1 I forgot to say in the first chapter, I didn't make up Zero, Tarmine or
Julia, or obviously the original gundam wing people. The first three were
from an RPG, Alex was my character, and this story is based off of the roll
play. Other than that it's originally my idea. Thanks for reading. :)
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3 Chapter 2
I walked into the room the 'dead' pilots went to watch the rest of the battle, and was greeted by cheers. I looked around, surprised. Everyone was saying how great I did, how fast I was, when none of it was true. I did horrible, and of the other G. pilots could've destroyed me…
But these were gundam pilots. They weren't even Oz pilots, just a bunch of kids who had just seen another kid like them move as fast and with enough skill as a gundam pilot. And none of them had a clue who I was.
A group of guys walked over to V and I. There were five of them all together. Four of them had died hair like V, all wore the normal Oz cloths, fit to match their styles.
One of them spoke up. "Seems you're getting slow these days, V. He lasted longer than you in the test." He smiled as he said it.
V only laughed. "Not even I have beaten the test before. I'm not getting slow, the trainees are getting better."
Another spoke up. "Just how did you do that?" he asked, slightly suspicious. "Even if you're a natural no one's that good without practice."
I stared into his questioning eyes. He was small, almost as small as I was. He wore a green jump suit showing he wasn't trying out but already a member of Oz, a technician if I was correct. His brown hair was dyed a blue green, almost aqua, which matched his aqua eyes. He looked smart, and like he would make a wonderful spy. Defiantly someone I had to be careful around.
Luckily I had already rehearsed the answer.
"I grew up on colony 8412. It was almost a requirement that anyone interested in joining Oz has to take a preparation program on the basic uses of a mobile suit. If you were good enough you were given the option of going into some more detailed training. The chance was offered to me and I accepted it." I stated, as if it wasn't a big deal. "I spent two years in the advanced program." All the information I just stated was also included in my paperwork.
V draped his arm around my shoulders. "See, he's okay, Rob," he stated, "you make it sound as if he's a gundam pilot himself."
"You know the gundams pilots?" I asked.
He looked at me and smiled. "Thankfully no, but fought one once."
I raised my eyebrows. "I thought no one survived fighting them."
The guy who spoke up first answered me. "Most people don't. But V isn't most people. He's one of the best pilots Oz has."
"By the way, what's your name?" asked one of the others. "I don't believe you mentioned it."
I was about to answer Alex, then stopped myself. "Tom Conway." I said. "Most people just call me Conway, though."
"Well, Conway, welcome to Oz." V said gesturing to the board naming the ten people who made it in. ten people per tryout made it, those were the rules. My name was on top with the highest score. I realized that the people who had done better then me had already been in Oz, and weren't included on the board. "Now that you're in, let me introduce you to the group."
He pointed to the guy who had talked first. "This is Mike." Mike nodded. He was tall, most likely over six feet. I was short though, a mere five ft. three, and didn't know for sure, having most people over 5'8" look like giants. He had shaggy blond hair, not colored, with yellow eyes. He wore the red suit of a regular pilot in Oz showing he wasn't at that high of a rank, but he was in.
V pointed to one of the two who hadn't spoken. "This is Nat, short for Nathan, and his twin Penrod, or Pen." They both had black hair cut to above their ears with the bottom part of it died red giving a strange effect of looking like it was on fire. They had hazel eyes, Nat's mostly green and Pen's mostly brown. Both wore black engineer suits with the long sleeves, which should have been there, torn off to make them tank tops.
"You already know who Rob is," he pointed to him, "this is Max, short for Mathew, don't ask how they got Max I don't know." Max was just as tall as mike with brown hair with a little purple in it and violet eyes, almost the same color as mine normally are. He wore a blue jump suit like what V was wearing, showing they were both superior pilots.
"Hello." I said to all of them.
The conversation was ended when all the new recruits were asked to follow one of the people in charge for more information.
"Welcome to Oz," he began. "You'll be going to another program were we'll find out what you're specialties are if you have any and then you'll be put into that field to work. Chances are you won't become anything more then a normal engineer or pilot. Very few people become one of the other fields. This is why being in one is important."
