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Disclaimer: You know the rules. I dun own Gundam Wing. I only own Alex. My friends own their characters. We all own our characters Gundams. Simple enough? Good.

Of Friends And Foes

"You got the paint?"

"Yeah. And the stickers?"

"Right here."

"This is gonna be so cool!"

"Wait'll the morning. Then it's gonna be good."

Alex and Nimue were both dressed in black in the dark hanger that night. Charlie, Dyani, Kit, and the boys were all fast asleep, or so they thought.

"I want Deathscythe."

"Aww, I wanted it. Duo's my brother after all."

"No way. I called it first."

"Oh fine. But I get Wing."

"Okay let's…"

Something in the shadows moved, catching Nimue's eye.

"Alex, watch out!"

Nimue tackled Alex to the ground as a gun fired right where she had been standing. Footsteps were proof that whoever had fired it was on the run. Then the echoing footsteps silenced.

"Who…who was that?" Alex asked, standing up.

"I don't know, but they came from behind Sandrock. Let's go check and make sure it's alright."

"Roger that."

Cautiously, Alex and Nimue walked over to behind Sandrock's leg.

"Oh no!"

"Alex, what is it?"

"Whoever that was, they tore out some of the cables and pretty much disabled this leg!"

"Should we check the others?"

"Yeah. We should."

One by one, the two checked each Gundam.

"Sandrock, Deathscythe, Heavyarms, Shenlong, even Wing! They're all disabled! And the wires we need are not cheap and could take a few days just to get to Howard! This is so bad."

"Wait, Al, what about Akurei?"

"Akurei! Oh please no!"

Alex took off towards her treasure, right next to Sandrock. How could she have forgotten to check Akurei? Trembling, she checked the panel that had been removed from all the others. Then she sighed.

"Thank god. It's fine. Whoever that was must have been about to go to Akurei. Least we got here in time to save one."

"Well, Duo 'n' the others are gonna blow when they wake up. Mebbe we should…"

"Yeah. We need to get these supplies ordered ASAP. Come on. This is gonna be one nasty wake-up call."

A few minutes later…

"What do you mean our Gundams are disabled?!" Duo yelled, astonished at the news Alex and Nimue had just given to the five boys.

"Disabled. Someone was in there and ripped out some of the most important cables in the legs. The only one undamaged is the Akurei. We caught whoever it was before they got to it. Sandrock, wing, all of the others are…ruined, I guess would be the best term." Nimue explained.

"Oz. It had to be. Either that or someone who really doesn't like violence." Trowa said, an arm around Alex.

"Nah, Relena's too stupid to know which cables to pull." Duo said, laughing. Nimue pulled his braid, accidentally tugging him onto her. "Ack! Nimue!"

"Whoops…"

"But how would Oz know where our Gundams were kept?" Quatre asked innocently, as usual. Everyone looked at one another.

"Do ya think…" Alex began.

"Yeah. I think." Duo added.

"There's a traitor in our midst. But who?" Heero quietly asked.

Next morning…

Alex waved goodbye to her four friends as they pulled out of the driveway in Dyani's car. She sighed. No one in her house could be trusted anymore, nor could her friends. And if she couldn't trust her friends, who could she?

Later that afternoon…

"Red alert! Oz is attacking Howard's place!"

"Wha?" Alex's head snapped up form her book as the announcement came over the intercom around the house. "Oh man. We've got important info stored there. Nimue better have gotten this." With that, she slammed down her book and ran to the hanger. Heero, Duo, Trowa, Quatre, and Wufei stood staring up at their fallen Gundams. Apparently they had already seen the damage.

"I'll take it from here boys," Alex said quietly. Then she was up and heading for the cockpit of the Akurei.

On the other side of town…

"Oz's attacking a Gundam storage unit. With the other Gundam's disabled, Alex is gonna need my help. "

Nimue hopped up from her chair and descended into her hidden hanger below.

On the east side of town…

"Eh? Oh, Oz's at it again. At Uncle Howard's storage unit. Well well well. Looks like it's time for the Hades to make it's guest appearance."

On the WEST side of town…

"Oh great. My first job is against an Oz corp. Wonderful. I was hoping to start off easy. Well, I hope I followed the instructions correctly for Fushicho. We'll see…"

Few minutes later…

Alex arrived first at the scene. Oz forces were strong in number oddly enough.

"There's too many to be here just for information. What else would they want?"

Alex prepared her flame-thrower as the invisibility cloak wore off. The Oz force turned to face the young girl in the big suit. The leader grinned. Only one? Great. That meant their head had accomplished the task. Ruin the regular suits but leave the Akurei.

