Chapter 2: Encounters in Life
Kari: Brittany and I have decided to change Morghan's to Meghan.
The five girls waited in front of the gymnasium. Brittany wore a red and black chinese dress and put her hair into odagoes. Chrissy kept her white hair into pigtails, she wore a navy-blue dress with straps across the back and she didn't wear a bra. Meghan wore a black dress, her hair into a bun, the slits of the dress were almost up to her hips. Chloe wore a red cocktail dress with stockings and shoes to match it. Her hair was in a braid. Ronnise wore a lavender dress with matching shoes. Her hair was in ponytail with a black scarf. "Geez Chrissy, you could've at least told me where you got the dress from, we could've matched." complained Brittany
"Oh come on Britt, your mom would've made you wear that dress anyway." she said
"I guess you're right....."
Quatre walked up to his date and bowed. He wore a pair of black slacks and shoes, and a white shirt. He kissed the back of her hand and then smiled. "Ready to go?"
All Chrissy could do was nod. They walked into the auditorium with the other girls looking at her. "Damn! She knows how to pick them." said Brittany
"So, odango atama, are you ready to go in?" asked a voice
It was Duo. "Look Maxwell, get Chloe and go in before I strangle you!" she said
"Geez Brittany, gomen nasai, I was only kidding." he said
"Come on Duo, let's not piss her off." said Chloe
She grabbd his arm and went in. Trowa made a small smirk and at Ronnise and the two went in. "So, is this what you wear all the time?" asked Wufei
He had caught Brittany off guard, and loved it as she jumped. She turned and gritted her teeth a bit. "What is your problem?! Sneaking up on a girl like that!" she said
"Shows how weak you are." he said
She made a low growl and walked in with Wufei following. Meghan looked at her watch. Heero tapped her on the shoulder and she jumped. Inside, Chrissy had a table all ready for them. As they all sat down, the sister in charge stood up at the podium. "I would like to thank all the students for coming to this dance." she said "Before we start, I would like us all to sit here and remember all the soldiers that died in the war: Tobias Merian
Anne Johnson
Merideth Becky
Johnathan Underwood
Dudley Underwood
Wufei Nakamura"
Brittany's hands grippd hard around the glass that she was holding. It started to crack. "What's wrong with her?" asked Duo
Chrissy scooted closer to him. "Brittany's father was Wufei Nakamura who died in battle." she whispered
"Why is my name up there?" asked Wufei
"Not you baka! My father!" shouted Brittany
Her eyes were welling up with tears. "My father's name was Wufei and he died trying to save lives!"
The flowers in a vase in the center of the table caught on fire. 'Oh no, not now.' thought Chrissy
"You're acting like a weakling." said Wufei
That was it, Brittany was pissed to the max. She slapped him hard a across the face wit her right hand and the glass in her left hand broke in her palm. The slap was so hard that Wufei almost fell out of his seat. Brittany left the dance, hot tears fell down her eyes. Wufei had also left but went a different way. Chrissy sighed and Ronnise put her face in her hands. Chloe stared at her soda. "What a mess." she said
"Yeah, I didn't know Brittany was so sensitive about that." said Meghan
"Her father died last year." said Chrissy
Brittany had began to walk down a dark street. She had stopped crying, but she was still full of rage. 'What does he know?' she thought 'Wufei never knew my father. He was a better soldier than he will ever be!'
Flashback:
Wufei Nakamura stood at the edge of his house. He wore a military uniform. Brittany leaned against the gate, hair in odagoes, looking at her father. He hugged and kissed his wife, then looked at his daughter. "Don't start any trouble while I'm gone." he said
"Father, you expect me to try and take over the world? I'm not a nut, I'll be good."
He ruffled some of the girl's hair and walked off. Later that night, Brittany was watching television. She wanted to see her father in space. She smiled as he flew in his mobile suit. "See Chrissy, my father is the best soldier out there." she said
She had been on the phone with Chrissy. Her father was with five other men, until a bigger mobile suit crept up behind them and fired. Her father, along with five other men, were dead. "Oh God." said Chrissy "Brittany, I'm so so sorry."
She hadn't been listening. Her hand slowly hung up the phone as she stood in silence and in shock.
