Prelude to Power
Epilogue: End to Act One
A/N: Just a Key to what things are (just incase someone gets confused) //.//: Zero Images ".": Speech '.': Thoughts Another note: Marimeya does not know that Mr Dorlain was really Relena's father. and excuse my German, I'm teachig myself how to speak it using a phrasebook and the word order might be wrong! Warning: Little bit of Lime here, nothing too explicit. Ok, now on with the final part to Prelude!
//"No! We won't let you do that! That is mass murder, none of us will let you live to kill everyone on Earth!" Laughter. a young female voice, shrill: "I'm afraid you all will be dead. and if you all manage to escape, you all will be caught and killed anyway. When I am queen of the Earth Sphere, you gundam pilots and your families will cease to exist!" Crying.a hysterical female voice: "You can't. you'll kill innocent people! Don't you have a heart?" Laughter and gunshots. The sound of bodies falling to the ground. Male and female moans of pain. The female gasping for breath until she fell into the embrace of death. A deep male voice, getting softer with every breath: "There.there are others. they will stand against you." Silence. The male voice fades out, his breath stops and there is nothing but the sound of a young girl lightly breathing. "I am afraid you both are wrong. Both you and miss Relena are dead Yuy, the resistance is now weak. I shall be victorious!"//
Relena was holding her head, crying. "You saw it too." Heero stated, pulling her as close as he could get her. Relena nodded. "Is. is that going to be real? Or is that just what may be?" Heero was silent. 'It could be. but there are others. if there are, Zero will show.' "I can't say. Not yet. I just don't know Relena." "But, could that happen?" Heero hesitated his answer. "Maybe." The two were silent until a noise from the control panel re-awoke them. "This is MC and MU. Please respond, the line is secured." Came the voice from the other end of the comm-link. "This is HY and RP, message received and line secured. Go ahead." Came Relena's voice, a little shakey. "Well, we are ready to get OM and IM out, MK is nowhere in sight and there is no guards on the west side of the base. We shall meet you there." "Is there a back up incase rendezvous is compromised?" Heero asked. There was silence for a few minutes. "No. you both will have three minutes to get the twins and get out. MC and myself will follow in MS Serpents, codes 4920 and 2990." "Rodger that." Was Heero's reply. "Goodluck, over and out."
Midii looked at Merian and then at the two Maxwells they heald. "They're almost here. are we expecting any disruptions to our mission?" Midii asked Merian shook her head, "I don't think so, if there is, I'll stay behind and fight. You take the twins back to Earth and to the Preventers." Midii nodded. The two saw Wing Zero custom fly towards the base. "Get ready, this is going to be a long night."
*L3-X18999* Marimeya was sitting in the breifing room with her top soldiers and her grandfather.
The first was General Yuri Cherovic, a Russian man from the L4 colony. He was once a terrorist with a group named The Groves, but that was before the Eve wars and before he joined OZ.
The second was a woman; Maybel Candy, an ex-White Fang underground leader. She was described as a woman who was as hard as nails and as tough as a diamond. Nothing and no one stood in her way.
The final two members were brothers: Scott and Randy Pope, both were once chief guards of the Peacecrafts before they turned on them; joining the group that caused the downfall of the Peacecraft monarchy. The brothers were charged for mutiny before the coup against the royal family and were subsequently put into jail, receiving dishonourable discharges. They were mysteriously released after the coup, with full pardons.
"As you all know," Marimeya began, "We have declaired war against the Earth Sphere Unified Nation and the gundam pilots. I have received information on the pilots, numbering six in all." The four soldiers looked at each other. "But there are only five gundams." Scott began Marimeya glared at him. "I am fully aware of that fact Captain Pope. You will when I explain." Dekim turned off the lights and turned on a projector.
