Chapter Two
Lost Memory
(It's actually Chapter Two and Chapter Three. I just had to get the chapters straight. That's
all. I hope it's not too confusing...)
~^Beyond^~
King Draco paced around the room as the male guardians entered the room.
"What's wrong," Kevin asked.
"Please sit down."
The guardians sat down looking confused. The King sat down on an opposing chair and
faced them, looking nervous.
"About two days ago," King Draco began to explain," the technicians of the Beyond sensed
a disturbance in the Balance in one of the Gundam Wing universes. It was only a slight
disturbance so we let it go. But now it has grown in an alarming rate."
Tobias looked confused. "So? We'll just go and correct it."
"That's where the problem is." The King shot a look at his son and also a look at Dan,
the King of Death and Earth. This was going to be hard, especially on Dan, Tobias, and Kevin. He
wasn't so sure about Sean. "We did some research on the universe. It turns out that it was about
five years into the future of the Endless Waltz era. New gundams were created. Powerful ones.
These gundams are almost the same ones as the old ones, only they're equipped with a new kind of
magic. Celestial Magic. We don't know much about it."
Sean shrugged. "So we steal the gundams and destroy..." He was cut off by Tobias's hand.
Tobias narrowed his eyes at his father. He knew where this was going. That was why Draco
looked so nervous. He looked at Dan, his best friend. Dan was still a little confused but Tobias
could see the uneasiness in his face. "Go on Dad."
"These gundams have only one weakness discovered so far. They need androids to activate
them."
Kevin paled. "How many androids?"
"Six."
"Gender?"
"Female."
Kevin jumped up. "Oh no, Crystal is NOT becoming an android."
The King sighed and flopped back on the chair. "I knew this would happen."
"What else are you not telling us," Tobias asked in a dry tone of voice.
"They're going to lose their memory."
"WHAT?!?!?!"
"You'll see in the small review that Zechs and Noin attacked the base before they could
transplant memory devices in the androids."
Dan didn't look up. "Can we go?"
"No. Well, at least you can't. We can't have two Heeros."
"There's always Van."
"No, the balance will be too tilted. We can't risk having two of the same transformation
in this realm."
"What about Bena? She has Relena in her transformation list."
"Bena's an archangel!"
Dan didn't answer. He just kept on looking down with a unreadable expression his face.
Tobias wasn't about to give up yet.
"And Tracy? She's Noin!"
"Noin's dead!"
That shut him up.
Silence.
Finally Sean broke it. "I don't think it's up to us to decide, it's the other guardians'
and the archangels'. I don't care if she's your girlfriend or sister. We don't have the right to
decide for them. Right...Dan?"
The king of earth and death didn't answer. All he did was glare at Sean and disappeared
from the spot.
Sean just sighed and shrugged. "Tobias?"
"You have a point." He cracked a smile. "It's funny. I give Tracy more freedom than her
brother."
"Kevin?"
"I hate you but you're right."
King Draco stood. "I guess I'll have ask the girls now. I hope they'll go through with
it."
Tobias didn't answer to that. Of course Tracy'll go through with it. She'll do
anything you say Dad. Damn it, why does she have to be like that? For once, I wish she wouldn't
go through with the mission...
The queens of the elements and the archangels were gathered in a room with the King.
"You called my King," Bella asked.
"Yeah. You have another mission. Only this time..."
He explained everything.
Silence.
Tracy broke the silence. "I have three questions. Will we lose our full memories? Even
the androids?"
"The android has no memory. You're memory will be restored after the mission is
completed."
"Second, what do the androids look like?"
"They actually look surprisingly like you guardians and archangels."
"And third, does Dan know about this?"
The King sighed. "He isn't too happy about it."
The guardians looked at each other and then at the archangels.
Christie shrugged. "I'm with whatever my queen is."
Tracy sighed. "Don't call me 'my queen'."
Christie just grinned.
"I can't say I care," Bena said. "It's just like our other missions...only without
memories."
Lucy turned to the King. "This it's decided. We go. Will we have our magic?"
"Yes, but you may not know how to use the full extent."
Tracy rolled her eyes. "I don't even know how to use the full extent now."
