Shinimegami: Hey everybody! I updated pretty quickly, huh?

Duo: We didn't get any fan mail...

Quatre: Don't worry, Duo. We'll get some eventually.

Shinimegami: Is that all you guys ever think about? Fan mail?

Duo: Of course! Who doesn't want to receive things from fans?

Shinimegami: Well, you have a bit of a point there. Oh well. On with the next chappie!

Wufei: Shinimegami does not own Gundam Wing.

Heero: What was that about?

Wufei: Shinimegami lets me do her disclaimers for her.

Trowa: You volunteered for that?

Wufei: Of course. She lets me slash people who want to sue her with my sword of justice! ^.^

Shinimegami: Yep! Okay, now for the chapter!

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"So how about telling us this information about this girl now?" Duo asked from his gundam. He and his comrades were flying to the location where they would meet the new gundam pilot.

"I'll tell you later," Heero replied simply.

"Come on, man," Duo complained. "We're not there yet, so tell us!"

"Quit whining, Maxwell," Wufei said. "Let's just get there already."

"I guess I could tell you about the new pilot now," Heero decided. "She's the same age as us, first of all."

"We pretty much could've guessed THAT," Duo said with some sarcasm.

"Let him finish, Duo," Quatre said.

"She's an American, too," Heero continued. "The record didn't say anything about family, though."

"She might have one," Trowa said. "We won't know until we meet her. What else?"

"Hair color's brown, eye color's blue," Heero stated. "Not much else. You could always ask her for information later."

"Fine with me," Wufei said, apparently not interested.

"What's her name?" Quatre asked.

"Laura," Heero replied. "Her last name is unknown."

"Let's just get this over with already," Wufei said. "The sooner we get there, the sooner we can leave."

The gundam pilots flew silently on.

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"This it?" Duo asked. They had reached a location where a large battle was going on.

"Yep," Heero said. "This is where we're to meet her. She's down there fighting right now."

"So, do we just kick back and watch, or what?" Duo asked again.

"Unless she needs help, we stay where we are until the battle's over," Heero explained.

"That won't take long," Wufei said. "Knowing she's a woman, she's bound to need help from us."

"We don't even know her skill level yet," Quatre said, apparently annoyed with Wufei's attitude. "After all, she is a gundam pilot."

"Let's just see what she can do," Trowa said. They all stopped talking and watched.

The gundam they saw was a pure silver color. Like their own gundams, the eyes glowed, but they were blue, not green. The gundam also had huge silvery-white feathered wings.

An OZ Leo tried to attack the gundam from behind, but was quickly destroyed when the gundam turned around and lashed it with a flaming blue whip. When more Leos attacked, the gundam generated a glowing golden ball of energy in its hand and shot it at them. The Leos were instantly destroyed. And where bullets would come for the other gundams, there came flaming balls of fire. The battle went on for a while, then finally stopped.

"Pretty impressive," Trowa commented.

"Yeah!" Duo agreed. "Nice weapons, too! Laura's got good taste!"

"Right," Heero said. "Let's go." They headed down to where the new pilot was. She did the same and walked her gundam over to them. Heero and the others stopped when they were in front if Laura's gundam.

"Follow us," Heero said to Laura. "We'll lead you back to our safe house." Heero walked off in his gundam while everyone else followed.

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They all reached the building after a while. The pilots put there gundams safely in the hanger. When the boys were done, they went to Laura's gundam to finally meet her face-to-face. When the cockpit to her gundam opened, two large birds flew out.

"Wow," Duo said jokingly, "the new pilot is two birds?"

"Uh," Quatre said quietly. "What was that about?" They looked up at the cockpit again and Laura came out. She wore all black with silver outlining on her boots, the sides of her pants, and on her top. A silver cross dangled from her neck. Her long, brown hair was tied back into a braid, clearly showing her diamond winged-cross earrings. The two birds that came out earlier flew to Laura, each landing on one of her shoulders.

They were both large hawks: one white and one black, both with golden eyes. Their long, sharp talons gripped Laura's shoulder gently as they looked down at the other gundam pilots.

"Uh, hey, Laura!" Duo called up to her. "Welcome to our safe house!"

"Thanks," Laura called back. The hawks left her shoulders for a moment while she leapt down gracefully from her cockpit. Her shoulders were soon occupied again by the birds.

"I'll show you to your headquarters," Heero said. "Follow me." Laura followed Heero, leaving the other four pilots behind. They looked at each other, shrugged, and went after them.

"This is where you'll be staying," Heero said to Laura once they arrived at her headquarters. "Feel free to ask me or the others if you're unsure of something. I'm sure they won't mind." He looked at Wufei when he said this, who rolled his eyes slightly and looked away.

"Okay," Laura said. "Thanks Heero. I'll move my stuff in later." Heero nodded and left to go work on Wing Zero. Laura checked out the room she was going to stay in. The two hawks stared around at their surroundings.

"Do you think it wise to keep those birds here, woman?" Wufei asked Laura. "They might interfere with our missions." Laura looked at him.

"Yami and Hikari are tamed and follow my directions," she explained, stroking the hawks' feathers. "They would never do any wrong."

"Darkness and Little Light, huh?" Trowa commented. "Their names suit them, if Yami is the black and Hikari is the white."

"Yep," Laura said, smiling. "I'm gonna go get my stuff now." She went back to her gundam and once again, the other pilots followed. Her hawks flew onto the railing of the metal platform as Laura climbed up to her gundam's cockpit and picked up her pack.

"Hey, what's the name of your gundam anyway?" Duo called up to Laura.

"Silver Feather," Laura replied as she leapt back down. Yami and Hikari took their positions on her shoulders once again as she walked back to her headquarters.

"Silver Feather?" Quatre questioned as he walked with Laura. "That's an odd name for a gundam."

"I don't think so," Laura said. "You can probably guess why I named it that."

"Because of it's silver wings and color?" Duo guessed as he walked.

"Yeah," Laura replied, nodding. They reached her room again. "Well, I guess I'll see you guys later. I'm gonna unload my stuff."

"Okay," Duo said, smiling. "See ya later!" He gave the peace sign and walked off. Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei walked off as well. Laura entered her room and sighed. It had been a tough day for her. She opened the window and breathed in the fresh air. Yami and Hikari left her shoulders and perched themselves on the edge of the open window. Laura finished unloading her belongings and sat on the bed. She couldn't wait to get to know her new comrades.

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Shinimegami: Nice chappie, huh? I thought so.

Duo: Still no fan mail...

Shinimegami: Well, ONE of you guys got something...

Heero: Really? Who?

Shinimegami: It's from xamic to Quatre. She says that you're the best out of the pilots.

Quatre: Really? Wow, thanks xamic! ^___^

Duo: What? That's not fan mail! You're supposed to send stuff, not compliments!

Shinimegami: Compliments are fan mail too, Duo.

Duo: Oh, fine...

Quatre: You're just mad cause YOU didn't get a nice compliment.

Duo: *lip quivers* IT'S TRUE! *starts sobbing on Heero's shoulder*

Heero: o.O;;;

Trowa: *starts snickering*

Wufei: *sweatdrops and inches away from Trowa*

Shinimegami: Whatever. Anyway, the g-boys have met the new pilot! How are they gonna get along with her? Next chappie's coming!

Quatre: And send some more fan mail, too! ^.^

Duo: *stops sobbing* Yah! ^____^

Shinimegami: Yep! Until then, ja!