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DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN GUNDAM WING, OR ANY OTHER COPYRIGHTED/TRADEMARKED/PATENTED MATERIAL IN THIS WORK, BUT I DO OWN THE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS I AM GOING TO INTRODUCE. FEEL FREE TO ARCHIVE THIS, IF YOU THINK IT'S ANY GOOD.

Chapter 1: Contact

THE USS COLUMBIA

"Energy dump complete," announced the computer, oblivious to the fact that no one was conscious to receive its report. As the computer went through its pre-programmed post-jump checks, it discovered that the lens on the star-tracker had cracked, so there was no way for the computer to determine the ship's exact position, it could only use the information from its gravitational sensors. Because of the limitations of the sensor systems available, the computer was unaware of the ship's course, one that took it straight into the atmosphere of a nearby planet. As the ship reached the atmosphere the heat sensors on the hull alerted the computer to the coming atmospheric entry.

As soon as the computer had ascertained the ship's predicament, it activated the cockpit alarms. As it became obvious to the computer that the occupants of the ship could not, or would not, respond the computer took over control of the ship. Due to the ship's high speed, it would be impossible to make any kind of normal landing, so the computer attempted a crash landing in a forested area. The landing was very violent, but the inertial compensators built into the ship allowed the crew to survive, but the compensators could not stop a piece of metal from a long destroyed machine of war from penetrating the flight computer's casing, completely destroying it. That piece of metal came from an object known as a Mobile Doll that was destroyed in the Eve Wars, five years previously.

As the safety systems shut down the Columbia's power plant, a familiar yellow star crested the horizon and night gave way to day.

THE SANC KINGDOM

"Yes, Milliardo, I am asking you to investigate the meteorite that impacted in the western forest last night," Relena Peacecraft told her brother, exasperated.

"Relena, you know we're supposed to report anything unusual to the Preventers, and let them investigate it," the image on the screen said.

"The last time the Preventers sent someone here, you tried to kill him!" shouted Relena; "Do you really think that they would send someone else?"

"If they don't send that assassin there won't be a problem," replied Milliardo calmly.

"HEERO YUY IS NOT AN ASSASSIN!" Thundered the normally calm Queen of the Sanc Kingdom.

"Yes he is, by the way, I thought that you had gotten over your infatuation with him."

Relena blushed as she reached for the com-unit's switch. "Milliardo, if you don't stop talking THIS instant, I'll… I'll… I'll make you our official liaison to the Preventers!"

"Wait! Rele-" The com-unit switched off.

Relena spun around and called through the door, "Dorothy, we're going out to the western forest, a meteorite came down there and I want to make sure that it WAS a meteorite and not an attempt to start a THIRD operation Meteor."

THE WESTERN FOREST OF THE SANC KINGDOM

Gradually the crew of the Columbia began to come around. The first person to regain consciousness was the tactical officer, Jack Alder. He unbuckled himself from the crash-frame and started unloading the survival supplies. The first thing he got out was the emergency medical kit, noticing that Dr. Brown had almost regained her senses, he decided it was best to leave that to her. As he unloaded the rest of the supplies, Dr. Brown woke up, and without so much as a painkiller she began to work on the others. That's dedication, Alder thought, She thinks of others before herself. I wonder if she is as good a doc as her reputation says. As if to answer his question, the Skipper got up and started helping Alder unload the supplies.

"If you find container A21 or B13 bring it over here, would you, Jack?" Captain Miles asked.

"Sure." responded Jack, "What's so special about those containers though?"

"A21 has forest pattern battle-dress, and B13 has 6 sets of combat equipment."

"You really do plan everything, don't you?"

"Yes, I do."

1.2 KILOMITERS TO THE SOUTHWEST

"You mean that she's coming into this area? With only the one guard?" asked a man wearing an old OZ uniform.

"Yeah, it must have something to do with that meteorite that hit near here," replied another.

"Maybe we can capture her, and force the Alliance to recognize us as a real power."

"We can give it a shot, that's for sure."

AT THE CRASH SITE

"Is everybody ready?" asked Captain Miles. A chorus of affirmative responses answered him. "OK, we'll head in a generally southwesterly direction, the scanners pick up habitation there. I'll take point. Jack, you're at scout, Alan, you're in the back. Doctor, acting as a corpsman you will be in front of Alan. Kathy, you're in front of her. Amy, you're behind me. As for the radio, Jack is scout. I'm one, Amy is two, Katherine's three, The Doctor is four, and Alan is five. Let's go."

After they had walked about fifteen minutes Jason pulled a device out of his pocket and entered a code on it, almost instantly there was a muffled thump as the Columbia destroyed itself.

ON THE ROAD TO THE SOUTHWEST

"Miss Relena, do you really think that this meteorite might be an attack on the Sanc Kingdom?" asked Dorothy as she and Relena hiked towards the impact area.

"No, Dorothy, I don't, but you can't be too careful. And besides, this is a chance to do something out of the ordinary," answered Relena.

Suddenly three masked men appeared and knocked both Relena and Dorothy unconscious.

JUST OUTSIDE THE OZ CAMP

Jack held up his hand in the age-old signal to stop. Over the radio came, "One, voices."

This was all Jason needed to hear. He had everyone stay very still and quiet while he and Alan went forward to meet with Jack.

"There's five people ahead," whispered Jack, "Two, both of them girls, are unconscious, bound, and gagged. The others appear to be men and are standing a loose watch."

"Crap!" the Captain whispered, "This might have something to do with us, and if those people were endangered by us, we have to deal with those assholes."

"There's only three, we can take them, Skipper, no problem," whispered Alan.

"OK, Jack and I will deal with the three of them. I'll take the two on the left. Jack will take the one on the right. Alan, you cover us, and don't get too excited, I know how you got that call sign. Execute on go."

Everyone got into place quietly and there was no indication that the OZ troops had heard the interlopers. Right after Jason had signaled for the operation to start the two outermost OZ soldiers' heads exploded as three 10mm hollow point rounds impacted on the bridge of each one's nose at virtually the same time. This was followed an instant later by the death of the goon in the middle in a similar fashion.

The shots jarred both Dorothy and Relena awake. Relena awoke just in time to have the brains, blood, and entrails of the leftmost soldier spewed onto her. Then she saw two men with guns, wearing forest pattern armor.

She heard the smaller one whisper, "Clear."

Then she heard a voice say the same thing from behind her. The men came over and helped her and Dorothy up. They untied them and removed their gags.

Then the tall one spoke, "Sorry about that ma'am, I didn't have any other shot that wouldn't have hit you. That was a bit messy, wasn't it? We'll get you cleaned up. You look about Dr. Brown's size; maybe she'd let you borrow some clean clothes. There won't be anything to stylish, but at least it won't have blood on it."

"Who are you?" Relena asked, still very much in shock from the abruptness of her rescue.

"Oh, sorry," he said, "I'm Captain Jason Miles, United States Navy." He pointed at Jack, "This is Commander Jack Alder, also USN." Then he waved at Alan, "That lazy bum in the trees is Lieutenant Commander Alan Gron, better know as 'Psycho,' another USN officer."

"And I," Relena responded, "am Queen Relena Peacecraft of the Sanc Kingdom, and this is my friend and bodyguard, Dorothy Catalonia."