A/N: Hey everyone! I'm so sorry that this has taken so long. This chapter is pretty short, but it is necessary to move into the next phase of the story. I hope I still have some readers out there who have hung on to the story. Thank you so much to DaydreamerMagby who has reviewed every chapter that I've updated recently. You're awesome! Also I'd like to thank Draco MalfoyGirl 16 for reviewing. I hope you haven't lost interest while waiting for the update! Finally thank you to all of you who have added my story as a favorite/alert. You guys are great please enjoy!

A Girl Named Xero

Chapter 10

It was exactly what she had needed to hear, and it was everything she had hoped to hear, but it still made her feel miserable. Xero had spent the last few hours considering her situation and had finally come to a decision. She needed to get away from them both, and she knew exactly how she would do it. Somehow she was going to get on the Libra and find Millardo Peacecraft She would end this and earn her place beside the man she had finally chosen.

Her footsteps padded briskly down the long and narrow hallway that led up to the main hanger. Her watch told her it was still before dawn. After the long night of preparation, she didn't expect there to be anyone around. Xero found the entrance and flipped on a few lights, just enough to illuminate the portion of the hanger she needed access to. A small craft sat at the far corner of the huge area that screamed inconspicuous and Xero smiled to herself as she realized how easy this was going to be. It was a similar model to the one that Trowa had used to teach her simple piloting skills before they came to Earth.

Silently she slipped into the cockpit and readied the craft for departure. Little did she know, not too far away, another ambitious young woman with a similar idea and motive was confronting the instigator of the upcoming battle. Their inevitable meeting on the spacestation Libra would prove fortuitous for them both.

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Relena Peacecraft tried with all her heart to dissuade her brother from embarking on this psychotic mission of his, but to no avail. He could not be swayed and it broke her heart. What had happened to make him this way? The last time she had seen him, he had begged her to lead the Cinq Kingdom with ideals of peace so that the rest of the world could follow suit. Now he was set on destroying everything. Did it really seem that hopeless to him? In the book of Genesis, God looked upon the world one day and found it corrupt, so corrupt in fact that he sent a flood to destroy all its inhabitants so he could start over again. Did Millardo wake up one morning and find himself a god?

These thoughts streamed through Relena's consciousness as Millardo held her in an embrace that was far from comforting. In one last attempt to make her point she exhaled loudly and said, "I'm not sure if I'm being held in the arms of my brother, Millardo Peacecraft, or the bloodstained hands of my enemy Zechs Marquis." She waited expectantly and received a soft chuckle in her ear meant only for her. The man who she could not call her brother any longer released her and returned to his place at the command.

"Please take Miss Peacecraft somewhere she can rest." Millardo genially requested before turning to Relena and saying, "We will discuss more later." She couldn't believe he was dismissing her so quickly without any consideration to what she had said.

"No! Millardo you have to listen to me! What you are doing is insane!" Relena was now angry; he had to understand! Her raging was interrupted by a soft hand on the crook of her elbow pulling her back.

"Miss Relena, please don't make this any harder," a familiar voice crooned. "Come with me, I'll take you to your room." In a haze Relena turned to look at whom the voice came from.

"Dorothy!" Relena exclaimed in shock. She knew the girl wasn't exactly on the pacifism wagon, but she had definitely not expected to see her here. She let Dorothy lead her away and remained in silence until she was seated in a soft chair of a blandly decorated room. The door slid shut and Dorothy settled in next to her for a long conversation.

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Xero, being as quiet as possible, slinked her way through the oversized halls of the Libra after a less than quiet landing in the docking bay. She had never been too great at the landing part. Guards had come rushing in and she had subdued them one by one using her finger as a mini taser. She was starting to get the hang of this new power of hers.

She had never imagined herself sneaking around a huge spacestation alone. Somehow she had always seen herself as the burden, the extra weight and now here she was executing a mission of her own. As Xero snuck from shadow to shadow attempting to keep her presence unknown, her determination soared within her. Never again would she allow herself to be completely dependent on others. She would use her abilities to help end this war and keep the men she loved safe. If she could end it now, Quatre and Trowa wouldn't have to fight anymore and they could finally be free from the constraints that being Gundam pilots put on them.

Deftly Xero rounded a corner into a computer room hoping to find out where Millardo would be and slammed into another person. They both went down hard onto the tile floor and scrambled to get up. Once on her feet, Xero pooled the energy within herself into her palm and prepared to attack. The heat radiated from her and the crackling mass was hurled in the direction of the soldier. There was a high pitched yelp and the thin form dove back to the ground to get away. "Xero, stop!" a female's voice yelled.

Shocked, Xero pulled the energy in her palm back. "Who are you?"

"My name is Hilde, I'm a friend of Duo's." Xero, for the first time focusing on the person in front of her, she realized it was a woman. She was short, thin, and her hairstyle was reminiscent of Noin's.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't expect to find a friendly face here." Xero apologized and extended a hand to help Hilde up. "I've never met you, how do you know who I am?"

"The ball of death being hurled at my head was a giveaway." Hilde grinned and took Xero's hand. "What are you doing here anyway? Quatre would freak if he knew. From what I hear that boy has it bad." Hilde's smile got bigger and reminded Xero of a female version of Duo. The two stood in the small computer room sizing each other up.

"I want to talk to Millardo Peacecraft. Someone has to talk him down from this crazy idea he has."

"You think people haven't tried that already? Trust me there's no getting through to him. In fact he has his sister Relena locked up down the hall. She came here trying to convince him to back down too and look where that got her." Hilde motioned towards the door and both girls peered out into the hallway. "It's the one with the red light over the keypad."

Relena! Xero knew she had to get to her somehow. Maybe they could figure this out together. They hadn't known each other long, but she respected the young diplomat. "Hilde," Xero turned what she hoped was her most convincing expression on the other girl, "You should try and get to Peacemillion and let Noin know White Fang has Relena. They are planning on attacking this spacestation soon."

"Way ahead of you." Hilde replied. "I was already on my way back to the hanger. I'm going to deliver this." She held up a thin computer chip. "It will give them a better understanding of the Libra and help them with their attack." Her expression became worried, "What about you?"

"I'm going to get to Relena and see if we can't come up with something. Don't worry about me, it's not like they can hurt me." Xero gave her a reassuring smile. "Go, before they come and check out what the noise was," and before Hilde could say anything else, Xero dashed out into the hallway.

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