[Ok peeps...here we are with chapter 3. Now...disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing, though I do wish I owned Duo and Zechs...*wink*. Sadly though, I don't. I do own Jenni, Lilith, Silver Cat, and Red Dragon, everything, and one associated with Red Dragon. Reviews are greatly appreciated.
To my bud Joey Maxwell, and another reader RemRene…thanx for the reviews…^_^ and I'm sorry Jenrissa…I forgot to mention you in chapter 2 for reviewing chapter 1…so I'll do that now…^_^
And as for Zechs telling them to call him Milliardo Peacecraft, that's only when people are actually talking to him. I'm just going to call him Zechs otherwise as I'm too lazy to type out Milliardo Peacecraft all the time.]
Summary: Two years after Endless Waltz. Just when the Gundam pilots thought they could finally get some rest, the Earth and Colonies are again in trouble. There's also a new Gundam, and the pilot is Quatre's twin sister. What other new surprises await them? Rating may go up.
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It's A Family Thing- Chapter 3
Quatre and Jenni sat in silence as they drank their tea. Neither was about to think of anything to say. Quatre watched Jenni as she looked down at her tea, quietly stirring it, then around the room.
"So…why were you in Ireland Jennifer?" Quatre finally asked.
"Call me Jenni." Jenni said, then fell silent as she continued to stir her tea.
"Jenni?" Quatre asked when he noticed a distant look in her eyes.
"I've been living with our eldest sister. Her name is Stephanie." Jenni said after a few moments.
"Oh, I see." Quatre said then put his tea down. "I still don't understand why you didn't live with us. Father never said anything about you."
"No, I guess he wouldn't have." Jenni said as she stood up and moved to a window. "According to Stephanie, our mother died giving birth to us. Father was so distraught after she died that he didn't want to be reminded. He was scared I'd grow up to look like her, she he sent me away." Jenni slowly turned to Quatre as tears threatened to fall from her eyes. "I guess he didn't tell you that you had a twin because he didn't want you to come looking for me."
"Jenni, what do you mean out mother died giving birth to us?" Quatre asked as he walked over to her. "We were test tube babies…like our sisters."
Jenni turned back to the window and shook her head as a cynical smile spread across her lips. "Every family has their big secrets…this one's ours. Stephanie told me father had told you that, so you wouldn't feel any different from the others." Jenni was silent as she continued to look out the window.
"What was out father like Quatre?"
Quatre stood beside Jenni and placed a hand on her shoulder. "He was a good man. He did everything he could to bring peace to the colony. He was a true pacifist till the end. He didn't want me to pilot Sandrock because it went against what he believed in. His ways weren't working though. The colony started to turn away from him, and turn towards OZ. Despite all he did for the colony, the colony turned its back on him. I'm not even sure if anyone appreciated him after he died…when he died for the colony."
"Not many people appreciate a good thing when they still have it." Jenni said. "I think I'm going to go to bed. It's getting late and I'm pretty tired from my trip."
Quatre smiled. "It's ok. I'll take you to your room."
*~*
"Favourite movie." Jenni said as she made breakfast.
"Uhhh…I'd have to say 'Midsummer Nights Dream'."
"EW…Shakespeare?" Jenni cried as she threw a bagel at him.
Quatre laughed as he dodged it. "What, you don't like Shakespeare?"
"Hell no. Are you sure we're related?" Jenni joked as she loaded cream cheese on her bagel.
"Ok then, what's your favourite movie?"
Jenni was silent a moment as she made another bagel for her brother. "Hmmm…that's a toughie. I'd have to say the Die Hard movies. No…the James Bond movies. Wait, forget that. It's Charlie's Angels. No…actually…" Jenni was silent in thought as she took the two plates and went to sit at the table with Quatre. "Ah hell, as long as it's got violence, action, blood, guts, and gore, I'm there." She finished as she took a bite of her bagel.
"I see…" Quatre said, taking a sip of his orange juice.
It had been four days since Jenni had arrived. She and Quatre had tried desperately to find something they had in common. As far as they could tell though, the two twins were as different as night and day.
"This place is really huge." Jenni said as she took another bite of her bagel. "You must have some really mad parties here."