"This is pilot of Shenlong, pilot zero-five." A picture of Wufei Chang and his vital stats came up on the screen. Marimeya went on to explain his fighting styles, strengths and weaknesses. "He was last seen with his gundam in old China, visiting a distant cousin by the name of Lin Chang." She moved on to Trowa, then Duo and then Quatre. "The final two pilots work together. First, about the Gundam Wing Zero Custom. You might've heard some rumours about this mecha, all are not even close to the truth." Marimeya explained, she continued, "From what information we gathered, the Zero system can be highly dangerous in unstable minds and unskilled pilots. For those unlucky enough not to be skilled enough, the Zero system takes over their minds and the motor section of the brain." The four soldiers nodded, writing notes. "For those two with the best training in handling this system, it takes their spirits, so to say. It can cause them to hallucinate and see the consequences of their actions before they execute the action." "So they can have the advantage?" Maybel asked Marimeya nodded, "In a way, it can be an advantage, but they can still take the wrong path. after all, no one is perfect." "And these pilots?" Yuri asked, "What of them?" Dekim shuffled a few slides and finding two profiles. Randy and Scott let out a small snort. "Dorlain? A pilot! HAH!" said Randy "Why would a princess that we tried to kill, the only one left from her bloodline, want to pilot a gundam?" asked Scott. Marimeya slammed her hand down on the table, after she got her silence, she began her explaination: "The Queen and her friend, Vice-Foregin Minister Dorlain, teamed up with a man named Doctor J, the creator of unit zero-one. The rest of their activities are lost and unknown, but all that is known is that two children were trained: the Princess of the Sanq and an orphan boy." The four were silent. "They are Relena Peacecraft aka Relena Dorlain and Heero Yuy. They are both considered dangerous, so don't underestimate either of them. Dorlain may've been brought up by the Vice-Foregin Minister, but she has been trained by a military genius and her skills will be enhanced by the Zero system. As for Yuy, don't go near him unless you have something more powerful than him, he has the strength of two men." Marimeya dismissed her comrades.
Four of the five gundams, the Tallgeese III, a white Taurus, two Leos and a Virgo were getting dangerously close to colony L3-X18999. Marimeya had seen this and had her Serpent mobile dolls ready for combat. "Remember Marimeya, the dolls system has the Epyon system installed, so they will fight differently that when they did during the Eve wars." Dekim explained. Marimeya nodded, turning her attention back to the large vid- screen.
Quatre had noticed movement at the colony and had advised everyone to be on alert. "If they are dolls, we will know straight away." said Trowa "If they are dolls, they will be as good as gone!" yelled Duo "From what I have gathered Maxwell, these dolls are going to be more 'smarter' than what you faced last time." Milliardo said, gripping the controls of the Tallgeese. 'Where is Yuy and my sister. they disappeared a while ago. you better not be getting her in danger, Yuy!' thought Milliardo The dolls began to come out. About ten of them all at once. "Goodluck everyone." Quatre called, taking on about two dolls. While the members of the group were sustaining and inflicting damage, they were creating the perfect destraction for another gundam and two manned MS to slip away unnoticed from the colony.
*Preventer HQ, Earth* Lady Une had received a call from the two pilots of Wing Zero. "You did WHAT?" she asked, raising her voice. "We rescued the Maxwell twins and are bringing them, Midii Une and Merian Chang back from L3-X18999." Relena replied. "What about the others? They're in a battle right this minute!" "We know. As soon as we get back to earth and drop off some guests, we'll be right back there." Heero explained. Lady shook her head. "You two are. never mind" The two teen pilots raised their eyebrows and terminated the link. Hilde was asleep in the corner of the room on a lounge chair, 'I better not wake her.' thought Lady, walking over and pulling a blanket from out of a cupboard. She wrapped the blanket around the young mother, trying to make her comfortable.
Back in space: seven Serpents had been destroyed, two were damaged and one was still in good fighting order. Heavyarms was fast running out of ammunition, Shenlong had lost a dragon claw, Deathscythe's cloaking device had short-circuited, the Virgo and the Taurus had lost a gun each and part of an arm, one of Sandrock's heat shortels had cracked, and Tallgeese III's sheild had been sliced in thirds.
Wufei sliced through another MD, making it explode in an instant. Soon; Noin, Treize and Milliardo had destroyed one and Trowa and Duo, the other. "Let's get outta here, before they get anymore ideas." Duo suggested. The others took the suggestion readily, turned around, and headed back to the blue planet.
