Scalding Hot Coffee
- Alrighty then, this is cold, I hope this doesn't make my lips blue, I hate blue. Damn I'm thirsty!!!-, thought Cat
as she walked down the Moscow streets, trying to find a coffee shop.
"I know whare one is," said a voice from the shadows, "Cat."
Cat stopped to look at the figure. "One what?", she asked, a little startled by hearing a Scottish accent in
Russia.
"A coffee shop.", out from the shadows stepped a tall booted figure, wearing a denim jacket, and holding the
keys to Cat's gundam.
"Hey! Those are mine!", she said, enraged that this person had found her gundam. -I knew I should've
brought them with me.-
"Yes, you should've."
"What?"
"Come with me, I'll show you a coffee shop, it has good cinnamon buns, too.", Cat followed the stranger
speechless and thirsty. They walked past about five coffee shops before they finally turned into a cinnamon
shop.
"I know it's not a coffee shop, but it 'as some, plus it 'as the biggest cinnamon buns. I always go into this
shop when it's in the area." They walked in the store and ordered some coffee and cinnamon buns. They sat
down and took sips from their coffee, well, Cat did, but the stranger gulped the scalding hot coffee down. Cat
stared at her in amazement, having burnt her tongue with a mere sip.
???-Mmm, I love scalding coffee in Moscow.
Cat- Great, your telepathic too.
???- Too? Oh yeah, you mean Bob, he told me about you, but I already knew you, I just wasn't sure of your exact
location.
Cat- So you know that I'm a...
???- Yes, but you don't recognize me from tthe pictures do you?
Cat- No, but your the only other girl, so you must be An.
???- How do you know I'm a gundam pilot?
Cat- Hmph, I guess your not then.
???- Why?
Cat- Well, why else would you ask that?
An- Actually, I asked that question to confuse your brain.
"An McNary, at your service.", she said standing a little and offering a handshake. Cat stood up and shook
her hand. "Hi Bob!", said An, sitting back down.
"Aw, you're too good at that.", said a cloaked figure at another table. He got up and sat at their table.
An- Men. If it were me in that situation, I'd ignore it at first and then leave when I got enough information. I don't
like him, how about you?-
Cat- I like him, he's funny. Why don't you like him?-
-He's a man, and all men are weak.-
-I guess that means you'll never get married.-
-No, I already did, he was so pitiful, I couldn't say no.-
-What an odd situation.-
-Yeah, you done?-
-Yes.-
-Why don't we get some more coffees and I'll take you back to your gundam on my 'cycle, its a Harley
Davidson.-
-Really?-, they got up and went to the counter to get their coffees-to-go and left.
"Nice talkin' to ye, Bob!", said An, leaving an esteemed man with two empty plates and coffee cups.
* * * * * * * *
"Hmmm, I'm surprised the cops haven't tried to pull us over.", said Cat into the speaker built into the helmet.
An chuckled and sped on, flawlessly turning corners at the same amazing speed. They get out of the city and
into a largely wooded area.
"This isn't the way to my gundam.", says Cat.
-It's the way to mine, though, I'll explain later.- An explosion, suddenly erupted next to An's bike, and nocked
them off. An aeries flew past. An helped Cat up and ran like hell through the frozen woods. An positioned Cat,
who was very confused, and climbed into thin air. Then, An disappeared and Cat was raised up. Cat understood
and jumped into a coakpit with An. The cockpit shut and an invisible gundam ran quietly through the woods and
back towards Moscow where the aeries were heading.
Tigereye(The invisible gundam) sped to a large clocktowerand unloaded Cat, who went immediately to her
gundam, Cinnabar, cloaked it, and came out the large front doors. A storm formed above them and lightening
ripped through the sky as rain poured from the black clouds, since the gundams would be revealed, even with the
cloaking, they uncloaked and continued on.
An aeries sped toward the city along with an entire fleet. Suddenly, two gundams appeared as a bolt crashed
in front of him. He leaned forward with a look of surprise and alarm. One had two energy whips that was black
and white, and the other had a longsword. The pilot let out a sigh of relief, thinking he could win. To his dismay,
they were faster than he thought and a heated blade slid right under his feet. A second later, his and other MSs
blew up in a magnificent explosion.
