The difficult part was getting use to the controls in outer space , the slightest touch could over do it which would have to be recalculated or recompensated quickly but the modifications made to Ocasta seemed to cover some of those imbalancements which had her running down some minor adjustments while practicing. It was when they came out from behind the moon and saw their first earth rise that it really hit home.
" Its beautiful," stated Trel as she watched a sight only seen in pictures
" It looks so small from up here," said Amy " like a kids marble, waiting to be knocked out of the ring." they heard her laugh
" It looks like what I threw up after I ate a blueberry pie and a green apple with whip cream." Jason said dreamily
" Jason!" shouted the group
" What? What did I say?" came his voice , he really seemed unaware how gross that sounded
" I didn't need to know that, Jason." Said Matthew grossly
" TMI." said Savanna calmly.
Trel snickered quietly , man it was exactly like the last time , like they had been together all their lives instead of just a few years , but how long was this going to last this time , but they were definitely having fun while they were together again , and hopefully this time it would last. But to count time was to expect it to end and she was not letting that happen so she went about the time in ignorance , after all it was rumored to be bliss.
When Fred interrupted their fun in the gym it had seemed normal , after all they had gotten use to seeing him around enough and he was a more welcomed sight then the doctors but this day he carried himself differently , actually walking into the center of the room while telling them about a party that they were to attend. Course it was almost Christmas time so a party wasn't really unusual , but it was alittle early for invitations in her opinion.
" The 1st ball of the Eve Wars." was what drew her attention.
" That party." she voiced , the football forgotten as she walked closer incase she had heard that wrong " what if we get caught?"
After a few moments of talking about it Matt had reminded them that the others had not attended it in the movie but that did little to ease her mind , after all the last ball had been a major disaster and this one was just as significant in the beginning of the war. Of course they weren't going to be there but the last ball Bin Laden had endangered innocent people to search them out and as neither him nor his partner were in the movie what would stop them from doing it again.
" You will leave the Titian in a few hours, so get dressed, get your stuff packed because you will be heading towards your positions in the war and for god shakes take a shower." Said Fred and he held his nose and left the room. Leave it to Fred to lighten the mood , he had a good sense of humor that followed with his good heart she thought as she chuckled and tossed the football to the corner of the room.
" Oh Mr. English Man telling me what to do? Well let me tell you something I ate a baby! Ah baby the other other white meat! Baby its what for dinner!" she heard , it had come from Jason whom she had turned away from in her toss , it reminded her of the talking fish her Dad had , of course it said 'Pork , the other white meat' for once she was thankful she hadn't been watching the others as she started laughing. This was better then any summer camp she had ever been to as they all left the gym to compose themselves and ready the things that would be needed for what they were about to face.
After getting ready and grabbing her bag she waited for the whole group to gather , hoping this time Savanna wouldn't fall cause she had her hands full , course her bag would make for a softer landing if it really came to it , of course she just had to snicker at the memory as they walked to the shuttle , she would have brought it up but as she was about to an announcement came across the speakers.
" Attention American Pilots, Please report to the main hanger immediately that is all."
The group rushed to the hanger to see Fred standing in the middle with a jacket in his hand a smug look on his face.
" What is the problem Fred?" panted Trel running in space was not the easiest thing she had ever done and in a dress it was certain death.
" Nothing, there's no problem." He said smugly as he grinned at the group which gave her a bad feeling.
" Fred, if this is some sick and inhumane joke that's fine, but if your really called us here then spill it so we can be on our marry way." Amy gritted through her teeth, it seemed no one was enjoying this joke.
" Really there's no problem." He stated as he shook his head.
" Fred, I ran in a pair of high heel shoes and it is possible I could have twisted my ankle, now spit it out already!" Savanna shouted
" Watch." He said as he pointed to the ceiling , a black hole formed over his head , Trel knew this definatly was not good.
" I'm not going back you can't make me!" shouted Jason as he ran behind Matthew, it seemed she was not the only one who had a few objections about leaving.
" No ones going anywhere, Jason. I'll make sure of it." Said Matthew as he got in to a fighting position.
" No ones going anywhere, one person is coming out of the black hole." Stated Fred as he waved his hands.
When it finally came there was no noise , just a body dropped to the floor face down. It was the brown pig tails that almost dropped Trel down to the ground as well , they hadn't just done what she thought they had ...... had they?
Jason had said something but she had lost it as she ran to the downed figure , the clothes looked right and the hair .... but she wasn't moving which was the scary part.
" Nikita! Wake up!" this was turning into a bad dream real quick
" Trel you know this person?" asked Amy shockingly.
