OZ is Back? Part 1
OKAYOKAYOKAY!! I was bored okay! Deal with it!! Anyway, as I said before, I got bored, and got an idea, so don't diss me. Welp, better get to writing.
Keli yawned and glanced at her alarm clock, which was about to go off. She had put it across her room so that she would have to get up to turn it off. It started beeping its constant, loud, noise-deafening beep.
She picked a pillow off her bed, and lugged it at the clock. The only thing that accomplished was to knock down some of her books. She got up, and turned it off. Jenn walked into her room, "Keli, why did you set your alarm for six in the morning?"
She yawned, "Cause it's a school day, and it takes me that long to get ready," she mumbled, glancing at herself in a mirror.
"Keli, its Saturday."
She stopped combing her fingers through her hair when she said that. "No..."
Jenn nodded, "Remember, you went to the football game with Emily and John yesterday. That was on FRIDAY night."
"Oh."
Jenn groaned, "You woke me up! Do you know that I'll never be able to get back to sleep now!?"
Keli shrugged, "Well shut up and just go to your room again. I wanna get something done anyways."
Jenn sighed and left, most likely too tired for a fight. Keli got onto her computer.
"You have three new messages," The computerized voice stated as she got online.
She began to check her mail. One message was from Kassy, one from John, and one from somebody whose username didn't appear. "Hmm, my best bet would be this one's from some retailer, or it has to do with some unfinished business."
She checked the other two first. Kassy's read:
Konnichiwa, Keri-chan
I was wondering, did you get an e-mail from someone whose username and screen name didn't show up on the check-mail list? It may be something odd. I haven't checked mine yet, and I won't till I know it's safe to read. With that said, ja-ne!
Kassy-chan
John said basically the same thing, only the Japanese hello and goodbye were missing, and he just signed it "John"
"Hmm, I guess they think I'm willing to open it first since I've got all the security measures on this comp. Oh well, if my computer screws up, I'll force THEM to repair it!" she muttered as she clicked "open".
The e-mail didn't contain a virus; it contained a note of sorts.
A note to all previous OZ fighters,
I have figured out a way to make the organization known again. The way is to destroy the Gundams, but to do that we must first destroy the pilots. I have found out the location of a few of them, and they are all in the same city. These pilots never even fought in the war, so they must not be as hard to kill as the others, whom we so bravely lost many of our soldiers to.
At the bottom was this:
We're back in business.
Keli called Kassy immediately. She answered, a little pissed off. "Keri-chan, why the hell are you calling me at SIX AM!?"
"I'm replying to your e-mail. It's plans for a rebirth of OZ, but I still can't find out who sent it to me. Open it up and see if yours says the same thing as mine." She held up her computer so Kassy could see it.
Kassy sighed, "Why is this happening now? And again?!" She read the message. "It's the same, only the bottom has nothing on it."
Keli nodded thoughtfully. "'S my guess, that we've got more work to do. At least now I'll be able to handle it better." All of them had changed slightly. Besides the fact that they were all 17 now, Keli had grown taller by about six inches, and was almost as tall as John had been. After the incident at the gym, she had gotten her hair done so that it was to her eyebrows as bangs in the front, and shorter in the back, more like a boy's.
Kassy was taller as well, but Keli had passed her in height. Her hair had grown out a little, and was lighter than usual. Karen hadn't grown taller, but her hair was down to her waist. The same thing had happened to Emily, so she was still short, but her hair was longer too. John was now six feet tall, and finally taller than Angelina.
The Gundam pilots had left the day after Yami attacked. They had gone back to the Colonies, and none of the agents nor Keli had seen or heard from them since.
Jenn and Naiomi were both living at her grandfather's place, a compromise.
Kassy nodded, "I'll get this checked out at headquarters. You can come too, and I'm betting the other four will already be there."
Keli nodded, and hung up.
She took off on her newer motor cycle, which was better than her old one. The new one was faster and more powerful, and was mostly black, with a dark green seat and silver plating on the frame. Her backpack held her laptop, which also had the e-mail that had been sent to her. She had on a pair of jeans, and a platinum jacket over a black shirt.
She got to the base, and went inside the warehouse-looking place. Immediately, John and Karen bombarded her with questions. "What's going on? Kassy called me at seven and told me to check my mail! And now something's going on!" Karen yelled out, a little pissed off at having been woken up at seven on a non-school day.
"Yeah," John added in, "what does this have to do with anything?"
Keli smiled, "I think I know. Where's Emily, Angelina, and Kassy? Not to mention Smith?" Smith was one of the brightest computer technicians in the country, and he was on the good side. He was tall, had light blonde hair which was almost white, a deep tan, bright green eyes, and was about thirty or so. He was rich, and had also put forth the money to build the base in the city.
"They're in the computer room, trying to find out where it came from. But Kassy's message is shut up tight. It's impossible to get through."
"Then Heero must have sent it to her," Keli responded without emotion.
John and Karen looked shocked, "Are they back on Earth?" John asked.
