Hey guys, here's the disclaimer: I do not own any part of Gundam Seed, Wing, or 00, all credit goes to their respective creators.
Alright, I'm going to give you a heads up, we have a little music to go along with this chapter, no lyrics but music! look up Scheherazade-Movement 1- UNCSA Symphony Orchestra on youtube, it should be rather obvious when it starts one of the characters will give the signal sort of… And credit for that piece goes to the fine musicians who played it at UNCSA. Now this chapter is going to be a bit of an interesting point… and I'm going to give you this heads up, after this chapter, its gonna start to get dark… and not in the pretty sunset stars twinkling in the sky kinda dark I'm talking brutal here.
"Can we just get on with it…" Yzak grumbled "I'd like to get plastered sometime this chapter…"
You're buying us a round right Yzak?
"NO WAY IN HELL!" *TWHACK BOOM BANG*
"Who the hell are you!" Yzak gaped.
"I am Colonel Kati Mannequin… and no drinking for the Author." Kati glared at Ald's bludgeoned hunched over form.
*Sob* Yes ma'am!
"Start the chapter, that's an order, I'll make a half decent writer out of you yet Ald…" Kati glared down at him.
Enjoy…
DON'T KILL ME!
*THWACK!*
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Ch. 10
"According to the JNN research team, it appears that over the course of the past two hundred years, many scientists and engineers have vanished under mysterious circumstances." An anchor spoke as the special continued.
"We can safely assume that Celestial Being is somehow involved in that, developing an entirely new mobile suit takes a minimum of ten years." Another man spoke as the special broadcast continued.
"So you're saying they set this plan in motion over two hundred years ago?" The first anchor asked before the Union's ambassador shut the broadcast off and closed his eyes.
"They didn't have to do this…" The ambassador sighed trying to calm his nerves.
"But it's still mostly conjecture the civilian media can't possibly go deeper than what they've found so far." An aid looked at the ambassador as another walked over.
The ambassador looked at the aid before the aid leaned in and whispered to him. The ambassador nodded "Very well then…" he stood and made the short trip to the private briefing room within the HRL foreign embassy's building.
"It's been a while since I've seen you two, I believe the last time we met was the solar power generation summit." The ambassador smiled as he walked to his seat, the door closed behind him leaving the three men in private.
"it's a shame about the scandal with the Super Human Institute." The Union's ambassador looked over at the HRL's vice foreign affairs minister.
"I did not come here to engage in idle gossip." The HRL minister looked at him.
The AEU's ambassador nodded "This is an unofficial meeting, let us get to the matter at hand."
The Union's ambassador looked at them before flipping over the top page of the documents before them "I've gone over the materials thoroughly, if this proposal becomes a reality, it would mark the world's first attempt."
The HRL minister nodded "I believe the reward is more than worth the effort, if we get a hold of the Gundams."
Xxx
"Allelujah, what's the situation like?" Ian asked looking in from the doorway to the bridge.
"No problems here, GN particle dispersal around the satellite is showing normal levels." Allelujah spoke while he sat in Christina's seat looking over data.
"You know, you coulda left this to us and gone down to earth if you wanted." Ian looked back at him as he floated towards the front of the bridge.
"I'm just fine here, my body was designed to be tougher than others, besides there are some things I wanna think over." Allelujah looked at Ian for a moment then back at the screen as he reviewed the mission data.
Ian looked at Allelujah "The problem is we've already begun, this isn't a career that has room for regrets."
Allelujah smiled "Yeah, I know that… So where's Duo?"
"Oh… ever since he's met Linda and Mileina they've held on to him like an industrial adhesive… I was a little surprised when he requested to come with us, even though he had the opportunity to spend some time relaxing on the surface with the others." Ian smirked.
Xxx
"So what'cha working on?" Duo leaned over the back of the seat and looked at the computer monitor as the little girl typed.
"huh…" Mileina looked up at Duo with a ballpoint pen hanging from her mouth and various notepads around floating in the lack of gravity.
"What are you doing?" Duo smiled "It really should be a crime for someone to be as cute as you…"
Mileina gave Duo a fake pout and then smiled "Its calculations dealing with energy consumption for the GN drives…"
"GN wha…?" Duo blinked before Mileina pulled up an image of the schematics.
"These are the engines that power the Gundams." Mileina pointed at the monitor causing Duo to blink.
"Oh…" Duo blinked "And you're how old again?"
"Eleven!" Mileina beamed at Duo.
Duo looked back at Linda "Should she be doing this? I mean…" he stopped as he felt something jab him in the gut "Ouch that hurt…" he rubbed his stomach as Mileina glared at him holding the pen ready to poke him again.
"Its fine Duo, she knows what she's doing. She's been around our work since she was old enough to walk…" Linda smiled as she looked at the two causing them to blink as she held out a hand holding a small digital camera and took a picture.
"You must have taken over a hundred pictures by now…" Duo groaned.
"Just making up for the lack of them!" Linda smiled before turning back to her work.
Xxx
"With the progress of nano-machines we've reduced the negative effects living in space can have on the human body. However, when it comes to the issue of mental health people still need to spend some time on the ground." Wang Liu-Mei looked at Sumeragi who was stretched out on the pool chair next to hers sunbathing with a glass of red wine.
"If you're talkin about living in space outside of colonies, its gonna take a lot more time." Sumeragi smiled as she relaxed.
"Do you disapprove of humanity moving into space Miss. Sumeragi?" Wang asked.
Sumeragi sat up and smiled letting her sunglasses slide down her nose a little "As a species, I think we're probably still a little bit immature, but that's not really a bad thing." She picked up her glass of red wine and smiled "One of life's greatest pleasures is drinking in gravity." She held up the glass almost in a toast.
"Drinking this early is unhealthy you know…" Wang looked at her as she spoke.
Sumeragi smiled "It's harder than it looks to kick a habit, I'm immature too." She took a sip of her wine.
A short distance away Lichty held up a digital camcorder and zoomed in on Sumeragi and Wang Liu-Mei "What are they up to? Those two there?" he asked as Christina looked at him and rolled her eyes.
"They'll call you a peeping tom… and him…" Christina looked over at Lasse as he did one handed pushups working out "Who wants to be around someone so full of himself?"
"I can see your point…" Hilde looked at Christina "I really wish Duo wouldn't have gone with them…"
"Oh come on its not that bad…" Quatre smiled as he walked outside carrying a black case.
Hilde looked over and blinked "You… brought it with you?" she pointed at the violin case.
