Author's Notes: Shin's Voice here. I just wanna make sure you guys like the
story so please R&R. If you got an idea you want for me to add, please let
me now. Well, lets get started, some pilots are going to discover that the
happy-go-lucky is not what he seems to be.
***********guess ya know it's flashback************
"Believing in Angels"
Chapter Four
"What the heck is that?" –Wufei exclaimed at the time Trowa enlarged the image on the central screen.
"Pirates" –Trowa answered- "A quite big pirate ship and more robber units".
"An obstruction" –Heero folded arms- "An obstruction we better take care of in order to reach L2 in less time".
"But we can't do anything drastic, Heero. After all, they are civilians, not OZ. Besides, we are not supposed to go around telling everybody we are Gundam Pilots for them to move out of the way" –Quatre replied.
"Whatever we are going to do, we better do it fast. These pirates are not fools and they are about to…" –Trowa was interrupted by the suddenly shaking of their ship, which had just been hooked by the pirate ship. The cables pulled the ship until getting it inside the hangar.
A pretty numerous bunch of men with black coats with rifles and different types of guns were surrounding the gate.
The Gundam Pilots looked at each other and decided to get down and try to leave without any complication. If that didn't work, they'll have to take some measures.
Only Duo stayed silent in his seat and he was the last one in getting down and exit the ship.
The pirates targeted them and one of them, obviously the leader, walked some steps forward.
"Good afternoon, gentlemen. Would you be kind enough to cooperate in a charity donation for these humble space defenders?" –and the guy smiled with a liar expression.
Quatre was about to speak, but Duo, behind the others, interrupted him:
"Allow me, Cat" –he murmured and he also stepped forward.
"Tell them to lower the guns, my friend. That's not the way to receive your honor guests" –Duo said walking closer to the leader. Immediately, all pirates targeted him.
"Freeze, boy. Not even a single step more" –the leader ordered kind of puzzled to see this 'boy'.
"I don't remember being so obedient, Gene." –Duo smiled still walking.
"Wait a sec! You remind me of…" –the leader said with curiosity.
"Ya should be ashamed, Gene. Maybe 'Captain Gene' rings you a bell?" –Duo replied.
"Duo Maxwell" –the guy exclaimed amazed when they were face to face.
There was a moment of silence and after that, Gene smiled and lowered the gun, placing a hand in 02's shoulder.
"Holy Gosh. It is you, Duo! You always surprise me, huh? Hey, guys, it's Duo, the kiddo." –the leader yelled happily.
"Don't call me like that, Gene" –Duo protested.
The other pirates got closer, greeting him with huge smiles, laughing and cracking jokes.
"Hmmm…..Duo?" –Quatre called after a while. The other pilots were confused with all the fuzz.
"Oh, yeah…He he he. Sorry. My bad" –Duo said remembering they were there. 02 stepped at the middle and, pointing the pilots, he started to introduce them.
"These are Quatre, Trowa, Wufei and Heero. We travel together to L2. My big happy family" –Duo said teasingly. Then, he pointed the pirates.
"And these are Gene and his gang. Not really feared pirates, but more like a bunch of guys with nothing to do and who live at expense of others" –Duo laughed.
"Hey" –one pirate protested.
"The same little brat" –other laughed.
"You just forgot to tell them we know how to have a good time here" –another guy smiled.
"And that you should include yourself" –Gene reminded him.
The Gundam Pilots looked Duo with growing curiosity.
"Yeah. Forgot that" –Duo looked his comrades and added with a smile- "I used to live here"
"We'll never forget the little brat who hacked our computers…"-one giggled.
"We never had hot water thanks to little brat" –another added
"He always put pepper in our food, the kiddo…"
"And he…"
"Stop with that already" –Duo interrupted- "You're embarrassing me"
"That's exactly the point" –Gene laughed, but them he ordered: "O.k. guys, enough. And you, boys, come with us. If you're Duo's friends, then you are our honor guests" –Gene said addressing the pilots.
"Hn. Thanks, but we are in a hurry. We'll be leaving now" –Trowa replied.
"Without supplies? Fine, if you insist. But don't you think it's a better idea to rest and recharge the ship before heading to L2? You're welcomed here…"-Gene shrugged.
"You are surely kind. And we realized you're probably right. We'll be honored to accept your invitation" –Quatre said after a minute.
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"Heero…what are you doing here?" –Quatre asked when he entered the computers main room in the Sweepers Group ship.
After spending some hours with the pirates, who used the time in talking and laughing about Duo's return, every single person was kind of exhausted, so they had headed to the rooms to sleep for a while.
But here, two pilots were still up, both of them in a place they were not supposed to be.
Heero looked at Quatre and then continued with his 'work'. He was sitting in front of a module, checking what it seemed to be files and expedients.
"Heero, what's that? –04 asked getting close to the screen and reading.