"I don't know. I just know somehow that this ties in with them They've most likely been keeping up with OZ's data, for a reason like this. Really, it doesn't surprise me."
Karen smiled, "Well, I was kinda getting bored just going to school."
Keli didn't say anything else, she just walked into the computer room, after she slid her ID through the door lock. "Any luck yet?" she asked the agents and a few other Peace Legacy agents, most likely the computer team.
Kassy and Emily glanced up, "No, still can't get through," Smith commented, not looking up. "We've been working on Kassy's since she got here. None of the others have been tried yet."
Keli nodded thoughtfully. "Since I think I know who sent mine, I'll work on my message over here," she stated, walking over to a different computer, and pulling out her laptop. She hooked it up, and started typing.
"What do you think?" she heard Emily ask Smith, who was still trying to get into the system. Keli spoke up, "You won't be able to get into that one. If Heero was the one who sent it, he wouldn't just send a normal e-mail that could get tracked. He'd send one that we couldn't possibly track. Now Duo or Quatre on the other hand..." She started typing faster, and then yelled out, "HA! Got it!"
They all ran over to her, "Got what?" Kassy asked.
"Duo's somewhere in the L2 Colony cluster, at least at the moment this was sent, but it was sent over a day ago. I don't know if I can track it any further."
"Try and see if you can get the phone number for the computer he was using by hacking in and getting the modem number, if that's even possible," Smith instructed," I've never tried it before myself, but it seems like it would be possible. And he might still have it with him."
She nodded, "Kay. Kassy and John, in the meantime, I want you to try and get into Emily's and Karen's computers the same way I did. Trowa and Quatre wouldn't necessarily be as careful as Heero would. If it doesn't work, try getting into Angie's and John's."
"I got the number," Keli said a few minutes later, just as John yelled out, "I got it! Quatre's at Colony cluster L4!"
Smith nodded, "As I thought." Most likely they're all going to be down on Earth again soon, or else they wouldn't have contacted you."
Keli nodded, "Yeah, but till that happens, can I use your phone?"
Smith nodded, "Yeah, sure but just don't make any long...YOU ARE NOT GOING TO CALL ANY OF THEM FROM HERE! IT'S LONG DISTANCE!"
Keli shrugged, "I'll pay for it if it makes you happy."
"You're paying interest too."
She shrugged again, "Fine. I just wanna know what's going on."
"I've got Quatre's phone number now," John said.
Keli nodded thoughtfully, "Okay. Might get a better explanation from Quatre than Duo, so I'll call him instead."
"OH NO YOU DON'T THAT'S EVEN FURTHER LONG DISTANCE!"
She walked right over to him, pulled her face right in his ear, and said loudly, "I SAID I WOULD PAY FOR IT SO SHUT UP!"
He screamed in surprise and fell backwards, while the rest of them almost fell over laughing. Keli grinned, and walked out of the room with a wave of her hand. "I'll be right back. I've got to go make a call."
She walked out of the room and back into the place where Karen had been waiting. Now Angelina and Emily were out there as well.
"What are you doing?" Karen asked her as she turned on the Communications' unit.
"Calling an old friend."
The phone started ringing, and in a few minutes, someone answered. "Hello?"
Keli grinned mysteriously, "Hey Quatre. What's up? How ya been?"
Quatre looked at the girl on the other end of the phone. She was taller than she had been, and her hair looked even more like a boy's. But it was still Keli. "I've been fine. And as for what's up, nothing really. How have you been?"
She smiled, "Just fine. I was kinda wondering about something though. Are you in a public place right now?"
He nodded slowly, "I'm at the Tokyo airport."
She nodded, "Okay then, this can wait. So you're back on Earth now. where's everyone else?"
"Umm, how did you get this number exactly? It's not like it's in a phone book." he asked her.
"You remember the e-mail you sent to Karen? John found the location of it, and he also found the phone number. I did the same thing for Duo, but then I figured you could explain better than he could."
"Oh. I guess I should try a little harder to encrypt the things I send."
Keli laughed as Karen walked up, "Hey. Quatre! Wassup?"
He smiled, "Nothing. I'm just at the Tokyo airport with Trowa."
Karen glanced at Keli, and motioned for her to leave. she shrugged, "Umm, I'd better go see how Smith's doing. I think I might have damaged his hearing." She left to let Karen and Quatre talk.
"So, you sent me that e-mail." Karen said, trying to start up a conversation. "What was the point of it?"
"Well," Quatre replied, "Heero found something suspicious going on and he wanted all of us to contact you guys. He said something about OZ, even though that organization has been destroyed."
Karen nodded thoughtfully. "I heard there were still some people left trying to reorganize that group."
"There are. And that's the problem. You see, OZ was originally against the Gundams, and since they're trying to rise up again..."
"There could be another war, but this one would only be against you guys in particular."
