SailorStar9: This is Chapter 10 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

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Chapter 10: Collision in Space

Trowa was leaning against the wall, his visible eye shut when he felt a pressure on his shoulder. He had to admit that he was pleasantly surprised when she came to stand with him, cuddling into him. "Feeling better, Lightning?"

She nodded, "Yeah. I am. So, I need to know what happened, Trowa. I've been putting it off, but I need to know."

He nodded slightly, "What exactly do you want to know?"

"What did she do to you? I know… I know how she used Ami against Qua… Zoisite. I need to know if she used me too."

Trowa sighed, "She tried. Well, she did, but not the same way that she did with Ami. Not because I don't love you, or because Zoi was less sure. We're just all different." He took a deep breath, "She cut me off from the stars. And then she… somehow… she tricked me into thinking that I was connected to them again, but everything they said was what she wanted me to hear. How you were just using me. How I would be much better off with her" He stopped for a moment, remembering. "I think I could have kept resisting that. The voices of the stars just weren't right. It was like, they were sick. And I knew that the things they were telling me were wrong. But she was doing so much more than that." He closed his eyes. "She tortured all of us physically. All of us. But, for me." He sighed, "For me… Serenity would electrify me. I'm not really sure how I survived, but she would electrify me over and over. After Zoi came up with his idea, and Jed and I figured out how to do it, the part of me that she controlled really believed that you had been the one electrifying me all those times. But that still doesn't excuse anything that happened. And I'm sorry."

Tears were rolling down her eyes, and she held tightly to him. "I didn't know. I had no idea. When we heard how badly the war was going… we assumed you all were dead, but we barely had time to mourn because the Moon was attacked. And then when I saw you. I… thought you had escaped. I thought maybe, maybe we stood a chance, and everything would be ok."

Trowa held closely to himself. "Shh. Makoto. You did nothing wrong."

She laughed a bit, "I know! I just… if we had known you'd been captured. I think we would have been prepared. I think it wouldn't have hurt as much."

"I know, Lightning. I know."

"Man, where in the world has Hiiro gone?" Duo sighed, entering the mess hall.

"Out on the Virgo carrier we recovered." Makoto replied, resting her head on Trowa's shoulder.

"You know where he's headed." Trowa added, an arm around Makoto's waist.

"But how come he left Wing ZERO behind?" Duo whined. "Is he gonna have a fist fight with Zechs?"

"Knowing him, he'll fight any way he can." Wufei stated, flexing an arm spring.

"I'm pretty sure that's not the only reason he went." Quatre corrected.

"Wait a minute." Duo cut in. "You mean he went there to save that gal?"

"Yeah." Quatre agreed.

"In that case, I was giving him way too much credit." Wufei remarked. "I had him figured as the sanest guy among us."

"Not quite." Rei chided. "It just goes to show how powerful that girl is to be able to influence a guy like Hiiro. Wufei," she turned to her husband. "If Hiiro does bring Relena back, at least welcome her here. It's easy to hurt us women's feelings."

"Hey, Quatre." Duo pressed. "If we're going after him, shouldn't we hurry?"

"This isn't the time to decrease Peacemillion's defenses." Quatre reminded. "Besides, let's leave the two of them alone."

"You guys really trust Hiiro?" Duo sighed. "He makes mistakes too, you know."

"We can only believe in him now." Ami stated. "Besides, if Relena is abroad Libra, Hiiro and Noin won't be able to battle with a peace of their minds."

"So far, the two sides seem to be pretty even." Howard noted as the Earth Alliance and the Libra forces fought. "Now, who shall we side with?"

"It looks even only because Libra hasn't fired its main weapon." Trowa pointed out.

"Every time they fire it, it needs to be fixed." Duo added. "That's helping out the Earth's side, but once it's fixed, the White Fang will have the advantage."

"White Fang only represents the opinions of part of the Colonies." Quatre reminded. "It doesn't stand for the Colonies as a whole. I'm sure many people in the Colonies are hoping for peace."

"Maybe, but would helping Treize be in space's best interests?" Wufei inquired.

"Treize is only fighting against Libra and the Mobile Dolls." Quatre protested. "Not the Colonies."

"Good point." Trowa agreed. "The main threat right now is Libra."

"You sold me." Wufei admitted. "Libra has too much power."

"But what about Hiiro and Relena?" Sally asked.

"They'll be fine." Duo assured.

"Okay, then it's settled?" Howard noted.

"You bet." Quatre nodded. "Keep Peacemillion headed straight for Libra."

"Noin, you stay and guard Peacemillion.:" Quatre suggested. "The Taurus can't compare to the other suits and I think I know our opponent."

