Gundam Steel

Chapter 9

Between the Candle and the Star

The Darkness and the Light

Phase 1:

As the 5 figures surrounded the blinded Trowa, two new figures came into the clearing to join the other 5. One of the newcomers was deep red in color, and had wings. The other one was covered in blue and red paint, and also had wings.

"What have we here?" The first newcomer asked. They then showed, the 2 newcomers, the sleeping body of Trowa Barton. The second newcomer opened the empty sockets of Trowa's eyes.

"Hmmm…not good, that worm's blood sure did a number on him."

"Can we replace them?" A black figure asked.

"WE MUST FIX HIM UP!" The red figure started to cry black tears.

"We can not only replace them, but make them better, but who know where we can get two spare eyeballs?"

"Take one of mine." The crying red figure offered.

"Ok, that's one." The blood red newcomer said.

"I'm sure my master would've wanted me to do the same." The black figure offered the other eye.

"Ok, now that we have what we need, let us not waste anymore time." A blue figure was getting impatient.

Meanwhile:

Duo and Wufei followed the white robed elf into the castle walls. Down torch lit hallways that were otherwise isolated from the outside sunlight. Inside the castle were more elves of different skin tones, sizes and body masses, but all were smaller than humans were. So Duo and Wufei were a bit taller and way stronger physically. But there were also dwarfs, gnomes, and centaurs (half man/half horses) inside as well. The dwarves mostly repaired the castle wall, while the gnomes decorated, and the centaurs carried food and laundry.

"Whow!' Duo stared in awe at the fine organization of the castle. Everyone did their jobs, but just incase a few lazy workers started to slack on their jobs, a few armored guards carried small whips around. But from the looks of the whips, and the overall condition of the workers, the whips weren't used very often. Deeper into the castle, until they came to a massive dinning hall with a clean red carpet down the center. Two Gigantic wooden tables were one either side of the room, and two golden chandeliers were hanging from the roof. Finally, straight across from where Duo and Wufei entered the massive room, was a strong looking wooden door, supported with iron and steel bolts. 3 guards then took formation behind the two pilots as the white robed elf led them on.

"Somehow I get the feeling that they didn't invite us to dinner." Duo started to sweat a bit.

"Be on your guard." Wufei didn't request that, he commanded it."

"Don't worry about me," Duo said as he started to finger his thermal scythe, as the giant bolted door started to open from the inside.

However:

Heero and Quatra weren't in a much better situation. Having finally gotten into the city, they had been mistaken for trying, by the guards, for causing harm to the elf girl that Quatra STILL carried. They had been fortunate enough to find a small stable and hid in the hay. While they waited for the guards to search elsewhere, the elf girl, Helena started to awaken. Realizing that the girl had already caused enough trouble, both decided that it would be better if they found someone else to take care of the girl. So, they gave the girl the rest of their money, they left her in the stable and left.

They both ducked through the narrow alleys and all the while they searched for the other 2 pilots.

Finally:

Trowa woke up, and to his surprise he could see. In plain eyesight, infrared sight, ultra-violet, and could also zoom in and out. Not only that there was also a radar grid in the top left of his sight and a small info box in the bottom right.

"What the?" he asked himself, but then the radar grid in the top left of his vision detected 7 objects behind him. He jumped to his feet and quickly turned to face his assailants. He could not believe what he saw before him.

"But, how is this possible?" he asked in absolute shock, his "new" green eyes going wide.

"OOOOOOHHHHHH, it's very possible." a human sized Epyon told him.