Chapter 3: Teraga ga Gou Onnanoko
Teraga was busily working on a motorcycle in the desert, where Quatre had decided to go to, since some of his comrades were there. As of now, Quatre was off with some of the soldier crew, and Trowa was somewhere on the base.
The area they were in had recently been rebuilt, and everything looked brand new. Teraga had gotten the broken cycle when she saw someone fixing to throw it out. She paid fifty dollars for it, and had planned to equip it with weapons.
She grinned, and stood up, dusting off her hands on the pair of jeans she wore in place of the skirt. A gray shirt had replaced the silver top as well, but the edges of the black suit were visible from the neckline of the shirt.
"Ha, it's all finished. Weapon controls and everything. All in two days," she boasted to herself. Teraga climbed on top of the previously junkyard-material cycle, and started it up.
"That's the motorcycle you bought for fifty dollars yesterday?" Quatre asked her, walking up.
"You got what you paid for and then some," Quatre told her.
"It was your money."
"Well, now it's your motorcycle."
"Arigato." Teraga turned off the cycle, and stepped off of it. "I've just gotta hope no one steals it for the time-being."
"You don't have to worry about that," Quatre said, "These people are very respectful."
At that moment, Trowa walked to the front of the building the three were staying in, and glanced at the cycle. "Where did this thing come from?"
"I fixed it up," Teraga replied. "I got it yesterday, and worked on it for awhile. It looks like new now."
Trowa raised an eyebrow, "When did you learn how to fix a motorcycle?"
"I was programmed to," was her answer. "I can also repair cars and MS."
"Oh, I guess that's a good thing," Trowa stated.
At once, a loudspeaker rang out around the town, "Three fully loaded OZ carriers, and an estimated number of fifty MD are heading in this direction. All soldiers to position."
Quatre looked around, and remembered that this was the place Trowa and himself had left their Gundams. "Hey Trowa! Our Gundams are still in this base! We need to help out!"
Teraga glanced at him, "Hey Quatre, lemme come too."
He shook his head, "You don't have an MS, and even though you may be a good fighter when you're up against OZ soldiers, there's no way you could compete with a MS."
She sighed, "Okay, fine." Her mind was already thinking of ways to get to the battlefield, which would be estimated to be about ten miles away. She'd go anyway, especially since she wanted to see what the cycle could do on such short notice.
"Good," Quatre told her, nodding. He looked over at Trowa, "Let's go." The two ran off towards the underground MS base.
Teraga stared after them, then walked into the building. She emerged a few minutes later with her old outfit on, and her hair held back by a silver ribbon tied like a headband, and tied in the back.
She looked up to see the two Gundams fly off towards the battlefield, and figured that the base extended that far. They would do a cornered attack against the MS. "Well, I think I'll help out only if they need me. After all; it's my mission to help, not to fight alongside."
She leapt onto the motorcycle, and blasted off in the direction the Gundams were heading.
**
In America, where the other pilots were at the moment, Heero got an e-mail from Quatre, that had been sent in a hurry. It read:
Heero,
There are MS attacking the base we're hiding out in. They must have found out where we are, somehow. I implore you to be careful over the next few days.
Quatre
**
Quatre and Trowa came up on a stunning find; the carriers had around twenty MD each. Even the soldiers belonging to the base were outnumbered.
"What do we do, Quatre?" Trowa asked quickly, as the MD came in to attack.
"We're outnumbered, but all we can do is fight," he answered, drawing the sickle-like blades from his Gundam.
Teraga stopped the cycle a ways away from the battle, but stayed on the cycle. None of the MS could see her, but she could see them all perfectly.
"Now I wait. I might not even have to interfere in this battle," she told herself.
Back on the battlefield, Quatre and Trowa were having trouble. They had strayed away from the rest of the troops, and were fighting ten MD each.
"Trowa! I can't fight all of these at the same time!" Quatre cried out as another suit smashed into his own.
"I'm having a hard time too," Trowa replied as his suit was hit with a shower of bullets.
Teraga was watching the scene calmly, and then she saw the two Gundams leave the main pack. "Those idiots. Not very good at being smart."
She blasted off again, not worried about the normal troops. It looked like they were fine, and it wasn't her job to help them, anyway. Over a ridge in the sand, she spotted them.
"Damn. Not good," she muttered. The MS were overpowering them quickly—two against twenty weren't the best odds, even if they were Gundams. And she could see more MS troops flying away from the main battle to join in on a Gundam bashing.
Teraga sighed, "Guess I've gotta help out; at least a little." She gunned the engine, and shot towards the battlefield.
Quatre zoomed in on a black object in the sand, "Hey Trowa," he called out, "she came out here after us!"
Trowa glanced down, and zoomed in on the picture as well. "Do you think she can do any good?"
Quatre sighed, "Doubt it."
Teraga grinned as the motorcycle hit a bump and went airborne. She noticed that the MD had honed in on her, and were fixing to attack. "Great. At least I can provide a tiny distraction. Here goes!"
