Shadows of Silence
by Shadowed Tenshi
Prologue
The year is AC 198, 2 years after the Mariemaia incident. All mobile suits, including the Gundams, have been destroyed. Our brave Gundam pilots--Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Quatre Raberba Winner, and Chang Wufei--have all joined the Preventers to enforce peace. However, each one has other responsibilities that occupy their lives.
Heero has started a security company that is flourishing quite nicely. His first job? Updating security measures for the Preventer headquarters and the other pilots' homes and businesses, for free.
Duo still works at his salvage yard, co-owned with Hilde Schbeiker, the ex-OZ soldier he rescued from prison after she aided his escape from a fleet of Mobile Suits. He still lives on L2 where he grew up, and in what spare time he has, he challenges neighborhood children to video game 'tournaments'.
Hilde lives and works on Earth, managing the books and arranging shipping for Duo. She also works for the Preventers, but prefers only to fight from behind a desk.
Trowa still lives with his circus troupe. Instead of using it as a cover like during the war, Trowa is a true circus performer now. Besides being Catherine's target for her knife-throwing act, Trowa has recently started working with the big cats, mainly the lions.
Catherine is extremely happy, having found her long-lost brother Triton, who is none other than our own Trowa Barton. While she still uses his real name at times, Catherine supports his decision to keep his adopted name.
Quatre has taken over the family business. His sisters and the Maguanac Corps aid him in whatever he chooses to do. While the Preventers and his business take up most of his time, Quatre still practices his violin and has recently taken up gardening.
Wufei mainly works for the Preventers, but he also runs a successful karate school. Between the two, he hasn't much spare time, but he doesn't seem to mind.
Lady Une, the leader of the Preventers, has taken custody of the injured Mariemaia, who has fully recovered from her gunshot wound. Recently, Lady Une has set up a scholarship program in memory of the late Treize Khushrenada. She misses him terribly but contents herself with raising his daughter.
Mariemeia Khushrenada, just now learning of her father's past, assists Lady Une in preserving his memory. She plans on opening an academy in honor of her father one day, devoid of any ethnic or social barriers.
Lucrezia Noin and Millardo Peacecraft, better known as Zechs Merquise, work closely together in the Preventers. However, lately Noin has resigned herself to a desk job. The reason? After tying the knot with Zechs, the newlyweds are expecting their first child.
Zechs's younger sister, Relena, has taken the surname of her foster father, the late Vice Foreign Minister Darlian, and has assumed the same position, continuing his diplomatic work as a vice minister for foreign affairs under the government of the Earth Sphere United Nation.
Sally Po is also a member of the Preventers. Her title of Chief Medical Officer does not seem to stop Sally from helping to quell uprisings with the others. She has improved numerous hospitals since reaching her position, concentrating mainly on emergency and pediatric care.
All seems quiet on the battlefield. Peace will reign from here on out.
Or will it?