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Author's notes: Anything that is written in between these quotes ' ' is either said through the Zero System or telepathically.

Shadow arrived back at the base and had Donovan take Alex to a room where he could sleep off the sedative he was given. Shadow then went up to check on a few things, when someone came up to her and said, "We got a call a short time ago that some kid wants to join Nemesis. He's on Earth at the moment, but he said he'd come up to meet you or Donovan."

Shadow looked at him and said, "Where was he told to go?"

"We told him to go to the L1 spaceport and that either you or Donovan would meet him there. We figured that L2 would be off limits after what happened today." He replied.

Shadow nodded and said, "I will see to this. In the meantime, Donovan is in charge. Make sure everyone knows."

He nodded and took off. Shadow then went after Donovan. She found him just outside the door where he had placed Alex. He locked the door and stood up straight as she came up to him.

"What can I do for you?" Donovan asked.

"I've got to go to L1. Apparently we have someone that wants to join Nemesis. The kid's coming up from Earth." Shadow said.

He nodded and said, "Let me guess. I'm in charge until you get back."

Shadow nodded and said, "Yup. Try and stay out of trouble this time, Donovan. Plus keep an eye on Alexander. That sedative should keep him out for awhile, but we don't need him getting away."

Donovan nodded and said, "I'll stay out of trouble and I'll keep an eye on our friend, Shadow. Everything will be fine until you get back."

Shadow nodded and went down to one of the secondary hanger bays and took a smaller shuttle to L1. She docked at the spaceport on L1 and went into the terminal. She looked around and saw a boy that was slightly younger then herself looking around. She walked over to him and said, "Koji Bloom?"

Koji nodded. "Yeah, that's me." He said, slightly nervous.

She smiled and said, "You don't have to be nervous around me. Please follow me."

Shadow then turned and headed back towards the shuttle, that she had brought to L1.

Koji nodded and followed Shadow.

Shadow got far enough away from the spaceport and said, "Why do you want to join Nemesis?" She continued walking and reached the shuttle. She then stopped by the door of the shuttle and waited for Koji.

"I hate the government." Koji said. "I'd really prefer not to say more than that."

"I see. You are like quite a few of the members of Nemesis. They hate the government for various reasons. What skills do you have that would help our cause?" Shadow said.

"I was raised with the circus. I have incredible balance and numerous acrobatic skills." He said.

"Any good with any weapons?" Shadow asked.

Koji nodded. "I have some experience with a hand gun. I'm rather good at archery but I'm best at throwing daggers, though I'm not sure if that'd be of much use." He said.

Shadow smirked and said, "You'd be surprised at how often a knife or dagger will come in handy. Or a sword, but most know better then to irritate me that much. We could always use someone with your skills. How would you like to learn how to pilot a mobile suit or a Gundam to be specific?"

"A gundam?" Koji repeated slightly shocked that he'd be offered that sort of training. He smiled. "That'd be great."

Shadow smiled and said, "Yes, a Gundam. Despite what people actually know about Nemesis, we have four Gundams and have been looking for two pilots. I think you have the potential to be an excellent pilot."

"I'm honored." Koji said. "Thank you."

Shadow shook her head and said, "No need to thank me. I know someone that has the potential to be a pilot when I meet them. I am one of the gundam pilots for Nemesis."

She turned, walked up the steps into the shuttle and turned around to look at Koji.

"I will take you to the headquarters for Nemesis. As long as you are going to be a gundam pilot, you will be living there. Do you have any questions for me?" she said.

"Yes I do." He said. "What's your name?"

"My name is Shadow. I am the leader of Nemesis." she replied.

"You? You're Shadow?" Koji said highly surprised. "But you're not much older than me."

"Yes, I am Shadow and no, I'm not much older then you. I'm 17 and I created Nemesis when I was barely 13. I get that reaction quite often from new members." Shadow replied with an amused expression on her face.

"Wow." Koji said, impressed that at 13 she could get people to follow her. He could barely get anyone to even take him seriously. "You must really be something."

"I know what I'm doing and how to accomplish it. I was trained to fight and pilot. I'm not the average leader that most of these organizations have. I've had to prove myself countless times to the people in Nemesis and I refuse to fail." Shadow said.

Koji smiled at her with admiration. He bowed to her. "I'm honored to be allowed to follow you."

Shadow smiled and said, "I am honored that someone with your skills has decided to join Nemesis. I will be teaching you how to pilot a gundam, but for the moment let's get back to the base. That way you can look around and you can meet my second in command." She stepped
out of the doorway, so he could enter the shuttle.

Koji nodded and entered the shuttle.

Shadow closed the door behind him and walked up into the cockpit and sat down in the pilot's chair. She then buckled in and motioned for Koji to take the co-pilot's seat. Shadow then waited for clearance so the shuttle could take off.

Koji sat down. He looked around the shuttle curiously. He'd never been in the cockpit of a shuttle before.

