Chapter 2

Something Has Gone Terribly Wrong

'Wait a minute! You're saying that you come from a colony that lives in space!?' Jamie asked her, and she nodded her head. Bit nudged him,

'Told'ja she was an extra-terrestrial'

Jamie just frowned at him, and turned back to Brad.

'Where about in space?' They continued,

'Circling the earth and the moon. It's the only known colony in existence'

Brad for the last time, sat down on the bed.

'If that's so, then how did you get here?'

Kiano moved her eyes down,

'I stole a ship from there..........to escape the compound'

She looked back up at Brad, 'They followed me in through the earth's atmosphere and shot me down'

'How long were you kept at this military compound?' Jamie asked,

'For a week and a half, ending two days ago. I escaped because I was angry and scared'

Bit moved his chair back in towards the bed and sat on it backwards.

'Why angry?'

'Because they killed my boyfriend......' She said, becoming upset, Brad frowned.

'What! Why?' He said furiously,

'He challenged this Commission, and was defeated. He was brought to the leader and was sentenced to be executed'

Brad's eyes widened,

'The Zoid Battle Commission!!?'

'No, the Space Military Commission. He hated them'

'He was a Gundam!?' Brad snapped, Kiano nodded, he and Jamie jumped up.

'What the heck is a Gundam?' Bit questioned,

'Only the most powerful warriors in the world Bit! They use types of Zoids called Gundam Wings! The only humanshape Zoids in the universe! Very rare! Only the five Gundam pilots own them' Jamie demanded, Bit whistled intently.

'That's pretty cool. I want one'

Kiano smiled at him,

'You and millions of others! There is a small prophecy saying that only the five legendary Gundams can pilot them, and Duo was one of them'

Brad, Jamie and Bit watched as tears started running down her face.

'.........He cared about me.....he loved me........' She put her hands over her face, 'I miss him!'

She started crying and Brad shifted to sit next to her. He put his arm around her shoulders.

'I have no-where to go!' She continued,

'You can remain here with us for the time being' Brad told her and she looked up at him, smiling.

'Thank you' She sniffed, and Bit tilted his head.

'Why does the SMC hate the Gundams so much?'

'They don't really, it'd because the Gundams hate them'

'Oh.....'

'Did you see him get executed?' Jamie asked cautiously,

'Yes............up in the colonies, the Space Military Commission have brainwashed the people into thinking that they are the supreme rulers, but because the Gundams are the only ones against the Commission, the people now support their destruction. When Duo was captured, the news of his execution spread throughout the colony. There were excited uproars that finally they would see one of the only people in the universe that is completely against the Commission, killed in public'

'They did it in public? In front of people?' Brad inquired,

'Yes, and because of that day I attempted to save him........they locked me up with him, and dragged me to the execution. They made me watch it, but I closed my eyes'

'You had nothing to do with it!' Jamie said,

'I did. They only realised when I had gotten away. That's why they shot me down'

'What did you do?' Said Bit,

'I hated them so much that I set off explosives in most of the ships before I left the starport'

She smiled slightly, 'They may have gotten away with killing my boyfriend, but I got away with something too.................'

The three guys looked at each other.

'What's that?' Brad asked cautiously, and Kiano put her hand on her stomach. She smiled,

'I got away with his child........'

Their eyes widened, 'A second generation Gundam pilot'

Brad leant down,

'Are you ok? Nothing hurts?'

'Besides my arm, I'm fine' She replied, and looked up to Jamie.

'I'll go and get you something to eat' He said quickly, leaving the room,

Bit was still sitting there watching Brad cradle her. Kiano slowly lifted herself up.

'Are you certain you're fine?' He asked again, she looked him in the face and grinned,

'Haven't you heard enough about me? What about you guys? What do you do?'

'But your life is so much more exciting' Brad demanded, and she shook her head.

'Well......we're common Zoid warriors, and our team is labelled the Blitz Team.....' He sighed

'Duo's team was called Freedom'

'He was leader?' Brad asked, Kiano shook her head.

'Duo's friend Heero was. Who is your team leader?'

Brad pointed with his thumb to Bit behind him who had leaned too far back on his chair and fell off.

It made Kiano laugh, and Brad smiled at her. Bit tried to climb back up but grabbed Brad on the very edge of the bed, causing him to slip off onto the floor with Bit. Kiano laughed even harder.

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Up on the Space Military Commission Headquarters, a man walks into one of the hallways. His face is shadowed as he deactivates the security doors, into a tiny room. They released with force and he strode into the light that just appeared in the centre of the room, over a small pillar like table. It had glass over the top with a split down the middle. He flicks open a cover on a button and pushes it. The glass covering the middle of the pillar split, and opened. Another small pillar appeared from out of the middle, with a small, black coloured dome on the top. He yet again pushed another button, and the dome split and disappeared into the base. The man gasped.

