Hello and welcome to my next chapter! OK, first of all, I want to THANK YOU SO
VERY, VERY MUCH FOR THE GREAT REVIEWS!!!! Reviews make Tegs-chan
very happy (in case you couldn't tell ^_~), So here is my thank you gift to all the wonderful
people reading my story... a really long chapter! I hope you like it. Oh, and it will be an
Usagi/Milliardo pairing, but while I have some ideas for the Ami and Haruka pairings, they
are still open if you want to vote for your favorite pairs. I've babbled enough now. Enjoy!

(A.N. I'm going to be doing a lot of time jumps in this chapter, but I tried my best to match
the times to the GW story line. If I messed up or you don't understand, let me know and I'll
try to fix it. Oh, and for those of you who don'ty know, Usagi means Bunny or Rabbit in
English. You'll understand when you read the story. ^_^)

Usa and Mill
By Tegasus
Rating: PG

Chapter 3

"Hey Howard! There's some kid here who wants to talk to you. Should I send her
away?"

"No, send her in. I've been expecting her."

The mechanic eyed his boss strangely. "Whatever you say, Howard." He turned to
someone that Howard couldn't see. "Hey, kid, he says that you can go in."

A girl with long blond hair pulled back into a loose braid walked in and sat down,
facing Howard. Howard nodded at the man still standing in the doorway. "You can go get
back to work now, Ron. I think I can handle this."

"Sure, boss. See ya at lunch." Ron cast one more glance at the strange girl, then
shut the door.

"Now, what can I do for you, Miss?"

"I have some items that might be of some use to you."

"Such as?"

"A transport plane filled with brand new Aries Mobile Suits."

"And how much would you be wanting for them?"

The girl smiled. "You can have them for free."

Howard leaned forward and pulled down his trademark glasses to look the girl in
the eyes. "Nothing in this universe is free. What's the catch?"

The girl sighed. "The catch is that I need some training, a job, and a place to stay
and not necessarily in that order. I asked around and you were recommended as the best
person to talk to."

Howard leaned back and studied the girl in front of him. There was something
special about her. "If I were to offer you a job, what skills could you offer, or would I
have to train you from scratch?"

"I haven't come across anything I couldn't pilot or a computer system I couldn't
crack."

"Pretty bold words. Mind if I put you to a test?"

"Not at all."

"Hmmmm..." Howard studied the girl again. She seemed too sure of herself not to
be telling the truth. "We don't do a lot of flying or code cracking here. This is a repair
station. I suppose you know how to fix anything too?"

"Nope. I know how to fly planes, but I don't know the first thing about fixing
them. That's why I said I needed training."

"Let me see if I have this straight. I teach you how to fix planes, give you a job,
and a place to stay, and you'll give me a transport full of Alliance Aries Mobile Suits?"

"They aren't Alliance suits. Their codes aren't found anywhere in the Alliance
MS system. Right now, they belong to me."

Howard smiled. "No, little lady, they belong to me, because you've got yourself a
deal." They stood and shook hands. "So, what do you want us calling you?"

"Bunny. You can call me Bunny."

@~~~~~~~~ @~~~~~~~~

"Hey, No Name! Toss me that screwdriver, would you?" A boy with brown hair
that hid one of his eyes tossed the asked for tool up to the person on the platform above
him. "Thanks. Do you think we'll have the compensators online by the end of the day?"

"I doubt that there will be any major problems."

An hour later the two were running the final series of diagnostics. Everyone else
had quit for the day when the doors opened and three people walked in. There was a brief
argument and one of the men was shot and fell to the ground, dead. In their shock, one of
the mechanics accidentally knocked a tool off the platform, forcing the two out of hiding.
The younger scientist aimed his gun at the two mechanics, his hands shaking. "How
much did you see?"

The elder just shook his head and placed his hand on the younger man's arm,
pushing the gun down to point at the floor. "No. Killing them won't do any good. We
will be discovered anyway." He turned to the two mechanics. "Who are you?"

"This is Haruka." The banged one said gesturing to the other mechanic. "I have
no name, but if you must call me something, call me No Name."

@~~~~~~~~ @~~~~~~~~

"So, you're Howard." The boy grinned. "The name's Duo. Rumor is, you know
how to fix Mobile Suits." Bunny smiled to herself as she studied the boy, Duo. He hadn't
gone through any of her contacts to learn about Howard's operation, so he must know
someone who knew Howard personally.

