Chapter 5

Big Things Come In Small Packages

On that night of the ambush, an unknown ship leaves the earth's atmosphere. It begins to burn up, headed deep into the vastness of space. At the Space Military Commission, the cockpit hangar opens and the ship comes in. A door appears and man steps out. He is tall and thin, twenty-five years of age, short shaved dark hair, incredibly light blue eyes. He stumbles uncertainly towards the two guards at the door. They stare as the man staggers through the sliding door, his hands covering his ears, and possessing a limp. He continues on towards no-where and stops in his path as he senses a door wide open.

With a large grin on his face, he stumbles towards it, the two soldiers stepping in front of him.

'Let me through!'

'Sorry. Only the leader is allowed in there. Turn around and go back'

'No! Let me through!'

The soldier on his right hand side balanced his rifle on his shoulder and seized him by his arm.

'Hey! This is no way to treat a blind man! I demand you let me go at once!'

The soldier said nothing, and took him down the corridor. He listened carefully to where he might be taking him. Passing many rooms, he could hear machinery humming and people chatting. Passing one of the rooms, he heard two men having a silent conversation, as they passed into the corridor, behind the soldier carting him.

'With the Gyrosnipe gone, the Commission has no reason to be leaders'

'How can you say that!? The Commission is powerful with or without a chance of world destruction'

The other man snuffed sarcastically, as the voices disappeared into a nearby hallway.

'Where are you taking me?!'

'To see Jack of course'

'I did nothing' He replied,

'That's exactly right. If I'm correct, he asked you to bring the Gyrosnipe back with the girl, did he not?'

The man grunted, and wriggled in his grip.

'Yes, but you don't understand!'

'I know, but the leader will understand when you tell him what happened'

The soldier patted him stupidly on the head, and he stopped struggling.

The noises ceased, and footsteps echoed around him. He was thrown onto the floor, and there was the sound of footsteps walking away from him. He heaved himself up off his feet and stared into the distance.

'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to! It was those Zoid warriors! They must work for the Gundams!'

'I'm not in the mood for your petty excuses, Eli! Tell me what happened and why you don't have the girl!!'

Eli was trembling,

'Sir, I'm sorry but there were three Zoid warriors'

'What kind of Zoid warriors?' Jack questioned him carefully, and Eli thought for a moment.

'Uh…One of them had a Raynos. One a Liger Zero, then a Shadowfox, and a Blade Liger in Romeo City'

'WHAT GOOD DOES THAT DO!!?'

Eli jumped,

'I don't…I mean I don't know their names! They didn't seem to mention them…'

'I'LL REPEAT! WHAT GOOD DOES THAT DO, YOU MONGREL!?'

'…They did mention some…one name I heard was Brad. Then…Jamie…then Bit and then Leon'

'And they are general Zoid warriors you say?'

He nodded and raised his hand,

'Oh and there was a Quatre…'

'QUATRE!!?'

'Yeah, he had a really big Zoid! It was huge!'

'HE WAS A GUNDAM YOU FOOL!!'

'Oh' Eli mumbled, and Jack stomped his foot,

'Now there is a reasonable explanation to why you didn't bring her back! The Gundam's must be protecting her'

'But sir, the Gundam had only arrived after both me and Seth went down'

'Where is Seth now, Eli?'

He remained silent for over a minute, and Jack growled.

'He's…he's gone sir! The Gundam killed him, sir!'

'BUT YOU JUST TOLD ME THAT THE GUNDAM ARRIVED AFTER YOU WERE TAKEN DOWN!!'

'….After I went down'

Jack growled once more, and Eli flinched.

'Listen you idiot! What did you hear!?'

'Not much. Something about Duo betraying the Gundams, and how Heero, Trowa, Wufei and Quatre do not forgive Duo for this, so they're punishing her for it. They are not friends with her any more, sir. They refuse to be connected with a traitor'

Jack started laughing, and Eli grinned.

'This is perfect! She's vulnerable! She has no-where to run!'