" Yeah." this was definatly going to be a long story , and bound to be one she was not going to enjoy telling , of course there always was the magic of omitting parts , thankfully her energetic friend had started comming around , from now on maybe an oxegyn tank might be handy to keep around for these vorpal drops , it seemed to knock the air out of those who prefered travelling that way she thought with a grin.
When Niki had risen it hadn't taken long for her to end up in a bear hug by her younger friend , having wrapped her arms around the neck and being drownded in tears .... she was expecting a hug but this was not exactly who she had been figuring it was comming from as she tried to wiggle out of it.
" Um, Trel," started Savanna
" Um, would you mind explaining what's going on?" asked Amy with a confused look on her face.
Oh boy , the one thing she had been avoiding just smacked her in the face. So leaving it down to bare facts that she knew she explained it as best as she could , it wasn't likely that anyone had seen her there but still she had taken off and hid , the best way not to answer questions was just not to be there to have them asked. She had never checked to see if either of them had lived and really hadn't wanted to be found , best way was just to get lost to everyone.
" Hello," said Nikita as she waved her hands up in the air , thankfully it seemed Nikita had impecable timing , just in time to take the heat of her own discomfort. " I wouldn't mind an explaination myself you know." Out of the frying pan and into the fire .... here came another thing to explain.
" Um, Nikita its kind of hard to say this but..." Trel search for the right words was cut off by Fred.
" Your in the Gundam Dimension." He said quickly, Nikita blinked a few times and laughed and said
" Ok I believe you. Now if I click my heels 3 times can I go home."
" I afraid it's not that simple Nikita." Stated Fred, she stopped laughing and looked at him.
While Fred explained the situation to Niki she was still feeling a few questionong looks from the others , her main concern was how to keep Wufei in one piece .... well okay , how to keep them both in one piece cause she had seen Wufei's temper and had been glomped more then enough times by Niki , this was gonna end with a disarmed Wufei or both of them on the floor.
" AHHHHHH! Its Black Plague! Someone get Death Fortress on line and I mean it!" Jason shouted as he ran around the room. The floor had opened up to reveal a green version of the Black Plague without the intimidating wings.
That had it , Trel turned to look at the Gundam that she was about as shocked to see back then as Jason was now .... it definatly was the exact same as the picture that had scared hell out of her way back then , where they had stuck to just meeting at the park , it had seemed formadible then and no less now that it was standing proudly in front of the whole group.
She smiled as Nikita had taken on the responcibility of becoming the sixth member , atleast she could fight and would be able to hold her own in an open battle , plus it gave Amy someone to train with but the biggest concern was making sure the rest of it was going to go as smoothly , unlike herself Nik had a family and now she was here Trel had to make sure she returned to that family. The Angel of Death had to watch out for one more soul .... now this was just getting rediculas , she was a killer that had 5 others trusting her to keep them alive .... Duo was definatly going to laugh at this.
She showed Niki to a room so she could get ready , hoping the shuttle would wait as her excited friend roamed through the bags , the dress she had found amonst the items should work well and the trip there would give her and Amy time to work on a communicator for her , but with the weapon she had it looked like Trel may just go for the simpler version of her watch and give Niki the earrings , the weapon had already taken one wrist and to cover both may be over doing it , but it wasn't like she had ever taken her own watch off , plus the cell phone make monitoring transmittions easier since it's modifications.
When they had finally gotten her ready it seemed catching her up was going to be the hardest part but atleast now they had someone that no one else knew about , Trel explained how they were to keep their pressence unnoticed by everyone , including the other Gundam pilots so glomping Wufei was out of the question .... atleast for now , plus the fact that very few even knew who they were let alone that they had Gundam's so that was strictly top secret , and if she noticed Bin Laden or Hussein that she was now a wild card on their part so she was to try and keep herself hidden until the last possible moment. Trel was not about to let her in on the last ball they had attended but with someone as backup this was starting to feel less forboding , the bad part was that Niki couldn't squash a bug so what was she going to do with a blade if the time came.
When they finally boarded and got to their seats she almost hoped Nikita had not eaten anything as this was gonna be a ride to remember , the others had been here three months so they were getting use to the ever changing ways but Nik hadn't had all the training they had been putting themselves through , that meant extra training on her when this whole thing was done and two weeks to do it with , there was no way it was going to be enough time but that could be compensated for , after all it was her job to protect her family and friends which now covered two worlds and more then enough people. Thankfully she had come to learn the value that a group , even a small one like this one , could accomplish when they were commited enough.