Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing. If I could, I would though. Then I'd make Cartoon Network put it back on. But I don't so I can't. I do own Alex. Nimue owns the other pilot. We both own the Gundams they use. Everything and everyone else belongs to some very lucky people not including me. So don't sue. If you do then all you'll get is a few measly comic books and a buck fifty. And the comics aren't mange either.
This is The Gundanium Giant, sequel to Secrets Revealed. The results of the poll are here. In Secrets Revealed, Alex one-uped Duo again with a devious hair trick. Parts of Alex's past were revealed before a party at Relena's. Duo drives and causes an accident, knocking almost everyone in the car unconscious. Alex had to unwillingly admit to Trowa that she loved him when the wind caught a small piece of paper with a very short message and gets the surprise of her life. Afterwards, Alex has to show a secret project she has been working on, her very own Gundam. Which name is Alex going to use on her Gundam? Will the boys let her use it? Find out now in…
The Gundanium Giant
"What the hell?!" Duo yelled, breaking the silence that hung around the hanger.
Heero didn't flinch but only said, "Impressive."
Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei couldn't say anything. Nobody had really had any idea that Alex had been building her own Gundam and they had never even considered her doing something that absurd. Could it have been that she wanted to be like the boys, that she had felt intimidated? Wufei had to ask.
"Alex, why did you make your own Gundam?"
Alex smiled.
"Well, you see, when the professor took me off the streets, he could see potential in me and asked me if I would be willing to learn to be a mobile suit pilot. I replied that I would be willing to earn from willing to learn. So he taught me. We've been working on this for a while. But what I didn't know was that it was a Gundam and that my brother was one of the other pilots. Hell, I didn't know I had a brother!" Alex laughed. "She's a beaut isn't she?"
"A beaut and a beast." Duo said, examining the blueprints for the Gundam. "About as much firepower as the Heavyarms, a flame-thrower, and a plasma saber. Plus a cloaking ability."
"Very impressive." Heero said.
"Very complex is more like it." Alex replied.
"So…what are you going to name it?" Quatre asked. That was a question that everyone had wanted to ask.
"I've been thinking about it for a while. It was a hard choice and a lot of help from a Japanese dictionary, but I finally decided on the perfect name," Alex said quietly, looking up at her creation.
"What?" Trowa asked.
The girl turned to face the five boys.
"Akurei, the Demon."
For a few minutes everyone was silent. Duo kept looking over the Akurei, trying to find something to say. Finally, he spoke.
"Alex, I can't let you fly this thing."
"What?!" Alex yelled, lost in confusion and anger.
"It's too dangerous. You need a lot of training to control this. I need training to control this."
"I know what to do. I built it, I should."
"Exactly another reason. Anything could go wrong. What if your wires are mixed up and instead of getting your flame-thrower you end up self-destructing?"
"It's not messed up. Everything's green."
Duo sighed.
"Alex, you aren't listening. This is too dangerous for you. If I have to I will take this to Howard and let him use it for scrap. Promise me you won't use it."
Alex didn't have any way to turn. She knew Duo was trying to keep her safe but this was too far. But she didn't want to lose what she worked so hard to make.
"Promise me."
Alex nodded.
"I promise."
Duo smiled and walked back upstairs, feeling satisfied. He nor did any of the other pilots notice Alex's hands behind her back, both fingers crossed.
A few days later…
Alex sat down in front of the computer and sighed. Duo and the others were out on an important mission. She had no idea where, but only that she wasn't there with them. She wasn't going to take her chances with Duo and his scrap metal threat just yet. So, for a bit of fun, she hacked into an OZ computer again. She was trying to get the code for the motherboard to cause a bit of havoc. The first thing she noticed was an e-mail alert flashing across the screen. Curious, the girl clicked. Her eye widened as she read the letter.
"Lady Une: We have succeeded in catching the five Gundam pilots with the so-called "mission". Currently, the rebels are being interrogated and will eventually be killed. Their Gundams shall either be destroyed or become the property of us, courtesy of Commander Trieze. We think his decision is obvious. As for the pilots, they will be exterminated. And about…."
Alex couldn't read any more. She had read enough. They were caught. Somehow OZ had caught Duo, Heero, Wufei, Quatre, and Trowa! They were going to be killed any time! But what could she do. She didn't have…
"Wait a minute…what the hell am I thinking! I'm the only one who knows how to help them."
Alex ran down to the hold and started up Akurei.
"Well Akurei. Looks like we're goin on our first mission. Let's rock and roll."
Meanwhile, elsewhere in town…
"No way! The other pilots were caught! Impossible! Guess there's only one thing to do now."
The girl closed down the Internet and opened a trap door on the floor of her room. She descended into the darkness far below.
A short time later…
Alex landed her Akurei on the outside of the OZ base the guys were held in. Mobile dolls surrounded the building, Taurus and Aires she noted. And a lot of them. First off, she had to find the boys, then the Gundams, and finally get them all safely out.
