Chapter 7
Battles
'Now to call the pilots back to set up a rendezvous point.'
"Hello can I speak to Trowa please?"
"Hello?"
"Trowa can you bring your suit to orbit over the Hawaiian Islands?"
"Sure."
"Meet you there with the other pilots."
"Okay goodbye." All the other calls went the same.
'I'm going to have to tell her the truth if I want to go meet the other pilots. Damn, oh well.'
Once they were back at Relena's mansion…
"Relena there's something I've been meaning to tell you. I've been keeping a secret from you."
"What sort of secret?"
"Come outside and I'll show you."
"Ready?"
"Ready."
Gabriel pushed the button on his belt and the suit expanded itself around him.
"This is who I am. I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier but it was for your own good."
"What is it?"
"It's a personalized mobile suit. As you can see its very different from other mobile suits. This is the deadliest suit in the world." He puts it away.
"Why would you need something like that?"
"Relena there's another uprising underway."
"But what can you do? You're only one man."
"I'll have allies soon enough."
"Who?"
"The other pilots."
"So I'm just a link to them. I don't mean anything to you?"
"Not true everything I've done is in the worlds best interest and that includes you."
"But how can the other pilots help? They destroyed their suits three years ago."
"They even fooled you huh. They didn't that was an act. They knew someone would try again so they destroyed replicas and stored the originals in their own hiding spots."
"How does your suit work?"
"It runs off the smallest nuclear reactor known to man. It functions from sensors and Nano-machines."
"Nano-machines?"
"Microscopic machines the size of dust particles. Is that all because I have to meet them in fifteen minutes in orbit."
"I'm done for now."
"Stand back." He motioned for her to back away and he released his wings and took off in the direction of Hawaii. 'Think I'll have some fun with them.' Gabriel thought as he cloaked his suit. 'I'm going to get there ahead of them so might as well relax while I wait for them.'
Ten minutes later he saw five glints of light in the distance.
'Nice formation, at least they're as smart as I thought they'd be. I'm glad they weren't foolish enough to come alone.'
They halt their progress five feet from Gabriel's position.
"So where is he?" Asked Dou over the radio.
"My sensors aren't picking up anything." Said Wufei.
Gabriel decided to pipe in, scrambled of course. "That's because they can't detect my suits cloaking system."
"Were?" Asked Quatre.
"About five feet in front of you." Gabriel said as he flew to each of the suits and equipped them with one of his E.M.P. mines.
"Show your self." Demanded Trowa.
"How do we know if your friend or friend." Stated Heero.
"Well if I was foe you wouldn't be breathing right now."
"You seem awfully sure of your self." Said Duo.
"Why shouldn't I be?" Gabriel asked as he equipped his weapons and de-cloaked.
"What the? Is this some kind of joke?" Scoffed Wufei.
"Don't be so quick to judge Wufei. Not only can the weapons destroy all of you; but I have also laid E.M.P. mines on all your suits. So with one push of a button they'll be scraps of metal for an hour."
"E.M.P. mines?" Questioned Duo.
"Electro magnetic pulse mines. In short they fry any electric system for an hour."
"What kind of metal is that?" Questions Quatre.
"It's an alloy. Part Gundanium, part Neo-Titanium, part Adamantium."
"Adamantium?" Everyone questioned.
"I won't get into it its not important. Right now there's a base at the bottom of that ocean," Gabriel thumbs at the Pacific. "And we have to find it before the people down there figure out what's going on. So are you coming with me or what?" He retracts all his weapons and removes the mines.
"How many times can you use those mines?" Questions Heero.
"As many times as I want. Now lets get going." He turns and speeds toward the ocean below. The pilots take off after him. As soon as they hit water he stops.
"Listen we need to split up and search for the base. Heero you go north, Quatre you go west, Duo you go south, Trowa you go east, Wufei you go northwest, I'll go southeast if anyone finds the base stay put don't do anything and contact the rest of us, if you don't find anything by the time you hit land turn around and come back here. There are still two directions not searched if we haven't found the base when you come back take one of those directions."
