Untitled
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Chapter 3: Dominique's Past
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chapter by rinoastar
story by shanchan and rinoastar
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Dominique Killian brushed a wisp of her wavy, short, blonde hair away
from her face and concentrated on polishing the Gundam the scientists had
graciously given her . *Given a mech to continue fighting in what I
believe in* she smirked and lovingly ran a hand down the slick metal .
*I
wonder what the others would say* The Gundam was a beautiful machine .
It seemed to glow, with the buffing that Dominique administered . " Aa, "
she rubbed the cloth firmly but gently over the machine . " Megami, what
would you say ? Do you think they'd be happy for me ? " a bitter smile
wormed its way to her face at the name . " Are you Megami ? Or am I ?
"
she smiled genuinely, closing her eyes . " I got that name after my first
mission . It was so dangerous, too dangerous for an eight year old . I
don't care . It's exhilerating, you know . To hold a gun in your
hands,
and to know that as long as you have it, you're in control . "
**Flashback**
A cute little girl looked up into a man's face with weepy eyes .
" Mister, you were my Daddy's best friend ! You have to take me in !
I'm not going to any orphanage ! "
The man finally nodded sharply . " I'll do it . You'll stay out
of the way, though, and you'd better be able to move fast . There'll be
times when we have to get out, fast . You'd better not be too slow, or
we'll leave you behind . "
Little Dominique waivered slightly, and felt a gentle hand on her
shoulder . " Honestly, Luc, she just lost her only family ! You know
what it was like to lose someone dear to you ! " a woman comfortingly
hugged the tiny girl close .
**End Flashback**
Dominique sighed, remembering Marie, and the comfort found in her
warm brown eyes . " Megami, d'ya want to hear about me ? It's a long
story, so you'll have to be patient, " she told her mech .
**Flashback**
Marie and Luc became like a second family to Dominique . They had
a son, Jeanne, and Luc was always berating him . Dominique suspected it
was because Luc held high hopes for Jeanne . They settled into a cozy
household . It was quite a shock to the tiny family when a new mission
arrived .
" Luc, Luc, where are you going ? " Dominique followed her foster
parents out the door . Marie looked back sympathetically before Luc
grabbed her arm and dragged her away . " Jeanne, I'm going to follow, "
she whispered conspiratorially to her partner-in-crime, as Marie often
referred to them . Jeanne's eyes lit up and he gently led her to a bush
outside .
" I've been watching Mama and Papa, " he whispered, keeping to the
shadows and trailing his parents . Dominique mouthed 'oh,' before
following .
The children raced along the dying shadows of the evening in the
'jungle, ' as this part of the L3 colony was called . They seemed as if
they were shadows, themselves, and they were unnoticed by the group ahead .
Finally the adults stopped . Dominique's eyes widened as Marie stepped
ahead of the group .
" Come out, come out, " the tiny woman called to the tree ahead of
her, her gun in her hand . She no longer seemed like the same Marie that
had eased her melancholy after her father's death .
Dominique's thoughts were quickly forgotten when a group of men
jumped out of the tree . A big man carrying a machete led the pack .
" So . . . " he paced in front of the terrorists . " You fell for it, "
he smirked . " Get'em, boys ! "
The men jumped on the tiny group, ambushing them . Dominique's
eyes widened and she stared at Marie's gun as it skittered to a halt in
front
of her . Grasping the handle firmly, she raised it just as she'd seen
Marie before . Jeanne watched with fear in his eyes as tiny Dominique
stood and aimed the gun . Three explosions rang out in the clearing .
The leader of the men looked her in the eyes before he fell, shot
through with Marie's pistol . Jeanne raced up to the body of his father
and grabbed his uzi and bullet chain . Slipping it over his head, he
pointed it at the rest of the group . " G-get away, " he yelled .
" Get the hell away, before I kill you ! "
The men saw their boss dead, assuming the boy had done it, ran into
the woods . Jeanne's hands shook and he dropped the gun . Together,
the
two children ran to check the people that littered the ground . There
were
many dead, and many near death . Any that weren't dead or dying helped to
carry the injured and deceased back to camp .
Solemnly, they cremated the dead and waited for the rest to die .
Jeanne and Dominique collapsed together in Luc and Marie's tent . The
rest
of the team nicknamed Dominique 'Megami,' a Japanese name that meant
'goddess . '
**End Flashback**
" They were like my family, Megami, " Dominique banged her fist on
the metal she had been polishing . Her eyes stung with tears, " . . . and
they killed them ! All I had left was Jeanne, and I dunno if he's even
okay ! " She hugged the mech and sobbed into it . " Well, " she wiped
her eyes on the back of her hand, " at least with you, I can make sure noone
has to fight anymore . I'll know that everyone's okay, and that I
helped . "
**Flashback**
Jeanne and Dominique had been raised by the remaining members of the
group . Luc and Marie were both assasinated by the attackers . Jeanne
took it upon himself to raise Dominique . They were close, like real
siblings, and were soon recognized as stealthy, dangerous guerilla fighters
..
**End Flashback**
Dominique smiled into Megami's metal shell and whispered, " I'll bet
that's why they chose me . Oh, well, I think they made a good choice .
Do you ? "
She giggled slightly and pulled out a photograph . It was of five
handsome young men . Dominique blushed and sighed . Her first mission
..