Monday morning, Chrissy came to school early, hoping that Brittany would be in class. Unfortunately, she wasn't there. She sighed and sat in her seat. All weekend, she's been working on the configuration of a mobile suit. Her father had given her something to work on so she wouldn't be bored. Heero had his own configurations to work out. The biggest mission was to get home. Quatre walked over to her and she didn't really notice. "Hey Christina." he said
She looked up and fixed her glasses. "Oh, hi Quatre."
"Are you ok?"
"To tell you the truth, not really. First, above all things, Brittany hasn't anwered any of my calls, or came to school. The second thing is my dad, he....uh....sent me this puzzle I can't seem to figure out."
She shut down the laptop and took out a book on machines and the mobile era. Later that day, in gym class, Chloe played basketball against Duo. Since it was a free day, it was a one on one deal. Chrissy stayed to herself, working on her mobile suit configuration. Duo had tried to shoot, but it banged against the basket ring and hit Chrissy square in the face, breaking her nose. Chloe, Duo, Quatre, Meghan, and Ronnise looked at the girl. Blood was running through her fingers and she started crying. Meghan, Chloe, and Ronnise took Chrissy to the nurse's office. Chrissy was so upset that she forgot her laptop. Duo's eyes widened as he looked at the screen. "Heero, you should see this."
After gym, Duo handed her the laptop. She was still a bit pissed about the incident. "Thanks Maxwell." she muttered
She had her head bent back a bit to keep the blood from running down her nose. He put it down on the desk and walked back to his seat. In five minutes, the blood stopped. Sister Mary Anne came in. "Now, we're going to be working with Algebra." she said
The class groaned. Sister Mary Anne took a piece of chalk out. "Now, when working with Algebra, you-"
Another sister came in and whispered into her ear. "Are you serious? Is this true?" she asked
The sister nodded. She walked out. Sister Mary Anne's eyes were in horror. "Children, another colony was destroyed." she said
The class started having feared looks on thier faces and started whispering. "Not only that, the military has hardly no defense against this."
Chrissy balled one of her hands into a fist. "Classes have just been dismissed."
Chrissy took her things, put it in her knapsack and started to walk home. She passed her friends by and stopped at her locker. She took out her heavy jacket, since it was winter, it was very cold. Her friends called out to her, but she didn't listen. Her mind was stuck on her father, and what was going on. She ran down the shortcut alleyway she took. She was wearing heels so she slipped and fell on her face on the ice.
The wind started blowing and the snow hit her in the face. She whiped it away and looked at the sky. 'Dad, what's going on?' she thought
She stood up, slowly, and looked up at the sky. She was sitting up on her butt and knees. Up in the sky, something looked like a falling star. She stood up slowly and leaned against a wall. The wind began to blow harder. So, she began to walk through the snow again. "Ok, next time, wear fasionable snow boots." she said to herself
Jin looked out from a colony. The earth was glowing brightly. He sighed and put his fingers on the glass. "Christina...." he muttered
"Is there something wrong?" asked a voice
He turned to see Dr. Anna, a old colleage of his. She became a mortician. "Oh Anna, how did you get here?"
"Same as you, but my investigation is on the people that have been dying out. Turns out some of the people have been dying in bunches. There's been a couple of things odd about this."
"Like what? People die every day."
"True, but I took some of these people's DNA before they were destroyed."
"Huh?"
"They died before the attacks. But the odd thing is the DNA had been altered, like something mutated them. Mentally, the reports have said that they were fine, but physically, thier bones have either fused together or have become weak. It's like some kind of disease has been going around. The other odd thing was these people were teens, around the ages of 14 to 16. I think it may have something to do with the nuclear war."
"The nuclear war? You think it may have been the chemical effects after the war?"
"I think this may be the case, but I still need some more info in order to make that conclusion. Weren't you in that war?"
"Yes, I created the mobile suits on a military base......that was attacked.....I was one of the few that.....Christina, she might be effected."
"What are you talking about?"
"Christina was born ten months after that incident.....in 1987 *sigh* I just hope she's fine."
Chrissy leaned against a building. "It couldn't be...."she muttered
She looked down at the snow. Suddenly, she heard something crunching in the snow. She made a small growl and kicked the snow. "Those damn mobile suits....." she muttered "Why did he have to make them?"
"Who made a mobile suit?" asked a familiar voice
She looked up to see Heero looking at her. She turned away from him. "It's none of your business."
She heard something click and turned around and saw a pistol. Her left hand trembled a bit. She made piercing eyes at him. "You know what?" she asked "Go ahead and kill me, I have nothing left really to live for."