The King stood up from where he was sitting. Then it's settled. Queen Alexandria will
teleport you guardians right away."
Tracy followed the other guardians out of the room but a hand caught her and dragged her
away from the group, un-noticed.
"Dan?"
"How'd you guess?"
"Bredu, only you would be able to stalk me like that."
"Shut up."
"You're worried eh?"
"Duh I am. You're my only living family."
"Bredu, we're only linked by the River. Not blood relatives."
"Like I care."
Silence.
"I wish I could come with you."
"I know you do, Dan."
Tracy turned around and gave her brother a hug. "Where's Tobias?"
"He couldn't make it. Some other mission."
"Tell him I love him."
"Like he doesn't know."
Tracy just smiled. She then let go and ran off to rejoin the group.
The Queen looked at them all. "Are you ready?"
"This is suicidal."
"We know Bella."
Alexandria pushed the button.
~
Heero woke up, sweating. Stupid nightmare. He flopped back down on his bed. He
reached under his pillow and felt his gun. He closed his eyes. Some one is calling me...calling
me...
Chapter Three
Heero's Discovery
Master Tenoh was forced on his knees. The leader of the Hashiba (no relation to Rowen)
clan looked down distastefully at him. Hashiba-sama was one of the most powerful users of
Celestial Magic.
Master Hashiba: Tenoh-san, we have trusted you with the Celestial Magic's secrets and what have
you done? Created gundams?
Master Tenoh: Hashiba-sama, the gundams were for all of the families.
Master Hashiba: Then why didn't you tell us?
-silence-
Master Hashiba: Take him away.
Tenoh was dragged away. Hashiba-sama turned to one of his guards.
Hashiba: Are the gundams in place?
Guard: Lord, we have the gundams but according to Mistress Tenoh, there were also keys created.
We tried to get the answer out of her, but she wouldn't tell.
Hashiba: ::curses:: Keep on trying. We have to find the keys.
~
Heero snatched up the newspaper.
Heero: Gundams found...hey...that looks like Wing Zero. But how...that was five years ago. I
haven't seen the other pilots and I'm sure the doctors blew up with the Libra. At least that's
what Duo said. So who had the technology to build more gundams? ::scans the rest of the
article:: The Hashiba Clan?
Heero skimmed his memory. He remembered the Hashiba Clan was an old group of people who
lived deep in his home country. There wasn't much known about them. But when are they doing on
Colony X1997? The only reason he was here was because he heard that a shipment of gundamiam
was sent here a few years ago. He wanted to check that out. Well, it looks like I have the
answer. He looked closely at the picture. That's the Tenoh's private property! He vowed to
check it out once dusk was settled.
~
Zechs leaned back in his chair. Noin. Dead. He smacked his forehead. I can't mope
around like this... Out of the corner of his eye he saw the two cases he stole. He hadn't
really thought about them. Too busy moping about Noin's death.
Zechs got up and kneeled down by one of the cases. He fiddled up with lock for a sec,
before picking it open.
What he saw made him gasp and he quickly shut the case.
A girl. An android perhaps. Wearing only a sports bra and short bicycle shorts.
He backed away from the case. Flashes of what the operation was about rang through his
head. Girl...android...keys! He remembered. In order to activate the gundams, they needed the
keys! Zechs looked back at the two cases. Those must contain two of the keys. But what about the
other four? Were they still at the ruined site? He felt like smacking himself. How could I
have been so stupid to not remember about the keys!?!??!!? Great, the other families probably
have them now...
He opened the case again. A girl that looked about 19 was curled up inside it. She
seemed to be sleeping peacefully. But then again, it was an android. How can you tell? She had
short, black hair that reached just down her shoulders. At least it seemed that way.
Zechs closed that case and opened the other one. Another girl about 19 was also curled
up inside it. She had long blonde hair with highlights and was wearing the same thing.
The former gundam pilot sighed. Great...I have two of the androids...now what do I do?
I don't have the gundams. Do the other families know I have these two girls? Will they attack?
Zechs looked outside where the sun was setting. Only time will tell.
~
Heero jumped another metal pipe. Sheesh, this place was a dump. What happened to the
Tenoh's lab anyway?
