Chapter 1-Disappearance
August 23, A.C. 198, the day when the war between the colonies and Earth had ended. This was a day when all of the representatives of the United Earth Space Alliance were to meet for important decisions. This meeting was called by Relena Peacecraft in an attempt to stop the making of weapons. Quatre Raberba Winner and Relena Peacecraft both met in front of the Senate Hall on the L1 Colony. Preparing to convince the group of senators the issue they proposed. This meeting was to be about the armaments of the Alliance as well as the policies of the armies situated throughout the alliance. All five once-Gundam pilots represented their respective colonies in this important meeting scheduled to last for a week starting at 4:00PM today.
"Ohayo, Relena," greeted Quatre.
"Ohayo, Quatre," replied Relena.
"Nervous?" asked Quatre. He always seemed to have a sixth sense of things, so he knew what was going on in Relena's mind by reading her face.
"Hai."
"I'm sure you'll do fine."
"Arigato."
Although all of the Gundam pilots knew that each other would be at this meeting. None of them saw each other when entering the building. Soon, the meeting was about to begin.
After the delegates sat down, Relena Peacecraft began. "Honorable senators, you have all been called to this meeting regarding the armaments of the Alliance..."
As she went on, a hundred delegates listened with intention of solving this issue as soon as possible. They wanted a good solution. And with the age range of 18 to 56 in the senate, this issue will not be easy to solve...
* * *
While the meeting proceeded, Duke Dermoil of the Romafeller Foundation planned to take out all of the delegates. As the leader of this newly formed organization, he took several precautions toward this operation. He planned to take captive of the most influential delegates that promoted peace and replace them with ones under his control. He wanted to promote war...
* * *
Meanwhile, at the meeting, 15 minutes had gone by since the meeting started and it was Quatre's turn to talk.
"Honorable delegates," he began, "armaments in the Alliance, in my opinion, are unnecessary. Sure the army would still need weapons to train new soldiers. But, with all of the people at peace, what is the use of weapons?"
Murmurs rose from the delegates. But Quatre pressed on, "Weapons promote war, fighting, and bloodshed. Many of us that have been through that last war had seen many deaths and sadness swept through civilization. During that time, even I regretted seeing the death of so many people... Now, if we were to have armaments, then there would be no peace. Weapons could easily destroy the peace we now have. If we were to have total peace, I'd suggest that all or most of the armaments to be destroyed. There would be no sense of protecting yourselves or even attacking others if there is peace. Thus, I agree that armament should be destroyed, or at least stored away until further notice. Thank you."
Murmurs rose again as Quatre stepped down from the podium. Quatre doubted the fact that the delegates were truly convinced. He did not want to have war once again. Not after what had happened...
As daylight began to die, the debates of the issue had heated up. However, the meeting was adjourned until the next day. Relena thought that many people needed the rest considering the fact that they have been in there for 3 hours...
All five Gundam pilots caught up to each other and went to Heero's place, where they would be resting for the next few days. Relena had other businesses, so she stayed at the Senate Hall.
At Heero's house, all of them sat in the living room and Duo started the conversation.
"It has been a long day," said Duo.
"Well, at least, we're together again and we're doing something," said Quatre.
"Yeah, right," said Wufei.
Everyone was surprised at Wufei's remark and soon laughed. Heero, Duo, Trowa, Quatre, and Wufei were all glad to see each other again even though they argued against each other during the meeting. As they sat there conversing, they all pulled their memories back during the war and laughed at some of their foolish actions, even Trowa laughed. Nevertheless, nobody dared to bring up Father Winner's death. They feared that they would break Quatre again... Soon, silence flooded the room.
"Brrrrringggggg," rang the telephone, breaking the silence.
It was for Quatre. He was asked to head down to the Senate Hall for some advice to Relena. Quatre got ready and was ready to go. However, Heero stopped him for a while, telling him "Careful, Quatre, I sense something bad..." Still, Quatre just ignored him and left.
