Attack On A New Suit! Part1
This is the second story in this twisted little series of mine, so you should really read the first one first. This one's in third person, so it's all in black. Well, gotta go. Enjoy!
******************************************************************************
Okay, it's been about four months after the Mars thing, and life has gone back to normal--well as normal as it can get for Keli--the normal student turned Gundam pilot. Summer had come and gone, and now she was enrolled in the local high school.
As usual, Keli was extremely bored in science class. Her teacher decided to go once more to the bathroom, and as usual, everyone in the class was talking. Her phone started ringing, which she now took to school every day, just in case.
Everyone stared at her as the phone kept ringing. She answered it in a hushed whisper, "What the hell is it?"
"And a good morning to you too," the voice muttered.
"Who are you, and how did you get this number?"
"This is Duo, you remember me, right? And your grandfather gave me the number."
"Why are you calling me during school hours, and where are you?"
"Because this is important, that's why. And I'm directly outside the building."
"Hurry up and tell me what the hell you want. Our teacher took a bathroom break, but she'll be back any second."
"Okay fine. Get out of the school building, I could use a little help here."
"With what?"
"Well, you're the great hacker, I need some information ASAP."
"Got ya," she said as she hung up the phone. "It's a family emergency," she muttered as she grabbed her books and backpack then rushed out of the classroom, hoping that no one was in the halls.
She ran outside, and saw Duo, who was staring at a computer monitor.
He looked up as he heard feet crunching on the gravel. Keli ran over, and a sudden wind blew off the hat that was over her head, which concealed her hair. She grabbed the hat, and noticed him looking at her. He stared, looked confused, and then smirked. "Excuse me, but blonde?"
She stared at him, then looked down. Her hair was dark blonde, and fell past her knees, which matched perfectly with her contact green eyes. "Well, I don't see you enrolled in the same school system as a wanted criminal. Now why did you wanna get me out here?"
"For a reason I can't exactly tell you right now. Just look at this," he said, pushing the computer her way.
She stared at it, and gasped, "That's a map of the Military Base here. How'd you get that, and why do you need it?"
"I told you, I can't tell you now. But I need you to hack further to get me detailed information on a classified area known as the MS lab."
"And why do you need me to this now? I'm gonna be caught skipping, and I'll get suspended. Again."
"I can't tell you too much, but it has to do with a mobile suit that the base is working on. It has to be destroyed before they can use it. I need more information on it, and I need to find out where the lab is, so I can go in and destroy it."
"Are the other four here?"
He shook his head, "This was a one man job, and Heero told me to do it. Trouble has come up again in space, and he has to fight. They all figured that since I'm American, it wouldn't look so odd as having Japanese, Arabian, European, or Chinese kids that just appeared, and hung around for awhile."
"I can't use that computer," she told him, walking towards her motor cycle. "It's too small for me to use for hacking. I'll have to use one of the ones at my house. How'd you get to the school? I hope you didn't use the Gundam to get here." She took off her ID badge, and put it in her pocket.
"God no. You think I'm that dumb? I borrowed one of your grandfather's cycles to get over here. DeathscytheHell is back at your grandfather's place."
She raised an eyebrow, "Did he tell you to get me out of class, or was that just your idea?"
"Mine."
Keli sighed, "There goes my teacher's trust." She got to her bike, and got on, pulling the helmet down over her head, and stuffing the computer into her backpack. "I'll go ahead and see what I can do. You come as soon as you get to the other cycle."
She shot off through the parking lot, hoping that there would be no cops on the ride home. She got home, and burst through the front door, "Grandfather! Why is one of the Gundam pilots here, and why did you tell him my cell number?"
He looked up from reading the paper in the living room. "I didn't think he would call you right when he asked for it. Why are you home this early? It's not three-thirty yet."
"Because he wanted me to do something for him. He now also knows that I know how to hack into stuff."
"He told me what's going on, and I suggest you do what he says. This is very serious."
Keli just got madder, "If I hadn't have gotten out of class, I would have been able to get out of my science mid-terms!"
"This is more serious than that. And besides, you could always just revert your absences to zero."
She groaned, and ran up to her room, getting the computer back out. She hooked it up to her own laptop, and started typing quickly. Duo walked in after about ten minutes, and looked at the lines of computer code being written on the screen.