An aeries came right at Tigereye, shooting maniacally, but An meneuvered each blast with great speed, not
even using the ZERO system. All the mobile suit were destroyed before any messages or pictures could be sent
out.
"At least part of the world was able to be saved.", mumbled An.
"What do you mean?", asked Cat.
"Check the news cast...the Oz generals we were told about to be Alliance Pacifists...and Heero killed them.",
tears began to roll from her eyes. "Soon, we will be hated by all that orbit the sun."
* * * Later * * * *
They sat in silence, not even conveying their thoughts, in the dark, humid clocktower of which the three stored
their gundams. There had been rebellions all over the world. Oz members came out of hiding and attacked the
Allince, using the same mobile suits to turn them against their own men and not notice the true foe. They had
their coffees, having already finished their cinnamon buns, sipping them every once in a while.
An gulped hers down and left towards the "storage" room. - Yes, I know, Tigereye, but I musn't reveal that to
anyone, not even my family, wherever they may be.-
- No, only when it's neccesary, and God knows it isn't now. We can still get there quickly enough, now start
up.-
* * * * * * * *
"So, what do you think of her?", asked Cat from across the dank and quiet room.
"I'm not sure, she's very hard to understand...how about you?"
"I think she's a nice person who has a lot on her mind, that she doesn't express, afraid to show her own self.
By the way, where did you get that picture? It looks nothing like her.", she looked up to see Bob looking at the
picture and puzzling over the same thing.
"She sent it to me and swore that it was her...I don't understand...Why would she lie so much?", he looked up
at Cat.
"Maybe she wasn't lying...maybe she is that way, somehow.", she got up and headed to the door through
which An had exited a few moments earlier. The floor then shook and they knew that she was off on a mission of
her own.
* * * * * * * *
- Where are we going?- asked a rat, Dahlia, from An's shoulder.
- To a pier.- she conveyed generally. She never liked giving more information than that which was asked from
her.
- What for?- asked Dahlia curiously.
- To discuss something with a gundam pilot.-
The rat climbed down her arm and onto the dashboard to get a better look at the road, rolling out before them.
- Is it about the transportation mission?-
- No.- She turned a corner that was hidden by shruberies. "We're here." She climbed out of the truck, taking
Dahlia and putting her on her shoulder. She walked down to the end of the wooden pier and looked out onto the
misty waters surrounded by trees. She sat on the end and waited as a small boat, carrying a boy sitting inside,
floated towards her. "Hey there!", she said in an american accent, greeting him with a smile that looked
surprisingly real. She loved giving the wrong first impression. He didn't respond. An tied off the boat and
watched him walk past. "Hey, would you like a lift? Dahlia and I could use some company."
He looked in the truck, and seeing no one, he looked back at An. "Who's Dahlia?" A rat poked her head out
from behind An's hair.
"My rat.", she smiled wide again.
He blinked and looked away, trying to think of an excuse not to ride with such a preppy girl. "I don't ride with
weaklings."
An turned serious and began to talk in her normal voice. "And what do you mean by that?"
He turned to face her again, startled by the change in voice and attitude. "All women are weak."
"Care to test that theory.", she said drawing a longsword from her side and getting a good sword for him. And
so they engaged, using incredible moves and tricks, flips and stabs, tumbles and jabs, cartwheels and slashes.
- I believe I haven't introduced myself, my name is An, yours is Wufei, right?-
- No. Man, you're good.-
- Ooh, a smart one...trying to decieve a poor little girl like me and yes, I am, thank you for noticing.-
- How can a woman fight so well.-
- The three Ps, Practice, Perservierence, and Pity for the common man.-
- What do you mean, "common man?"-
- You think women are weak? Well try looking at it like this for a change...at this day and age, men need
women, to cook for them, to shop for them, to wash clothes for them... stop and think for a minute... doing all that,
wouldn't you think they'd at least gain strength in their arms, scrubbing all the time, and in their legs, rushing
places all the time? They have to have some strength, right? Now, I know you're not a common man, but look
at the other men out there. Ugh, I'm bored.- She came down hard. Wufei blocked, but the sword broke under the
pressure. Her sword stopped a millimeter in front of his head. "Consider yourself defeated, good sir.", she
backed off and wiped the sweat off her forehead.
