The Ties That Bind Us, by Siren Alecto
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing. If I did, I wouldn't be writing this, would I?
Author's note: The fourth chapter!!!!!! Finally, the chapter's finished. Thank you those who read and review, I really appreciate it. Continue voicing your opinions and questions to me, please! On that note, a person going by the name 'nobody' left two reviews asking questions.
Review 1: i like it so far but i think that destiny isnt using her psychic abilities to their full potential. for example, why did destiny manually lift and carry her friend out if she could simply float her along. keep in mind that with only a little effort she can send a gun to take out a room full of guards without risking any injury. just some food for thought.
Answer 1: The reason that Destiny was manually carrying Faith instead of using her power is because she's a first generation experiment and she doesn't multi-task very well with her power. Which means if she was using her power to carry Faith, then she couldn't have fought very well against anything that happened.
Review 2: i think faith is a bit to powerful...atleast if she's only a telepath. if she had telekinetic abilities then that whole shield thing might be feasible but she's only a telepath. and even if she was telekinetic, then (by the standards of those shields) she would be god- like.
Answer 2: Something which you seem to have confused a bit is that *Faith* is telepathic, *Destiny* is telekinetic, and *Fiona* is an Oracle with an extra power to shield. Hope this helps.
The Ties That Bind Us, by Siren Alecto
Chapter 4 - Planning
Destiny reached out and tugged gently on Fiona's sleeve, catching her attention. "So? What did you find out?"
"The guy who kidnapped Faith was one just like the rest. Power-hungry he was, wanting the Earth and the Colonies under his control and he wanted Faith by his side to help him. The only unusual thing was... He was Faith's old master before he sold her to the scientists." Fiona said, looking into her friend's angry purple eyes.
"Sold?..." Trowa asked quietly.
Angel nodded. "Yeah. Her parents sold her to pay off debts and her master in turn sold her to the scientists for a profit. I guess he thought that he was still entitled to Faith being his slave." She grinned savagely, "Faith would have changed his opinion quickly if we hadn't rescued her."
Fiona sighed. "To put it bluntly, Faith has a very sharp tongue that she likes to use to cut people to ribbons. Then she actually uses whatever's around her to physically hurt them."
"Stop talking about a person as if they weren't right there next to you." Faith muttered as her eyes flickered open.
"It's the truth isn't it?" Angel asked.
"Shut up, you red-headed baka." Faith snapped, rubbing her temples and trying to ease the fierce headache she had.
"I'll take that as a cue you're going to be just fine." Fiona said, rising to her feet in a fluid motion and headed out of the room.
"Fi?" Faith asked, jade eyes uncertain.
Fiona turned back and gave Faith a soft smile, "It'll be ok. Be back in a sec with some painkillers."
"Did I miss something?" Duo asked, scratching the back of his head in confusion.
"We don't like getting Fi into situations where she's almost certain to kill someone. She was born to save people so it makes her sad when she has to murder them." Destiny replied, unraveling her hair from it's confines and running her fingers through it agitatedly.
"Of course it makes me sad." Fiona said, coming back into the room with a cup of water in her right hand and some painkillers in her left. "The dead leave behind a parent, sibling or lover to mourn their passing."
Duo started to look uncomfortable until Fiona spoke again.
"I'm not trying to make you feel guilty. Far from it, you fought to save everyone living now and those yet to be born. It's just as Des says, I don't like turning away from what I know is my path."
"None of us are the type to waste life needlessly," Trowa injected quietly "so all this guilt is unnecessary."
Fiona just elegantly raised a shoulder in a half- shrug and handed Faith the cup and painkillers.
Faith's green eyes gleamed with appreciation and she downed the two pills in a gulp of water as quickly as she could.
"So, what else did you find out Fiona?" Trowa asked, tilting his head slightly to see her better through his hair.
"They're calling themselves Enigma, which is a pretty arrogant name considering that they're nothing compared to OZ or the White Fang. Enigma's very weak when it comes to their soldiers, the ones they have are old or half as well trained as they should be. They do have mobile suits, Leo, Aries and Taurus. No Pisces or Cancers though, which makes it easier to self-destruct the mobile suits. All we have to worry about is sneaking in before Enigma decides to go through with their plans without Faith." Fiona turned to Destiny, "Get ahold of Lady Une and tell her everything. We're going to need the other Gundam pilots and Hope."
A grin tugged at the corner of Faith's mouth, "Things are going to get interesting, then."
"They are at that," Fiona agreed.
"One problem." Destiny said, eyeing Fiona.
"What?"
"Where's your vid-phone?"
Fiona rolled her eyes, "That's what happens when you don't visit except for holidays! And I live, what? 30 minutes from you? 40?"