She hit the enter key, and another map appeared, this one with the MS lab highlighted. She typed further, trying to pull up some information on it.
"This could take awhile," she muttered, not looking up.
"I figured as much, but the more I know about it, the better I'll be able to destroy it."
After thirty more minutes of typing, The screen cleared to show a picture of the suit they were working on, and the plans for it. Keli gasped when she saw it.
"Print that out," Duo instructed her. She took the small computer off of the laptop, and hooked the laptop up to the big computer. The plans printed out, and she resumed typing.
"They're trying to build a suit better than the Gundams," Keli commented, still typing. She hit enter again, and a detailed written report appeared on the screen. That printed that out as well, and Keli stood up. "This is what you wanted, right?"
He looked at it, and then looked back up at her, "Better than what I wanted. This will come in handy." She had pulled up a list of the engineers working on it, and also pulled up a list of things that they had purchased for it, along with a reporter's log for the construction.
"I'll give this to you one one condition," she said, printing everything out.
"What is it?"
"That I come and help you with this. You'll need someone who can break into the lab without making anything explode, and you'll also need a way to get in."
"What makes you think I can't do that myself? And besides, you don't have your Gundam anymore."
"Because you came to me to get this simple stuff."
He shrugged, "If you have to, but I will tell you now, this is gonna be really dangerous."
Keli grinned, "Danger? I can handle danger. After all, I was the one that actually broke into the Mars base and got you five out."
"I guess so."
"Oh, one more thing," she began, "I'm sure you want to use your Gundam for this job, but you can't. They have radar that picks up anything, and tight security, it'll be impossible that way."
"My Gundam isn't picked up by radar, and I would have just bombed the place, but then figured that something stealthier would be better, and besides it might help if I knew where the lab was."
She nodded, and walked out of the room, "I just finished a new type of sensor in the lab. It might come in handy now."
Keli went down to the lab, and showed him the small computer-like sensor, which she had been building in a small room away from the mobile suits. It was small, and fit over her ear. It was almost like a scouter from an old anime that she used to watch a while ago, before people banned the stuff from TV. She put it on, and pressed a button behind her ear. A bright green light went out of the small sensor and all the way over to her other ear. The light cleared up to show a holographic computer screen that was stretched over her eyes.
The screen now showed a map of the house, and small red dots where her grandfather and Duo were standing. "This is a heat sensor," she explained, "it picks up any form of heat within a half-mile radius."
He stared at her, and she turned the sensor off. "Yeah. That'll come in handy for sure."
Keli grinned, "Now, when do we attack the base?"
"As soon as they get finished with it."
She started walking out of the lab, "Why are you going to wait that long?"
"Because, if I don't destroy it after they've completed it, they'll just build another one with any extra parts. Get my drift?"
She nodded, "I guess you're right about that."
"So we'll go when they've finished it, which could be awhile. So far, the plans are only halfway done."
"So, what are you going to do until then?" Keli asked him.
"You mind doing me another favor?"
She shrugged, "As long as it's not hacking into a mass computer system to give you plans for something else."
"Okay then. Can you make me a few fake documents, and then enroll me into a school?"
Keli grinned, "Of course. That's child's play. You'll just have to give me all the information you want on the documents. Like a social security number, birthday, place of birth, age, that stuff."
"How long will that take you to do?"
She shrugged, "Depends, I guess. Mostly on the school. I already know how to get into Northveiw's computers, which is the school I go to, but anything else will take me awhile. How old are you, or how old do you want to be?" she asked.
"Then I'll go to the school you're going to. It might be easier that way, too. Oh, fifteen."
She nodded, "Okay. I'll go do this in my room. At least I've got something to do today. Unless you want your info really messed up, I suggest you come too."
"Okay."
She walked up to her room, and sat down at a desk while Duo looked around. She started to type absentmindedly.
"Where'd you get all this," Duo asked her, looking at various anime stuff throughout her room. He pointed to a poster, "I thought this stuff is illegal to buy."
She glanced up, and resumed typing, "Here and there. The stuff is really easy to find if you know the right people. Now, I don't suppose you'd want to release your real birthday, so pick a date."
