It had been the dead of the night when Trel had finally come to her senses , well they weren't exactly her senses but she was at least out of her stupor with a plan in mind , sure that if they couldn't hear them then these frequencies couldn't effect her. She'd gotten up out of bed and tried to make her way to the door but quickly tripped over Amy who had pulled a cot up beside Trel's bed and was fast asleep.
"Hey , watch where your walking" she exclaimed as Trel hit the floor.
"What do you mean watch , watch how , there's no light in here" she muttered , pushing herself up from the floor but making sure to check before moving next.
"What are you doing anyway?" Amy grumped as she sat up , checking the time.
"Call it a brain fart okay , now go back to sleep" came Trel's annoyed voice in the darkness.
"Crainial vapor blockage at 3 am in the morning is a bad thing" Savanna yawned out at the two that were being inconsiderate.
"Shoot me" shot back Trel as she finally found the door and the dimmed lights from just down the hall , quickly leaving and shutting the door behind her.
"Think we should check it out?" asked Amy , who was already sitting up after the abrupt start.
"Is that a multiple choice question?" Savanna countered as she tossed the blanket aside , letting it land on the still form of Relena.
"Guess not ..." Amy giggled quietly as she too worked her way to the door , Savanna close behind her.
They snuck down to the main bay and looked it over , that was the way Trel had turned when she shut the door and with this being a good place to start they were not surprised to find her inside , she had put the helmet on for her space suit and climbed up to her Gundam.
"Where the heck are you going" yelled Savanna who had come in half way through the climb but she seemed to be ignored.
Trel reached the platform and righted herself not having even hear them as she sat down and started up the system , trying a range of different sounds and pitches to check over her theory , sure she couldn't test out the ones she already knew until she had the other two with her but a space suit had to be air tight which also meant that there was no way the air could carry a signal or current in it.
The screen popped up displaying the other two which were in the bay yelling at her now , she smiled as she removed the helmet to the commotion they were causing. "Hey , you'll wake everyone else up and I am not in the mood to deal with some of them" she yelled back as she stuck her head out of the opening.
"Well you were the one ignoring us" Amy yelled back.
"Not entirely , say now that your up anyone want to try an experiment?" chuckled Trel as she lowered herself on the tether.
"What kind did you have in mind?" asked Savanna suspiciously.
It hadn't taken long to get suited up and the helmets on , the bad part was that without the mode to communicate they all had to be in their suits when Trel broadcast the identified signals but no one seemed to notice and even Trel double checked to make sure they were all open. She shut it down before taking off the helmet with a cruel smile.
"Well that is one problem fixed , who's up for the real test?"
Savanna looked like she was almost contemplating the idea but Amy was not as thrilled about it as the other two were.
"Okay so we have a possible solution , but they still managed to take three Gundams down already and take one of those with them" she shook her head.
"Exactly why I am going , and news flash here ... no one said I was counting on company" yelled Trel as she threw the helmet back on and shut the protective panel , sure she could be considerate but there was no way anyone was going to hold her down right now.
Amy was taken back , never had she ever heard Trel go off like that , she was usually the peace maker , happy go lucky type. Amy threw the helmet back on , there was no way to go back now as Savannna had already sealed her own suit and was silently waiting.
Relena ran back , sure they had woken her with their early morning discussions and she was happy that they had found a safe way to fight , but just taking off was definitely not the best way to test it all out. She knocked on both the doors across the hall from their own room as she heard the first one fire up. "Wake up , the girls are taking off"
Wufei had been the first to the door , he had not been able to sleep and the knock had drawn him from his thoughts. "What do you mean they are taking off?"
The sound by now was a familiar noise as all three took off from base.
"Geez , what do they think they're doing" yelled Jason as he limped out of the room and headed for the source of the noise.
"What did they say?" Matt asked her , knowing that they couldn't stop them now.
"They had the space suits on , helmet and all ... I think they went looking for trouble , but that is better then listening to them fight each other" Relena had never heard them do much more then joke around but that wasn't any kind of joking she had ever heard out of them , they almost acted like they felt threatened by each other in there.
"Lets go bring them back" muttered Wufei under his breath , grumbling about the lack of team work.
"Okay now listen , I want you to go back to Quatre's place and stay with Sally , I won't leave you here alone and please don't make me beg" Matt quietly whispered to Relena , he couldn't risk her by taking her with him but refused to leave her here alone either.
"I won't be alone ... Jason , you'll stay here with me right ?" she asked the limping form before he rounded the corner , knowing if it came down to it she could always use Sally against him.
"Well I don't know little lady , guessin I can't just leave you here to the ingins" he said as he tried to do an impression of John Wayne.
"See , I won't be alone so there is no need to worry about that" she coaxed him down the hall and stood at the door with Jason as the others climbed into their own Gundams to track the wayward pilots down.
"Awh man , why couldn't they do this during the day , even the birds aren't up this early" whined Duo.