"Yo Alex! Didn't 'spect to see ya here!" Nimue called jokingly over the comm.

"Nor did I think you would give a guest appearance. Thanks. Looks like I'll need some backup."

"Backup?! 'Scuze me girl but I'm not here to be backup."

"Well you better back up or else you're gonna be hit by my 'thrower when I start 'er up."

"Oh. Bad pun Al…what the?"

A new mobile suit landed in front of the girls. It too was a Gundam, red with devil horns and a tail, just like…

"Charlie?!"

"The one and only kiddo. Wazzup?"

"Funky ride. Better than your motorcycle."

"Thanks Al. Meet Hades. So, gonna introduce me to your 'friends'?"

Alex grinned over the comm. system at Charlie.

"Well, this here is my buddy Akurei. The guys would be here but their rides were sabotaged."

"WHAT?! You mean Heero and your brother and those guys…they're the other five?!"

"Hell yeah. Heero heads Wing and Wing Zero, Duo drives Deathscythe, Trowa's got Heavyarms, Quatre controls Sandrock, and Wuffie flies Shenlong."

"Yeah? Then who's your partner in crime here?"

"Gimme a break Charlie!"

"Oh, hey Nimue. So, what say we kick some Oz ass?"

"Fine by me."

A fourth mobile suit landed majestically besides them.

"Nobody's kicking any arse without the great Dyani and her Fushicho! Hey girls!"

Nimue sighed.

"Well, the gang's all here. Kicking time."

"All right! Akurei!"

"Shorisha!"

"Hades!"

"Fushicho!"

"Let's rock and roll!"

With that cry of war, everyone took off towards the battleground where the other suits of Oz stood waiting. Akurei pulled out its plasma saber instead of the flame-thrower. Shorisha pulled out its flaming sword for battle. Hades used regular missiles and its spiked tail while Fushicho attacked with a regular Gundam hand knife. The battle raged on. One by one, mobile suits and dolls fell in the hands of the teenaged girls. As Alex battled, her comm. Unit flashed on.

"Are you the leader of the four pilots?" a shadowed person asked. Alex could not make out the details of the face, but judging by the voice the person was a girl.

"We have no leaders. We fight together but do as we wish. However, you could call me the one to talk to when you have a message."

"Hmm? Ah, Alex. Well well, what a pleasant surprise. Didn't expect to see you again so soon."

"Wha…How do you know me? Who are you?"

The person snickered.

"You mean you seriously don't recognize me Ali? Tsk. I pity your memory for voices and faces. What I pity more, though, is that you chose to be my enemy. However, I know my orders. Get the suits, take no hostages. Sorry Alex. I have to kill you."

Alex squinted into the darkness. Little by little the girl's features became recognizable: long hair, light colored, bit of an accent in her voice, medium sized nose…light skin….Alex's eyes narrowed more.

"Kit…"

"Took you long enough."

Kit grinned over the comm. system. Her modified Leo was the best of its kind: faster, stronger, just plain better. It had a new defense system five times the original since it was coated with melted scrap Gundanium. It's larger size held ten times more missiles than the originals. Basically, Kit was well protected. Alex let our a frustrated sigh and switched to her other three friends' comm. units.

"Nimue, Charlie, Dyani! Do not attack the modified Leo! Repeat! Do NOT attack the modified Leo!"

Nimue pulled off her attack towards the Leo and hit an Aries instead.

"Why not? What's wrong Al?"

"It's Kit. Kit's in the Leo." Alex said. She switched her comm to Nimue's. "Nimue, it was Kit. She's the traitor. She ruined the other suits and probably betrayed us to Oz already…"

"Then why can't I…"

"Think about it Nimue. It's Kit. Even if she is a traitor…" Alex cringed. "She's still our friend. We can't be the ones to kill her."

Charlie's face came over the comm unit.

"Kit? Our Kit? Is in that Leo trying to kill us at this very minute?!"

"Yes Charlie."

"I've known Kit since third grade and now she's out there against us…Aw man Ali, I can't fight her!" Charlie's tail swished in the background.

"Nor can I." Dyani's voice echoed in the background of Charlie's comm. unit. "We can't fight our friend. But we can't get around her to the other troops!"

"Then there's only one thing left we can do…"

"But, you don't mean…"

"We can't fight Kit…It's our only choice. Girls, we have to surrender. I'll send a message to Kit."

With that, all girls nodded and replied, "Roger." Then they disabled their comm. systems. Alex took a deep breath and sent a message to Kit.