"September fifth," he said after thinking about it for awhile.
"That your real birthday, or a fake one?"
"Fake."
Keli resumed typing.
"What are you working on?" he asked her, looking at the screen.
"Social security forms and a birth certificate. You've got no idea how easy these are to make."
"I've had to make those myself. How would you even know how to get these?"
She grinned without looking up, "I had to make my own, and I'm surprised you've never done it before. If you know what you're doing, it only takes like ten minutes to finish." She submitted the forms she had just written up.
"You done?"
Keli shook her head, "Nope. I've still got to write up your admittance forms, and all that stuff. I don't suppose you have a parent or guardian here on Earth."
"No, I don't. And what are you going to put for my address and stuff?"
"This one," she muttered, still working.
"What? Why?"
"Do you mind being an exchange student?"
"Depends. What country, or what Colony?"
"Japan."
He stared at her. "I'm not Japanese."
She glanced up, "I know you're not. Just think about it. You won't be here for too long, you're going to be living with people who aren't related to you in any way, and your admittance forms are filled out a few days before you come in."
"So? I'm not Japanese."
She smiled, "No you're not, but you've lived in Japan all of your life, and know the language."
"No I--are you sure that'll work?"
"It should. The teachers at school are all dumb enough to believe it, anyway, even though you're American. You can speak Japanese can't you?"
"Yeah."
"How are the papers coming along?"
"I've just got to finish writing up the forms, and a few other things. Then I can send it."
He glanced at the screen, and grinned, "This is too easy."
"It is if you've done it before." She hit send. "Okay Mr. Maxwell, you are now enrolled in Northveiw High school as a freshman."
"A freshman? Why? Wouldn't I be enrolled as a sophomore?"
"Sorry, but that's the way it has to be. It is currently September tenth. You just turned fifteen according to your records."
"What grade are you in?" he asked her.
"Same, but Starr's birthday is July nineteenth. I'm still just fourteen."
"In real life too?"
She snickered, "Well, my birthday's in January, but I refuse to tell you how old I am."
"What, are you like thirteen?"
Keli laughed, "Hell no!"
"Well then, why won't you tell me how old you are?"
"Cause I feel like it." She changed the subject. "I still have to send in your schedule forms now. What classes do you want to be in? I set up your grades to be pretty high, 'cept for English. What other things do you wanna do?"
"Oh. I guess maybe a gym class, or something like that."
She nodded, "Okay." I wrote in a form to get into team sports, which was what I was taking, and technology, along with the usual keyboarding applications, which is what everyone has to take.
Keli looked up at him when she was done, "Okay, you are now enrolled into all honors classes, besides English, team sports, technology, and keyboarding applications."
He grinned, "Great. Now, what kind of uniforms do you guys have to wear?"
She stared at him. "Does this look like a uniform to you?" She was wearing a pair of baggy jeans, a maroon band shirt that Kassy let her borrow, a pair of Nikes, and a large denim jacket that was way too big. Her extremely long blonde hair was down, and went almost to her knees.
"You guys don't have uniforms at your school?"
She laughed, "Hell no. This is public school, not a snobbish academy. We haven't had any uniforms yet, and I don't think we ever will."
"I guess I have to go buy some clothes then."
She looked at her watch, "Yeah, but I don't think you should go now. It's still only one PM. I'd wait till school gets out at three-thirty. And you'll also need a thing called money."
"Quatre gave me a credit card to use. It doesn't have a limit."
"He willingly handed over a credit card with that much money on it? Either he's nuts, or rich."
Duo grinned, "Trust me, the answer isn't nuts."
Keli rolled her eyes, "I figured as much."
He looked down at her, "Have you eaten lunch already? I'm hungry."
"Yeah I have," she answered, "I eat lunch at like eleven. We have a bunch of stuff here, if you want anything. It's all in the kitchen."
"Thanks." He walked back down to the first floor from Keli's room, which is on the third floor. Her grandfather's room was on the second floor, so she had a whole floor of the house to herself. It has a huge study, a computer room, and an extra room that she used for training.
Her room had it's own bathroom, two computers--one green regular-sized, and a silver laptop, a video phone and a regular cordless phone, and a balcony that is in alignment with the back of the house, so she could see most of her grandfather's property by just going out onto it.
