Elyra's Notes: Hi minna, what's up? Eep! *dodges knives thrown at her by angry mob.* Gomen nasai, minna! I'm really sorry that I haven't updated for like a month.*angry mob growls .sweatdrops* eh heh… okay, maybe a little more than a month, but I have had the most severe case of writer's block, plus I've posted two other stories, Gemini (DBZ), and another Gundam Wing (The VCR from HELL!). The VCR from HELL! Story is a collaboration between me and my best bud 4ever, Stormrider (she has a really good fic…read and review it or I will discontinue the story! Just kidding!, but please review it!) Anyway, since everyone else seems to be laying claim to a muse, I've decided that I will too! My muse is named Vyalora, and she has little gossamer fairy wings, is about a foot tall, and has waist-length blue hair, blue eyes, and a little magic blue star wand (instant inspiration!). She can also be a major pain in the ass at times. She wears a light blue kimono.
Vyalora: I'm only annoying when you're being lazy!
Elyra: Ack! Where did you come from!
V:I have magic muse powers, so nyah! :P
E: Well I have magic authoress powers, so there.
V: I bet my powers are better!
E: Are not!
V: Fine, I challenge you to a competition of magic powers, meet me at the end of this chapter!
E: You're on, I'll be there.
* Stormrider pops in out of nowhere with the big bowl of cheesy popcorn (VCR from HELL!) *
E: How did you get here, this is my story!
S: I have magic authoress powers too! *gryph-grins* I don't wanna miss this! A contest between an authoress and her muse… I wonder if that's ever happened before?
E: Quick, on with the story, before more people show up!
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing. If you do not know that by now, then you need help.
Now on with the REAL story!
Ripples in the Sea of Time
Ch. 3: Messenger from the Future
Year: AC 197
Location: Preventor HQ
All of the former Gundam pilots were waiting in Lady Une's conference room along with Relena, Noin, Sally, Mariemaeah, Dorothy, Hilde, Kathryn, and Lady Une. They were waiting for something, but they didn't know what. Duo was growing impatient and proceeded to annoy Lady Une.
" What exactly are we waiting for Lady Hune (Atilla the Hun)?"
" 1) Don't call me that, and 2) You'll see in a minute."
" Well, I hope it's soon, I have a meeting scheduled for today." Relena spoke up.
" Don't worry. Once she gets here you'll have all the time in the world." Lady Une assured her.
Everyone except Lady Une looked extremely confused at this statement. Duo opened his mouth and was about to ask another annoying question when he was interrupted by a bright flash of light shining through the windows.
" Aaagghh!" everyone (minus Lady Une, who knew to cover her eyes) moaned as they were almost blinded.
" She's here," Lady Une stated simply once everyone could see again.
" Really, I couldn't tell," Duo muttered sarcastically.
The group headed downstairs and out to the courtyard to find the exact same scene Lady Une had three days ago, except it was about 11 o'clock in the morning. Once again, the mysterious girl opened the hatch and jumped gracefully to the ground. She removed her helmet and shook her hair out before walking over to meet Lady Une. As she moved closer, it became evident that she resembled Relena quite a bit. Everyone (besides Lady Une and Relena) looked at the approaching stranger, then at Relena, then back. Relena herself looked extremely shocked to see what appeared to be her twin coming towards them. Heero, being the annoyingly perfect person that he is (remind you of someone, Kacfrog? ^_^), immediately noticed that though she definitely resembled Relena very closely, she was very different in many ways. Relena moved like a lily; graceful, beautiful, and delicate. The girl moved more like a cat; also graceful, but concealing sleek, deadly power. Also, her eyes and hair were darker than Relena's, and she quite obviously trained, for she was in excellent physical condition. What was revealed of her arms showed more muscle than most women. She caused an unnerving feeling of familiarity in Heero, therefore he instantly reverted to Perfect Soldier mode, all of his senses on guard.
" Lady Une, Arigatou for arranging this meeting for me. It's very important."
" Oh, it was nothing. Shall we go somewhere more private to conduct this little meeting?"
" Of course." The girl answered. She then pulled out what appeared to be a small computer. She pointed it at the strange looking machine she had arrived in and said, " Security mode." Almost instantly, metal armor began covering the futuristic vehicle and within seconds it was completely encased.
" Cool! I want one of those!" Duo commented enthusiastically' " what type of armor is it?"
The girl looked at him and said with a small smile, "gundanium alloy."
"NANI!? GUNDANIUM ALLOY!?! How did you manage that, it's almost impossible to find!"
"Not in my time it isn't, Duo." She said as she walked past him and followed Lady Une to the Conference Room.
" Huh? In HER time?! What is she talking about?! And how does she know my name?!" an extremely confused Duo muttered, following the rest of the group.
When the entire group was settled back in the conference room, the girl stood up and walked to the back of the room. All of the sudden, something about her changed. It was almost as if she became a completely different person. That different person was almost a mirror image of Relena, in personality, expression, and looks. She pulled out what appeared to be a holographic display disc and put it into the projector at the back wall before walking back up to the front. Heero noted that since the change, she no longer moved with the liquid grace of a cat, so he relaxed… as much as the Perfect Soldier can be expected to relax anyway.