"Not my fault you give her to long a leash Maxwell" huffed Wufei , who had not recovered from his own problems and was not willing to listen to any one else.
"Can it guys , lets find them and get them back" interrupted Matt , in no mood to listen to their usually amusing banter.
"Um , are we going to catch them now or should we just wait till they blow something else up?" asked Quatre who had been scanning for them when a major explosion caught his attention.
"How ... never mind , lets just get them and get back" added Wufei.
By the time they had made it to the sight there was nothing but molten metal and scorched earth but at least they could be tracked , the unfortunate part was that it hadn't been before another explosion rocked the surrounding area , but it hadn't ended at just the one this time as the sky lit up again.
By the time they got there most of it had died down , the unfortunate part was that it had become an up close and personal battle. Savanna had the laser whip in full motion knocking one of the two Black Zero systems from the air. Amy had taken a good chunk out of the one she was facing off with and trying to keep it from disappearing on her while Trel brought an earlier discarded Beam canon to bare in on Kodiac.
"Trel , drop the gun" yelled Matt across the intercom.
"I don't think she heard you" countered Quatre as it started to power up
Wufei tried to reach it with his dragon attack but it had come up short.
"What a time to test a stupid theory" sighed Duo , bringing the watch up and feeling like a fool. "Ocasta , drop the bloody gun"
It took a moment for the whole scene to sink in as everyone had been in a rush to stop the fatal shot , Savanna and Amy had taken the newcomers as potential threats and had rounded with their own weapons ready to attack causing an even bigger round of confusion and leaving a window for the two damaged Zero's to use as a good time to escape but the beam canon had stopped it's attack and slipped harmlessly to the ground leaving Ocasta wide open for the incoming attack Kodiac was now launching.
The Gatlin guns blazed across the sky , leaving the double plated hull dented and scratched as it came in , grabbing Kodiac in mid air and activated the electrical field generator.
"Amy , it's us ... don't make me attack you" Heero coldly announced , the last thing we wanted to do was purposely take her down right now.
"Savanna ..." came Trowa's quiet voice.
Their response was not exactly what they expected , a typed message came across instead of the voices they knew so well.
'Why did you stop us , we almost had them this time' was all it read.
"The suits , they can't hear us with the helmets on" Quatre finally filled them in , having finally realized what the significance of the whole thing was.
"Yeah tell me about it , but that doesn't stop me much" laughed Duo as he strapped Trel's watch on , wondering just how hard it would be to make a few more like this. "Bet she's pitching a fit right now"
"You know something I don't?" inquired Matt to a broad grinned Duo.
"I'll fill you in when we get them back to base" he laughed , reading Heero's response to the earlier written message.
'We will get them next time , lets return to base and account for the damages'
Wufei had dropped beside the disabled form of Kodiac and waited for an extra set of thrusters to help him out , eventually getting Matt to support the other side. Ocasta had gotten up not long after it hit the ground but had just stood there as if waiting for something to happen.
"Man , she sure is quiet" said Matt , not really wanting to push his luck with Trel after finding her with a gun and aiming it at one of her best friends.
"Well that depends on your definition of quiet I guess" grimaced Duo as he read another nasty note she had managed to send him privately.
The return had been much smoother then the actual hunt and when they had finally made it to base both Jason and Relena had been waiting to greet them but not in the same way. Relena ran to Matt and checked him over for any new injuries and when she didn't find any she pulled him in for a kiss.
"There is no way I am kissing any of you" chuckled Jason as he watched the scene unfold before him.
Amy had emerged and threw the helmet back into her chair as she left , it was annoying but good as a precaution.
Savannna had explained along the way that they had likely destroyed any remote transmitters within a few hours radius which was what they had found and not remains from any buildings.
The real noise started when Duo stood outside of Ocasta and ordered the door down by the watch , but thankfully he had been quick enough to dodge the fist that was aimed for his head as Trel launched herself out of the machine at him.
"What did you think you were doing back there , don't you ever mess with my machine again" she yelled as she once again tried to get at him.
It had been Jason that had caught her mid way , trying to hold her back with a shocked look. "Man , how much did I miss?"
"Trela , you almost blew Nikita up" Duo tried to explain but it obviously wasn't getting through to her.
Trel pivoted on one foot bringing Jason around with her before finally breaking his hold and storming out of the room.
"She may be a little high strung , or just drank to much pop" shrugged Jason watching as she left then turning to see that they had recovered Kodiac in their explorations.
The cockpit was open and there was no sign of Wufei anywhere.
"Um , we might want to lave those two alone for a little longer or does anyone else prefer to have their head ripped off for them?" asked Amy as she looked over the mobile suit that lay on the bay floor.
They had left the self punishing pilot of the Alt-Long alone to watch after Niki , knowing that when she woke he would likely come find them , it was after all his way to segregate himself but it had been a long time since he had reverted to his ways so pushing him was the furthest from their minds.