Blackbird
Final Seg of Dead Rising
D/C I don't own GW!

==Two Months Later===

"My night again," Wufei said as he took duty outside. He watched as the lights went out in the trainees' dorm. He walked along quietly. He went about a mile when he heard a scuffle behind one of the houses, just outside the Rebel compound.

He pulled his gun up slightly and clicked the safety off. Then he headed towards the sound. As he rounded the corner he saw two familiar hair colors: the black of his dead wife's, and the brown of General Yuy's. "Stop!" he shouted and ran towards the three struggling figures, the third was lost in shadow. When he came close he shot the shadowed one. He noticed the one he thought was Heero, was really Heero's 'sister.' ::He took her to her death! He wouldn't let a spy live, even if she was blood!::

"Please," begged a familiar voice. "Go to the house behind you. Ask for Mark" the sound came from Meiran.

::That voice, it is not my wife's! :: "Alright," Wufei said. ::Even though they are playing some sort of game, these weak women need help:: He ran to the back door and pounded, all most immediately a voice answered from within.

"Yes?" it was male.

"Is there a Mark here?" called Wufei into the house.

::Mark?:: Thought Jabre from inside the house. ::Who would know --- Meiran:: Even his mind stumbled on the word. It didn't fit her. "Alright," he called as he unbolted the door and stepped out into the night.

When he saw what had happened he picked up the unknown girl. She had been in and out of consciousness, but not awake enough to say anything. To Wufei he said, "Come bring my sister into the house."

Wufei did as he was asked and carried the woman who looked like his wife into the dark house. "Who are you?" he asked when his burden had been laid on the couch. Wufei followed Mark down the hall to a door on the right. Heero's sister was placed on the bed before he spoke.

"My name is Mark Christopher," Jabre said as he turned to the first aide supplies on top of the dresser. "This is my sister's house, and the woman on the bed is my wife." The words slipped out easily, the two almost siblings agreed, this was the best course. ::The words slip out so easily… as if they … are… right… No. I'm probably just imagining it.:: Thought Jabre as he finished with the woman and gathered supplies for his friend. "You must leave now. No telling what will happen."

Wufei nodded, "You're right. I must get back to my patrol." Without another word he left through the back door.

"He's gone Meiran," whispered Jabre as he began to care for her few wounds.

"I … Knew him," she said. "But I don't know how."

"Don't worry," he said giving her a large hug. "You will remember. I know it."


"This report," Heero said. "Explain."

Wufei knew what Yuy was speaking about, he head left nothing out of his report of the night's patrol. "I don't believe I need to."

"This says you saw my sister and your wife." Heero responded tonelessly.

Duo looked up, spaghetti noodles hanging from his mouth. After slurping them up he walked over to the Chinese pilot. Duo placed a forearm at the back of the mans neck. ::No, not a fever, doesn't sound drunk, so…:: "Give it over. I want, you can't hot it all!" Duo said hold out his hand. The other sin the room looked up, a little stunned.

::Well,:: Heero thought, ::if it's not one thing with Duo it's another, I had better stop this now:: "Duo," Heero said slowly. "Wufei would never get high while on patrol or in battle. He knows he needs his wits about him."

"But-" Duo replied dropping his arms.

"No," came Sally's voice from the other room. Sally never raised her voice; they ran into the room. "This is not possible." Her eyes widened as the boys walked back to her room. Her eyes skimmed the screen then looked at each of the original pilots carefully. Picking up her laptop she said "Stay here," she closed the lid of her computer and continued, "I can't explain just yet." She ran out of the house, and sat in the yard typing fast and furiously.

No one in Sally's bedroom moved an inch, not even to breath, then Cathrine finally asked. "What are we doing?" She began to walk out when a bullet flew by the edge of her face.

"Sally said don't move," Dorothy said as she slide her gun back into her jeans. "That lady doesn't do anything, unless she has a very good reason."

Cathrine sat on the bed. Being shot at was nothing new, but a panicked Sally was.


::Please don't let this mean what I think it means.:: Sally was typing in the yard. She had discovered the big secret of the Gundams. ::They monitor everything including who the person likes and how much!:: She transferred all the files she could find on the successful pilots. (A/N: The one's we know and love!). As well as experiments A-Z (all unsuccessful), and current experiments 07, 09, 10, and 11. ::I can show this to no one, yet!:: Sally closed her laptop and ran back up the stairs. "Thank you."

