It had been days since the explosion of their last base and the gundam pilots all sat around a coffee table wrapped in bandages and playing games in a room located in a base on an island not far from the other island they stayed on.
"So what do we know about this Rolthen guy?" Duo asked moving his red checker across the board toward Heero.
"Well all we know is what his motive is." Kawa said while she played poker with Hanami.
"Which is to cause war and destruction." Hanami said.
"Well we sure do know a lot don't we?" Duo said sarcastically.
"We've only met him once Duo." Heero said double jumping Duo's checkers.
"Isn't it strange how we haven't had to take one trip into space?" Quatre asked.
"It seems Rolthen is only concerned with the Earth right now. He will most likely move to space if he succeeds here." Trowa thought aloud.
"I heard he was using a new mobile suit, the name escapes me at the moment." Naeko said watching Trowa make his move in their game of chess.
"I heard he was going to use mobile dolls, is that true?" Kawa asked.
Naeko shrugged planning her next move in her chess game. "He might use mobile dolls but I seriously doubt it. Ever since those mobile dolls the five gundam boys here fought 10 years ago no one has built any new types."
The pilots grew silent each one thinking their next move in each of their games.
"I find it strange that he hasn't done anything for almost a week now." Hanami said drawing a card.
Kawa nodded. "Yea, you would think he would attack while we were wounded."
"Maybe he thinks we're dead." Trowa suggested.
"But if he did he would have already started his rein of mass destruction." Wufei pointed out.
"Well we still should be on our guard there is no telling when he will strike again." Heero said taking Duo's last checker piece.
Trowa knocked over Naeko's queen. "I agree."
"Hah Full House Kawa-chan!!" Hanami yelled.
Kawa frowned. "That's the third time I have lost!! It's my blasted head wound!!"
Hanami smirked, "Yea sure blame it on the head wound."
Kawa smiled. "Ya know you never won against me till now."
Hanami shrugged. "So."
"Well.." Kawa started, but a siren and a red flashing light interrupted her.
"Looks like he made his move!" Duo yelled.
Duke ran in the game room breathing heavily.
"You need to work out more Duke." Hanami said.
Duke ignored her remark. "There are some Aries headed toward the group of islands just south of here." he said.
"How many?" Trowa asked.
" Thirty or forty."
"Well we don't all need to go." Kawa said.
"I'll go." Heero said standing.
Duo stood. "Me too!"
Hanami glared at Duo. "Oh no you don't!" she yelled.
Duo sighed. "Why not Hanami?"
Hanami stood and took him by his ear. "You're going to rest you are in no condition to fight."
Duo winced as his ear was grabbed, "Hey ow that hurts Hanami…"
Hanami took him out of the room to his sleeping quarters by his ear giving him a lecture the whole way.
The remainder of the pilots stifled their laughter.
"I want to go." Kawa said. "My head doesn't hurt that bad."
Trowa stood and sat her back down. "No you stay. I'm not letting you go out like that."
Kawa sighed.
Trowa turned. "Quatre, Heero, and I will go." he said.
Duke nodded. "Alright well get moving then!"
The three boys ran off toward their gundams. Naeko followed them to make sure they got out alright.
"Hey Heero what are you doing!! Get of the O'rion's cockpit it hasn't been tested in battle yet!!" Naeko yelled when she reached the iron catwalk leading to the gundams.
Heero ignored her and climbed in.
Naeko frowned. "Well if he gets killed its his fault." she said crossing her arms.
The Heavy Arms and Sandrock sped off out of one of the hidden exits followed by the O'rion.
Naeko shielded her face from the wind the gundam's created.
"Be careful Quatre." she whispered.

"How does the O'rion feel Heero?" Trowa asked as they sped off toward the enemy mobile suits.
"It's a little slow cause of the weight of the beam cannon. sword and the missiles. So it's reaction time will be different then that of any other mobile suit. The rest we'll just have to see in battle." Heero replied.
Trowa nodded.
"There they are up ahead." Quatre reported.
Ahead of the three men were a whole fleet of Aries. Duke was correct there were thirty to forty of the enemy mobile suits all headed toward an island not far off.
"We can't fight on that island there are to many people." Quatre said.
"Well we can't fight on top of the water Quatre." Heero said.
Quatre sighed. "I know I just don't want innocent people getting hurt."
"Maybe there is a deserted area on the other side of that moutain." Trowa said.
The other two pilots looked to the island. A large mountain dominated the land mass dividing it directly in half.
"It's hard to tell from here which side is inhabited and which is not." Heero pointed out.
When the three pilots reached the island they found that one side was inhabited and that one was not totally deserted but had few inhabitants.
The pilots hid their gundams as best they could from the incoming mobile suits.
"We better see what they are up to first. If we know what they are doing here then maybe we can guess where they will attack next." Heero mused.
Trowa and Quatre agreed. The pilots jumped out of their gundams and treaded through the foliage.
"Here they come." Trowa whispered.
The Aries landed a few feet in front of the three men. They just stood there making no movements.
"Why are they just standing there?" Quatre asked whispering.
Heero pointed to the ground beneath the Aries. "Looks like we're gonna find out."
The mossy grass below the enemy suits was rising. After a couple of minutes five total grass covered iron hatches were open. The Aries all climbed down into them.
"Come on hurry!" Heero yelled as he ran toward the closing hatches.
"I'll go back to base Trowa and tell the others!" Quatre whispered.
Trowa nodded and ran off after Heero and jumped down the hatch just before it closed.