~Hey! I got a few reviews and since both were good I guess people are liking the story! So here's the next chapter and I hope you all enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing but I own some original characters in this story.
The next day Melissa left, after spending the entire night before with her family, making sure to say goodbye to everyone. She appeared suddenly inside a large lab, Dr. L quickly next to her when she appeared.
"Welcome to my lab! I'm so glad you're here!" Dr. L said happily. She quickly took Melissa's arm, causing her to drop her things as she dragged her to the other side of the lab, Melissa struggling to stay on her feet.
She soon brought her to an empty table, upon it sat a single blue tablet that Dr. L quickly picked up.
"Here."" She said holding it out to Melissa, who held out her hand to let Dr. L drop it into. "Take this."
"What… is it?" Melissa asked questionably, looking at the blue tablet carefully.
"Well… how should I explain this… um….," she thought about it for a few moments before continuing, "Well, you know how that in order to know things, you must learn them?" she asked, taking Melissa's arm and slowly walking in another direction.
"Yeah…" Melissa looked to her, raising an eyebrow.
"Well… this pill makes it so you don't have to learn it. You just know it. Do you understand?"
"Um…" Melissa looked at the small pill for a moment." What exactly would this pill make me 'know'?" she asked in a cautious manner.
Dr. L chuckled lightly. "Everything…" she stated simply.
"Everything?!" Melissa stopped in her tracks… that was impossible!
"Yes… everything… everything from knowing how to speak languages to working your mobile suit."
"My what?!" Melissa gasped… 'No way is this happening to ME!' she thought to herself, trying to pull herself out of the dream she swore she was having.
"Mobile. Suit." And with those two words Dr. L walked over to the gate she had led Melissa to and pressed a few buttons on the keypad next to it, causing it to open in front of Melissa, showing her exactly what Dr. L was talking about.
It was as big as a building to Melissa. No, bigger! It's black, silver, and deep purple metal glimmered in the large, garage like room as they entered. "Wha… What is it?" Melissa asked, still in a daze, not believing her eyes.
"Like I said… it's a mobile suit… but a special mobile suit…" Dr. L answered as they approached it, Melissa placing a hand on the inside of its foot as she felt the cool metal under her fingers.
"What's so special about it?" She asked, looking back to Dr. L.
"It's called a gundam… and there are only six others in the entire galaxy…" she said, marveling at her own masterpiece.
"And I'm going to work this thing?!" Melissa gasped. She didn't even have her driving permit yet and she was going to be working this humongous piece of machinery?!
"Like I said… once you take that pill… you will know every nook and cranny in this machine… just like me." Dr. L assured her looking to the pill now Melissa was looking at.
Melissa stared at wonder at the little thing she held in her hand. "Specify everything to me…"
"You will know every language. You will know and be able to perform every sport and martial art ever known to man. You will know everything about history since it was written until this very day. You will know sciences better than any scientist, except me of course… I mean everything."
"Have you… taken one of these?" Melissa asked, looking to her.
"I have." She said, nodding to her. Melissa looked back to her and the pill many times before suddenly popping it into her mouth and swallowing.
"How long does it take?" She asked, smiling brightly.
"Next time you fall asleep and wake up, it will be in affect." She said, grabbing Melissa's hand and then leaving the garage, the door closing behind them as they made there way to another part of the lab.
"How long will it last?" Melissa asked as they moved, wanting to know more about the thing she just put into her body.
"Until you die." Dr. L said, not even looking to her as she answered.
They stopped suddenly at a machine, about 10 feet tall and 5 feet wide. It had many cords and such about it. Seeing it caused Melissa to turn to Dr. L and raise an eye brow.
"And this would be…?" She said, folding her arms before looking back to the machine.
"You remember what I told you about… right? About what would have happened to you in your time if you had stayed?" She said, looking to her for a brief moment.
"Yeah…?" Melissa said, a hint of fear in her voice as she remembered.
"Well… here, you're well known because of it… there are pictures of you in science books and such… this machine here," she motioned to the machine in front of them,"…will change what you look like, so no one will be able to recognize you."
Melissa sat there for a long moment, wondering about it. "You mean… I get to change what I look like… to anything I want?!" She asked, looking to Dr. L, beaming.
"That's the idea." Dr. L responded with a cool smile. She made her way to a control panel at the right of the machine and motioned for Melissa to come along side her, which she did. She looked down, there were what seemed like a million keys. "Just tell me what you want and I can do it." Dr. L said, cracking her knuckles before setting them right above the keys.
Melissa told her so many things, it was hard for Dr. L to keep up, but her fingers moved quickly over the keys until Melissa stopped, and she did as well. She put her index finger over a round red button and took a step away from the large machine. "Here we go…" she said, lightly pressing the button.
The machine went crazy, bouncing and moving, making loud noises and just a fuss, but after a while out of a hole in the side popped a small capsule, it landing right in front of Melissa. It was bright purple.
Melissa raised an eyebrow and bent down, picking the small thing up and inspecting it. "There you go… just take it and when you wake up, you'll be exactly what you told me." Dr. L explained, taking Melissa's arm and dragging her out of the lab and down a small hall, opening a door before letting her go. "This will be your room while you're here. Try to get some rest." And with that, Dr. L left her there. Melissa entered the room. It was pretty ordinary. A twin bed, a dresser, closet, a desk with a chair, and a night stand. Some how her things were already there, though she knew that she hadn't moved them herself and there was no way Dr. L could have. She shrugged and decided to let the mystery stay one as she popped the pill in her mouth and fell back onto the bed. Before she knew it, she was asleep.
"She WHAT?!" Amanda yelled over the phone, Melissa's mother holding it away from her ear as she heard the ratings and ravings of Melissa's two best friends on the other side.
"How could she?! And without us! We do everything together!!! I don't believe this!" Meg half whined and half yelled, not believing the story Melissa's mother just told them.
"I'm afraid it's true… I just thought I'd tell you two since you would have probably come over looking for her if you didn't know."
"Thanks. We really appreciate it." Amanda said with a light sigh in her voice.
"Speak for yourself! Melissa's having the adventure of a life time and without US!" Meg whined, throwing her phone down on the receiver as the others hung up as well.
~Well, there you go, the next chapter! Where will Melissa's adventures bring her next? Also, sorry that the handsome gundam buffs haven't been shown yet… don't worry! They will come soon!