The man went on to explain that we'd be staying in rooms of ten, mixed in with seven other tryout groups. We were to take a series of tests, to see what level we would be put in. After he finished explaining the first weeks schedule we were sent to get pictures taken for I.D. we would have for Oz. When I got mine I quickly put it into my back pocket. When every one was done rooms were assigned, and once we checked into them we had the night off.
I was the first to my room. Writing my name on the clipboard that we were supposed to sign up on I looked around the room, then down at the clipboard, realizing I had written Alex Yuy. Growling at myself I erased the name, glad I was using a pencil, then pulled out a pen to write Thomas Conway over it.
There wasn't much in the room. Ten bunks, five on bottom and five above them, a small table with an alarm clock, a larger table with four chairs around it and two dressers, each with five drawers. I was deciding whether or not I should just choose a bed when the door opened.
Nathan and Penrod walked in, calling good-bye to someone out in the hall. They glanced around the room, smiled and nodded a hello to me, then threw their things onto the nearest beds and signed in. Penrod finished first then turned to look closer at me.
"Hey Conway, I guess we'll be sharing this room with you," he said grinning.
Nathan turned to me as well. "If I'm correct, the rest of our little group will be staying here also. V got his dad to make sure we were all in the same room," he said.
I raised an eyebrow, surprised. "I thought you guys were already in Oz, why would you go through training again?" I asked.
Nathan answered, "Same reason we went through the tryouts, we're looking for talent in the beginners. And sense several of us just turned seventeen this year, and shouldn't have been in Oz before hand, we have to go through training again."
I shook my head, smiling slightly. I was willing to bet their entire group had been in Oz before they should have. Going through training again was a way to make sure they should be in Oz, although I was rather sure they were all qualified.
We talked a little while we settled in. Nathan and Penrod started pulling things out of their suitcases and tossing them onto their bed and the floor. I chose the bed furthest from the door on the top. I climbed up on it as another person walked into the room.
He was small, if he were a girl I would have said petite. Unruly black hair framed his pale, intelligent face. He wore all black, from his shoes to his glasses. Looking around he blinked pale green eyes that didn't fit the black and white scene the rest of his appearance seemed based on. He walked over to the sign in sheet with out saying much. I began to wish I had chosen a closer bed so I could read the names as people signed in. Lucky for me Nathan read it for me.
"Well hello Jet, Jet Fathom I believe," Nathan said cheerfully as he squinted to read Jet's small handwriting.
Jet smiled uneasily, murmured a brief, "Hi," and went over to the bunks across from mine, sitting on the bottom one.
There was silence for a while. I began to fidget with the tag on my suitcase, and then decided to unpack. Once I opened it I realized I had nothing but clothes and didn't really know if I should put them in the dresser or not. So I took out my jacket, in case I was to go anywhere. I rezipped my suitcase and sat on my bed doing nothing for a few more minutes.
Finally my boredom was too much and I decided to leave and check out the colony. It was a night off and I didn't know how many more of those I'd be having. I jumped off my bed, taking my jacket with me, and left the room.
In town there was a lot going on. Apparently the new recruits weren't the only ones with a day off, and the rest of Oz was taking advantage of their free time. I walked through the 'down town' section of this colony. There were a lot of lights and buildings, but that was about it. I didn't see much that interested me.
Someone tapped my shoulder and I turned to see V behind me.
"Hey Conway, what's up?" V asked.
I smiled at him, "I'm trying to decide whether or not I should stay out here much longer, seeing that it's about as fun as doing nothing."
Putting his hands in his pockets V leaned back on his heels. "I wouldn't say that, not if you know where to go. If you want you can come to a club with me and the rest of the guys," he suggested with a smile. "I hear there's going to be some cute chicks there, I think you might find it a bit of fun."
I returned his smile, trying not to laugh. That isn't the first reason I'd head to a club, but he didn't have to know that. "Sure, I have nothing better to do."
I followed him to his other friends. We exchanged greetings, then entered a club near by.