"Actually, no. I've never had any parties, aside from birthday parties and Christmas parties." Quatre looked at Jenni to see her eyes wide with shock. "What?"
"Are you telling me that you have lived in this mansion for the better part of nineteen years and you have NEVER had a party?"
Quatre shook his head. "No…I haven't."
Jenni was in a silent shock as she stared at him. She leaned forward and narrowed her eyes at him. "Do you even have friends?" I was known as the party queen of Ireland back home. Oh God, what will Darcy think when I tell her that my twin brother lives in the hugest mansion we've ever seen, and he's never had a party."
"Who's Darcy?" Quatre asked while he took a bite of his bagel.
"Darcy is my best friend. Has been since we were three. She always knows where the best parties are, and which clubs are the bug hits." Jenni said as she leaned back in her chair and stretched her arms. "Man, I haven't been out clubbing in so long. Hey, you know any good places?"
"Sorry." Quatre said as he shook his head.
"Thought not." Jenni said flatly, and continued to eat her breakfast in silence.
*~*
"So, is he in running order?" Heero heard Duo yell from Zero-1's feet.
"Yep. Everything is running smoothly. Controls are good, and everything is responding perfectly." Heero called back as he climbed out and jumped to the ground.
"No glitches with Hell-fire. Trowa and Wufei said that Heavyarms and Altron are good as well." Duo replied as he and Heero walked out of the hanger that held the Gundams. "It's almost like a dream man."
"Or the beginning of a nightmare." Heero said.
Duo remained silent at Heero's comment as they approached the coffee room. They saw Trowa and Wufei walking up the other side of the corridor.
"Everything ok with Zero-1?" Trowa asked.
Heero nodded. "Everything is in working order. Dr. J improved the Zero system a little. I'll see how it goes once we're on the battle field."
The two pilots nodded slightly.
"Have you heard from Quatre about Sandrock?" Wufei asked.
"Not yet." Duo said. "We should soon though when we get back to the mansion. I'd personally like to see Silver Cat in action. She looks like one pretty nifty Gundam."
Wufei snorted his displeasure at the mention of the Gundam. "Why would they let a woman become a Gundam pilot?"
"It's actually been proven that women tend to keep a cooler head when put under pressure and tend to remain calm in stressful situations." A rough voice called from behind Duo and Heero. The four of them turned to see a tall, blonde haired man walking towards them.
"Zechs Marquize." Heero said in a low voice.
"I'd prefer Milliardo Peacecraft if you don't mind." The blonde man answered.
"What are you doing here?" Duo asked.
Zechs shrugged his shoulders. "I've been hearing rumours that the Gundams have been rebuilt. I wanted to see if those rumours were true."
"They are." Trowa said.
"And I take it that you know about Red Dragon." Zechs added.
"Yes." Wufei said. "What's your point?"
"Red Dragon is turning out to be more serious than we expected. It's going to take a little more than five mere Gundams to take them out." Zechs said.
"We have six Gundams now, which means more fire power." Duo said.
"Ah, yes. So there is a sixth Gundam. Lilith went ahead with her plan then. No doubt she got one of the Winner girls to be the pilot." Zechs said with a smirk.
"How did you know that?" Heero demanded, his hands clenched into fists.
Zechs laughed a little and shook his head. "Lilith and I go back a ways. We went to cadet school together. We lost contact after her seventeenth birthday though. We met up again just before Operation Meteor was set into motion, and she told me what she had planned."
"So Lilith used to work for OZ." Wufei said, trying to find a reason not to trust Jenni.
Zechs shook his head and laughed. "No, Lilith knew nothing about me and OZ. As her friend I kept her info secret."
"So why get one of Quatre's sisters? Why Jenni?" Heero asked.
Zechs smirked. "It's a family thing Yuy. You wouldn't understand."
There was a moment of silence as Zechs noticed Heero's hands clenched even tighter. "It appears I've hurt your feelings Heero. I am sorry. Here I come with an offering of help, and I've set myself up for rejection."
"Why would you want to help us?" Trowa asked.
"I believe we are on the same side. It's time to put the past behind us. I am not the man I used to be, and I presume you are not the men you once were." Zechs said as he looked from one pilot to the next. "I don't want to see the work my little sister did to put together such a great nation get destroyed. She's worked really hard for what she has. I don't want her to lose it."
