Chapter 6: Death Starr
Three day shave passed since the incident and almost everything went back to normal. The GW boys had to relocate thier hideout. Wanda knew of an old underground research facility and the boys used the place as their hideout. Chrissy, Quatre, Chloe, Duo, Meghan, and Heero were in Chrissy room, watching the news. "The whole world is in a panic." said the news anchor "Countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Japan, and Russia have been severely attacked by these mobile suits."
Chrissy turned off the TV. "So now what do we do?" asked Chloe
"The only thing we can do." answered Heero "Go to space."
"Now wait a minute." said Chrissy "We can't just go up there, for one thing, we don't even know where all these attacks are coming from."
"Christina's right, besides, even if we did know where the attacks are coming from, it would be suicide to go and attack it first hand. We don't even really know what we're up against."
"A psychopath that wants to destroy all mankind." said Chloe
"That's just about the size of it." said Duo
"Chloe, hey, don't forget that psychopath also is an associate of the government." said Meghan
"Yeah, and it isn't Dr. Heartley." said Chrissy
"What do you mean?" asked Heero
Chrissy held up the newspaper.
"Heartley Killed in Russia During Terrorist Attack."
"Damn, now who could have been doing these attacks?!" said Duo
"Hey Maxwell, watch your mouth, I have younger siblings upstairs." said Chrissy
"Sorry Christina, this just seems so confusing."
"I know, but, I knew that Dr. Heartley wasn't doing it all along."
"What?" asked Quatre
"Hou could you have known that?" asked Meghan
Chrissy opened her laptop and turned it on. She logged on to surveilance system and plugged the telephone cord in the wall. "Well, first thing is the surveilance camera." said Christina "According to this, Dr. Heartley wasn't in the hangar bay during the whole day, not even the day before the attacks. Second thing is, Dr. Heartley was, according to the work schedule, never there in the base in the first place because his wife called in sick. Dad has already heard the call on the security tapes and there's no way that Dr. Heartley could have been faking his sickness."
"But, what about him being in Russia?" asked Chloe
"Ah, you see, only a few people know that Dr. Heartley is part Russian so there is no way he could have known that there was an attack without the Russian government knowing. All of the communications in Russia are monitored so there's no way that he could have known about the attack without using a form of electronic communication."
"Somebody's obviously had too much free time." said Duo
"I know, but it seemed kinda odd that Dr. Heartley died in Russia."
"What was he doing in Russia in the first place?"
"His mother died and he went to the funeral. He talked about his mother being sick last month."
"So, if Heartley was innocent the whole time, who could have known about the mobile suits?" asked Heero
"I don't know. Somebody must have been working on the inside." answered Chrissy
Wanda came down with tea. "So, how are you all doing?" she asked
"I thought you were working." said Chloe
"Nah, they called us all off, all that terrorist attacks might just put me out of work."
"That's a bad thing." said Chrissy
"Eh, don't worry about it, I can always find a job someplace else. So, did you find out where the terrorist is coming from?"
"Nope, the signal broke off after the attack."
Three weeks went past since the incident. Everything was getting back to normal. Wufei and Brittany looked around as they walked around the city. So much destruction caused by mobile suits. People were walking around, looking for their loved ones. "So much destruction...." said Brittany
"I'll kill the person who did this." said Wufei
"Wufei, will you all be going to space soon?"
"I don't know. Christina said not to unless she can find out what we're up against."
"Wait, you're listening to Chrissy for once?"
"I'll admit, she's somewhat of a flake, but she knows what she's doing."
"Yeah, Chrissy has that thing for technology and computer hacking."
The two stopped when they got to the center of center city, where there was a big flashing billboard that often showed the weather, news, and other important things. That was one of the large buildings that didn't get knocked down. Here, people were sitting around, just wondering.
Trowa and Ronnise were sitting around the outdoor food court in South Philly(Brittany: Kari and I both live in Philadelphia, half the stuff that we say that's in Philly isn't there because this is the future.). Both were drinking coffee. Trowa sipped on his coffee. "The terrorists haven't come back." said Trowa "Did you sense anything after that?"