A large piece of glass caught his eyes. In fact, the piece of glass was almost as tall
as he was. It was curved and it suggested that it was part of a tube or something. Heero moved
toward it. A large case was peeking out under it. Two cases actually.
The pilot of 01 knelt down and opened one of the cases. He blinked. Then he slammed the
lid down. What kind of experiments were conducted here?!?!
A voice: I see you came here too.
Heero: ::takes out his gun and points it at the intruder::
The voice: Whoa...take it easy now...you remember me...right???
Heero raised an eyebrow. The voice sounded very familiar. Too familiar.
Out of the shadows stepped another pilot. 02.
Heero: Duo. What are you doing here?
Duo: ::smirks:: I was about to ask the same thing.
Heero: Years ago, a large shipment of gundamiam was sent here. A few days ago, the base was
blown up.
Duo: Same reason. You'd think they'd know better than to order gundamiam from a former gundam
pilot.
Heero: They ordered from you?
Duo: Yeah. Stupid jerks. Wouldn't tell me why they needed them. It was listed under some one
named Dr. Calligaro.
Heero: Never heard of him. Did you hear anything about girls?
Duo: ::narrows his eyes:: Girls? No. But they did also order android equipment.
Heero: Androids...these girls must be androids...
Duo: Where?!?!? Where are those androids!!!!?
Heero: ::sweatdrops::
Before any of them could say a thing, flashlights were seen in the sudden darkness.
Heero: Grab the other case Maxwell! And be careful!
Duo: ::grabs the other case:: What's wrong?
Heero: Shut up! There's people!
The braided bak-I mean pilot of 02 ran in back of a large pile of rubble. Heero got
there a spilt second after him.
Duo: What do we do?
Heero: We listen.
They heard the voices of two men.
"See the androids anywhere?"
"Nope."
"Lord Hashiba is not gonna be happy."
"Shut up and keep on searching."
"Hey look here!"
"Holy shit! She's not even dressed!"
Heero had to shoot Duo a pure evil in order to shut the pilot up.
"Get her out of there!"
"You think that's an android?"
"Maybe. Hey! I found another one!"
"Hell! She's not even dressed either!"
"Perverted scientists..."
Duo: Uhhh...
Heero: Don't even say it.
Duo: *snickers* We're lucky Wu-man isn't here. He'd go nuts.
Heero: On the count of three, get your gun ready.
Duo: O.O What? We're not attacking...?!?!?!
Heero: Hn.
Duo: ::tears:: I spent five minutes with you so far and I already have some suicidal mission.
Heero: Duo, there's two of us, and two of them.
Duo: Oh.
Heero: One...two...
On the count of three, Duo and Heero jumped out from behind the rubble and started
firing. The other two men were surprised but recovered quickly. The took out their guns and
started firing back. Confusing voices were heard on the scene from the enemies and the pilots.
"Damn it Bob! Don't shoot the android!"
"OH MY GOD!! You cencored!!!! You almost hit my braid!! YOU SHALL DIE IN THE NAME OF
SHINIGAMI!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
"Duo, what have you been on for the last five years?"
"Tom! I don't think the one with the braid is sane!"
"Grab the damn android and get out of here!"
"Duo! Get the android!"
The one named Tom moved to one of the androids, the one with long, golden hair. He
grabbed her hand. That's when Duo's foot caught the side of his head and knocked him down. Duo
grabbed the android's hand. He looked at the android.
"God have mercy on you."
"DUO!!" Heero's voice rang out.
"Sorry, sorry."
He was about to pick the android up with Tom got up with a machine gun. Duo's eyes
suddenly got very wide.
*click*
Nothing happened.
"Oh shit. The gun isn't loaded."
Duo quickly offered his thanks to God and picked up the android. But this time, Tom took
out his own gun and aimed it at Duo.
Tom: Put the android down...now...
Duo stole a glance at Heero over his shoulder. He was busying with the one named Bob. It
was the Perfect Soldier vs. a bazooka.
Duo leveled down the android slowly with a plan forming in his mind. Suddenly, a flying
piece of junk hit Tom over on the head. Tom fell over, unconscious.
Shinigami looked to see threw it and nearly fell over from what he saw. It was the other
android. The two enemies were right. The scientists were pervs. The damn android was nude.
