Intruder - Part Twenty-five
Quatre's Story...
Quatre's Story.
"I wasn't - I haven't always been a kind person. In fact, you may find it hard to believe, but I hated the world, and I hated myself because I thought I was born from a test-tube, like my sisters. To me, this meant that life was meaningless. In AC 193, I was on a ship going to Earth. I didn't want to go, I thought it was a boring planet."
He paused, and looked at the others, they said nothing.
"So, this ship I was on and other the Winner ships were hi-jacked and thrown off course by a group called the Magnamacs."
Duo smiled faintly, remembering his first meeting with them, after he'd saved Quatre from the train in the Taurus convoy incident. They'd made him feel like a hero.
"They made the ships go to Resource Satellite MO-III. The captain told me about the take over, but I didn't care. I had never cared about anything. When we got to the satellite, I went to talk to the Magnamac Leader. They told me I was a hostage, until they could escape. I remember saying that I wasn't a very good hostage because I had no value, except as a collection of organic chemicals. He frowned at me. I also told him that I loved no one, and no one loves me."
Duo was now looking serious again, and Hilde was watching intently.
"My father contacted their leader, who then explained that they'd hijacked the ships so that they could rescue the workers on the satellite, and take them back to Earth, because the workers were stuck there the satellite, and weren't being paid. Under the circumstances, my father accepted the conditions and also agreed to try to stop the Federation chasing them. Then he asked if he could talk to me, The Magnamac leader agreed. I can remember asking him if he was surprised that one of his tools did things by itself. He was upset by me saying that, and that I was still talking that way. Then I told him that my sisters and I were only created to suit the needs of the Winner Family.
The leader of the Magnamacs hit me, and told me to have more pride in myself. He did this because all of the Magnamacs were test-tube babies.
After that they started rescuing the workers.
Coincidentally, one of the workers was Instructor H."
Quatre stopped, and looked up again at this, to see the reaction. Heero was interested, and he could tell others were still listening, even though Wufei was still sitting with his eyes shut. He continued with his explanation.
"He told me that the Magnamacs wanted to rescue every victim ever made to suffer.
He also told me that the leader's name was Rasid, and that he had told him the way of the Magnamacs. He said:
'Whatever their circumstances, everyone who has life should live in a way that they can be proud of themselves.'
Then he left, in the opposite direction of the rescue ship. When I asked him why he wasn't coming with us, he said that he was a certified mad scientist, and he couldn't live on the Earth. Then he told me that he might even end up hiding at home, in the mansion."
The Arabian took a deep breath, and sipped his drink.
"After that the Federation arrived, and the Magnamacs prepared for the coming battle. I had found a traitor in their ranks, and I told Rasid that Judas, one of the Magnamacs, had been transmitting messages to the Federation. When he went to see Judas, Judas took a gun and fired two shots at Rasid, his leader.
I tried to stop them, and one hit me in my shoulder, but the other one hit Rasid near his heart. This meant he couldn't fight in the battle against the Federation. So I volunteered to take his place.
I told them, 'I want to become someone with a bit of pride.'
Rasid told the Magnamacs to give me his goggles, and let me pilot his mobile suit.
In the battle I told them to escape to Earth while I kept the Federation busy. They escaped, and I told them that I'd meet them on Earth one day.
Just before they left, Rasid ordered that I should be known as 'Master Quatre'.
I understand that my father got a call telling him of the battle. I heard he was very proud of me, and told Quatreine, my mother, to be proud too. I knew my mother had died a long time ago, but I found out that she had died when I was born, in childbirth. Which meant I couldn't have been a test tube baby after all. The guilt I felt for all that time I had been so ungrateful to my parents, my mother had died for me, given her life to save mine, just so the Winner family would have an heir. I vowed I would not die before I walked the Earth."
"So how did you become a Gundam pilot?"
"Instructor H was right, he did come to our home, father protected him from the Alliance. He wanted to promote peace and pacifism, but I now understood the need to fight for freedom. We found the plans for WingZero, but the engineers said it was too powerful, capable of being too destructive to control. The plan was to drop a colony onto the Earth, but one of the engineers, I now know he was Professor G, argued against this plan, but I never found out why. So they built the Gundams, and when the time came, well, we all know what happened after that."
Everyone sat quiet for a moment, taking in the story of Quatre's past. Then the silence was broken, by Duo Maxwell, protégé of Professor G.
"I think I've got the answer to your question."
The attention was now centered on him.
"Professor G argued against the original plans of project meteor, because I argued it with him. I thought it was a stupid plan, and refused to have any part in it. So once he'd argued the case with the other engineers, he suggested that I pilot the Gundam Deathscythe to Earth instead. I believed I should have died so many times before, I had existed on luck alone for so long, so this seemed like a great idea, and one, which I probably wouldn't survive. To me, that was the whole point of going. I would truly be the God of Death, I had caused the death of many, and I would destroy the Alliance, or die in the battles to come."
Hilde gasped, surprised at his last comment.
"What made you so suicidal, Duo? What happened?"
"Suicidal? Me? Nah just bored of life. I'd done everything, and the only thing left, as far as I could see, was death itself. And what happened? Well, I guess that must mean it's my turn now, huh? Before I start, everyone keep an eye on Chang, he's heard this all before, so he could fall asleep with me droning on in the background."
"I can assure you I shall do no such thing."
"Ok then, here goes."
Part 26 is Duo's Story, which is basically the same as Part 22 - Past Secrets, just with some of the others reactions to Duo's past, and some adjoining stuff to take you into the next one Part 27 - Heero's Story. Ok? Ok. ^_~
Quatre's Story...
