So I got another review, but I see all these people are readying but not everyone is reviewing. So this time imma say this. If I don't get atleast 5 reviews (that's only 3 more than the last time so its nothing big people) I won't post chapter 5. Which I actually already have ready, just not posted.
On a brighter note, for those who live near Winchester VA, you all have gotta check out Devils Den Haunted house. I know a few people who's gonna be working there including myself. So come on down for a good scary time. It opens this coming Friday an we'll be open every Friday Saturday and Sunday from 7PM to 11 and it's 13 dollars to get in. You will get scared so please don't try to hit us or anything seriously last year some chic got hit in the boob.
DISCLAIMER-nope…still don't own gundam wing/AC yet…though I wish I did
~*~Chapter four~*~
It took 23 hours to arrive at Colony 20195, 3 hours to take all the children away and send them to earth, 2 hours to get through Edward Marimarshu defenses and 1 hour to find him in the castle he called a home. 23 hours later, they arrived back on the ship Masquerade called home with Dorothy at her side. Dorothy had been the best and only friend she had. She willing went with Masquerade shortly after Relena's disappearance leaving everything and everyone behind including her affair with the Sandrock pilot. They could all see how much she truly missed him as well as how much this entire war meant to her. Dorothy was extremely grateful that she spared the gundam pilots even though she personally wanted to see Heero suffer for what he has done to Relena, driving her to the point of sheer insanity.
"What will you do with me?" Edward asked as Masquerade kicked him in the back to get him to walk forward.
"You'll see" Dorothy smiled as they pushed him towards a room with two cameras and a few screens around. There was a chair sitting in the middle of the room with a laptop on a table not to far from there.
"Sit" Masquerade said shoving him roughly into the chair.
"Are we ready?" the voice of Dr. B came over a radio ear piece they all had minus Edward.
"Let's get this show on the road, Dorothy you might want to step off to the side. We can't have them knowing you're alive and well" Masquerade said.
The cameras cut on and the broadcast took over the planet.
~*~Preventers HQ~*~
"What the hell" Duo said as suddenly his programming was cut off and the face of a terrified man.
"That's the leader of colony 20195" Heero said.
The five gundam pilots as well as Nion, Milliardo and Lady Une sat in the conference room when the broadcast interrupted the recent events.
"Where is he" Lady Une said.
"As you are all by now aware, my name is Masquerade. I am here to spread death and destruction. A long time ago a women named Relena Darlian Peacecraft attempted to bring about peace to the entire world. Unfortunately, the world didn't see the need for peace, constantly they brought about war to the earth and colonies. Now that Miss Relena is dead, the world will see that she was right. That we did need peace, much like Edward Marimarshu of colony 20195 here has learned. You cannot simply act as if you can rage war against me and then claim peace once you lose. Right now 4 shuttles carrying 800 children from ages of 5 months to 18 years are on their way to earth. While the rest of the residents of colony 20195 are sitting patiently waiting their deaths." She smiled.
Eyes went wide as she pressed a key of a lab top. Nuclear warheads went shooting to colony 20195 blowing them to shreds.
"NO" duo yelled.
"What the fuck is this bitches problem" Wufei shouted slamming a fist onto the table.
"See colony 20195 has been threatening me for about a year now, yet has continued to keep me alive. Once they realized that they could no longer stand against me, they surrendered with the idea that I would spare their lives. I have news. I am not Relena Darlian Peacecraft. I will kill you all if you stand against me. As Mr. Edward Marimarshu has discovered. I have no heart" she said. It didn't take long for them to see what she was talking about. She pulled out a gun and shot him in the arm.
"I WILL NOT TOLARTE THREATS FROM ANYONE" she yelled over his screams of pain.
"Please, help me her real name isn't Masquerade it's-" Masquerade cut off Marimarshu last screams by a bullet to the head, with a smile on her face.
"I will not tolerate any of this from anyone, not even the gundam pilots will stop me" she said before the broadcast cut off.
"I know that voice" Heero said eyes wide. It couldn't be that was the voice that has haunted his dreams for the last four years.
Masquerade took off her mask putting the gun back in its holster at her waist.
"That was beautiful" Dorothy said.
"Why thank you Dorothy" she said.
"I guess you should go see the damage now" Dorothy said.
The two girls went to another monitor showing the burnt nuclear wasteland remains of colony 20195. Masquerades smile faltered for a split second.
"Do you regret anything?" Dorothy asked.
"Not one bit. They deserved it, all of it every single one of them" she said. Even Dorothy couldn't hide the fact that this side of Masquerade scared her a bit. It was almost as if she was two different people living inside of one person, keeping one locked away while the other one pranced around in the free world.
"What's next?"
"We wait, it shouldn't be long until they all start to either surrender or die in the process. I will have my way; whether I have to force them or kill them…Peace will come about. As Heero once said, peace is the end result of war, this is just the beginning of the war" she said with a smile and with that turned to go back to her room.
"I cannot believe that she just killed, all of them." Quatre said. The sensitive pilot had tears streaming down his face. It was so sad.
"There's something off about this woman" Lady Une said.
