CHAPTER FOUR
Flashback
All eyes turned to Wufei Chang when he entered the Preventer's headquarters. He in turn looked at each of them who came to the meeting: Heero Yuy, who was contacted only thru Relena; Duo Maxwell was found at his junkshop with Hirde, as expected; and Quatre Raberba Winner, who knew to come before he was called, for he keeps himself updated with the Preventers' affairs.
The Chinese man started the meeting. "It's worse than we thought. Those war-mongers are also building mobile dolls for their cause," he scowled.
"Are the gundam rumors confirmed?" Heero inquired.
Sally Po, the Chinese doctor who was head of Preventers, faced Heero as she replied, "Yes, it's a Wing Zero."
"Dammit! We better start preparing the troops..."
"Actually... there's a reason the five of you are called together here," a new voice interrupted. They all turned and was surprised to find Milliardo Peacecraft.
Silence fell upon all of them. They all know the answer now, but were hesitant to admit it out loud. Finally Quatre said it:
"We need to fight rebuild our gundams.
"...Damn, and we just blew 'em all up!" Duo couldn't help blurting, planting his face into his palms.
"Trowa? Your... friends, are here," Catherine said, with a suspecting look.
Her green-eyed brother turned to Nilca, who was helping him feed the circus animals, "Excuse me," then went out to meet his fellow ex-gundam pilots.
"Oi, Trowa! The circus is looking good!" Duo greeted when he saw him, "I got most of the basic supplies, but I'll have to look harder for the... pricey stuff," motioning to the truck behind, a big sign saying 'Duo's Junkyard' was clearly printed on its sides.
"It's ok, it should be enough to start with," Trowa replied, then went with Duo to move the mechanical parts to a new tent he just set up.
Later Wufei arrived, looking for Trowa and Duo. Entering the tent, he saw a green-haired girl doing flips in the air while dodging moving obstacles along the way to the bullseye, which she shot at precisely the same time she landed.
"A girl with guns, how unbecoming," the Chinese man scoffed, turning to the exit. Then he heard a shot whiz past his ear and hit the tent peg that's holding the heavy tent flap up, closing the 'door'.
"I heard that, you chinky-eyed chauvinist!" she said with a glare.
"I won't waste my time with you, woman," he growled.
"Oh, I'll only prove that I can do without guns either," she said, then rushed at him.
Knowing her intent he quickly thought, "Just knock the foolish woman unconscious, then go on and find Trowa and Duo," trying not to roll his eyes at the annoying girl. He launched the first attack, aiming for her head, but she dodged and deftly kicked him at the back. As he slid across the ground, she angrily stalked off. She didn't notice Trowa and Duo who came to investigate the noise.
"Yo, Wufei! You sounded like you were fighting someone... Eh? What are you doing lying on the ground?" Duo asked.
Seeing how angry the Chinese man is, Trowa quickly changed the subject, "Why did you guys come here?"
Scowling and dusting himself off he replied, "Our informer... he was found murdered in his apartment."