'What about the warriors, sir?'

'Four general Zoid warriors have no chance against the Commission. If there is only one thing that can stop this it's an army'

'An army sir?'

'Where did you say they were situated?'

'In Romeo City, sir! But, don't you think that that one Gundam will come back to help?'

'If he does we're screwed, but after the incident with her arrogant boyfriend, I doubt that he will care for her death'

'But sir ! The Gundam told the girl…Kiano…that they still cared for her and loved her'

'What!? Why!? What about the mistake that her bloody boyfriend made?'

All went silent and Jack began to pace the room. Eli stood motionless as he continued to listen to Jack's mumbling.

'I don't think the Gundam's will return, sir'

'Is that just a statement to cheer me up, Eli?'

'About this army, sir, what kind of an army are you planning?'

Jack fell quiet, and he sighed,

'Something that won't tolerate Gundam attacks…something that is almost immortal'

'Like elves sir?'

Jack immediately slapped Eli in the face.

'THIS IS NO TIME FOR JOKES!!! THERE IS A GUNDAM FOLLOWER THAT HAS THE DEVICE AND WE ARE IN A LOT OF DANGER!!'

Eli rubbed his face, quite annoyed at his leader's sudden burst of need.

'I was serious' He mumbled quietly,

'Soldier!! Get some competency!!'

Jack raised his hand to hit him, and Eli covered his face.

'What about robots!!!?' He yelled to stop him.

Jack did stop and looked around happily. He placed his hand on Eli's shoulder as he again started to tremble.

'Yes!! Robots!! But what kind of robots, Eli?'

He gazed into the man's scared face, looking for an answer.

'Uhhhh,' Eli started, '……uuhhh…I don't know, sir…….uuuuh…androids??'

'Ahhh, androids, the most efficient robots of all…but the building time would allot to over two years…no not androids…any other ideas my companion?'

'I'm very glad to be your companion, sir! It's an honour…'

'TELL ME!!!'

Eli began walking backwards as Jack advanced on him. In his uneasiness, he tripped over a slit in the floor, and landed on his back. He sat up, and again stared into the distance.

'What about cyborgs?? They don't need synthetic skin, and they're supposed to be lightweight'

'Cyborgs?? Those naked skeletons??' Jack asked creepily, Eli nodded.

There was a faint laughing that emerged from nowhere as Jack started.

'Perfect!! Cyborgs!!'

'But, sir, if androids take at least two years to produce, then what about the cyborgs??'

'It shouldn't take any more than six months'

'Six months?? But sir, what if the girl had already planned to destroy us by then??'

'Stop thinking about the bad consequences, and start focusing on the triumphant glory of the Commission!!'

Jack leant on Eli's shoulder, his arm around his neck, brimming with pride.

'Bu..but sir, six months is a long time! I don't suppose that a girl that has been trained by the Gundam pilots would be stupid enough to wait this long until taking revenge'

The room fell silent again, as the sound of multiple footsteps came towards them.

'SOLDIERS! GET DOWN TO THE MECHANICS FACTORY AND TELL THEM TO BEGIN PRODUCING ULTIMATE CYBORG ASSASSINS!!'

The men saluted, as Eli jumped.

'Yes sir!! How many should be run off, sir!?'

Jack scratched his chin.

'Ohhh, let's say nine hundred thousand!'

'Yes sir!'

The men left the room, and once more, the room was quiet. Eli could hear Jack rubbing his hands. He stepped forward slightly.

'Seriously sir, I really think that you should consider the time frame'

'When the time comes, the time frame won't matter my comrade, it will be, who wins… and who loses…'

A chilling laugh echoed around Eli and he began to get irritated.

'Sir!! This is all a matter of time!! By six months, the girl might have broken in, and set the device! You cannot predict what she'll do..'

'And neither can you' Jack laughed and pushed Eli out the door.

Jack began to pace the room again, as he was laughing.