"What you also came here to look for" –was Heero's cold answer. Quatre looked at him a bit ashamed. Yes, he was also there in order to look for Duo's files.
"I know it's wrong and I won't be glad for people to read my files, but I just though it could help us to know what's going on with Duo" –the Arabian pilot explained…
"I can tell you also though the same" –Quatre added smiling warmly.
"Shut up" –Heero answered annoyed.
"So…what have you found?"
"Nothing really. There's quite a lot of information here, but it's only from 3 years and it doesn't really helps…Look at it" –Heero said.
"This means Duo only lived here for that amount of time, right? I wonder where he lived before…" Quatre mused.
" I suspect this was his former home" –Heero replied, changing the image of the screen and replacing it by the image of an old church.
"Huh? How come?" –Quatre asked confused.
"Several trails. Like the accident a while ago. It's clear that Duo will never allow something like that happened. So I supposed he probably had something to do with a similar event. And his outfit, of course. This was an abandoned children's home which was destroyed by OZ. Most of the victims were children and all the victims died…"
"I see. But, still, I don't think it's enough proof…" –Quatre commented.
"It sure is. This was the Maxwell Home and Church. Its destruction is known as the Maxwell Massacre in L2…"
"Oh, God…" –04 murmured. That was way too much coincidence.
"You shouldn't be doing this…" –a voice in the back startled them a little.
Standing at the door's threshold was Gene. Quatre and Heero didn't move. By the other hand, Gene approached them slowly and he glanced over the screen.
"Reading some one's else files is a disgusting bad manner" –Gene growled in a reproof tone- "I don't think Duo approves it…"
" We know. And we are sorry" –Quatre bent slightly- " But, well, it was in order to help. With a good intention…"
"Oh, really? I can't tell which intention is enough excuse" -Gene folded arms.
"Because you don't know which are the risks" –Heero answered bluntly- "Duo is risking more than what you think with his depressed state…"
"I am all ears…"-Gene walked one more step- "What's he risking? Tell me…what's so important?"
"His life" –the blonde pilot said in a low voice- "If we knew what's going on with him we could maybe help him. He has to make it through, because if he continue like this…" –Quatre trailed off. Neither of them had decided yet if they were going to reveal who they really were and that they were heading to a battle.
Gene looked at them seriously and directly. He seemed to suspect it, so Heero decided to go on.
"Because if he continue like this he is going to get killed in our next mission. He can't fight like that. We are soldiers and he is risking too much in war…" –01 said slowly.
TBC………
***************Shinigami's Voice***********
A/N: There. I used " " to mark people's conversation. Hope you R&R. Tell me it's not that bad, please….
***********guess ya know it's flashback************
"Believing in Angels"
Chapter Four
"What the heck is that?" –Wufei exclaimed at the time Trowa enlarged the image on the central screen.
"Pirates" –Trowa answered- "A quite big pirate ship and more robber units".
"An obstruction" –Heero folded arms- "An obstruction we better take care of in order to reach L2 in less time".
"But we can't do anything drastic, Heero. After all, they are civilians, not OZ. Besides, we are not supposed to go around telling everybody we are Gundam Pilots for them to move out of the way" –Quatre replied.
"Whatever we are going to do, we better do it fast. These pirates are not fools and they are about to…" –Trowa was interrupted by the suddenly shaking of their ship, which had just been hooked by the pirate ship. The cables pulled the ship until getting it inside the hangar.
A pretty numerous bunch of men with black coats with rifles and different types of guns were surrounding the gate.
The Gundam Pilots looked at each other and decided to get down and try to leave without any complication. If that didn't work, they'll have to take some measures.
Only Duo stayed silent in his seat and he was the last one in getting down and exit the ship.
The pirates targeted them and one of them, obviously the leader, walked some steps forward.
"Good afternoon, gentlemen. Would you be kind enough to cooperate in a charity donation for these humble space defenders?" –and the guy smiled with a liar expression.
Quatre was about to speak, but Duo, behind the others, interrupted him:
"Allow me, Cat" –he murmured and he also stepped forward.
"Tell them to lower the guns, my friend. That's not the way to receive your honor guests" –Duo said walking closer to the leader. Immediately, all pirates targeted him.
"Freeze, boy. Not even a single step more" –the leader ordered kind of puzzled to see this 'boy'.
"I don't remember being so obedient, Gene." –Duo smiled still walking.
"Wait a sec! You remind me of…" –the leader said with curiosity.
"Ya should be ashamed, Gene. Maybe 'Captain Gene' rings you a bell?" –Duo replied.
"Duo Maxwell" –the guy exclaimed amazed when they were face to face.
There was a moment of silence and after that, Gene smiled and lowered the gun, placing a hand in 02's shoulder.
"Holy Gosh. It is you, Duo! You always surprise me, huh? Hey, guys, it's Duo, the kiddo." –the leader yelled happily.
"Don't call me like that, Gene" –Duo protested.