Lost Memory
(It's actually Chapter Two and Chapter Three. I just had to get the chapters straight. That's
all. I hope it's not too confusing...)
~^Beyond^~
King Draco paced around the room as the male guardians entered the room.
"What's wrong," Kevin asked.
"Please sit down."
The guardians sat down looking confused. The King sat down on an opposing chair and
faced them, looking nervous.
"About two days ago," King Draco began to explain," the technicians of the Beyond sensed
a disturbance in the Balance in one of the Gundam Wing universes. It was only a slight
disturbance so we let it go. But now it has grown in an alarming rate."
Tobias looked confused. "So? We'll just go and correct it."
"That's where the problem is." The King shot a look at his son and also a look at Dan,
the King of Death and Earth. This was going to be hard, especially on Dan, Tobias, and Kevin. He
wasn't so sure about Sean. "We did some research on the universe. It turns out that it was about
five years into the future of the Endless Waltz era. New gundams were created. Powerful ones.
These gundams are almost the same ones as the old ones, only they're equipped with a new kind of
magic. Celestial Magic. We don't know much about it."
Sean shrugged. "So we steal the gundams and destroy..." He was cut off by Tobias's hand.
Tobias narrowed his eyes at his father. He knew where this was going. That was why Draco
looked so nervous. He looked at Dan, his best friend. Dan was still a little confused but Tobias
could see the uneasiness in his face. "Go on Dad."
"These gundams have only one weakness discovered so far. They need androids to activate
them."
Kevin paled. "How many androids?"
"Six."
"Gender?"
"Female."
Kevin jumped up. "Oh no, Crystal is NOT becoming an android."
The King sighed and flopped back on the chair. "I knew this would happen."
"What else are you not telling us," Tobias asked in a dry tone of voice.
"They're going to lose their memory."
"WHAT?!?!?!"
"You'll see in the small review that Zechs and Noin attacked the base before they could
transplant memory devices in the androids."
Dan didn't look up. "Can we go?"
"No. Well, at least you can't. We can't have two Heeros."
"There's always Van."
"No, the balance will be too tilted. We can't risk having two of the same transformation
in this realm."
"What about Bena? She has Relena in her transformation list."
"Bena's an archangel!"
Dan didn't answer. He just kept on looking down with a unreadable expression his face.
Tobias wasn't about to give up yet.
"And Tracy? She's Noin!"
"Noin's dead!"
That shut him up.
Silence.
Finally Sean broke it. "I don't think it's up to us to decide, it's the other guardians'
and the archangels'. I don't care if she's your girlfriend or sister. We don't have the right to
decide for them. Right...Dan?"
The king of earth and death didn't answer. All he did was glare at Sean and disappeared
from the spot.
Sean just sighed and shrugged. "Tobias?"
"You have a point." He cracked a smile. "It's funny. I give Tracy more freedom than her
brother."
"Kevin?"
"I hate you but you're right."
King Draco stood. "I guess I'll have ask the girls now. I hope they'll go through with
it."
Tobias didn't answer to that. Of course Tracy'll go through with it. She'll do
anything you say Dad. Damn it, why does she have to be like that? For once, I wish she wouldn't
go through with the mission...
The queens of the elements and the archangels were gathered in a room with the King.
"You called my King," Bella asked.
"Yeah. You have another mission. Only this time..."
He explained everything.
Silence.
Tracy broke the silence. "I have three questions. Will we lose our full memories? Even
the androids?"
"The android has no memory. You're memory will be restored after the mission is
completed."
"Second, what do the androids look like?"
"They actually look surprisingly like you guardians and archangels."
"And third, does Dan know about this?"
The King sighed. "He isn't too happy about it."
The guardians looked at each other and then at the archangels.
Christie shrugged. "I'm with whatever my queen is."
Tracy sighed. "Don't call me 'my queen'."
Christie just grinned.
"I can't say I care," Bena said. "It's just like our other missions...only without
memories."
Lucy turned to the King. "This it's decided. We go. Will we have our magic?"
"Yes, but you may not know how to use the full extent."
Tracy rolled her eyes. "I don't even know how to use the full extent now."
The King stood up from where he was sitting. Then it's settled. Queen Alexandria will
teleport you guardians right away."