"What the hell?" Duo exclaimed. "Why did we wait here for you?"

"I can't tell you that… Not yet. Don't ask why, but I could endanger your lives very easily," Sally replied a sad look on her face. Keeping things from her friends had never been one of her favorite past times.


"You said he seemed familiar," Jabre said as he leaned on the counter, next to the sink. Meiran would walk and rinse the dishes, and Jabre would dry and put away. "So what's wrong?"

"It… It … I don't know," she handed him the plate and grabbed a cup as she slammed her mouth shut.

"Talk. Now." Was all he said as he took the plate wasily from her hands.

"He was like … I don't know… More like you. Like a friend, but if he was … If I … Never mind," she stumbled over her words time and again. She stopped as a tear rolled down her cheek.

"What? What? Do you remember anything?" he asked. He wiped the tear from her cheek gently.

"Not anything specific just a feeling. Like he saved my life, but it wasn't worth anything to him," she handed him the cup and unstopped the drains.

"So … maybe you weren't close as husband and wife," Jabre suggested.

"And the child? If I gave birth, then why am I still as a youth?" she began cleaning the sink as he slipped the last glass into the cupboard.

"I don't have an answer for that one." He smiled at her, "You really are too smart to have a boss like me."

"I know," Meiran said. "come on I want to see if there's anything else about me under my print."

::Someone has been messing with my files. They changed my fingerprint! Heh, these lack wits maybe able to outwit the squad, but they'll never deceive the whole force for long.:: A streak of information passed through the computer, it was too small for the computer to take immediate notice, but the user new it was there.

::Oh my God!! They're screwing a test subject, one of my own!:: Another blip of information passed through the computer, the computer obeyed the command to destroy itself. The first streak barely got out in time.

Meiran had passed out awhile ago, but Jabre remained awake. He had checked on the girl time and again. ::She won't fight until she knows who she is now… I've tried every -::

Jabre's eyes grew large as his computer began switching sites of it's own violation. ::He needs a little bit of a push.:: Thought the person who was manipulating Jabre's computer.

Jabre didn't touch the Lap Top from Hell, he went straight for the phone line and unplugged it. ::Damn! This is a brand new computer! It shouldn't be acting like this!:: He thought.

::You little idiot!:: Thought the girl. ::You just locked me inside your computer!::

Jabre slipped the electric plug from the wall, and the computer screen went blank. ::Ack! I've never --- I need sleep!!:: Jabre picked up his little "sister" and carried her across the living room, down the hall, and to her room. He left her lying on the bed quietly and walked across the hall to the other girls room.

He sat by the girl's bedside. He hadn't told his sister that he had discovered her friends identity. "Stacey Lowe," he murmured. "It's very pretty. You need to wake up thought." He was silent for a while.

"She needs to know who she is. You… she thinks that you know. Please wake up soon," Jabre said quietly. Then on an impulse he leaned over and kissed her lips softly.

Stacey felt trapped within herself. ::It's that voice again, the man's Why does he talk to me? I can never…:: Stacey's thoughts trailed off. ::What-:: Then, for the first time in three weeks, Stacey saw light and color. However, there seemed to be a large shadow in the way. Stacey tried to raise her arms to push him away, but found she couldn't.

Jabre felt a subtle change in the body beneath him. He pulled back. His eyes opened wide in shock when he saw her blue eyes. He had known what color they were, but this was much different.

::Oh my God! He was kissing me!:: Her eyes widened in shock. She again tried to raise her arms to jump, move, anything, but stay pliant beneath his man she didn't know. ::I can't move. I … I… I …!:: Her thought began to slow down to a stop.

Jabre pulled back farther, but didn't relax. ::Why does she just stay there, not moving?:: "How long have you been awake?"

::Ok. I will accept this. I can't move. Can I talk?:: "I … I …" ::Ok, I think I can.::

"What?" Jabre said hearing the fright in her voice.

"I can't move. I think I'm paralyzed," the dirty blonde said.