Destiny just shrugged off Fiona's complaints and rose to follow her bickering friend out of the room.
"Well it's not dull here, that's for certain." Duo said, grinning.
Destiny drummed her fingers on the desk, which the vid-phone was on, impatiently as she waited for someone to pick up at Headquarters.
Destiny's scowl greeted Lady Une as she finally picked up, "It can be arranged for your face to stay in the expression," the Lady said tartly, "but we'll talk about that later. How did everything go?"
The scowl faded from the younger woman's face to be replaced by a slight grin. "All according to plan, no causalities except for the enemy, none of us wounded except for Faith. She's not hurt too badly either, just her pride. Fiona also has a plan that we need to carry out ASAP. We have to attack the base before they can use the mobile suits they have to wreak havoc on the Earth, so we're going to need the rest of the Gundam Pilots assigned to us. We'll contact Hope ourselves, but we're going to need you to get Preventers officers ready to swarm in after we have the leader, to arrest everyone. Does that work well enough for you?"
Lady Une's eyes narrowed in thought, "Sounds like a good plan but... just Hope? Not the others also?"
Fiona's voice cut in smoothly behind Destiny; "The others are too far away, my lady, to make it here before we attack."
"Well, you know best. Right, tomorrow at 17:00 the other Gundam pilots will be sent to you and I'll have the 11th and 12th squads hidden outside the base, ready to help arrest the soldiers. Give me the coordinates tomorrow when you come to work." Lady Une said and then abruptly cut the connection.
"You know, she's almost as bad as you." Fiona said, leaning against the wall, smirking at her raven-haired friend.
Destiny snorted "It must be bad when I'm worse than a schizophrenic who's other half is almost evil."
Fiona's smirk dropped and she sighed, "I really wish you wouldn't say that about her. It's not nice."
Destiny raised an eyebrow at her friend; "I respect and trust her judgment, as I trust her with my life and the life of those I care for. But I'm not and never have been 'nice'. Besides, she is a schizophrenic."
Fiona raised an eyebrow at her raven-haired friend, then shook her head. "I'm not arguing with you over this, forget it. Let's just get back to the living room so we can tell everyone that they can go home but have to come back tomorrow to face the apocalypse."
"You have such a strange personality." Destiny muttered under her breath. Fiona's emotions were mercurial, she was difficult to predict and Destiny knew from experience that Fiona sometimes had a temper. The hardest part about it, Destiny thought to herself as she followed her friend back the way they came is that you can never tell how she'll react to what you say or do. That makes her dangerous, very much so.
Fiona entered the room first to instant silence. "You're all free to go home, but tomorrow we'll meet back here at 17:00, after work, and then we crush the bastards. Well, the Gundam pilots and Hope, Destiny, and Angel. I'll stay here, well within reach to help if I'm really needed, but I won't if you can handle it by yourselves. Any questions?"
Duo stood up, uncertainty written across his face. "Um... My girl, Hilde, can she stay here? If I leave her at home, she'll sneak out and follow me, or do something stupid like repeat the Libra incident..."
Fiona thought for a second, "Sure, your Hilde's welcome here, I always wanted to meet the person who pulled that stunt off."
Wufei grunted, "Maxwell, you are too soft on that woman of yours."
"Have you ever stopped to think that maybe you're too hard on them?" Fiona asked, eyebrow raised.
"If they can't handle it, they're weak." Wufei replied.
Fiona rolled her eyes, "Right, Wufei. I'm sure you're correct about this. And me being a woman PLUS an Oracle counts for squat, right?" Not giving him or anyone else a chance to answer, she continued "Alright, now, everyone out of my house, I'm supposed to be a recluse, you're turning me into a regular party person. Go on, scat." She said shooing, them out of the room, following them to the front door.
She watched until Angel's car (the second to leave her drive) was long gone up the road.
No one saw her wrap her arms around herself tightly, or heard her whisper on the dying breeze, "And so it begins..."
Siren Alecto: So sorry that it took me forever to get this part out, and have it end up being so short. I have a feeling that the next chapter is going to give me a lot of trouble too, so please be patient with me. Hope you liked this chapter, although really, it had nothing exciting going on in it, the next chapter is going to have a lot, trust me.
Eiryn: And they should trust you.... why?
Siren Alecto: Um... because they love me?
Eiryn: More likely they want to kill you because you have a procrastination problem the size of Texas!
Siren Alecto: But I'm working on it!
Eiryn: Really? ::looks dubious::
Siren Alecto: -.-; Anyway, please tell me what you think, hate, like, blah, blah, blah. It helps me get the next chapter out faster.