"Right." Everyone said in unison and went their respective directions. Quatre was gliding along near the bottom when he spotted a large dome structure.
"Quatre here I've found the base its about thirty miles from the start point."
"Be right there." Everyone chimed one after another. When everyone had arrived.
"So what now?" Questions Trowa.
"I'll check it out. It'll be easier for me since I'm small and can cloak. Oh and hide drop troops should be here in five minutes." Said Gabriel as he jetted toward the base and cloaked. He entered the open bay doors. 'Not a good sign.' He thought as he passed them. He broke water slowly so not to attract attention. 'There's nothing here, wait a minute.' He called up the original orders given to all the enlisted soldiers. 'Shit! No! No! No! No! No!' He screamed at himself as he found the base abandoned. "Bad news you guys everyone has already left."
"What do you mean?" Asks Duo.
"I mean they finished the drops early and they've already deployed into the world."
"No." Said the other pilots softly with hints of anger. He de-cloaks and joins the pilots.
"We'll have to wipe them out continent by continent starting with Australia," He points southwest. "So lets go." He starts to leave.
"Wait," Said Trowa "I think we deserve an explanation."
"We don't have time right now. There are at least 26,000 mobile dolls in Australia alone we have to get rid of this threat before it can solidify."
"No I'm not going any where until you tell me what's going on."
"Listen I'd love to tell you, but right now we have a global crisis on our hands. I'm downloading an explanation into your suits now you can look at it when you have time but right now we have to end this conflict."
With that he left for Australia with or with out the pilots. Heero quickly follows, then Wufei, Duo, and Quatre. Trowa didn't move and read the document Shadow gave him. He heard and saw loud splash in front of the five soldiers. A golden version of Epyon sank in front of the soldiers.
"This is Jackal, pilot of the suit Epyon."
"We don't have time for this." Said Shadow, Gabriel, as he reached for an E.M.P. mine and hurled it at the suit like a discus. Upon contact the suit erupted in mechanical electricity, shut down and continued to sink to the bottom of the ocean.
"That was rather anticlimactic." Said Duo.
"Sorry we don't really have time for him right now."
"Aren't you worried about the mine?" Asks Trowa catching up with the group.
"No because they're magnetic I can recall any of them at the push of a button." He said as he pushed a button where the mine had been and it came flying back to its place.
"That's handy." Stated Quatre.
"Listen forget about being careful they're only dolls. The only human suits are near their base of operations and we don't need to worry about that until we finish in Eurasia."
Gabriel surfaced and continued towards the continent. About a half mile out he began to get resistance in the form of energy blasts and energy cannons. 'I don't have time for my cannons so for right now I'll use the whip and holster the sword.' He jerked his left fore arm first outward than inward and attached the sword butt too the tube. He then quickly attached the sword to the small of his back horizontally. "Do what you can and keep moving west until you hit coastline. See you there."
Gabriel saluted to the pilots and took off in a northwesterly direction. As he flew toward the northern coastline he encountered a few hundred troops and dispatched them without second thoughts. As he neared the beach he stopped turned west and took the way of a flying crow darting here and there destroying large numbers of suits along the way. The other pilots were slower than Shadow as they knew they're new ally but they were getting the job done. Heero was being forced to use his beam saber at first but turned back to his cannons as nature took over the landscape. The pilots were spread lightly between each other making short work of all the suits that they came across. Trowa was out of ammo about halfway across the continent and turned his suits personal weapons the Gundanium swords that came out at the hilt of his suits fore arms and cut through anything that got in his way quickly. The pilots soon found Shadow waiting for them at the western coastline of Australia. He was standing at the edge of a cliff staring out into the voids of the sea and the sky, with his arms across him chest. His head half turned at their arrival partially acknowledging their presence. Each of the pilots came out of their suits feeling Shadow was more approachable in this fashion than in their suits.