Shadow received clearance to leave and she then powered the shuttle up and took off into space. She got far enough away from L1 and then flipped a switch on the controls. She then input the coordinates, activated the autopilot and leaned back. She looked at Koji and said, "Never been in a cockpit of a shuttle before?"

He shook his head. "Mom always made me do my studies when we traveled from town to town, colony to colony." He said. "I was never allowed to go see the pilot. She said learning math and science was more important."

Shadow looked forward and said, "I see. Math and Science is important to learn, but it's not everything a person has to learn. There are many things in this world that can be learned. Some not as desirable as others. I should know."

Koji nodded. "I'm a little nervous about all of this, even though you said not to be." He admitted. "I've never gone anywhere without my mom or uncle Trowa. But I'm sure this is the right decision."

Shadow smiled faintly and said, "As long as it is your choice and not someone else's. It's hard to leave the only family you have, but sometimes a decision like that must be made. Don't worry too much. If you want to talk about something, myself or Donovan will be around. Until you feel comfortable, you can come to either of us with anything."

Koji smiled. "Thank you, Miss Shadow." He said. "I appreciate that."

Shadow chuckled and said, "Do me one favor. Just call me Shadow."

"Yes, Mi... erm.. Shadow." He said.

Shadow just shook her head and said, "We've arrived."

The view in the shuttle showed nothing but the void of space around them.

Koji looked around. "Here? But... there's nothing here?" He said.

Shadow smirked and said, "Nothing is ever as it appears to be. Just keep watching."

Koji nodded, looking rather confused.

Shadow leaned forward and thumbed open a com channel and said, "Permission to dock in shuttle bay two."

"Hey Shadow. Bout time you got back. You're always cleared to land." a voice replied.

Shadow shook her head and said, "Coming in now."

She took a hold of the controls and turned off the autopilot. The base then appeared before them in the void of space. It was set on and inside of a fairly large asteroid.

"That is our destination." Shadow said.

"Wow." Koji said. "That's so cool."

She smiled and then piloted the shuttle into the bay and set it down. Shadow powered down the shuttle and unbuckled. She walked back to the door, opened it and walked out into the hanger bay. Before she had time to do anything a voice said, "Back so soon?"

She turned around and said, "Sorry to disappoint you Donovan."

Koji followed Shadow out of the shuttle.

Donovan looked at Koji and said, "Hi. My name's Donovan Cunningham. I'm second in command behind our great leader here."

Koji bowed politely. "My name is Koji Bloom. It's a pleasure to meet you sir."

Donovan laughed and said, "No need to get formal with me. Just call me Donovan. It's a pleasure to meet you, Koji."

Shadow looked at Donovan and said, "Would you show him to a room? I've got a few things to do."

"Sure."

Shadow then said, "I'll see you around, Koji." She then took off and headed out of the hanger bay leaving Koji with Donovan.

"Bye Shadow." He said. He looked to Donovan and smiled. This was really exciting.

Donovan looked at Koji and said, "I'll show you to your room. Feel free to explore. This place is fairly big, but it's easy to find your way around."

Donovan then headed out of the shuttle bay and down a hallway.

Koji cheerfully followed with child like exuberance, looking around and memorizing where everything is.

Donovan looked at Koji and smiled. He continued walking, but he said, "What do you think of everything so far?"

"Everything's amazing." He said. "Utterly amazing!"

He smiled and soon stopped infront of a door. He turned to Koji and said, "This will be your room. Shadow told me that you would be piloting one of the other two gundams we have. I'm the only other trained gundam pilot in Nemesis. I pilot Doomslayer and Shadow pilots Death Star. I don't know which gundam she'll give you."

Koji smiled at the thought of being a pilot. "What's it like? Piloting a gundam, that is." He asked.

Donovan shrugged and said, "It's a great feeling to me. I enjoy piloting and fighting with Doomslayer. Literally, he never listens to me."

He stopped for a moment before he continued a bit more soberly, "To Shadow it's more of a fight to live. She does enjoy piloting, but she's worked so hard to get this far. I'll tell you this now, because you'll find out sooner or later. Shadow has a suicidal streak. She doesn't care about her own life. Death Star has managed to keep her from getting killed, but god only knows when she won't be able to."

Koji looked slightly confused. "The gundams... you talk like they're alive." He said.

"Oh yes, that. To both myself and Shadow they are. We pilot our gundams through the Zero System. We can talk to them like they are alive." Donovan said.

"Oh." Koji said. "My uncle Trowa always told me that the Zero system was dangerous."

"It is if you don't know what you are doing. It takes more training to pilot a gundam with the Zero System then it does to pilot a gundam without the system. You have to have a lot of mental control and focus to pilot with the system." Donovan replied.

"Oh, Okay." Koji said. "Will I be using the Zero system someday?" He asked out of curiosity.

"That I couldn't tell you. You'll have to take that up with Shadow." Donovan said.

Koji smiled in a child like way. "Okay." He said.