"And how exactly to you plan on helping us?" Duo asked sceptically.
"I have a base set up a couple kilometres south of the Sanc Kingdom. As we speak I have over ten thousand men awaiting my orders to attack Red Dragon. I get an hourly update reporting how many new recruits we receive. We also have several minor bases spread out across the planet. If you find yourselves in a jam, you just have to send a signal and I'll have men there in a matter of twenty minutes."
"A lot can happen in twenty minutes. How can you be sure you'll get there in time?" Trowa asked as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"For now it's a chance we'll have to take. New bases are being planned and constructed now. Hopefully they'll be completed before anything serious breaks out. Though knowing out past luck, we might not be so lucky."
Heero though about Zechs's proposal. If he or the other pilots needed help, Zechs would send it. "And what do you want out of it? You must want something in return."
Zechs smiled a genuine smile. "All I ask is that you keep my sister and all she worked hard for safe. Though I expect that's what you had planned all along." Zechs moved forward to whisper in Heero's ear. "Protect her like you have been. Don't think that it hasn't gone unnoticed. She just wishes you'd call her more often."
The others watched as Zechs bowed to them.
"Till we meet again gentlemen." He said, and left the way he came.
The Gundam pilots silently watched as Zechs left, not sure of the info he had given them, or if they could trust him.
"Come on, let's go to the lunch room and get something to eat." Duo said after a moment. "I'm hungry."
The others silently nodded their agreements and turned to go into the lunch room. Once they stepped in, they looked up to see Relena standing in the middle of the room.
There was a moment of silence.
"I just remembered something that I gotta to with Hell-fire." Duo said suddenly. "Come and help me Trowa."
Trowa nodded. "Yeah sure…no problem." He said then ran out of the room with Duo.
"I just remembered I have somewhere else to be." Wufei said, and then ran out after Duo and Trowa.
With the others gone, Heero and Relena stares at each other in silence.
"Long time no see Heero." Relena said after a few moments.
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[OHHHHHHHHHHH…yes. I am evil. Purely evil. Leaving you all with a somewhat cliffy like that. Yes…I am really evil. Anywho…there's chapter 3. I hope you like. Please review. It would be greatly appreciated.]
To my bud Joey Maxwell, and another reader RemRene…thanx for the reviews…^_^ and I'm sorry Jenrissa…I forgot to mention you in chapter 2 for reviewing chapter 1…so I'll do that now…^_^
And as for Zechs telling them to call him Milliardo Peacecraft, that's only when people are actually talking to him. I'm just going to call him Zechs otherwise as I'm too lazy to type out Milliardo Peacecraft all the time.]
Summary: Two years after Endless Waltz. Just when the Gundam pilots thought they could finally get some rest, the Earth and Colonies are again in trouble. There's also a new Gundam, and the pilot is Quatre's twin sister. What other new surprises await them? Rating may go up.
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It's A Family Thing- Chapter 3
Quatre and Jenni sat in silence as they drank their tea. Neither was about to think of anything to say. Quatre watched Jenni as she looked down at her tea, quietly stirring it, then around the room.
"So…why were you in Ireland Jennifer?" Quatre finally asked.
"Call me Jenni." Jenni said, then fell silent as she continued to stir her tea.
"Jenni?" Quatre asked when he noticed a distant look in her eyes.
"I've been living with our eldest sister. Her name is Stephanie." Jenni said after a few moments.
"Oh, I see." Quatre said then put his tea down. "I still don't understand why you didn't live with us. Father never said anything about you."
"No, I guess he wouldn't have." Jenni said as she stood up and moved to a window. "According to Stephanie, our mother died giving birth to us. Father was so distraught after she died that he didn't want to be reminded. He was scared I'd grow up to look like her, she he sent me away." Jenni slowly turned to Quatre as tears threatened to fall from her eyes. "I guess he didn't tell you that you had a twin because he didn't want you to come looking for me."
"Jenni, what do you mean out mother died giving birth to us?" Quatre asked as he walked over to her. "We were test tube babies…like our sisters."
Jenni turned back to the window and shook her head as a cynical smile spread across her lips. "Every family has their big secrets…this one's ours. Stephanie told me father had told you that, so you wouldn't feel any different from the others." Jenni was silent as she continued to look out the window.
