Gundam Wing:

The Four Gundams of the Apocalypse

Chapter 2: The Silencer's Seduction

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On Colony L-2, the circus had come to town. In one of the empty spaces of the colony, the big top tent stripped red and white was set up. Around it were the other tents, caravans, and animal cages.

The people of the colony had come to see the show. Everyone from parents with children and fun seekers. They came to see the animals, the magicians, and their most prized exhibit. This was the famous tumbler and flying acrobat named Trowa Barton. This is the person that the people came to see the most. They crowded around the Big Top to get seats to see the show. This would surely be the greatest show on the Colony.

Inside the people found their seats looking down to the center where the show was set. The three rings, as well as the high wire and in the center, the Ring Master came out to introduce the show. Behind him at one of the circus performers entrance, Catherine Bloom was catching a glimpse of the audience.

"Wow!" She whispered with silent glee and turned to Trowa, "It's a full house tonight, Trowa. Let's give them the best show they've ever seen!"

Trowa sat upon one of the crates, already dressed in his clown clothes. His green extra baggy pants, suspended over his white shirt, and his half clown mask. He showed no excitement about the show, he simply sat waiting.

Catherine set her fists at her sides, "Some things really don't change, do they?"

Trowa didn't answer her question.

Beyond the performers entrance the show had already begun. The animals, magicians, and clowns were parading their trade and tricks. Each brought smiles to every man, woman and child sitting in the stands. There was one woman who smiled at the show she saw. Lucia Lynn, who came dressed in her black dressed while over it she wore a red cloak that matched her red beret. She had to remind herself that she was here on a mission not to have a good time, but she couldn't help it. She had been raised by the finest family in Australia, and never got the opportunity to go to the circus as a child. She now saw what she had missed out on as a child.

The comedy part of the show ended and then it was time for more daring acts. The animals, clowns and magicians cleared the stage allowing the Ring Master to announce the next act. "Ladies and Gentleman!" He called, "Boys and girls of all ages! Now is the time for our prize act, the young and talented acrobat, Trowa Barton!"

From behind the curtain of the performers entrance came a lion that galloped around the ring of the circus. ON its back standing on one hand was Trowa Barton. As he made his entrance the audience cheered and screamed loudly for their favorite star. Trowa meanwhile, looked at the smiling faces of his audience, but his good eye caught the sight of one woman who was staring at him. She didn't applaud, nor did she smile or wave.

She just sat there staring at Trowa as if fixated on him. Keeping his balance on the Lion, Trowa tried to keep his eye on the woman in the red cloak. There was only one other person that had that look. Heero Yuy, who would have that look before he killed.

The woman was soon lost from Trowa's range of vision and so he went one with the rest of his act with the woman in red at the back of his mind. The thought kept nudging and nagging at him like a rambunctious child. Who was she? And why did she have that look at him? Those same questions plagued his mind during the most deadly act. It was during Catherine's knife throwing act. During this act, she would throw knives at Trowa while he stood against a board. The object was for Catherine to miss while she was blindfolded. Of course, Trowa had no fear because he had already faced death several times and he had trust in Catherine's talents. Yet, those weren't' the only things on his mind, the one thought that kept circling in his mind was the woman in red.

His thoughts were around her so much that he hadn't noticed that Catherine had thrown the last knife.

The performers took a bow and the circus performance was over for the night.

***

On Earth, there was a grand celebration of music artists from around the Earth Sphere and from the Colonies. They had gathered at one of the grandest of theaters that the city of Hollywood could offer. Each artist came in his or her car, they would step out onto the red carpet and would be greeted by a barrage of flash bulbs and reporters before reaching the door of the theater. One of these artists was the young Brittany Spears, the young, sexy, and "virgin" singer. She came out smiling to her fans as well as the flashing cameras. She posed for them as she walked down the red carpet in a golden shimmering dress showing off her bare shoulders and accenting her young curves.

As she walked down the red carpet, she looked to the cameras and saw someone shoving through the reporters. The person shoving through finally came out, but it wasn't a reporter. It was a boy that Brittany estimated to be about 19 years old, who had brownish hair and cobalt blue eyes. He wore only a light pair of pants, a green tank top and a duffel bag slung over his shoulder. The thing that caught Brittany's eye about this boy was that he showed no interest in her. Somehow she felt a little flustered by that, then she watched the boy go under the ropes and across the red carpet taking no notice of anyone. He simply wanted to cross.

The young "virgin" singer was intrigued by this boy, so before she lost sight of him she walked up to him and decided to get his attention. She didn't know that the boy was the Gundam pilot, Heero Yuy, the Perfect Soldier.