"Kit. We can't fight you. You've been too much of a friend to us all. We surrender, wave the white flag. Send your troops around. We'll go quietly."

Kit slowly read the message, twice, before a huge smile spread across her face. She sent a message to the troops following her. "You can claim the suits now. They've surrendered."

One by one, the mobile suits were led around Kit's and towards the four suits. Three of the cockpits were open. Charlie, Dyani, and Nimue watched the approaching suits from the door of the cockpit.

"Why's Alex taking so long?"

"Dunno Dyani. The message must have been sent by now."

Inside the Akurei, Alex was watching the approaching suits, waiting, her finger dangling precariously over a red button. Finally the first suit reached right in front of the Akurei. Alex gave a sly smile and pressed the button. At first nothing happened. Then, slowly, the suit fell to its knees, then fully to the ground. The Akurei held its plasma saber like a baton, the setting sunlight reflecting off its shining armor. Dyani, Nimue, and Charlie stared at the suit with awe at its beauty. From inside their suits, Alex's voice echoed, "C'mon! This fight isn't over yet! It's only just started!"

"That…sly…little…demon! Let's go!"

As one, the girls ran back into their suits and started them up. One by one, the opposing suits now fell as they attacked, Kit's view blocked by the numerous forces. However, not one of the girls saw the Virgo suits sneak behind them. Alex was the first to notice something wrong.

"Nimue….Nimue! The comm. unit's breaking up!"

"I…know….something…Ack! Alex! I CAN'T USE MY…."

The comm. unit died fully, along with all weapons and motion. The four Gundams sank to the ground and the remaining forces began to beat on them, all aiming for the cockpits. Kit let out a light laugh, almost like something was bugging her. She watched the EMP-armed Virgo, Aires, and Leo suits attacking the Gundams. In those Gundams were her four "friends." The four people who had taken her in as a pal unknowingly. The four people who had trusted her enough to tell her their deepest secrets. The only four people who had accepted her for who she was. The only four people who needed her not as a weapon but as support, an equal. As Kit thought this, a lump formed in her throat. She stared now in horror at the scene in front of her.

"What…what have I done?" she whispered to herself. A tear rolled down her cheek. "This is my fault…this whole thing…why didn't I realize it? Well, no more standing back and watching the fight. It's my turn."

Kit bared her teeth, armed her sword and flew forward. The nearest suit turned and faced her, almost like it was calling her to join the battle.

"Not this time Joe. Sorry."

Kit raised the sword above her head and brought it down, cutting right through the suit. All action in front of her stopped. The mob turned and faced their teammate. She had cut down a fellow Oz member. Was it an accident? Had to be…

Kit faced the leader of the squad and called him over the comm. unit.

"Kit? Ah Kit. Why'd you attack Joe?"

Kit glared at the commander.

"Sorry commander. I quit."

With these words, Kit slammed her sword into the cockpit of his suit.

"What the hell?!"

"Ah! The suits are back in commission! Nimue! Charlie! Dyani! All systems go!"

"Roger that!" Nimue looked over her screen at the battleground. "Alex, I don't know what you said in that letter, but looks like we've got another ally, this time to stay."

After the last MS has fallen…

The five girls met outside of their suits, the suits surrounding them in a large circle.

"Look girls, I…I'm sorry. I didn't realize until it was almost too late that you really are my friends. I only thought about Oz and what I was supposed to accomplish for them. You all really do mean a lot to me. I'm really sorry. There's not much else I can do except apologize. Can you all ever forgive me?" Kit asked, almost crying. Nimue smiled at her.

"I think we can. Even if you were a traitor, you're on our side now. I think we might even be able to get the guys to forgive you."

"Yeah, plead brainwashed and insanity. That works every time."

The group laughed at Alex's comment.

"Can I fly my Leo back to your place then? I'm not gonna be able to store it at Oz headquarters anymore." Kit commented. Nimue and Alex exchanged glances.

"Kit, you know where Oz headquarters are?"

"Yeah. I know all about Oz."

The four Gundam pilots looked at her oddly, then grinned.

"Then that's the deal. Kit, you're on our team now. The guys can help you modify your Leo some more and we can take down Oz from the backgrounds, maybe even without our Gundams. But you're the only one who can help us there Kit. Would you be willing to play the traitor again, for us this time? Will you give us the info we need?" Alex asked.

Kit beamed.

"Yeah. I will! You guys are the only team I need now. Let's head back."

"Welcome to the club Kit. But, one more thing…" Nimue said.

"What?"

"Duo's got the pictures back from the slumber party and he gave that special one to your boyfriend."

"ACK!!!!"

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