Ronnise just shook her head as she drank her coffee. "Nope, not a damn thing, it's like they've gone off into hiding somewhere, ready to pounce again." she answered
"Not even a dream?"
"Not even a dream. I'm worried though. There was so much destruction.....so much sadness...."
Tears fell down the corners of her eyes and Trowa wiped them away. "Trowa....."
"Don't be so sad, things will get better, you'll see."
"Hai, I guess you're right."
"Ronnise....Ronnie....I.....there's.....Ronnie I have to go."
He laid some money on the table, enough for both of them, and walked quickly out of the outdoor food court. He walked quickly over three blocks and stopped. He sighed and leaned up against a building, looking at the stars. 'If I could only tell you how much I love you Ronnie. You're so fragile and I....and I....-'
"Trowa?" asked a voice
He looked behind him to see Ronnise looking at him with concerned eyes. He turned to face her, looking at the snow beneath his feet. "Ronnie....I....Ronnie..."he started
Ronnise just put a finger to his lip. "Shh...." soothed Ronnise "I know, you love me."
Trowa's eyes went wide. "How could you have-"
"I can see it in your eyes. Oh Trowa, I love you too."
Chrissy and Quatre were at the gallery, walking around. The gallery is a shopping center in philly that has the coolest stores at the best prices.Everything in he stores was half-priced. Not many people have been coming out since the incident. "All these stores are starting to close up. It's not fair." said Chrissy
"What isn't fair?" asked Quatre
"Everybody's afraid of this damn terrorist! It's ruining everybody's life to be scared!"
"Christina, you have to calm down and think about this. Everybody's afraid of their lives."
"I guess I'd better put my energy to better use.....I can do some christmas shopping!" she said
"In November?!"
"Sure, the earlier I shop, the better chance I have of getting all the good stuff."
Quatre made a sweatdrop. Chrissy wrapped her arms around his neck and got closer. Their faces were an inch apart. "You should know me by now. I always try to think ahead."
"I know." said Quatre "You're my little tenshi (angel)."
Heero was wearing his usual dark green tank top, white pants, and a blue-jean jacket. It around 9:30 at night and it was getting cold. The destruction around him, it hurt him deep inside. But, being the silent, serious person he was, he wasn't going to tell it to anyone. He remembered growing up in such destruction. His father, Odin Lowe, and himself, grew up on the streets, killing and stealing. Something caught his attention. He saw a father and his son talking and laughing together. 'My father never spent time with me.' he thought
He shook his head no. 'My father wanted me to be the perfect soldier. He had to be hard on me.....but still.....'
He scoffed and continued walking down the street. He wasn't looking where he was going and he bumped into someone. "Ow! Hey, why don't you watch where you're going?!" said a familiar voice
A girl was crawling on the floor, reaching for something. He turned to his left and picked up a pair of eyeglasses. "Meghan." he said
"Heero? Is that you?" she asked
He placed the glasses on her face. "Oh, arigato."
She got up and brushed some of the snow off her jeans. "Why are you wearing glasses?" asked Heero
"My eye doctor said I had to wear them. You see, I just got eye surgery the other day, I just didn't tell the others. Please don't tell the others, but I had glaucoma and the surgery got rid of it. The only draw back is I have to wear glasses, or contacts for the rest of my life. So, where are you going at this time of night?"
"Nowhere."
"You must be going somewhere."
"I'm just walking."
He studied the girl and a slight blush formed across his face. He made a low growl and ran off, giving Megan an awkward look.