'SH**T!! IT'S GONE!! THE DEVICE IS GONE!!' He cried, staring at the empty concave dint in the top, 'WHERE IS IT!!?? IT'S DISSAPPEARED!! GUARD!!'

A man dressed in a black uniform raced into the room, and saluted him.

'You called Jack Sisco, sir?' The man replied,

Jack stared at the empty dint for a second or two, before pointing at it.

'Look different solider!?'

'Yes sir! The device is gone, sir!'

'And why is it gone?'

'Someone must have stolen it, sir!' The guard snapped back,

Jack clenched his fist and threw it at him,

'WHO STOLE IT!!? WHO!!?'

'I have no idea, sir!'

'NO IDEA!? NO IDEA!? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO WAS GUARDING THE VAULT WHEN IT WAS TAKEN!!?'

The guard paused,

'I don't know….sir!'

'WHY WERE YOU HIRED?'

'To protect the device, sir!' He replied, a proud tone now in his voice,

'WELL YOU DIDN'T DO A VERY GOOD JOB DID YOU, SOLDIER!? YOU CALL YOURSELF SECURITY!!?'

At that moment, Jack flicked his laser pistol from his jacket, shot the man in the chest and put it back as the guard fell lifelessly to the floor.

'Even I could protect it myself! Wretched soldiers!' He said, looking back over to the pillar in the middle of the room. Yet another black guard appeared at the door.

'YES????' Jack asked violently,

'Sir, I came to check if you knew who could have done this, sir!'

'WHO!?'

'Perhaps the Gundam pilots, sir!'

Jack skimmed his hand over the spot on the column as if it were invisible.

'The hopeless Gundams …….. ahhhh, but the last Gundam ever to infiltrate these premises is Maxwell. He couldn't possibly have possessed it. We body searched him before the execution, and he didn't have it'

There was a brief silence. Jack walked around the post, hands behind his back, staring at the floor.

'How could one of the other Gundams get in here!? We have the most powerful security structure in the galaxy. There is no-way…..'

'Sir, remember the first pilot to gain access to here…. what was his name?'

'No…..not Heero…..he couldn't have taken it….only because I have confirmed that the device is here at least once a week. He escaped, and took nothing but his Mobile Suit'

'But it must be a Gundam sir!'

'DO NOT SAY ANYMORE! IF A GUNDAM DID POSSESS THE DEVICE, THE SPACE MILITARY COMMISSION WOULD BE IN GRAVE DANGER!! THEY WOULD ATTEMPT TO DESTROY US!!'

'But sir….'

'NO MORE!' He continued, still pacing the room. He stopped when he spotted a small cut out piece of paper on the ground. He lent down to retrieve it, and looked at it

'Who is that?…………'

He stared at the photograph of the group of Gundam pilots, with a girl who seemed out of place.

'THAT GIRL!! SHE WAS THE ONE WHO ATTEMPTED TO RESCUE MAXWELL!! HOW COULD SHE HAVE DONE THIS??'

'The same way anyone would, sir!'

'DON'T GET SMART WITH ME!! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!! SHE'S A GIRL!!'

'That is the girl that is an acquaintance with Duo Maxwell and the rest of the pilots, isn't it sir?!'

'…….Yes! She's a colony civilian! So they must have convinced her to fight against the Commission!' Jack screwed up the photo in irritation and hurled it out the door, 'DAMN THEM!! THE COMMISSION WOULDN'T HAVE SUSPECTED A CIVILIAN WANTING TO STEAL THE DEVICE! DAMN, THOSE GUNDAMS ARE CUNNING!'

'Sir, the girl was recently shot down just inside the earth's atmosphere, if you would like to know'

Jack lingered again,

'Good! If she's dead, then you have done your job. If not, then GO AND FIND HER AND BRING HER BACK HERE, SO SHE CAN BE EXCECUTED JUST LIKE HER BOYFRIEND!'

The soldier saluted, and turned to walk away, but halted.

'Sir, don't you think that if we execute an Eques Civilian they will think that we have rebelliously broken our promise to the people?'

'BUT MAXWELL WAS A CIVILIAN!! HE WAS JUST TOO STUBBORN!!' Jack began to growl in incredible anger, 'I want him to be alive, just so that I can take my anger out on him again!'

'Should we send some soldiers to search for the girl, sir!?'

'Yes, we have to get the device back! There's no telling what she may do! After all, we did kill her loved one………Yes, yes, find her! The quicker the better!'

'Yes, sir! Right away sir!'

The soldier ran down the corridor, away from the vault. Jack turned to stare at the empty spot on the pillar again.

'She will take revenge……..I can sense it' He whispered, leaning down and picking up the crumpled photo of the Gundams, just at the door. Opening it up he growled,

'You will get revenge…………won't you……..traitor?' He continued, staring at the smiling picture of Kiano, and the group of legendary Gundam pilots.