"Excuse me." She said

Heero turned to look at Brittany with his cold cobalt blue eyes, the very look sent shivers through Brittany. She reached into her purse and pulled out a piece of paper. She handed it to the Perfect Soldier. Heero took it and looked to find that it was a hotel name, room number as well as the hotels phone number. Puzzled by this, Heero looked back at Brittany Spears to get some kind of conformation as to what she was doing.

"I'd like to talk to you later on tonight." She said

Heero, if he were asked, probably would say that he had never heard of Brittany Spears and wouldn't even care who she was. All Heero saw was a young girl trying to hit on him. He suddenly remembered reading something in the newspaper about a sexy young singer who proclaimed that she would remain a virgin until married. He remembered that girls' name was Brittany Spears and with that in mind he looked at the girl from head to toe.

"A virgin?" Heero scoffed silently, "yeah, right."

"I would really like you to come and see me." Brittany repeated

Heero didn't know that there were nearly a hundred cameras on him and Brittany.

That was until he took the piece of paper and held it in front of Brittany's face and tore it in half. He allowed the pieces to flutter down to the ground as the speed of the flash bulbs grew sporadically. All the photographers were stunned at this boy and so was Brittany who stared at the boy in shock. She was on the verge of tears at the cruelty the boy had shown, but she felt a warm finger reach up to her eye. She looked and found the boy was brushing away one of her tears. She smiled thinking that he had some interest in her. Then she heard his voice.

"My heart belongs to another." Heero said as he walked off cameras flashing behind him as he walked off. And on Brittany who stood there on the red carpet just flabbergasted at what just happened. She had been able to tease men with her body and sensuous songs about lust in the most primitive forms, yet she couldn't' reach this one boy.

As Heero Yuy walked off something in his pocket began to vibrate; it was his cell phone. He could never stand those annoying beeping sounds cell phones make. So, for his own he set it to vibrate. He pressed "receive" to hear who was calling him.

"This is Heero Yuy." He said.

"Heero, this is Lady Une." The voice on the phone said, "I'm calling an emergency meeting of Preventer. Come to Colony L-4 immediately."

"Roger" Heero said, "I'm on my way."

***

A few hours later on Colony L-4, at the Preventer Headquarters, Lady Une gathered all the Preventer officers to an emergency meeting. There was Noin, otherwise known as Preventer Water, Sally Po, known as Preventer Earth as well as Wufei Change, Duo Maxwell, Heero Yuy and Quatre Raberba Winner.

"Hey, where's Trowa?" Duo asked

"Trowa reported that he's been detained with job matters." Lady Une stated, "I've called this meeting because there has just been an assassination attempt on my life. I've given a written report which, all of you should have read."

"Whoever has attempted this," Wufei spoke out "has an over-the-top flare for dramatics, did this assassin say anything to you?"

"As I have stated in my report" Lady Une rebounded, "The assassin stated, death awaits you, time to pay for your sins."

"Have any suspects been captured?" Heero asked, "Or has anyone been found that could still hold a grudge against you?"

"No." Lady Une answered, "There's something else. Colony L-3 has reported mobile suit attacks by unknown mobile suits."

Heero asked one of the most basic questions of mobile suit attacks, "Have their characteristics or weapons been identified?"

"No," Lady Une answered, "By the time any Preventer operatives arrived on the scene, there was no sign of the suits, nor was there a single clue that could be tested. The only clues we could find was the actual damage done." She picked up the file folder and read the report made by the Preventer operatives, "Crops have been devastated beyond care and livestock have all but a fraction died. Several buildings have been sliced as if by an enormous blade. While other buildings are riddled with bullet holes. Last of all there were people that were dead upon arrival of the medical teams. All of the victims had been infected with a chemical poison completely unknown by all standards of testing. So far, no motive, or suspects have been made or identified."

Silence came over the members of Preventer and the Gundams alike. None of them had ever heard of such vile and cowardly acts.

"Oh my God." Sally Po whispered as she covered her mouth, "I thought the war was over."

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." Wufei said arrogantly

"How can you be co calm?" Noin asked in protest

Before Wufei could give some kind of chauvinistic answer, Lady Une addressed the more important issue.

"First of all, we have to figure out who is trying to kill me, who attacked the Colonies, and most of all, why?"

All who attended the meeting agreed.

***

Back at the circus on Colony L-2, Trowa had his own worries. His mind circled around and around that woman who was at the show. Trowa was one who was not easily scared or worried but it was that look. That stare made him feel cold inside his well-heated caravan. He sat staring into his still steaming cup of coffee, still thinking about that woman.

