A Funeral And An Arrival

Previously on Gundam Wing:

Calanthia raced off to her bedroom to answer her wrist communicator.

"Calanthia," Instructor H said. "you will be pleased to know that Sky Night is all repaired."

"Excellent! Just in time for our mission tonight," Calanthia asked Instructor H curiously. "by the way, where is our mission going to be tonight?"

"Your new mission," Instructor H answered Calanthia. "is in Saudi Arabia."

"Is Mariemaia already there, Instructor H?" Calanthia asked.

"Yes she is," Instructor H answered Calanthia seriously. "so you as well as Barton, Yuy, Maxwell, and Chang don't have very much time to get ready for your mission."

"Oh shoot! I have to change into my battle attire!" Calanthia said in a panic.

An hour after supper, Calanthia passed by Cassia's bedroom in her battle outfit.

Cassia came out of her bedroom, "Where are you going, Calanthia?" she asked.

"Do you promise that you won't tell Mom on me?" Calanthia asked Cassia.

"Cross my heart and hope to die." Cassia told Calanthia.

"I am going to Saudi Arabia." Calanthia told Cassia in a whisper.

"Come back safely, Calanthia." Cassia said.

Calanthia raced out of her family's mansion.

I will come back safely, Cassia, Calanthia thought. I promise you.

At around midnight that night, Calanthia, Hildegard, Ping, Triton, and Mako Yuy met up with Instructor H in her workshop.

"Why did you want to see us?" Mako asked Instructor H curiously.

"Because, my comrades have been kidnapped by Mariemaia's army." Instructor H answered Mako.

"Your comrades, Instructor H?" Ping asked.

"That's right, Ping," Instructor H said. "the two sons and other two daughters of the original engineers who created the other four of your gundams are my best friends."

Calanthia & Triton understood.

"Don't worry." Calanthia said with determination in her voice.

"That's right," Triton agreed with determination in his own voice. "we'll rescue the other engineers from Mariemaia's clutches!"

The five friends sped off in their vehicles while their gundams were being transported in carriers.

Over in a cell in Saudi Arabia, Doktor S, the creator of the gundam Trinity was breathing weakly due to having an asthma attack.

"Somebody... help... me," Doktor S shouted. "I... am... having... trouble... breathing! I... desperately... need... my... inhaler!"

"Don't worry, Alexandra," Doctor J said, handing Doktor S her inhaler. "I've got your back."

Doktor S took her inhaler, "Thank... you, Caleb..." she said breathlessly.

"Anytime, Alexandra." Doctor J said to Doktor S.

At Lady Une & Mariemaia's house, Lady Une caught Mariemaia in her battle outfit.

"Where are you going, Mariemaia?" Lady Une asked sternly.

Mariemaia turned to face her adoptive mother.

"I just want to go to battle, may I please do so?" Mariemaia asked Lady Une.

"I guess you may." Lady Une said to Mariemaia, sighing wearily.

A little while later, Ping & Calanthia were caught by Mariemaia.

"IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO PAY FOR WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY FATHER, CHANG!" Marirmaia yelled at Ping furiously.

Ping looked at Mariemaia with uncertainty.

"What are you talking about?" Ping asked Mariemaia.

"YOUR FATHER MURDERED MY FATHER! SO, IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO DIE!" Marirmaia yelled at Ping furiously once again.

Calanthia saw Mariemaia pointing a gun at her boyfriend's head.

"NO," Calanthia shouted furiously. "PING!"

Calanthia jumped straight in front of Ping as Mariemaia fired the gun off causing Calanthia to end up wounded in her lover's hands.

"NO," Ping & Triton shouted in furious unison. "CALANTHIA!"

Triton ran up to Ping who still held Calanthia in his arms.

"You had better watch over Calanthia, she's wounded, so don't move her." Ping advised Triton sternly.

"I won't move her, I promise." Triton said to Ping.

"But... Ping?" Calanthia asked in a wounded and breathless tone of voice.

"What is it, Calanthia?" Ping answered.

"What... will... you... be... doing?" Calanthia asked Ping.

Ping glance over at Mariemaia coldly.

"I am going to teach Mariemaia a lesson!" Ping answered Calanthia showing courage.

Ping boarded his gundam, Aquarian, the same gundam that Master O, the son of the same Master O that had created the Shenlong Gundam, had built for him.

"Stay strong, Chang." Triton said gently to Ping as Ping took off for the battlefield.

Calanthia coughed a little bit.

"Yes... Ping... please... do... come... back... to... me... safely..." Calanthia panted breathlessly.

"I will, I promise you that." Ping told Calanthia from inside Aquarian.

A few hours later, the four captive Gundam scientists were freed and Professor G, the builder of the gundam Black Ace and the daughter of the first Professor G was carrying the wounded body of Ping upon her back.

Calanthia tried to hard to stand but her legs wouldn't let her do it.

"Ping!" Calanthia exclaimed.

"Ping!" Hildegard, Triton, and Mako exclaimed in unison.

Professor G set Ping down on the ground.

"Calanthia... forgive... me... but... it... is... time... for... me... to... go..." Ping said breathlessly.

"No, Ping," Calanthia pleaded. "I'll go and get Aunt Iria! You are going to be well again! Please don't die on me!"

"Calanthia... forgive... me... but... it... is... time... for... me... to... go..." Ping said breathlessly once again.

And with that, Ping took his very last breath.

Now on Gundam Wing:

"No! Ping," Calanthia screamed out in anguish. "No! Come back to me! Come back to me! Ping!"

Doctor J walked up to Calanthia and he slapped her hard in the face.

"Get a grip, Calanthia!" Doctor J scolded.

Calanthia's friends, now down to three, looked at the palm print upon Calanthia's cheek below her left eye.

"Doctor J," Triton gasped in shock. "now, why in the colonies would you hit someone who is grieving?"

Ping was cremated at the funeral home on the L5 Colony Cluster the very next morning, Calanthia was still sobbing her gray eyes out.

"And so, Ping Chang," the minister said. "we say good bye."

Ping's ashes were scattered all over the colony.

A few days later on the L4 Colony Cluster, Catherine brought home her baby boy, Qadir Rashad Winner, the newest member of the Winner family.

Qadir wasn't the only one crying due to needing fed, but Calanthia was also crying due to the pain of her wound.

Catherine was nursing Qadir while Quatre tended to Calanthia's wounds.

"Ouch, Dad," Calanthia sobbed bitterly. "please be careful with that wet & soapy cloth!"