"Where to next?" Asks Trowa.
"Africa." Replies Shadow.
"Are you going to tell us who you are?" Questions Heero.
"Why?" Replies Shadow turning around. All except Heero step back slightly at the sight of the suit in front of them.
"I think we're entitled to know who we're fighting with." Sates Heero.
Gabriel couldn't help but smile, even though the pilots didn't see this.
"Trowa I need you to install this in your power core." Shadow states as he hands something that looks like a dodecahedron to Trowa.
"What is it?" Questions Trowa as he examines the device.
"In a matter of speaking it's an ammunition generator. It's so you don't run out of ammo again. Let's go we'll start in South Africa and work our way north."
The pilot silently returned to their suits and followed Shadow. As soon as he hit land he took off north slightly following the coastline. Since Africa was a sparse nation Heero didn't have to worry about hurting civilians and let loose the twin buster rifles as he cut a swath in the army's ranks. The other pilots kept up with each other in a methodic manor and also made short work of their opposers. Again they found Shadow standing like a statue facing south.
"Next up is South and North America."
"Stop right there." Threatened Heero as he and Trowa aimed their weapons at him.
"What now?" Said Shadow exasperated that they were being foolish.
"We're not going anywhere until we know who you are, and neither are you."
"You and what army?" Shadow retorted smugly.
"This gun could blast away half the moon."
"So what's your point?"
"Die!" Screamed Wufei. Shadow moved quickly and brought his beam saber up to match Wufei's there was an eruption of energy as the two thermal weapons clashed. Wufei grinned and pushed the controls down on Shadow but he didn't budge. If it weren't for Quatre yelling 'stop' the two might have kept going until Nataku buckled. Wufei regained some of his senses and let off Shadow.
"Shadow will show us who he is of his own accord, we can't force him into shat we want him to do."
"Finally someone with a brain speaks, now can we go and get this job finished?"
"Lead the way." Quatre insisted.
When they arrived at the southern coast of Chile they went right into the heat of battle. Shadow flew off and said he'd meet them in Panama.
"If you ask me that soldier is an arrogant bastard." Huffed Wufei, as he cleared a rather large city of mobile dolls and moved north.
"Wouldn't you be?" Commented Trowa as he let loose another volley of missiles.
"Shadow?" Questions Heero
"Yes?" He answers quizzically.
"Doest that suit of your use the zero system?"
"Yes why?"
"Just curious."
They meet up with him again at Panama. He stated that after they mowed through Middle America that they should go to the heart of North America and work their way outwards that way they would be able to cover more ground. As soon as they had finished with the lasts of the Caribbean, Shadow received a report from the intelligence office.
"Wait I've just received word from the intelligence office," he paused listening. "Fuck, no this can't be happening."
"What is it?" Questions Duo.
"They've captured Relena Dorilan and are threatening to kill her if we don't stop."
"Relena." Heero barely whispers as he takes off in Neo-Bird mode, for Eurasia to find the main base, Shadow chased after him.
"Heero, turn around don't make me stop you." Warned Shadow.
"I need to save her." He stated absently.
"I know you want to," Heero had turned around changing back into suit mode. "But I'm the only on who can and you know it." He had landed by now.
"I'm going with you." He commanded.
"Not unless you have a re-breather and a pair of goggles." Shadow stated.
"I'm all set," Said Heero coming out of his suit heading towards Shadow. "Now I'm coming with you whether you like it or not." Gabriel wasn't going to win this one.
"I need you to stand on my feet, back facing me," Heero did so a promptly felt a metal ring surround his ankles, wrists, arms, legs and waist. "Ready?" Heero nodded. Gabriel turned on the cloaking devise and took off at a moderate speed toward the enemy base. As soon as Gabriel landed he released Heero and gave him a cloaking devise and explained.
"Listen I know you're the best but if they get the chance to report your activities they'll kill her on the spot. You need to stay close to me, keep the field on at all times. Okay?"
