AN: Okay this is the second part to Party Time! Sequel. We're still in the setting of 2000. I know it's 2001 but I wrote the first chapter in 2000, so deal with it. Thank you to Firefly who e-mailed me about my mistake in the last chapter. Duo did not name himself after Father 'Solo Maxwell', Solo was a gang leader who took Duo in before he got adopted by the Maxwell church. He was probably the first one to care for Duo, but sadly, he died of a virus before Duo could steal the vaccine from the greedy alliance fast enough. Those were Firefly's words anyway.
I forgot to mention the character ages so here they are:
Duo, Quatre, Heero, Wufei, Hilde, Ashley, Sarah: 17
Sally: 21
Trowa: 18
Disclaimer: Don't sue! I don't own anything!!!!!
In an instant Ashley was facing several weapons and five very angry Gundam pilots. All of them were watching her with eyes that would make any who didn't know them shake in pure fear. Heero lightly growled. Which of course sent Ashley and Sarah into a full panic, they knew how deadly the Gundam pilots could be…even if they DID have weaknesses. Ashley started breathing again when they hadn't fired their weapons after a minute. "Heero you said you would never hurt anyone again, don't go back on that." Relena's voice said so soft it was barely audible. Heero let out a slightly louder growl before putting his gun away. The others did the same a few moments later.
"Th-thanks for not shooting me." Ashley said shakily. "Look she didn't mean any offense. Lots of people know that stuff." Sarah said. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN LOTS OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT STUFF!?" Duo shouted what was on everyone's mind. "Well……it's kinda hard to explain…" Sarah said and looked at Ashley for help. "We can tell you but this isn't really the place. If you come with us to Sarah's house maybe we can fill you in." Ashley said to them. "What about your parents?" Relena asked. "Won't they mind?"
"I live with Sarah." Ashley said simply. "My parents are out of town for a couple weeks." Sarah told them. "Kinda weird how that worked out didn't it?" Sarah whispered to Ashley. "I'll say." Ashley whispered back. They silently lead the gundam gang to Sarah's house. Once they were inside Sarah locked the doors and sat down on the couch exhausted. "I'm gonna take a shower first okay?" Ashley said. "Yeah sure, just don't take an hour like you normally do." Sarah replied sleepily. "I resent that." Ashley said as she left the room.
"Care to explain now?' Duo asked anxiously. "Nope. Ashley can explain better. It would just be more confusing if I was to tell ya." Sarah said as she picked herself off the couch. "Fine." Duo grumbled. "You guys want some food?" Sarah asked. "Food! You bet!" Duo jumped up. Relena, Hilde, and Quatre nodded, while Heero and Wufei stayed emotionless. "You'd think they'd change after a while." Sarah muttered as she led everyone to the kitchen. "Help yourselves." Sarah said. The gang quickly stocked up on food and snacks and sat down with Sarah at the table. "So exactly how do you know who we are? For that matter why did you invite us into your home?" Quatre asked in between bites. "Look I told you I would tell you guys when Ashley is ready." Sarah said. Upstairs the shower stopped. "Finally, that girl takes forever." Sarah griped as she left the room.
A few moments later Ashley came in the room wearing baggy khakis and a plain black halter-top, her black combat boots completed the look. "So what's up you guys?" Ashley asked as she flipped her hair into a messy bun. "Not much besides the fact that we meet two girls who miraculously know who we are and our pasts, which NO one else knows about." Duo said as he polished off the last of his food. Ashley laughed. "Yeah, I guess that is pretty weird isn't it?" Ashley said. Ashley grinned devilishly. "Alright who wants to help me with the dishes?" She asked nonchalantly. Nobody spoke up. "Okay, since women have been INJUSTICED to the kitchen before, I choose Wufei and….Duo because he ate the most obviously." Ashley said as she eyed Duo's empty plates. "That's not fair!" Duo whined. Wufei muttered something like "Injustice…." Ashley rolled her eyes. "Tough." She led them over to the sink with the dirty dishes.
Once the dishes were done and everyone had returned to the living room Sarah came downstairs. She was wearing a red halter-top with jeans and boots as well. "Finally! We can get some answers!" Duo said. "Oh Joy…." Sarah said as she sat down next to them. Just then the telephone rang. "I'll get it!" Sarah jumped up and ran to the kitchen phone. "Great more interruptions…." Duo said annoyed. While they were waiting the group picked up on some of Sarah's conversation:
"Hello?"
"Yes I know. We were going to."
"Well, we have a little bit of company but I don't think it would be a problem."
"Uh huh. Right. Thanks. We appreciate it."
"Goodbye."
Sarah walked back into the room after hanging up. "That sounded like an interesting conversation." Hilde remarked. "Yep." Sarah turned to Ashley. "They want us at the dance tomorrow night. The main band got sick."
Ashley rolled her eyes. "They always do that! They promise a great spectacular show and then back out!"
The Gundam Gang looked questioningly. "Ashley! They're main singer is sick!" Sarah reprimanded. "Yeah yeah. Lame excuse." Ashley moved her index finger in circles to make a gesture of annoyance. "You're horrible Ash." Sarah said as she sat back down. "Thanks." Ashley replied before turning her attention back to the Gundam Pilots.