The other pirates got closer, greeting him with huge smiles, laughing and cracking jokes.
"Hmmm…..Duo?" –Quatre called after a while. The other pilots were confused with all the fuzz.
"Oh, yeah…He he he. Sorry. My bad" –Duo said remembering they were there. 02 stepped at the middle and, pointing the pilots, he started to introduce them.
"These are Quatre, Trowa, Wufei and Heero. We travel together to L2. My big happy family" –Duo said teasingly. Then, he pointed the pirates.
"And these are Gene and his gang. Not really feared pirates, but more like a bunch of guys with nothing to do and who live at expense of others" –Duo laughed.
"Hey" –one pirate protested.
"The same little brat" –other laughed.
"You just forgot to tell them we know how to have a good time here" –another guy smiled.
"And that you should include yourself" –Gene reminded him.
The Gundam Pilots looked Duo with growing curiosity.
"Yeah. Forgot that" –Duo looked his comrades and added with a smile- "I used to live here"
"We'll never forget the little brat who hacked our computers…"-one giggled.
"We never had hot water thanks to little brat" –another added
"He always put pepper in our food, the kiddo…"
"And he…"
"Stop with that already" –Duo interrupted- "You're embarrassing me"
"That's exactly the point" –Gene laughed, but them he ordered: "O.k. guys, enough. And you, boys, come with us. If you're Duo's friends, then you are our honor guests" –Gene said addressing the pilots.
"Hn. Thanks, but we are in a hurry. We'll be leaving now" –Trowa replied.
"Without supplies? Fine, if you insist. But don't you think it's a better idea to rest and recharge the ship before heading to L2? You're welcomed here…"-Gene shrugged.
"You are surely kind. And we realized you're probably right. We'll be honored to accept your invitation" –Quatre said after a minute.
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"Heero…what are you doing here?" –Quatre asked when he entered the computers main room in the Sweepers Group ship.
After spending some hours with the pirates, who used the time in talking and laughing about Duo's return, every single person was kind of exhausted, so they had headed to the rooms to sleep for a while.
But here, two pilots were still up, both of them in a place they were not supposed to be.
Heero looked at Quatre and then continued with his 'work'. He was sitting in front of a module, checking what it seemed to be files and expedients.
"Heero, what's that? –04 asked getting close to the screen and reading.
"What you also came here to look for" –was Heero's cold answer. Quatre looked at him a bit ashamed. Yes, he was also there in order to look for Duo's files.
"I know it's wrong and I won't be glad for people to read my files, but I just though it could help us to know what's going on with Duo" –the Arabian pilot explained…
"I can tell you also though the same" –Quatre added smiling warmly.
"Shut up" –Heero answered annoyed.
"So…what have you found?"
"Nothing really. There's quite a lot of information here, but it's only from 3 years and it doesn't really helps…Look at it" –Heero said.
"This means Duo only lived here for that amount of time, right? I wonder where he lived before…" Quatre mused.
" I suspect this was his former home" –Heero replied, changing the image of the screen and replacing it by the image of an old church.
"Huh? How come?" –Quatre asked confused.
"Several trails. Like the accident a while ago. It's clear that Duo will never allow something like that happened. So I supposed he probably had something to do with a similar event. And his outfit, of course. This was an abandoned children's home which was destroyed by OZ. Most of the victims were children and all the victims died…"
"I see. But, still, I don't think it's enough proof…" –Quatre commented.
"It sure is. This was the Maxwell Home and Church. Its destruction is known as the Maxwell Massacre in L2…"
"Oh, God…" –04 murmured. That was way too much coincidence.
"You shouldn't be doing this…" –a voice in the back startled them a little.
Standing at the door's threshold was Gene. Quatre and Heero didn't move. By the other hand, Gene approached them slowly and he glanced over the screen.
"Reading some one's else files is a disgusting bad manner" –Gene growled in a reproof tone- "I don't think Duo approves it…"
" We know. And we are sorry" –Quatre bent slightly- " But, well, it was in order to help. With a good intention…"
"Oh, really? I can't tell which intention is enough excuse" -Gene folded arms.
"Because you don't know which are the risks" –Heero answered bluntly- "Duo is risking more than what you think with his depressed state…"
"I am all ears…"-Gene walked one more step- "What's he risking? Tell me…what's so important?"
"His life" –the blonde pilot said in a low voice- "If we knew what's going on with him we could maybe help him. He has to make it through, because if he continue like this…" –Quatre trailed off. Neither of them had decided yet if they were going to reveal who they really were and that they were heading to a battle.
Gene looked at them seriously and directly. He seemed to suspect it, so Heero decided to go on.
"Because if he continue like this he is going to get killed in our next mission. He can't fight like that. We are soldiers and he is risking too much in war…" –01 said slowly.
TBC………
***************Shinigami's Voice***********
A/N: There. I used " " to mark people's conversation. Hope you R&R. Tell me it's not that bad, please….