"What?" Jabre's mind had gone nutty. It wasn't doing anything he asked of it. "Ok," he took a breath. "Do you feel this?" He reached over and placed a hand where he thought her leg was.

She tried to shake her head, and when she discovered she couldn't she say "No."

::Ok. What do I do now? Where prepared for almost anything.:: Jabre leaned back silent for a few minutes. He then moved so fast that Stacey could not follow with her eyes. She blinked when she heard the gunshot. Her first instinct was to run, but she could not. ::Anyone who can remain calm when an unknown person shoots at them is either highly trained, or truly paralyzed.:: Jabre slipped his gun back into its holster and sat down.

Stacey blinked again. ::He must be testing me! The typical male! Well, there is no hope if he's the one taking care of me.:: But Stacey had thought to soon for just then the door opened and a black-haired, bleary eyed, VERY furious devil stood there.

"What they hell do you think you're doing? Or better yet, who the hell do you think you are?" the dark haired woman walked into Stacey's view completely. She was about the same height as the man she was yelling at, but they had different skin tones. Hers was very pallor, and his was quite dark. Her hair flowed past her butt down almost to her ankles. The small thing appeared to have tumbled from bed into the room. "You shoot guns off, when some of us haven't had any sleep in seventy-two hours!"

"I'm sorry. But look," Jabre said. He didn't want to get her so mad she couldn't sleep. When he saw she would not do as asked he physically turned her around to face the woman on the bed. "She woke up."

This did not seem to please the girl. "You're telling me," she dais with a deadly calm voice. "That you were shooting at something more familiar to me than my own husband?" Her spick was so quick he didn't have time to back away from the fist racing towards his face. ::MEN! Always trying new tricks, even if they don't involve a bed!::

Stacey, on the bed, thought something seemed familiar about her appearance, if not her attitude. ::Blackbird? Has she finally flown the coop?:: Voicing her conclusions she sayd "Blackbird, calm down. We don't need your screaming to make things worse."

The one standing turned to Stacey in a heart beat and simply said, "I am not Blackbird. I am…" she paused for a long fortifying breath, "Meiran Chang."

::Meiran Chang, Meiran. It doesn't fit her:: "No. You're lyingYour name could not be Meiran Chang," Stacey stared at her.

"How can you know this? Stand and answer me," said the devil with the black hair, and a bright blue t-shirt.

Stacey smiled. "I would," she said. "Raise and greet you. However, I am paralyzed at the moment. That is what he was testing when you woke up. As for the knowing, I truly don't know. You just aren't Meiran."

Meiran smiled and asked, "Do you want to sit up?" she pushed Jabre out of the way when Stacey answered affirmatively. Meiran's arms were aching after she pulled Stacey into a sitting position and arranged her body. She turned to Jabre and unleashed her tongue again. "Well, don't just stand there. She if she wants food or drink. Me? I'm going back to sleep!" Then she stomped from the room, and slammed the door.

"I'm fine. What's your name?" Stacey said from the bed. ::Why do I feel as if I am connected to this man? He means nothing to me. I must remember that! I will remain here only as long as needed. Then I will disappear.::

"My name is Jabre. Yours is Stacey. I can hold my own," Jabre began to check her wounds again. ::Please don't let her ask about the kiss! I don't want her think I'm perverted. What the frill am I thinking? Why do I care what she thinks?:: As he completed his wound check he answered his own question. ::For some miracle of a reason, you identify with her and you can completely relax around her, as you never can around anyone else. Not ever your honorary sister, Meiran.::

"So, why did you kiss me?" Stacey inquired looking at him expectantly. When Jabre didn't answer she said "Jabre?" ::I wish I knew why…and … I think I want him to repeat it.

::Why did I kiss her?:: Jabre thought. It just seemed right. Like, that was how you always woke a sleeping beauty.:: "Honestly?" Jabre asked. "Because you appeared to need it. Youlooked so settled. I thought you needed shaking up!" He sat on the edge of the bed and asked "How did you get a bullet through your chest and into your spine?"

Stacey raised her eyebrows at the subject change, but didn't comment on it. "Technically, my friend shot me because I spooked her." ::My first instince was to tell this man the truth. I can not do that. I must protect the Rebels at all costs!::

::Something,:: Jabre thought, ::doesn't ring quite true, but… Oh well. It's late, we all need our sleep.:: "Ok, well, I think everyone needs a bit of sleep. So good night."