Heero nodded put the cloaking devise on his belt and began a sprint toward the base, soon followed by Gabriel. Since Gabriel already knew where Relena was, thanks to the report he had gotten, he reached her first. He slowly opened her door and all he got was Relena's voice.
"Listen I don't have time to explain but I need you to act like you don't know me. If Heero puts two and two together he might never talk to you again. Okay?" She nods and he leans against the wall with the door waiting for Heero. After three minutes Heero enters and explains what's going on.
"All you alright?" He asks Relena and she nods in response.
"Who's that he wouldn't tell me." She said pointing out where Gabriel is standing.
"Don't worry he's an ally, although we only know him as Shadow," he addresses Shadow, Gabriel. "So why are you still here?"
"I didn't want you to think something happened to her when you couldn't find her."
Gabriel turned of the speaker to the outside world and contacted the other pilots, unscrambled.
"Hey you guys since you can probably recognize my voice, I'll dispense with formalities. I need you guys to act like you've never seen or meet me before, because I played lookout for Relena when I brought her to see Heero if he figures out who I am he'll probably never talk to Relena again. Got it?"
The other pilots confirmed that they would do their best. Gabriel cut transmission and turned the outside speaker back on.
"So how do you propose we get her out of here? I can fly with both of you but I doubt she has the necessary equipment."
"I thought of that and grabbed these." Heero pulls out a pair of goggles and a re-breather.
"Great climb on and we'll get out of here."
"How?" Asks Relena.
"I'll need both of you to stand over my feet," They did so and were secured by steel belts at their waists. "Ready?"
Heero nods immediately but Relena is somewhat hesitant in agreeing. As soon as she agrees Gabriel activates his wings says 'hold on' and flies back to where the other pilots are. He lands and the two are let go from his hold.
"Who are you?" Relena questions Gabriel.
"Why don't you tell us since we have a reprieve from battle." Backs up Trowa.
"Well since everyone is so inclined to know." Gabriel reached up to his helmet and pushed a button in back of his helmets earpiece. It slowly contacted into itself first the fins, and then the rest slid down to make a collar.
"You." Relena and Heero said in unison.
"How do you know him Heero?" Asked Relena before he could get the same question out for her.
"Well he showed up and talked to me about a half hour before you did. Let me ask you the same question."
"We'll he fixed my car when it broke down on a lonely, and dangerous road. I never did get his name though." She answered simply.
"Neither did I." Stated Heero as he looked at Gabriel.
"My name is Gabriel White. I am a soldier of justice," Gabriel said as he squeezed his collar and made his helmet rebuild itself. "Now if that is all I'm going to bring her back home and meet you guys in America."
"How do you know where I live?" Asks Relena.
"Everyone know where you live, but I know everything about all of you. No more questions until later. Ready to go?" He asks holding out his hand inviting Relena.
"Yes." She nodded and stepped up as she was told.
"You should close your eyes if you're afraid of speed." Gabriel quickly lifts off and speeds towards Relena's mansion. As soon as he lands he tells Relena to find a place to hide and stay there until he came back; he takes off waving goodbye to Relena, heading for the other pilots. He finds Middle America cleared and about fifty percent of North America cleared. He finds a direction not covered by the pilots and goes back to work.
'It's very odd that Gabriel talked to me and to Relena. I wonder,' Heero thought as he cleared the area he was in of dolls. His warning light went off. 'What?' He turned the suit around and saw the golden Epyon approaching his position. 'Not again.' He thought as he drew his sword ready to take on the imposter. The two clashed and were evenly matched for the first five minutes then Heero gained the upper hand as his veteran-ship with the zero system paid off. Jackal was soon just brought to blocking Heero's attacks; he wasn't given the chance to go on the offensive. Heero soon plunged his sword into the suits power drive and shut it down for good. The two pilots that had gone west rejoined the others on the east coast. Again they found Gabriel staring beyond the ocean waiting for them.