Neon colored paint stained the walls of the dim nightclub. Ultra violet lights made the neon stand out, along with all the other lighter colors. A band stood in front of a waxed neon wall, playing hip-hop music. The dancers did everything from slow to break dancing. I felt a little strange being in uniform while most people here were dressed up, but a few other soldiers in uniform made me feel all right.
"This looks like a nice place to have fun," I murmured.
We spread out into a couple groups. The twins went off to dance and Max found one of his old friends, the others just trailed away, except for V who just kind of stayed with me. We talked small for a while; he mostly asked questions about my life. I told him the rehearsed answers.
I'd grown up on my colony with my older brother and parents. My father wanted to join Oz but ended up marrying my mother instead. My father was a teacher at my high school and my mother a nurse. Both encouraged me to join Oz, and were very happy when they found out I had a natural talent with mobile suits. Because I showed potential they put me into class to learn the other skills I would use in Oz.
My story was interrupted when two women walked up to us. One was a tall blonde with dark blue eyes who wore a short spaghetti strap dress. She smiled at V, her eyes twinkling. The other woman had long brown hair. She wore a black plastic halter-top with a black plastic mini skirt. Fish net stockings covered her legs until they reached her knee high leather boots. Blue eyes smiled wickedly at us.
"Hey, we couldn't help noticing you two were alone over here and we were wondering if you wanted some company," the blonde asked, all smiles.
V grinned back. "From two lovely ladies such as you?" he asked taking the blondes hand as raising it to his lips, "of course." He kissed her hand gently and she giggled. The giggle would get on my nerves, but other than that she was okay.
"I'm Jules and this is Kathy," said the brown haired girl.
"It's nice meeting both of you," I said, staring into familiar blue eyes. Jules was it? Well it worked as well as anything. V asked Kathy to dance and she easily excepted the invitation, leaving me with the other girl.
"So Julia, how are you and the others?" I asked softly.
"Oh, we're fine. Worried sick about where the hell you went, but just fine," she replied just as quietly. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"Taking advantage of my day off," I murmured.
She laughed at that. "Be happy I found you before one of the others. Zero, Tarmine and Poe are all in the city looking, they'd have killed you. We picked up from your letter you were getting into try-outs. It wasn't hard to find out who to look for. There are only two rookies who did so great on their intro tests that they could have been you. But you beat the program, the other girl just challenged it."
"Does Oz know you're here?" I asked.
Julia paused for a moment, thinking. Then said, "We've kept quiet, but they've got a lot of damn spies. Something might have gotten through. They'll be watching you carefully, looking for you to slip."
I nodded, "I'll be careful." I paused for a moment, then asked, "What do you know about the other girl who did good on the tests."
"She's one of ours. Looks close enough to the real you that she'll bring suspicions, and she'll disappear in about a week along with a few files," Julia said. "If they're looking for you they'll assume it's her. You just make friends with the guys you came in with. If they fall for you you're in good. All of them are related to important people."
I nodded again, giving Julia my dare devil smile. "Don't worry about me I won't get caught soon, and when I do I'll get out of it."
Julia laughed, and then faded into the crowd. She'd meet up with the others and tell them what's going on. I could trust her to talk them out of coming to get me out of Oz. They wouldn't throw a big fit, but my dad…
Julia hadn't said he was looking.
If he knew I was here I don't think even my mom could stop him from searching for me. He'd be furious, even if he didn't mind me fighting in a gundam. He didn't know I was here.
I laughed to myself, relieved. I could trust Julia to make sure things were okay. She knew what she was doing.
I met up with Rob a little later and we talked a bit, then split up again. I danced a bit, surprising myself. I had absolutely no attraction to girls but I didn't want to look different so I talked and flirted with them just like all the other guys. About two hours later the group met up with each other again. We left the club and went out to dinner at a pizza joint. V paid for all of us to share three large pizzas.
When we got back to our room no one else was there. I checked the list of people who'd be in it. Besides V's friends and me there were three other people: Jet, Alex Jefferson, and Nickolas Macord. My nose twitched at seeing another person with my name. That would bug me.
Nat looked over my shoulder. "No one I know," he declared and went to sit down. All the beds had a suitcase or bag on them. Slowly the other people in the room either went to their beds to do whatever or, just Rob and Mike, where at the table playing cards.