"I need something to kill time with don't I?" Quatre smiled as he opened the violin case and retrieved the instrument from its resting place.
A short distance away Feldt leaned over the flower bed holding Haro "Those are roses, Haro what are those?" she turned to look at the flowers next to the red roses.
"Anemones! Anemones!" Haro chirped happily.
Feldt giggled before the sad lilting tune of the violin filled the air shortly accompanied by the sound of a piano from just inside as she turned around she saw Quatre playing the violin as everyone listened the lilting tune was beautiful and mysterious at the same time, almost having an other worldly feel to it.
"Scheherazade!" Haro chirped catching Feldt off guard as it announced the name of the piece Quatre was playing the solo from and a second later it remotely activated the surround sound of the pool matching Quatre and Nicol's playing bringing in the full orchestra by omitting their parts.
Trowa walked up from where he had been practicing his knife throwing and looked at Quatre "Katherine played that the first time I met her… the tale of a thousand and one Arabian nights…"
Feldt looked at Trowa before he turned and went inside Quatre had finished and the group applauded.
Christina looked at Lichty "Everyone's doing their own thing…" she blinked and looked around for a second "hey, where are the Meisters?"
"Setsuna went back to his apartment, Lockon took off somewhere by himself, and I think Tieria might be down in the basement…" Lichty looked around again.
"You know what I've noticed?" Christina sighed "A lack of team spirit…"
Lichty shrugged "Yeah, but it would be weird to hang out with each other all the time…"
Xxx
Tieria sat alone in front of the massive computer terminal in the basement pulling up mission data and statistics "Since Celestial Being began operations, conflicts around the world have decreased thirty eight percent. Sixty three percent of corporations involved in weapons production have announced they will leave the industry. If we go strictly by these numbers, we've achieved VEDA's operational predictions. The problem is we've exposed both Dynames's high altitude firing capability and GN-004 Nadleeh to the world… and then there's Setsuna F. Seiei."
Xxx
"With the assistance of the United Nations, Azadistan has resumed construction on its solar receiver antennas." Setsuna read the article as he flew towards Japan.
Xxx
"Oh, its you Lichty…" Lockon sighed as he answered the call "I've been checking in… why you calling?"
"No reason… but wait it sounds like you're with some girls, how many chicks you hanging out with man?" Lichty asked excitedly.
Lockon sighed as he heard Christina "That dog…"
"Don't ask such silly questions… if there's nothing else, I'm hanging up, later." Lockon pressed the call end button.
Lockon tossed the small tablet onto the passenger's seat of his car and pressed the button on the dash shutting off the sound of the girls flirting. He turned and looked out the window at the memorial illuminated only by the street lamp near it, a jet black cross on top of a stone memorial pedestal.
"It looks so beautiful now…" Lockon mumbled as he remembered that day, how much it's changed since then, the building completely in ruins the dead bodies covered in sheets as they were recovered.
Two light taps came on the driver's side window causing him to snap out of his memories "Yeah?" Lockon looked up at the man and blinked before rubbing his eyes "Trowa?"
"Close…" the man replied "Trowa is my younger brother… however everyone still calls me by that codename…" Trowa looked at him "You're Lockon correct…" he stepped back as Lockon got out of his Lancia 037.
"Yeah, and I'll guess you're the contact they told me about…" Lockon looked at Trowa who nodded.
"You might want to lock your car… the meeting is about a block away, and parking's a bit tight there." Trowa waited as Lockon pressed the remote locking the car's doors.
"Alright, so where's this meeting…" Lockon asked.
"It's a local pub, let's get going, the others are waiting." Trowa started off down the street and Lockon followed, as they passed under a street lamp he got a good look at the black jacket with the olive green shoulders, a patch on the shoulder that looked like it had a P encompassed by a pentagon.
The walk took less than five minutes, the front of the pub was fairly plain stone, and the building looking like it had been there for more than a hundred years. As they made their way inside they were instantly assailed by the smell of smoke, ale, and the sound of drinking tunes.
A young man with black hair waved to Trowa as they made their way over "So, this is the guy huh?" the young man asked.
"Yeah… sorry if I kept everyone waiting…" Trowa took a seat next to a young woman with brown hair and Lockon took the seat next to the young man with black hair.
"Oh so they sent you Lockon?" Katherine blinked as she looked at him.
"Yep, they thought I'd blend in more…" Lockon smiled "So which one of you is the one in charge?"
The young man with silvery white hair looked down at Lockon from the other end of the table "That'd be me, and before we begin, I have one question…"
"And that is?" Lockon blinked looking at Yzak.
"Which one of the pilots are you?" Yzak asked bluntly glaring at Lockon.
Lockon let out a light laugh "The one you want is Tieria, I'm the pilot of the Dynames."
"Yzak… just drop it already, I was barely hurt at all." Shiho looked at Yzak who sighed.
"Very well… alright, I've got a feeling that the handing over of Rachmadi was proposed by the representatives… because of that, I'm still not convinced completely." Yzak looked at Lockon who shrugged.
"I figured as much, so then what will it take to convince you?" Lockon looked right down the table at Yzak.
"I heard you beat some sense into Duo, that true?" Yzak asked as he looked over a menu of various beers.
"If you're talking about James, then yeah, why?" Lockon looked at Yzak who sat the menu down.
"That was going to be my question, why?" Yzak smiled and waited for a response.
"Because his old man's a good man, and his reasoning behind avoiding them was probably the stupidest argument I've ever heard. Why he couldn't just be grateful that his parents are alive… It just pissed me off to no end." Lockon clenched his fist on the table.
"I would have to agree…" Yzak nodded as a waitress came over "A round of the Murphy's Stout for my unit miss."
"Yes sir." the waitress went off to the bar to get the beer.
"So then, what will it take to convince you we're on the level?" Lockon looked at Yzak.
"I honestly thought about it, and I've come to the conclusion that I could ask you any question under the sun regarding your intentions, and I could never get an answer without putting a little trust in you." Yzak smirked "So when I asked Katherine if you were worth trusting she told me about what you did to Maxwell… and I've come to a decision, we'll put some trust in our comrades beliefs in you, however if something isn't right, we won't hesitate to correct the mistakes we have made." His tone was cold as he spoke his eyes almost the color of ice blue that had a harsh penetrating glare held within them.
A second later the waitress returned carrying a tray with six glasses filled to the brim with the deep brown almost black beer topped with frothy foam. "Enjoy, please call me if you need anything else." She smiled and went back to the bar.