At around two, her grandfather came upstairs, "Keli, I'm going to go out for awhile, to get a few things at the Technology Center. I'll be back in a few hours."
She nodded, "Okay, you want me to cook dinner before you get back?"
He shook his head, "That won't be necessary. If it's late, "I'll just bring home something."
"Fine. What are you going to get? And I kind of need a few things there."
Duo walked upstairs, "What are you guys talking about?"
"He's going to the Tech Center, and I need him to pick up some stuff for me," Keli explained.
"Tech Center?"
"Actually, it's called the Technology Center. It's a big place that sells you stuff for making things dealing with technology. I have a friend that works there, and he got his hands on some of the brand new Mac computers they've been making. They aren't even available on the market yet, and he told me I could buy them." Her grandfather started walking back down the stairs.
"Wait," she told him, "I need a few things. I'll just write you up a list."
He waited while she wrote down the stuff she needed, and she handed him the list. "If you can, get two of the cables I specified. I need them to do something."
He nodded, "Okay. Bye," he said, walking back downstairs.
"What'd you want him to get for you?" Duo asked as soon as he had gone.
"I need some more parts for a new computer I'm working on."
"You're making a computer?"
Keli laughed, "No. I said I'm working on one. I need some stuff to make it better. I was going to upgrade the memory slightly, and change a few things."
"Where is it then?"
"It's the one in my room, but the ones in the computer room could stand to be worked on too. We've got at least ten computers in this house, which doesn't include the ones in my room, or in the lab." She led him to the room, which has seven computers in it alone. "There is also a computer in the study, one in my grandfather's room, and one in the living room. Not to mention my laptop and big computer."
He sat down at a smoke I-mac, and turned it on. Like all the computers up there, it had been worked on only by Keli, and was very efficient. Most of the computers in the house were Macintosh, because she hated working on Windows. The only ones that weren't Macs were her grandfather''s, and the one in the lab, which is neither one, because it's used for mobile suit design.
"I don't understand how you can use this," Duo muttered, looking around on the computer.
"I like it better than a Microsoft creation. These are better. If you don't want to use it, use the one in my grandfather's bedroom."
"I'll stay up here, thanks," he muttered, getting online. As with all of her other computers, a bunch of computer code appeared in the place of the welcome screen. "What did you do?" he demanded.
She grinned, "It's the result of hacking into AOL's system. I hacked far enough to make my account info unreadable, and undeletable, which makes my account invincible to AOL or anyone else. Nothing can delete it; I have AOL for free for life."
"I thought that AOL is now completely hack-proof, and that it has been for a number of years. When did you do this?"
Keli thought for a few seconds, "Six months ago."
"That was when they upgraded the hack-proof software. Not even Heero can hack into it!"
She shrugged, "If you know how to...actually it's hack-proof to people with Windows. The security isn't as heavy surrounding Macs."
He shook his head. "I am seriously beginning to wonder whether or not you're Heero's twin. You two are both nuts, and too good with computers to be in the human race."
She smiled, "I'm not crazy, I just have fun hacking into different systems. I think of it as a challenge. The skills come in handy now, and they might come in handy later on."
He rolled his eyes, "As I said before, twins."
Keli glared at him, and sat down at a sage I-Mac, and began typing. After about a minute, she pressed a button, and started saying what she wanted typed, and what needed to be done.
"Computer; log onto America Online."
He stared at her again. "You've got that voice activated too?"
She grinned, "This is the only one I have like this. My laptop will turn on by my voice, and shut down too, but that's it." She turned back to the computer, "Computer; check e-mail."
She had one, from Kassy, so she opened it up, and read the message.
Hey Keri-chan
Where are you?!?! I'm at the library now, and it's like two. You weren't in math class, and weren't in Technology either. You skip half the day or something? Anywaz, I'll call you when I get home.
Ttyl,
Kassy-chan
Duo looked at the message, "Keri-chan? She knows who you are?!"
Keli smiled, "Yeah, but I didn't tell her. She went over here to see me, and found the entrance to the lab open. She went down, and saw my grandfather looking at a computer screen of a Gundam. He pretty much had to explain."
"Is there anyone else that knows?"