Wufei fell to his knees, - I knew it, I am weak. I was defeated by a woman.-
"Get over yourself. I'm not just a woman. I be a martial arts expert, and, until I became a gundam pilot, I went
to the gym every day, I taught myself how to use the sword.", she picked up Dahlia who had backed out of the
way and got into the truck.
Wufei's eyes were wide with surprise as he found out that she was also a gundam pilot. "You have a
gundam?"
"Yes, it be in the back, here's a picture of it.", she handed him a picture from her wallet. It had a black and
white gundam battling a purple Leo.
"My engineer took that picture, it was a test, to see if I would be any good at fighting at least a Leo." She shut
the door and peeked out the window. "Ye comin' er what?" He walked to the other side of the truck and got in,
still taken aback. They rode in silence down the road and then stopped at a little alcove. "You may not be the
greatest swordsman, but you are the greatest gundam pilot I know. Next time you'll fight him using your
specialty, a gundam. Now go, your friends need you." An explosion, and Wufei was off towards the woods.
"Ugh! I hate it when people leave doors open, Dahlia, go close it." She did so and they drove on.
* * * After the battle * * * *
Sally: Bund is gone, but I'm sure OZ will continue to seek control over this country.
Wufei: Why do you keep on fighting?
Sally: Justice. It sounds corny, doesn't it? For justice, freedom, and peace. Everyone says the same thing, but I
believe in my own justice, just as everyone else does the same. What about you? What is your justice?
Wufei: "Whoever is right must be strong." No one else but me has the right to pilot Nataku, but myself.
Sally: I thought you weren't worthy to pilot Nataku?
Wufei: I had a revelation after my little boat ride.
Sally: How'd you do that?
Wufei: A little help from a nice little girl.
Sally: Who is this girl?
Wufei: I'm not sure if she would want me to say, and so I will respect her, as she showed respect for me. I must
go.
Sally: Come back sometime later if you can, I'd also like to meet this girl, who changed such a stubborn boy.
- Alrighty then, this is cold, I hope this doesn't make my lips blue, I hate blue. Damn I'm thirsty!!!-, thought Cat
as she walked down the Moscow streets, trying to find a coffee shop.
"I know whare one is," said a voice from the shadows, "Cat."
Cat stopped to look at the figure. "One what?", she asked, a little startled by hearing a Scottish accent in
Russia.
"A coffee shop.", out from the shadows stepped a tall booted figure, wearing a denim jacket, and holding the
keys to Cat's gundam.
"Hey! Those are mine!", she said, enraged that this person had found her gundam. -I knew I should've
brought them with me.-
"Yes, you should've."
"What?"
"Come with me, I'll show you a coffee shop, it has good cinnamon buns, too.", Cat followed the stranger
speechless and thirsty. They walked past about five coffee shops before they finally turned into a cinnamon
shop.
"I know it's not a coffee shop, but it 'as some, plus it 'as the biggest cinnamon buns. I always go into this
shop when it's in the area." They walked in the store and ordered some coffee and cinnamon buns. They sat
down and took sips from their coffee, well, Cat did, but the stranger gulped the scalding hot coffee down. Cat
stared at her in amazement, having burnt her tongue with a mere sip.
???-Mmm, I love scalding coffee in Moscow.
Cat- Great, your telepathic too.
???- Too? Oh yeah, you mean Bob, he told me about you, but I already knew you, I just wasn't sure of your exact
location.
Cat- So you know that I'm a...
???- Yes, but you don't recognize me from tthe pictures do you?
Cat- No, but your the only other girl, so you must be An.
???- How do you know I'm a gundam pilot?
Cat- Hmph, I guess your not then.
???- Why?
Cat- Well, why else would you ask that?
An- Actually, I asked that question to confuse your brain.
"An McNary, at your service.", she said standing a little and offering a handshake. Cat stood up and shook
her hand. "Hi Bob!", said An, sitting back down.
"Aw, you're too good at that.", said a cloaked figure at another table. He got up and sat at their table.
