"Heero, buddy, why don't we just go, rescue Relena and Trowa, kick
some NSA ass, then get outta there?" Duo was getting impatient.
Heero shook his head. "No."
A new member on board the ship, Captain Alexia Morgan, jumped down from working on her Mobile Suit. "Excuse me for eavesdropping, but Duo, you have no way of transporting the prisoners from there to here. Also, how do you know that they haven't spilled their guts about everything related to the base?"
The three boys looked to the woman. She had chin-length black hair and a mechanical looking eyepiece over her right eye. She stood straight and wasn't intimidated by Wufei's disapproving glance.
"So what if they do?" asked Duo.
Wufei answered Duo question. "We'll destroy them along with the NSA installment."
Duo's jaw dropped. "You'd kill Trowa?"
Heero shook his head. "Trowa won't talk."
"You wouldn't kill Relena, I mean, c'mon! That'd be like, well in your case, like killing your girlfriend!"
Heero rocketed out of his chair and pinned Duo to the wall with his forearm. "Don't you dare say that. If Relena were a threat to the Gundams, I'd kill her in a heartbeat. The top priority is keeping the base hidden. Got it?"
"Y-y-y-yes sir, Heero sir!" Duo saluted and ran from the hangar.
Alexia smirked and Wufei looked up from the laptop he was typing on. "Done yet?" Getting no response from Heero he continued. "About keeping the Falcon hidden, I've finished the cloaking device, installed it, and…" He pressed a button and a loud hum came from a small box on the hangar wall. "It's activated."
"Great…" mumbled Heero, climbing into his Gundam.
"Where are you going, sir?" Asked Alexia.
"To the NSA base."
Alexia shot him a puzzled look and watched Wing Zero Enforcer fly off.
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Miano sat at his desk, looking over papers confiscated from the World Senate shuttle. The papers contained top secret info on Falcon. Including the blueprints to the entire ship.
Someone knocked on his door. "Sir," came a voice, "I have the requested prisoners."
"Bring them in."
The door opened, and the soldier brought in Dorothy and Relena. They were promptly told to sit. "Miss Peacecraft, would you mind telling me how to read these blueprints?"
"What?" Confused, Relena looked at the contents on Miano's desk. She gasped. "How… how did you get those?"
"They were on the shuttle," Miano said matter-of-factly, "now, how do you interpret them?"
Relena shook her head defiantly and the guard smirked from under his cap.
"Alright then, how about you, Miss Catalonia? Will you tell me?"
"Why, yes," said Dorothy, "As long as you let me leave—"
Relena slapped Dorothy across the cheek. "How dare you even—"
"Guard." Ordered Miano, "restrain Miss Peacecraft." The guard obliged, nodding, and tied Relena's hands behind her back.
"Now," continued Miano," Miss Peacecraft, tell me about the Falcon."
"Never."
Miano motioned to the guard, and the guard held his gun to Relena's back, just between the shoulder blades in the middle of her back. "Now… tell me about this map."
Relena's eyes were wide with fear. "I… I will not."
Dorothy was wide eyed as well. "Miss Relena, please, it's only a few words… Just tell him."
"I can't." Relena said, obstinately. Then she yelled, "I WON'T!" She gritted her teeth and clenched her eyes shut, expecting to be dead at any moment. Miano made a motion to the guard, and the guard nodded, but instead of shooting Relena, the guard shot Miano in the stomach.
"What---?" Miano croaked and pushed a button under his desk. Red lights started blinking and alarms started going off. The guard untied Relena's bonds and said, "Follow me."
Relena and Dorothy obliged, rushing down the corridors after the stranger. Relena grabbed hold of his arm and demanded, "who are you?"
The stranger looked blankly at her, so she pulled off his cap. A handsome Japanese man with a mess of black hair stood before her. "Hiiro?"
The man nodded and put his cap back on. "Follow me. Trowa is waiting in the hangar." The group rushed to the hangar and saw Wing Zero Enforcer and a stolen mobile suit ready to take off. Trowa was leaning on the foot of the mobile suit.
"Dorothy," commanded Hiiro, "get in the mobile suit with Trowa. Relena, follow me." With that, Hiiro climbed up the side of wing zero custom into the open cockpit. Relena pensively followed.
When they reached the cockpit, Relena found there was only one seat. "You'll have to site with me," said Hiiro, leaning over the controls. Hiiro sat down, and Relena cautiously sat on his lap. Hiiro buckled them in and contacted Trowa over the Comm unit. "Ready?"
"Ready." Came Trowa's reply.
~~~~~~~~~
When they had made their way to Quatre's colony, Relena was getting slightly annoyed by the face Hiiro didn't unbuckle the restraints right away. "Hiiro." She said, "unbuckle us, please."
Hiiro went to unbuckle the restraints, but kept his arms wrapped around her until she said, "Hiiro, is this really necessary?" in a very peeved voice. Hiiro quickly let go of her and opened the cockpit door. Relena quickly got up and climbed down the side of the Wing Zero Enforcer.
Waiting for her on the ground was Quatre, holding a baby. "Quatre!" Relena exclaimed, "did you get married?!?!"
"No." replied quatre calmy.
"Quatre!?!" said relena, shocked, "you didn't!"
"No," said Quatre, laughing, "this is my nephew, Xander. He's Nadia's son."
"Ah… one of your sister's sons. How is Nadia these days?"
"She's dead…" said Quatre quietly.
"Quatre… I'm sorry."
"It's ok. The shuttle she was on exploded. Everyone aboard died, including Nadia and her husband. So I take care of Xander now." Said Quatre. "C'mon, everyone's waiting in the TV room."