Heero's hand trembled. 'Her eyes......' he thought 'Just like Relena's.....'
"Relena...." he muttered
"Who? That's not me."
He lowered the pistol and looked at her. "Relena..."he said again
"Look pal, the only Relena I knew was Relena Peacecraft and-"
He grabbed her by the wrist. "Where is she?" he asked
"She's....she's.....gone....she died a couple of years back.....in an accident, now can you let me go?!"
He let go of her wrist and he turned away from her. Her face softened to look sypathetic. 'Poor Heero.' she thought 'She must've really loved her or something like that.'
She looked down, thinking about somebody she lost. Tears welled up in her eyes. "Heero, I'm sorry....I didn't know that you loved her that much.....I know how it feels......when you lose somebody you love....it hurts like hell you want to die....."
She wiped the tears swelling up in her eyes. "Heero!" yelled a voice
He looked up to see Duo. He just looked down at the snow. "What happened?" he asked
"He asked me about Relena Peacecraft and I told him that she died."
"What?! What are you talking about?!"
"Relena Peacecraft was a pacifist who was caught in the crossfire. She accidentally died while coming to earth. I think she died in 2024."
"2024? Isn't this AC 195?"
"AC 195? What are you talking about?"
"Duo...."growled Heero
"You guys act like you're from another world or something....huh?"
They all looked up to see two more 'falling stars'. "I knew it, they're invading...." said Chrissy
"Who is?" asked Duo
He walked up to her and she looked away from him. He grabbed her by the sholders. "Christina, you have to tell us what's going on."
"*sigh* Ok, but you have to first let me go, and we have to find some place to talk."
Brittany looked up at the sky from the roof of her house. "Damn war....destroys all." she muttered
She had spet all of last night and the next day thinking about the upcoming war. Now she was thinking that she might be a shinimegami. Death seemed to be a pattern for her, or so she thought. "Hey Britt! Long time no see!" yelled a voice
She looked down to see Chloe in her usual pink heavy coat with black stretch pants and black boots. "Hey Chloe, what's up?" asked Brittany
"Get this, since there's an attempted invasion, Chrissy's been acting funny."
"Chlo, she's always been acting funny."
"No I mean she's hasn't been alright."
"She's never been alright."
"You're not getting my point. Chrissy's been keeping something from us, like some governtment activity."
"She did that year ago and she told us. I think you're worried that we may get hurt. Anyway, we have more important things to think about."
"Like what?"
"Well, for one, those five students that have just shown up, we don't know where they're from. They come from out of nowhere and just show up at school. Things were fine until they showed up. I think they may have something to do with these attacks on the colonies."
"You think so? Hmm....."
Chrissy, Duo, and Heero were in her room, which was the basement. She explained to them everything she knew about these attacks, the war, and what's going to happen. Mrs. Whatley was so hungry that she let the boys stay in Chrissy's room. "So that's what going on." she said to them "I just need to find out what's gonna happen to my dad, he hasn't spoken to us for weeks."
Mrs. Whatley opened the basement door. "Hey Christina, have you seen my crackers?" she asked
"Um....they're in the junk drawer."
"Great place to put them."
"Don't yell at me, I didn't put them there."
Mrs. Whatley growled and slammed the door. "I'll be glad when she has that damn baby." said Chrissy
"Why are you so angry over a baby?" asked Duo
"Well this would be her seventh child."
"What?"
"Well there are my twin older brothers, Sid and Jin, then there's me and Wanda, then Kotono and Karen so this would be her seventh child."
"That's a lot of people."
"Why do you think my dad went into science? But there are more bigger things to worry about."
"Like what?"
"Like those falling stars I saw in the middle of the day. I think they may be mobile suits. But I don't even know if that was really happening."
The phone ran. "Hello?" asked Chrissy "Whatley residence."
"Is this the genius Christina Whatley?" asked a familiar voice
"Meghan? Is that you?"
"Who else would make a genius compliment?"
"I don't know."
"So, do I have your vote for class president?"
"Of course. According to the school polls, you are up by ten percent."
"That is so cool!"
"Don't celebrate yet, you still have some competition."
"Who could possibly try to win against me?"
"I'll tell you tomorrow, I've got some company over."
"Oh....ok bye."
"Bye."
The next day, Chrissy was standing outside. She had emailed Meghan that she would meet her outside, bad choice, it was freezing out. She shivered in her knee socks, Meghan walked up the stairs, happy as ever. "What's wrong with you?" she asked
"I'm freezing out here."