When the girl finally spoke, her voice was very different. It sounded more gentle than it had before. Gentle and polite, but at the same time firm and authoritative. " You might think I'm crazy when I tell you this, but I promise you that it is all true. I'm not from your time. I traveled here in the time machine that I built 22 years in the future. In the year AC 219. I did not come here for mere pleasantries though. The world of my time is in grave danger. A new organization calling themselves the Phoenix Faction has surfaced with the intention of starting another war like the ones fought 2 years ago in your time. However, the older versions of you Gundam pilots had anticipated this, and you prepared for it by making newer versions of your old Gundams, plus I designed and built 5 new models. Up until recently, we were able to keep their attacks under control, but they have developed a new type of mobile suit. This model is estimated to have about five times the strength and speed of the old Virgo mobile dolls. They are equipped with a cockpit system similar to the zero system, in the way that it increases the pilot's ability. It is not nearly as effective as the zero system; it only increases the pilot's ability by about 8.5%. However, unlike the zero system, it has addictive side effects along with making the pilot become insane. The pilot will become dependent on the system's ability to enhance their senses. The soldiers call this suit 'Scorpio'." She said, quoting Lady Une, It is estimated that they have produced about 1000 mobile suits already and are planning an all out attack on the Cinq Kingdom Palace. We believe their objective is to wipe out the royal family and the members of their court. With that done, they can easily take over the Earth Sphere Unified Nation without very much resistance."
A shocked silence reigned in the room for a moments. Suddenly everyone was talking at once.
"WHAT?! A new type of Mobile suit-!"
" That's impossible, we destroyed them all-"
" what do you mean ELIMINATE!-"
" SILENCE!" Lady Une yelled at the top of her voice, shutting everyone up immediately. " Let her finish."
" Thank you, Lady. As I was saying, We believe that their objective is to eliminate the royal court. As of the moment, we have 11 Gundams. We can defend for a little while, but eventually their troops will break through unless we have help. I came here to ask for your help. We need 6 additional Gundams and their pilots to help us defeat the Pheonix Faction. If I am correct, there are six of you. Heero Yuy, pilot of the Wing Zero," Heero grunted in response to his name. " Duo Maxwell, pilot of the Deathscythe,"
" Your Shinigami, Baby!" Duo exclaimed when his name was called.
" Trowa Barton, pilot of the Heavyarms," Trowa was just silent (Oh my God!), " Quatre Raberba Winner, pilot of the Sandrock," Quatre nodded and smiled, " Wufei Chang, pilot of the Shenlong, and Zechs Merquise, pilot of the Tallgeese." she concluded, looking at each of them in turn.
Wufei snorted, and said, " why should we help you, onna?"
" Because if you don't, thousands of innocent lives, including those of your wife and child, will be lost, Wufei." She answered solemnly.
"Wait, are you saying that you know all of us? I mean our future selves?" Quatre inquired.
" Yes. I also know you're families. And if you don't come with me, your families will all be destroyed. That is why I so desperately need your help."
"How do you know that, onna? They might be able to escape from the city." argued Wufei, still in shock from the news that he was married and had a family.
" No they won't."
" But how do you know?"
" Because they are targets. You, all of you and your families; you are all members of the imperial court. If this attack succeeds, you and everyone you love will be eliminated."
This news hung heavily in the air as everyone absorbed it. After a few minutes, Quatre spoke up, " I think we should help. If we don't, way too many innocent lives will be lost. And that's something that I can't allow."
" Me too," agreed Duo. " I promised a long time ago to never take a civilian life unless it was absolutely necessary." There was a murmured agreement as one by one, all of the pilots decided to help.
" We'll do it." Heero announced in his usual monotone.
The girl's face instantly relaxed a little, and she gave a little half smile. "I thank you. Your decision will save countless lives. We must leave immediately. Don't worry, everything you need will be provided. All of the Gundam pilots, follow me, please."
" Wait a minute, are you telling me that you're going without us?" demanded Hilde.
" Yes, why?"
" I refuse to be left behind! A trip to the future is a once in a life-time opportunity, and I'm going to take advantage of it!"
"Me too" piped up Noin.
"Me three!" voiced Relena.
One by one, everyone remaining stood up and walked over to stand with Hilde, Noin, and Relena.
"B-b-but…you won't all fit in the machine!" the girl protested, " there are only a few seats!"
" We don't care, we'll sit in people's laps!"
" Oh, all right, just as long as you hurry!"
"YAY!"
"WHY did you do that?! Now we're going to be smushed!" Duo objected.
His response was a glare from Hilde. " Never mind." He conceded, for fear of his girlfriend.
" However, I do want to know a few things." Lady Une told the girl.
"What might those be?"
"What is your name? What is your connection to all of this? How do you know all of the Gundam pilots?" Lady Une inquired eagerly.
Everyone became quiet, and leaned forward to hear her replies.