"I guess it's understandable… you really don't have any reason to trust us in the first place beyond your comrades placing their trust in us. So do you intend to join them, and just adopt a wait and see attitude?" Lockon asked.
"You aren't going to even try to convince me that you're not trying to take over the world then…" Yzak looked at Lockon.
"It's like you said, I could say one thing and do the complete opposite the next second… I wouldn't blame you one bit holding us at arm's length with a gun in hand. I would probably do the same in your position." Lockon took a drink of his beer keeping his gaze fixed on Yzak.
Yzak let out a light laugh and smiled "Alright then, Trowa, give him the data we've found out so far on the operation…" he took a drink of his beer and smirked.
Trowa pulled out the small terminal computer and handed it to Lockon "So far what we've found is that the AEU is providing at least three hundred suits to participate in the joint exercise, we haven't found out the location yet…"
Lockon picked up the tablet and scrolled through the information "This is pretty heavy stuff…"
Milou coughed after he swallowed some of his beer "How can you guys drink this?" he gaped at Lockon Yzak and Trowa who were enjoying their drinks.
"Because we're older, and have acquired a taste for it." Trowa smiled at Milou.
"That's not what I meant, how can you drink warm beer?" Milou asked before receiving a rather quick hit to the head from Lockon causing him to wince.
"Respect the traditions and customs!" Lockon glared at Milou.
"Lockon's right Milou, traditionally in Ireland beer is served at room temperature." Trowa smiled as he took another drink of his stout.
Lockon blinked "Say… I doubt it but is that one captain your big sister or something? I think her name was…" he scratched his head as he tried to remember.
"Captain Noin's my mother…" Milou took another drink as Lockon blinked.
"No way… she's way too young to be your mom… Or at least she looks that young…" Lockon blinked as Milou looked back at him.
"I and my younger sister were both created through a genetic creation process known as the carbon human process… you've met Duo right?" Milou asked.
Lockon slapped himself "So what you're saying is…"
"I was created using the genetic data of both my mother and father, as was my sister." Milou sighed.
"Don't try explaining it Milou… hell I still barely grasp the concept." Yzak grumbled from the other end of the table.
Xxx
"Great news Kinue!" The chief editor smiled as he walked into the research room where Dearka, Miriallia, Kathy, and Kinue were. "Yesterday's news special had an audience share of over forty percent!"
Kinue nearly leapt out of her chair her eyes wide "Really?" she gaped.
Dearka looked at Miriallia who looked shell shocked as the editor walked in "Those are the largest audience numbers this shows ever had!"
"Then we can keep working on it?" Kinue asked.
"Yeah, the top guys want you to!" The editor smiled "Next we'll get you working on the effects Celestial Being's are having on the world's economy, team up with Sakazaki from economics, and list the companies that have either gone bankrupt or…"
"But boss." Kinue stopped him "Please let us keep researching Aeolia."
Dearka blinked as did the other three "What's the point?" The editor looked at her.
"I'm starting to get the feeling that Celestial Being might have a different goal than simply eradicating war. If we keep researching Aeolia Schenberg there's a chance we could get to the truth here. That's what I wanna do!" Kinue looked at the editor who sighed.
"Alright, it's your call… just… don't do anything reckless, dig too deep and you might not be able to crawl out." The Editor looked at them.
"Yes sir." Kinue nodded.
The editor turned and left, the second the door shut behind him Miriallia turned and looked at Kinue "Kinue, are you sure about this hunch… things like this can get risky."
Kinue nodded "There's more to this, and we're close, I'm sure of it."
Xxx
Mrs. Halevy hugged Louise and smiled at her as she pulled back "When you get home, say hi to dad for me…" Louise spoke softly as she looked at her mother.
Mrs. Halevy smiled at her daughter "I'll tell him that you've been doing well, and that you've been a good girl."
Saji pushed the trunk of the taxi down hard to make sure it locked as he closed it "I've uhh… finished loading your luggage ma'am." He turned and looked at Mrs. Halevy and Louise.
Mrs. Halevy smiled at him "Oh, thanks so much Saji!"
Saji nodded and turned before blinking seeing two people walking towards him "Hello!" he smiled as he walked over to them "I haven't seen you two lately, did you go out of town?" he asked looking between Heero and Setsuna.
"Something like that…" Setsuna replied calmly.
"I was on deployment." Heero replied just as flatly as Setsuna.
"Take care!" Mrs. Halevy's voice came over as the taxi started and it pulled out.
"Bye mom!" Louise yelled after her and took a few steps following the taxi for a short distance.
Setsuna and Heero started inside again before Saji turned and looked at them "Oh, I know it's out of the blue, but are you guys free today?"
Setsuna and Heero stopped "Why?" Setsuna asked for the both of them.
Saji looked at Louise "I have a favor I'd like to ask you…"
"I'll ask Relena then…" Heero started inside again.
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"Mr. President, have you read the briefing concerning project G?" David asked looking at the president of the U.S.
"Uhhuh, I've read them… Taklimakan… The Human Reform League has chosen a region where they've buried enriched uranium, a relic of the past." The President looked towards the window, his office was dark, the lights were off and the only light was coming from the darkened overcast sky outside.
"It's perfect for a military exercise sir, it's surrounded by mountains in all directions, and it's so barren that people don't even go near it." David smiled as the president turned to face him.
"Since they can keep away any media, it'll work fine for them." David smiled at the President.
The president sighed "They're so desperate aren't they… even after they claimed those five suits."
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"That's the maximum number of troops my nation can deploy." The Belgium representative of the AEU's central council looked at the other members.
"We've been taking strong public criticism since Moralia." The German representative looked across the conference table at the United Kingdom's representative.
The French representative nodded "And to use that accursed ground for the exercise…"
"But if we don't deploy our forces, we'll end up falling behind the Union and the Human Reform League." The Belgium representative looked at the rest of the major nation members.
"The public will be fine, if we can get results." The United Kingdom's representative looked at the other AEU member nation's representatives "We must obtain a Gundam, no matter the cost."
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"It took a while, but everything is now in place." The chairman of the HRL sighed.
"If this operation succeeds sir, and it should. Our party will stay in power for the next ten years." An aid looked at the chairman who looked at him.
"You have to look further into the future, to achieve our goal of becoming the leader of the world. It is imperative that we acquire them." The chairman's tone did not waver as he spoke his gaze fixed on the aid.
Xxx
"Over Flags?" Howard asked as the group stopped next to Graham.