::Ok, ok. It's seven o'clock, and I got how many hours of sleep? Three or Four?:: Meiran woke up and climbed into the shower, ::No, no, no. That's just wishful thinking! I only got an hour and a half.::

""What about the new girl? How do I feel about here? I know she's really familiar, but I just can't place here!::

She continued thinking on this as she climbed from the shower. She dressed quietly and quickly. ::Well, let's see. Before I completely foul my mood, what's for breakfast?:: She peaked into the fridge and pulled out three eggs, the package of bacon, and the loaf of bread. She began cooking bacon as she ran downstairs for some fresh oranges. When she came back up she flipped off the back and pulled out the orange squeezer. ::Let's see, eight now, breakfast will probably be ready be ready in fifteen minutes.:: After squeezing fresh orange juice she piled the bacon on to a plate, and began cooking the eggs in the same pan, before starting the toast.

When breakfast was finally ready she began pushing a small cart filled with two meals. Hers was in the kitchen. She knocked quietly on Jabre's door before opening it. When she saw he wasn't awake she slipped out of her sneakers and tip toed across the floor.

When she jumped on top of him, while he was under the covers, she began to tickle him awake. "Come on, wake up!"

Jabre woke up and started laughing. When he was awake enough he grabbed her waist and began to tickle back. Finally they tthere were both out of breth they began to relax, "You know, child, I didn't get much sleep last night. Your going to be the death of me yet."

Meiran just smiled and said, "Breakfast is ready. You better eat before it gets cold." She got up and set it on his desk. "I'm going to check on Stacey. Eat, you made me, now I'm making you." With that she left Jabre to eating. He walked over to his laptop and began to eat as he sat down. ::Well let's see if things are different this morning.:: He opened the laptop.


::What time is it? Ok, its 8:45. No one will be up yet.:: The person suddenly popped with interest. ::What's this? He's letting me up, but apparently not out.:: She began putting into action what she had been wanting to do for a week. ::No, no, no. It hasn't been a week and a half, but barely an hour and a half.::

Suddenly on the screen there appeared a woman, slightly younger than he. She looked remarkably like Meiran. ::Is this a joke? Is she rigged?:: His face began to look angry. ::She knows she not to mess with my laptop!::

A voice spoke then, apparently coming from the speakers. "Listen to me. Just relax. That girl is not the one to mess with the computer. I am."

"And just who the frill are you?" His anger had not abided, Meiran messing with what was his was bad enough, but a stranger doing it was worse.

"I am Meiran Chang. The girl who you think I am is the one and only Relena Peacecraft Darlian. She was supposedly "Killed" in an "accident," five years ago. Go on look her up," said the voice, which, surprisingly, matched the picture.

He logged on and looked up the name, and when he came across the picture he froze. The eyes, they were exactly the same. Even though the color was different, anyone who knew either of them would be able to see it.

::The hair is wrong, the color of the eyes too.:: said an annoying little voice inside him. ::Yes,:: he answered it, ::but its easy to get permanent dye and contacts. She wouldn't even know about it.::

"Do you see what I mean?" came the computer's voice.

"Alright," he said careful to keep his voice toneless. "But what happened to you?"

A small video box popped up in the corner with her in it. "I don't know exactly what happened, but I do know that I am purely machine now. The face and body you see before you were destroyed long ago." She paused. "The last thing I remember was being in my mobile suit, and test running it, before an explosion, then my memory switches to as you see me now."

"Alright," he said again.

"Well, I must be off. I don't want to be stuck in your computer. And I need to give the rebels some information," she said then the box disappeared.

Downloading everything he could find on the sister of his heart, took an entire CD, but he thought it was worth it. Then he grabbed his laptop and ran down the hall to Stacey's room. Knowing she would be force-feeding the girl if she had to, and of course forgetting to eat herself.

::She's going to need food before I tell her the news.:: So he ran back to the kitchen and managed to carry his laptop, her breakfast, and his excitement at both the news and seeing Stacey down the hall to the woman's room.


