Arabic Prince Chapter 4: No Longer Free, a gundam wing/ac fanfic

Arabic Prince
Chapter Four: No Longer Free

The bullets zipped by Cassie as she continued to run. Quatre was right behind her, watching as the bullets zipped past him also.

"CASSIE!! STOP!!" Quatre shouted to her above the loud gunfire.

Cassie continued to run, looking towards the whatever it was she would find in the darkness.

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Cassie looked at the blurry photos taken by some of OZ's surveillence statellites. The picture's of pilot where a bit static and heard to make out any features. The Gundam pictures however, were very hard to make out and just looked like a blur.

"Going over the Desert Gundam file again?" Asked General Paul as he looked down at his daughter.

"Finding an unseen enemy in the desert is like looking for Bigfoot." Lt. Cassie answered as she put the photos into the folder. "Sure some people have seen it around. But what makes them so sure it exists?"

"Even if it doesn't exist, we have to be prepared if it does." General Paul replied as he stood next to his daughter. "That's why, my dear Cassie, I'm putting you in charge of this little mission."

"Me? Go out in the desert? Dad, you can't be serious." Lt. Cassie replied as she faced General Paul.

"I know it might sound boring, but if you do find a Desert Gundam, OZ will be very proud and so will I." General Paul answered.

Cassie just there, looking at the folder on the table.

"So...will you do it?" Asked General Paul.

"For you daddy, I will." Cassie answered as she looked up at her father and smiled.

"Good. I know you won't let me down." Replied General Paul through a smile.

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"We've got two people approaching us on foot." Replied an OZ soldier that was seated inside his Leo MS.

"Take them out." Answered the leader of the group.

Two of the Leo MS took a step forward, kicking up some sand.

The ground vibrated with the step of Leo MS, making Cassie stop in her tracks. She looked and noticed a Leo MS was coming right at her. Qautre came up behind her and stopped when he saw the Leo MS coming towards them.

Quatre grabbed Cassie by her arm and pulled her to the side. Just as he did, the foot to a Leo MS smashed the spot Cassie once stood in. Quatre sighed in relief but was startled when he felt something against his back. He turned around to see Cassie aiming a gun at him.

"Cassie..." Quatre replied as he faced her in shock.

"Is it true, Quatre?" Cassie asked, her eyes still glassy. "ARE you a Gundam pilot?"

Quatre looked at Cassie and noticed the tears in her eyes.

"ARE YOU?!" Cassie shouted, raising her gun to Quatre's head.

When Quatre nodded his head, Cassie just seemed to break down.

"Are you...with OZ?" Quatre asked, looking up at Cassie.

Cassie looked up at Quatre, tears running down her cheek.

"Why did you have to follow me out here?" Cassie asked. "WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST STAY WHERE IT WAS SAFE?!"

"In war, Cassie. Nowhere is safe." Quatre replied. "And the reason why I followed you out here, was so you didn't get hurt."

Cassie's eyes widened in shock a little as she stared at Quatre.

"You maybe my enemy, Cassie. But I know there is good inside of you." Quatre answered. "And that part of you is worth saving."

One of the Leo MS appeared behind Quatre and prepared to fire its gun. A huge spotlight flashed on and shown down onto both Cassie and Quatre. The two shielded their eyes from the brightness. The cockpit of the Leo MS slowly slid open and out stepped an OZ soldier armed with a gun.

"Stay where you are! We have you surrounded!" Shouted the OZ soldier.

More spotlights turned on, revealing a whole circle of Leo MS and foot soldiers around them. Quatre looked at all the OZ soldier around him while Cassie just lowered her gun.

"Lt. Cassie, are you okay?" Asked an OZ soldier as he ran up to her.

"I'm fine." Cassie replied, looking up at Quatre.

Two armed soldiers walked up to Quatre and apprehended him. The aimed the guns at his back as they forced him to walk towards Cassie and the other OZ soldier.

"What should we do with him?" Asked the OZ soldier that stood next to Cassie.

Cassie looked at Quatre for a second before slowly turning her head away from him.

"Leave him." Cassie replied as she began to walk away.

"But...Lieutenant," Spoke the shocked soldier.

"I said--"

"Take him with us." Spoke a male voice.

Cassie looked over her shoulder and there stood Ryo.

"We will not." Cassie answered as she faced Ryo. "I am you superior officer and I say leave him!"

"I'm sorry Lt. Cassie, but I object to your request." Ryo answered as he crossed his arms.

"What?" Cassie replied, her eyes narrowing.

"As of right now, you are no longer fit to take control of this mission." Ryo replied, looking at Cassie. "Your father has place me in charge, in which I am allowed to do whatever I want. I say bring the Gundam pilot with us."

Cassie let out a deep growl as Ryo walked away and Quatre was dragged off.

Quatre and all his bodyguards with tied up and placed in the back of a huge OZ carrier aircraft. Gundam Sandrock was dug up and being hauld into a sperate carrier. Quatre watched from where he sat as Gundam Sandrock was restrained and the carrier aircraft began to take off.

"I knew we couldn't trust that girl." Whispered binocular man to Quatre. "She planned this whole thing I bet. She probable even led them to us!"

"No. I think there's something going on here that she doesn't know about." Quatre replied, looking at Cassie.

"But...sir. Don't tell me you trust her! An OZ soldier!" Shouted the binocular man shocked.

"I'm just saying I have a feeling there's something more to this." Quatre answered.

Cassie sat in the plane as it began to taxi. She held the silver hairpin her mother had given her tightly in her hand as she looked out the window. The OZ soldiers just passed her by, talking among themselves.

"How can you be a Gundam pilot, Quatre?" Cassie thought to herself as she stared out the window. "How can you be like them?"

Cassie lowered her head as she began to cry again.

"How could you be my enemy Quatre? Why do you have to be my enemy?" Cassie asked herself as she buried her face in her hands and cried.