"Oh, then lets go inside."
As they walked inside, people starte sniffing Meghan. Chrissy popped a piece of gum in her mouth and acted like she didn't notice. "What's with everybody?" asked Morghan
"Easy, Jennah Anderson, richest girl in school."
Chloe sniffed Meghan. "Ok everybody! She's ok!" she yelled
Everybody went back to doing whatever it was they did. "What was that all about?" asked Meghan
"Everybody got this rumor that you sleep in a dumpster."
"Oh brother. I know who started this." said Chrissy "Jennah may have started it, but I'm going to finish it. I know that she still sucks on her her thumb and sleeps with her teddy bear."
"Wow, let me go tell Ronnise."
Chloe walked off to tell her friend. "Wow Chrissy, you're good at this." said Meghan
"Well, I did run last year. I know all her tricks. She's always picking on the newbees so she can say that she's in charge."
"Why don't you be my campaign manager?"
"Well for one thing, I'm on the journalist comittee, I can't because that would mean that the club would've picked one person and that wouldn't be fair to the other competitors. Besides, my articles are on the grossest things in the school, like the school lunches."
"Or the jocks on the football team?"
"Exactly."
"I'd better get my stuff ready for first class, Astronomy."
"Oh lucky you, I have Biology."
The laughed and went their ways. After stuffing things in her locker, Chrissy walked into homeroom. Brittany was sitting on her desk, eating a Pop Tart. "Hey Britt, long time no see." she said
"Well, I've been thinking a couple of things over and I think I can handle coming back to school."
"Good, and what about Wufei."
"I can forgive him, he didn't know."
"Great, now I have to tell you the updates of what's been happening in school."
"Forget that, I'm just intrested in the Martial Arts Tournament coming up."
Wufei, who was meditating at his seat, suddenly got interested in the conversation the two girls were having. "Don't you think you should concentrate on your studies first?" Chrissy asked
"Come on, I'll still have time for that. I've been practicing all year for this. I just hope that you can come." answered Brittany
"Of course I can, as long as mom can hold off having contractions. She is having the baby next week."
"This is your eighth child. Think it's a girl?"
"Hopefully it'll be a boy."
"Well, at least it'll be one child instead of two."
"Don't make my life more of a living hell than it already is."
"It's not that bad. Besides, you get to go out every day."
"True, anyway, you want me to come with you to the sign up place?"
"It's only at the auditorium."
"I'll still come, if mom has that baby, I won't be there to hold her hand again."
"Your hand was broken that day."
"Don't remind me. I think I might be able to sign up. I can do karate."
"Yeah, and kick somebody in the face."
"I have great control over my feet, watch me."
The school bell rang and Duo came running in. Unfortunately, he made a fate with Chrissy's foot. Both girls made a sweatdrop and looked down at him. He had swirls in his eyes. "Oooops, sorry Duo." said Chrissy
"If you join the competition, you'll get killed before the first round." said Wufei
"Hey, we weren't talking to you Wufei Chang." said Brittany, annoyed
"What's wrong, afraid of a little competiton?"
"I can take you on any day."
"Then, why don't you prove it at the competition?"
"Fine, I will, just bring it on."
Sister Mary Anne came in. "Ok students, in your seats, time for algebra. Nice to see you with us Miss Nakamura."
The children got into their seats. "Before we begin our lesson, the school board has announced that the Martial Art Tournament is cancelled until further notice."
"Why?" asked a student
"It's because of these recent attacks. The archbishops believe now is the time for peace, not for fighting. Now, can someone tell me what his the equasion of pi?"
Jin sat around in his new office. He was really worried about the safety of his family. He's worked through every componet in his laptop to find out how Dr. Heartley got those mobile suits. Then something hit his mind, the hangar bay. It was the only place that could store mobile suits. There was a hangar bay where they used to work and all the scientists got access to it. The only thing was how he could've gotten so many without getting caught and who did he hire to pilot them?
Kari: Looks like everyboyd's in a bind now.
Brittany: Yeah, I wanted to face Wufei.
Wufei appears behind them.
Wufei: Wanna fight me now weakling?
Brittany has a vain mark in back of her head.
Brittany: We....weakling?! What did you just call me?!
Brittany starts shooting fire from her mouth. Kari makes a sweatdrop and sighs.
Kari: *sigh* While my friends beat the crap out of each other, please review.