Eiryn: Think about the trouble I have, please!
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing. If I did, I wouldn't be writing this, would I?
Author's note: The fourth chapter!!!!!! Finally, the chapter's finished. Thank you those who read and review, I really appreciate it. Continue voicing your opinions and questions to me, please! On that note, a person going by the name 'nobody' left two reviews asking questions.
Review 1: i like it so far but i think that destiny isnt using her psychic abilities to their full potential. for example, why did destiny manually lift and carry her friend out if she could simply float her along. keep in mind that with only a little effort she can send a gun to take out a room full of guards without risking any injury. just some food for thought.
Answer 1: The reason that Destiny was manually carrying Faith instead of using her power is because she's a first generation experiment and she doesn't multi-task very well with her power. Which means if she was using her power to carry Faith, then she couldn't have fought very well against anything that happened.
Review 2: i think faith is a bit to powerful...atleast if she's only a telepath. if she had telekinetic abilities then that whole shield thing might be feasible but she's only a telepath. and even if she was telekinetic, then (by the standards of those shields) she would be god- like.
Answer 2: Something which you seem to have confused a bit is that *Faith* is telepathic, *Destiny* is telekinetic, and *Fiona* is an Oracle with an extra power to shield. Hope this helps.
The Ties That Bind Us, by Siren Alecto
Chapter 4 - Planning
Destiny reached out and tugged gently on Fiona's sleeve, catching her attention. "So? What did you find out?"
"The guy who kidnapped Faith was one just like the rest. Power-hungry he was, wanting the Earth and the Colonies under his control and he wanted Faith by his side to help him. The only unusual thing was... He was Faith's old master before he sold her to the scientists." Fiona said, looking into her friend's angry purple eyes.
"Sold?..." Trowa asked quietly.
Angel nodded. "Yeah. Her parents sold her to pay off debts and her master in turn sold her to the scientists for a profit. I guess he thought that he was still entitled to Faith being his slave." She grinned savagely, "Faith would have changed his opinion quickly if we hadn't rescued her."
Fiona sighed. "To put it bluntly, Faith has a very sharp tongue that she likes to use to cut people to ribbons. Then she actually uses whatever's around her to physically hurt them."
"Stop talking about a person as if they weren't right there next to you." Faith muttered as her eyes flickered open.
"It's the truth isn't it?" Angel asked.
"Shut up, you red-headed baka." Faith snapped, rubbing her temples and trying to ease the fierce headache she had.
"I'll take that as a cue you're going to be just fine." Fiona said, rising to her feet in a fluid motion and headed out of the room.
"Fi?" Faith asked, jade eyes uncertain.
Fiona turned back and gave Faith a soft smile, "It'll be ok. Be back in a sec with some painkillers."
"Did I miss something?" Duo asked, scratching the back of his head in confusion.
"We don't like getting Fi into situations where she's almost certain to kill someone. She was born to save people so it makes her sad when she has to murder them." Destiny replied, unraveling her hair from it's confines and running her fingers through it agitatedly.
"Of course it makes me sad." Fiona said, coming back into the room with a cup of water in her right hand and some painkillers in her left. "The dead leave behind a parent, sibling or lover to mourn their passing."
Duo started to look uncomfortable until Fiona spoke again.
"I'm not trying to make you feel guilty. Far from it, you fought to save everyone living now and those yet to be born. It's just as Des says, I don't like turning away from what I know is my path."
"None of us are the type to waste life needlessly," Trowa injected quietly "so all this guilt is unnecessary."
Fiona just elegantly raised a shoulder in a half- shrug and handed Faith the cup and painkillers.
Faith's green eyes gleamed with appreciation and she downed the two pills in a gulp of water as quickly as she could.
"So, what else did you find out Fiona?" Trowa asked, tilting his head slightly to see her better through his hair.
"They're calling themselves Enigma, which is a pretty arrogant name considering that they're nothing compared to OZ or the White Fang. Enigma's very weak when it comes to their soldiers, the ones they have are old or half as well trained as they should be. They do have mobile suits, Leo, Aries and Taurus. No Pisces or Cancers though, which makes it easier to self-destruct the mobile suits. All we have to worry about is sneaking in before Enigma decides to go through with their plans without Faith." Fiona turned to Destiny, "Get ahold of Lady Une and tell her everything. We're going to need the other Gundam pilots and Hope."
A grin tugged at the corner of Faith's mouth, "Things are going to get interesting, then."
"They are at that," Fiona agreed.
"One problem." Destiny said, eyeing Fiona.
"What?"
"Where's your vid-phone?"
Fiona rolled her eyes, "That's what happens when you don't visit except for holidays! And I live, what? 30 minutes from you? 40?"