'Poor Duo…you will be seeing your sweetheart soon! Crushed by armies of assassins!!'

Jack left the room, as the laughing perused him.

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TWO MONTHS LATER……

The morning was fresh and bright, as Bit was driving back from the parts shop. The wind was playing with his golden hair, and the dust made him cover his face.

'Why can't Doc get a real car?' He mumbled, as the Toros base came into view.

The car pulled in, and Bit jumped out. He strolled into the base, only to find Kiano sitting all by herself outside, against the wall. She was staring up at the sky, as if waiting for something. He stood at stared at her for a few short minutes, until she looked over to him. Bit smiled, but she didn't. He came over to her, and sat down with her.

'What's wrong?'

She began to cry, and Bit placed his hand on her shoulder.

'Sorry, I forgot. I'm a bit of a ditz…get it??'

Kiano looked at him and smiled slightly. She continued staring up at the clouds, and Bit sighed.

'Is there any way that I can cheer you up??' He asked, and Kiano shook her head.

Bit thought hard and got up on his feet. He stood in front of her and began to sing, strumming on imaginary guitar.

'You, doin that thing you do,

Breakin' my heart into a million pieces,

Like you always do'

Kiano stared at him, as if she was trying not to burst out with laughter. Bit continued, and she started looking around.

He leaned in, still strumming as she covered her face.

'And you, don't mean to be cruel,

You never even knew about the heartache,

I've been goin through'

From beneath her hands, there started a snorting noise. Bit took one of his hands and pried her own hands from her face. She was laughing silently, but Bit continued. She began shaking her head, when all of a sudden, she burst out laughing. Bit stopped singing, and he watched her as she covered her mouth to stop the snorting.

'I made you laugh!' He grinned, and she repeatedly trembled with laughter.

He sat back down with her, and she gradually stopped shaking. Bit smiled at her, and she smiled back.

'You're really not that bad, Bit Cloud' She told him, and Bit nodded,

'See, I told you'

They glared at each other and Kiano looked up again.

'Why don't you tell me what's wrong?'

She shook her head again.

'I can't'

'There has to be a reason why you can't'

'I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU, OK?!' She snapped back, and Bit edged away from her.

'Alright, alright' Bit heaved himself onto his feet and turned to go inside, 'Are you gonna come and have some lunch?'

She shook her head hard as if she'd heard something she shouldn't have. Bit shrugged and waved his hand,

'Come in when you're hungry then'

He disappeared as Kiano looked around nervously. She started snuffling, staring directly into the sky.

{Why Duo? Why?} She thought to herself, raising one of her hands and reaching inside her pocket. She left whatever was in her pocket there, and took her hand away.

'Kiano!' She heard Brad cry, 'Come on Kiano, come inside!'

She said nothing, as he reached her. Brad lent down and looked at her, brushing the hair away from her eyes.

'You don't have to tell us anything, alright? It's by no means our business, Kiano, so don't worry. We know you're upset about Duo, and unless you wish, we should keep out of it. Please, come and have something to eat. You'll need it'

She gazed at him and took his outstretched hand to lift her onto her feet. He put his arm around her shoulders and led her inside. While walking along, she thought deeply whether she should tell the three of them what the real problem was.

Back inside, Jamie and Bit were having a staring competition, as a fight over the last spring roll. They were having take-out. Chinese that they ordered from the little shop down the road from Harry Champ's organisation.

They sat, doing nothing but staring, trying to make the other blink.

'Hey, look a monkey!!' Bit cried, trying not to twitch, and Jamie frowned.

'Bit! There are no monkeys here!' He said, accidentally blinking.

'HA! MADE YOU LOOK!!' He barked triumphantly, seizing the last morsel of food and shoving it into his mouth, 'You always fink so logically, don't you Jamie?' He continued, his mouth full.

Brad and Kiano entered the room, just as they had finished eating. Both Bit and Jamie froze suddenly, knowing exactly what was coming to them.

'YOU ATE IT ALL ALREADY?!' Brad yelped, as Kiano flinched.