*Preventer HQ, Earth* Upon reaching Preventer HQ, the mobile suits were taken to the repair bays where Trowa, Milliardo, Quatre and Wufei went stright to work on their suits by themselves. Mechanics worked on the Taurus and the Virgo while Treize and Noin went to find men and women willing to fight against a new enemy. Duo went to Lady Une's office straight away, wanting to see Hilde, but seeing more than just her. "Osiris! Isis! GOD! HOWDIDYOUFINDTHEM???" The strange blonde and Chinese teens laughed slightly. Heero's eyes held a glint of amusement, his stony facard never lifting. Relena explained. "These two girls are Midii Une and Merian Long. They were doing some undercover work for Une in Marimeya's army." Relena took a breath, making sure she was getting the story right, she continued with a nod from Merian, "Merian was masquerading as an officer and Midii was just hiding in the base, finding strengths and weaknesses in the structure. Merian was the one in charge of looking after your two, and with Midii's help, we were able to help them off the colony." Duo looked confused. "How did you guys get out without detection?" he asked. It was Heero who answered him "It was you guys that created the diversion unknowingly. That's why we weren't in the fight." Duo nodded, picking up one of the twins from Hilde. "Thank you." came Duo's faint voice. Une looked at Relena and Heero. Relena took a deep breath. "Hilde, you and the twins have to get away from here. We can get you to a safe house until this is all over." Hilde shook her head. "No. I'm staying to fight." Duo drew her close, inhaling the scent of her hair. "You need to look after the twins. I'll sleep better knowing you are safe with them, out of the way of all this fighting." Hilde shook her head. Une walked over and knelt down in front of the girl. "Duo's right Hilde. Lucrezia has contacted an aunt of hers. your mother, I believe." Relena's eyebrows went up in surprise, Une continued, "Your mother is living in Berlin, Germany. She has said that she wants to come home for awhile, she would like to see you and your children." Hilde furrowed her forehead in thought. "Ok. I'll go, but Duo has to come for a little while too." Duo agreed and that night; Duo, Hilde and the twins were off to Germany. "We'll make sure that Deathscythe is ready for when you come back." Quatre said to Duo "Say hello to Auntie Michela for me Hilde." Said Lucrezia, Hilde nodded and gave her cousin a hug. "Be careful, Lu."
Afew hours later, the small family arrived at the home of Michela Schbieker. From what Hilde had told Duo, Michela was a widow, her husband Hermann dying after the family was exiled from their home in the German countryside. Hilde also had two older brothers and an older sister, from what she was told by her mother, they had decided to go their separate ways. Hannah went to Canada, Blaz; to England, and Elf went to New Zeland. Hilde knocked on the door, there was muffled footsteps and he door opened. A woman in her early fifties, ebony coloured hair streaked with silver, petit and kind of plump answered the door. "Ah! Willkommen heim, Hilde." [1] she said, smiling warmly. "Mutter. darf ich ihnen meinen freund, Duo Maxwell und unser kinder Osiris und Isis." [2] replied Hilde. The only things Duo understood in those sentences was the names of himself, Hilde and their kids. "Duo, this is my mother Michela Schbieker." "Duo! Welcome to my home, please come in." Michela said in perfect English. Duo looked at Hilde, who smiled back at him. They both entered the house with the twins.
Marimeya looked to her grandfather. "They got away! And they defeated my dolls!" "That was only to lull them into a false security. wait until the real battle begings Marimeya, then you shall be the victor." Marimeya smiled and nodded, "I'll do what my father was never able to do. take over a government and keep it." "I'll rally the troops, you will give your speech and then we will begin the take over." Dekim said, putting a hand on Marimeya's shoulder and witht hat, he left the room.
*Preventer HQ Dorms: 12am* Heero woke with a start, he looked around wildly before calming down and looking at the ceiling. Something was disturbing him, and he needed to know what. The girl next to him stirred slightly before snuggling closer to Heero. Her nude body was warm, making Heero calmer than he was when he woke up. 'It was what I saw earlier. when we were coming back from L3.' Heero closed his eyes again, letting the warmth from Relena's body lull him into a stupor. He remembered bits a pieces of that image that Zero gave him, and it wasn't good.