An- Men. If it were me in that situation, I'd ignore it at first and then leave when I got enough information. I don't
like him, how about you?-
Cat- I like him, he's funny. Why don't you like him?-
-He's a man, and all men are weak.-
-I guess that means you'll never get married.-
-No, I already did, he was so pitiful, I couldn't say no.-
-What an odd situation.-
-Yeah, you done?-
-Yes.-
-Why don't we get some more coffees and I'll take you back to your gundam on my 'cycle, its a Harley
Davidson.-
-Really?-, they got up and went to the counter to get their coffees-to-go and left.
"Nice talkin' to ye, Bob!", said An, leaving an esteemed man with two empty plates and coffee cups.
* * * * * * * *
"Hmmm, I'm surprised the cops haven't tried to pull us over.", said Cat into the speaker built into the helmet.
An chuckled and sped on, flawlessly turning corners at the same amazing speed. They get out of the city and
into a largely wooded area.
"This isn't the way to my gundam.", says Cat.
-It's the way to mine, though, I'll explain later.- An explosion, suddenly erupted next to An's bike, and nocked
them off. An aeries flew past. An helped Cat up and ran like hell through the frozen woods. An positioned Cat,
who was very confused, and climbed into thin air. Then, An disappeared and Cat was raised up. Cat understood
and jumped into a coakpit with An. The cockpit shut and an invisible gundam ran quietly through the woods and
back towards Moscow where the aeries were heading.
Tigereye(The invisible gundam) sped to a large clocktowerand unloaded Cat, who went immediately to her
gundam, Cinnabar, cloaked it, and came out the large front doors. A storm formed above them and lightening
ripped through the sky as rain poured from the black clouds, since the gundams would be revealed, even with the
cloaking, they uncloaked and continued on.
An aeries sped toward the city along with an entire fleet. Suddenly, two gundams appeared as a bolt crashed
in front of him. He leaned forward with a look of surprise and alarm. One had two energy whips that was black
and white, and the other had a longsword. The pilot let out a sigh of relief, thinking he could win. To his dismay,
they were faster than he thought and a heated blade slid right under his feet. A second later, his and other MSs
blew up in a magnificent explosion.
An aeries came right at Tigereye, shooting maniacally, but An meneuvered each blast with great speed, not
even using the ZERO system. All the mobile suit were destroyed before any messages or pictures could be sent
out.
"At least part of the world was able to be saved.", mumbled An.
"What do you mean?", asked Cat.
"Check the news cast...the Oz generals we were told about to be Alliance Pacifists...and Heero killed them.",
tears began to roll from her eyes. "Soon, we will be hated by all that orbit the sun."
* * * Later * * * *
They sat in silence, not even conveying their thoughts, in the dark, humid clocktower of which the three stored
their gundams. There had been rebellions all over the world. Oz members came out of hiding and attacked the
Allince, using the same mobile suits to turn them against their own men and not notice the true foe. They had
their coffees, having already finished their cinnamon buns, sipping them every once in a while.
An gulped hers down and left towards the "storage" room. - Yes, I know, Tigereye, but I musn't reveal that to
anyone, not even my family, wherever they may be.-
- No, only when it's neccesary, and God knows it isn't now. We can still get there quickly enough, now start
up.-
* * * * * * * *
"So, what do you think of her?", asked Cat from across the dank and quiet room.
"I'm not sure, she's very hard to understand...how about you?"
"I think she's a nice person who has a lot on her mind, that she doesn't express, afraid to show her own self.
By the way, where did you get that picture? It looks nothing like her.", she looked up to see Bob looking at the
picture and puzzling over the same thing.
"She sent it to me and swore that it was her...I don't understand...Why would she lie so much?", he looked up
at Cat.
"Maybe she wasn't lying...maybe she is that way, somehow.", she got up and headed to the door through
which An had exited a few moments earlier. The floor then shook and they knew that she was off on a mission of
her own.
* * * * * * * *
- Where are we going?- asked a rat, Dahlia, from An's shoulder.
- To a pier.- she conveyed generally. She never liked giving more information than that which was asked from
her.
- What for?- asked Dahlia curiously.
- To discuss something with a gundam pilot.-
The rat climbed down her arm and onto the dashboard to get a better look at the road, rolling out before them.