"That's right, the official title of the Anti Gundam Taskforce." Graham turned to face them "On the surface, we function as the eighth independent tactical air squadron, consisting solely of Flags."
"So does that mean we're gettin some more pilots?" Daryl asked before Graham held out a pair of binoculars "Well that's why we're here… it's a shame Heero wont get to see this..."
The roar of plasma jet engines caught their attention as a formation approached the base Howard took the binoculars and turned to face them as they closed.
"Twelve machines!" Daryl's eyes widened.
Howard lifted the binoculars and zoomed in on the machine in the center flying point "The markings on that machine… is that Joshua from Alaska flying point, Randy from Georgia, and that's Stuart from Illinois!"
"They're the top pilots from their squadrons." Daryl smiled as the formation streaked over their heads.
"There's another surprise too…" Graham smiled "The plan is to have all of our Flags customized by Professor Eifman himself."
"Are you serious?" Howard blinked in surprise.
"Would I lie to you?" Graham smiled "Our taskforce is part of the regular military now and twelve flag fighters are being transferred here. Looks like there's a big operation in the works boys, keep your heads up." he smirked.
"Roger that!" the unit saluted.
Kira sighed "I guess I'd better go warn the professor that we've got work to do…"
"No need… I told him earlier actually we're using a new model linear rifle from the Iris corporation as the main weapon for all of the suits." Graham looked at Kira who blinked.
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"Are we moving out colonel?" Soma asked as she and Stella walked out of the hangar.
"Most likely, though I haven't been given all the details on the operation just yet… I hear other mobile suit teams besides ours are getting their marching orders as well." Sergei looked at Soma.
"This time I will follow your orders precisely sir." Soma looked at Sergei as if she were ready to leave at a moment's notice.
"Just relax…" Sergei smiled at her.
"Yes sir." Soma and Stella both saluted him.
Sergei blinked as he caught some movement out of the corner of his eye "What in the world?" a flash of silver reflected in the moon light as a sharp slicing sound came through the air.
"Wufei is training currently sir." Rey walked over "Though I'm still a little puzzled as to why he keeps a sword with him."
The dim light from the moon illuminated Wufei as he went through the various moves as if they were second nature and they watched until the sound of the sword connecting with something and a shower of sparks illuminated Wufei and another who had almost appeared out of nowhere.
"What in the…" Shinn ran out with Mayu as Wufei started being forced back dueling the opponent.
All of the pilots were on edge and drew their sidearm's taking aim but couldn't tell which was Wufei and who was the enemy in the darkness "Wufei, get into the light!" Mayu shouted before a shot rang out and her gun was shot out of her hand.
They turned to see the smoking gun's barrel illuminated at the edge of the hangar's light before the figure walked into view carrying the assault rifle "Its been some time Lieutenant Asuka..." the young man's voice echoed over the near silence of the base.
"Who are you!" Sergei glared as he took aim at the young man with the dirty blond hair wearing a light white almost cream colored uniform.
"Oh… so Wufei didn't tell you he got a message from us…" The young man walked over as he slung the rifle over his shoulder the peaked cap with a golden center a crescent moon supported under a series of olive branches, the four letters O.M.N.I. emblazoned across the bottom.
"Orga… why are you here?" Mayu blinked as the sound of more rifles being brought to the ready caught their attentions.
"To hand down orders from the top…" A voice spoke as Wufei was shoved into the group now disarmed they turned to see the other person carrying both swords.
Stella blinked "Sven… Why have you… what are you here for?"
Sven and the others walked out of the darkness outnumbered and outgunned the HRL's team lowered their weapons "We have orders to deliver, and this isn't just from Treize." Sven held out the envelope to Wufei.
Wufei snatched it from his hand "What another reprimand from Treize… I didn't suggest the operation…"
"No… its from the council." Mudie looked at the small group.
Wufei blinked as he read through the letter "They've got to be joking?"
"No… they aren't. The orders are clear and there's no debating them Wufei, you have two choices…" Orga spoke calmly as Shani and Clotho flanked him.
"What's going on, who are these people?" Sergei looked at Wufei.
"We are the Preventers Taskforce Reserve's pilots. We've been ordered to active duty for the upcoming operation, and those orders are final." Sven looked at Wufei.
"What's it…" Mayu blinked.
"Do you want the long version or the short version?" Wufei asked calmly.
"Just give them the short version…" Orga shrugged "We're running late as it stands and I don't have all the time in the world…"
"It's an ultimatum… we're to remove all data from the three block nation's systems immediately, and our unit is ordered to rejoin the main force… if we refuse we will be declared as a hostile threat to the coalition of the Preventers Taskforce…" Wufei looked at Sven glaring "How can you just order us back, don't you see what they're doing!"
"Yes, but the problem is that your unit isn't the only one to receive this message, the Union's unit has also received it, after a series of blunders that could pose a serious threat to the nations." Orga looked at Wufei "You know exactly why… it's because our suits and their tech is classified as top secret… hell after the war's end Gundanium's production was outlawed in the public sector by all of the nations under the grounds of keeping the peace, and those that do have the production rights are strictly observed by the taskforce."
Sergei blinked "So you're saying that…"
"Look, we're trying to make this as blunt as possible…" Shani groaned "Wufei's head was on the chopping block for high treason after that little stunt he pulled reveling his suits… After that the various nations' security heads and several of the non taskforce heads were screaming for his removal and court marshaling… Treize talked them down but now his necks on the line."
"Who's Treize?" Soma asked.
"The Field Marshal in command of our taskforce…" Wufei spoke calmly as he glared at Sven.
"Wufei, Treize trusts your judgment and he also see's your point, but look at the facts… Celestial Being's actions are no different than our own, the only difference is that our nations established us as a force to prevent the start of war after we had ended it, as a result we now put down any factions that may wish to harm the peace we've created." Sven looked at Wufei.
"Before when we stood between both sides and fought to end the war's by attacking all sides… where's the difference Wufei?" A voice spoke from the shadows catching him off guard as the person walked over.
"So you came in person…" Wufei looked up seeing the person who walked forward.
"Open your eyes Wufei, how many times will we have to repeat this endless cycle…" Ryuta walked over "I've done some research… what you guys did during operation meteor is no different than what Celestial Being is doing now… what you were fighting for may be different, but in the end the end result has many outcomes still… we can either help them find the right one… or you can let someone like Dekim Barton take control."
Wufei looked down into Ryuta's eyes that were the same cold blue of his older brothers "Alright… but I still don't trust them…"
"Makes sense, but look at how many times we have pointed guns at each other on opposite sides of an argument for various reasons…" Clotho smirked "Hell during half of the second war we were fighting against you guys…"
"So what do you intend to do… silence us?" Soma looked at Mudie.