"I might know some people." Howard was playing it safe, not that she blamed
him. The Alliance was growing too content and bloated. All ready rumors were spreading
that the cracks in the Alliance were growing into fissures that would soon tear it apart.
Bunny knew that if a break happened, the Specials would be the first to leave. Very few
people could be trusted now.

Bunny spoke up from her perch up on the upper deck of the salvage ship. "Who
told you that someone here might be able to fix a Mobile Suit?"

The boy grinned again. "A crazy scientist on Colony L2, that's who."

Howard nodded and placed his hand on the boy's shoulder. "Kid, if you've got
the cash, then we've got the people and the parts you need. Let me introduce you to our
best mechanic." He gestured and Bunny jumped down to the main deck. "This is Bunny.
There hasn't been anything I've put in front of her that she couldn't fix."

@~~~~~~~~ @~~~~~~~~

Bunny and Howard watched as Duo took off into the night. "You did a good job,
Bun. No one else could have fixed that suit as quick as you did."

"Thanks Howard."

"You're thinking about taking off too, aren't you?"

Bunny turned towards her friend and teacher and smiled, the true smile that few
people saw anymore. "It's time. I've learned everything I can here."

Howard sighed. "Well, I wish I could say that I'm surprised..."

"But you're not." Bunny said with a grin. "Now, why am I not surprised?" They
shared a laugh, then Bunny went quiet and stared off into the night sky. "He was one of
the ones behind all the attacked bases, wasn't he?" Howard nodded. "Is that why you
didn't want anyone else helping me fix the suit?"

"Partly. It's called a Gundam, mostly because it's made of Gundanium alloy. I
was part of a project several years ago that helped design the prototype to the ones
attacking the Alliance right now."

"What do they hope to accomplish by going up against the Alliance? It controls
both the Earth Sphere and the Colonies. The Earth is too divided to put up anything more
than isolated resistance and the Colonies won't agree to go to war, not even to save
themselves. They cling too strongly to their pacifist ideals. Those pilots won't earn
anything but their own deaths."

"Maybe, but I have a feeling that those pilots don't see things that way."

"Then they're fools who refuse to see the truth."

Howard went very still for a moment. "And what is the truth, Bunny? What are
they fools not to see?"

Bunny turned to face him, her eyes dark in the moonlight. "That wars must
happen and will continue to happen until the day all people realize how stupid and
wasteful fighting really is. Wars bring nothing but death and suffering. Only the naive
think that war is glorious."

@~~~~~~~~ @~~~~~~~~

Two figures watched as an Alliance military shuttle docked with its mother ship,
the ship immediately leaving for it's next mission. One of the figures pressed her hand
against the window in silent farewell. Once the ship was out of sight, the second figure
spoke. "What are you going to do now, Haruka? With Doctor S gone, there's nothing left
for you here."

Haruka sighed and turned to walk back to her quarters. "No, there's not. There's
nothing left for me anywhere in the Colonies. I'll head to Earth. It's large enough that I
could probably lose myself in the middle of nowhere if I wanted to."

"Sounds like a good idea, but there's one problem. All the transports to Earth are
booked solid for the next six weeks."

Haruka turned and flashed him a grin. "Who ever said that I was going to Earth as
a passenger?"

@~~~~~~~~ @~~~~~~~~

"Dr. J, the OZ attack force is here. They're hailing us."

"Thank you, Ami. Time until they reach firing orbit?"

"Five minutes. There's still time to escape."

"No, their force would shoot down any ship that tried to flee."

The five minutes came and passed, but still no order came to attack the
approaching force. "They're not going to do anything, are they?" Ami whispered.
"They're just going to sit back and let OZ take control." A determined look came over
her face. "Dr. J, please, at least let me take a few of them out."

"Very well, Ami. You may fire the beam cannon, but only once. I don't want OZ
to know the full extent of the capabilities of this Colony."

The girl entered the commands into the computer and watched as several Mobile
Suits were destroyed. "There has been talk within the Colonies that OZ seeks peace, not
the war and destruction that the Alliance has descended upon us."

"Do you believe that's true?"

"No. OZ is merely more treacherous."

