Disclaimer: I Don't own, Gundam Wing! Just Engel and others are made up by meh.

10/22/02

Training a pilot. Fixing a broken heart

Eight days before Engel's 14th birthday. He had been gone for seven months. And Duo was buying presents and all smiles. They others gathered around trying to come up with an idea.

"You know how much he'll be crushed if Engel doesn't come.." Quatre noted, pity in his voice.

"It hurts us all.. But i'm afraid Duo has the closer connection since he found the boy with his mother."

"Right, Trowa. Also it made Duo believe in another God then.. just himself.."

Wufei stated before he took a sip of coffee. "Hmm.. strong.." Trowa looked to his left. "Heero, do you think we should go to Germany to find Engel? Its been months since he's taken any money from Quatre's account. Can you persuade Duo into making him go look?"

"I tried that. He's so stubborn. He's afraid if we leave the house to look for him, Engel might return and see that we're not here and never return."

"Engel wouldn't think like that."

"Who knows what he's thinking now, Quatre."

"Yes.. You're right, Trowa."

They all heard the front door open, "Hey guys!" Duo walked inside the kitchen his face and hands were covered in grease. "What a day. I'm so thirsty. So what you all been doing today?"

"Duo we have to talk."

Duo poured himself a glass of orange juice, "Sure." Quatre sighed before he spoke again. "Duo, let's go look for Engel, please? He could be lost or in danger. Please? He have to find him."

"Hey, don't worry. He'll be back on his birthday i'm sure."

"Enough of this! This is pure crap! I'm going to look for him! You can all just sit around and wait."

Wufei stood up and stormed out of the kitchen. "I believe he's right. You might be in denial, Duo." Trowa calmly stood up and followed after Wufei. Duo turned and threw his glass of orange juice into the sink causing it to smash into tiny fragments.

"What am I suppose to do!? Maybe Engel's happy! Maybe he doesn't need me anymore! Maybe I screwed up completely! And you want me to go face him!? He hates me! He nearly shot me! And you want me to find him?! Damn you all to hell! Don't you think he's hiding like a Gundam pilot would!? Did ya' ever think of that?! THAT'S ALL HE IS! Trained by our memories of battle and.. and war!!"



Duo leaned over the sink, Heero stood up.

"Engel runs and hide but never tells a lie.... I took away.. his life.."

"Duo.."

Heero stood behind him and started to unbraid his hair. Quatre stood up heading towards the door, "No one is blaming you, Duo. It hurts us all, you're not the only one who felt like they lost a son."

After Quatre left Heero was done with the unbraiding. He whispered a nickname in Duo's hear, before he started running his fingers through his hair.



"Hi, Peter!"

"Ah, Engel. Good to see you. Happy birthday, I got for you."

Peter handed a red paper wrapped object. Engel quickly removed the paper and was amazed. It was a blue crest egg, no not a real one. It had two painted pictures on each side and a gold trim with a bow on top. Inside was a pearl necklace with some pink pearls.

"Thank you, Peter. But why this necklace?"

"For your girl someday."

Engel blushed a bit, "Yea.. I suppose.." He put his gift away inside his bag. "ENGEL! ENGEL!" He turned and saw his brother rushing to him. "I got it! I got it!" He was laughing and dragging Engel by his arm. "Got what?"

"I got to be the pilot of that moblie suit! ME!"

"That's great, Eugene.. But why would you need to fly it?"

"Because we're going to have our revenge! Sixteen years ago the use of weapons was banished. The Colonies made peace with the Earth because of Relena Dorlian. But one stood up against her. Dekem Barton, Operation Metor, we're soldiers of the Maerimea Army."

'Maremia!' Engel thought before Eugene spoke more. "We're not going to fullfill Operation Metor, we have too less people and weapons. But with this Moblie Suit in this weapon banned world, we'll take over easily."

"You just have one suit?"

"No, we have a few more. But mine is the Commander! I need your help to memorize how to fly and fire."

"Ok, sure."

At night after supper Engel would read the control manuals all of the technolgical things you need to know about a Moblie Suit. He would read them out loud or ask a question and Eugene had to figure out the right response. Eugene did good but failed mostly on the battle stragies. He seemed to get angry or flustered and didn't know what to do.

Engel didn't say anything. He just kept helping and felt bored after he memorized it mostly. A week after his 14th birthday, Eugene , and their father went to the plant and told Engel to come later. Engel decisided to go in his mother's room. It was a bit dim but he flipped on the light switch.

He started digging through old photos and found a picture of his mother as a teenager wearing a pink and white pearled necklace. The kind Peter gave to him! On the back of the photo it said..

"Always wear this and remember me. Remember this old friend of yours. Happy birthday, Greta ~Love, Peter."

It was in German but Engel knew enough to know what it meant. "Peter..?" He looked through more and found more pictures of Peter with his mother. Engel was very confused but he put the pictures away and left the room, today was Eugene's first flight.

Engel went to the fourth level balcony and walked down the steel steps. "I'm ready!" Eugene shouted from the cockpit. "All right, start it up." Said that man in the business suit, he must've been the leader of all this.



Eugene closed the door and started it up. Something wasn't right with the monitor, but he wasn't sure exactly what. Ignoring it he started the Moblie Suit but a terrible tremble started to happen and the monitor blew out! Glass fragments flew at Eugene's face and upper body.

"Eugene!" Shouted his father.

"Stop! Cancel the test! OPEN THAT HATCH!"

The leader screamed. The workers did and inside was a bloody Eugene, he was still alive but badly injured. They removed Eugene and rushed him to the nearby doctor at the site. The leader shook his head and turned around when Engel caught his eye.

"I am, Christopher Reidel.. Your brother i'm afraid won't be able to pilot after this. But would you like too? You seem to have a fighter's spirit."

"M-me?"

"Yes. I know you're quite young, but I am appointing you to be the commander of the fleet."

"Oh.. Thank you sir."

Engel caught a glimpse of his father's deadly glare before he turned to the dicretion of the doctor's office. "Make repairs on the monitors!" Christopher ordered, 'I need to speak with, Peter soon.' Engel thought quietly.

Duo placed Engel's birthday presents on Engel's bed. Duo sighed as Qutre walked in, "Its time, Duo." Duo nodded before he left the empty bedroom. It was time for their search on Engel.

-End, but not over.

Spazmastic: Sorry, but i'm having personal troubles and my computer is messed up as well. I'll finish it, don't worry, ~_^