He shook his head, "As much as I wish that could be true, it's not. When Yami attacked you at the school the war was said to have ended completely, and your identities got released. They know who you are, and they won't be long to try and kill you. As soon as they find out about the PL base, that'll be destroyed as well. Anyone and Everyone around you are targets. OZ will stop at nothing to win, they'll even kill innocent people."
"That's horrible!"
He nodded slowly, "I'm sorry, but your lives will be a little like ours when the war was still going on, and when we had to fight."
Karen smiled, "Oh well, I kinda liked the whole 'be ready to fight on a moment's notice, even if you're at school and taking a test or whatever'. Its back to the old life now."
Quatre laughed at the way she had said it, kind of like she wanted to fight again. "I guess that means it doesn't matter to you if your life goes back to the way it was."
Karen nodded, "Not at all. And I'll bet Keli's gonna dance around for awhile when she hears it. That girl hates not being noticed in some way. She's kinda like a weird mix of three people; Heero, her mother, and Bill Gates."
"That may be underestimating her," Quatre replied, trying not to laugh.
After they had spoken for a few more minutes, Quatre said goodbye and hung up. Keli walked back into the room. "Wha'd he say?"
Karen shrugged, "Nothing much, OZ is trying to kill us all. That's about it."
Keli ran over, grabbed Karen by the shoulders, and shook her. "DID YOU JUST SAY WHAT I THINK YOU JUST SAID?" Karen nodded slowly and Keli let her go. "I've gotta make a phone call."
"To who?"
"While you were talking, I was busy figuring out Heero's encrypting. I figured it out, I'd like to call him."
Karen raised an eyebrow, "Damn girl. I didn't know you were that good."
Keli grinned mysteriously, "Give me enough time and I can do almost anything, even cheat death." She placed the call, while Karen took out a calculator and began adding stuff. Kassy walked into the room.
"What are you two doing? Keli, why and who are you calling, and Karen, what are you doing with a calculator?"
"I'm going to see how much the phone bill's gonna be," Karen told Kassy.
"Why? It's not like it's a personal phone."
"It is for now," Keli mumbled as the phone kept ringing, "Karen was already on the phone with Quatre for like ten minutes, and I'm calling Heero."
"You are?!" She sounded extremely happy.
"It's for something I should know, and I'm the one that's gonna get stuck with the bill."
"Hmm, so that's why you blasted Smith's ear off."
Keli nodded, but turned to the phone as it stopped ringing and someone picked up. Heero didn't look too happy, but then again he never does. Keli grinned, "Heya. Can you tell me something?"
"How did you get this number?"
Keli grinned, "If you know how, you can get almost anything off an e-mail."
"What do you want?"
"Where are you?"
"That's what you want?"
"Well....I also want world peace, for OZ to die, and for the ability to move things with my mind...but for that, hai." She was only kidding about the last part.
He shrugged, "I'm at the Los Angeles airport with Duo. Why?"
Kassy but into the conversation, "Keri-chan, why is a location relevant to the stuff we got?"
"It's not, but I just want to know if you five are going to be coming back."
Heero shrugged again, "I'm not sure what to do yet."
"Why? Do you honestly think they'll stay away from us? That they won't attack us?" Kassy yelled at him.
Keli sighed, "Kassy-chan, just drop it. We aren't helpless women—we all know how to operate mobile suits and how to fight." Kassy glared at her with a look that meant she didn't want to be interrupted. Keli did anyway, "Listen to me for a second, Kassy! When Quatre was talking to Karen she found out that OZ may not only target us, but also our families, and other people who are close to us. They don't care about the whole 'innocent people are neutral'. They just want to hurt us any way they can."
Kassy backed down, and Heero glanced at Keli, "He said that?"
Keli nodded, and Heero looked a little less pissed off. Keli shrugged, "I already figured that, about our families. Since they didn't stop for anything to get you guys in the war, they won't stop to get us, or you again for that matter."
Heero nodded, "That's the way OZ was, is, and will be."
The rest of the group walked into the room where Keli was talking to Heero. Smith looked a little less than happy, and Keli shot him a death glare. John walked over and nodded to Heero. "Karen told us what Quatre said. More fighting, right?"
Heero nodded.
Angelina sighed, "Not again. It was hard enough last time!"
Emily glanced at her, "Last time may be a piece of cake compared to this! Least we have more advanced suits now." They had slowly been upgrading their suits, as had Keli, more for the 'just in case' than for 'should the need actually arrive'.
Heero glanced at the group. He noticed they had all done a bit of growing, both physically and mentally.
He could already tell that not having to stay up late every night was making Keli actually get some sleep, because she didn't have the small circles under her eyes that she had had, and she didn't look all that tired. And now that he thought about it, she was downright peppy, at least more than he was used to for her. Her hair hadn't grown out any, and it was cut even shorter. She had also gotten taller. And her usual basketcase attitude was gone--she seemed a little smarter as well.
Kassy looked like she was ready for a challenge. Most likely she missed the excitement of battle, but also didn't want to go back to it. She had grown taller as well, and her hair was longer.
John just seemed the same, mainly because he had a hard outer shell that no one could penetrate, except for maybe Angelina. He had also grown taller, while Angelina was still the same height.