Battles
'Now to call the pilots back to set up a rendezvous point.'
"Hello can I speak to Trowa please?"
"Hello?"
"Trowa can you bring your suit to orbit over the Hawaiian Islands?"
"Sure."
"Meet you there with the other pilots."
"Okay goodbye." All the other calls went the same.
'I'm going to have to tell her the truth if I want to go meet the other pilots. Damn, oh well.'
Once they were back at Relena's mansion…
"Relena there's something I've been meaning to tell you. I've been keeping a secret from you."
"What sort of secret?"
"Come outside and I'll show you."
"Ready?"
"Ready."
Gabriel pushed the button on his belt and the suit expanded itself around him.
"This is who I am. I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier but it was for your own good."
"What is it?"
"It's a personalized mobile suit. As you can see its very different from other mobile suits. This is the deadliest suit in the world." He puts it away.
"Why would you need something like that?"
"Relena there's another uprising underway."
"But what can you do? You're only one man."
"I'll have allies soon enough."
"Who?"
"The other pilots."
"So I'm just a link to them. I don't mean anything to you?"
"Not true everything I've done is in the worlds best interest and that includes you."
"But how can the other pilots help? They destroyed their suits three years ago."
"They even fooled you huh. They didn't that was an act. They knew someone would try again so they destroyed replicas and stored the originals in their own hiding spots."
"How does your suit work?"
"It runs off the smallest nuclear reactor known to man. It functions from sensors and Nano-machines."
"Nano-machines?"
"Microscopic machines the size of dust particles. Is that all because I have to meet them in fifteen minutes in orbit."
"I'm done for now."
"Stand back." He motioned for her to back away and he released his wings and took off in the direction of Hawaii. 'Think I'll have some fun with them.' Gabriel thought as he cloaked his suit. 'I'm going to get there ahead of them so might as well relax while I wait for them.'
Ten minutes later he saw five glints of light in the distance.
'Nice formation, at least they're as smart as I thought they'd be. I'm glad they weren't foolish enough to come alone.'
They halt their progress five feet from Gabriel's position.
"So where is he?" Asked Dou over the radio.
"My sensors aren't picking up anything." Said Wufei.
Gabriel decided to pipe in, scrambled of course. "That's because they can't detect my suits cloaking system."
"Were?" Asked Quatre.
"About five feet in front of you." Gabriel said as he flew to each of the suits and equipped them with one of his E.M.P. mines.
"Show your self." Demanded Trowa.
"How do we know if your friend or friend." Stated Heero.
"Well if I was foe you wouldn't be breathing right now."
"You seem awfully sure of your self." Said Duo.
"Why shouldn't I be?" Gabriel asked as he equipped his weapons and de-cloaked.
"What the? Is this some kind of joke?" Scoffed Wufei.
"Don't be so quick to judge Wufei. Not only can the weapons destroy all of you; but I have also laid E.M.P. mines on all your suits. So with one push of a button they'll be scraps of metal for an hour."
"E.M.P. mines?" Questioned Duo.
"Electro magnetic pulse mines. In short they fry any electric system for an hour."
"What kind of metal is that?" Questions Quatre.
"It's an alloy. Part Gundanium, part Neo-Titanium, part Adamantium."
"Adamantium?" Everyone questioned.
"I won't get into it its not important. Right now there's a base at the bottom of that ocean," Gabriel thumbs at the Pacific. "And we have to find it before the people down there figure out what's going on. So are you coming with me or what?" He retracts all his weapons and removes the mines.
"How many times can you use those mines?" Questions Heero.
"As many times as I want. Now lets get going." He turns and speeds toward the ocean below. The pilots take off after him. As soon as they hit water he stops.
"Listen we need to split up and search for the base. Heero you go north, Quatre you go west, Duo you go south, Trowa you go east, Wufei you go northwest, I'll go southeast if anyone finds the base stay put don't do anything and contact the rest of us, if you don't find anything by the time you hit land turn around and come back here. There are still two directions not searched if we haven't found the base when you come back take one of those directions."
