1 The New Recruit



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"Bleep Bleep Bleep!" Heero Yui's computer sounded. Heero jumped out of bed and raced over to the laptop. This perfectly orchestrated action startled Duo out of bed.

"No respect for sleep I tell ya." He rubbed his eyes and got out of bed and stood behind Heero. Howard's face appeared on the screen.

"Yo Howard, don't you know this time of night people are actually sleeping?" Duo said scowling,

"Sorry Duo, But I've got your new mission. All of you need to come down here to the repair station. All I can say now is that I've found you a new Gundam pilot."

"What!?" Duo yelped as he felt a fist in his gut.

"Someone will hear you if you insist on yelling like a banshee." Heero whispered.

"Nice arm you got there buddy." Duo squeezed out before gasping for air.

"Get down here on the double."

"Go wake Woufei, I'll get Quatra and Trowa, I'll meet you down in the garage."

"Deal." They both headed down different hallways of the hotel. They all met down in the garage where Trowa, Quatra and Heero were waiting in a jeep. Duo and Woufei hopped in and the drove off. When they got there Howard greeted them.

"Hello, I asked you here in order to assign you your new mission." Duo usually would've said something like 'Ordered is more like it' But Duo had never seen Howard look so deadly serious.

"Your next mission with be a three part mission. When one part is complete, I will give you the next of the third."

"So what's our first mission?" Quatra asked with his big blue eyes droopy with lack of sleep.

"To recruit the 6th Gundam."

"Uh, why do we need a 6th Gundam?" Duo asked skeptically.

"Because the tasks ahead require it, and this recruit has done over 700 on a simulator." Heero's eyes popped open.

"Impossible, I've only done 630!" Duo put an arm over and around his shoulder.

"Well ya can't win 'em all pal." Heero pushed Duo away.

"Who the heck is this guy!?" Woufei demanded.

"That's the worst part."

"What?"

"He, is a 14 year old girl."

"You're shittin' me."

"I shit you not Woufei, her name is Gabrielle DeBarberack. Here's a photo of her." He handed Heero a picture of a young girl who looked 16 in the picture. She had brown hair about the same shade's as Duo's and bright blue eyes, even brighter than Quatra's. She was very well developed and had an extremely clear complexion. In the picture she was wearing a red short- sleeved T-shirt and somewhat baggy blue jeans that showed off her figure very nicely.

"Whoa! She's a hottie!" Duo expressed everybody's thoughts.

"Your first mission is to recruit her and bring her to me. Then I will present her with her Gundam. Now you better get started on locating her."

"Right away." Heero said in his usual monotone of a voice. Just when Heero got to the door Howard called out.

"Oh and Heero!"

"Yes?"

"Go easy on her, unlike all five of you, she has a rather large family and plenty of friends, it'll be a big change for her."

"I understand."

"That's a first." Duo mumbled, Quatra elbowed him in the ribs.

"Ouch!"

"You must be on your way now."

-3 Hours Later-

"I've located her, she's here on Earth which is good, but she attends an OZ school for battle preparation."

"Crap, Well when do we go to pick her up?"

"Tomorrow at 12:00, lunch hour, but before that we need to check her out."

"Got it."

-The Next Day-

"This is it, according to her schedule she should be in that class." He pointed towards an open window. They peered in and discovered it was a fencing class.

"Now that I have chosen your partners, you may proceed with your helmets." The teacher instructed.

"Hey there she is!" Quatra whispered as he pointed at the far end of the room. A beautiful young woman identical from the picture, only a little older looking, stared at the opponent in front of her.

"Uh, am I the only one that sees a problem here?" Woufei rolled his eyes,

"No shit Sherlock."