Emily and Karen may have missed battle too, but they both looked like they had done a lot of sleeping recently. Both of them looked as if they weren't as tied down.
He went through the options in his head, planning what to do, and which would be the best choice. He spoke, "I'll get in touch with the others. The best place for OZ to strike would be in your city."
"That means you're coming?" Kassy asked.
He nodded, and hung up.
It didn't take very long for the group at the base to decide what to do about the OZ invasion. "I vote we kill all the substitutes we see," Keli said, just to be funny.
The rest of the group stared at her, and she winced, "What? I was just kidding! The only reason I said that was because I don't have any good ideas. Jeeze, none of you can take a joke," she sighed.
"Well, I have a small idea," John spoke up, "but it may need some adjusting. Well, our school has already told us all about the whole weapons thing. You know, that it was okay for us to bring them because of who we were, and the fact that they might be needed in the future, but we never brought weapons to school, except for maybe Heero and Kassy. We may have to start bringing them."
Kassy nodded, "Okay." She looked at Smith, "Open the weapons storage unit. I think we should all equip ourselves with the best stuff we can get."
Keli grinned and held up her beam saber. "I think this is enough. I made a few extra changes."
"Like what?" Smith asked her. He was skeptical of the fact that Keli could change things like that. And he still didn't believe in her computer skills. According to him, her even being alive now was a fluke.
"I made it stronger, and added a shield feature."
"Hmm, but you still might need some long-range weapons."
"I know, but I like this better."
"Keli doesn't need any long-range weapons," Kassy blurted out, "she's too trigger happy."
"HEY! I may be trigger happy but I have extremely good aim! So THERE!" Keli yelled at them all.
Emily glanced at Keli, "Oh you aren't trigger happy, you're trigger OBSESSED!"
That little comment made the whole group burst out laughing. It also made Keli a little pissed off, but she tried not to show it. She knew she shot at anything and everything that moved, but she could shoot someone in a vital area from a quarter-mile away.
John walked into the storage area after Smith had opened it, looked around, and grabbed a few things. He walked out with a knife based on Keli's sword's technology, a handgun, and a more powerful rifle. Kassy went in and grabbed a machine gun, a small handgun, and a taser. Karen and Emily both grabbed two handguns. Angelina took out a knife, saying to everyone that she was such a bad shot she might end up shooting herself. After they convince her to, Keli took out a handgun with a laser scope, a regular handgun, a silencer, and about thirty clips.
"So what? We take all this stuff to school?" Angelina asked the group.
Kassy nodded, "Yeah, but I wouldn't suggest bringing the rifle, machine gun, or the laserscope. They're all too big, bulky, heavy, or loud."
They all nodded. "So," Emily stated, "What do we do now?"
"I don't know about you, but I want to see the fact that you'll pay the phone bill in writing." Smith said, directing the comment at Keli.
"You don't need a stupid note. I'll pay for it," she insisted.
He shrugged, "Fine, when the bill comes, I'm handing it to you."
Emily yawned, "Well, if you guys don't mind, I was woken up at seven today, so I'm going home."
"Me too," Karen added.
"Same here," Angelina said.
Keli stared at them, "You guys are soo sorry!"
Emily shrugged, "Yeah, but we're not invincible like you, Oh great one. I need my beauty sleep."
"Humph! Well, I think I'm going to go somewhere," Keli told them all.
"Like where?" John asked her.
"Umm, I don't really know yet."
John started laughing, and Keli punched his shoulder. "OWE! What was that for?"
She shrugged.
"Well," Kassy butted in, trying to stop a fight before it happened, "the mall's open now. You can go there."
"I never go to the mall unless I can drag someone with me. And that's if I'm forced."
"Well then I'm forcing you," Kassy said. She turned to John, "How about it?"
John nodded, and Keli shrugged, "Whatever. I was going to go see if they have anything new at the computer store anyway, so I might as well have some people with me."
Emily, Karen, and Angelina left for their homes while Keli, John, and Kassy decided on the way to get there. Eventually they decided that John's convertible would be the best, and left. But before they did, each of them stuffed a handgun into their pocket.
"Hey Keli," John addressed her, "What grade do you think you have in English class?"
"Do you have to ask?"
"Yes."
She stared at him, "Most likely a D. What about you--Oh wait! I already know! an A!"
He grinned smugly. "Of course. What about you Kassy?"
"An A."
Keli sighed, "All of you guys make straight A's and I can barely pass!"
"Well, I think I can explain that," Kassy muttered. "You don't do any homework, you never study, and you refuse to turn in anything." as she said each thing, she counted off on her fingers, "Hmm, no wonder."
Keli shrugged, "Better things to do than homework."
"Like what?"
"Hacking into Microsoft."
John snickered, "You think hacking into a major computer company is more important than homework?"
She nodded, "Of course. How else will I know if they're making any secret plans to take over the world again?"
Kassy and John both shook their heads. "Can't they track stuff like that?" Kassy asked.
