Dark One's Kingdom
Part 3: Meeting the Family…ER…Pilots
By Princess Raye Fire
The Winners of the pole are:
-Inner Loyalist:
-Rei 10
-Outer Loyalist:
-Haruka 10
-Pairs:
-Hotaru/Duo 6
-Rei/Heero 4
-Haruka/Wufei 2
-Gundam Names:
-Hotaru:
Shinigami
-Rei
DragonFlame
-Haruka
SolarWind
On to da fic!
Wufei and the agent made it to the apartment by about noon the next day. The house was empty. The other Pilots had probably gone about their routines.
That meant Quatre was shopping -groceries, clothes, toiletries, and parts, tools- humanitarian minorities that could keep the team supplied and running efficiently.
Duo working the junkyard with Trowa -and usually Wufei- to keep them out from under suspicion.
Heero and Zechs were working the labs with the Doctors. Wufei had just left them practically drooling over the New Gundam. They were arguing about who would pilot it, as if The Agent wouldn't want it.
Hotaru, who was carrying all seven of her bags, turned to look at him. "I am laying siege to the bathroom. I shall be out once at least 5 years of dirt are off my hide."
She then entered the bathroom and dropped her bags on the floor, when he was going to protest she said, "They are mine until I give them out, I will not have you snooping." She closed and locked the door. "And you can show me my room later."
Wufei heard the Hot water start and turned toward the kitchen.
Their apartment had three mid-sized bedrooms, one small kitchen; one full bathroom -each bedroom had a smaller one with a shower cubicle. The place was crowded with six of them, with seven that meant close quarters.
They'd manage. He would put the new man with Heero and Duo. The silent one wouldn't complain, and Duo would like having free excess to a new person to annoy. How would the new man handle Duo?
He shrugged. Heero wouldn't let anything happen to his partner. It would complicate the mission.
Quatre was the first one home, than Zechs and Heero, than Trowa and Duo.
Trowa and Zechs took over the Kitchen to generate enough stuff to feed the other Pilots (DUO) and the new roommate.
The moment Zechs pulled out the Pork chops and the pilots were around the table, munching happily a shadow graced the doorway.
Wufei was the first to spot her. She had glistening hair that was so black it looked purple and still crimped from the washing and so long it trailed after her on the floor. She was about 5'1/2" with beautiful purple eyes. She was wearing black short shorts and a black tank top. The shorts emphasized her legs and bare feet and the black made her look pale and delicate. She was china-doll pale, but somehow her skin managed to still have the golden coloring Wufei's had.
Heero also saw her and pulled a gun. "Who are you? Who do you work for?"
She looked at him. "I am Tomoe Hotaru and your friend gave me a get out of jail free card." She said as she sat at the empty chair and began eating.
Zechs studied her. "You're the pilot of that Gundam?"
"Yes."
"What's so special about it?"
She frowned, that had been random. "What do you mean?"
"We can't access the piloting programs from the Cockpit. How do you pilot it? From where do you pilot it? Is it some kind of high bread to Doll technology?"
She laughed. "No, It is no Doll. The Suit is only as good as the Pilot. AND I pilot it from the…ah~ha I'll just keep that to my self. But I'll give you a hint. It is the biggest step forward in Virtual Reality -ever."
"The doctors mentioned a team…?"
"Yes. I have a team of three. Myself and two other female warriors. That is all I can say, presently."
"Why?"
"I don't know if we are being spied on…"
"We are secure." Heero said gruffly.
"You might be, but I answer my own questions on safety." She moved the hair back from her face to reveal a scratched, scared, and bruised face, hand, arm, neck, thigh, and calf. "And I trust no one. Not since it happened."
The other pilots nodded and got back to their meals. But Duo, who sat in his seat across the table from her, some how knew she was referring to something else. He didn't know what, but he'd find out. For now, though, he'd keep his peace.
Author Brief: And for those of you who want male/male, female/female pairings. I apologize, I don't want to offend you but I've do not like writing those. If couples were meant to be anything but male/female it would have been Adam and Steve, not Adam and Eve. 0-0 Again no offense is intended over my squeamishness.
What do you think of the quote? "Time changes by the second"?