"I believe you two are the only ones that have really any knowledge about us correct…" Sven asked looking at them "The rest believe that Wufei's unit was a bunch of HRL soldiers that captured some Gundams… so long as the data's removed and wiped clean, there's no need… because you'll have no evidence to support your claims. There's also the fact that even if you did, you'd be labeled as traitors for working with spies…"
"You're right… but how do you intend to have them leave, its not like they can just walk out with five of the biggest military secrets our nation has…" Sergei looked at Sven.
"Well they don't have to, if we capture them… there is also the choice that we could damage their suits beyond repair and they disappear in the battle." Clotho smirked "Been a while since I've gotten to face the Lieutenant…"
"I can still put your ass in the dirt Clotho." Mayu stated bluntly "I could take all three of you with one arm tied behind my back."
"Woah… easy Lieutenant, just saying we haven't fought in a while…" Clotho grinned.
"Anyway, it's a bit of a relief that we don't have to carry out our other orders…" Sven smiled "we have to report in… we'll see you in a few days Wufei." They turned and started to leave in different directions.
"Did you guys come in here with your Gundams?" Shinn blinked.
"Hell no… they're aboard the Dominion." Orga yelled back as they left.
Xxx
Patrick smiled as the woman who was kissing him pulled away "Sorry babe, but daddy's gotta go." He smirked as he leapt out of the car before turning and flashing a million dollar smile at the woman "I'll make up for it next time." He winked at her as he made his way away from the car and into the base.
The walk to the briefing room was short and he smiled as he pressed the open button "Patrick Colasour AEU ace, is here… AHHHH!" he yelped as a right hook slammed directly into his face sending him to the ground.
"Lieutenant… you're late." The woman glared down at him stroking her fist as Yzak stood a short distance away smiling.
"Damn you woman, hitting a man in the face is…" Patrick started to get up before the woman with the glasses belted him again this time with a left cross sending him to the ground again.
"OWWW!" Patrick yelped again as he held his face now starting to swell up from the punches "You… you did it again!"
The woman glared down at him "I am Colonel Kati Mannequin, mission commander of this mobile suit team."
Patrick's eyes widened as he got a good look at her for the first time "She's gorgeous…" he snapped up instantly and saluted "I'm terribly sorry for being late Colonel." "I think I'm in love…"
"Funny… I don't remember ever seeing you move that fast while I was your commanding officer…" Yzak glared.
"Watch him colonel… he's a womanizer…" Katherine glared at him.
"Is that so… well I don't tolerate that at all, while under my command you go by the book understand lieutenant?" Kati glared at Patrick.
"Yes ma'am!" Patrick smiled as he saluted.
Xxx
Alejandro watched another replay of the video footage from the Azadistan operation "They act like they're martyrs… if they persist in this fashion, they'll never eradicate war."
Ribbons smiled "Perhaps they've mistaken the abilities of their Gundams for the powers of god…"
"That would be foolish…" Dix smiled "Gundams are simply weapons, they were made to achieve certain objectives, and they were made for killing people."
Xxx
Sumeragi blinked as she heard the incoming call alert while she was in the shower she walked over and slid the curtain open slightly looking at the small monitor "Huh… I'm getting a message on the civilian line?" she got out, and quickly dried herself before putting on a robe to go answer the message.
She walked out drying her hair with a towel as she pressed the button opening the video message "Hi, how you doing Kujo?" Billy appeared on the screen "I have some material here that I'd like you to look over… if it's alright, I'd like to get your opinion. Hope to hear from you soon!" the message ended and the data appeared.
"Huh… Could that be… no way…" Sumeragi's eyes widened as she looked over the title of the data "The probability of capturing a gundam based on current force strength."
Xxx
"There there Louise…" Relena patted Louise on the head sitting half on the couch as Louise sobbed into a pillow.
"Moooommm…" Louise sobbed again as she cried.
Saji turned and looked at Setsuna and Heero "I knew this would happen… thank you for coming, I'd hoped if we had more people here Louise would have been distracted…"
"Guess its not working…" Setsuna spoke calmly.
"AHHHHH!" Louise sobbed again as Relena sighed and rubbed her back trying to sooth her.
"Your mother just went back home right, so why the tears?" Setsuna asked looking at Louise's head buried in the pillow.
"Because I miss her!" Louise snapped her head up and glared at Setsuna tears streaming down her face.
"You can see her whenever you want to, it's not like she's dead." Setsuna stated bluntly.
"AHHHH" Louise balled again "SAJI, I HATE THIS GUY! EITHER PUNCH HIM OR HIT HIM!" she ordered pointing at Setsuna.
"Hey… I can't do that, besides punching and hitting are the same…" Saji started only to have Louise nail him in the face with the red throw pillow she had been sobbing into.
Saji sighed "Sorry about this…" he looked at Setsuna and Heero both sitting patiently.
"You're so peaceful…" Setsuna remarked calmly as he sighed.
Saji blinked "Huh…"
At the same time both Heero and Setsuna's communication tablets went off "I'm sorry, something has just come up…" Setsuna got up as did Heero.
"The base calling dear?" Relena asked.
"Yeah… it's my orders, I'm to rendezvous with the fleet as they pass Japan…" Heero looked at Relena "We'll talk later…"
"Yeah, go home, big jerk!" Louise snapped at Setsuna who followed Heero out.
As Setsuna shut the door in the hall he looked at Heero "All three blocks are on the move…"
"Yeah… it was just a rumor but its confirmed now… they're holding a joint military exercise…" Heero nodded towards his and Relena's apartment.
Setsuna followed him as they made their way inside the noise from the sitting room caught Heero's attention "Looks like they've arrived…"
"Who?" Setsuna blinked.
"The reserve forces… we're pulling out of the block nations using the battle as a cover." Heero opened the door.
"Hey bro…" Ryuta waved from the couch as they entered.
"Hey nothing shrimp, shouldn't you be reporting in for duty?" Heero walked into the room where the other's sat.
"We delivered the message to Wufei from the top brass… we just wanted to find out what that guy knows…" Orga blinked as he saw Setsuna "Who's the kid?"
"Setsuna F. Seiei, he's one of Celestial Being's pilots…" Heero walked in and nudged Clotho "Move it, you're in my chair."
"Alright alright, I get it major don't shoot me." Clotho got up without pausing for a second playing the hand held game.