Suddenly I was tired. I climbed onto my bed and lied down with a yawn. It didn't take long for me to fall asleep.
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3 Chapter 2
I walked into the room the 'dead' pilots went to watch the rest of the battle, and was greeted by cheers. I looked around, surprised. Everyone was saying how great I did, how fast I was, when none of it was true. I did horrible, and of the other G. pilots could've destroyed me…
But these were gundam pilots. They weren't even Oz pilots, just a bunch of kids who had just seen another kid like them move as fast and with enough skill as a gundam pilot. And none of them had a clue who I was.
A group of guys walked over to V and I. There were five of them all together. Four of them had died hair like V, all wore the normal Oz cloths, fit to match their styles.
One of them spoke up. "Seems you're getting slow these days, V. He lasted longer than you in the test." He smiled as he said it.
V only laughed. "Not even I have beaten the test before. I'm not getting slow, the trainees are getting better."
Another spoke up. "Just how did you do that?" he asked, slightly suspicious. "Even if you're a natural no one's that good without practice."
I stared into his questioning eyes. He was small, almost as small as I was. He wore a green jump suit showing he wasn't trying out but already a member of Oz, a technician if I was correct. His brown hair was dyed a blue green, almost aqua, which matched his aqua eyes. He looked smart, and like he would make a wonderful spy. Defiantly someone I had to be careful around.
Luckily I had already rehearsed the answer.
"I grew up on colony 8412. It was almost a requirement that anyone interested in joining Oz has to take a preparation program on the basic uses of a mobile suit. If you were good enough you were given the option of going into some more detailed training. The chance was offered to me and I accepted it." I stated, as if it wasn't a big deal. "I spent two years in the advanced program." All the information I just stated was also included in my paperwork.
V draped his arm around my shoulders. "See, he's okay, Rob," he stated, "you make it sound as if he's a gundam pilot himself."
"You know the gundams pilots?" I asked.
He looked at me and smiled. "Thankfully no, but fought one once."
I raised my eyebrows. "I thought no one survived fighting them."
The guy who spoke up first answered me. "Most people don't. But V isn't most people. He's one of the best pilots Oz has."
"By the way, what's your name?" asked one of the others. "I don't believe you mentioned it."
I was about to answer Alex, then stopped myself. "Tom Conway." I said. "Most people just call me Conway, though."
"Well, Conway, welcome to Oz." V said gesturing to the board naming the ten people who made it in. ten people per tryout made it, those were the rules. My name was on top with the highest score. I realized that the people who had done better then me had already been in Oz, and weren't included on the board. "Now that you're in, let me introduce you to the group."
He pointed to the guy who had talked first. "This is Mike." Mike nodded. He was tall, most likely over six feet. I was short though, a mere five ft. three, and didn't know for sure, having most people over 5'8" look like giants. He had shaggy blond hair, not colored, with yellow eyes. He wore the red suit of a regular pilot in Oz showing he wasn't at that high of a rank, but he was in.
V pointed to one of the two who hadn't spoken. "This is Nat, short for Nathan, and his twin Penrod, or Pen." They both had black hair cut to above their ears with the bottom part of it died red giving a strange effect of looking like it was on fire. They had hazel eyes, Nat's mostly green and Pen's mostly brown. Both wore black engineer suits with the long sleeves, which should have been there, torn off to make them tank tops.
"You already know who Rob is," he pointed to him, "this is Max, short for Mathew, don't ask how they got Max I don't know." Max was just as tall as mike with brown hair with a little purple in it and violet eyes, almost the same color as mine normally are. He wore a blue jump suit like what V was wearing, showing they were both superior pilots.
"Hello." I said to all of them.
The conversation was ended when all the new recruits were asked to follow one of the people in charge for more information.
"Welcome to Oz," he began. "You'll be going to another program were we'll find out what you're specialties are if you have any and then you'll be put into that field to work. Chances are you won't become anything more then a normal engineer or pilot. Very few people become one of the other fields. This is why being in one is important."