She shook her head, "Nope. She's the only person besides me and Grandfather that know."
"I guess it couldn't be helped," he muttered.
She started to write her back, explaining what had happened. Duo grabbed her arm, "What are you doing? This isn't secure!"
Keli grinned, "Oh yes it is. I made it secure. And besides, she would wanna know."
He sighed, and looked at the message she was writing. When she was done explaining the situation to her in as few words as she could, leaving out the base thing, she invited her to come over, and then sent it.
"You're a real dumbass, you know that?"
She shrugged, "Maybe, but a smart dumbass. She'll be over in about an hour." She looked at the clock on the computer screen, which said 3:00.
"I still have to go get some clothes," he reminded her.
She stared at him, "If you think that I'm going to the mall you've got another thing coming. I hate that place."
"Then how am I supposed to get more clothes?"
"Go by yourself or something," she told him, not interested in going anyplace public when she had skipped a day, especially not such a social trap like the mall. "I'll give you directions to the place, but I refuse to step in it myself."
He stared at her, "I thought girls like going to the mall, and also dressing up in clothes other than stuff that looks like you got it out of the men's department."
Keli glanced up, "The day I wear a dress is the day the world ends and we all go to hell." She got back to typing, without saying anything else.
What kind of girl is she? Duo thought to himself, but said aloud, "Working on the computer more?" She had begun typing again.
She shook her head, "I'm trying to get you more information about the base here. I need to study the plans and stuff, so I'll know what to expect."
"We can't go till it's finished, and you want to study the base?"
She nodded, "Hai. I need to know where the most people will be, and where all the security stuff is so I turn everything where we'll be off."
"Okay then. You do that, but I wasn't going to turn the security stuff off."
"Then you're the dumbass. People in there will have weapons, mobile suits, and poisonous gas. I don't care how stupid you are, but I'm going to turn off the security monitors." She got a map of the security systems, and found their controls. She printed the map out.
Kassy called her, using the videophone. She ran back to her room, and answered it, sitting down on my bed first. Before she could say anything, Kassy yelled out, "Where the hell have you been for half the day? I thought you wanted to get perfect attendance so you could skip your science exam!"
She sighed, "Just check your mail, Kass. It'll explain everything," she muttered just as Duo walked into the room. Her two cats were already in there making a fuss, and trying to get more attention than the other one.
"Umm, why exactly is a guy in your room?"
She looked exasperated, "I can't tell you over the phone. Either you check your e-mail, or you just come over."
She walked away from the screen for a second, and returned with her car keys, "I'm coming over." She hung up, and the screen went blank.
About ten minutes later, she walked into her room, and glared at Keli, "What's all this about Kel-er-Starr?"
"You can call me by my real name," she muttered.
"Whatever. Now what are you hiding?"
"What do you mean what am I hiding? I'm hiding nothing!"
"Tell me why you got out of science class after receiving a call on your old cell, and when I called there was a guy in your room!"
Duo had gone shopping after Keli told him where the mall was, and had taken one of the cars her grandfather had.
"Oh, I guess I do need to explain about that," she said sheepishly. Before you get any stupid ideas, she finished to herself.
"Don't tell me you got a boyfriend without telling me."
She burst out laughing, "You must be crazy! That's Duo, one of the Gundam pilots. Apparently, something's going on down here. I can't really tell you about it..."
She didn't say anything, and instead changed the subject. "Where did Duo go?"
Keli shrugged, "He took one of the cars to the mall. He has to get more clothes for school."
"School? He's enrolled in a school down here?"
She nodded, "I did the work today. He'll be starting in about a week."
"Which school, and how old is he?"
"Our school, and he's fifteen. I think."
"So he's going to be a sophomore?"
Keli shook her head, "Nope, a freshman."
"But if he's fifteen...?"
"On the fake birth certificate I made up, his birthday was five days ago, and he lives in Japan."
"Is that his real birthday and info? So he's fifteen," she stated.
Keli shrugged, "No it's not his real birthday, and I don't know where he used to live, or where he lives now. And another thing, why are you quizzing me like this?"
She smiled, "Dunno."
Keli sighed again, and stared at Kassy, "You got any idea how hard it'll be for me to pull all this off? And here you are, thinking about guys!"