Tracy followed the other guardians out of the room but a hand caught her and dragged her
away from the group, un-noticed.
"Dan?"
"How'd you guess?"
"Bredu, only you would be able to stalk me like that."
"Shut up."
"You're worried eh?"
"Duh I am. You're my only living family."
"Bredu, we're only linked by the River. Not blood relatives."
"Like I care."
Silence.
"I wish I could come with you."
"I know you do, Dan."
Tracy turned around and gave her brother a hug. "Where's Tobias?"
"He couldn't make it. Some other mission."
"Tell him I love him."
"Like he doesn't know."
Tracy just smiled. She then let go and ran off to rejoin the group.
The Queen looked at them all. "Are you ready?"
"This is suicidal."
"We know Bella."
Alexandria pushed the button.
~
Heero woke up, sweating. Stupid nightmare. He flopped back down on his bed. He
reached under his pillow and felt his gun. He closed his eyes. Some one is calling me...calling
me...
Chapter Three
Heero's Discovery
Master Tenoh was forced on his knees. The leader of the Hashiba (no relation to Rowen)
clan looked down distastefully at him. Hashiba-sama was one of the most powerful users of
Celestial Magic.
Master Hashiba: Tenoh-san, we have trusted you with the Celestial Magic's secrets and what have
you done? Created gundams?
Master Tenoh: Hashiba-sama, the gundams were for all of the families.
Master Hashiba: Then why didn't you tell us?
-silence-
Master Hashiba: Take him away.
Tenoh was dragged away. Hashiba-sama turned to one of his guards.
Hashiba: Are the gundams in place?
Guard: Lord, we have the gundams but according to Mistress Tenoh, there were also keys created.
We tried to get the answer out of her, but she wouldn't tell.
Hashiba: ::curses:: Keep on trying. We have to find the keys.
~
Heero snatched up the newspaper.
Heero: Gundams found...hey...that looks like Wing Zero. But how...that was five years ago. I
haven't seen the other pilots and I'm sure the doctors blew up with the Libra. At least that's
what Duo said. So who had the technology to build more gundams? ::scans the rest of the
article:: The Hashiba Clan?
Heero skimmed his memory. He remembered the Hashiba Clan was an old group of people who
lived deep in his home country. There wasn't much known about them. But when are they doing on
Colony X1997? The only reason he was here was because he heard that a shipment of gundamiam
was sent here a few years ago. He wanted to check that out. Well, it looks like I have the
answer. He looked closely at the picture. That's the Tenoh's private property! He vowed to
check it out once dusk was settled.
~
Zechs leaned back in his chair. Noin. Dead. He smacked his forehead. I can't mope
around like this... Out of the corner of his eye he saw the two cases he stole. He hadn't
really thought about them. Too busy moping about Noin's death.
Zechs got up and kneeled down by one of the cases. He fiddled up with lock for a sec,
before picking it open.
What he saw made him gasp and he quickly shut the case.
A girl. An android perhaps. Wearing only a sports bra and short bicycle shorts.
He backed away from the case. Flashes of what the operation was about rang through his
head. Girl...android...keys! He remembered. In order to activate the gundams, they needed the
keys! Zechs looked back at the two cases. Those must contain two of the keys. But what about the
other four? Were they still at the ruined site? He felt like smacking himself. How could I
have been so stupid to not remember about the keys!?!??!!? Great, the other families probably
have them now...
He opened the case again. A girl that looked about 19 was curled up inside it. She
seemed to be sleeping peacefully. But then again, it was an android. How can you tell? She had
short, black hair that reached just down her shoulders. At least it seemed that way.
Zechs closed that case and opened the other one. Another girl about 19 was also curled
up inside it. She had long blonde hair with highlights and was wearing the same thing.
The former gundam pilot sighed. Great...I have two of the androids...now what do I do?
I don't have the gundams. Do the other families know I have these two girls? Will they attack?
Zechs looked outside where the sun was setting. Only time will tell.
~
Heero jumped another metal pipe. Sheesh, this place was a dump. What happened to the
Tenoh's lab anyway?