The old scientist chuckled. "I see you haven't been ignoring all of my training
after all. Have you hacked into their transmission system?"

"Yes sir. Would you like to listen?"

"Yes, I think I would."

The young, blue haired girl flipped a switch and the voice of the commander of
the attack force came over the speakers. "Since when has OZ tiptoed through a battle?
We are not trying to set up diplomatic relations, we are trying to win a war here! Damage
to the Colony wouldn't be out fault, it would be the fault of the rebel who's resisting us."

Dr. J laughed. "I'm happy to hear that OZ is living up to it's reputation. I'll gladly
surrender to you, now that you have proven yourself to truly be OZ soldiers."

"Good. I accept your immediate surrender." Ami cut off the transmission.

"Dr. J, you can't! You can't surrender yourself to those monsters!"

"Yes, I can, Ami. I can do the most good now sabotaging OZ from the inside."

"But they could kill you! You can't help the Colonies if you're dead!"

The old scientist laughed again. "They won't kill me, not yet anyway. My
knowledge of the Gundams is too important."

"But, Dr. J-"

"That's enough, Ami. I have a mission for you to complete while I'm gone. I want
you to go to Earth, China to be exact. In the mountains there is a rebel leader named
Sally. She used to be a doctor in the Alliance Military. She can complete your medical
training. There is a transport shuttle leaving in three hours. I have arranged for your
passage on it. Once you get to Earth though, you are on your own."

"I understand."

"Good luck, Ami. I know that you'll make me proud."

Ami stood up and started walking towards the door. Suddenly stopped, turned
around, and flung her arms around the startled scientist. "Thank you for everything, Dr. J.
I'll do my best to live up to everything that you taught me." With that she kissed his
cheek, turned, and ran out the door.

Dr. J touched his cheek and smiled. "I know you will, Ami, I know you will."

@~~~~~~~~ @~~~~~~~~

Usagi watched with the others as OZ detonated the explosives surrounding the
Gundam. She wished that she could scream, like Duo, but she didn't have it in her. 'Time
to go before someone recognizes him.' She grabbed Duo's arm and dragged him down a
deserted ally. "That was stupid, Duo. Why don't you just announce to the whole Colony
that you're the escaped pilot! I'm sure that anyone out there would love to take you into
OZ for the reward!"

"Easy for you to say, Buns. You didn't just watch your best friend be blown into
tiny pieces of scrap metal!"

Pain flashed through the girl's eyes, but was gone so quickly that Duo thought
that he must have imagined it. "If you're done," she said coldly, "we need to get out of
here before someone recognizes you. Any ideas?"

"None that you would approve of."

"Try me."

"Ever gone rooftop hopping?" Twenty minutes later they were climbing through
the window into the room that they both were staying in. Usagi immediately walked over
to her laptop, sat down, and turned it on. Duo came up behind her. "Got anything?"

"Just a message from Howard. I'll read it later." She typed in a few commands
and another screen came up. "Well, well, well. It seems that I've located two of the other
pilots... and those five crazy scientists."

"You mean they aren't dead? Ah, man!"

"Not only are all seven of them alive, but they all seem to be working for OZ
now."

"WHAT?!"

"Yes. Those scientists of yours have apparently built two new Mobile Suits, the
Mercurius and the Vayeate, and the prototypes are being piloted by none other than
Trowa Barton and Heero Yuy."

"That's crazy!" Usagi said nothing. "Well, what about the others? Any word on
them?"

"No. A shuttle fitting the description the one your friend Quatre escaped in was
destroyed, but the pilot was unidentified. OZ has declared him dead."

"They would have to."

"The other, the pilot of Gundam 05, was spotted around the time that you
escaped. He also got away, but the Gundam lost its right arm. That's all the information
I've been able to find."

Duo walked over to the dingy couch and flopped down on it. "So, what are we
going to do now?"

Usagi didn't turn around. "What do you think? We're going to stop OZ and we're
going to start with it's newest Mobile Suit designs." She shut down the computer and
reached into the bag that was sitting on the table next to her. Usagi pulled out a gun and
tossed to Duo. "The scientists are yours. Make sure they can't make anymore toys for
OZ, all right?"

"And what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to make things explode."



Well, that's chapter 3. What did you think? If you don't want to leave a message, you can
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