"Yeah, but they can't track me." Keli grinned. She was implying that she was better than the system without even trying.
They reached the mall, and went inside. Since it was a Saturday, a lot of people were there.
"Hey Jennifer," Kassy said, waving to a friend. She waved back, but didn't follow the group as they walked into the computer store.
After that little stop, John went to the gaming store and bought a new video game, and Kassy bought a new CD at Blockbuster. After that they all decided to go spend some money in the new arcade.
"Hey, we gotta play that!" Keli yelled, looking at one of those simulation games where you have a gun and you shoot the screen at people.
Kassy and John looked at each other and rolled their eyes, but John spoke up, "Why don't you play that game on your own. We'll just watch."
Keli grinned, put in the money to play, put a pair of earphones over her head, and picked up the gun. A computerized voice instructed her. "Please pick the difficulty level by shooting it."
There were four levels; Beginner, Intermediate, Hard, and Overkill. Keli selected Overkill, just to see how far she could get.
"You have selected Overkill. You have one life. After ten shots of the gun, you must reload by shooting off-screen. Are you ready?"
Keli shot the sign that said "yes"
"Okay. Ready, Begin!"
Immediately, three people leapt out at her. She calmly got into a better shooting position and fired three times. "Vital hits." The computer spoke out.
Six more came onscreen and she shot them all in vital places too. John whispered in her ear, "Don't look like you're so good at this. We don't want a crowd looking at a girl playing this well."
Keli shrugged, "Okay, fine," she said, killing seven more people.
After playing the game for two more minutes, she passed level one. Playing for a few more minutes, she was past level five. Ten more minutes and she go to the last level.
"Keli, I told you to act normal," John hissed.
"I am," she insisted.
He shook his head, and turned to Kassy, "Hey, wanna play that racing game over there?"
She nodded, and they both left, leaving Keli, still shooting like mad.
The last level was the longest one, and it was extremely hard, but Keli was making due. She just kept shooting.
She never noticed the three people entering the arcade.
"C'mon, Heero!" Duo pleaded, "Please!"
"No. We came here to meet with Quatre and Trowa, which might take awhile."
"So we need something to do!"
Wufei stayed out of the conversation. The three had arrived in the city, and had gone inside the mall for some food, and to wait for Trowa and Quatre, when Duo found out that they now had an arcade.
"Please."
"No."
"Please."
"No."
That continued for a few more minutes, until Heero looked like he was going to pull a gun on Duo. Wufei still remained neutral, not wanting to piss off Heero. Duo just didn't care.
Heero sighed, "Fine." They all got up and walked to the arcade.
Duo started looking around with wide eyes like a five year old at Toys-R-Us. Heero glanced around too, making a note of the faces. He saw two people racing each other in one of the racing simulators.
"Haha, John! I'm better than you are!" Kassy exclaimed as she passed him.
"Don't even think about it," John replied, "I never loose."
"Really? Do you think so?"
"Yup."
Kassy sighed, "You're too egomaniacal."
John just grinned as he passed her.
Heero grabbed Duo by the shirt collar as he was about to pass him. He pointed in the direction of the simulator.
"Hmm, that's John and Kassy. But why are those two at the mall alone?" Duo asked himself out loud.
"Hey John, do you think Keli's died yet?" Kassy asked him, still intent on trying to win back lost ground, after she had crashed into a bus. A school bus.
"Maybe. But knowing that girl, she's beat the game by now."
"Guess they're not alone," Wufei noted, barely hearing himself over the loud music and gaming sounds. He started looking around for a familiar girl with long brown hair. "I don't see her."
Heero shook his head, "She's over there." He looked toward a shooting game, to where a tall brunette with short, messy hair in baggy jeans and a silver jacket was standing. From the looks of it, she was winning the game.
"Hmm, I think I'll go say hi," Duo said, walking towards her.
Keli was so absorbed that she never noticed the guy with a completely black outfit, a long brown braid, and violet eyes come up behind her.
Duo leaned down near her ear and yelled. Loudly.
Keli heard the noise, and fell over backwards. She had been absorbed in the game, and had forgotten about everything else. In turn, she forgot about how she was standing, which wasn't exactly the best way to stand if you get scared and reeled back. A bloody sign flashed over the screen, saying, "YOU LOOSE!"
"Damnit!" she yelled out, taking off the earphones and looking to the side. There was a tall guy standing near her laughing his head off.
"Hey! Do you know how long I've been playing that?" she demanded.
He grinned, "You looked a little, umm, absorbed. So I decided to bring you out of it."
Something flashed in her mind, and she recognized the guy. It was Duo, but he was taller, and the braid wasn't as long anymore. "Damn you! I almost beat it! And I was on the hardest level too!"
He shook his head and taunted, "Trigger happy..." She punched his shoulder.
"I'm not trigger happy."
"Looked like it the way you were playing that game."
"Oh shut up." She glanced around, "Is Heero here?"