" My name is Amara. I can't tell you my last name, not yet. Like I said before, I built and designed the new Gundams. As for how I know the Gundam pilots…I too am a member of the Imperial court. That is all you need to know for now." She answered, before walking out of the room and down the stairs. Everyone followed in her wake, wondering about the strange answers she had given.
When they reached the time machine, she took out the strange little remote and said, "Terminate security mode." Immediately, the metal armor folded back and disappeared. Amara then proceeded to jump on top of it and open the hatch. One by one, everyone followed and slid into the machine. The inside was even more peculiar than the outside. Strange looking monitors and buttons were everywhere. Amara warned them in a deadly tone, "touch anything and die." Each of the pilots and Lady Une took a seat, leaving only the seat in front of the largest monitor available.
" Okay, so where do we sit?" asked Hilde.
" Hilde, you sit in Duo's lap, Mariemaeah, you sit in Lady Une's lap. Sally, congratulations, you get Wufei!"
"Joy" Sally muttered sarcastically.
"Noin, you sit with Zechs, Relena, you're with Heero. Dorothy, you get Quatre, and Kathryn, you get Trowa."
" Now that that's done, we can get started. You people on the bottom hold on to those people in your laps, cause this is going to be very dangerous."
"Must we?" asked Wufei.
"Yes."
"Damn."
Relena shivered when she felt Heero's strong arms wrap around her waist. She closed her eyes and leaned back against him. Dorothy felt warm and safe as Quatre's arms enveloped her. This experience was not new to Hilde, so she just let herself relax. The same thing was true for Zechs and Noin, although Zechs did growl slightly when he saw Heero wrap his arms around Relena. Sally felt a delicious tingle run up and down her back. Kathryn didn't feel anything, cause that would be wrong. Amara took her seat and pressed a button that closed the hatch. Her fingers flew across the different buttons on the console as the machine came to life. They felt a slight rumble like thunder, then a tremendous jolt. This lasted only a second, and soon, all they felt was a weightless sensation.
"Don't worry, this will soon pass," Amara reassured them. "Brace your self for this next part." Suddenly, they felt as if they weighed ten tons. Relena gasped, as did most of the other girls.
Just then, there was another jolt, followed by a rumble, and slowly, the machine ground to a halt.
" We're here," Amara announced
Everyone got shakily to their feet and hobbled over to the hatch, which Amara opened. She hopped out first, and then helped everyone else out. That's when they got their first good look at their surroundings. There was a large unanimous gasp.
" My God, that's…" Relena trailed off.
" Yes. The Peacecraft mansion." Amara answered quietly.
To be continued in…
Ch. 4: Split Infinity
AN: Hahaha! Evil cliffhanger! ^_^ Remember, if you don't review me, I will discontinue it! Not really, but I do appreciate reviews. I don't care if you've already reviewed it, review it again! Review for every chapter!!!!! For all of you Wufei/Sally fans, I decided that I want her to be Xiao-Li's mother, so this is what happens: because of the war, Sally wants to take on a new identity, so she changes her name to Xiao Fong and then marries Wufei! This will hopefully please some of you. Before the battle begins, I will reply to the reviews I got last time.
Stormrider: Thanx a bunch! You're fic is totally awesome and I really hope that you get a lot of reviews! Attention all people reading this fic: Read her story Wings and Talons, and our collaboration The VCR from HELL! TVCRFH is pretty good, and WAT is VERY good, so R&R them, OK?
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The Battle of Magical Powers!
Stormrider: Hello, and thank you for joining us for * tah dah! *
Battle of Magical Powers. I'm your host, Stormrider! Today's contestants are, my good personal friend ELYRA DESTINY!
VS her muse… VYALORA! LET"S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!!
ONE…………..TWO………….THREE…………….FIGHT!!!!
E: * snaps fingers *
Audience appears, waving little flags with ELYRA written on them.
V: Oh yeah?! * Waves wand * Angst!
Audience starts to cry
E: hmph! * snaps fingers again *
SD Chibi pilots appear and start running around yelling
V: take that, hah! * waves wand * Sap!
SD Chibi pilots start hugging each other and saying, "you're my best friend!"
E: ACK! NO!!! * snaps fingers * Relena and Heero!
SD Chibi pilots disappear, and Relena and Heero pop up.
E: hah! * snaps fingers yet again * kiss!
Relena and Heero start making out.
V: NO! * waves wand * Humor!
Nothing Happens
V: what?! * waves wand again * HUMOR!
Silence
E: Hahahaha! I used my secret weapon, the power of true love! Nothing can stop that! Mwahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!
V: NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! * waves wand just as Elyra snaps fingers *
* BOOM!!!!!!!!! *
Dust clears and we see Elyra and Vyalora lying unconscious on the ground, with little anime swirls in their eyes. Relena and Heero are still making out.
S: Well that concludes this episode of Battle of Magical Powers! Tune in next week to see Elyra versus Quatre! Hey, you two! Stop making out, we're on the air! Stop it I say! Good God, you have to come up for air sometime!!!!!!
* fades out *
Elyra: Bye, don't forget to review ^_~