//It was all dusty and unbearably hot. There was definatley a fire near-by, the smell of burning fuel, wood and flesh clarified that. There was crying. a red-head girl. Marimeya. "FATHER! FATHER! I'm sorry." "You killed your own family. Dorothy's dead." More sobbing. "And you killed Trowa Barton. Heero Yuy is now a quadraplegic, Relena Dorlain lost her eyesight and Duo Maxwell lost an arm." "Stop father. please." "You will go to jail for this. you will lose your freedom for what these people have received."//
"Bad dream, eh?" came a sleepy voice. "Relena." Heero pulled her closer to him, into a protective embrace. They both lay in silence, a blizzard outside being the only noise heard in the close vicinity. "It was that image. wasn't it?" Relena asked, lifting her head off her lover's chest and looking him in the eye. Heero nodded, "It is the first time that Zero's images have made me think and given me a nightmare." Relena bent down and kissed Heero softly. "It's ok. we will win and everyone will come out of this ok. we just need to keep our faith and hope." Heero pulled Relena back down and kissed her fervently. He ran his hands down her bare back lightly, making Relena shiver in excitement.
An hour later, the young couple were happily sated and Heero's memories of the nightmare/Zero's image had almost all gone. "Relena. I love you." Heero whispered, his voice hoarse. Relena's reply was a peck on the cheek and a happy sigh. 'And I love you. Heero.' Relena thought sleepily.
Little did anyone know what lay ahead, but they knew that there would be death and sacrifice. this was war, nothing was safe until it ended.
TO BE CONTINUED IN 'EVE OF DESTRUCTION'
Notes: [1] "Ah! Welcome Home, Hilde" [2] "Mother. I'd like to introduce you to my boyfriend, Duo and our children Osiris and Isis."
Well. after six months I have finished the first of five parts!!!! The sidefics will be out when I get a chance to write them. which should hopefully be soon.
I got the idea for this fic after reading a series of books by Australian author John Marsden. The series is called 'The Tomorrow Series'. It is about a group of teens who go on a weekend camping trip, only to return to their town which is over-run by invaders. There are seven books in the series. They are well written and give a good description of the emotional and physical trials these teens go through as they fight for the freedom of their friends, family and country.
As you can see, this fic series is way different to the Tomorrow series (so no sueing. the books are only my muse and inspiration).
The Prologue of 'Eve of Destruction' will be posted soon.
~ Lyndal [9/6/03]
Epilogue: End to Act One
A/N: Just a Key to what things are (just incase someone gets confused) //.//: Zero Images ".": Speech '.': Thoughts Another note: Marimeya does not know that Mr Dorlain was really Relena's father. and excuse my German, I'm teachig myself how to speak it using a phrasebook and the word order might be wrong! Warning: Little bit of Lime here, nothing too explicit. Ok, now on with the final part to Prelude!
//"No! We won't let you do that! That is mass murder, none of us will let you live to kill everyone on Earth!" Laughter. a young female voice, shrill: "I'm afraid you all will be dead. and if you all manage to escape, you all will be caught and killed anyway. When I am queen of the Earth Sphere, you gundam pilots and your families will cease to exist!" Crying.a hysterical female voice: "You can't. you'll kill innocent people! Don't you have a heart?" Laughter and gunshots. The sound of bodies falling to the ground. Male and female moans of pain. The female gasping for breath until she fell into the embrace of death. A deep male voice, getting softer with every breath: "There.there are others. they will stand against you." Silence. The male voice fades out, his breath stops and there is nothing but the sound of a young girl lightly breathing. "I am afraid you both are wrong. Both you and miss Relena are dead Yuy, the resistance is now weak. I shall be victorious!"//
Relena was holding her head, crying. "You saw it too." Heero stated, pulling her as close as he could get her. Relena nodded. "Is. is that going to be real? Or is that just what may be?" Heero was silent. 'It could be. but there are others. if there are, Zero will show.' "I can't say. Not yet. I just don't know Relena." "But, could that happen?" Heero hesitated his answer. "Maybe." The two were silent until a noise from the control panel re-awoke them. "This is MC and MU. Please respond, the line is secured." Came the voice from the other end of the comm-link. "This is HY and RP, message received and line secured. Go ahead." Came Relena's voice, a little shakey. "Well, we are ready to get OM and IM out, MK is nowhere in sight and there is no guards on the west side of the base. We shall meet you there." "Is there a back up incase rendezvous is compromised?" Heero asked. There was silence for a few minutes. "No. you both will have three minutes to get the twins and get out. MC and myself will follow in MS Serpents, codes 4920 and 2990." "Rodger that." Was Heero's reply. "Goodluck, over and out."