Bit and Jamie glanced at each other and smiled at Brad.

'It was good!' They both replied in unison, and Kiano slumped into the seat next to Bit.

From behind him, Brad came up to Bit and clutched the back of his head. He pulled the bill out of his pocket and literally shoved it in his face.

'See this??? YOU PAY IT!!!'

Bit began chuckling, as he opened his mouth and crunched down on the paper. He threw his head to the side, as the bill flew out of Brad's hand ripping it down the middle. He started chewing, the paper slowly sliding into his mouth. Brad looked down on him, and Bit looked up. He grinned, and Brad walked away.

'Absolute braincase' He mumbled, sitting down next to Jamie.

'I think that Liger Zero has made an unexpected impression on you, Bit' Coughed Jamie, and Bit smiled at him.

He looked around the room. Brad and Jamie were watching him, Kiano just gazing at the back wall. Bit nudged Kiano and she looked up. She noticed the paper hanging out of his mouth. He smiled a cheeky smile, trying to get her to laugh, but no luck. Kiano pretended like nothing had happened and went back to staring at the wall.

He pulled the now soggy piece of paper out of his mouth and inspected it.

'Uh, Brad…I don't think I can pay this now. See…'

Bit leant over, the saliva soaked paper bill in a ball in the middle of his hand, and pointed it to Brad. Brad raised his hands in front of him.

'No…I understand you Bit'

Bit grinned and tossed the ball across the side of the room, as it hit the wall with a splat and fell to the floor.

'Pick it up Bit!' Jamie barked, as Bit leant backwards in his chair, his hands behind his head.

'Later' He smiled.

Kiano looked up to him. She was smiling. She had finally found all of this funny. Bit smirked and pointed at her.

'I made you smile!!'

'Is that what this was about Bit??' Brad asked, and Bit again relaxed in his seat.

'Hey, I'm just tryin' to be nice'

Jamie frowned,

'Yeah, you're nice to Kiano, but meanwhile there is a disgusting soggy piece of paper, lying in a ball, on the ground, over there,' Jamie pointed out, 'IN THIS BASE!'

Bit waved his hands and got up slowly.

'Alright, girl pants' He said, still smiling at him as he reached the wall, leant down and retrieved the paper.

Jamie pleased with Bit's response to this, crossed his arms and smiled. Bit stared at the paper for a few short seconds before…

'Ewww!!' He yelped, pitching the ball across to the other side of the room. When it hit the wall, it stuck, tiny saliva droplets dribbling down the wall. Bit began laughing. He found the fact that it was able to stick to the wall hilarious.

Jamie and Brad now looked quite angry. They gazed up at him, clutching his stomach with laughter. Kiano was gasping as she tried desperately to keep herself from bursting out. Bit and Kiano were the only ones in the room that found this amusing. Both Brad and Jamie were not impressed.

'Bit…'

He ignored Brad and continued to chuckle louder.

'…Bit…'

He sat down with Kiano and put his arm around her shoulders. They sat in complete hysterics, trying not to snort.

'BIT!!' Brad finally snarled, and both Bit and Kiano flinched.

Bit stared at Brad, a cheeky grin on his face, as Brad stared back at Bit, quite annoyed with his attitude.

Brad looked out of the corner of his eye to the disgusting ball stuck to the wall. Bit continued smiling.

'Go and get it, Bit' He persisted, trying not to snap.

'No…' Bit grinned back.

Brad smiled, his lip now twitching with anger.

'Go and get it…'

Bit leant in on Brad,

'No…'

Brad raised his fist, and began to punch his other hand with it. Bit did nothing but smile at him. Not a word was spoken, as he poked his tongue out at him. Brad stopped punching, and he scratched his forehead with his finger.

He cleared his throat, and also leant forward. Kiano and Jamie edged away from him, as Brad cleared his throat again.

'…………………GO AND GET THAT PUTRID PAPER OFF OUR WALL!!!!!' He hollered.