"Is she after me?" He asked himself, "but why?"

Trowa had sipped his coffee, finding out how cold it got in his time of thought.

He went to the sink and got rid of his cold coffee. As he cleaned his cup he had the urge to go outside. He would have made an excuse such as to clear his mind.

He walked out of his caravan to breathe the air. For some technical reason the air inside a colony is always cleaner. Trowa looked up and saw that it was already night in the colony with its artificial lights turned down. He breathed in the colony air and he heard footsteps. He turned slowly to where the footsteps were coming from, and he found her: the woman in the red cloak. From the lights of the streets and the light coming from inside Trowa's caravan he could see the details of this woman much more clearly.

He saw that she had brunet hair flowing past her shoulders and down her back. She stared at Trowa in an odd fashion with green eyes, it was the same shade of green as Trowa's. As this woman came closer Trowa simply stood his ground and remained silent.

"Aren't you going to say anything?" The woman asked

"What would you have me say?" Trowa asked coldly

"For a start you could have asked who I was."

Trowa sill said nothing; his soldier instincts told him that this woman could be trouble.

"Well, I'll introduce myself then." The woman in red smiled, "My name is Lucia Lynn, what's your name?"

"Call me Trowa, Trowa Barton."

There was a brief moment of silence until Trowa asked the question.

"I saw you at the show today." He said, "You were staring at me, why?"

Lucia stepped closer, she came within arms reach of Trowa, "Because," she said,

"I'm interested in you." She brought up her hand to her lips and opened it. There was nothing there that Trowa saw but Lucia blew into her palm. A faint pink dust flew out of her hand and into Trowa's face. He began breathing it in, the dust smelled like freshly cut roses and vanilla to him. All of his worries and concerns faded away. He looked back at Lucia and felt a great stirring in his loins like he never felt before.

"Are you going to invite me into your caravan?" She asked

"Yes." Trowa said as he gently lead Lucia by the hand to his caravan. It was certainly a good thing that Trowa and Catherine had different caravans. Not only that but Trowa had a good idea of how late it was, so by now Catherine would have gone to bed. If it weren't' for those two facts playing in Trowa's favor, Catherine wouldn't have allowed Lucia to come near her "brother".

Trowa brought Lucia into his caravan, he closed the door, shut all the drapes and then fell back onto his bed admiring Lucia from where he sat.

Lucia on the other hand had different plans in mind. She came over to Trowa and positioned herself on Trowa's lap like a very experienced lap dancer. She placed her lips on Trowa's, he not only felt the stirring in his loins but he invited it. It was something Trowa knew about but never truly experienced.

Lucia uncoupled her red cloak, tossed it aside and threw her beret to the floor. As the cloak and beret hit the floor she went back to kissing Trowa. Her hands groped Trowa's body through his clothes and Trowa reciprocated in groping Lucia. Until neither one could stand it anymore and they peeled each other's clothes off. Lucia pulled Trowa's long sleeve shirt and Trowa unbuttoned Lucia's dress. The two did it so frantically that they didn't care if their clothes got just a little torn. The two lovers held each other in their nakedness. And engaged in an act of love so sweet both could taste it.

Later as the two lay in Trowa's bed and the sweat rubbing off onto the sheets, Lucia decided to put the downhill part of her plan into action. She brought her lips to Trowa's ear.

"Trowa Barton." She whispered, "you will hear only my voice and obey my commands. Do you understand?"

"Yes." Trowa said while still in his unconscious sleep.

"Where is the headquarters of Preventer?" Lucia asked

"Colony L-4 across the street from the Winner Family building."

"Where is Lady Une's office?"

"Third floor.room 357."

"Good, Trowa. Now, when I count down from ten to zero you will go back to sleep.

When you wake up, you will remember nothing about our night or us together.

Understand?"

"Yes."

"Good. Ten.nine.eight.seven.six.five.four.three.two.one.zero."

Trowa went lazily back to sleep while Lucia got dressed and walked out of the caravan and into the night. Her mission had been done, thanks the pheromone dust she had.

After all Lucia Lynn used to be a nurse and she was also an expert in botany and chemical engineering. That was how she easily seduced the Silencer, Trowa Barton. The dust can also be used like a truth serum, which is why Trowa answered so easily. Then to top it off, the dust can also isolate memories. Thus the victim remembers nothing, hence if the victim remembers nothing.it never happened.