Kari: Brittany and I have decided to change Morghan's to Meghan.
The five girls waited in front of the gymnasium. Brittany wore a red and black chinese dress and put her hair into odagoes. Chrissy kept her white hair into pigtails, she wore a navy-blue dress with straps across the back and she didn't wear a bra. Meghan wore a black dress, her hair into a bun, the slits of the dress were almost up to her hips. Chloe wore a red cocktail dress with stockings and shoes to match it. Her hair was in a braid. Ronnise wore a lavender dress with matching shoes. Her hair was in ponytail with a black scarf. "Geez Chrissy, you could've at least told me where you got the dress from, we could've matched." complained Brittany
"Oh come on Britt, your mom would've made you wear that dress anyway." she said
"I guess you're right....."
Quatre walked up to his date and bowed. He wore a pair of black slacks and shoes, and a white shirt. He kissed the back of her hand and then smiled. "Ready to go?"
All Chrissy could do was nod. They walked into the auditorium with the other girls looking at her. "Damn! She knows how to pick them." said Brittany
"So, odango atama, are you ready to go in?" asked a voice
It was Duo. "Look Maxwell, get Chloe and go in before I strangle you!" she said
"Geez Brittany, gomen nasai, I was only kidding." he said
"Come on Duo, let's not piss her off." said Chloe
She grabbd his arm and went in. Trowa made a small smirk and at Ronnise and the two went in. "So, is this what you wear all the time?" asked Wufei
He had caught Brittany off guard, and loved it as she jumped. She turned and gritted her teeth a bit. "What is your problem?! Sneaking up on a girl like that!" she said
"Shows how weak you are." he said
She made a low growl and walked in with Wufei following. Meghan looked at her watch. Heero tapped her on the shoulder and she jumped. Inside, Chrissy had a table all ready for them. As they all sat down, the sister in charge stood up at the podium. "I would like to thank all the students for coming to this dance." she said "Before we start, I would like us all to sit here and remember all the soldiers that died in the war: Tobias Merian
Anne Johnson
Merideth Becky
Johnathan Underwood
Dudley Underwood
Wufei Nakamura"
Brittany's hands grippd hard around the glass that she was holding. It started to crack. "What's wrong with her?" asked Duo
Chrissy scooted closer to him. "Brittany's father was Wufei Nakamura who died in battle." she whispered
"Why is my name up there?" asked Wufei
"Not you baka! My father!" shouted Brittany
Her eyes were welling up with tears. "My father's name was Wufei and he died trying to save lives!"
The flowers in a vase in the center of the table caught on fire. 'Oh no, not now.' thought Chrissy
"You're acting like a weakling." said Wufei
That was it, Brittany was pissed to the max. She slapped him hard a across the face wit her right hand and the glass in her left hand broke in her palm. The slap was so hard that Wufei almost fell out of his seat. Brittany left the dance, hot tears fell down her eyes. Wufei had also left but went a different way. Chrissy sighed and Ronnise put her face in her hands. Chloe stared at her soda. "What a mess." she said
"Yeah, I didn't know Brittany was so sensitive about that." said Meghan
"Her father died last year." said Chrissy
Brittany had began to walk down a dark street. She had stopped crying, but she was still full of rage. 'What does he know?' she thought 'Wufei never knew my father. He was a better soldier than he will ever be!'
Flashback:
Wufei Nakamura stood at the edge of his house. He wore a military uniform. Brittany leaned against the gate, hair in odagoes, looking at her father. He hugged and kissed his wife, then looked at his daughter. "Don't start any trouble while I'm gone." he said
"Father, you expect me to try and take over the world? I'm not a nut, I'll be good."
He ruffled some of the girl's hair and walked off. Later that night, Brittany was watching television. She wanted to see her father in space. She smiled as he flew in his mobile suit. "See Chrissy, my father is the best soldier out there." she said
She had been on the phone with Chrissy. Her father was with five other men, until a bigger mobile suit crept up behind them and fired. Her father, along with five other men, were dead. "Oh God." said Chrissy "Brittany, I'm so so sorry."
She hadn't been listening. Her hand slowly hung up the phone as she stood in silence and in shock.
Monday morning, Chrissy came to school early, hoping that Brittany would be in class. Unfortunately, she wasn't there. She sighed and sat in her seat. All weekend, she's been working on the configuration of a mobile suit. Her father had given her something to work on so she wouldn't be bored. Heero had his own configurations to work out. The biggest mission was to get home. Quatre walked over to her and she didn't really notice. "Hey Christina." he said
She looked up and fixed her glasses. "Oh, hi Quatre."
