~*~Chapter 5-introductions made~*~

Nerida could have vomited at the sight before her. She saw three of her friends fighting off hundreds. Your Gundams and the Taurus are in the hangar across. Hilde go with them and take the blue Taurus. I have something to do before I head out but I won't take long." Nerida jumped off the plane before it docked and ran out as fast as her legs would carry her. She barged into Tristan's office. "What the hell do you think you are doing!?!"

"I take it as you mean by what am I doing by keeping Sorcha from fighting?"

"What else would I mean!?" she spat. "Are you trying to kill the rest of us?"

"She's not ready. Physically yes, mentally she's still unstable."

"You are stark raving mad! She is the strongest person I know when it comes to mental strength!"

"She used to be at least. Ask her for details on why her mission was a failure last time. She'll tell you and you'll see why my decision was thus." Nerida fumed but decided to go help the others.



"Fascination, online." she pulled on the lever to her right. She tapped on the keyboard activating the communications system. "Jo, Elita, Sajana how are you holding up?" she asked as Fascination launched from the hangar.

"Oh breezing right through them. They weren't expecting the Gundam pilots or Miss. Scheibeker."

"Jo, Sajana, Elita. You three take the rest of today and tomorrow off. Don't question me." Nerida ordered as she sliced through the opposing mobile suits. "Heero, are you alright so far?"

"Hn." she smirked. In another half hour they had completely annihilated all of the other mobile suits.



They all proceeded into the training room. They stood in what looked like a perfect circle, Nerida standing in the middle. "Well, I would say it is time for proper introductions." She walked over to the guys and Hilde. "This is Wufei Chang pilot of Nataku/ Altron otherwise known as 05." she proceeded over to Quatra, "This is Quatra Rabaaba Winner, pilot of Sandrock, otherwise known as 04." next she walked over to Trowa, "This is Trowa Barton, pilot of Heavyarms, otherwise known as 03 or Triton Bloom." He looked shocked for a second, "I did my homework." she walked over to Duo. "This is-"

"I. AM. THE. SHINIGAMI!!! Or you can just call me Maxwell, Duo Maxwell." Hilde yanked hard on his braid. "Ow! What was that for Hil- Ow!"

"As I was saying, this is Duo Maxwell, pilot of Deathscythe otherwise known as 02 or Shinigami as he so gracefully put it. This is Hilde Scheibeker my best friend and an ex- oz pilot. She snuck aboard Libra to get some information which the Gundam pilots needed. That's where I met her. And this is Heero Yuy, pilot of Wing Zero otherwise known as 01." She walked over to the other side of the circle. "This is Sajana Halasz, pilot of Impulse otherwise known as 08." She took more steps, "this is Elita Leare, pilot of Charisma otherwise known as 09." she proceeded even further round the circle. "This is Josephine Douglas, pilot of Enchantment otherwise known as 10."

"Mind you, if you EVER call me Josephine you'll find yourself floating down to Hell." she glared at all of them. Ignoring her glare Nerida made her way to Sorcha.

"This is Sorcha Column Sevenwaters, pilot of Irish-Legend also known as 11," Nerida leaned over to Sorcha and whispered, "meet me in my room in 1 hour. We need to talk."



"What did you want to meet me for?" Nerida looked up from her book. Seeing Sorcha she placed her bookmark in and put it away.

"What happened on your last mission?"

"W-What do you mean?"

"I looked in on their security camera and noticed you had set everything up perfectly, but there was one of their soldiers with you. Who was he?" Sorcha looked down, willing the tears to stay back. "Sorcha, tell me. Please." Nerida begged. "You've been so quiet since you got back, you never want to talk to me, or anyone anymore. We are friends and friends help one another. I swear I won't tell anyone anything." Sorcha sat on the couch and curled her legs up.

"Alright. He... he was my... he was my fiancee!" she said as tears fell. She was crying. "We were going to be married in a week. We had it all planned. It wasn't going to be big or fancy. I found out that he was there after I had planted all the bombs. I got him, but he said he couldn't leave. He said that all his friends were there. He told me to leave without him." By now her voice was quivering, as was the rest of her body. "I couldn't kill him and leave. So, I went around disarming all the bombs. They found out. They caught me and killed him right in front of me!!!" Nerida put a comforting arm around her friend's shoulders. Sorcha began bawling into her shoulder.