Disclaimer: You should all know the drill by now..... I don't own Gundam
Wing or any characters from it or anything like that..... I'm not making
money off this, it's just to keep me and other people entertained for a
little while. It's also a cool way to get other people to read my
stuff..... oh well *shrugs* Anyway...... Yeah......
Okay, third chapter coming here..... Hope you enjoy it.... I would've posted it sooner, but I had to retrieve my notebook from a couple friends of mine. Moving on... let's continue where we left off, shall we?
Alira sighed. "No.... you don't need to shoot him.... I'll probably do that myself at some point in time. Let's just, well, go. I've heard that there's a carnival going on around here somewhere.... Wanna just walk around till we find it?"
Heero seemed slightly disappointed at not being able to shoot Duo, but a slight smile appeared on his lips at Alira's suggestion. "Why not? There's a possibility that it might be fun."
"Besides," he thought, "it'll take my mind off being this so-called 'Perfect Soldier.' It'll give me a chance to be somewhat normal for the first time in my life...."
"Shall we?" Heero asked, offering Alira his left arm. She took it, and leaned her head against his shoulder as they walked down the street. The sun set while they were walking, and their way was lit with street lamps. When they got to the carnival, the lights of the ferris wheel glowed merrily in the twilight, and the sound of happy screams could be heard from the faster rides.
"I'll get the tickets...." Heero said, walking towards the booth and taking out his wallet.
"No you won't," Alira laughed as she wrapped her right arm around his neck and spun him around. "You bought me dinner, so I get to pay fro this, okay?" She ran her finger along his jaw as she walked off, and Heero's face burned from her touch. His eyes widened slightly, and his hand strayed to the line of his jaw that still tingled from the trail her finger left. He caught himself and dropped his hand back to its place at his side before he followed Alira in.
"So.... What're we gonna do now?" Alira smiled as she looked around and the lights danced in her eyes.
Heero laughed a little, catching Alira by surprise, and she looked right at him, still smiling. "Well, how about we do a fast ride or two, and then we can.... maybe go on something slower?"
"Works for me!" Alira said happily, jogging off to get in line for something called 'The Fireball.'
Walking calmly over to the ride, Heero was about to stand in line next to Alira when someone ran over right in front of him, putting his arm around Alira's shoulder. Heero was reaching for his gun when Alira elbowed the guy sharply in the side of the head. He staggered out of the line, holding the side of his head with one hand and trying to stop his nosebleed with the other.
Heero laughed a little as he walked up next to Alira. "Nice shot there. Why didn't you pull that move on Duo?"
She shrugged. "Dunno.... I didn't wanna break his face.... Hilde would've gotten mad at me."
"Not necessarily. I don't think she was too amused with him at that moment either."
"Oh well.... Maybe I'll get a chance to later.... Oh hey, the line's moving, come on." Alira and Heero walked up in the line, and it looked like they were going to get on the next round.
"You're sure you wanna do this now, right?" Heero asked, looking up as the massive swing spun high above them.
"Of course I'm sure!! You're not chickening out on me, are you Heero?" Alira's jibe worked like a charm.
"You must be joking," Heero replied, looking somewhat offended. "I just wanted to make sure that you weren't gonna get sick or something up there."
"I mean come on," he thought, "I've flown a Gundam out in space while OZ soldiers tried to blow my head off.... Some little ride like this is supposed to scare me? Right............."
A few minutes later, the line moved again, and Heero and Alira found themselves strapped into the monstrous swing. It swung high into the air, and all the people waiting in like became small, but got bigger again when the 'Fireball' swung back down again. Alira's hair blew around her head in the rush of air from the ride.
When the ride was over, Alira and Heero walked off the little metal platform and back onto the ground. They headed to the ferris wheel and didn't have to wait very long to be let on. Being near the end of the group, they didn't have to wait through many more stops, either.
Alira was getting a little tired so she leaned her head against Heero's shoulder. At first, Heero wasn't sure how to react, but he eventually decided to ditch the 'Perfect Soldier' persona, and put his arm around her shoulders. She snuggled in a little closer to him and sighed contentedly. Heero looked over at Alira and smiled. It was probably the first time he had ever really smiled in his life.