A large piece of glass caught his eyes. In fact, the piece of glass was almost as tall
as he was. It was curved and it suggested that it was part of a tube or something. Heero moved
toward it. A large case was peeking out under it. Two cases actually.
The pilot of 01 knelt down and opened one of the cases. He blinked. Then he slammed the
lid down. What kind of experiments were conducted here?!?!
A voice: I see you came here too.
Heero: ::takes out his gun and points it at the intruder::
The voice: Whoa...take it easy now...you remember me...right???
Heero raised an eyebrow. The voice sounded very familiar. Too familiar.
Out of the shadows stepped another pilot. 02.
Heero: Duo. What are you doing here?
Duo: ::smirks:: I was about to ask the same thing.
Heero: Years ago, a large shipment of gundamiam was sent here. A few days ago, the base was
blown up.
Duo: Same reason. You'd think they'd know better than to order gundamiam from a former gundam
pilot.
Heero: They ordered from you?
Duo: Yeah. Stupid jerks. Wouldn't tell me why they needed them. It was listed under some one
named Dr. Calligaro.
Heero: Never heard of him. Did you hear anything about girls?
Duo: ::narrows his eyes:: Girls? No. But they did also order android equipment.
Heero: Androids...these girls must be androids...
Duo: Where?!?!? Where are those androids!!!!?
Heero: ::sweatdrops::
Before any of them could say a thing, flashlights were seen in the sudden darkness.
Heero: Grab the other case Maxwell! And be careful!
Duo: ::grabs the other case:: What's wrong?
Heero: Shut up! There's people!
The braided bak-I mean pilot of 02 ran in back of a large pile of rubble. Heero got
there a spilt second after him.
Duo: What do we do?
Heero: We listen.
They heard the voices of two men.
"See the androids anywhere?"
"Nope."
"Lord Hashiba is not gonna be happy."
"Shut up and keep on searching."
"Hey look here!"
"Holy shit! She's not even dressed!"
Heero had to shoot Duo a pure evil in order to shut the pilot up.
"Get her out of there!"
"You think that's an android?"
"Maybe. Hey! I found another one!"
"Hell! She's not even dressed either!"
"Perverted scientists..."
Duo: Uhhh...
Heero: Don't even say it.
Duo: *snickers* We're lucky Wu-man isn't here. He'd go nuts.
Heero: On the count of three, get your gun ready.
Duo: O.O What? We're not attacking...?!?!?!
Heero: Hn.
Duo: ::tears:: I spent five minutes with you so far and I already have some suicidal mission.
Heero: Duo, there's two of us, and two of them.
Duo: Oh.
Heero: One...two...
On the count of three, Duo and Heero jumped out from behind the rubble and started
firing. The other two men were surprised but recovered quickly. The took out their guns and
started firing back. Confusing voices were heard on the scene from the enemies and the pilots.
"Damn it Bob! Don't shoot the android!"
"OH MY GOD!! You cencored!!!! You almost hit my braid!! YOU SHALL DIE IN THE NAME OF
SHINIGAMI!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
"Duo, what have you been on for the last five years?"
"Tom! I don't think the one with the braid is sane!"
"Grab the damn android and get out of here!"
"Duo! Get the android!"
The one named Tom moved to one of the androids, the one with long, golden hair. He
grabbed her hand. That's when Duo's foot caught the side of his head and knocked him down. Duo
grabbed the android's hand. He looked at the android.
"God have mercy on you."
"DUO!!" Heero's voice rang out.
"Sorry, sorry."
He was about to pick the android up with Tom got up with a machine gun. Duo's eyes
suddenly got very wide.
*click*
Nothing happened.
"Oh shit. The gun isn't loaded."
Duo quickly offered his thanks to God and picked up the android. But this time, Tom took
out his own gun and aimed it at Duo.
Tom: Put the android down...now...
Duo stole a glance at Heero over his shoulder. He was busying with the one named Bob. It
was the Perfect Soldier vs. a bazooka.
Duo leveled down the android slowly with a plan forming in his mind. Suddenly, a flying
piece of junk hit Tom over on the head. Tom fell over, unconscious.
Shinigami looked to see threw it and nearly fell over from what he saw. It was the other
android. The two enemies were right. The scientists were pervs. The damn android was nude.