Midii looked at Merian and then at the two Maxwells they heald. "They're almost here. are we expecting any disruptions to our mission?" Midii asked Merian shook her head, "I don't think so, if there is, I'll stay behind and fight. You take the twins back to Earth and to the Preventers." Midii nodded. The two saw Wing Zero custom fly towards the base. "Get ready, this is going to be a long night."
*L3-X18999* Marimeya was sitting in the breifing room with her top soldiers and her grandfather.
The first was General Yuri Cherovic, a Russian man from the L4 colony. He was once a terrorist with a group named The Groves, but that was before the Eve wars and before he joined OZ.
The second was a woman; Maybel Candy, an ex-White Fang underground leader. She was described as a woman who was as hard as nails and as tough as a diamond. Nothing and no one stood in her way.
The final two members were brothers: Scott and Randy Pope, both were once chief guards of the Peacecrafts before they turned on them; joining the group that caused the downfall of the Peacecraft monarchy. The brothers were charged for mutiny before the coup against the royal family and were subsequently put into jail, receiving dishonourable discharges. They were mysteriously released after the coup, with full pardons.
"As you all know," Marimeya began, "We have declaired war against the Earth Sphere Unified Nation and the gundam pilots. I have received information on the pilots, numbering six in all." The four soldiers looked at each other. "But there are only five gundams." Scott began Marimeya glared at him. "I am fully aware of that fact Captain Pope. You will when I explain." Dekim turned off the lights and turned on a projector.
"This is pilot of Shenlong, pilot zero-five." A picture of Wufei Chang and his vital stats came up on the screen. Marimeya went on to explain his fighting styles, strengths and weaknesses. "He was last seen with his gundam in old China, visiting a distant cousin by the name of Lin Chang." She moved on to Trowa, then Duo and then Quatre. "The final two pilots work together. First, about the Gundam Wing Zero Custom. You might've heard some rumours about this mecha, all are not even close to the truth." Marimeya explained, she continued, "From what information we gathered, the Zero system can be highly dangerous in unstable minds and unskilled pilots. For those unlucky enough not to be skilled enough, the Zero system takes over their minds and the motor section of the brain." The four soldiers nodded, writing notes. "For those two with the best training in handling this system, it takes their spirits, so to say. It can cause them to hallucinate and see the consequences of their actions before they execute the action." "So they can have the advantage?" Maybel asked Marimeya nodded, "In a way, it can be an advantage, but they can still take the wrong path. after all, no one is perfect." "And these pilots?" Yuri asked, "What of them?" Dekim shuffled a few slides and finding two profiles. Randy and Scott let out a small snort. "Dorlain? A pilot! HAH!" said Randy "Why would a princess that we tried to kill, the only one left from her bloodline, want to pilot a gundam?" asked Scott. Marimeya slammed her hand down on the table, after she got her silence, she began her explaination: "The Queen and her friend, Vice-Foregin Minister Dorlain, teamed up with a man named Doctor J, the creator of unit zero-one. The rest of their activities are lost and unknown, but all that is known is that two children were trained: the Princess of the Sanq and an orphan boy." The four were silent. "They are Relena Peacecraft aka Relena Dorlain and Heero Yuy. They are both considered dangerous, so don't underestimate either of them. Dorlain may've been brought up by the Vice-Foregin Minister, but she has been trained by a military genius and her skills will be enhanced by the Zero system. As for Yuy, don't go near him unless you have something more powerful than him, he has the strength of two men." Marimeya dismissed her comrades.
Four of the five gundams, the Tallgeese III, a white Taurus, two Leos and a Virgo were getting dangerously close to colony L3-X18999. Marimeya had seen this and had her Serpent mobile dolls ready for combat. "Remember Marimeya, the dolls system has the Epyon system installed, so they will fight differently that when they did during the Eve wars." Dekim explained. Marimeya nodded, turning her attention back to the large vid- screen.