That night, Ronnise had an awkward vision. Trowa, Wufei, and Heero were leaning on a tree and Duo and Quatre were playing with Chrissy, Chloe, and Brittany with a bunch of children in a playground. Ronnise herself was standing in front of a chained fence and she was looking through the fence. Her hands were on the fence as she leaned on it. Everything looked peaceful but she ghasped when she looked behind her. Behind her was a stained-glass window with Heero on it. Suddenly the laughter of the children turned to screams. She turned around to the playground and a dark shadow emerged. Then multitudes of people started clawing to get out of the gate. There was a fire blast and the people turned to skeletons. Ronnise started walking backwards and then she ended up falling through the window and falling into complete darkness. She landed with a loud thud and looked around. There were many stained-glass windows of Heero. One was him laughing and smiling under a tree, another had him carrying a dead white puppy in the snow, and the last one startled her. Here, Heero was dead with a pool of blood around him. Then she realized, that was Heero, that wasn't a glass window. She ran over to him quickly and shook him. She heard the clacking of shoes and looked up. A gun clicked and it was aimed at her. It fired and she quickly sat up in her bed in cold sweat. She looked around for a minute and realized that she was at home. But it scared her to think that maybe Heero's going to die soon. But those windows, they must be shadows of his past. From his world, where he comes from.
The next day was a Friday, but school would be cancelled for two weeks due to the recent terrorist attack. Ronnise called Trowa to talk to him about Heero. When Trowa got there, Ronnise was in the kitchen, making some tea. He leaned in the kitchen doorway. "Hi Ronnie." he said
"Oh, hi Trowa...." she said in a low tone
"What's wrong?"
"It's the dream I had last night. I think it was another vision."
He sat down at the kitchen table and Ronnise sat next to him. "The vision was horrible." she said
"What happened in your dream?"
"Well first, we were all playing in a playground when everything erupted into fire. Behind me was a stained-glass window of Heero. Somehow I fell right through the window and I saw more windows of him. I think they're from his past, and then...."
"And then?"
"Heero.....he was dead, lying in a pool of blood. All I could see after that was the gun, and then it tried to kill me too....and then I woke up."
Trowa held her. "I think something horrible is going to happen to Heero."
Brittany and Meghan were walking around Chinatown. They were talking about the events of last night. "Heero was blushing?" asked Brittany
"Hai, and he ran off like he was afraid of me or something."
"Geez, it's like Heero's never had any feelings for anybody."
"It seems that way....maybe that's it."
"Maybe....I think it has something to do with Relena Dorlain."
"You mean the Relena Dorlain from his planet?"
"Hai, he seems to have had feelings for her, but she never really noticed."
"That has to hurt."
"It did, a lot. Since she's royalty and she's trying to glue everything together, I guess it's hard to love.Chrissy told me that Heero was trained to be the 'perfect soldier'. It's so hard to understand him. He was devoid of human emotions. He was to kill someone without emotion. But when he saw Relena, everything changed."
"Hmm....I wonder what I could do to make him stop being so.....so...."
"Incognito?"
"Yeah, that's the word I was looking for."
"You like Heero, don't you."
"*slight blush* Hai."
"It's ok, I'm Wufei's girlfriend."
"Wufei?!"
"Hai."
"Wufei Chang?!"
"Shh....I don't want the others to know."
"Ok, your secret's safe with me."
"By the way, when are you going to ask him out?"
"Brittany!"
Later that evening, Quatre and Chrissy were sitting around the outside food court in the center of center city. Both were eating cheese fries and looking at the latest news. "Hey Quatre-chan." said Chrissy
"Hmm?"
"Thanks for taking me out to eat."
"It's ok, sometimes it's good to spend time together."
"I thought you would be working tonight."
"The clinic gave me the night off. The days have become pretty slim."
"I know, Wanda said that nobody showed up for their deliverys at Zainy Brainy."
"Your sister works at Zainy Brainy?"
"Yeah, but she's a bit embarrassed to be working in a nerd's store."
Quatre looked at the large billboard and so did Chrissy. The billboard started crackling and causing static. What the saw next was shocking. There was Relena's Dorlain's face, clear as day, on the billboard. Now Ronnise and Trowa were at the cafe when they saw this and Ronnise fainted. Wufei, Meghan, and Brittany were all at Remen Noodle shop when they saw it. Chrissy, Quatre, Duo, Heero, and Chloe were at the mall when they saw this. "This is a death sentence for all mankind." she said "If my calculations are correct and you are hearing this, there will be a breif demonstration of the power of destruction I posses in three....two....one...."