"Feet off the coffee table... Relena would have a fit if she saw you…" Heero ordered coldly as he looked at Shani who took his feet off of the table.
Heero took a seat as the other pilots settled in "So where's Sven, Mudie, and Shams?"
"Shams is still recovering, he was pretty banged up after all… and taking all of the D.S.S.D.'s pilots would be a bad idea seeing as they're working on the code's to the other earth's…" Orga looked over at him "And Sven and Mudie went ahead to get the preparations done for our suits…"
"I don't see why we needed to be called in… can't you guys just handle it?" Clotho grumbled as he paused the game and looked at Heero.
"The majority of the taskforce is divided amongst the block nations… most of them will be in suits that are subpar to their own normally, and need a cover to make the switch." Ryuta looked at him.
"Not exactly… it's the fact of the scale of the operation… even with all of our suits it would still be a challenge… almost a thousand mobile suits in deployment... any more than that and we would have a serious problem even with our numbers." Heero looked at Ryuta.
"Wait isn't it just an exercise? Why would Celestial Being have any reason to drop in, in the first place?" Ryuta blinked looking at Setsuna.
"Its dealing with the location… Taklimakan, the HRL buried enritched uranium there… and there's a good chance that someone's going to try to use the cover of the battle to attack the facility." Heero looked at the others.
"Shit… that is some pretty heavy stuff Heero." Orga blinked as he sat up "So how many suits does Celestial Being have… we only got the bare bones as we were shipped in on a Nazica class…"
"Four." Setsuna stated bluntly.
"Four… you're shitting me… you're taking on how many suits with just four machines even less sometimes… just how out of date are the block nations suits?" Clotho gaped looking between Setsuna and Heero.
"I don't know about the others but the Union's Flag's are about on par with a Grief, probably the same for the AEU's Enact… but there's a slight problem, each of their units designated to capture a Gundam are piloting enhanced machines with top pilots." Heero looked at them.
"If you don't mind… I've got some things I need to take care of…" Setsuna looked at Heero.
"Sure, guess we'll see you later then Setsuna…" Ryuta nodded as Setsuna turned to leave the apartment.
Xxx
"A joint military exercise?" Christina blinked.
"The Union, HRL, and AEU?" Lichty asked blinking as the group looked at Wang Liu-Mei.
"That is what my agents report…" Wang Liu-Mei spoke looking at the others including the Preventers.
"There'll be an official announcement in a few days." Hong Long looked at them.
"If it's really true, it'll be on a huge scale…" Lasse turned and looked at Hong Long.
"So the Union and Human Reform League are all friendly now?" Lichty asked "What's that about?"
"Its… because of us." Feldt looked at him.
Sumeragi nodded "That would be the appropriate conclusion, the HRL's capture operation failed, so if they wanna keep us in check, they're gonna have to work with the others to pull it off."
"But if it's just a military exercise we don't have a good reason to intervene do we?" Lasse asked.
"There's more to this." Tieria spoke catching everyone off guard "It's expensive to put a large force in the field. They're not holding an exercise of this scale to keep us in check."
"I agree with that, Wang Liu-Mei, find out the location please." Sumeragi looked at her.
"It's being done." Wang smiled.
"Keep on it… Everyone, I think we'll be deploying you guys, you should enjoy yourselves while you can." Sumeragi looked at the assembled group.
Christina nodded and stood up "Right Feldt, shopping time!" she grabbed Feldt and pulled her up "Come on…"
"Hey…" Feldt complained as she was starting to be pushed towards the door.
"I'll come with… it's been a while since I've gone shopping." Hilde smiled.
"You wanna?" Lichty looked at Lasse.
"No, I'll pass." Lasse replied bluntly.
"But I didn't say anything yet!" Lichty gaped.
"Who would have thought the world would change so quickly… is there a shift in humanity that not even Veda could predict?" Tieria thought as he looked out of the large windows of the estate before blinking "What in the…"
"Good they've arrived…" Treize spoke as he walked towards the door the small objects growing ever larger as they approached.
"Who's arrived?" Quatre blinked before looking.
"The data that's been run through the ZERO system shows a high probability that we'll need backup for this mission… so we called up some of the reserves." Murrue smiled as she walked over.
"The Dominion…" Nicol blinked as the ship closed opening its linear catapults.
"We brought both her down to the surface in case we need to make use of both the Archangel and the Dominion's firepower to get you out. She's also delivering… well take a look." Mu smiled as the machines closed at high speed.
"Calamity, Raider, Forbidden, the Blu Duel and the Stargazer…" Nicol smiled "so we're really."
"Yes…" Trowa walked over as he saw the Calamity "So it's him…" he glared.
"Still sore about Orga beating you in target practice…" Hilde asked.
Trowa glared "Of course not…" He slid his knife back into his jackets pocket.
"Sure…" Hilde smiled.
The five machines touched down outside and the group made their way outside looking at the five suits as the pilots descend the lift cables.
"Good of you to come Sven." Treize smiled.
"Preventers reserve pilots reporting for duty sir." Sven saluted as the other four followed suit.
Xxx
"We've gotta hurry up, but be careful of the G forces…" Allelujah spoke as he sat at the helm of the Ptolemaios.
"Don't treat me like I'm old." Ian snapped.
Allelujah smiled "Sorry bout that…"
"Old nothing… if you wanna see old talk to gramps hell he's older than dirt." Duo smirked from Christina's seat.
Xxx
"I'm glad you decided to come." Billy smiled at Sumeragi sitting across the table from him in the small bar.
"What do you expect after sending me that disturbing file?" Sumeragi looked at Billy.
Billy smiled "I do apologize for that…"
"So…" Sumeragi sat the data stick down in front of her "Is this for real?"
Billy smiled as he took the stick "How bout I just call it… the militaries simulation plan."
"The probability of capturing a Gundam given current force strength." Sumeragi looked at him.
"Can I get your opinion… as a tactical forecaster that is…" Billy looked at her.
"There just isn't enough data on the Gundams, and not just their performance. You cant really be sure there are only four machines." Sumeragi spoke calmly.
"I can't imagine mass production. There'd be no way to hide all the personnel and materials." Billy smiled.
"That's true…" Sumeragi nodded.
"Let's say you're in charge of this operation… now what?" Billy asked.
"You already know the answer." Sumeragi smiled at him.
Billy sighed "Yeah, I know… we can't defeat them with our current forces. But, what if we surround them with overwhelming numbers, draw the battle out and simply exhaust their pilots?"