Quatre had noticed movement at the colony and had advised everyone to be on alert. "If they are dolls, we will know straight away." said Trowa "If they are dolls, they will be as good as gone!" yelled Duo "From what I have gathered Maxwell, these dolls are going to be more 'smarter' than what you faced last time." Milliardo said, gripping the controls of the Tallgeese. 'Where is Yuy and my sister. they disappeared a while ago. you better not be getting her in danger, Yuy!' thought Milliardo The dolls began to come out. About ten of them all at once. "Goodluck everyone." Quatre called, taking on about two dolls. While the members of the group were sustaining and inflicting damage, they were creating the perfect destraction for another gundam and two manned MS to slip away unnoticed from the colony.
*Preventer HQ, Earth* Lady Une had received a call from the two pilots of Wing Zero. "You did WHAT?" she asked, raising her voice. "We rescued the Maxwell twins and are bringing them, Midii Une and Merian Chang back from L3-X18999." Relena replied. "What about the others? They're in a battle right this minute!" "We know. As soon as we get back to earth and drop off some guests, we'll be right back there." Heero explained. Lady shook her head. "You two are. never mind" The two teen pilots raised their eyebrows and terminated the link. Hilde was asleep in the corner of the room on a lounge chair, 'I better not wake her.' thought Lady, walking over and pulling a blanket from out of a cupboard. She wrapped the blanket around the young mother, trying to make her comfortable.
Back in space: seven Serpents had been destroyed, two were damaged and one was still in good fighting order. Heavyarms was fast running out of ammunition, Shenlong had lost a dragon claw, Deathscythe's cloaking device had short-circuited, the Virgo and the Taurus had lost a gun each and part of an arm, one of Sandrock's heat shortels had cracked, and Tallgeese III's sheild had been sliced in thirds.
Wufei sliced through another MD, making it explode in an instant. Soon; Noin, Treize and Milliardo had destroyed one and Trowa and Duo, the other. "Let's get outta here, before they get anymore ideas." Duo suggested. The others took the suggestion readily, turned around, and headed back to the blue planet.
*Preventer HQ, Earth* Upon reaching Preventer HQ, the mobile suits were taken to the repair bays where Trowa, Milliardo, Quatre and Wufei went stright to work on their suits by themselves. Mechanics worked on the Taurus and the Virgo while Treize and Noin went to find men and women willing to fight against a new enemy. Duo went to Lady Une's office straight away, wanting to see Hilde, but seeing more than just her. "Osiris! Isis! GOD! HOWDIDYOUFINDTHEM???" The strange blonde and Chinese teens laughed slightly. Heero's eyes held a glint of amusement, his stony facard never lifting. Relena explained. "These two girls are Midii Une and Merian Long. They were doing some undercover work for Une in Marimeya's army." Relena took a breath, making sure she was getting the story right, she continued with a nod from Merian, "Merian was masquerading as an officer and Midii was just hiding in the base, finding strengths and weaknesses in the structure. Merian was the one in charge of looking after your two, and with Midii's help, we were able to help them off the colony." Duo looked confused. "How did you guys get out without detection?" he asked. It was Heero who answered him "It was you guys that created the diversion unknowingly. That's why we weren't in the fight." Duo nodded, picking up one of the twins from Hilde. "Thank you." came Duo's faint voice. Une looked at Relena and Heero. Relena took a deep breath. "Hilde, you and the twins have to get away from here. We can get you to a safe house until this is all over." Hilde shook her head. "No. I'm staying to fight." Duo drew her close, inhaling the scent of her hair. "You need to look after the twins. I'll sleep better knowing you are safe with them, out of the way of all this fighting." Hilde shook her head. Une walked over and knelt down in front of the girl. "Duo's right Hilde. Lucrezia has contacted an aunt of hers. your mother, I believe." Relena's eyebrows went up in surprise, Une continued, "Your mother is living in Berlin, Germany. She has said that she wants to come home for awhile, she would like to see you and your children." Hilde furrowed her forehead in thought. "Ok. I'll go, but Duo has to come for a little while too." Duo agreed and that night; Duo, Hilde and the twins were off to Germany. "We'll make sure that Deathscythe is ready for when you come back." Quatre said to Duo "Say hello to Auntie Michela for me Hilde." Said Lucrezia, Hilde nodded and gave her cousin a hug. "Be careful, Lu."