* * *
8:00 AM. It was August 24, A.C. 198 and Trowa was still in the living room. Quatre had been gone since 7:50 PM last night and hadn't returned yet. Trowa phoned the Senate Hall, but no one answered. Then he phoned Relena, but Quatre wasn't there either. All of the pilots were worried and Trowa was the most worried. However, they could only hope that Quatre would be at the meeting today and to explain what happened...
* * *
Hmm, where am I? What's going on here? Why am I here? Quatre thought the moment he woke up. He found himself in a prison cell, cuffed, although he hadn't a clue of what had happened. All he remembered was that he was going to the Senate Hall and then passing out.
As he tried to stand up, he winced. Then he found a shot wound on his head bandaged. He tried to think but his head was still ringing from the shot. Suddenly, he remembered last night's incident. He was riding in his escort car to the Senate Hall when suddenly, a shot came from nowhere, killing his driver. When he got out, three men appeared out of nowhere. Taken by surprise, he was hit on the head and was shot before hitting the pavement, then blank.
"Trowa," he whispered. Dizziness overcame him, and he fainted.
* * *
During the second meeting, Trowa was too worried to even bother with the matter at hand. Duo, Heero, and Wufei were all very worried. Quatre's seat was empty and the delegates who wanted to have armaments were winning. Quatre's absence really affected the delegates' idea of peace. Fortunately, Relena, as a pacifist, adjourned the meeting quickly, and then met with the Gundam pilots.
* * *
"Quatre's absence is not good," Relena said, without knowing that Quatre was missing. "Where is he anyway?"
"He's missing," Trowa said.
"Missing?"
"He headed toward the Senate Hall last night and had been missing since."
"Hmm, I'd better adjourn this meeting until a later date, when all of the delegates are here."
"I'd say you're right, Relena," said Duo.
"Are you going to try to find him?"
"Try? We will definitely find him. We have to," said Trowa confidently.
August 23, A.C. 198, the day when the war between the colonies and Earth had ended. This was a day when all of the representatives of the United Earth Space Alliance were to meet for important decisions. This meeting was called by Relena Peacecraft in an attempt to stop the making of weapons. Quatre Raberba Winner and Relena Peacecraft both met in front of the Senate Hall on the L1 Colony. Preparing to convince the group of senators the issue they proposed. This meeting was to be about the armaments of the Alliance as well as the policies of the armies situated throughout the alliance. All five once-Gundam pilots represented their respective colonies in this important meeting scheduled to last for a week starting at 4:00PM today.
"Ohayo, Relena," greeted Quatre.
"Ohayo, Quatre," replied Relena.
"Nervous?" asked Quatre. He always seemed to have a sixth sense of things, so he knew what was going on in Relena's mind by reading her face.
"Hai."
"I'm sure you'll do fine."
"Arigato."
Although all of the Gundam pilots knew that each other would be at this meeting. None of them saw each other when entering the building. Soon, the meeting was about to begin.
After the delegates sat down, Relena Peacecraft began. "Honorable senators, you have all been called to this meeting regarding the armaments of the Alliance..."
As she went on, a hundred delegates listened with intention of solving this issue as soon as possible. They wanted a good solution. And with the age range of 18 to 56 in the senate, this issue will not be easy to solve...
* * *
While the meeting proceeded, Duke Dermoil of the Romafeller Foundation planned to take out all of the delegates. As the leader of this newly formed organization, he took several precautions toward this operation. He planned to take captive of the most influential delegates that promoted peace and replace them with ones under his control. He wanted to promote war...
* * *
Meanwhile, at the meeting, 15 minutes had gone by since the meeting started and it was Quatre's turn to talk.
"Honorable delegates," he began, "armaments in the Alliance, in my opinion, are unnecessary. Sure the army would still need weapons to train new soldiers. But, with all of the people at peace, what is the use of weapons?"