Quatre's Story.
"I wasn't - I haven't always been a kind person. In fact, you may find it hard to believe, but I hated the world, and I hated myself because I thought I was born from a test-tube, like my sisters. To me, this meant that life was meaningless. In AC 193, I was on a ship going to Earth. I didn't want to go, I thought it was a boring planet."
He paused, and looked at the others, they said nothing.
"So, this ship I was on and other the Winner ships were hi-jacked and thrown off course by a group called the Magnamacs."
Duo smiled faintly, remembering his first meeting with them, after he'd saved Quatre from the train in the Taurus convoy incident. They'd made him feel like a hero.
"They made the ships go to Resource Satellite MO-III. The captain told me about the take over, but I didn't care. I had never cared about anything. When we got to the satellite, I went to talk to the Magnamac Leader. They told me I was a hostage, until they could escape. I remember saying that I wasn't a very good hostage because I had no value, except as a collection of organic chemicals. He frowned at me. I also told him that I loved no one, and no one loves me."
Duo was now looking serious again, and Hilde was watching intently.
"My father contacted their leader, who then explained that they'd hijacked the ships so that they could rescue the workers on the satellite, and take them back to Earth, because the workers were stuck there the satellite, and weren't being paid. Under the circumstances, my father accepted the conditions and also agreed to try to stop the Federation chasing them. Then he asked if he could talk to me, The Magnamac leader agreed. I can remember asking him if he was surprised that one of his tools did things by itself. He was upset by me saying that, and that I was still talking that way. Then I told him that my sisters and I were only created to suit the needs of the Winner Family.
The leader of the Magnamacs hit me, and told me to have more pride in myself. He did this because all of the Magnamacs were test-tube babies.
After that they started rescuing the workers.
Coincidentally, one of the workers was Instructor H."
Quatre stopped, and looked up again at this, to see the reaction. Heero was interested, and he could tell others were still listening, even though Wufei was still sitting with his eyes shut. He continued with his explanation.
"He told me that the Magnamacs wanted to rescue every victim ever made to suffer.
He also told me that the leader's name was Rasid, and that he had told him the way of the Magnamacs. He said:
'Whatever their circumstances, everyone who has life should live in a way that they can be proud of themselves.'
Then he left, in the opposite direction of the rescue ship. When I asked him why he wasn't coming with us, he said that he was a certified mad scientist, and he couldn't live on the Earth. Then he told me that he might even end up hiding at home, in the mansion."
The Arabian took a deep breath, and sipped his drink.
"After that the Federation arrived, and the Magnamacs prepared for the coming battle. I had found a traitor in their ranks, and I told Rasid that Judas, one of the Magnamacs, had been transmitting messages to the Federation. When he went to see Judas, Judas took a gun and fired two shots at Rasid, his leader.
I tried to stop them, and one hit me in my shoulder, but the other one hit Rasid near his heart. This meant he couldn't fight in the battle against the Federation. So I volunteered to take his place.
I told them, 'I want to become someone with a bit of pride.'
Rasid told the Magnamacs to give me his goggles, and let me pilot his mobile suit.
In the battle I told them to escape to Earth while I kept the Federation busy. They escaped, and I told them that I'd meet them on Earth one day.
Just before they left, Rasid ordered that I should be known as 'Master Quatre'.
I understand that my father got a call telling him of the battle. I heard he was very proud of me, and told Quatreine, my mother, to be proud too. I knew my mother had died a long time ago, but I found out that she had died when I was born, in childbirth. Which meant I couldn't have been a test tube baby after all. The guilt I felt for all that time I had been so ungrateful to my parents, my mother had died for me, given her life to save mine, just so the Winner family would have an heir. I vowed I would not die before I walked the Earth."
"So how did you become a Gundam pilot?"
"Instructor H was right, he did come to our home, father protected him from the Alliance. He wanted to promote peace and pacifism, but I now understood the need to fight for freedom. We found the plans for WingZero, but the engineers said it was too powerful, capable of being too destructive to control. The plan was to drop a colony onto the Earth, but one of the engineers, I now know he was Professor G, argued against this plan, but I never found out why. So they built the Gundams, and when the time came, well, we all know what happened after that."
Everyone sat quiet for a moment, taking in the story of Quatre's past. Then the silence was broken, by Duo Maxwell, protégé of Professor G.
"I think I've got the answer to your question."
The attention was now centered on him.
"Professor G argued against the original plans of project meteor, because I argued it with him. I thought it was a stupid plan, and refused to have any part in it. So once he'd argued the case with the other engineers, he suggested that I pilot the Gundam Deathscythe to Earth instead. I believed I should have died so many times before, I had existed on luck alone for so long, so this seemed like a great idea, and one, which I probably wouldn't survive. To me, that was the whole point of going. I would truly be the God of Death, I had caused the death of many, and I would destroy the Alliance, or die in the battles to come."
Hilde gasped, surprised at his last comment.
"What made you so suicidal, Duo? What happened?"
"Suicidal? Me? Nah just bored of life. I'd done everything, and the only thing left, as far as I could see, was death itself. And what happened? Well, I guess that must mean it's my turn now, huh? Before I start, everyone keep an eye on Chang, he's heard this all before, so he could fall asleep with me droning on in the background."
"I can assure you I shall do no such thing."
"Ok then, here goes."
Part 26 is Duo's Story, which is basically the same as Part 22 - Past Secrets, just with some of the others reactions to Duo's past, and some adjoining stuff to take you into the next one Part 27 - Heero's Story. Ok? Ok. ^_~