- Is it about the transportation mission?-
- No.- She turned a corner that was hidden by shruberies. "We're here." She climbed out of the truck, taking
Dahlia and putting her on her shoulder. She walked down to the end of the wooden pier and looked out onto the
misty waters surrounded by trees. She sat on the end and waited as a small boat, carrying a boy sitting inside,
floated towards her. "Hey there!", she said in an american accent, greeting him with a smile that looked
surprisingly real. She loved giving the wrong first impression. He didn't respond. An tied off the boat and
watched him walk past. "Hey, would you like a lift? Dahlia and I could use some company."
He looked in the truck, and seeing no one, he looked back at An. "Who's Dahlia?" A rat poked her head out
from behind An's hair.
"My rat.", she smiled wide again.
He blinked and looked away, trying to think of an excuse not to ride with such a preppy girl. "I don't ride with
weaklings."
An turned serious and began to talk in her normal voice. "And what do you mean by that?"
He turned to face her again, startled by the change in voice and attitude. "All women are weak."
"Care to test that theory.", she said drawing a longsword from her side and getting a good sword for him. And
so they engaged, using incredible moves and tricks, flips and stabs, tumbles and jabs, cartwheels and slashes.
- I believe I haven't introduced myself, my name is An, yours is Wufei, right?-
- No. Man, you're good.-
- Ooh, a smart one...trying to decieve a poor little girl like me and yes, I am, thank you for noticing.-
- How can a woman fight so well.-
- The three Ps, Practice, Perservierence, and Pity for the common man.-
- What do you mean, "common man?"-
- You think women are weak? Well try looking at it like this for a change...at this day and age, men need
women, to cook for them, to shop for them, to wash clothes for them... stop and think for a minute... doing all that,
wouldn't you think they'd at least gain strength in their arms, scrubbing all the time, and in their legs, rushing
places all the time? They have to have some strength, right? Now, I know you're not a common man, but look
at the other men out there. Ugh, I'm bored.- She came down hard. Wufei blocked, but the sword broke under the
pressure. Her sword stopped a millimeter in front of his head. "Consider yourself defeated, good sir.", she
backed off and wiped the sweat off her forehead.
Wufei fell to his knees, - I knew it, I am weak. I was defeated by a woman.-
"Get over yourself. I'm not just a woman. I be a martial arts expert, and, until I became a gundam pilot, I went
to the gym every day, I taught myself how to use the sword.", she picked up Dahlia who had backed out of the
way and got into the truck.
Wufei's eyes were wide with surprise as he found out that she was also a gundam pilot. "You have a
gundam?"
"Yes, it be in the back, here's a picture of it.", she handed him a picture from her wallet. It had a black and
white gundam battling a purple Leo.
"My engineer took that picture, it was a test, to see if I would be any good at fighting at least a Leo." She shut
the door and peeked out the window. "Ye comin' er what?" He walked to the other side of the truck and got in,
still taken aback. They rode in silence down the road and then stopped at a little alcove. "You may not be the
greatest swordsman, but you are the greatest gundam pilot I know. Next time you'll fight him using your
specialty, a gundam. Now go, your friends need you." An explosion, and Wufei was off towards the woods.
"Ugh! I hate it when people leave doors open, Dahlia, go close it." She did so and they drove on.
* * * After the battle * * * *
Sally: Bund is gone, but I'm sure OZ will continue to seek control over this country.
Wufei: Why do you keep on fighting?
Sally: Justice. It sounds corny, doesn't it? For justice, freedom, and peace. Everyone says the same thing, but I
believe in my own justice, just as everyone else does the same. What about you? What is your justice?
Wufei: "Whoever is right must be strong." No one else but me has the right to pilot Nataku, but myself.
Sally: I thought you weren't worthy to pilot Nataku?
Wufei: I had a revelation after my little boat ride.
Sally: How'd you do that?
Wufei: A little help from a nice little girl.
Sally: Who is this girl?
Wufei: I'm not sure if she would want me to say, and so I will respect her, as she showed respect for me. I must
go.
Sally: Come back sometime later if you can, I'd also like to meet this girl, who changed such a stubborn boy.