"And that would be" Trowa asked.
"Think about this. She ruthless as we have seen. She won't spare the lives of those who fight against her, yet she knew you five as well as our…feelings towards Miss Relena. Let's not forget she seemed to have a personal vendetta against Heero, yet she didn't kill you five, though she did nearly destroy the Wing Zero. Then she goes and rages war with colony 20195 and when they declare peace with hopes she'd spare them, she takes their leader and nukes them, shooting the leader in the head on a live broadcast, yet she spared the registered and unregistered children of the colony sending them to earth"
"That doesn't make sense. Why blow them all up but spare the children" Wufei said.
"Because, she's not a cold hearted killer. She's putting on a mask for the world but dealing with her emotions in private." Heero said.
"Hints the name Masquerade" Milliardo cut in.
"We need more information about her. Something anything I don't care if it's her buying a gallon of milk or her being seen walking a dog." Lady Une said.
"Gotcha boss lady" Duo answered for the five. They set off to their separate offices. But deep down inside Heero had a scare thought. That voice, her voice. They sounded way too much alike. Something was up.
It was about four days straight they all searched for information. Four days they went on and on. Thus far, they found out she literally sprang up out of nowhere. She wore the mask to obviously cover her face. But they knew nothing more about her than that. She was seen here in there, usually with another girl who also wore a simple white mask, kinda like the phantom of the opera. Both girls were seen on earth in Europe about 2 weeks after Relena and Dorothy disappeared. They have been seen on security cameras near a scientist named Dr. B. with a little more research they found that Dr. B was one of the scientist picked to create the Gundams, but he was kicked off the team and apparently went mad.
"He has to be the one who created her Frankenstein model" Trowa said when they all sat down to go over what they all discovered.
"My question is, who is the blonde, and why do we never see her?" Duo asked.
"Who knows, but I got something better. The broadcast was sent from an orbiting ship, a ship large enough to house about 400 people with living quarters and all." Wufei said.
"Could that be where she's staying? Thus far we haven't seen her actually on any colonies or here on earth unless she's fighting from what data we do have" Quatre asked.
"Possibly, we need to put an end to her, and soon" Heero said.
They all knew what he was thinking. He didn't want to end her and this war because it was the right thing to do, he wanted to because of revenge. This woman had killed Relena, and possibly Dorothy too. There was no escape from her.
"We can devise a plan, take our time. We can't afford to board her ship without knowing what she has up her sleeve" Wufei said.
Before they could finish Nion walked in.
"Guys, I have some bad news" she said.
"Masquerade come here as soon as possible" Dorothy's loud voice called over the intercom.
Sighing, Masquerade got out of bed with the intent of hurting the girl for waking her up at such a late hour, or…early hour that is.
After throwing on a pair of black skin tight pants, a shirt and her boots she went to Dorothy's office in hopes of her being there rather than anywhere else. After 5 minutes she walked in, Dorothy still in her night gown and robe was behind her desk on the phone. She must have just woken up herself as her hair was still in a long braid. If she didn't cut it soon, her hair would reach the floor.
"Thank you for the information" she said before hanging up the phone.
"What could you possibly have for waking me up this early-"
"Pagan, its Pagan…he was in the house, he slipped down the steps. They found him a few hours ago and he's at the hospital. A source on earth thought we should know" Dorothy said.
"Pagan…in the hospital" she said in disbelief, "prepares a shuttle for me, or better yet, don't I'll take the Frankenstein" she said before running back to her room.
"But," Dorothy didn't have a chance before she was already out the door, probably taking the steps back rather than the elevator.
The red head was no longer the cold hearted perfect female solider but rather the girl she hid behind bars, the one who was kind, carrying and loving, the one who wouldn't hurt a fly.
"I have to make it" she said shoving normal civilian clothes and a wig into a black duffel bag.
She grabbed her mask, shoving it on quickly. Until she landed on earth in the Frankenstein zero, she would have to leave it on. She ran to her gundam. It stood ready in all its glory.
"We have to make it quick" she said to the machine, as if it could understand her. They were already ready for her to depart as they quickly handed her a space suit and oxygen tank and helmet. Soon she was off out the gates and on her way to earth.
"Pagan, please, please hold on, don't go until I've seen you" she prayed.
She couldn't lose him. Pagan was like a father to her. She has known him since she could remember. It was him that pulled her from the fire, him who brought her to her step family. Him who helped her through her roughest times. She couldn't lose him, not yet anyways. Not until she achieved what she was looking for, not till she proved her point.
It took 4 hours for her to enter earth's atmosphere and land very close to her old residency. Who knew no one actually took over the place. She thought someone would have bought the famous house by now.
Once landed she hid her gundam, placing a rather large cargo net with tree branches and leaves over it in attempts to hid it against the mountain side, for now, it would have to do. Changing into casual jeans, a white shirt that was a bit smaller than she remembered and showed her stomach some she headed out, removing her mask and contacts. She kept the wing in the messenger bag she brought along and grabbed her leather jacket. With a gun in its holster and her knife in her left boot she set out on foot.