She was going to X place in one week, and she was to capture one of those
boys . A certain one, in fact . " Hey, Meg, how d'ya think he got his
hair to *do* that ? It defies the laws of gravity ! Maybe they wanna
know what he uses to fix his hair and glue Gundams together with it ! "
" Well, Trowa Barton, " she told the photo, " I'll get you, and
your hair gel, too . "
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Chapter 3: Dominique's Past
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chapter by rinoastar
story by shanchan and rinoastar
_________
Dominique Killian brushed a wisp of her wavy, short, blonde hair away
from her face and concentrated on polishing the Gundam the scientists had
graciously given her . *Given a mech to continue fighting in what I
believe in* she smirked and lovingly ran a hand down the slick metal .
*I
wonder what the others would say* The Gundam was a beautiful machine .
It seemed to glow, with the buffing that Dominique administered . " Aa, "
she rubbed the cloth firmly but gently over the machine . " Megami, what
would you say ? Do you think they'd be happy for me ? " a bitter smile
wormed its way to her face at the name . " Are you Megami ? Or am I ?
"
she smiled genuinely, closing her eyes . " I got that name after my first
mission . It was so dangerous, too dangerous for an eight year old . I
don't care . It's exhilerating, you know . To hold a gun in your
hands,
and to know that as long as you have it, you're in control . "
**Flashback**
A cute little girl looked up into a man's face with weepy eyes .
" Mister, you were my Daddy's best friend ! You have to take me in !
I'm not going to any orphanage ! "
The man finally nodded sharply . " I'll do it . You'll stay out
of the way, though, and you'd better be able to move fast . There'll be
times when we have to get out, fast . You'd better not be too slow, or
we'll leave you behind . "
Little Dominique waivered slightly, and felt a gentle hand on her
shoulder . " Honestly, Luc, she just lost her only family ! You know
what it was like to lose someone dear to you ! " a woman comfortingly
hugged the tiny girl close .
**End Flashback**
Dominique sighed, remembering Marie, and the comfort found in her
warm brown eyes . " Megami, d'ya want to hear about me ? It's a long
story, so you'll have to be patient, " she told her mech .
**Flashback**
Marie and Luc became like a second family to Dominique . They had
a son, Jeanne, and Luc was always berating him . Dominique suspected it
was because Luc held high hopes for Jeanne . They settled into a cozy
household . It was quite a shock to the tiny family when a new mission
arrived .
" Luc, Luc, where are you going ? " Dominique followed her foster
parents out the door . Marie looked back sympathetically before Luc
grabbed her arm and dragged her away . " Jeanne, I'm going to follow, "
she whispered conspiratorially to her partner-in-crime, as Marie often
referred to them . Jeanne's eyes lit up and he gently led her to a bush
outside .
" I've been watching Mama and Papa, " he whispered, keeping to the
shadows and trailing his parents . Dominique mouthed 'oh,' before
following .
The children raced along the dying shadows of the evening in the
'jungle, ' as this part of the L3 colony was called . They seemed as if
they were shadows, themselves, and they were unnoticed by the group ahead .
Finally the adults stopped . Dominique's eyes widened as Marie stepped
ahead of the group .
" Come out, come out, " the tiny woman called to the tree ahead of
her, her gun in her hand . She no longer seemed like the same Marie that
had eased her melancholy after her father's death .
Dominique's thoughts were quickly forgotten when a group of men
jumped out of the tree . A big man carrying a machete led the pack .
" So . . . " he paced in front of the terrorists . " You fell for it, "
he smirked . " Get'em, boys ! "
The men jumped on the tiny group, ambushing them . Dominique's
eyes widened and she stared at Marie's gun as it skittered to a halt in
front
of her . Grasping the handle firmly, she raised it just as she'd seen
Marie before . Jeanne watched with fear in his eyes as tiny Dominique
stood and aimed the gun . Three explosions rang out in the clearing .
The leader of the men looked her in the eyes before he fell, shot
through with Marie's pistol . Jeanne raced up to the body of his father
and grabbed his uzi and bullet chain . Slipping it over his head, he
pointed it at the rest of the group . " G-get away, " he yelled .
" Get the hell away, before I kill you ! "
The men saw their boss dead, assuming the boy had done it, ran into
the woods . Jeanne's hands shook and he dropped the gun . Together,
the
two children ran to check the people that littered the ground . There
were
many dead, and many near death . Any that weren't dead or dying helped to
carry the injured and deceased back to camp .
Solemnly, they cremated the dead and waited for the rest to die .
Jeanne and Dominique collapsed together in Luc and Marie's tent . The
rest
of the team nicknamed Dominique 'Megami,' a Japanese name that meant
'goddess . '
**End Flashback**
" They were like my family, Megami, " Dominique banged her fist on
the metal she had been polishing . Her eyes stung with tears, " . . . and
they killed them ! All I had left was Jeanne, and I dunno if he's even
okay ! " She hugged the mech and sobbed into it . " Well, " she wiped
her eyes on the back of her hand, " at least with you, I can make sure noone
has to fight anymore . I'll know that everyone's okay, and that I
helped . "
**Flashback**
Jeanne and Dominique had been raised by the remaining members of the
group . Luc and Marie were both assasinated by the attackers . Jeanne
took it upon himself to raise Dominique . They were close, like real
siblings, and were soon recognized as stealthy, dangerous guerilla fighters
..
**End Flashback**
Dominique smiled into Megami's metal shell and whispered, " I'll bet
that's why they chose me . Oh, well, I think they made a good choice .
Do you ? "
She giggled slightly and pulled out a photograph . It was of five
handsome young men . Dominique blushed and sighed . Her first mission
..
She was going to X place in one week, and she was to capture one of those
boys . A certain one, in fact . " Hey, Meg, how d'ya think he got his
hair to *do* that ? It defies the laws of gravity ! Maybe they wanna
know what he uses to fix his hair and glue Gundams together with it ! "
" Well, Trowa Barton, " she told the photo, " I'll get you, and
your hair gel, too . "