Gundam Wing: "Untold Truth"

By: Jezzica Shirokori

Chapter 2

"On Our Way"

"I'm very sorry that I haven't been writing enough for this fan fic. I have no excuses to give you, except this is very out of character for me to hold off on this chapter. Once again, my apologies. I hope you enjoy." –Jezzica Shirokori

Ring! Ring!

My eyes fluttered and finally opened. The clock on my desk read 4:30 AM. Groaning, I rolled over and answered my phone, finding the voice at the other end sluggish and tired.

"G'morning!" The familiar voice of Jezz was perky to a very sleepy extent. I could imagine her at the other laying in her bed, but still sounding perky as possible to raise spirits.

"Morning." I answered, rolling to my back and then sitting upright.

"I called to get you up…" Taking a moment to yawn, she went on. "Meet me at the lightrail station at 5:00. I'll bring breakfast, if it's any motivation."

"Hai, hai, I'll see you there." Hanging up, I quickly threw on some clothes, grabbed something for lunch, and left for the lightrail station, which according to Jezz is going to take us to the warehouse district.

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Glancing up at the sky I noticed the sun's rays creeping up on me. The little bit of light that shown was enough to make out the disgusting state of how our town was.

Damn OZ! They made our home a wasteland. They made our economy fall so bad that we had to rely on terrorism for a source of income. I still could remember the day we got a warning that OZ was in our city. A man named Treize had cut off communications to outside cities & towns and had made a broadcast saying how much "better" it would be now that we were being rid of the rebel scum and now with OZ to protect us there would be a "golden age" in our fair city. And like the rest of the sheep, I cheered and was blind to the awaiting slaughter.

I finally snapped out of my thoughts as I passed a group of OZ soldiers, staring at me, but ironically it wasn't their piercing glares that snapped me into reality, it was their conversation. I'd heard the word "Gundam" They kept a steady glare. I didn't dare talk to them, so I glared just as hard back.

One OZ soldier spat, then spoke, "It's mighty early for a young woman to be out walking all alone."

His comrades all began to laugh. Oh, How I've always hated being laughed at. I felt an uneasiness, so I sped up my walking pace to a slow jog. They began to follow. Another yelled out, "Hey, don't you want an escort?!" He elbowed the guy next to him and they all laughed again. I then started to run for the lightrail station, hoping the people would be there.

"Hey, why are you runnin', cutie!" One yelled after me.

"Yeah, it's still early! Where ya' gotta go so early?!" another yelled out as they all ran after me.

"Get away from me!" I yelled back as I turned the corner. Seeing the station in my sights, I made a mad dash for it.

Just as I started to pick up speed, I tripped and hit the pavement hard. "Kyaaa!" I yelled. It took a moment to find that I didn't twist or spring anything, but by now, all four OZ soldiers were standing around me. Each clearly annoyed.

The one who originally beckoned to me bent down eye level to me. He glared and said, "You shouldn't have run, now were going to have to take you in on suspicion of being a rebel. He began to pull out a set of handcuffs. Suddenly, a flash of pink kicked him in the groin and proceeded to make his comrades minced meat. Finally I was able to identify the flash of pink as Jezz.

"Hi, Akaihi-Chan! She squeaked all perky-like.

"You!" One soldier managed to get back up. "are under-"

Jezz gave him a taste of her backfist. Falling to the ground he laid still and unconscious, like the others. Helping me to my feet, I breathed a sigh of relief. "Thanks, Jezz…" I brushed myself off and fixed my hair, just as an egg and ham sandwich was shoved under my nose.

"Breakfast." She stated as she bit into her own.

Finally getting to the station, we bought our tickets and got on the train, riding it to the end of the line before getting off. Walking past large silver and brick warehouses, we got to the one where the doctor guy had said his laboratory was. Rapping lightly on the door, we waited fore the doctor dude.

Suddenly the door was creaked open and a long nose followed by an eye peaked out at us.

"Oh, it's only you, good, good, come."

He opened the door and let us in. "Before we let you..er..test our equipment, we'll want to put you through some test. Is that, okay?" He asked in a nasal voice.

"Sure"

"Whatever." We answered.

"Good, good, come. You need to meet the rest of the doctors, then we'll get you started." He chuckled as we went down a long hall to a main door. Putting his hand on the knob, he stopped and turned to us, "You must tell NO ONE!" He glared. "Swear you won't tell a soul!"

"I don't swear." Jezz said, "but I'll promise."

"Whatever, I swear." I said, simple and short.

He smiled, "You two will be perfect. Two different personalities and standards, Like fire and ice. Perfect." He opened the door and ushered us in, "Come & welcome Fire and Ice."