When the ride was over, Heero gently woke Alira, and helped her off the platform.
"You look pretty tired. How about I walk you home?" Heero suggested as they walked around the carnival grounds.
Alira yawned. "Yeah. That'd be great, thanks. I don't know why I'm so tired.... I just am. Too much excitement for one day, probably...."
The two teenagers walked arm-in-arm down the street, and ended up at the main entrance to a large apartment building. Alira took a small piece of paper and a pen out of her pocket, writing down the address of the building, her room number, and her phone number.
"There you go, Heero," Alira said, handing him the paper. "Call me sometime."
Without saying a word, Heero ripped the piece of paper in two, and seeing the horrified look on Alira's face, he showed her he had just torn the blank bottom half of the paper off. He took her pen and wrote a phone number on the paper, and then handed both the paper and the pen back to her.
"That's my number.... but Duo's my roommate, so if he answers the phone, just ignore him and ask for me."
Alira laughed a little. "Whatever works, I suppose...." She gave Heero a quick hug around the neck before getting out her keys and going into the building. Heero waited until he saw her getting into the elevator before continuing down the street and heading to his own apartment.
The next morning as Heero was getting ready to go to work, the phone rang. He was already back to 'Perfect Soldier" mode, so when he answered, it was in his usual monotone.
"Hello?"
"G'morning Heero," Alira's voice said from the other side. "I was hoping to get a hold of you before you left."
"Hello, Alira. Sorry I wasn't more enthusiastic, it's just that ----"
"No, it's fine, Heero. Really. I just wanted to know if perhaps you'd have dinner with me tomorrow. Or maybe since it's Saturday, we could just hang out...."
"Um.... Sure, I guess. Sounds good, but I really have to get to work before I'm later," Heero said, looking at his watch.
"Oh. Right. Cool. I'll talk to you later then. Ciao babes." There was a slight silence on the line before the click and dial tone.
Heero walked into another room when the phone rang again. "Forget it," he thought. "They'll leave a message. I don't have time for this." The answering machine came one and Duo's cheerful voice filled the apartment.
"Hey people, this is the House of Maxwell.... oh. And Heero too. We can't answer the phone at the moment, but if you leave a cool message, I'll think about returning your call. Thanks much!"
"Yuy! This is Noin. If you're there, pick up the phone now!!"
Heero sounded extremely unenthused when he answered. 'What is it?"
"Preventer headquarters just informed me of a potential fire starting near you and Duo. You don't need to come in today, but find out as much as possible so you can help us put it out, all right?"
"Right." Heero was back to speaking in his monotone again.
Noin hung up and went back to work, leaving Heero to his task. At her apartment, Alira was also in an interesting phone conversation. Her brother, Raizyr Pyke, had called her about something he had heard.
"Alira, your next job might be a bit more difficult than planned. It seems the Preventers have called the former Gundam pilots to help them 'put out a fire,' as they put it."
"So what does that mean? All I do is run the computers. What have the Gundams got to do with that?"
"We're going to need more fire power of we have to take on the Gundams. Our technicians are working on a way to hook up the computer system so it can be run from a mobile suit."
"You expect me to pilot one of those?! And against the Gundams, no less! Some brother you are.... We're supposed to look out from each other!"
While Alira's conversation raged, Heero was sitting at his laptop researching the 'fire' Noin was talking about. It was started by a strike force that went out and destroyed anything that seemed to be an old OZ or White Fang unit. Although that wouldn't have been a problem a year ago. The strike force didn't take care and avoid civilians like they should have, and their actions were on the verge of igniting another round of fighting like the Eve Wars. If there was one thing Heero wanted, it was to keep that from happening.
In all his searching, he was only able to find the first name of the force's leader: Raizyr. He continued to investigate things about the radical group, and managed to hack into one of their databases. From there he learned that they were planning a raid of a nearby military base. The main part of the attack, following a group of mobile suits to clear the way, would be a wave of foot soldiers to completely clear the site.