"I don't know how I can possibly do this alone. But I've got to try…for them. All of them. And first, I gotta get rid of the problem outside."
Alex removed the cloaking system of her Gundam, aimed a large missile, and fired at a group of Taurus suits, exploding all but three around the perimeter of the group.
"We're under attack!" a pilot of an Aires suit yelled over the message system to his comrades. Then he looked at the challenger. "Huh? Another Gundam? Oh shit."
Alex locked and loaded, firing round after round of bullets into the opposing suits from a distance. A bead of sweat dripped down her face. The guys were right. This was no walk in the park. But she couldn't stop. The anger she felt for all of those opposing her, those who held everyone she cared about hostage and facing death, wouldn't let her. Suddenly, a red light flashed onto her screen.
"What? There's someone behind me…"
Alex turned Akurei around to face whatever lay behind her. She found herself staring right at another Gundam.
"No way…" Alex tensed up. She could trust no one at a time like this. She unsheathed her plasma saber. But first, there was one thing she wanted to know. Her eyes narrowed as her opponent drew out a pair of swords, both flaming with orange fire. Then it stopped, as if waiting for something. Alex took this as her chance and turned on her visual communicator. She had only a short time and she was gonna use it all.
"This is the pilot of the Gundam Akurei. I demand to know who you are and who you fight for."
The pilot of the other Gundam stared at the face on her screen. Wasn't that that new girl at school…the one who sat next to her in math class? What was her name again? Alex? Yeah, that was it. Incredible. So the new kid was the newest Gundam pilot as well. Awesome.
"I repeat. Tell me who you are and who you fight for!"
The girl in the other Gundam smiled and pressed her communicator to on.
"This is the pilot of the Gundam Shorisha. I'm on your side, I think. Didn't expect to see you on the battleground, Alex."
"What? You're that girl I sit next to in math class, right? No way! What are you doing here?"
The girl in the other Gundam grinned.
"The name's Nimue. Don't think I ever introduced myself. And I'm here to bust out the five pilots. You?"
"Yeah. That's me. First time testing this baby out as well."
"Don't you think this is too dangerous for a first mission for you? I mean, I've done some stuff like this before. Don't think you have."
Alex glared at Nimue over the screen.
"You don't understand. This is not a mission. It's an obsession. Four of those pilots are my brothers, more or less. The other is my boyfriend. If I go down anywhere, it's going to be fighting with them. I'm not leaving this battleground without them."
Nimue listened to Alex speak. So she was acting on her own whim, risking her life to save those of the people she loved. Very noble.
"Do you have a plan then?"
Alex smiled.
"Yeah. I do."
A few minutes later…
A young woman walked down the hallway of the OZ base. A smile spread across her face. She was having a very good day. She had succeeded in capturing the five rebel pilots and had gotten a high promotion to captain. Not bad for one days work. She never noticed the younger girl standing in the hallway as she passed by. She never noticed the gun the girl held. She did hear the gunshot. After that, she heard and saw nothing. The girl reached out and pulled the "former" captain into an empty room. A short time later, the young Alex Maxwell stepped out of the room in the woman's clothes, rolling up the sleeves so that the length would be just right. She had gotten lucky in finding someone with almost the same size as her. Alex's hair was pulled back in a ponytail like the woman's had been and her glasses, minus the lenses, rested on her face. Hopefully, no one would be able to tell the difference between her and the woman lying on the floor in the next room wearing her own clothes. Luckily it was an old work outfit she had been using to fix up Quatre's car. Phase 1 was running perfectly. With Nimue fighting outside, Alex had been able to turn on the cloaking ability and sneak into the hanger where the other Gundams were held. Nimue had used a tracking device to pinpoint the other five. Now all Alex had to do was find the others and get them to hanger 7. Much easier said than done.
Half an hour later…
Alex sighed and leaned up against a wall. She had searched what seemed like every room in the base and they were no where to be seen.
"Dammit Duo, where the hell are you?" Alex murmured. At least no one had noticed a difference between her and the real Captain Anderson, as her name-tag read.
"This is an injustice!"
"Wufei, shut up. There's nothing we can do now except pray."
"Both of you, shut up!"
Alex jumped to attention at the two familiar voices just around the corner and the one unfamiliar voice. She took a deep breath. Phase two, take one. And action.
Alex turned the corner and walked out in front of the young man leading the five boys. All of them jumped. Then man saluted.
"Captain! I was just…"
Alex glared.
"I know what you were doing Cadet Jackson," Alex said, glancing at the man's name-tag. "I have orders from Lady Une to take control of these five from here on out."
"B…but Captain…"
"Don't but captain me Jackson! Now!"
Cadet Jackson gulped.
"Ye…yes captain…"
With that, he turned and walked swiftly away, shaking. Alex waited until he was out of sight then pointed her gun at Duo. She had such an awful feeling doing that, but she couldn't have them know that it was her yet. Duo had such a big mouth, he would say something and give it all way in a second to the next person they saw.