A bright yellow beam shot high over the earth and straight through sattlites, right into the moon. It blew up instantly. "Now that I have your attention. I want to inform you all that you don't surrender everything to the Death Starr, we shall destroy you, as you all have done to my ancestors. All of you ungreateful humans, that took everything away form us shall feel our lost and despair!"
The picture went blank and Heero was shaking a bit. "Oh my God....Heero...." said Meghan
By the time the message was delivered, people were running through streets, packing things, breaking windows, and fights were breaking out. The GW group was running to Ronnise's house. When she knocked on the door, her grandmother pulled out a shotgun. "Woah! Grandma is us!" she said
"Ronnie?! Oh sweet Jesus all you kids get in here!"
The teens came in. "Bunch of damn vultures...." she muttered
Chloe flopped on the couch. "Great! Now what are we going to do?" she whined
"Go to space." answered Heero
Everybody looked at him. Ronnise's grandmother was trying to get information on how to get to a space colony so she wasn't really listening. "Are you sure?" asked Brittany "I mean you guys still have to-"
"Listen, either we die free people or we die trying."
"I agree." said Duo "Let's go to space."
"Heero, are you emotionally ready to go?" asked Meghan "You were very emotionally upset when Relena showed up on television"
"That's not Relena."
His hands were gripped together as fists and his knuckles were white. Meghan was getting seriously worried about Heero.
Later that night, Chrissy was working late on how to find the Death Starr. She was thinking about how this would effect her for the rest of her life. Heero, Meghan, Duo, and Chloe were sleeping over her house and Wufei, Brittany, Trowa, Ronnise, and Quatre were sleeping over Brittany's house. Heero was standing outside on the front porch. It was hurting him that he had to fight the woman he loved. He sighed as he sat down on the porch swing and he felt small tears running down his face. "Heero?" asked a voice
He turned to see Meghan wearing rose printed pajama bottoms and a white v-neck t-shirt. "Meghan? What are you doing still up?" he asked
"I was a bit worried, when I went to the bathroom and when I came back you weren't there......are you crying?"
Heero quickly wiped the tears from his pain-struck eyes. "No, it's just allergies."
She walked over and sat next to him. She could see the hurt in his eyes. "Hey, call me Meg ok? So, what are you doing out here?"
"Thinking."
"About Relena?"
He looked at her.
"Brittany told me you loved her. It must be hard to fight someone you love."
"What are you doing out here?"
"Why do you have be so damn stubborn?! I'm just being a friend who cares! I can see why the others don't talk to you as much! You are so....ack!"
She got up to walk in the house but Heero grabbed her arm. "Meghan..." he said
She looked over at him with a frustrated look. "What Heero?!"
"Meghan.....Meg.....I'm sorry....."
Heero was stunned at himself. He had never apologized before. Megan's face softened to a smile. "I forgive you."
"YES! I'VE FOUND IT!" yelled a female voice

Brittany: Well somebody has feelings....
Kari: O.O; Yeah
Heero: -.-; I have feelings too you know.
Kari: I know, feelings to kill.
Duo: I just have one question......
Kari & Brittany: Yes?
Duo: Why is Relena the villian?
Brittany: That's easy, I can't stand Relena! She's so....so.....prissy and it's about time girls started defending themselves!
Kari:.....you're in a feminst mood aren't you?
Meghan: I say she is. That reminds me....Duo and Chloe sittin' in a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g!
Chloe: Oh god.....
Trowa: You guys are all acting like...like children!
Wufei: You're one to talk.....
Trowa: What?
Wufei: You're afraid to admit that you love Ronnise!
Ronnise: You were nervous......
Trowa: .......
Kari: I guess the as you can see, we're working on some things. Please read and review!