"…um?" Sally spoke. "OH! Yeah, forgot to mention, Ashley and I are in a band. We sing at some clubs and dances and stuff." Sarah said. "Really? Sounds fun." Relena said to them. "Yeah! You shoulda seen Ash before she came here! She was performing for congressmen, and royalty, and.." Ashley covered Sarah's mouth with her hand. "It's nothing really, I just kinda sang on my own before I met Sarah." Ashley explained. The gang didn't buy it but let the story pass.
"So about your knowing who we are…" Hilde said. "Oh right! If you would, follow me to my room. It will sorta give you a visual aid." Ashley said and led them upstairs to her room. She flipped on the lights and the room was instantly illuminated. The Gundam-gang looked around the room in shock.
"Th-there are posters of US!! Except…..we look like cartoons…." Duo spoke. "What's going on?" Heero asked as he looked at his cartoon self above Ashley's bed. "Well, that's what we were gonna tell you. See, here your nothing but anime characters from Japan." Ashley spoke quietly. "ANIME CHARACTERS?!" Hilde shouted. "Yeah, see…that's how we know so much about you. You're in a anime show called Gundam Wing, named after Heero's Gundam. The episodes show what happened to you guys from Relena's 15th birthday to the end of Mariemeia's battle." Sarah looked around at their astonished faces. Even Heero seemed a little thrown off.
"I think…I think…that you guys might have accidentally come to our dimension instead of the past…or someone used the time machine from your time came to this time, and created the show." Ashley thought aloud. "This is interesting. Are any of us featured in this 'show' besides the Gundam Pilots?" Sally asked with amusement. "Yeah. All of you are. Though it specifies on the Gundam Pilots." Sarah answered. "You should stay here for the time being." Ashley spoke. "Why Miss Ashley?" Quatre asked still visibly in awe over the ordeal. "Think about it. Sarah and I aren't the only ones who know about Gundam Wing. We're only two out of thousands, maybe millions who know about you. If some one found out who you were, they could try to experiment on you, I mean how many times do you see an anime character come to life?" Ashley answered discretely. "So…millions of people know about all our personal lives like you?" Wufei asked glaring at them. "Yes. Though we know more than that…." Sarah said and then stopped. They stood in silence for a minute before Relena spoke up. "If it isn't too much trouble, I would humbly accept your invitation to stay." She spoke in a dignified way. "No prob. If the others want to stay too." Sarah told her. The others nodded their heads. "Ok then."
~ A.C. 197~
"Lt. Noin!" A guard banged on the door outside of the room where the time machine was kept. Noin hesitated a moment before going to the door and opening it a crack. "What is it soldier?" Noin asked through the slit. "Lady Une has asked for you and Major Sally Po to come to the Preventers office immediately. Apparently there are hostile relations happening between the Preventers and a terrorist organization." The guard told her stiffly. Noin thought for a moment. Damn, this isn't good. I have to follow orders from Une but the others can't return unless I put in the right codes. She looked at the time contraption for a second longer before turning back to the guard. "I'm coming, however, my partner, Major Po will not be able to make an appearance. She is busy with a emergency which I cannot pull her away from." Noin said and walked out into the hallway. You guys are going to have to be patient. I'll get you back as soon as I can. Noin thought to herself as she followed the man.
~2000~
"Alright so we decided, Relena, Hilde and Sally take the guest bedroom, Duo and Trowa take Ashley's room, Quatre gets the chair, and Wufei and Heero get the couches. All agreed?" Sarah asked politely.
"Sounds great."
"That'll work fine."
"Wonderful."
"Hn."
Were the only replies they got. Ashley walked up to Duo and pulled on his collar. "You're fine." She looked at the rest of them. "With the exception of Sally, Hilde, and Duo, all of you need new clothes." Ashley sighed. "Why?" Relena asked. "This is the twenty-first century. We don't have people dressing like princesses and assassins." Ashley pointed to their clothing. "What about me?" Quatre asked looking at his own attire. "Quatre, you have to get new clothes mainly because no one here dresses that nicely. You're among commoners now so you're gonna have to act like one." Sarah said grinning. "Oh." Quatre said slightly confused by it all.
Suddenly Ashley frowned. "You guys don't have any cash do ya?" She asked. "I have some money from the Sank Kingdom." Relena replied. "None on me." Sally replied. "Me too." Hilde spoke. "The rest of us have colony currency." Quatre said, as if it would help. Sarah walked slowly to door where she began to bang her head on it. Ashley quickly pulled Sarah away. "Okay…that doesn't really help." Ashley ran a hand through her hair. "We'll have to use our own money to buy your clothes." She told everyone. "Where's a mobile suit when you need one?" Sarah asked as she rubbed her head. "Hey! That's right! We're in the past! Mobile Suits haven't been banned yet. Let's go steal a few and see how the colonies look now!" Duo shouted, overexcited. "We could see how the Sank kingdom is now. Maybe even see a few of your old Peacecraft relatives, Relena." Sally said with a smile. The others all nodded in agreement to Duo and Sally's idea.
"WHOA! WHOA! Just wait a second!" Sarah shouted. "First of all you can't steal ANYTHING, because it's against the law and we will get in serious trouble!" She said. "No problem babe. There are five very experienced Gundam pilots in the room, not to mention a few who can pilot quite well, AND one very influential princess." Duo replied smug. Ashley rubbed her temples. "You don't get it….you're farther back than you realize." She paused. "There are no Mobile Suits, there is no Sank Kingdom….and the colonies don't exist."