"There's the chance they'd switch to autopilot to ensure secrecy, or even self destruct…" Sumeragi looked at Billy.
Billy smiled "Very astute, you've been following Celestial Being and you've analyzed them too…"
"Huh?" Sumeragi's eyes widened before she looked away "Stop it… don't say it like that…" her voice sounded pained as she kept her gaze averted.
"Sorry…" Billy apologized before blinking as Sumeragi got up.
Sumeragi started to walk away then stopped "Don't worry, I haven't copied the file." She turned and looked at Billy "You know, this proves you're not much of a soldier… if you're sharing this with me…"
Billy smiled "Did you want to drop by the base?" he asked "Professor Eifman was worried about what happened to you…"
Sumeragi sighed and turned away again "No I'm sorry, I have other plans…"
"Oh… is someone waiting for you?" Billy asked.
Sumeragi opened her eyes a little surprised and smiled "And… if there was?" she asked.
Billy looked at the back of her head as she stood there "Well… that would make me jealous…"
Sumeragi looked back over her shoulder "I really do have plans…" She smiled "see you later…" she started walking towards the other side of the divided bar where the exit was.
Billy smiled as he held the data stick and tightened his grip on it "That's fine… I hope I do see you."
Sumeragi rounded the end of the bar and the second that she was out of sight she sighed as the small group of four got up and started out with her "So what was this all about again?" Newman asked.
"An old friend of mine who really isn't much of a soldier handed me some data on the upcoming operation… they're calling it Project G." They walked out of the bar and started down the street towards the staff car that was waiting for them.
"What's their plan?" Natarle asked.
"Exactly what I had predicted based on the data from your units… the probability of capturing a gundam based on current force strength… or more directly they plan to draw the battle out and exhaust the pilots." Sumeragi climbed into the car with the others while Mu and Newman took the front Natarle and Murrue took the back.
"So… why did you need us again?" Mu asked.
"He's sort of got an old college crush on me…" Sumeragi grimaced.
"Oh… so we were that kind of help…" Mu let out a light laugh.
"Don't worry dear you're still scary enough to scare the hell out of any technical officer…" Murrue smiled "Even if you wouldn't hurt a hair on their head."
"Why couldn't you just ask that guy Lasse from your unit… hell just looking at him he could probably break me in half…" Newman grimaced at the thought.
"That's the problem… Billy's a nice guy, too nice for his own good… the last thing I want is for him to get hurt…" Sumeragi sighed.
Xxx
"This news just in, the Union, Human Reform League, and the AEU have announced that all three of their armed forces will take part in a massive military exercise. According to an official comment from a Union public relations officer, the goal of the exercise is better defense of the orbital elevators. To this end joint countermeasures will be practiced dealing with a wide range of possible situations. At this time the schedule and the location of the exercise are still unknown."
"Guess it's started…" Lichty sat up looking at the radio.
"Uhhuh…" Lasse looked at the radio.
"Keep it down you two. I'm still trying to get a tan here." Mudie mumbled as she stretched out in her bikini on the next pool chair.
"Hey, this is important." Lichty looked at her.
Mudie looked at him over the rim of her sunglasses "What's with that bathing suit… you crawl out of the dark ages of fashion or something?"
Lasse started laughing "Thank you!"
Mudie smirked "You're welcome. Now run along little man… you're blocking my sun."
Xxx
"Its been determined that Union forces stationed in Japan will be taking part, and that the national defense forces have also been asked to participate." The anchor spoke on the afternoon news as the investigative team looked up at it. "However the government has decided to adopt a wait a see attitude."
"Looks like Heero's unit is going for a little trip…" Dearka groaned as he continued working.
Xxx
Howard smiled "High output plasma jets, and new model linear rifles… now that's what a squadron should look like!"
"But is it gonna do any good when we go up against those Gundams?" Daryl asked.
"Still driving me insane that they're forcing us to use these uniformed models…" Duo groaned.
"Cowardice even before the mission started… First Lieutenant Graham can't be much of a leader with subordinates like this…" Joshua sneered as he walked out of the shadows near his Flag.
"He's a Captain not a Lieutenant!" Howard snapped "He was promoted for the new squadron!"
Joshua smirked "My… how impressive… Did he kill his commanding officer again?"
"How dare you say that crap!" Daryl glared at Joshua.
Joshua let out a light laugh "You should be careful… if you don't watch it, your precious captain… could shoot you in the back too."
Daryl started forward "YOU DIE!"
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Graham shouted as he started over.
"Captain!" Howard blinked as Graham walked over.
"I don't really care what you think…" Graham smiled at Joshua "I plan to clear my name by my actions on the battlefield."
Joshua smirked and let out a light laugh "I look forward to it, squadron captain Graham Aker."
The shadow of a Flag streaked over head before the blast of wind caused them to snap their attention to the machine "What the hell was that for!" Joshua glared at the machine.
"Ah… looks like Heero's back." Duo smirked.
"You mean the guy who decided to skip out on greeting the top pilots in the nation?" Joshua glared as the machine rolled and came in for a vertical landing touching down on the hangar deck before backing into a space next to Graham's machine.
Joshua started over "Time to teach this little punk some manners."
Graham started after him "Josh…" he stopped as Duo stopped him.
"The loudmouth needs put in his place… let Heero handle it… after all wasn't he made your second in command for the squadron for his piloting abilities?" Duo looked at Graham.
"I guess but…" Graham watched as Heero climbed down from his flag.
"HEY! You're that guy who skipped out on greeting us right?" Joshua's voice drifted over the sound of the hanger deck causing most of the pilots to come out and watch as Heero stepped down onto the deck.
"I'd watch your tone…" Heero warned politely before starting towards Graham.
"Why you little…" Joshua grabbed Heero and decked him across the face.
"JOSHUA…" Graham yelled but a split second later Joshua was doubled over on the deck from a single punch to the gut from Heero.
"One thing you learn about Heero real quick… he's a real fair's fair kind of guy…" Duo smirked as Heero turned and walked away leaving Joshua coughing and gasping for breath with the wind knocked out of him.
"Heero…" Howard blinked "Nice punch…"
"If you didn't hit him back you could have written him up for a court marshal…" Graham looked at Heero.
"I've read his file, he's got good marks, but lacks discipline… that was Joshua Edwards correct?" Heero saluted.
"Yeah… but why…" Graham blinked.
Daryl smiled "Nice work first Lieutenant."
"Thank you Daryl… now if you don't mind I'd like to get to my quarters before the briefing…" Heero nodded to Graham politely.
