Sometimes We Love (Over Coffee)
Chapter 1: Incident
By Kawaii Dragoness
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Date: 23 May 198
The lights of the dark hangar were buzzed on, revealing three Gundams in a row. The one on the left was in the shape of a golden Chinese dragon, with huge ruby eyes. It was coiled around itself--if it was alive, one would assume that it was sleeping. A tiny form climbed up to the dragon's head. The form had chin-length black hair and dark brown almond-shaped eyes--and was quite obviously female. It was surprising how nimble she was, for she wore a traditional red Chinese dress with golden flowers. As her brown leather sandals got a foothold onto the top of the dragon's head, Kavina breathed a huff of relief. She opened a small hidden door on the dragon's head, and climbed in.
The tiny cockpit lit up before her, and the dragon whirred to life. Kavina flipped on the intercom, waiting for the others to enter their Gundams.
To her right, in the middle of the row, there was a black wolf-Gundam, also in a "sleeping" form. Its amethyst eyes seemed eternally alert, however, and another girl came up to it. This one had spiky moss-green hair and green-gray eyes. She jumped her way up, taking care of her tight leather miniskirt and purple tube top on the way. Her own black high-top sneakers landed with a soft ~thump~. She also climbed into the Gundam and turned on her own intercom.
"Kavvie?" Allaya asked.
"Who else, Ally-chan?" Kavvie replied. "I'm just waiting for Keita now."
The mentioned girl was already halfway up a somewhat smaller griffin Gundam, folded up in its own wings, which was silvery like her long swept-back hair--except that her hair was light blue, such a light that it almost seemed silvery. Her eyes, a deep shade of blue with a slight tint of purple, were focused in concentration as her knee-length leather boots (hidden under dark blue low-rise boot-cut jeans) swiftly climbed their way up the suit. She made it up with a small grin, dusting something off of her low green t-shirt. As she finally got in, Keita flipped everything on.
"All rightie, Keita in. The guys seem to be ready," she said.
"So what are we waiting for?" Kavvie asked. "C'mon, let's go!"
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It had been an average mission for the Gundam pilots (this time, to blow up a base in Mexico), which now numbered eight. Yet this one, it could be said, would lead them to the most ill of fates...
It started when Kavvie was surrounded by Leos, and therefore unable to guard Wufei from a new, nameless MS on the field. The brown suit was huge and round, yet extremely fast and powerful. It seemed to mainly use a large beam cannon. Since Altron was nearly useless against such a weapon, the girl's concern had an obvious source.¹ "Dragon, status!" she screamed over the intercom.
"Dragon, in. I can't do anything to this MS--if I get close, it'll just destroy me with that beam cannon," Wufei replied.
"And I can't fucking et away from these Leos! They're like leeches!" Kavvie replied angrily, tearing them apart with various weapons--but it seemed that any time she killed one, another would pop up nearby that she'd have to get off.
A giant wolf-Gundam bounded towards the hapless dragoness, tearing Leos apart in her path. "This help?" Ally-chan asked with a grin over the intercom. "I sure hope it does, y'know."
"Yeah, much! Thanks." Kavvie, finally free, flew over to her partner in love and war when she noticed that the MS it was battling suddenly began to warm up the giant beam cannon at its front.
"Dragon, get behind the MS! That beam's gonna kill you!"
"I'm trying to!" Wufei replied. "It turns with me!" He tried to get around it in vain, cursing the day Master Ou decided not to give his Gundam nearly enough speed. "Oh--shit." It fired, the giant beam of blue light directed straight at him in a literal sense--it would hit the cockpit first, and therefore him.
Pilot 05 was praying to the gods that he'd survive. When that showed no hope, he prayed for the safety and protection of his friends. But all was lost.... The images of life were flashing by--scholarly studies, Meilan, Master Ou, Shenlong, the other pilots, Sally, and finally the new three girls. Kavvie's smile...what had happened the night before....
The split-second explosion caused a painful, instant death. Nobody knows what his last words were.
Pilot S1 [Kavvie] stared with intense eyes at the pile of wreakage left behind, knowing that Wufei was somewhere, anywhere, inside there--and dead. "I...." The single word broke the empty silence that had followed. "I didn't know it was possible." Tears welled up in her eyes. "I didn't know that the gods could turn their backs on the hour of death. I didn't know that a beam cannon could destroy a Gundam. And I especially didn't know that anyone could be so cruel...I mean...." The tears fell, empty as they were, and strangely comforting.
"Kavvie, there was nothing you could do," Keita said sadly. "I'm so sorry...."
"No need...no need." Kavvie said sadly. She pressed a few buttons on her intercom and straightened up. "Pilot of the unnamed MS, identify yourself. Come out as the murderer of 05."
"Phoenix would be the one you wish to speak to," a female voice said. It was a cold, dark voice with a thick foreign accent--which one, it was impossible to tell. Nobody seemed to recognize it.
"Who is your commander, Phoenix?" Kavvie asked shakily.
"None other but his Excellency, of course."
I thought that Une was the only woman who was Treize's direct subordinate--and that voice is way too high to be a falsetto. And I also thought that Treize was too "intrigued" by Wufei to order an OZzie to kill him off. "Was your mission to kill 05?" Kavvie asked out loud.
"That is confidential. Now goodbye, oh ill-fated pilots...." The suit blasted off into the recesses of space, taking the Leos that were left with her.
"You shall pay for your crimes, Phoenix...." Kavvie whispered. "I swear it...on my dear love's body!"
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Treize sat in his office when someone knocked at his door. "Come in."
"Treize-sama, your mission is completed," Phoenix answered. She had auburn-colored hair that was pulled into a tight bun, two curling tendrils behind her ears. Her complexion had a definitive pinkish tint--or maybe it just looked that way with her hair. Her gray eyes regarded her commander and master.
"Which was your choice?" Treize asked.
"05. His weaknesses are my strenghts, and it was an easy mission."
"I once had a swordfight against that one...he intrigued me. Still, I left the choice up to you, so I shall not hold that against you. And what of S1? I know that she is quite fond of him--as he is her."
"She tried to pull information out of me. She was deeply distressed after the battle--she might not fight in the coming months."
"And yet she has no choice but to. She might even double for her lover. We shall see, we shall see.... I will find out when the pilots are next attempting to reach a base. Speaking of which, what is the status on the base and the Leos?"
"The base was indeed destroyed, but two-thirds of the Leos survived."
"Good, good. We barely needed that Mexico base anyway. The Leos...Une will take care of those. Next time the pilots attempt to reach the base, you have the same instructions--except that I also want you either let S1 go free, or capture her. Do not kill her. Understood?"
"Yes, your Excellency."
"How do you like the Infernum?" Treize asked casually.
"It's a good suit, and I like its strengths. Very nice. I'm learning to work with it."
"Would you be even happier with it if I installed the ZERO system into it?"
"I can only dream of being talented enough to handle the ZERO, your Excellency...but if you think I am capable, that would be my greatest honor."
"I will see if it is possible for you to get it by the next battle. In the meanwhile, I have set up simulators for you so that you can master it while waiting for your mission. Report your status on the simulators when asked. Understood?"
"Yes, your Excellency."
"You are dismissed." She left qucikly, her OZ boots clicking before the tile floor.
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Next chapter:
Chapter 2: Dreams~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
¹This MS is based off of the 08th MS Team Zeon Apocalypse.