Murmurs rose from the delegates. But Quatre pressed on, "Weapons promote war, fighting, and bloodshed. Many of us that have been through that last war had seen many deaths and sadness swept through civilization. During that time, even I regretted seeing the death of so many people... Now, if we were to have armaments, then there would be no peace. Weapons could easily destroy the peace we now have. If we were to have total peace, I'd suggest that all or most of the armaments to be destroyed. There would be no sense of protecting yourselves or even attacking others if there is peace. Thus, I agree that armament should be destroyed, or at least stored away until further notice. Thank you."
Murmurs rose again as Quatre stepped down from the podium. Quatre doubted the fact that the delegates were truly convinced. He did not want to have war once again. Not after what had happened...
As daylight began to die, the debates of the issue had heated up. However, the meeting was adjourned until the next day. Relena thought that many people needed the rest considering the fact that they have been in there for 3 hours...
All five Gundam pilots caught up to each other and went to Heero's place, where they would be resting for the next few days. Relena had other businesses, so she stayed at the Senate Hall.
At Heero's house, all of them sat in the living room and Duo started the conversation.
"It has been a long day," said Duo.
"Well, at least, we're together again and we're doing something," said Quatre.
"Yeah, right," said Wufei.
Everyone was surprised at Wufei's remark and soon laughed. Heero, Duo, Trowa, Quatre, and Wufei were all glad to see each other again even though they argued against each other during the meeting. As they sat there conversing, they all pulled their memories back during the war and laughed at some of their foolish actions, even Trowa laughed. Nevertheless, nobody dared to bring up Father Winner's death. They feared that they would break Quatre again... Soon, silence flooded the room.
"Brrrrringggggg," rang the telephone, breaking the silence.
It was for Quatre. He was asked to head down to the Senate Hall for some advice to Relena. Quatre got ready and was ready to go. However, Heero stopped him for a while, telling him "Careful, Quatre, I sense something bad..." Still, Quatre just ignored him and left.
* * *
8:00 AM. It was August 24, A.C. 198 and Trowa was still in the living room. Quatre had been gone since 7:50 PM last night and hadn't returned yet. Trowa phoned the Senate Hall, but no one answered. Then he phoned Relena, but Quatre wasn't there either. All of the pilots were worried and Trowa was the most worried. However, they could only hope that Quatre would be at the meeting today and to explain what happened...
* * *
Hmm, where am I? What's going on here? Why am I here? Quatre thought the moment he woke up. He found himself in a prison cell, cuffed, although he hadn't a clue of what had happened. All he remembered was that he was going to the Senate Hall and then passing out.
As he tried to stand up, he winced. Then he found a shot wound on his head bandaged. He tried to think but his head was still ringing from the shot. Suddenly, he remembered last night's incident. He was riding in his escort car to the Senate Hall when suddenly, a shot came from nowhere, killing his driver. When he got out, three men appeared out of nowhere. Taken by surprise, he was hit on the head and was shot before hitting the pavement, then blank.
"Trowa," he whispered. Dizziness overcame him, and he fainted.
* * *
During the second meeting, Trowa was too worried to even bother with the matter at hand. Duo, Heero, and Wufei were all very worried. Quatre's seat was empty and the delegates who wanted to have armaments were winning. Quatre's absence really affected the delegates' idea of peace. Fortunately, Relena, as a pacifist, adjourned the meeting quickly, and then met with the Gundam pilots.
* * *
"Quatre's absence is not good," Relena said, without knowing that Quatre was missing. "Where is he anyway?"
"He's missing," Trowa said.
"Missing?"
"He headed toward the Senate Hall last night and had been missing since."
"Hmm, I'd better adjourn this meeting until a later date, when all of the delegates are here."
"I'd say you're right, Relena," said Duo.
"Are you going to try to find him?"
"Try? We will definitely find him. We have to," said Trowa confidently.