"Where did they get the mobile suits from? I thought all military weapons were destroyed after the war.... hn...."
Okay, third chapter coming here..... Hope you enjoy it.... I would've posted it sooner, but I had to retrieve my notebook from a couple friends of mine. Moving on... let's continue where we left off, shall we?
Alira sighed. "No.... you don't need to shoot him.... I'll probably do that myself at some point in time. Let's just, well, go. I've heard that there's a carnival going on around here somewhere.... Wanna just walk around till we find it?"
Heero seemed slightly disappointed at not being able to shoot Duo, but a slight smile appeared on his lips at Alira's suggestion. "Why not? There's a possibility that it might be fun."
"Besides," he thought, "it'll take my mind off being this so-called 'Perfect Soldier.' It'll give me a chance to be somewhat normal for the first time in my life...."
"Shall we?" Heero asked, offering Alira his left arm. She took it, and leaned her head against his shoulder as they walked down the street. The sun set while they were walking, and their way was lit with street lamps. When they got to the carnival, the lights of the ferris wheel glowed merrily in the twilight, and the sound of happy screams could be heard from the faster rides.
"I'll get the tickets...." Heero said, walking towards the booth and taking out his wallet.
"No you won't," Alira laughed as she wrapped her right arm around his neck and spun him around. "You bought me dinner, so I get to pay fro this, okay?" She ran her finger along his jaw as she walked off, and Heero's face burned from her touch. His eyes widened slightly, and his hand strayed to the line of his jaw that still tingled from the trail her finger left. He caught himself and dropped his hand back to its place at his side before he followed Alira in.
"So.... What're we gonna do now?" Alira smiled as she looked around and the lights danced in her eyes.
Heero laughed a little, catching Alira by surprise, and she looked right at him, still smiling. "Well, how about we do a fast ride or two, and then we can.... maybe go on something slower?"
"Works for me!" Alira said happily, jogging off to get in line for something called 'The Fireball.'
Walking calmly over to the ride, Heero was about to stand in line next to Alira when someone ran over right in front of him, putting his arm around Alira's shoulder. Heero was reaching for his gun when Alira elbowed the guy sharply in the side of the head. He staggered out of the line, holding the side of his head with one hand and trying to stop his nosebleed with the other.
Heero laughed a little as he walked up next to Alira. "Nice shot there. Why didn't you pull that move on Duo?"
She shrugged. "Dunno.... I didn't wanna break his face.... Hilde would've gotten mad at me."
"Not necessarily. I don't think she was too amused with him at that moment either."
"Oh well.... Maybe I'll get a chance to later.... Oh hey, the line's moving, come on." Alira and Heero walked up in the line, and it looked like they were going to get on the next round.
"You're sure you wanna do this now, right?" Heero asked, looking up as the massive swing spun high above them.
"Of course I'm sure!! You're not chickening out on me, are you Heero?" Alira's jibe worked like a charm.
"You must be joking," Heero replied, looking somewhat offended. "I just wanted to make sure that you weren't gonna get sick or something up there."
"I mean come on," he thought, "I've flown a Gundam out in space while OZ soldiers tried to blow my head off.... Some little ride like this is supposed to scare me? Right............."
A few minutes later, the line moved again, and Heero and Alira found themselves strapped into the monstrous swing. It swung high into the air, and all the people waiting in like became small, but got bigger again when the 'Fireball' swung back down again. Alira's hair blew around her head in the rush of air from the ride.
When the ride was over, Alira and Heero walked off the little metal platform and back onto the ground. They headed to the ferris wheel and didn't have to wait very long to be let on. Being near the end of the group, they didn't have to wait through many more stops, either.
Alira was getting a little tired so she leaned her head against Heero's shoulder. At first, Heero wasn't sure how to react, but he eventually decided to ditch the 'Perfect Soldier' persona, and put his arm around her shoulders. She snuggled in a little closer to him and sighed contentedly. Heero looked over at Alira and smiled. It was probably the first time he had ever really smiled in his life.