"Are you ok?"
"To tell you the truth, not really. First, above all things, Brittany hasn't anwered any of my calls, or came to school. The second thing is my dad, he....uh....sent me this puzzle I can't seem to figure out."
She shut down the laptop and took out a book on machines and the mobile era. Later that day, in gym class, Chloe played basketball against Duo. Since it was a free day, it was a one on one deal. Chrissy stayed to herself, working on her mobile suit configuration. Duo had tried to shoot, but it banged against the basket ring and hit Chrissy square in the face, breaking her nose. Chloe, Duo, Quatre, Meghan, and Ronnise looked at the girl. Blood was running through her fingers and she started crying. Meghan, Chloe, and Ronnise took Chrissy to the nurse's office. Chrissy was so upset that she forgot her laptop. Duo's eyes widened as he looked at the screen. "Heero, you should see this."
After gym, Duo handed her the laptop. She was still a bit pissed about the incident. "Thanks Maxwell." she muttered
She had her head bent back a bit to keep the blood from running down her nose. He put it down on the desk and walked back to his seat. In five minutes, the blood stopped. Sister Mary Anne came in. "Now, we're going to be working with Algebra." she said
The class groaned. Sister Mary Anne took a piece of chalk out. "Now, when working with Algebra, you-"
Another sister came in and whispered into her ear. "Are you serious? Is this true?" she asked
The sister nodded. She walked out. Sister Mary Anne's eyes were in horror. "Children, another colony was destroyed." she said
The class started having feared looks on thier faces and started whispering. "Not only that, the military has hardly no defense against this."
Chrissy balled one of her hands into a fist. "Classes have just been dismissed."
Chrissy took her things, put it in her knapsack and started to walk home. She passed her friends by and stopped at her locker. She took out her heavy jacket, since it was winter, it was very cold. Her friends called out to her, but she didn't listen. Her mind was stuck on her father, and what was going on. She ran down the shortcut alleyway she took. She was wearing heels so she slipped and fell on her face on the ice.
The wind started blowing and the snow hit her in the face. She whiped it away and looked at the sky. 'Dad, what's going on?' she thought
She stood up, slowly, and looked up at the sky. She was sitting up on her butt and knees. Up in the sky, something looked like a falling star. She stood up slowly and leaned against a wall. The wind began to blow harder. So, she began to walk through the snow again. "Ok, next time, wear fasionable snow boots." she said to herself
Jin looked out from a colony. The earth was glowing brightly. He sighed and put his fingers on the glass. "Christina...." he muttered
"Is there something wrong?" asked a voice
He turned to see Dr. Anna, a old colleage of his. She became a mortician. "Oh Anna, how did you get here?"
"Same as you, but my investigation is on the people that have been dying out. Turns out some of the people have been dying in bunches. There's been a couple of things odd about this."
"Like what? People die every day."
"True, but I took some of these people's DNA before they were destroyed."
"Huh?"
"They died before the attacks. But the odd thing is the DNA had been altered, like something mutated them. Mentally, the reports have said that they were fine, but physically, thier bones have either fused together or have become weak. It's like some kind of disease has been going around. The other odd thing was these people were teens, around the ages of 14 to 16. I think it may have something to do with the nuclear war."
"The nuclear war? You think it may have been the chemical effects after the war?"
"I think this may be the case, but I still need some more info in order to make that conclusion. Weren't you in that war?"
"Yes, I created the mobile suits on a military base......that was attacked.....I was one of the few that.....Christina, she might be effected."
"What are you talking about?"
"Christina was born ten months after that incident.....in 1987 *sigh* I just hope she's fine."
Chrissy leaned against a building. "It couldn't be...."she muttered
She looked down at the snow. Suddenly, she heard something crunching in the snow. She made a small growl and kicked the snow. "Those damn mobile suits....." she muttered "Why did he have to make them?"
"Who made a mobile suit?" asked a familiar voice
She looked up to see Heero looking at her. She turned away from him. "It's none of your business."
She heard something click and turned around and saw a pistol. Her left hand trembled a bit. She made piercing eyes at him. "You know what?" she asked "Go ahead and kill me, I have nothing left really to live for."