"Yup. But I think he's mad at me for dragging him and Wufei in here. But he'll be less pissed now that since we found you guys. Where are the others?"
"Sleeping."
"Sleeping?"
Keli nodded, "We contacted Heero and Quatre at around seven AM. They went back to bed after we got finished devising a brilliant plan."
"And what plan was that?"
"Carry weapons to school. I suggested to kill all subs, but no one listened to me." She smiled innocently. "Hey, where did Heero go?"
"He's right over there. The tall kid. Jeans, tank-top, jacket. Messy hair."
"Oh. I see him now. Geeze, he got taller." She looked up at him, "and so did you."
He grinned, "Yup. Now I'm not short for my age."
"Well I'm taller now too, so there." She walked over to where Kassy and John were still racing. She got behind John, and put her hands over his eyes. He yelled, and Kassy crossed the finish line first. "You guys done yet?"
John shook his head, "I DEMAND a rematch!"
Keli laughed, "Hey, you were gonna crash anyway. I just, umm, helped you out a little, that's all." She smiled innocently.
They played again, but this time no one interfered, and Kassy won. "See, I told you!" she yelled.
"You just got lucky," John scoffed.
Keli rolled her eyes, "You two are more competitive than me and Jenn."
They both turned around to face her and both yelled at the same time, "SHUT UP, KELI!"
She winced, and backed away. "Fine, I think I'll just go say hi to the two people that don't look at home," she muttered, walking over with Duo to Heero and Wufei.
She waved to them, "Hi, umm, John and Kassy are in a huge argument over a game, so I decided to come over here and talk to you two. So, what's up?"
"Quatre and Trowa are going to get here in a few hours," Heero explained.
"So we have to hang out in here," Duo finished.
"You can always just deal with hanging around the arguing twosome," Keli mumbled, glancing back at John and Kassy, who were still yelling at each other. "We're most likely going to be hanging out here for awhile anyway."
Heero shrugged, and Wufei looked slightly happier. Wufei was taller as well, and his ponytail was longer.
"Sounds good to me," Duo said. "Got any money?"
Keli grinned and pulled out a credit card, "The new technician at Peace Legacy, umm, dropped this, so I decided to keep it for awhile, and then use it."
Duo stared at her, "You don't look like the type to steal things."
"I didn't steal it, I borrowed it! That's different."
"Oh right, you borrowed it with the intention of never giving it back."
"Well, at least until his monthly statement comes." She grinned.
He rolled his eyes, "But if you do that he'll know you did it."
She shrugged, "I don't care. He wouldn't send the best pilot in the world as of now, besides you guys of course, to jail. Besides, if he forced me to, I'd pay him back, but 'till then, wanna play some arcade games?"
"Sure, but you'll loose."
"I never loose."
"Bullshit."
Kassy and John walked over to the two, who were now in a yelling contest. "Keri-chan, why are you arguing with that guy?" Kassy whispered in her ear.
Keli stopped yelling and stared at Kassy, "Umm, Kassy-chan, take a good look. He's not a stranger."
"Huh?" Kassy glanced at him, "Doesn't look familiar to me."
Duo stared at her, "Are you on something?"
Keli snickered, and then John got it, "Hey Duo."
Kassy's jaw dropped, "No way!" She looked around and saw Heero and Wufei. "Oh. Okay."
Keli rolled her eyes, but spoke up, "So did you two decided the race car fight yet?"
"NO, BUT I WON!" they both yelled at the same time.
Duo sighed, "Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm hungry."
"Yeah, me too," Keli added, "besides, it's twelve," Keli added in, glancing down at her watch. She walked over to Heero, and told him that they were all going to go get lunch. After saying that she added, "By the way, where are Quatre and Trowa going to meet you guys? At the lab?"
Heero shook his head, "We've decided to meet here. It's a coincidence you are here as well."
Keli shrugged and the small group walked out of Tilt. Kassy glanced over at Heero, then handed him Keli's laptop. "Since all the computer techies are here right now, we can try to hack into OZ's main computer."
Keli grinned, "Why didn't I think of that?" She sat down at a large table, grabbed the computer from Heero, and started typing. In a few minutes, she was inside the OZ system from online. "Okay Heero," she told him, "I'm in. Since you're basically the boss of this operation no matter what happens, what would you do?"
He looked at the screen as she scrolled down. Kassy, Wufei and John crowded around her. "Keri-chan! Click on that link!" Kassy yelled, pointing to a small highlighted section that read:
Gundam pilot data
Keli clicked the link and the screen changed. Now it read:
These are the only pilots that we have gotten accurate data on. In total, we calculate that there are 11, but the original 5 are not accessible, and only 4 of the others have been identified. An extensive search is being done, and when all of them are found, we will eliminate them all at once. As for now, the pilot data is as follows:
(Last name unavailable) Kassy
*Is believed to be the main leader and General of an organization against OZ.
