Chapter Five
Disclaimer: I don't own of the gundam characters but I own Selene and Haft for that matter. Note: Since most of the gundam characters are named after numbers, I named Haft after the Persian number 7. As for Selene, well, her name isn't from a number but from the moon goddess and that reason will be made evident later.
She stood in a palace effulged by roaring flames. She was in her Oz uniform and sweat was dripping from her hair. Her heart was filled with fear, and she could hear the words "traitor" being murmured in her ears. Even though it was scorching hot her whole body trembled as if someone kept rubbing ice against her skin. The pillar next to her was wavering, before she could call on her reflexes to move her from its path, the pillar gave way, and collapsed unto her.
Selene woke up from her nightmare shivering… that dream had been so haunting and so familiar. Memories were rushing to her…. Memories she had long abandoned to ease her own pain. No, she wouldn't think of it, there was too much pain involved… she had put that all behind her. Selene looked at the clock- it was 5:10 A.M. Her whole body shuddered, that was the time when everything had fallen, when the place she had called home had collapsed. Her eyes betrayed her and tears fell down her cheeks. "I'm becoming such a weakling," she said forcefully wiping her tears, "I must stay strong, no more crying over petty things." Yet she knew that her reasons weren't petty; how many children had lost two sets of families? She pushed her thoughts away and decided to get out of bed since she knew sleep would not come to her anymore. Perhaps she should investigate the black box that "Death" had brought to her. Her mind made, she gently picked up the box only to see that it really wasn't a box but actually a laptop. She opened the laptop and a small screen picture of Dr. J popped into view.
"Hello Selene," the voice said with authority, "If your hearing this, that means Duo did his job delivering this to you."
"Duo," Selene thought, "so that's death's name."
"This laptop is the most top of the line, state of the art spy equipment I have ever invented, " Dr. J's voice continued, "Whatever information you put in here will be sent directly to us. The green button on the side enables the laptop to become pocket sized and the yellow button will make it return to normal size."
"What about the red button?" Selene asked out loud forgetting that the screen had been prerecorded.
The Dr. J kept speaking, "And knowing your great curiosity, you want to know what the red button is. Well, Selene, that is a self-destruct button so that in case you're in an emergency and have to destroy the computer you can just press that button. Well, that's all I have to tell you for now, so goodbye and good luck."
Selene sighed and looked at the clock- 5:25 A.M. She walked over and put on the dark blue Oz jacket that matched her eyes. "Perhaps I should give Zechs a wake up call," she thought sinisterly. She could imagine Zechs half awake and opening the door, if she had a camera she would probably take a picture and then use it against him. She snickered at the thought, and somehow decided that she would let "sleeping beauty" rest. She walked up to the mirror to sum up her looks before leaving. People said she had her father's eyes, of course she wouldn't know because when she was born her father had already been assassinated. She had heard a lot about her father… Heero Yuy, never from any actual written sources but only from everyone around her. They extolled his virtues and his dedication to peace. She stared back into the mirror, if her father was still alive what would he think of his daughter now? The pacifist's daughter who had become a soldier; he'd find it deplorable most likely. "No," she thought, "my father is dead now, and if I become a pacifist I'll probably end up dead like him and the Peacecrafts and that will certainly not help at all. I will work to achieve vengeance for those lost souls and in the end, I too will probably join them." She quickly grabbed the laptop pressing the green button and putting it in her pocket; she then left her room to wander. She walked along to the room she had been visiting until Zechs had come and so rudely dragged her to practice. As the room came into view, her heart fell; Zechs was sitting on the couch reading a book and she wasn't about to go in there with him. He looked up sensing her presence and smiled- sort of.
"What are you doing up so early?" Selene asked turning away from his glare.
"I could ask the same for you," Zechs answered.
"I couldn't sleep," she said plainly.
"Well, neither could I," he replied.
"What are you reading?" Selene questioned curiously.
"Nothing," he quickly answered hiding the book and getting up to leave. As he walked by her he quickly commented, "Breakfast is at 7:00 A.M. and don't be late." She nodded remembering her hunger and the fact that she had missed dinner the night before. Now that he was gone she could sit and well, become consumed by her thoughts.
A quick flashback came to her. There she was only about 14, a young and spirited young girl who had trained for the last 11 years of her life to become a great gundam pilot ready to face anything. That was when she had first gotten her mission. Come work for Oz and secretly hand over their plans to her allies, the other gundam pilots. She had been prepared in the Oz ways and could easily compete with anyone who graduated from the top military academies. The only thing she hadn't learned about was the Leo system since Dr. J said that by the time she went to OZ, new models would have replaced it. He had probably not taught her on purpose because otherwise her skill might have betrayed her. The flashback quickly ended and she got up to go see if there were any computers she could go hack into for information.
Ok, so there was not much action in that chapter… but there will be next time! So Please R and R, and I'll hopefully write more. Thanks!