Heero's hand trembled. 'Her eyes......' he thought 'Just like Relena's.....'
"Relena...." he muttered
"Who? That's not me."
He lowered the pistol and looked at her. "Relena..."he said again
"Look pal, the only Relena I knew was Relena Peacecraft and-"
He grabbed her by the wrist. "Where is she?" he asked
"She's....she's.....gone....she died a couple of years back.....in an accident, now can you let me go?!"
He let go of her wrist and he turned away from her. Her face softened to look sypathetic. 'Poor Heero.' she thought 'She must've really loved her or something like that.'
She looked down, thinking about somebody she lost. Tears welled up in her eyes. "Heero, I'm sorry....I didn't know that you loved her that much.....I know how it feels......when you lose somebody you love....it hurts like hell you want to die....."
She wiped the tears swelling up in her eyes. "Heero!" yelled a voice
He looked up to see Duo. He just looked down at the snow. "What happened?" he asked
"He asked me about Relena Peacecraft and I told him that she died."
"What?! What are you talking about?!"
"Relena Peacecraft was a pacifist who was caught in the crossfire. She accidentally died while coming to earth. I think she died in 2024."
"2024? Isn't this AC 195?"
"AC 195? What are you talking about?"
"Duo...."growled Heero
"You guys act like you're from another world or something....huh?"
They all looked up to see two more 'falling stars'. "I knew it, they're invading...." said Chrissy
"Who is?" asked Duo
He walked up to her and she looked away from him. He grabbed her by the sholders. "Christina, you have to tell us what's going on."
"*sigh* Ok, but you have to first let me go, and we have to find some place to talk."
Brittany looked up at the sky from the roof of her house. "Damn war....destroys all." she muttered
She had spet all of last night and the next day thinking about the upcoming war. Now she was thinking that she might be a shinimegami. Death seemed to be a pattern for her, or so she thought. "Hey Britt! Long time no see!" yelled a voice
She looked down to see Chloe in her usual pink heavy coat with black stretch pants and black boots. "Hey Chloe, what's up?" asked Brittany
"Get this, since there's an attempted invasion, Chrissy's been acting funny."
"Chlo, she's always been acting funny."
"No I mean she's hasn't been alright."
"She's never been alright."
"You're not getting my point. Chrissy's been keeping something from us, like some governtment activity."
"She did that year ago and she told us. I think you're worried that we may get hurt. Anyway, we have more important things to think about."
"Like what?"
"Well, for one, those five students that have just shown up, we don't know where they're from. They come from out of nowhere and just show up at school. Things were fine until they showed up. I think they may have something to do with these attacks on the colonies."
"You think so? Hmm....."
Chrissy, Duo, and Heero were in her room, which was the basement. She explained to them everything she knew about these attacks, the war, and what's going to happen. Mrs. Whatley was so hungry that she let the boys stay in Chrissy's room. "So that's what going on." she said to them "I just need to find out what's gonna happen to my dad, he hasn't spoken to us for weeks."
Mrs. Whatley opened the basement door. "Hey Christina, have you seen my crackers?" she asked
"Um....they're in the junk drawer."
"Great place to put them."
"Don't yell at me, I didn't put them there."
Mrs. Whatley growled and slammed the door. "I'll be glad when she has that damn baby." said Chrissy
"Why are you so angry over a baby?" asked Duo
"Well this would be her seventh child."
"What?"
"Well there are my twin older brothers, Sid and Jin, then there's me and Wanda, then Kotono and Karen so this would be her seventh child."
"That's a lot of people."
"Why do you think my dad went into science? But there are more bigger things to worry about."
"Like what?"
"Like those falling stars I saw in the middle of the day. I think they may be mobile suits. But I don't even know if that was really happening."
The phone ran. "Hello?" asked Chrissy "Whatley residence."
"Is this the genius Christina Whatley?" asked a familiar voice
"Meghan? Is that you?"
"Who else would make a genius compliment?"
"I don't know."
"So, do I have your vote for class president?"
"Of course. According to the school polls, you are up by ten percent."
"That is so cool!"
"Don't celebrate yet, you still have some competition."
"Who could possibly try to win against me?"
"I'll tell you tomorrow, I've got some company over."
"Oh....ok bye."
"Bye."
The next day, Chrissy was standing outside. She had emailed Meghan that she would meet her outside, bad choice, it was freezing out. She shivered in her knee socks, Meghan walked up the stairs, happy as ever. "What's wrong with you?" she asked
"I'm freezing out here."