Afew hours later, the small family arrived at the home of Michela Schbieker. From what Hilde had told Duo, Michela was a widow, her husband Hermann dying after the family was exiled from their home in the German countryside. Hilde also had two older brothers and an older sister, from what she was told by her mother, they had decided to go their separate ways. Hannah went to Canada, Blaz; to England, and Elf went to New Zeland. Hilde knocked on the door, there was muffled footsteps and he door opened. A woman in her early fifties, ebony coloured hair streaked with silver, petit and kind of plump answered the door. "Ah! Willkommen heim, Hilde." [1] she said, smiling warmly. "Mutter. darf ich ihnen meinen freund, Duo Maxwell und unser kinder Osiris und Isis." [2] replied Hilde. The only things Duo understood in those sentences was the names of himself, Hilde and their kids. "Duo, this is my mother Michela Schbieker." "Duo! Welcome to my home, please come in." Michela said in perfect English. Duo looked at Hilde, who smiled back at him. They both entered the house with the twins.
Marimeya looked to her grandfather. "They got away! And they defeated my dolls!" "That was only to lull them into a false security. wait until the real battle begings Marimeya, then you shall be the victor." Marimeya smiled and nodded, "I'll do what my father was never able to do. take over a government and keep it." "I'll rally the troops, you will give your speech and then we will begin the take over." Dekim said, putting a hand on Marimeya's shoulder and witht hat, he left the room.
*Preventer HQ Dorms: 12am* Heero woke with a start, he looked around wildly before calming down and looking at the ceiling. Something was disturbing him, and he needed to know what. The girl next to him stirred slightly before snuggling closer to Heero. Her nude body was warm, making Heero calmer than he was when he woke up. 'It was what I saw earlier. when we were coming back from L3.' Heero closed his eyes again, letting the warmth from Relena's body lull him into a stupor. He remembered bits a pieces of that image that Zero gave him, and it wasn't good.
//It was all dusty and unbearably hot. There was definatley a fire near-by, the smell of burning fuel, wood and flesh clarified that. There was crying. a red-head girl. Marimeya. "FATHER! FATHER! I'm sorry." "You killed your own family. Dorothy's dead." More sobbing. "And you killed Trowa Barton. Heero Yuy is now a quadraplegic, Relena Dorlain lost her eyesight and Duo Maxwell lost an arm." "Stop father. please." "You will go to jail for this. you will lose your freedom for what these people have received."//
"Bad dream, eh?" came a sleepy voice. "Relena." Heero pulled her closer to him, into a protective embrace. They both lay in silence, a blizzard outside being the only noise heard in the close vicinity. "It was that image. wasn't it?" Relena asked, lifting her head off her lover's chest and looking him in the eye. Heero nodded, "It is the first time that Zero's images have made me think and given me a nightmare." Relena bent down and kissed Heero softly. "It's ok. we will win and everyone will come out of this ok. we just need to keep our faith and hope." Heero pulled Relena back down and kissed her fervently. He ran his hands down her bare back lightly, making Relena shiver in excitement.
An hour later, the young couple were happily sated and Heero's memories of the nightmare/Zero's image had almost all gone. "Relena. I love you." Heero whispered, his voice hoarse. Relena's reply was a peck on the cheek and a happy sigh. 'And I love you. Heero.' Relena thought sleepily.
Little did anyone know what lay ahead, but they knew that there would be death and sacrifice. this was war, nothing was safe until it ended.
TO BE CONTINUED IN 'EVE OF DESTRUCTION'
Notes: [1] "Ah! Welcome Home, Hilde" [2] "Mother. I'd like to introduce you to my boyfriend, Duo and our children Osiris and Isis."
Well. after six months I have finished the first of five parts!!!! The sidefics will be out when I get a chance to write them. which should hopefully be soon.
I got the idea for this fic after reading a series of books by Australian author John Marsden. The series is called 'The Tomorrow Series'. It is about a group of teens who go on a weekend camping trip, only to return to their town which is over-run by invaders. There are seven books in the series. They are well written and give a good description of the emotional and physical trials these teens go through as they fight for the freedom of their friends, family and country.
As you can see, this fic series is way different to the Tomorrow series (so no sueing. the books are only my muse and inspiration).
The Prologue of 'Eve of Destruction' will be posted soon.
~ Lyndal [9/6/03]