AGE:
HAIR color
EYE color
HEIGHT:
WEIGHT:
NATIONALITY: Spanish
RESIDENCE: Dothan, United States of America
FRIENDS/FAMILY: Zachary(Brother), anti-OZ group members, Keli Akutenshi
MOBILE SUIT:
NAME:
(Last name unavailable) John
*Is believed to be Lieutenant General of the same organization
AGE: 17
HAIR color Black
EYE color Brown
HEIGHT: 6'2in
WEIGHT: 72kg
NATIONALITY: South African
RESIDENCE: Dothan, United States of America
FRIENDS/FAMILY:Nikki(Sister), John(Father), and the anti-OZ group members, Keli Akutenshi
MOBILE SUIT:
NAME:
(Last name unavailable) Karen
*Is believed to be Colonel in the same group.
AGE: 17
HAIR color Blonde
EYE color Blue
HEIGHT: 4'9in
WEIGHT: 49kg
NATIONALITY: Irish
RESIDENCE: Dothan, United States of America
FRIENDS/FAMILY: Stacy(Sister), anti-OZ group members, Keli Akutenshi
MOBILE SUIT: Gundam TYPE IV
NAME: AquaMirage
(Last name unavailable) Emily
*Is believed to be Major in the same group as the above.
AGE: 17
HAIR color Blonde
EYE color Blue-green
HEIGHT: 5'0in.
WEIGHT: 51kg
NATIONALITY: French
RESIDENCE: Dothan, United States of America
FRIENDS/FAMILY: Jeanine(Mother), anti-OZ group members, Keli Akutenshi
MOBILE SUIT: Gundam TYPE IV
NAME: VermilionStryke
(Last name unavailable) Angelina
*Is believed to be the Captain of the same organization.
AGE: 17
HAIR color Black
EYE color Brown
HEIGHT: 5'10in
WEIGHT: 60kg
NATIONALITY: Korean
RESIDENCE: Dothan, United States of America
FRIENDS/FAMILY: anti-OZ group members, Keli Akutenshi
MOBILE SUIT: Gundam TYPE IV
NAME: RoseEvasion
Keli Akutenshi
*Was the girl whom two years ago broke into the Mars base and got the 5 pilots out.
*Broke into the Dothan Military Base and destroyed the Gundam TYPE III; "Orion" suit with the help of an unnamed ally.
*Is believed to be highly trained in the fields of technology, mobile suits, computer programming, and especially computer hacking and encoding.
*May not be a part of the anti-OZ group.
*Is extremely dangerous around guns, high explosives, and beam sabers.
*May be under alias; Starr Williams.
AGE: 17
HAIR color Brown
EYE color Dark Prussian Blue
Height: 5'9in
WEIGHT: 60kg
NATIONALITY: Japanese
RESIDENCE: Dothan, United States of America
FRIENDS/FAMILY: Naiomi Akutenshi(Mother), Jenn Akutenshi(Half-sister), Ichemei Akari(Grandfather), five anti-OZ group members.
MOBILE SUIT: Gundam TYPE I
NAME: ShootingStarr
These 6 pilots and others have been monitored, but reliable information is hard to come by.
"Shit," Keli mumbled. She glanced up at Heero as soon as he finished reading the article, "So what should I do now?"
"Delete it. The less information they have, the better," he replied. She nodded, and got back to typing.
After a minute more, she hit the enter key and the screen cleared. "Okay, it's deleted. But it may be too late to stop them from targeting us."
Wufei nodded, "The least we can do would be to stay here. If OZ knows about you, they'll attack you with everything they've got. Friends, family, all of that information will be used against you."
"And there's nothing we can do about it!" Keli yelled out. People stared.
Kassy's phone began to ring, and she picked it up, "Hello?...Ohmygod!...I'll be right there!"
"What's wrong?" John asked her.
"Zachary's missing! Mom just called me from work. She tried checking in on him, and he wasn't there!"
Keli's jaw dropped. Just as she was about to say something, "John's phone rang. "Hello?....DAMNIT!" He hung up, "Dad called. Nikki's gone too! But how? She's perfectly capable of taking care of herself!"
"Oh no," Keli moaned, as her phone rang. She answered, "Hello?...Jenn and Mom!" She hung up and her head lowered, "no…no, NOO! I HAVE to get home!"
"I'll go with you," Duo told her, "Heero, Wufei, you guys wait until Quatre and Trowa arrive!"
They both nodded, and Keli handed Heero her laptop, "Do whatever you can to FIND THEM!"
He nodded again, and got to work. The four leaving leapt into John's car and drove to the Base as fast as possible. Once there, John dropped them off and shot off. Kassy leapt into her car and left quickly as well, and Keli jumped on her motor cycle with Duo right behind her. She zoomed out of the parking lot, shooting up dust behind her.
"What's going on? How could they have gotten hold of all these people so fast? THIS IS INSANE!" Keli screamed out.
"OZ works in mysterious ways," Duo mumbled.
"Well if they hurt ANYONE then the whole fucking organization is going to be destroyed, for a SECOND TIME, BY ME!"