"Right." Everyone said in unison and went their respective directions. Quatre was gliding along near the bottom when he spotted a large dome structure.
"Quatre here I've found the base its about thirty miles from the start point."
"Be right there." Everyone chimed one after another. When everyone had arrived.
"So what now?" Questions Trowa.
"I'll check it out. It'll be easier for me since I'm small and can cloak. Oh and hide drop troops should be here in five minutes." Said Gabriel as he jetted toward the base and cloaked. He entered the open bay doors. 'Not a good sign.' He thought as he passed them. He broke water slowly so not to attract attention. 'There's nothing here, wait a minute.' He called up the original orders given to all the enlisted soldiers. 'Shit! No! No! No! No! No!' He screamed at himself as he found the base abandoned. "Bad news you guys everyone has already left."
"What do you mean?" Asks Duo.
"I mean they finished the drops early and they've already deployed into the world."
"No." Said the other pilots softly with hints of anger. He de-cloaks and joins the pilots.
"We'll have to wipe them out continent by continent starting with Australia," He points southwest. "So lets go." He starts to leave.
"Wait," Said Trowa "I think we deserve an explanation."
"We don't have time right now. There are at least 26,000 mobile dolls in Australia alone we have to get rid of this threat before it can solidify."
"No I'm not going any where until you tell me what's going on."
"Listen I'd love to tell you, but right now we have a global crisis on our hands. I'm downloading an explanation into your suits now you can look at it when you have time but right now we have to end this conflict."
With that he left for Australia with or with out the pilots. Heero quickly follows, then Wufei, Duo, and Quatre. Trowa didn't move and read the document Shadow gave him. He heard and saw loud splash in front of the five soldiers. A golden version of Epyon sank in front of the soldiers.
"This is Jackal, pilot of the suit Epyon."
"We don't have time for this." Said Shadow, Gabriel, as he reached for an E.M.P. mine and hurled it at the suit like a discus. Upon contact the suit erupted in mechanical electricity, shut down and continued to sink to the bottom of the ocean.
"That was rather anticlimactic." Said Duo.
"Sorry we don't really have time for him right now."
"Aren't you worried about the mine?" Asks Trowa catching up with the group.
"No because they're magnetic I can recall any of them at the push of a button." He said as he pushed a button where the mine had been and it came flying back to its place.
"That's handy." Stated Quatre.
"Listen forget about being careful they're only dolls. The only human suits are near their base of operations and we don't need to worry about that until we finish in Eurasia."
Gabriel surfaced and continued towards the continent. About a half mile out he began to get resistance in the form of energy blasts and energy cannons. 'I don't have time for my cannons so for right now I'll use the whip and holster the sword.' He jerked his left fore arm first outward than inward and attached the sword butt too the tube. He then quickly attached the sword to the small of his back horizontally. "Do what you can and keep moving west until you hit coastline. See you there."
Gabriel saluted to the pilots and took off in a northwesterly direction. As he flew toward the northern coastline he encountered a few hundred troops and dispatched them without second thoughts. As he neared the beach he stopped turned west and took the way of a flying crow darting here and there destroying large numbers of suits along the way. The other pilots were slower than Shadow as they knew they're new ally but they were getting the job done. Heero was being forced to use his beam saber at first but turned back to his cannons as nature took over the landscape. The pilots were spread lightly between each other making short work of all the suits that they came across. Trowa was out of ammo about halfway across the continent and turned his suits personal weapons the Gundanium swords that came out at the hilt of his suits fore arms and cut through anything that got in his way quickly. The pilots soon found Shadow waiting for them at the western coastline of Australia. He was standing at the edge of a cliff staring out into the voids of the sea and the sky, with his arms across him chest. His head half turned at their arrival partially acknowledging their presence. Each of the pilots came out of their suits feeling Shadow was more approachable in this fashion than in their suits.