In fright, Bit leapt out of his seat and headed towards the wall. On doing this, the corner of the table caught his leg, and he fell to the floor face first. He lifted himself to his feet and supported himself against the wall. With one hand he peeled the paper off the wall, and hurled it into the bin, which was at least a meter away. He slid back down the wall, his heart beating with sudden shock.

Kiano began laughing again, and Jamie started. Brad just smiled and looked at Kiano.

'I think I'm going to die before I'm 20. From a heart-attack!' Bit puffed, his hand on his chest.

'Serves you right you numbskull'

Kiano immediately ceased laughing, and stared at the floor.

'What's wrong?' Jamie asked.

'Don't ask her that' Brad replied, leaning back in the seat.

Kiano gazed around at them, as Bit rubbed his stomach, Brad poured himself a drink, and Jamie was staring at the screen behind Bit. She sighed and put her hand on Bit's leg as he sat back down next to her. He stopped rubbing his stomach and looked at her.

'Kiano?' He said, and she sighed again.

'How are you feeling?' Brad asked politely, and she nodded slightly.

She got up from her seat, anxiously and headed for the door, but stopping to look at the three of them.

'There's something I need to say….' She started, as they gave her their complete attention.

'Go ahead' Bit replied nicely.

She dropped to the floor on her knees, and leant on the coffee table.

'Ok, but you guys have to promise me that you won't say a word to anyone'

They all nodded,

'Sure' Brad said,

She sighed once more and looked around, as if searching for somewhere to start.

'Ok…well you know how I told you all about the Military Commission?? How I escaped from there?'

'Tell us' Jamie mumbled slowly,

'Well, the reason why I'm being hunted down isn't because of that. It has absolutely nothing to do with it'

'Then why are they making a big deal out of it?' Bit asked,

'They're not making a deal out of me escaping you see. They're making a big deal out of what I really did'

They all stared at each other, thinking of what was coming at them. There was a long pause, and she continued.

'I stole something of theirs. Something very important. So important that they'll destroy millions of people just to find it'

'Explain' Bit said, and she sat up slightly.

'It's a nuclear weapon'

The three of them gasped and stared at her,

'You can't be serious??' Said Brad, and she looked to him,

'Ok… here goes……' She took a deep breath, and started, 'Humans want nothing more than to live the life they always long for. The problem is that the Space Military Commission has given them this. Proving to them in a way that only they would understand, that living in space has more benefits than that of Earth. The SMC use the appeal of living in space in order to make more money. Their philosophy is "spend money to make money". In other words, the technological age deems higher taxes. Once the Commission has forced all of the people of Earth into the colonies, they may use something to destroy the Earth, therefore removing any chance of re-population. That is why the Gundams have been working so hard to prevent this, and keep the Earth in the galaxy.

When the five Gundams and I got together, we found out recently about a device that the Commission was planning to use to obliterate the planet. We found this when Duo's friend Heero had once been caught by them, and when he escaped, the news went out that he may have taken the device. In that turn, they sent Duo and his Deathscythe to break into the Commission headquarters and steal it. I refused to let him go, and Duo suggested that I help him, so he dragged me along. When we arrived he told me to creep in and take it, while he held the defence outside to distract them. When he was detected there were frightened people everywhere, and the Commission was too occupied with trying to keep themselves alive. Everyone in the colonies may hate the Gundams, but they all fear them greatly. The Commission started a rumour or a jinx, which was "If you ever see a Gundam, you will not get out alive…" and this is the rumour that caused them to panic every time a Gundam tried to attack the Commission.