When the ride was over, Heero gently woke Alira, and helped her off the platform.
"You look pretty tired. How about I walk you home?" Heero suggested as they walked around the carnival grounds.
Alira yawned. "Yeah. That'd be great, thanks. I don't know why I'm so tired.... I just am. Too much excitement for one day, probably...."
The two teenagers walked arm-in-arm down the street, and ended up at the main entrance to a large apartment building. Alira took a small piece of paper and a pen out of her pocket, writing down the address of the building, her room number, and her phone number.
"There you go, Heero," Alira said, handing him the paper. "Call me sometime."
Without saying a word, Heero ripped the piece of paper in two, and seeing the horrified look on Alira's face, he showed her he had just torn the blank bottom half of the paper off. He took her pen and wrote a phone number on the paper, and then handed both the paper and the pen back to her.
"That's my number.... but Duo's my roommate, so if he answers the phone, just ignore him and ask for me."
Alira laughed a little. "Whatever works, I suppose...." She gave Heero a quick hug around the neck before getting out her keys and going into the building. Heero waited until he saw her getting into the elevator before continuing down the street and heading to his own apartment.
The next morning as Heero was getting ready to go to work, the phone rang. He was already back to 'Perfect Soldier" mode, so when he answered, it was in his usual monotone.
"Hello?"
"G'morning Heero," Alira's voice said from the other side. "I was hoping to get a hold of you before you left."
"Hello, Alira. Sorry I wasn't more enthusiastic, it's just that ----"
"No, it's fine, Heero. Really. I just wanted to know if perhaps you'd have dinner with me tomorrow. Or maybe since it's Saturday, we could just hang out...."
"Um.... Sure, I guess. Sounds good, but I really have to get to work before I'm later," Heero said, looking at his watch.
"Oh. Right. Cool. I'll talk to you later then. Ciao babes." There was a slight silence on the line before the click and dial tone.
Heero walked into another room when the phone rang again. "Forget it," he thought. "They'll leave a message. I don't have time for this." The answering machine came one and Duo's cheerful voice filled the apartment.
"Hey people, this is the House of Maxwell.... oh. And Heero too. We can't answer the phone at the moment, but if you leave a cool message, I'll think about returning your call. Thanks much!"
"Yuy! This is Noin. If you're there, pick up the phone now!!"
Heero sounded extremely unenthused when he answered. 'What is it?"
"Preventer headquarters just informed me of a potential fire starting near you and Duo. You don't need to come in today, but find out as much as possible so you can help us put it out, all right?"
"Right." Heero was back to speaking in his monotone again.
Noin hung up and went back to work, leaving Heero to his task. At her apartment, Alira was also in an interesting phone conversation. Her brother, Raizyr Pyke, had called her about something he had heard.
"Alira, your next job might be a bit more difficult than planned. It seems the Preventers have called the former Gundam pilots to help them 'put out a fire,' as they put it."
"So what does that mean? All I do is run the computers. What have the Gundams got to do with that?"
"We're going to need more fire power of we have to take on the Gundams. Our technicians are working on a way to hook up the computer system so it can be run from a mobile suit."
"You expect me to pilot one of those?! And against the Gundams, no less! Some brother you are.... We're supposed to look out from each other!"
While Alira's conversation raged, Heero was sitting at his laptop researching the 'fire' Noin was talking about. It was started by a strike force that went out and destroyed anything that seemed to be an old OZ or White Fang unit. Although that wouldn't have been a problem a year ago. The strike force didn't take care and avoid civilians like they should have, and their actions were on the verge of igniting another round of fighting like the Eve Wars. If there was one thing Heero wanted, it was to keep that from happening.
In all his searching, he was only able to find the first name of the force's leader: Raizyr. He continued to investigate things about the radical group, and managed to hack into one of their databases. From there he learned that they were planning a raid of a nearby military base. The main part of the attack, following a group of mobile suits to clear the way, would be a wave of foot soldiers to completely clear the site.
"Where did they get the mobile suits from? I thought all military weapons were destroyed after the war.... hn...."