimes."

Maxwell's comment was ignored as Hanna yelled to Quentin, "Do you happen to know a man named Quatre Raberba Winner?"

"You mean my uncle?" Quentin answered, his voice booming because of the suit. "Just step into my hand and I'll take you to him." Quentin lowered his Gundam's hand, and all three teens stepped into it. Jet boots ready, they blasted off towards the Winner residence.

A mobile suit flew right next to the Gundam. It's pilot contacted the Gundam. "Are you sure you can trust them Master Quentin?" asked the soldier, the same one who alerted Quentin about Eve.

Grinning, Quentin replied, "They saved our lives Adam, so I'm sure we can. Besides, I'm glad I'm not the only soldier out there."