Unfortunately, while I was occupied with heading towards the centre of the ship, Duo was surrounded and he surrendered. He was a jerk for doing it. He would have had no problem taking out the mobile dolls around him, but as stubborn as he was, he surrendered under complete arrogance. It wasn't a wise thing to do, because the colonies loved it, and it gave the Commission a good reason to destroy the Earth. Now that the most of the people on Earth had seen what happened, they found the Commission to be powerful, and began agreeing to living in the colonies to better their life. So with enough people coming to the colonies, the leader already begun planning to destroy us. Duo knew that surrendering to them would cause this, but his mind had wandered, and therefore he made a fearful mistake. Many, many people who had no say over their own fate would be annihilated just for the sake of Jack's own power and Duo's one mistake. I heard over the speakers that he had been captured, and I forgot the device and headed on a mission to free him. They caught me too, and locked me up in the same cell with him until he was executed. Jack, the leader knew what a horrible mistake he made, and kept on repeating that Duo was a traitor to the Gundams, laughing in our faces. The day after his death, I managed to escape when a guard came in to check me. I snuck to the centre, took the device and took off in a stolen ship, which was detected leaving the hangar. I was then chased to the Earth's atmosphere, shot down, and now I'm here with you'

Jamie, Brad and Bit stared at each other for a moment or two, and Kiano pulled out of nowhere, a small black and sliver sphere, the size of a large marble.

'This is called the Gyrosnipe' She explained, holding the sphere out in her hand. With her other she twisted the ring around the centre of it and it turned, and the panels opened, to form a larger ball.

'Woah!' Jamie gasped,

'It is the most powerful nuclear weapon in the galaxy. It has enough explosive power to completely destroy three earth-sized planets in one blast. The Space Military Commission was has been holding this device for over ten years. This is what was going to destroy the Earth if I hadn't have taken it from the Commission'

'This is the device?' Jamie asked, Kiano nodded and lowered her head,

'If Duo hadn't have surrendered, I wouldn't have this right now, and the Commission wouldn't be trying to kill me and the Earth'

'So you're insinuating that it's Duo's fault?' Brad asked, and again Kiano nodded slowly,

She sighed and looked around at them, now looking suddenly cheeky.

'In that note, the Gyrosnipe will have just enough power to obliterate the Space Military Commission'

'What are you talking about??' Bit questioned, and Kiano smiled,

'You three are going to help me destroy the SMC! You're going to help me get my revenge!!'

'WHAT!!?' They all cried in unison, as Kiano held the device out in her hand.

'They'll regret ever crossing the path of a Gundam Girl!!!' She demanded,

'You've got to be kidding!' Bit snapped, and Kiano looked at him,

'Why of course I'm not kidding! I want to get them back for killing the only person I love, and ruining my life!!'

Bit and Jamie stared at her, mouth wide open in shock.

'There's no way we could get into such a intensely fortified building such as the SMC' Brad insisted, 'From what I've caught anyway'

'Yes, but the leader, Jack, is stubborn, so as the security systems. We can use the Commission's cloaking device on the ship to pass them'

Jamie nodded,

'I really hope it will work'

'Me too…' Brad replied,

'So? Are we all in?' She started, putting her other hand out in the middle of the circle,

Brad, Jamie and Bit glanced at each other. Brad nodded and put his hand on top of hers, then Jamie on top of Brad, then last Bit slowly, with a shaking hand on top of Brad's.

'We'll pay those buggers back!' Brad cried, they broke their hand pile, and they all looked to Bit who was edging away from the Gyrosnipe in Kiano's hand.

'What's wrong Bit?' Kiano asked, leaning in closer to him, as he tried desperately to keep away from the device.

'What's the matter with you now Bit?' Jamie said, looking at the now shocked expression on Bit's face.

'Uhhh, nothing, it's just that, well…'

'What?' Kiano queried, looking down at the Gyrosnipe.

'That thing is uhhh, flashing…it…it won't explode will it?'

Kiano stared,

'Relax Bit! It can only be activated by…'

'…Uh huh ok, don't show us! I'm willing to help you destroy those bastards but keep that nuclear weapon away from me!'

Jamie, Brad and Kiano shook their heads in shame as Kiano twisted the ring back the other way, causing it to contract back into a small sphere. Bit let out a sigh of relief and Brad rolled his eyes at him.