"Oh, then lets go inside."
As they walked inside, people starte sniffing Meghan. Chrissy popped a piece of gum in her mouth and acted like she didn't notice. "What's with everybody?" asked Morghan
"Easy, Jennah Anderson, richest girl in school."
Chloe sniffed Meghan. "Ok everybody! She's ok!" she yelled
Everybody went back to doing whatever it was they did. "What was that all about?" asked Meghan
"Everybody got this rumor that you sleep in a dumpster."
"Oh brother. I know who started this." said Chrissy "Jennah may have started it, but I'm going to finish it. I know that she still sucks on her her thumb and sleeps with her teddy bear."
"Wow, let me go tell Ronnise."
Chloe walked off to tell her friend. "Wow Chrissy, you're good at this." said Meghan
"Well, I did run last year. I know all her tricks. She's always picking on the newbees so she can say that she's in charge."
"Why don't you be my campaign manager?"
"Well for one thing, I'm on the journalist comittee, I can't because that would mean that the club would've picked one person and that wouldn't be fair to the other competitors. Besides, my articles are on the grossest things in the school, like the school lunches."
"Or the jocks on the football team?"
"Exactly."
"I'd better get my stuff ready for first class, Astronomy."
"Oh lucky you, I have Biology."
The laughed and went their ways. After stuffing things in her locker, Chrissy walked into homeroom. Brittany was sitting on her desk, eating a Pop Tart. "Hey Britt, long time no see." she said
"Well, I've been thinking a couple of things over and I think I can handle coming back to school."
"Good, and what about Wufei."
"I can forgive him, he didn't know."
"Great, now I have to tell you the updates of what's been happening in school."
"Forget that, I'm just intrested in the Martial Arts Tournament coming up."
Wufei, who was meditating at his seat, suddenly got interested in the conversation the two girls were having. "Don't you think you should concentrate on your studies first?" Chrissy asked
"Come on, I'll still have time for that. I've been practicing all year for this. I just hope that you can come." answered Brittany
"Of course I can, as long as mom can hold off having contractions. She is having the baby next week."
"This is your eighth child. Think it's a girl?"
"Hopefully it'll be a boy."
"Well, at least it'll be one child instead of two."
"Don't make my life more of a living hell than it already is."
"It's not that bad. Besides, you get to go out every day."
"True, anyway, you want me to come with you to the sign up place?"
"It's only at the auditorium."
"I'll still come, if mom has that baby, I won't be there to hold her hand again."
"Your hand was broken that day."
"Don't remind me. I think I might be able to sign up. I can do karate."
"Yeah, and kick somebody in the face."
"I have great control over my feet, watch me."
The school bell rang and Duo came running in. Unfortunately, he made a fate with Chrissy's foot. Both girls made a sweatdrop and looked down at him. He had swirls in his eyes. "Oooops, sorry Duo." said Chrissy
"If you join the competition, you'll get killed before the first round." said Wufei
"Hey, we weren't talking to you Wufei Chang." said Brittany, annoyed
"What's wrong, afraid of a little competiton?"
"I can take you on any day."
"Then, why don't you prove it at the competition?"
"Fine, I will, just bring it on."
Sister Mary Anne came in. "Ok students, in your seats, time for algebra. Nice to see you with us Miss Nakamura."
The children got into their seats. "Before we begin our lesson, the school board has announced that the Martial Art Tournament is cancelled until further notice."
"Why?" asked a student
"It's because of these recent attacks. The archbishops believe now is the time for peace, not for fighting. Now, can someone tell me what his the equasion of pi?"
Jin sat around in his new office. He was really worried about the safety of his family. He's worked through every componet in his laptop to find out how Dr. Heartley got those mobile suits. Then something hit his mind, the hangar bay. It was the only place that could store mobile suits. There was a hangar bay where they used to work and all the scientists got access to it. The only thing was how he could've gotten so many without getting caught and who did he hire to pilot them?
Kari: Looks like everyboyd's in a bind now.
Brittany: Yeah, I wanted to face Wufei.
Wufei appears behind them.
Wufei: Wanna fight me now weakling?
Brittany has a vain mark in back of her head.
Brittany: We....weakling?! What did you just call me?!
Brittany starts shooting fire from her mouth. Kari makes a sweatdrop and sighs.
Kari: *sigh* While my friends beat the crap out of each other, please review.