The next day Trowa awakened with a very enormous splitting headache. He sat up in bed, then feeling the sheets against his skin he found out that he had slept naked. But why? He had never done anything like that before. His vision cleared and in his doorway was his "big sister", Catherine. She was wearing her outfit for her knife-throwing act. She looked at Trowa sternly like a disappointed parent. Trowa wasn't exactly prepared for his sisters disapproval. Come to think of it, he didn't know why she was looking at him in such a way.

"Good afternoon, Trowa." Catherine said sarcastically, "Sleep well with that floozy?"

"Who?" Trowa groaned, rubbing his eyes.

"Don't give me that, Trowa." Catherine huffed, "That girl in red you brought in here last night. I saw you close the drapes and I watched this whole trailer rock around so much that it would have probably tipped over. So, who was she, Trowa?"

"I can't remember." Trowa sighed as he grabbed the sides of his head.

***

The next attempt was made on Colony L-4, the headquarters of Preventer. It was just across the street from the Winner family building. Like the Winner family building it was purely white, but to add some security for the building the name Preventer wasn't plastered across the building nor was it mentioned on the building room index. The building was posed as an electrical and plumbing company building. Something that no one would suspect housed the Preventer office.

Down the street from the Preventer Headquarters one of the Horseman was rolling around the corner. The sounds of a motorbike engine whirring at its high pitch and echoing from the buildings around it. Its sound annoyed the people walking on the streets past the hidden Preventer HQ and the Winner building. The motorcycle rider was dressed in black jumpsuit as well as a black helmet, gloves and boots. Luther, being dressed in black, rode his bike to the side of the Preventer HQ. Except being dressed in black did make him stick out a little too much. At least his helmet gave him some anonymity from the passers by.

This time his attempt wouldn't fail, or so he kept telling himself. He reached into his pocket, still keeping his hand on the steering bar; he reached for a small pink make up compact. It may have looked like a make- up compact but this was a bomb, the very same kind of bomb that Lady Une used to kill the Former vice Foreign Minister Dorlin.

Luther opened it and closed it, as he sped past the Preventer headquarters. He gathered the strength in his arm and he threw the compact at the third floor window. He watched it smash through the glass and the bomb only had a 10-second fuse.

Inside Lady Une's office, Lady Une sat with her back to the window. She had no idea of what was about to happen. She still had the false security that the enemy didn't know where the Preventer building was located. Just then she heard the window break open and her gaze sharply turned and she found the pink compact. She remembered back to that day when Relena Darlin brought that make up box back to her unknowing that Lady Une was going to kill the Vice Foreign Minister, Relena's foster father. When the make up box made a perfect landing on Lady Une's desk, she scrambled to her feet. She dashed to the door and as she opened it the compact exploded.

In the lobby of Preventer, one of its members, Wufei Chang, saw the biker. He was in the lobby with Miss Noin going over the reports from the mobile suit attacks on Colony L-1 and L-3. As well as what to do about them if they will ever attack again. It wasn't until he heard the explosion from above his head that he knew that something was amiss. He looked at the biker and after the explosion he saw the biker speed off out of his range of vision.

"Find out what happened!" Wufei commanded to Miss Noin, "I'm going after the biker."

Miss Noin knew what Wufei was going to do; she dashed to the elevator while Wufei jumped out to the street and to his motorbike. Wufei didn't even bother stepping onto the bike he jumped on its seat. He shoved his foot hard down, the bike whirred up to its start and he set out after the attacker. With his quick wits about him he dodged the pedestrians as well as the cars on the street. All the while he never too his eye off of the rider in black that was speeding up ahead of him. After a few turns, Wufei lost track of where he was even located within the Colony. All he needed was to catch the rider and bring him to justice.

Ahead, Luther went into his jumpsuit and pulled out his handgun. Making sure that ahead of him there were no obstructions he aimed the gun at the boy chasing him. He squeezed off a few shots but they only grazed Wufei who was closing up behind him.

Wufei felt one of the bullets graze his cheek, he felt it like a scratch or rather like a paper cut on his face. He ignored the pain and kept his sights on the rider ahead of him. The two had kept up this chase for what must have been several minutes. Until Luther crashed his bike ahead of Wufei, except he intended it so that way Wufei would have to stop. Not only that but he crashed in front of Wufei so that the Gundam pilot would have to go around him and do a U-turn to come after the Horsemen. By the time Wufei had made the course correction Luther was already ahead of him for a split second and then vanished into an alley.

As quickly as he could, Wufei headed to that very same alley and by the time he reached it the rider in black was gone.

"Damn it!" Wufei cursed as he struck the brick wall next to him.







To be continued.