"Where to next?" Asks Trowa.
"Africa." Replies Shadow.
"Are you going to tell us who you are?" Questions Heero.
"Why?" Replies Shadow turning around. All except Heero step back slightly at the sight of the suit in front of them.
"I think we're entitled to know who we're fighting with." Sates Heero.
Gabriel couldn't help but smile, even though the pilots didn't see this.
"Trowa I need you to install this in your power core." Shadow states as he hands something that looks like a dodecahedron to Trowa.
"What is it?" Questions Trowa as he examines the device.
"In a matter of speaking it's an ammunition generator. It's so you don't run out of ammo again. Let's go we'll start in South Africa and work our way north."
The pilot silently returned to their suits and followed Shadow. As soon as he hit land he took off north slightly following the coastline. Since Africa was a sparse nation Heero didn't have to worry about hurting civilians and let loose the twin buster rifles as he cut a swath in the army's ranks. The other pilots kept up with each other in a methodic manor and also made short work of their opposers. Again they found Shadow standing like a statue facing south.
"Next up is South and North America."
"Stop right there." Threatened Heero as he and Trowa aimed their weapons at him.
"What now?" Said Shadow exasperated that they were being foolish.
"We're not going anywhere until we know who you are, and neither are you."
"You and what army?" Shadow retorted smugly.
"This gun could blast away half the moon."
"So what's your point?"
"Die!" Screamed Wufei. Shadow moved quickly and brought his beam saber up to match Wufei's there was an eruption of energy as the two thermal weapons clashed. Wufei grinned and pushed the controls down on Shadow but he didn't budge. If it weren't for Quatre yelling 'stop' the two might have kept going until Nataku buckled. Wufei regained some of his senses and let off Shadow.
"Shadow will show us who he is of his own accord, we can't force him into shat we want him to do."
"Finally someone with a brain speaks, now can we go and get this job finished?"
"Lead the way." Quatre insisted.
When they arrived at the southern coast of Chile they went right into the heat of battle. Shadow flew off and said he'd meet them in Panama.
"If you ask me that soldier is an arrogant bastard." Huffed Wufei, as he cleared a rather large city of mobile dolls and moved north.
"Wouldn't you be?" Commented Trowa as he let loose another volley of missiles.
"Shadow?" Questions Heero
"Yes?" He answers quizzically.
"Doest that suit of your use the zero system?"
"Yes why?"
"Just curious."
They meet up with him again at Panama. He stated that after they mowed through Middle America that they should go to the heart of North America and work their way outwards that way they would be able to cover more ground. As soon as they had finished with the lasts of the Caribbean, Shadow received a report from the intelligence office.
"Wait I've just received word from the intelligence office," he paused listening. "Fuck, no this can't be happening."
"What is it?" Questions Duo.
"They've captured Relena Dorilan and are threatening to kill her if we don't stop."
"Relena." Heero barely whispers as he takes off in Neo-Bird mode, for Eurasia to find the main base, Shadow chased after him.
"Heero, turn around don't make me stop you." Warned Shadow.
"I need to save her." He stated absently.
"I know you want to," Heero had turned around changing back into suit mode. "But I'm the only on who can and you know it." He had landed by now.
"I'm going with you." He commanded.
"Not unless you have a re-breather and a pair of goggles." Shadow stated.
"I'm all set," Said Heero coming out of his suit heading towards Shadow. "Now I'm coming with you whether you like it or not." Gabriel wasn't going to win this one.
"I need you to stand on my feet, back facing me," Heero did so a promptly felt a metal ring surround his ankles, wrists, arms, legs and waist. "Ready?" Heero nodded. Gabriel turned on the cloaking devise and took off at a moderate speed toward the enemy base. As soon as Gabriel landed he released Heero and gave him a cloaking devise and explained.
"Listen I know you're the best but if they get the chance to report your activities they'll kill her on the spot. You need to stay close to me, keep the field on at all times. Okay?"