Disclaimer: I don't own of the gundam characters but I own Selene and Haft for that matter. Note: Since most of the gundam characters are named after numbers, I named Haft after the Persian number 7. As for Selene, well, her name isn't from a number but from the moon goddess and that reason will be made evident later.
She stood in a palace effulged by roaring flames. She was in her Oz uniform and sweat was dripping from her hair. Her heart was filled with fear, and she could hear the words "traitor" being murmured in her ears. Even though it was scorching hot her whole body trembled as if someone kept rubbing ice against her skin. The pillar next to her was wavering, before she could call on her reflexes to move her from its path, the pillar gave way, and collapsed unto her.
Selene woke up from her nightmare shivering… that dream had been so haunting and so familiar. Memories were rushing to her…. Memories she had long abandoned to ease her own pain. No, she wouldn't think of it, there was too much pain involved… she had put that all behind her. Selene looked at the clock- it was 5:10 A.M. Her whole body shuddered, that was the time when everything had fallen, when the place she had called home had collapsed. Her eyes betrayed her and tears fell down her cheeks. "I'm becoming such a weakling," she said forcefully wiping her tears, "I must stay strong, no more crying over petty things." Yet she knew that her reasons weren't petty; how many children had lost two sets of families? She pushed her thoughts away and decided to get out of bed since she knew sleep would not come to her anymore. Perhaps she should investigate the black box that "Death" had brought to her. Her mind made, she gently picked up the box only to see that it really wasn't a box but actually a laptop. She opened the laptop and a small screen picture of Dr. J popped into view.
"Hello Selene," the voice said with authority, "If your hearing this, that means Duo did his job delivering this to you."
"Duo," Selene thought, "so that's death's name."
"This laptop is the most top of the line, state of the art spy equipment I have ever invented, " Dr. J's voice continued, "Whatever information you put in here will be sent directly to us. The green button on the side enables the laptop to become pocket sized and the yellow button will make it return to normal size."
"What about the red button?" Selene asked out loud forgetting that the screen had been prerecorded.
The Dr. J kept speaking, "And knowing your great curiosity, you want to know what the red button is. Well, Selene, that is a self-destruct button so that in case you're in an emergency and have to destroy the computer you can just press that button. Well, that's all I have to tell you for now, so goodbye and good luck."
Selene sighed and looked at the clock- 5:25 A.M. She walked over and put on the dark blue Oz jacket that matched her eyes. "Perhaps I should give Zechs a wake up call," she thought sinisterly. She could imagine Zechs half awake and opening the door, if she had a camera she would probably take a picture and then use it against him. She snickered at the thought, and somehow decided that she would let "sleeping beauty" rest. She walked up to the mirror to sum up her looks before leaving. People said she had her father's eyes, of course she wouldn't know because when she was born her father had already been assassinated. She had heard a lot about her father… Heero Yuy, never from any actual written sources but only from everyone around her. They extolled his virtues and his dedication to peace. She stared back into the mirror, if her father was still alive what would he think of his daughter now? The pacifist's daughter who had become a soldier; he'd find it deplorable most likely. "No," she thought, "my father is dead now, and if I become a pacifist I'll probably end up dead like him and the Peacecrafts and that will certainly not help at all. I will work to achieve vengeance for those lost souls and in the end, I too will probably join them." She quickly grabbed the laptop pressing the green button and putting it in her pocket; she then left her room to wander. She walked along to the room she had been visiting until Zechs had come and so rudely dragged her to practice. As the room came into view, her heart fell; Zechs was sitting on the couch reading a book and she wasn't about to go in there with him. He looked up sensing her presence and smiled- sort of.
"What are you doing up so early?" Selene asked turning away from his glare.
"I could ask the same for you," Zechs answered.
"I couldn't sleep," she said plainly.
"Well, neither could I," he replied.
"What are you reading?" Selene questioned curiously.
"Nothing," he quickly answered hiding the book and getting up to leave. As he walked by her he quickly commented, "Breakfast is at 7:00 A.M. and don't be late." She nodded remembering her hunger and the fact that she had missed dinner the night before. Now that he was gone she could sit and well, become consumed by her thoughts.
A quick flashback came to her. There she was only about 14, a young and spirited young girl who had trained for the last 11 years of her life to become a great gundam pilot ready to face anything. That was when she had first gotten her mission. Come work for Oz and secretly hand over their plans to her allies, the other gundam pilots. She had been prepared in the Oz ways and could easily compete with anyone who graduated from the top military academies. The only thing she hadn't learned about was the Leo system since Dr. J said that by the time she went to OZ, new models would have replaced it. He had probably not taught her on purpose because otherwise her skill might have betrayed her. The flashback quickly ended and she got up to go see if there were any computers she could go hack into for information.
Ok, so there was not much action in that chapter… but there will be next time! So Please R and R, and I'll hopefully write more. Thanks!