Joshua stumbled over as Heero left "Captain are you… just gonna let him get away with that?" he gasped.
"Fair's fair... that was one for one…" Graham smirked.
Xxx
"Mistress, the American fleet is on the move." Hong long stopped next to Wang Liu-Mei's table on the patio "It appears to be crossing the Pacific ocean and heading for Eurasia."
"Right now, the AEU should be assembling their mobile suit teams, and heading for the HRL's borders." Wang smiled with her eyes closed.
"But… how could you know that?" Hong Long blinked at his Mistress.
Wang smiled "Miss. Sumeragi… her forecasts are very accurate."
Xxx
"How does it look?" Tieria asked as he walked into the basement where the large computer terminal for Veda was.
"Veda's opinion matches mine." Sumeragi continued working as she spoke.
"So you're both predicting some kind of conflict?" Tieria asked.
"Oh most certainly…" Sumeragi spoke as she looked at the data.
"Where?" Tieria asked.
Sumeragi pulled up the image of the site "The Taklimakan desert in north western China. Enriched uranium is stored underground there."
"Uranium…" Tieria blinked as he walked over.
"I don't know which organization it is… but a terrorist group is planning to attack it." Sumeragi pulled up the image of the containment site "Either the Union or the HRL leaked the information when they chose this spot. If the facility is attacked radioactive material could leak out, and cause damage on a world wide scale."
Tieria looked at Sumeragi "Then we have no choice but to intervene."
"Yes, but we'll be diving into an enemy military exercise. All of their forces will immediately go on the defensive… no they're gonna go on the offensive to capture the Gundams." Sumeragi looked up at Tieria from her seat.
Tieria kept his gaze fixed on Sumeragi "But we're Celestial Being, we must act!"
"Tieria…" Sumeragi blinked at how stubborn he was being.
"To a Gundam Meister our secrets and mission objectives are much more important than life or death!" Tieria kept his gaze fixed on Sumeragi as he spoke "All of us accepted that before piloting the Gundams, in fact we couldn't do this without that determination!"
Xxx
"Roger, heading back to the safe house." Lockon hung up as he drove down the coastal highway he glared "This is heavy stuff… they're not gonna hold us back this time." He dropped his foot to the floor on the accelerator and shifted into fourth as the replica Lancia 037 roared down the road in the middle of the night.
Xxx
Allelujah sighed as he pulled up after his launch "This is the world's response…"
"Nothin we can do about it besides jump head first into hell itself." Duo smirked as he rolled dropping into the atmosphere.
"Maximum GN particle emission, deploying ahead of machine." Allelujah followed Duo into the atmosphere "Kyrios commencing atmospheric entry."
Xxx
"Roger, I'll rendezvous at designated time and place." Setsuna's voice came over Christina's comm. device.
"Thank you." Christina smiled before hanging up she blinked as the Exia's location was shown on the small screen as being somewhere near the Middle East and moving fast. "Huh… what the… why is the Exia there…"
"Hey something wrong?" Lasse asked looking at Christina with the others.
"Oh no, nothing wrong here." Christina waved them off.
"Okay…" Lasse shrugged.
Christina laughed for a second before sighing "Darn… he's off on his own again…" she shook her head "I don't care if you get in trouble…"
Xxx
A light breeze ruffled the bed's drapes as Marina cracked an eye open from the sound of the wind before seeing the shadow of someone appear and hearing their light footsteps on the marble floor of the palace coming from the balcony she sat up slowly "I can hear you… who's there?" she glared as the figure appeared walking slowly illuminated by the moonlight before her she blinked "Se… Setsuna F. Seiei… but why?"
Setsuna looked at her "Tell me… Why is this world so twisted?"
"Huh?" Marina blinked.
"Is it gods fault? Or is it ours?" Setsuna asked looking at Marina.
Marina bowed her head "I know god is fair… and people have open hearts, but the world still becomes twisted beyond hope… that's why, we have to learn to understand one another…" she looked up and blinked, he was gone "Setsuna…"
Xxx
Setsuna rolled as he flew away from the palace grounds in the Exia "What is it that's twisted? And where is it?"
Xxx
"Colonel, the person you're waiting for is here." An officer appeared on the screen in the Colonel of the French Foreign Legion's office.
"Send him in." the Colonel looked at the monitor.
A few moments later the door opened "Excuse me Colonel." The man smiled as he stepped through the door wearing a black suit and shirt with a light silver tie, his deep reddish brown hair tied back in a ponytail.
The Colonel nodded to the chair where a small clipboard sat the man walked in and took the seat "You have a secret mission for my team?" he asked.
"You'll have to read the orders for the details. Not even I know what this is all about…" The colonel looked at him "My role in this whole endeavor is to simply hand you those orders there, and then to give you the Agrissa."
The man blinked "Agrissa… That's a machine that was used in the fifth solar power war wasn't it?" he asked and the Colonel nodded.
"You'll find the pickup point for the machine in the orders as well." The colonel looked at the man who nodded and stood.
"Roger that Colonel." The man smiled "Lieutenant Gary Biaggi of the fourth foreign mechanized regiment… I accept this secret mission and am commencing it immediately." He saluted and made his way out.
As soon as he was out of the building he undid his hair and smirked "Not bad Romewhatever…" "Now this is gonna be fun… we're talkin war here… and on a gigantic scale!" Ali's smile turned into a wicked grin at the prospect of the size of the battles to come.
Xxxxxx
!
He deserved it… come on you all gotta agree Joshua deserved it, we all wanted Daryl to do it in the series.
"Uhh… Hey Ald…" Milou poked Ald on the shoulder.
Yeah what is it MIL… AHHHHHHHHH!
"HOW DARE YOU GET MY SON DRUNK!" Noin bared down on Ald her eyes wide almost bloodshot from how furious she was.
"But…"
"BUT NOTHING! HE'S MY LITTLE ANGEL DON'T YOU DARE!"
*Shrink's physically*
Noin… uhh… you're gonna poke my eye out…
"YOU!" Noin seized her saber and started after Ald.
HELP!
Milou sighed "See you next chapter… it wasn't that bad… in fact it was pretty good…"
"News to Milou… they only serve beer cold normally in the America's…" Dearka grinned "Now come on, its happy hour down at Highland bar!"
"But… I'm fifteen…" Milou gaped.
"It's not called Highland bar for nothing, it's in Scotland!" Dearka grinned as he steered Milou towards the door "See you next time if I'm not too hung over!" he yelled back.