Heero shook his head. "No."
A new member on board the ship, Captain Alexia Morgan, jumped down from working on her Mobile Suit. "Excuse me for eavesdropping, but Duo, you have no way of transporting the prisoners from there to here. Also, how do you know that they haven't spilled their guts about everything related to the base?"
The three boys looked to the woman. She had chin-length black hair and a mechanical looking eyepiece over her right eye. She stood straight and wasn't intimidated by Wufei's disapproving glance.
"So what if they do?" asked Duo.
Wufei answered Duo question. "We'll destroy them along with the NSA installment."
Duo's jaw dropped. "You'd kill Trowa?"
Heero shook his head. "Trowa won't talk."
"You wouldn't kill Relena, I mean, c'mon! That'd be like, well in your case, like killing your girlfriend!"
Heero rocketed out of his chair and pinned Duo to the wall with his forearm. "Don't you dare say that. If Relena were a threat to the Gundams, I'd kill her in a heartbeat. The top priority is keeping the base hidden. Got it?"
"Y-y-y-yes sir, Heero sir!" Duo saluted and ran from the hangar.
Alexia smirked and Wufei looked up from the laptop he was typing on. "Done yet?" Getting no response from Heero he continued. "About keeping the Falcon hidden, I've finished the cloaking device, installed it, and…" He pressed a button and a loud hum came from a small box on the hangar wall. "It's activated."
"Great…" mumbled Heero, climbing into his Gundam.
"Where are you going, sir?" Asked Alexia.
"To the NSA base."
Alexia shot him a puzzled look and watched Wing Zero Enforcer fly off.
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Miano sat at his desk, looking over papers confiscated from the World Senate shuttle. The papers contained top secret info on Falcon. Including the blueprints to the entire ship.
Someone knocked on his door. "Sir," came a voice, "I have the requested prisoners."
"Bring them in."
The door opened, and the soldier brought in Dorothy and Relena. They were promptly told to sit. "Miss Peacecraft, would you mind telling me how to read these blueprints?"
"What?" Confused, Relena looked at the contents on Miano's desk. She gasped. "How… how did you get those?"
"They were on the shuttle," Miano said matter-of-factly, "now, how do you interpret them?"
Relena shook her head defiantly and the guard smirked from under his cap.
"Alright then, how about you, Miss Catalonia? Will you tell me?"
"Why, yes," said Dorothy, "As long as you let me leave—"
Relena slapped Dorothy across the cheek. "How dare you even—"
"Guard." Ordered Miano, "restrain Miss Peacecraft." The guard obliged, nodding, and tied Relena's hands behind her back.
"Now," continued Miano," Miss Peacecraft, tell me about the Falcon."
"Never."
Miano motioned to the guard, and the guard held his gun to Relena's back, just between the shoulder blades in the middle of her back. "Now… tell me about this map."
Relena's eyes were wide with fear. "I… I will not."
Dorothy was wide eyed as well. "Miss Relena, please, it's only a few words… Just tell him."
"I can't." Relena said, obstinately. Then she yelled, "I WON'T!" She gritted her teeth and clenched her eyes shut, expecting to be dead at any moment. Miano made a motion to the guard, and the guard nodded, but instead of shooting Relena, the guard shot Miano in the stomach.
"What---?" Miano croaked and pushed a button under his desk. Red lights started blinking and alarms started going off. The guard untied Relena's bonds and said, "Follow me."
Relena and Dorothy obliged, rushing down the corridors after the stranger. Relena grabbed hold of his arm and demanded, "who are you?"
The stranger looked blankly at her, so she pulled off his cap. A handsome Japanese man with a mess of black hair stood before her. "Hiiro?"
The man nodded and put his cap back on. "Follow me. Trowa is waiting in the hangar." The group rushed to the hangar and saw Wing Zero Enforcer and a stolen mobile suit ready to take off. Trowa was leaning on the foot of the mobile suit.
"Dorothy," commanded Hiiro, "get in the mobile suit with Trowa. Relena, follow me." With that, Hiiro climbed up the side of wing zero custom into the open cockpit. Relena pensively followed.
When they reached the cockpit, Relena found there was only one seat. "You'll have to site with me," said Hiiro, leaning over the controls. Hiiro sat down, and Relena cautiously sat on his lap. Hiiro buckled them in and contacted Trowa over the Comm unit. "Ready?"
"Ready." Came Trowa's reply.
~~~~~~~~~
When they had made their way to Quatre's colony, Relena was getting slightly annoyed by the face Hiiro didn't unbuckle the restraints right away. "Hiiro." She said, "unbuckle us, please."
Hiiro went to unbuckle the restraints, but kept his arms wrapped around her until she said, "Hiiro, is this really necessary?" in a very peeved voice. Hiiro quickly let go of her and opened the cockpit door. Relena quickly got up and climbed down the side of the Wing Zero Enforcer.
Waiting for her on the ground was Quatre, holding a baby. "Quatre!" Relena exclaimed, "did you get married?!?!"
"No." replied quatre calmy.
"Quatre!?!" said relena, shocked, "you didn't!"
"No," said Quatre, laughing, "this is my nephew, Xander. He's Nadia's son."
"Ah… one of your sister's sons. How is Nadia these days?"
"She's dead…" said Quatre quietly.
"Quatre… I'm sorry."
"It's ok. The shuttle she was on exploded. Everyone aboard died, including Nadia and her husband. So I take care of Xander now." Said Quatre. "C'mon, everyone's waiting in the TV room."