Note: In this fanfic it is the norm for people to be born from testtubes and therefore have no real parents.



The alarms screamed at him over and over. He didn't know what to do. The damage to the suit was rather extensive at the rate and the last shot he fired had failed to do any good. Now, he was descending into the atmosphere to be burnt up during the reentry.

"Heero."

Heero turned around to find the source of the voice. Where could it be when he was within his gundam in space? Soon he discovered it was from within his head when it called out to him again

"Transform the Wing gundam. It can ride the shockwaves of reentry."

This was the voice of the only human being he had really had contact with. Before then all he could remember were simulations and holograms for this mission. He had come to think of the man with the iron hand as his father.

"Heero, this is Doctor J. Do as I say immediately or both you and the gundam are lost."

Heero: "But the shield is damaged. How can it work?"

"Damn, how could you let Leos damage the gundam so? Transform anyway, you'll survive but how..I'm not sure of." With that the voice ended. Heero didn't know how the voice came from his head but the Doctor was a genius and may have placed a receiver within his skull just in case. He didn't worry about it because he trusted the Doctor and transformed the gundam readily before adjusting his angle of incidence on entering the atmosphere. The heat soon began to overwhelm him. The cooling systems weren't doing their job sufficiently. Heero began thinking of that one Leo pilot who had attacked him so viciously before he started to black out. The gundam continued through the atmosphere like a blazing ball of flame.

Flashback

The other four gundam scientists hadn't made it off of the colony easily by any means. The Alliance and OZ soldiers had been targeting them the whole way and their escape shuttle only barely escaped them but only due to the aid of one of their secret weapons. The scientists had been looking for pilots and short of creating a test-tube pilot they had little means since they knew that no OZ or Alliance soldier would be willing to help. However one of them had been able to find someone who had their own gundam mobile suit. As they sped away on the shuttle with the Space Leos close behind them, they suddenly saw one of them erupt in a ball of flame before the void of space caused the explosion to implode on the Leo. Another shift pass caused another Leo to explode similarly even as it tried to dodge the strange beam weapon. In front of the five remaining Leos was a white and blue gundam clearly under some reconstruction. The scientists looked back amazed. Their startled looks due to the realization that their dream may indeed be possible as they saw this pilot battling the Leos. Within the cockpit, the black haired Chinese boy sweated profusely. He had only fought once before in the gundam but when he received the distress signal he moved quickly and headed out from the hidden shipyard he had been told to stash the gundam in.

He wiped the sweat away from his eyes and hair. He had to concentrate. Boy: "Come on Wufei, you're in Nataku now. You can't fail..."

He repeated the words to himself, "In the spirit of mother and father.."

The Leo pilots were shocked to see it. Never before had they seen the likes of a gundam and it could destroy two Leos like that? Indeed the pilots were jumped but still.. They quickly agreed that they needed to avenge their comrades and began attacking Wufei.

It only had one weapon which it carried in its hand and the Leos were targeting that same hand with their rifles however Wufei realized that there was no reason to continue to fight against these better soldiers since the gundam scientists had managed to escape in their damaged shuttle. With a rapid vernier boost he left the area taking a roundabout route to their rendezvous point.

Present

Another OZ squadron in space awaits interception of another two shuttles, possibly a gundam. Ahead of them is another Leo custom this time mounting a vast array of weaponry on it which varies quite from the standard Leo. The pilot is the other one of the three who had met with Treize previously. The nearby ship confirms to him that two high speed shuttles are approaching them. The Leos get ready and within their cockpits, the pilots begin to line up their sights hoping to get the first few shots as accurate as possible.

Wufei is one of the pilots of the shuttles heading for the Earth. He had never gotten a chance to really meet the other pilot the scientists had paired him with but he seemed to have a perpetual umbra about him always. Wufei: "What do we do? They're blocking our paths.use the gundams?" "No. Continue on. I'll catch up" Wufei: "Catch up? What do you mean??"

"Just do it, ok?"

The Leos watch in astonishment as the shuttles continue racing forward. Quickly they shoot and strafe out of the way but then realize that one is headed straight for their own shuttle. The explosion wipes out both shuttles as they crash together and the Leos are forced to scatter away. Wufei's shuttle safely enters the Earth atmosphere and continues on to his destination. He looks back wondering if the other pilot could have really killed himself just to save the mission and thinks he should be just as determined as he continues to steer the shuttle down. Back in space, the same pilot had ejected from the shuttle in his gundam but due to the large amounts of jamming frequencies he was able to let loose, the Leos never did detect him. He smiled to himself as he saw Wufei's shuttle travel to Earth safely. Quickly he punches in a code and contacts someone. "Doctor S.. this is Duo reporting."

Voice over the intercom: "Are you and Wufei still on track with no problems?"

Duo: "A small squad met us but we have no problems. Wufei is with me still. Mission commencing as scheduled. Over."

The conversation ended with that. Duo smiled widely as he activated the gundam and began flying through space.

The words came from his mouth dry and without feeling: "Shinigami is in action."