Heero nodded put the cloaking devise on his belt and began a sprint toward the base, soon followed by Gabriel. Since Gabriel already knew where Relena was, thanks to the report he had gotten, he reached her first. He slowly opened her door and all he got was Relena's voice.
"Listen I don't have time to explain but I need you to act like you don't know me. If Heero puts two and two together he might never talk to you again. Okay?" She nods and he leans against the wall with the door waiting for Heero. After three minutes Heero enters and explains what's going on.
"All you alright?" He asks Relena and she nods in response.
"Who's that he wouldn't tell me." She said pointing out where Gabriel is standing.
"Don't worry he's an ally, although we only know him as Shadow," he addresses Shadow, Gabriel. "So why are you still here?"
"I didn't want you to think something happened to her when you couldn't find her."
Gabriel turned of the speaker to the outside world and contacted the other pilots, unscrambled.
"Hey you guys since you can probably recognize my voice, I'll dispense with formalities. I need you guys to act like you've never seen or meet me before, because I played lookout for Relena when I brought her to see Heero if he figures out who I am he'll probably never talk to Relena again. Got it?"
The other pilots confirmed that they would do their best. Gabriel cut transmission and turned the outside speaker back on.
"So how do you propose we get her out of here? I can fly with both of you but I doubt she has the necessary equipment."
"I thought of that and grabbed these." Heero pulls out a pair of goggles and a re-breather.
"Great climb on and we'll get out of here."
"How?" Asks Relena.
"I'll need both of you to stand over my feet," They did so and were secured by steel belts at their waists. "Ready?"
Heero nods immediately but Relena is somewhat hesitant in agreeing. As soon as she agrees Gabriel activates his wings says 'hold on' and flies back to where the other pilots are. He lands and the two are let go from his hold.
"Who are you?" Relena questions Gabriel.
"Why don't you tell us since we have a reprieve from battle." Backs up Trowa.
"Well since everyone is so inclined to know." Gabriel reached up to his helmet and pushed a button in back of his helmets earpiece. It slowly contacted into itself first the fins, and then the rest slid down to make a collar.
"You." Relena and Heero said in unison.
"How do you know him Heero?" Asked Relena before he could get the same question out for her.
"Well he showed up and talked to me about a half hour before you did. Let me ask you the same question."
"We'll he fixed my car when it broke down on a lonely, and dangerous road. I never did get his name though." She answered simply.
"Neither did I." Stated Heero as he looked at Gabriel.
"My name is Gabriel White. I am a soldier of justice," Gabriel said as he squeezed his collar and made his helmet rebuild itself. "Now if that is all I'm going to bring her back home and meet you guys in America."
"How do you know where I live?" Asks Relena.
"Everyone know where you live, but I know everything about all of you. No more questions until later. Ready to go?" He asks holding out his hand inviting Relena.
"Yes." She nodded and stepped up as she was told.
"You should close your eyes if you're afraid of speed." Gabriel quickly lifts off and speeds towards Relena's mansion. As soon as he lands he tells Relena to find a place to hide and stay there until he came back; he takes off waving goodbye to Relena, heading for the other pilots. He finds Middle America cleared and about fifty percent of North America cleared. He finds a direction not covered by the pilots and goes back to work.
'It's very odd that Gabriel talked to me and to Relena. I wonder,' Heero thought as he cleared the area he was in of dolls. His warning light went off. 'What?' He turned the suit around and saw the golden Epyon approaching his position. 'Not again.' He thought as he drew his sword ready to take on the imposter. The two clashed and were evenly matched for the first five minutes then Heero gained the upper hand as his veteran-ship with the zero system paid off. Jackal was soon just brought to blocking Heero's attacks; he wasn't given the chance to go on the offensive. Heero soon plunged his sword into the suits power drive and shut it down for good. The two pilots that had gone west rejoined the others on the east coast. Again they found Gabriel staring beyond the ocean waiting for them.