TITLE: Innocence of a Soldier
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Gundam Wing.
Chapter 4: Firebird's First Battle
"Selena, are you all right?" Quatre called over. He was concerned, not really knowing the extent of her training.
"I'm fine, but Heero installed the Zero system in here. I can tell." she replied.
"How?"
Selena laughed. "From the console. It is different than the suits I trained on. Apparently, he knows I can handle it."
Just then, the sand colored suits of the Maguanaughts came up. A voice that Quatre knew well came over their com links. "Pilots, identify yourselves."
"Quatre Raberba Winner, piloting Sand Rock."
"Selena Lowe, piloting the Firebird."
"Quatre-sama?! Why did you come back?" Raasheed cried. Shock was in his voice. This was completely unexpected.
"We noticed the tensions coming from the new alliances, so we came back, plus one." Alarms suddenly blared from the Maguanaughts suits.
"It's the Zodiac Prophecy!" one of the rebels cried. Their desert Leos came up, leveling their guns to shower the heroes with bullets.
"Selena, are you up to this?"
"Quatre, are you kidding me? I'm ready to kick some titanium butt!" she cried, transforming her suit into battle mode from the flight mode, which made it appear more like a phoenix. He smothered a laugh, knowing that this wasn't the time for it. The pilot slashed through a couple of the suits with his scythes.
Selena raised her rifle, then blew more of them away. One charged too close for it to be safely shot, but she improvised by using the butt end of her weapon as a club. The titanium suit dented and she struck again, this time aiming at the head. It went flying off into the distance.
The Maguanaughts combined firepower to destroy three more suits. Then, after one last shot, Firebird's rifle over heated. This she tossed down, and the beam saber was pulled out. Sand Rock got cornered, and his friend saw this. "Quatre!" she cried. A loud scream erupted from her as she sliced the offending Leo in half. Her anger had added strength to what was seemingly simple, for that suit was re-enforced against such attacks.
The last Leo fell to the ground in pieces. Selena had her Gundam pick up the rifle lying on the desert sands. "You two had better come with us. Our base isn't far away." They followed the suits to the hidden base. Once all the suits were in place, the pilots came out.
Quatre grimaced, holding the place where Dorothy had stabbed him more than a year before. The pain was practically shooting through him. His scar had opened again. Why hadn't he thought to get stitches in it in the first place?
"Are you all right?" Selena inquired in a worried way. Her cobalt blue eyes showed the emotion that was very nearly trained out of her cousin.
"I'm fine." he managed to get out, between his gasps of pain.
"Yeah, right. I recognize the fact that you are hurt." She helped him up and to a room they were showed to. Once there, she expertly cleaned and dressed his wounds. And the reopened scar she stitched shut with a gentleness that he never knew she possessed.
~*~
Quatre woke up sharply. His gaze shifted to where Selena lay, fast asleep. She was curled up in a blanket on the floor, ready to help him if it was needed. She is so similar to her cousin in some ways, then totally different in others. He remembered the fact that she'd thrown all of those who knew the Martial Arts over her when they'd attempted to do something stupid. Yes, in the words of Duo, "She's one tough cookie." Even when she helped them regain the form they had lost, she had been hard on them. Still, he had seen her upset and crying, hurt by the fire and impatient to recover from smoke-seared lungs; then unsure of her piloting as they journeyed to Chikyuu.
He fell back asleep, and like his friend, was unaware of what destiny lay ahead of them.
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Gundam Wing.
Chapter 4: Firebird's First Battle
"Selena, are you all right?" Quatre called over. He was concerned, not really knowing the extent of her training.
"I'm fine, but Heero installed the Zero system in here. I can tell." she replied.
"How?"
Selena laughed. "From the console. It is different than the suits I trained on. Apparently, he knows I can handle it."
Just then, the sand colored suits of the Maguanaughts came up. A voice that Quatre knew well came over their com links. "Pilots, identify yourselves."
"Quatre Raberba Winner, piloting Sand Rock."
"Selena Lowe, piloting the Firebird."
"Quatre-sama?! Why did you come back?" Raasheed cried. Shock was in his voice. This was completely unexpected.
"We noticed the tensions coming from the new alliances, so we came back, plus one." Alarms suddenly blared from the Maguanaughts suits.
"It's the Zodiac Prophecy!" one of the rebels cried. Their desert Leos came up, leveling their guns to shower the heroes with bullets.
"Selena, are you up to this?"
"Quatre, are you kidding me? I'm ready to kick some titanium butt!" she cried, transforming her suit into battle mode from the flight mode, which made it appear more like a phoenix. He smothered a laugh, knowing that this wasn't the time for it. The pilot slashed through a couple of the suits with his scythes.
Selena raised her rifle, then blew more of them away. One charged too close for it to be safely shot, but she improvised by using the butt end of her weapon as a club. The titanium suit dented and she struck again, this time aiming at the head. It went flying off into the distance.
The Maguanaughts combined firepower to destroy three more suits. Then, after one last shot, Firebird's rifle over heated. This she tossed down, and the beam saber was pulled out. Sand Rock got cornered, and his friend saw this. "Quatre!" she cried. A loud scream erupted from her as she sliced the offending Leo in half. Her anger had added strength to what was seemingly simple, for that suit was re-enforced against such attacks.
The last Leo fell to the ground in pieces. Selena had her Gundam pick up the rifle lying on the desert sands. "You two had better come with us. Our base isn't far away." They followed the suits to the hidden base. Once all the suits were in place, the pilots came out.
Quatre grimaced, holding the place where Dorothy had stabbed him more than a year before. The pain was practically shooting through him. His scar had opened again. Why hadn't he thought to get stitches in it in the first place?
"Are you all right?" Selena inquired in a worried way. Her cobalt blue eyes showed the emotion that was very nearly trained out of her cousin.
"I'm fine." he managed to get out, between his gasps of pain.
"Yeah, right. I recognize the fact that you are hurt." She helped him up and to a room they were showed to. Once there, she expertly cleaned and dressed his wounds. And the reopened scar she stitched shut with a gentleness that he never knew she possessed.
~*~
Quatre woke up sharply. His gaze shifted to where Selena lay, fast asleep. She was curled up in a blanket on the floor, ready to help him if it was needed. She is so similar to her cousin in some ways, then totally different in others. He remembered the fact that she'd thrown all of those who knew the Martial Arts over her when they'd attempted to do something stupid. Yes, in the words of Duo, "She's one tough cookie." Even when she helped them regain the form they had lost, she had been hard on them. Still, he had seen her upset and crying, hurt by the fire and impatient to recover from smoke-seared lungs; then unsure of her piloting as they journeyed to Chikyuu.
He fell back asleep, and like his friend, was unaware of what destiny lay ahead of them.