Destiny just shrugged off Fiona's complaints and rose to follow her bickering friend out of the room.
"Well it's not dull here, that's for certain." Duo said, grinning.
Destiny drummed her fingers on the desk, which the vid-phone was on, impatiently as she waited for someone to pick up at Headquarters.
Destiny's scowl greeted Lady Une as she finally picked up, "It can be arranged for your face to stay in the expression," the Lady said tartly, "but we'll talk about that later. How did everything go?"
The scowl faded from the younger woman's face to be replaced by a slight grin. "All according to plan, no causalities except for the enemy, none of us wounded except for Faith. She's not hurt too badly either, just her pride. Fiona also has a plan that we need to carry out ASAP. We have to attack the base before they can use the mobile suits they have to wreak havoc on the Earth, so we're going to need the rest of the Gundam Pilots assigned to us. We'll contact Hope ourselves, but we're going to need you to get Preventers officers ready to swarm in after we have the leader, to arrest everyone. Does that work well enough for you?"
Lady Une's eyes narrowed in thought, "Sounds like a good plan but... just Hope? Not the others also?"
Fiona's voice cut in smoothly behind Destiny; "The others are too far away, my lady, to make it here before we attack."
"Well, you know best. Right, tomorrow at 17:00 the other Gundam pilots will be sent to you and I'll have the 11th and 12th squads hidden outside the base, ready to help arrest the soldiers. Give me the coordinates tomorrow when you come to work." Lady Une said and then abruptly cut the connection.
"You know, she's almost as bad as you." Fiona said, leaning against the wall, smirking at her raven-haired friend.
Destiny snorted "It must be bad when I'm worse than a schizophrenic who's other half is almost evil."
Fiona's smirk dropped and she sighed, "I really wish you wouldn't say that about her. It's not nice."
Destiny raised an eyebrow at her friend; "I respect and trust her judgment, as I trust her with my life and the life of those I care for. But I'm not and never have been 'nice'. Besides, she is a schizophrenic."
Fiona raised an eyebrow at her raven-haired friend, then shook her head. "I'm not arguing with you over this, forget it. Let's just get back to the living room so we can tell everyone that they can go home but have to come back tomorrow to face the apocalypse."
"You have such a strange personality." Destiny muttered under her breath. Fiona's emotions were mercurial, she was difficult to predict and Destiny knew from experience that Fiona sometimes had a temper. The hardest part about it, Destiny thought to herself as she followed her friend back the way they came is that you can never tell how she'll react to what you say or do. That makes her dangerous, very much so.
Fiona entered the room first to instant silence. "You're all free to go home, but tomorrow we'll meet back here at 17:00, after work, and then we crush the bastards. Well, the Gundam pilots and Hope, Destiny, and Angel. I'll stay here, well within reach to help if I'm really needed, but I won't if you can handle it by yourselves. Any questions?"
Duo stood up, uncertainty written across his face. "Um... My girl, Hilde, can she stay here? If I leave her at home, she'll sneak out and follow me, or do something stupid like repeat the Libra incident..."
Fiona thought for a second, "Sure, your Hilde's welcome here, I always wanted to meet the person who pulled that stunt off."
Wufei grunted, "Maxwell, you are too soft on that woman of yours."
"Have you ever stopped to think that maybe you're too hard on them?" Fiona asked, eyebrow raised.
"If they can't handle it, they're weak." Wufei replied.
Fiona rolled her eyes, "Right, Wufei. I'm sure you're correct about this. And me being a woman PLUS an Oracle counts for squat, right?" Not giving him or anyone else a chance to answer, she continued "Alright, now, everyone out of my house, I'm supposed to be a recluse, you're turning me into a regular party person. Go on, scat." She said shooing, them out of the room, following them to the front door.
She watched until Angel's car (the second to leave her drive) was long gone up the road.
No one saw her wrap her arms around herself tightly, or heard her whisper on the dying breeze, "And so it begins..."
Siren Alecto: So sorry that it took me forever to get this part out, and have it end up being so short. I have a feeling that the next chapter is going to give me a lot of trouble too, so please be patient with me. Hope you liked this chapter, although really, it had nothing exciting going on in it, the next chapter is going to have a lot, trust me.
Eiryn: And they should trust you.... why?
Siren Alecto: Um... because they love me?
Eiryn: More likely they want to kill you because you have a procrastination problem the size of Texas!
Siren Alecto: But I'm working on it!
Eiryn: Really? ::looks dubious::
Siren Alecto: -.-; Anyway, please tell me what you think, hate, like, blah, blah, blah. It helps me get the next chapter out faster.
Eiryn: Think about the trouble I have, please!