She hit a small button on the motorcycle's dash, and her visor slid down. "Battle sequence: Activate." The visor slid back again. She grinned evilly, and hit another button. A piece of the motorcycle's frame moved back, and a missile aimed at the MD and fired.
It wasn't enough to hurt the MD or anything, she just hoped to knock out the camera lens. Her aim was right on target, and the MD fell into the dirt with a loud bang.
The motorcycle hit the ground, and she made a quick turn, heading for another MD.
Quatre raised an eyebrow, "Trowa, do you have any idea what she's doing?" He shook his head, and turned back to fighting. A few of the MD weren't fighting against them anymore—they had gone after Teraga, who was riding away from them at top speed.
"Woo hoo!" she yelled out, giddy from the adrenaline rush. Two of the MD were following close behind her, and were shooting like mad.
She slammed on the brakes and turned at the same time, sliding directly in the path of the two MD. Another missile shot out, getting one in the camera lens.
For the last one that was following her, she shot off again, this time heading towards the MD that was quickly coming towards her. The motorcycle hit another incline, and sailed into the air again.
Teraga leapt off of the cycle, and flew through the air on her own. She held her hands out, and two of the blades she'd had before appeared in her hands. Using the force of the jump, she landed on the MD's shoulder, and leapt again as it shot at itself.
She flew straight at the lens as the MD tried to shoot her down. Each time it shot where she had just been. She landed directly below the lens, and used the blades to blow them out.
Less than a second later, she jumped off of the MD, and landed on the ground right beside the fallen motorcycle. The cycle shot off once more, heading for the battlefield again.
Trowa and Quatre saw her coming, and took out the rest of the suits. They blasted into the air, and flew back to the real battle. The soldiers had the MS on the run—most of them had already been destroyed in the first place, and the rest were almost eliminated.
Teraga appeared on their communications' units. "Hey guys, there are still some more MS in the carriers, remember?" The pilots could hear the sounds of her motorcycle in the background.
"Yeah," Trowa answered.
"Aren't you gonna take them out before they get to land?"
Quatre nodded, then addressed the soldiers on the ground, "There are still a few carriers in the air. Trowa and I will take them out." The two Gundams rose up, and disappeared in the sandstorm that was rising up.
Teraga grinned, and drove back to the town.
**
About an hour later, Trowa and Quatre walked up to the front of the building they were staying in, and found Teraga outside, using a laptop to input data into the motorcycle.
"Why did you follow us out there?" Quatre began, "I told you not to."
"I wanted to test out my motorcycle, and it seemed like a good way to test it. No one died, so relax."
Trowa sighed, "You could have gotten yourself killed. You don't have any MS, or any good weapons to fight one."
"I did fine out there, didn't I? I made a good little distraction." She stood up, and looked Trowa in the eyes—which happened to be the eyes she had as well. "I was made to take risks, and made to help the five of you. What do you expect me to do in a situation like that?"
"You shouldn't have followed us."
"Not the point here," she muttered, "I've got as much right to be in the battlefield as you guys. I may not have my own MS, and I may not be able to ward off any of them either, but I belong out there; same as you." She turned around, and walked back into the building.
Quatre gazed over at Trowa, "Well, she did get a few of the MS away from us. But I can't figure out how she got rid of them."
"That motorcycle must have weapons on it," Trowa stated, glancing at it, parked in front of the building, with no dirt on it whatsoever. "She probably aimed for the camera lenses."
"An easy way to take care of MD," Quatre commented, looking after her.
The screen of the laptop she had left sitting there began flashing. It was an incoming transmission—from Heero. Trowa grabbed the computer, and the two walked inside the building.
"What is it, Heero?" Quatre asked.
"We've found out the next attack coordinates," he replied. "OZ is going to make its move in Berlin, in two days."
"We'll meet you there," Trowa stated.
Heero nodded, and the screen went blank.
~ END ~
NOTE: Don't expect any yaoi in this—I don't mind reading them, but I refuse to write them. So, I'm not going to put anything like that in it—except for maybe a few small hints (but not that many!!)
Ja-ne, minna!
In this batch:
Teraga—Five into One chapters 2-3. Gundam Wing. Rated PG-13, Action/Adventure, Sci-fi
ShootingStarr2 chapter 4. Gundam Wing, along w/ me and my friends as characters. Rated PG-13, Action/Adventure
Sorcery Wars—AgaruDantai chapters 1-2. Original anime/fic. Rated PG-13, Fantasy, Action/Adventure
Gami—World of Demons chapters 1-5. Original anime/fic. Rated PG-13, Fantasy, Action/Adventure
Next on the agenda:
Teraga—Five into One chapter(s) 4(-5)
Sorcery Wars—AgaruDantai chapter(s) 3(-4/5)
Gami—World of Demons chapter(s) 6(-7/9)
99 Ways to Kill Shampoo
More Miscellaneous stuff.
Maybe a small collection of ShootingStarr side stories (I get bored, what can I say)