The man went on to explain that we'd be staying in rooms of ten, mixed in with seven other tryout groups. We were to take a series of tests, to see what level we would be put in. After he finished explaining the first weeks schedule we were sent to get pictures taken for I.D. we would have for Oz. When I got mine I quickly put it into my back pocket. When every one was done rooms were assigned, and once we checked into them we had the night off.
I was the first to my room. Writing my name on the clipboard that we were supposed to sign up on I looked around the room, then down at the clipboard, realizing I had written Alex Yuy. Growling at myself I erased the name, glad I was using a pencil, then pulled out a pen to write Thomas Conway over it.
There wasn't much in the room. Ten bunks, five on bottom and five above them, a small table with an alarm clock, a larger table with four chairs around it and two dressers, each with five drawers. I was deciding whether or not I should just choose a bed when the door opened.
Nathan and Penrod walked in, calling good-bye to someone out in the hall. They glanced around the room, smiled and nodded a hello to me, then threw their things onto the nearest beds and signed in. Penrod finished first then turned to look closer at me.
"Hey Conway, I guess we'll be sharing this room with you," he said grinning.
Nathan turned to me as well. "If I'm correct, the rest of our little group will be staying here also. V got his dad to make sure we were all in the same room," he said.
I raised an eyebrow, surprised. "I thought you guys were already in Oz, why would you go through training again?" I asked.
Nathan answered, "Same reason we went through the tryouts, we're looking for talent in the beginners. And sense several of us just turned seventeen this year, and shouldn't have been in Oz before hand, we have to go through training again."
I shook my head, smiling slightly. I was willing to bet their entire group had been in Oz before they should have. Going through training again was a way to make sure they should be in Oz, although I was rather sure they were all qualified.
We talked a little while we settled in. Nathan and Penrod started pulling things out of their suitcases and tossing them onto their bed and the floor. I chose the bed furthest from the door on the top. I climbed up on it as another person walked into the room.
He was small, if he were a girl I would have said petite. Unruly black hair framed his pale, intelligent face. He wore all black, from his shoes to his glasses. Looking around he blinked pale green eyes that didn't fit the black and white scene the rest of his appearance seemed based on. He walked over to the sign in sheet with out saying much. I began to wish I had chosen a closer bed so I could read the names as people signed in. Lucky for me Nathan read it for me.
"Well hello Jet, Jet Fathom I believe," Nathan said cheerfully as he squinted to read Jet's small handwriting.
Jet smiled uneasily, murmured a brief, "Hi," and went over to the bunks across from mine, sitting on the bottom one.
There was silence for a while. I began to fidget with the tag on my suitcase, and then decided to unpack. Once I opened it I realized I had nothing but clothes and didn't really know if I should put them in the dresser or not. So I took out my jacket, in case I was to go anywhere. I rezipped my suitcase and sat on my bed doing nothing for a few more minutes.
Finally my boredom was too much and I decided to leave and check out the colony. It was a night off and I didn't know how many more of those I'd be having. I jumped off my bed, taking my jacket with me, and left the room.
In town there was a lot going on. Apparently the new recruits weren't the only ones with a day off, and the rest of Oz was taking advantage of their free time. I walked through the 'down town' section of this colony. There were a lot of lights and buildings, but that was about it. I didn't see much that interested me.
Someone tapped my shoulder and I turned to see V behind me.
"Hey Conway, what's up?" V asked.
I smiled at him, "I'm trying to decide whether or not I should stay out here much longer, seeing that it's about as fun as doing nothing."
Putting his hands in his pockets V leaned back on his heels. "I wouldn't say that, not if you know where to go. If you want you can come to a club with me and the rest of the guys," he suggested with a smile. "I hear there's going to be some cute chicks there, I think you might find it a bit of fun."
I returned his smile, trying not to laugh. That isn't the first reason I'd head to a club, but he didn't have to know that. "Sure, I have nothing better to do."
I followed him to his other friends. We exchanged greetings, then entered a club near by.
Neon colored paint stained the walls of the dim nightclub. Ultra violet lights made the neon stand out, along with all the other lighter colors. A band stood in front of a waxed neon wall, playing hip-hop music. The dancers did everything from slow to break dancing. I felt a little strange being in uniform while most people here were dressed up, but a few other soldiers in uniform made me feel all right.
