Major Simi: thanks… the real fun will start soon I think
Chapter 11:
Night time on Atlantis was beautiful, the moon reflected off the ocean and the waves caused the stars to twinkle that much more. Duo leaned against the railing looking over the ocean; the sound of the waves crashing against the city was calming in its own way. He could hear the party inside, they were all celebrating cheering and feasting singing songs, it was Christmas, and of course they would party. Everyone on their planet normally did, but with the war going on, he doubt anyone would be in the Christmas spirit. He looked at the Gundam and Heero sitting on his shoulder typing up a report. Duo moved over to him, and kicked his legs over the rail and sat looking to the sky.
Weir looked out the window at them. "Didn't you invite them?" she asked.
"Yeah, I invited them," John said as he watched them too. "They were here for a second and then went out there."
"Has it accrued to you that they might not know what Christmas is?" Rodney asked. "They are from a different planet."
Weir looked at them and then walked out to the balcony. Duo turned his head slightly, and Heero stopped his typing. She walked over to Duo and leaned on the railing next to him. Duo watched her for a second and then looked up to the sky again.
"It's different," Duo said, Weir looked at him, "from the colony's fake sky. The stars or moon never shines, they produce light." He watched the sky. "L2 didn't have a good lighting system as it was, or filtration system for that matter. It was home."
Heero looked up to the sky and seemed to think about it. "I prefer the colony sky," he said. "It's functional and doesn't change on a daily basis."
"But you come from L1," Duo said and laughed. Weir watched them for a moment.
"You have space colonies?"
"Yeah," Duo said. "Five clusters of colonies all the way around Earth."
"Earth, that's the name of your planet?"
"Yep," he watched the moon. "It looks much better from Earth."
"The moon?" Weir asked; she smiled at them. "I know this is strange, but I haven't really gotten to know either of you."
"We're Gundam pilots, people aren't suppose to know about us," Duo said. "Those who have set eyes upon a Gundam shall not live to tell about it. Right Heero?"
He looked at them for a moment, and nodded his head. "We were all given that command."
"Glad to see we're still alive," Weir said.
"I don't think the orders were meant for those of a different world," Duo told her. "So you guys don't have mobile suits?"
"No, we didn't even have this technology until recently," Weir informed him. "The ship that Heero and his Gundam traveled in will be coming back with your suit, it was going to be a surprise," she looked at them. Heero looked up at her. "Relax no one touched it otherwise." Duo was grinning wide.
"It'll be good to see Deathscythe again," he said and looked to the sky, then frowned some. He was thinking about the war. "Hey Heero," the other pilot looked up at him. "When Deathscythe gets here how about we give those Wraiths something to be afraid of?"
"Sounds good," he replied.
"This isn't a game boys, you can't just waltz into a hive ship and blow it up like you did a cruiser," Weir explained.
"Nope, we're gonna blow em up from the outside," Duo replied and looked at her. "The quicker we get rid of the Wraith the quicker we go home and deal with our own war."
"It's not that simple," Weir said.
"Yes it is, you call the wraith to Atlantis, cloak it and Heero and I will take care of the rest," Duo said. "With two Gundams fifty or so ships wont be a problem, their not all going to attack at once."
"You're serious aren't you?" Weir asked.
"According to Rodney, you can charge the ZPM with the Gundams power, I didn't listen too much too him but it shouldn't be a problem for the thing to be charged and you have a shield for your use," Duo said.
"You miss your home," Weir said. Duo looked at her from the corner of his eyes.
"You're a young boy, I'm not going to think anything less of you because you're home sick," she said.
"I'm not home sick, besides the colonies kicked us to the curb," he pouted.
"You will always have a home here," she said and placed a hand on his shoulder. Duo looked at her and smiled. Duo normally had a large grin on his face but this one was different, this was a smile he didn't give often, this was real. "You too Heero," she looked at him. He looked down from the sky; he had been pretending that he hadn't heard them. He looked at her evenly for a moment and nodded his head once. "Wont you come in and enjoy the Christmas party?" she asked.
"According to Wing's calendar its only November," Heero said.
"Our Christmas isn't until December," Duo added.
"Even our months are the same, ours is also in December, and according to our calendar, it's Christmas," Weir told him. "Come on. There are gifts."
Duo looked at Heero, he closed his laptop and stored it inside Wing and walked out. Duo offered his hand to him. He took it and climbed up to the balcony and walked inside with Weir.
"There the boys are!" called John as he walked up to them. Teyla smiled as she handed them each a long package, about a foot long and four inches thick.
"I was told it is custom to offer gifts on this day," she said.
John handed them each a thick package. "This is from us at Atlantis."
Heero looked at the gifts, even when he had known what a gift was and had received some from his training. Duo looked at the packages like he didn't know what to do with them. They were wrapped in bright paper. "Open them," Weir said and smiled at him. They were still boys. They opened the ones from Teyla first. They pulled out hand crafted fighting knives and leg straps.
"When a child becomes an adult for my people, they are given fighting knives," Teyla told them and smiled. They looked at her. Heero sat the blade back into its box, but Duo held his for a little longer. Looking at it, Heero didn't rush him, but tapped his elbow with his. They both bowed at the waist.
"Thank you very much," they said almost together, though Duo was a little more emotional then Heero was. They opened the second gift, and it was a uniform like the others wore. The jacket was thick, and on one side has the Atlantis symbol, on the chest it had their last names sewed into the fabric and on the other arm where the others had a flag of where they were from, had their respected Gundam faces and the colony cluster they were from. Duo pulled the jacket on; he looked at the rest of the uniform, pants with the same patches and a grey green shirt that matched the jackets. Duo looked at Heero, he also wore the jacket. Duo grinned at them and then frowned. "We don't have anything for you."
"You charging the ZPM will be enough and a big help for us all," Rodney said.