"All right gentlemen. You are going to come with me and come quietly and quickly. This excursion will get over faster that way. Do as I say and no one will get hurt."
"We aren't going to take orders from a weak onna!" say everyone-knows-who. Alex turned and glared at him. Wufei took a step back. This woman had a deathglare as bad as Alex's.
"You will do as I say if you wish your health."
"You're going to kill us anyway, so what does that matter?" Trowa said.
Alex gave an evil grin.
"It means, sir, that you will get to live as long as your friends do." God, that felt so awful to say. But I can't give myself away yet. Not yet.
Quickly, she led the five boys through the near deserted hallway until they reached the area where Alex had killed Captain Anderson. A crowd of people stood outside of the room. Suddenly Alex felt sick. Now she was beginning to feel the regret for the death of the woman whose clothes Alex now wore. Someone in the back of the group turned around an looked at her name-tag. Then he took out a gun and pointed it right at her.
"Hold it right there, kid. You and your friends here aren't going anywhere for a while."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean you're an impostor! You're not fooling us, murderer. You killed the real Captain Anderson."
The group listened intently as the soldier held his gun to Alex's head.
All feelings but fear left the young girl. With lightning speed, she whipped out her gun and shot at the man. The bullet grazed his arm and the he dropped his gun. Alex quickly kicked it over to Duo.
"Next time I won't miss."
Silence hung over the crowd at this event. Suddenly, a voice rang out above the silence.
"What are you waiting for, idiots! Kill them!"
"This way!" she yelled to the five pilots, all very curious about what was happening here. She bolted towards the hanger where her gleam of hope awaited. The angry mob of soldiers chased after them, shooting at the six runners. Heero and Duo shot back.
"What's going on here?!" Heero yelled at her as they ran.
"You'll understand later! Just follow me! We're just about there!"
She sped up at the red door marked Hanger 7. With the full force of her body, she slammed into the door, knocking it off it's hinges practically. The door had been self-locking she had noted as she walked out of it earlier and she knew she had only a few chances to get it open. The first chance was the best. Squads of soldiers met them in front of the six Gundams. Heero, Duo, Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei all ran for their Gundams, amazed at the bravery and intelligence of the girl ho had just saved them. As they climbed into their Gundams, they noticed the girl jump into the final, empty one and start it up. Seconds later, she was out of the hanger and into the air. Nimue watched her go, shot one last enemy, and flew off towards her own home. She would have to talk with Alex a bit more at school. Especially about some repairs her Gundam needed. She smiled as her tracking device noted the departure of five other Gundams. Then both of the girls were gone from sight.
As Deathsythe, Wing, Sandrock, Heavyarms, and Shenlong left the hanger and headed back home, they discussed the unknown pilot.
"Who do you think she was?" Heero asked over his comm. System.
"I dunno. But she was pretty cool. I mean, she did save us." Duo replied him.
"Yeah. I detected a seventh Gundam as we left. Do you think that means that there are seven pilots including us?"
"Eight counting Alex."
"Hey…that's right. Duo, don't you think one of them could have been Alex."
Duo thought for a second.
"Nah! She'd never go back on her promise." Would she?
"I am not worthy of you, Nataku…" Wufei muttered.
Something flashed across the screen in Heavyarms. It was a message. Trowa glanced at it. The message was recorded and from that girl. All it said was, "I'll see you all later. Try not to get caught again on your way out." There was no signature. Everyone wondered who that pilot could have been.
Later, at home…
"Alex, we're back." Duo called, seemingly depressed.
"I'm in the living room!" the girl called. Duo, Heero, Trowa, Quatre, and Wufei trudged dejectedly into the living room and collapsed onto various couches.
"Hard mission?"
"There was no mission." Heero said plainly. From there, everyone began retelling their tale about the capture and the rescue, each adding or taking away from what the last had said. When they got to the part about the girl slamming into the hanger door and disappearing into her Gundam, Alex couldn't help herself any longer and burst out into laughter.
Wufei glared at her.
"What is so funny? Don't you believe us?"
Alex kept laughing.
"You guys are so dense!"
Duo raised an eyebrow.
"Now I'm even more lost."
Alex stopped laughing, smiled, and tossed Duo a small item.
"Consider it a souvenir."
With that, Alex stood up and left the room. Duo waited to hear her door slam before opening his hand to see what she had tossed him. In his hand was a small name-tag with the words "Capt. Anderson" engraved into it.
Whew! That took a while to get done. Part 5 is on it's way! What? Did you think this was it? Uh, no! I've got at least 3 more ideas! But…okay, I wanna continue this a bit more than three parts. So…Contest time! If you think you've got a hot idea for a fanfic but don't know how to use it or don't want to, or if you wanna see what I can do with an idea, put it in the reviews. I'll pick the three best ideas and use them in part 7, 8,and 9! And you will get the credit for the plot! Good luck to those who try, and thanks for all the support those of you who have posted comments before that keep my computer going. Don't worry. Part 5, The Anything-But-Ordinary Day, won't keep you waiting!
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