"Come on, eat," he heard Mei - no - Relena's voice coming from the room. "I promise it won't kill you. That's a good girl."

He waltzed in and set up his laptop, then bodily dragged Relena to her own breakfast taking Stacey's utensils from Relena's hands and began feeding Stacey. "You both need your food, so don't start. I'll feed her. You do yourself!"

They talked quietly over breakfast. Discussing how to get her into the hospital for a few full evaluations. They discussed her possibilities for losing the paralyzation and Relena's (who they were still calling Meiran) chance of finding her true identity.

When they had finished Relena took the dishes to the kitchen, and Jabre set up the computer. Stacey was silent, when Relena entered the room again. ::Well,:: Jabre thought, ::let's do a little experiment. What if I call her by her real name?:: She had started checking Stacey's wounds and he waited for a minute until she pulled back, then he said, "Come here. I've something to show you Relena."

She looked at him sharply just before memories flooded her. She remembered her childhood. She remember a lot, but it got really fuzzy when she turned fifteen. Then she fainted.


"Blast! The chip is completely fouled!" Said the man behind the mahogany desk. His computer showed everything Relena had remembered until she suddenly fainted; of her own self this time.

He began making plans to fix the mistake made by his men.


"Come on, wake up!" Jabre had pulled her into his lap. "Relena, you wake up right now!"

"Stop," Stacey said. "She'll be fine, all she did was faint."

Jabre looked up. "Yes," he said, "of course."

"Put her up here next to me," Stacey said.

After complying Jabre told Stacey what had happened as he had eaten breakfast that morning. A few minutes later the sleeping woman began to moan quietly. "Ouch, my head. I remember my childhood, and my name is truly Relena Darlian-Peacecraft. I'm still missing a big chunk of my life, and for the moment, I think it's better if I don't try to fill it in." She climbed off the bed. "I'm going to need blond hair dye, and blue contacts." The group continued making plans.

==Two Weeks Later==

"Heero. You turn," Trowa hollered. No one asked what. It was his turn for day patrol and so he trose and left the safe house. As he walked his thought drifted towards Relena. Suddenly he felt something collide with him. It was hard enough to knock him off his feet. Then as he jumped back up he saw who it was - Relena!


Well? Your opinions? Did any of you see this coming? Oh just wait, it gets better… *grins* Yes, I have it hand written out, HOWEVER, it gets too confusing for even my close friends to follow, soooo, I have to revise it.

Please RnR, I know it's been a while, but… yeah…

Have you noticed I like kill-not-killing people off? Please RnR with your suggestions on anything. Or RnR on your interpretations of my diary… yes this IS my diary.

Ok, for those of you that are already confused, here's what's happened so far…

The five original Gundam pilots, along with Hilde, Cathrine, Dorothy, and Sally, are in one Safe House. They are known as the rebels, mostly for their tactics. Their opponents are Sapphire, and a corrupt sect of ESUN, yet to be named (hint hint). Sapphire is a group of space colonies that are… Crazy, psychotic, and it will be explained why.

Now Relena was supposedly killed in a shuttle accident, now she is believed to be the woman first known as Reiyna.

Reiyna Yuy is the ORIGINAL Heero Yuy's daughter. She lived with Dr. J as a child and knows Heero and his sister. She was code named Blackbird; the reason is given in the story at some point. She was supposed dead long ago.

Marissa is was the girl whose only memory of the name Reiyna Yuy is calling herself. She doesn't give out her real name, because she is afraid someone is looking for her. She was picked up by Cathrine and taken to the rebel's Safe House.

Marissana was Stacey's cover name.

Stacey is Heero's sister. She was killed in a freak accident, but evidently wasn't dead. She was trained by Sapphire, and was sent to spy on the rebels, but now, she's with Relena and Jabre, and paralyzed from the neck down.

Jabre is Relena's friend from her years training; I know I didn't mention him. He has to appear to be kidnapped because he works in the corrupt sect of ESUN, even though he is not evil.

Meiran is a computer program, like in Reboot. Sort of. Or Digimon. When she died, well, you'll see.

Well, I THINK that's everything, but we'll see. Oh, and a special thanks to Glitch, Tramper, Lord 0f Morning, and Heero's Kitty. I couldn't have posted with out them being there…