She looked hurt, but Keli knew she was faking it, "I'm appalled, Keli."
"Appalled at what?"
"At you liking a guy. A cute guy, actually."
Keli stared at her, and didn't say anything. She had just told Kassy that she was going to get into the base here, and all she could think about was hooking her up! Honestly! "You've got to be kidding," she muttered finally.
Kassy laughed, "Maybe, maybe not."
"Ya know, I've really got better things to do than worry about stuff like that right now," Keli said.
"Okay, fine. I'll drop the accusation, but I'm not changing my mind about it."
Keli shrugged, "Think what you must, but NOTHING IS GOING ON!"
She yawned, "Sure Keri-chan, just deny it."
Keli got back onto the computer, and got online, "You know, today's Friday," she told her, "I'm sure my grandfather wouldn't mind if you spent the night."
She grinned, "Sounds cool. I'll call my mom and ask."
Her mom agreed to it, and Keli was sure her grandfather wouldn't really care. So far, it was only seven, and neither Duo nor her grandfather was back yet.
After seven thirty passed by, the two got online, using different computers in the computer room, and started chatting.
After eight, Duo finally walked into the computer room, with a bunch of bags of clothes. "Where can I put these?"
Keli laughed when she saw all the stuff, "Damnit. You didn't have to buy out the mall!"
"Well, I needed a bunch of clothes so it wouldn't look funny. I can't wear an outfit for each day of the week, and then swap out days."
Keli turned back to the computer, "You can go put them in any of the rooms up here, or on the second floor since you'll be staying here for awhile. Just go ahead and pick out a room."
"Okay," he said walking out.
Kassy grinned at Keli, "He' staying here? For how long?"
"Until we can attack the base."
He walked back into the room, and sat down in front of the same computer he had been on earlier. "What are you two doing in here? And who are you?" he asked Kassy.
Keli didn't even look up from the computer screen, "Duo meet Kassy, Kassy meet Duo."
"Hi," Kassy said.
"So, you're the girl that knows about the Gundams huh?"
She nodded, "Yup, as much as Keli's told me, anyway. Which is enough to get me by."
He nodded, "Are you two online?"
"Yeah," they both answered at the same time.
"On the same network?"
"Yeah."
"Why?"
Keli shrugged, "It's fun."
He started typing, and another one of Keli's screen names popped up on her buddy list. He was just surfing around the web, not really doing anything. Keli just kept talking to Kassy and some friends.
Soon after, her grandfather walked into the computer room, with a bag full of Chinese food. "Oh, hello Kassy. Spending the night tonight?"
She nodded, "Yup, the usual."
"That's fine. I ordered extra food, anyway."
"Great. I love Chinese food," she told him.
All of them logged off, and went down to eat. He handed Keli a package. "I got you everything you needed."
She grinned, "Great. I can start working on it again tonight."
Kassy looked inside the bag, "Computer parts?"
Keli nodded, "I'm fixing up my computer in my room, and I needed this stuff."
"I thought it was already above-average."
"It is, but I wanted to do something to it. When I'm done, I'll be able to get into just about anything."
"Which is what you'd want to be able to do," Kassy finished for her.
She nodded, "Yup."
Keli finished eating, and went back upstairs, the bag in hand.
"Kassy-chan, you can stay in here and use the laptop or you can go back into the computer room if you want."
"I'll stay here, and use the laptop," she told her, grabbing it off of the desk, and going to sit down by the bed, "How long is this going to take you to do?"
Keli stared at her. "Awhile, but I won't do this all night."
She looked exasperated, "When you're not at school, you're either working on a new invention or something, or working on the computers."
Keli grinned, "I love it here. Now I can do stuff that's actually useful."
"Making your own computers faster doesn't count as useful," she muttered flatly.
"But I love messing with all this technology stuff."
She sighed, "When are you going to do something good with your life? It's like you don't care about anything anymore. Get out and do a few things! You aren't even in a club at school. You really should have considered getting onto the marching band, or flag corps, or something."
"I don't care about anything," Keli answered, "and I have done something with my life. I became a fugitive. And another thing; I'd rather die than be caught in one of those hooker uniforms."
She laughed, " I guess I can't blame you there!"