"Roger that." Noin received her order.

"It looks like they've come." Duo went on the alert. "It's him!" he called, as Epyon came into view. "But he's only got three Virgos. This'll be easy. See ya around!"

"Hang on, Duo!" Quatre warned as Deathscythe Hell started its assault, only to be blocked by one of the Virgo's planet defensors as the other two rained their attacks on him.

Wufei tried to attack the three Virgos, but they quickly dodged and allowed Zechs to attack Quatre.

Quatre responded by shooting at Zechs, but the planet defensors protected Epyon.

Duo wondered why they were focusing on Quatre, and Quatre replied they might think he was the easiest to pick off.

But Zechs had an entirely different reason in mind: destroy the brain first.

"Libra's leaving the line of the battle." the radar officer of the Peacemillion reported. "It's heading towards MO-2."

"MO-2 has very little military force and can't move on its own." Howard remarked. "I'm guessing Libra will circumvent MO-2 and head straight for Earth."

"Let's go after them." Sally suggested.

"What's the point?" one of the crew protested. "We don't have the weapons to destroy Libra."

"Sure we do." Rei retorted. "Enough to destroy Libra's main cannon."

"Wait, you're not!" the crew were stunned.

"Evacuate all civilians." Ami gave the order. "MO-2 will take them in."

"I suppose you're right." Howard sighed. "We'll move to the sub-bridge."

"They're after Peacemillion!" Duo gasped when Zechs and his troops took off. "We'll stop them!"

"How could they evade Nataku's assault?" Wufei growled.

"It's no use!" Quatre shouted. "The three Mobile Dolls are forming a single shield. We've got to move in and destroy them separately."

"Noin, get out of my way!" Zechs demanded.

"Zechs, I have no desire to fight you." Noin admitted. "But..."

"Noin, get out of there!" Zechs repeated.

"I'm not moving !" Noin stood her ground. "Even if it means having to kill you!"

"I don't understand!" Zechs slammed his helmet on the control panel, having pulled away at the last second. "Why am I still so spineless?" cursing himself, he flew off.

"You sure about ramming them?" one of the crew asked as Peacemillion continued its course, the Lightwave Barrier deflecting the shot Libra blasted at them.

"Yeah, so we'll wipe out their main weapon." Ami was certain. "Use the BGY Booster as well. Wreck the engine if necessary!"

"Hey, have they lost their minds?" Duo pressed, the Gundams realized what the Peacemillion had intended to do.

"It's the only option left." Trowa reminded.

"Engines one and three damaged!" the damage report came in. "Now we don't have to turn them off." just as the battleship prowled into Libra.

"Oh man," Duo whistled. "That was one big collision!"

"As it stands now, it'd be hard to destroy just Libra." Trowa stated.

"This is Peacemillion." Makoto came on. "We're not at risk of exploding. But we're basically stuck."

"I understand." Quatre nodded. "We'll board Libra and take over the ship from within. We'll destroy the Mobile Doll control system, then demand the White Fang's surrender. Also, we've got to find Hiiro and Relena."

"So we're going in?" Duo grinned. "This reminds me of the old days. What's wrong, Wufei?" he wondered when Altron took off.

"You're in charge!" Wufei shot back.

"Let him go." Trowa replied. "He's keeping an old promise."

"We should hurry to Libra." Quatre suggested.

After letting Noin off on her own, the three Gundams headed inside the damaged warship.

"This area's obviously used for confinement." Duo noted, floating along a corridor. "All right." he grinned, stopping before a locked cell. "Step away from the door if you don't wanna get hurt." and blasted the lock with a bomb. "What?" he gaped, shutting the door back. "That definitely wasn't I was expecting to find."

"So Zechs wanted to send a tremendous blow to the Earth." Doctor J noted once Duo filled them in. "And by using such a significant impact he wanted to awaken the fear of wars and an earnest desire for hope in the hearts of the people."

"That is the reason we ended up building up Libra and we even redeveloped Vayeate and Mercurius." Professor G added.

"So, I've got you to thank for my troubles." Duo sighed.

"We did a little something to Libra's main cannon." Doctor J supplied.

"We built an error into it so it can't fire consecutively." Professor G explained.

"No kidding." Duo snorted. "And you think that atones for your sins?" he trained his gun at them.

"No, of course we don't." Doctor J replied.

"Right, it's not payback time yet." Professor G agreed.

"I knew it." Duo sighed. "Wish I haven't found these guys."

"Okay, MO-2 acknowledged us." Howard noted. "All units, prepare to escape."

"Godfather, Hiiro says he's leaving with Wing ZERO." Ami informed.

"When did he get back?" Howard wondered.

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