"Now, I must be going. I trust you'll be fine on your own. As I said before, feel free to explore. I've got to go see what Shadow's got planned next." Donovan said as he turned to walk away.

"Bye, Donovan." Koji said. He looked about his new room for a while then started to explore to get a feel for the place.

After leaving Koji, Donovan wandered around the base looking for Shadow. He frowned slightly and asked one of techs in the shuttle bay, if they knew where Shadow was. The tech nodded and told him that he had seen her heading for her room. Donovan nodded and headed in that direction. Of all the places he had checked, he had forgotten to check her room. Donovan walked up to her door and knocked.

Shadow looked up from the computer screen and said, "Who is it?"

"It's Donovan."

"The door's open. Come on in." Shadow replied.

Donovan opened the door and walked in. He closed the door behind him and looked over at Shadow, who was sitting at her computer. She turned and looked at him and said, "Is something wrong?"

Donovan shook his head and said, "Depends. Where you expecting him to show up?"

She sighed and said, "No, I wasn't. I never expected Koji to show up, but I couldn't just deny him the chance to join. Although Trowa and Catherine will most likely want my head when they find out where he is."

"Why do you keep doing this to yourself?" Donovan asked.

"Donovan, stop it. You know I don't have much of a choice right now. I never actually expected Nemesis to grow as big as it did, but I won't abandon it. I don't want to abandon my family either, but that is a choice I may have to make sooner then I originally thought I would." Shadow said.

Donovan looked at her and said, "I doubt your family will be too happy when they find out. After all, you are trying to destroy the peace your parents worked so hard for."

She sighed and said softly, "I know. God knows I do. That is something I don't have to be reminded of."

Donovan sighed and walked over to the window that looked out in space. He stood there for a moment and said, "When will you be leaving?"

"I was planning on leaving after Alex wakes up. Destiny's going to be pissed when I catch up to her again."

Donovan winced and said, "That's an understatement, Angel. She's going to want to strangle you. After all you always disappear on her when Nemesis attacks."

She looked up at him as the mention of her other name and said, "Why did you call me that?"

He looked at her and said, "That is your name. Whether or not anyone knows it. Or is that just a code name as well?"

Shadow glared at him and said, "I don't have a real name and you know it."

Donovan shrugged and said, "Gomen. I didn't mean to upset you, Shadow."

"It's okay, but you are right about Destiny. She's probably on her way or at L2 already. I'll have to get moving as soon as I talk to Alex." Shadow said.

Donovan nodded and said, "What's next on the agenda? Have you decided whether to go after Relena next?"

She shook her head and said, "I'm not sending Nemesis after Relena, yet anyway. She may be the figurehead of peace, but I don't want to take her down yet. We need to focus on getting the government in a bigger uproar. If we take down Relena and the government is still in complete control, they will still be able to help calm the people down."

"I see what you mean. Get the people to lose confidence in the governing body and the people that are supposed to protect them and when Relena is taken out of the picture, total and utter chaos will rule. So how do we do that?" Donovan asked.

"The Preventers." Shadow said.

Donovan looked at her in surprise and said, "The Preventers? You're honestly going to take them on? I thought you were going to avoid getting in a conflict with them."

"I can't avoid it forever. I've already revealed myself to Cai and Akani. The others will find out soon enough. The Preventers are there to protect the peace and stop any organizations from destroying that. I think it's time to step up the scale to more concentrated attacks, rather then just seemingly random attacks." Shadow said.

Donovan nodded and said, "Are we going to stay in space or go down to Earth?"

"Stay in space. We can't go to their headquarters yet. That would be suicidal. We start taking out some of the smaller bases in space and throw them into chaos. Besides I've got a couple pilots to train and it'll be easier in space to do that." Shadow replied.

He nodded again and said, "Alright. I agree with that. Which base are we going to hit first or can I take a guess at which one?"

She looked at him and said, "Which one?"

"The HQ on L2."

Shadow smirked and said, "Am I that obvious?"

"No, but for some odd reason, you seem to like irritating your sister to death." Donovan said.

"To true. She's just so easy to upset and it's fun to see how long it takes before she gets mad beyond belief." Shadow replied.

Donovan rolled his eyes and said, "What kind of run this time?"

Shadow smirked and didn't say anything. Donovan looked at her and began to grin.

"You mean, we are finally going to reveal the Gundams?"

Shadow smiled and said, "Yes, I believe it's time we did. They need to have a better idea of what they are up against and this is the perfect time to bring Doomslayer and Death Star out."

"Bout damn time." Donovan grumbled.

"Yes, it is. Now if you'll excuse me. I've got finish up looking through this data." Shadow said.

Donovan did his best to look hurt, but it was ruined by the grin on his face.

"Yeah, yeah. I know when I'm not wanted." he said as he walked over to the door.

Shadow rolled her eyes and didn't say anything. Donovan opened the door and went to walk through. He paused for a moment before he said, "Just be careful."

She looked up, but Donovan had already left her room. Shadow frowned and thought to herself, 'What did he mean by that?'