Title: ShadowHawk's Rage
Author: Mieko Kagetaka / Meela (Meela76@aol.com)
Chapter: Prologue
Disclaimer: Gundam Wing and all it's components aren't mine. Don't sue, I'm
broke! Although Tiana Leandra Jolie, her gundams (Shadowhawk, Sidewinder), and
other original characters are mine.
Major pairings: for right now, it's non-yaoi, sorry guys but it may change.
Warnings: Prologue is DARK, a bit depressing but very eye-opening, implied
violence.
Notes: This is an AU with my pilot Tiana who interacts with the G-boys.
She's a unique character and so is her past. Prologue is a teaser on what's
to come. The complete past is not revealed yet. Please excuse the typos, I
just did it. :)
Feedback: Pretty please?!?! This was written June 2000 and still be worked on. C & C is most welcomed!

"..." : speech - duh
//....// : thoughts
~*....*~: flashbacks.

Prologue:
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"No! No!", Tiana thrashed her head from side to side. Her hands gripped
the bedsheets tightly. The images were too vivid to be just a dream. //The
smoke, the screams of the children, my parents//...
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Tiana screamed as she violently woke up in a cold
sweat -- again. She raked her fingers through her long hair nervously.
"Tia! Tia, are you aw-wite?" asked little five year old Imani as she ran
over to Tiana and held her shaky hand.
"Oh Tiana," sighed eight year old Leilani, who hugged Tiana, rocking her
back and forth, "It'll be all right, sis. Sssssh, stop crying, sis. I miss
them, too."
Tiana tried to get a grip on herself. After several gulps of air, she
calmed down and hugged her newly adopted sisters close to her and kissed them
on their foreheads.
"Gomen, my sisters. I didn't mean to wake y'all up... again... I just
can't sleep."
"It's aw-wite Tia," chimed Imani, "We wuv you, Tia. We'll stay stwong
wif you."
Leilani nodded and looked at Tiana, with eyes suddenly older than her own
eight years, "We'll all stay strong, Ti. Try to get some sleep. We'll
finish up in the morning..."

* * * * *

The next morning, the 3 girls buried the people that were killed at the
genetics nursery the night before. The children, so many of them, now lying
peacefully in their respective graves. Lastly, they buried Tiana's parents,
Yoruba and Bernando Jolie. No longer able to cry, Tiana stared into her
parents' lifeless eyes before closing tem forever. She buried them together
and placed a yellow PeaceLilly onthe grave. In the ways of her mother's
people, she mourned by cutting her arms and bled as she wailed out her
sorrows into space and heaven itself.
As the blood trickled slowly less and less, she falls into a trances,
remember her father's last words to her before he died in her arms:

~*Tiana, ma cherie , keep this locket close to you. Never lose it, it's
too important. The jewel has a mini-disc inside that contains information
that needs to be given to the Winner family and the colonies. For humankind,
for that matter. They need to know the truth about what OZ is up to, cherie.
I also included info on the ShadowHawk, it's yours, use her well, my lil
fighter. Do what is right in your heart. I love you, Tiana*~

Tiana continued to stare into the grave and pressed the jade locket to
her chest. Her crystal green eyes glistened, filled with unfathomable rage.
//Papa, why did OZ do this? What are they trying to hide? Why did they have
to kill everybody I loved? I'll always love you, Papa and Mama. I'll take
care of ShadowHawk and I shall seek revenge for your deaths. OZ will PAY
dearly for this.//

TBC