The cycle reached the house, and the two leapt off, running into the house. Immediately, Keli ran for her Grandfather's room, where he was, crying.
"What happened?!" she demanded.
"A bunch of soldiers came in, and knocked me out before I could do anything or call security. When I woke up, there was this," he held up a note, written on a small sheet of paper.
Keli grabbed it, and read it out loud, "If you ever want to see your loved ones again, surrender yourselves, and bring your Gundam to Colony T0235. We will hand the hostages over unharmed. But if you don't come, they'll be eliminated." She stared at the note blankly, "THIS ISN'T HAPPENING TO ME!"
"OZ will pay if they hurt Naiomi or Jenn," Ichemei stated.
"But what can you do?" Duo demanded, "You can't surrender, and you can't hand over ShootingStarr! Then everything would go to hell!"
A tear formed on Keli's cheek, "But if I don't...Oh God! Mother!" She started sobbing. "I swear, I won't fail to get Jenn and Mom back!"
At the same time, Kassy got home, and ran in the house. There was a note on the kitchen table. She picked it up and read to herself, The child has been taken hostage, and if you do not bring your Gundam to Colony T0235, he'll be eliminated.
"No, Zachary!" she yelled into the empty house.
John got home, and ran inside. His father was reading over a note that had been left. He was crying. John grabbed the note, and his father stared at him, "What's happening?"
John read the note to himself, I have taken the girl hostage, and if you ever want to see her again, bring your Gundam to Colony T0235 ASAP. I won't wait long.
"They've got Nikki," he muttered. "I've got to go to T0235!"
"John, wait!" his father yelled at him, "Before you go, I want you to know I believe in you."
He nodded.
"Keli," Duo said.
She looked up. She had stopped crying, but now her eyes were filled with hatred. "I'll kill them all if they so much as touch them! I swear it!"
He smiled slightly, "I know you will, but for that to happen, we need to form a plan."
She nodded, "You can take my old cycle. I'm going to go over to Kassy's place. You can come with me, or go back to the mall to tell Heero and Wufei what's happened. Kassy and I can round up the others."
He nodded, and left. Keli followed him out, but went to Kassy's place. The door was unlocked, and she went inside. She heard weeping, coming from Zachary's room. Keli walked in, to find Kassy sitting on his bed and hugging one of his pillows.
"Kassy," she stated, to get her attention. She looked up.
"Jenn and mom are gone too," Keli mumbled. "The note I got told me to surrender, and to bring ShootingStarr to Colony T0235."
"It was the same with the note I got," Kassy stated, still crying. "I won't forgive them if they hurt my little brother!"
"Come on, Kassy. We'll go get the others, and go back to the mall to think of a plan."
She nodded slowly, "Okay. Lets go."
The two took off; with Kassy in her car, and Keli following her on her cycle. The two drove over to Emily's place. They knocked on the door, and there wasn't an answer.
"Hmm, that's odd," Keli mumbled. She tried the knob, and the door opened at her touch. "This can't be good."
The two ran inside, but only after Kassy pulled out her gun and Keli pulled out her sword. "Emiry-chan!" Keli yelled into the house.
"Keli! Look! It's a note!" Kassy yelled, picking a note off of the counter. She read it out loud, "Dearest Gundam pilots, we have taken the pilots Emily, Karen, and Angelina, along with Stacy, Zachary, Nikki, Jenn, and Naiomi Akutenshi. If you ever wish to see them again, bring your Gundams, along with the others, and go to Colony T0235. If you bring any of the TYPE I Gundams other than ShootingStarr the captives will automatically be killed. Goodbye precious Gundam pilots. I'll hope to see you soon."
Keli's jaw dropped. "This isn't happening. If we had Angelina, Karen, and Emily we might stand a chance, but not with only John, you and me!"
Kassy smiled softly, "But we do have the true Gundams, and their pilots."
"But it said for us not to bring them!"
Kassy walked over to Keli, "I know, but there has to be way. You remember that old saying; Where there's a will, there's a way. We shouldn't be scared, and we shouldn't fall into their trap. We need a way to get past the trap, and set up one of our own."
Keli nodded, "Yeah, but we've never had to deal with saving innocent people, especially people so close to us. Usually, it was; I'll fight for what I believe in, and if I die I die an honorable death. It's not like that now. We have to fight for out families!"
"I know, but we can't give in! We have to prevail! If we put our minds together, we can do anything! We've got your computer and fighting skills, my computer skills and intelligence, John's intelligence and technology skills, and then we have the Gundam pilots! We can do a LOT of damage!"
Keli smiled slightly, "Lets go back to the mall, and wait for Quatre and Trowa."
Once Quatre and Trowa were at the mall, the group went outside the mall, and spoke in the darkness. "What should we do?" Kassy asked Heero.
"Normally I would say face the sacrifice of your families, but I know that to you, your families mean more than your own lives. So we should form a plan based on the knowledge we have, and the skills of each one of us. One way or the other, we'll help you."
Keli nodded, "Thanks, guys. I knew we could count on you."