"This looks like a nice place to have fun," I murmured.
We spread out into a couple groups. The twins went off to dance and Max found one of his old friends, the others just trailed away, except for V who just kind of stayed with me. We talked small for a while; he mostly asked questions about my life. I told him the rehearsed answers.
I'd grown up on my colony with my older brother and parents. My father wanted to join Oz but ended up marrying my mother instead. My father was a teacher at my high school and my mother a nurse. Both encouraged me to join Oz, and were very happy when they found out I had a natural talent with mobile suits. Because I showed potential they put me into class to learn the other skills I would use in Oz.
My story was interrupted when two women walked up to us. One was a tall blonde with dark blue eyes who wore a short spaghetti strap dress. She smiled at V, her eyes twinkling. The other woman had long brown hair. She wore a black plastic halter-top with a black plastic mini skirt. Fish net stockings covered her legs until they reached her knee high leather boots. Blue eyes smiled wickedly at us.
"Hey, we couldn't help noticing you two were alone over here and we were wondering if you wanted some company," the blonde asked, all smiles.
V grinned back. "From two lovely ladies such as you?" he asked taking the blondes hand as raising it to his lips, "of course." He kissed her hand gently and she giggled. The giggle would get on my nerves, but other than that she was okay.
"I'm Jules and this is Kathy," said the brown haired girl.
"It's nice meeting both of you," I said, staring into familiar blue eyes. Jules was it? Well it worked as well as anything. V asked Kathy to dance and she easily excepted the invitation, leaving me with the other girl.
"So Julia, how are you and the others?" I asked softly.
"Oh, we're fine. Worried sick about where the hell you went, but just fine," she replied just as quietly. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"Taking advantage of my day off," I murmured.
She laughed at that. "Be happy I found you before one of the others. Zero, Tarmine and Poe are all in the city looking, they'd have killed you. We picked up from your letter you were getting into try-outs. It wasn't hard to find out who to look for. There are only two rookies who did so great on their intro tests that they could have been you. But you beat the program, the other girl just challenged it."
"Does Oz know you're here?" I asked.
Julia paused for a moment, thinking. Then said, "We've kept quiet, but they've got a lot of damn spies. Something might have gotten through. They'll be watching you carefully, looking for you to slip."
I nodded, "I'll be careful." I paused for a moment, then asked, "What do you know about the other girl who did good on the tests."
"She's one of ours. Looks close enough to the real you that she'll bring suspicions, and she'll disappear in about a week along with a few files," Julia said. "If they're looking for you they'll assume it's her. You just make friends with the guys you came in with. If they fall for you you're in good. All of them are related to important people."
I nodded again, giving Julia my dare devil smile. "Don't worry about me I won't get caught soon, and when I do I'll get out of it."
Julia laughed, and then faded into the crowd. She'd meet up with the others and tell them what's going on. I could trust her to talk them out of coming to get me out of Oz. They wouldn't throw a big fit, but my dad…
Julia hadn't said he was looking.
If he knew I was here I don't think even my mom could stop him from searching for me. He'd be furious, even if he didn't mind me fighting in a gundam. He didn't know I was here.
I laughed to myself, relieved. I could trust Julia to make sure things were okay. She knew what she was doing.
I met up with Rob a little later and we talked a bit, then split up again. I danced a bit, surprising myself. I had absolutely no attraction to girls but I didn't want to look different so I talked and flirted with them just like all the other guys. About two hours later the group met up with each other again. We left the club and went out to dinner at a pizza joint. V paid for all of us to share three large pizzas.
When we got back to our room no one else was there. I checked the list of people who'd be in it. Besides V's friends and me there were three other people: Jet, Alex Jefferson, and Nickolas Macord. My nose twitched at seeing another person with my name. That would bug me.
Nat looked over my shoulder. "No one I know," he declared and went to sit down. All the beds had a suitcase or bag on them. Slowly the other people in the room either went to their beds to do whatever or, just Rob and Mike, where at the table playing cards.
Suddenly I was tired. I climbed onto my bed and lied down with a yawn. It didn't take long for me to fall asleep.