It wasn't long until she came upon a bike with a helmet resting on the handle bars. It was a beautiful bike. A black Yamaha with red lightning bolts on the side. The same shade as her hair, it screamed for her to take it. She didn't hesitate throwing on the helmet and using her lock pick set to pick the ignition and start up the bike. A guy came running out of the house that was nearby.
"HEY THAT'S MINE" he yelled as she drove off.
She didn't think anything of it. What was the worst he could do, call the cops, they wouldn't do anything, even if the preventers took over, it was a simple theft, they wouldn't do much, except put a rookie on it and call it a day. She counted on this and continued on her way weaving in and out through traffic until she reached the hospital Pagan was said to be at. She parked the bike and turned it off pulling off the helmet, but keeping it with her as she walked into the hospital.
"Can I help you ma'am?" a kinda receptionist asked.
"Yes, I'm looking for Pagan,"
"oh, yes he's just gotten settled in room 304 on level 2" she said before a grim look took over her face.
"Okay, thank you" she said before taking off for the steps up to level two.
Once she reached it, she saw why the nurse was so grim. Level two was ICU. She rushed to room 304 to find Pagan lying very still, but eyes still open.
"Pagan" she said walking into the room. His head turned slowly as his eyes met hers he smiled faintly.
"Miss Relena" he said. A blur of red was seen as she rushed to engulf him in a hug. How she'd missed him so much. Finally all her emotion had come out, what she has been hiding for the last four years.
"I've missed you so much Pagan" she said.
"As have I Miss Relena" he replied. She let go and pulled up a chair to sit next to the bed.
"What has happened to you" she asked holding back the tears at this point.
"As I was coming down the steps in the mansion I slipped and fell" he said. Before he could say anymore however, the doctor came in.
"Oh, I did not know you had a visitor" he said.
"I'm his niece" she lied.
"Well, your uncle here, he's…he doesn't have much time left I'm sorry to say" she looked from the doctor to pagan. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. He was basically telling her Pagan, the man she saw as a father was going to die, and soon.
"What happened"
"His internal injuries are fatal" he informed her. She couldn't control her rage as she ran to push the doctor against the wall.
"AND YOUR NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO SAVE HIM YOU'LL SIT BY AND WATCH A GOOD MAN DIE" she yelled while holding the doctor against the wall by his collar.
"Miss Lena" Pagan called. Masquerade froze and Relena came back out. She released the doctor who fell to the ground.
"I'm sorry" she said shaking her head. She went back to pagan's side and stood as far away from as possible so as to give herself a chance to think before she snapped again.
"How long do I have?" Pagan asked.
"Less than 24 hours" he informed him. Relena felt her heart, what was left of it snap in half.
"You can stay as long as you want" the doctor said before saying he was sorry and leaving.
"Miss Relena, I have something to say, the day you left. Heero came looking for you. He looked for you ever since you left"
"And now he knows I am dead to him and the world" she said with spite.
"Miss Relena"
"I know pagan, I know" the rest of the time spent there was quite. They watched TV. So much destruction in the world and all because the human race could not be happy with peace.
"In recent news, Mas-" Relena cut off the news by changing to the channel to some comedy show before it could show her picture. Pagan didn't question but soon fell asleep. If it wasn't for the heart machine she would have thought he was dead. And it wasn't long before she fell asleep as well.
Around 8 AM the next morning Relena awoke to Pagan calling her name.
"Pagan, what wrong?" she asked.
"I have another confession to make" he said.
"What is it Pagan, what's going on"
"When Mr. Yuy came looking for you, I created a dub of the security tapes and hid the original tapes. You must get them. Mr. Yuy has been conducting another investigation about your disappearance" he said. His heart machine set off an alarm. Relena panicked.
"Pagan" she cried at this point, tears coming down her face.
"I'm sorry Miss Relena, they are in a secret room, close to my room. Knock twice and it shall open. You'll find them in the file cabinet. Please take care Miss-" He didn't get the chance to finish.
Heero and Duo were right outside the door when nurses started yelling to get to room 304.
"That's Pagan's room" Duo said as they stepped in. right before their eyes was a girl. Skin tight black pants, knee high black boots, white shirt and leather jacket. But her most of all, her long wavy red hair.
"Pagan, Please come back don't leave I'm sorry" She cried.
It was that voice again, laced with sadness and anger all at once. The nurses pushed past them and pushed the red head aside.
"Masquerade" Heero said. The red head turned and her bluish teary eyes met his.
"Oh shit" Duo said as Heero went to strike her, not to kill just to catch.
"Not so fast" she said dodging the attack. It didn't take long for her to pull out a gun. The entire room froze as she pointed it at Heero.
"I don't have any more time for games Heero Yuy" she said. She pulled the trigger.
sooooo...i decided i'd let the world in on how Relena has become. So thus far the Gundam Pilots and everyone don't know that Masquerade is Relena yet. And they still don't know what has happened to Dorothy and that she willingly went. But now you've seen both sides of Relena, the brutal violent side she's developed and the side that has a heart of gold and how they kinda collided with each other. Almost as if she's bi-polar.
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