"What was out father like Quatre?"
Quatre stood beside Jenni and placed a hand on her shoulder. "He was a good man. He did everything he could to bring peace to the colony. He was a true pacifist till the end. He didn't want me to pilot Sandrock because it went against what he believed in. His ways weren't working though. The colony started to turn away from him, and turn towards OZ. Despite all he did for the colony, the colony turned its back on him. I'm not even sure if anyone appreciated him after he died…when he died for the colony."
"Not many people appreciate a good thing when they still have it." Jenni said. "I think I'm going to go to bed. It's getting late and I'm pretty tired from my trip."
Quatre smiled. "It's ok. I'll take you to your room."
*~*
"Favourite movie." Jenni said as she made breakfast.
"Uhhh…I'd have to say 'Midsummer Nights Dream'."
"EW…Shakespeare?" Jenni cried as she threw a bagel at him.
Quatre laughed as he dodged it. "What, you don't like Shakespeare?"
"Hell no. Are you sure we're related?" Jenni joked as she loaded cream cheese on her bagel.
"Ok then, what's your favourite movie?"
Jenni was silent a moment as she made another bagel for her brother. "Hmmm…that's a toughie. I'd have to say the Die Hard movies. No…the James Bond movies. Wait, forget that. It's Charlie's Angels. No…actually…" Jenni was silent in thought as she took the two plates and went to sit at the table with Quatre. "Ah hell, as long as it's got violence, action, blood, guts, and gore, I'm there." She finished as she took a bite of her bagel.
"I see…" Quatre said, taking a sip of his orange juice.
It had been four days since Jenni had arrived. She and Quatre had tried desperately to find something they had in common. As far as they could tell though, the two twins were as different as night and day.
"This place is really huge." Jenni said as she took another bite of her bagel. "You must have some really mad parties here."
"Actually, no. I've never had any parties, aside from birthday parties and Christmas parties." Quatre looked at Jenni to see her eyes wide with shock. "What?"
"Are you telling me that you have lived in this mansion for the better part of nineteen years and you have NEVER had a party?"
Quatre shook his head. "No…I haven't."
Jenni was in a silent shock as she stared at him. She leaned forward and narrowed her eyes at him. "Do you even have friends?" I was known as the party queen of Ireland back home. Oh God, what will Darcy think when I tell her that my twin brother lives in the hugest mansion we've ever seen, and he's never had a party."
"Who's Darcy?" Quatre asked while he took a bite of his bagel.
"Darcy is my best friend. Has been since we were three. She always knows where the best parties are, and which clubs are the bug hits." Jenni said as she leaned back in her chair and stretched her arms. "Man, I haven't been out clubbing in so long. Hey, you know any good places?"
"Sorry." Quatre said as he shook his head.
"Thought not." Jenni said flatly, and continued to eat her breakfast in silence.
*~*
"So, is he in running order?" Heero heard Duo yell from Zero-1's feet.
"Yep. Everything is running smoothly. Controls are good, and everything is responding perfectly." Heero called back as he climbed out and jumped to the ground.
"No glitches with Hell-fire. Trowa and Wufei said that Heavyarms and Altron are good as well." Duo replied as he and Heero walked out of the hanger that held the Gundams. "It's almost like a dream man."
"Or the beginning of a nightmare." Heero said.
Duo remained silent at Heero's comment as they approached the coffee room. They saw Trowa and Wufei walking up the other side of the corridor.
"Everything ok with Zero-1?" Trowa asked.
Heero nodded. "Everything is in working order. Dr. J improved the Zero system a little. I'll see how it goes once we're on the battle field."
The two pilots nodded slightly.
"Have you heard from Quatre about Sandrock?" Wufei asked.
"Not yet." Duo said. "We should soon though when we get back to the mansion. I'd personally like to see Silver Cat in action. She looks like one pretty nifty Gundam."
Wufei snorted his displeasure at the mention of the Gundam. "Why would they let a woman become a Gundam pilot?"
"It's actually been proven that women tend to keep a cooler head when put under pressure and tend to remain calm in stressful situations." A rough voice called from behind Duo and Heero. The four of them turned to see a tall, blonde haired man walking towards them.
"Zechs Marquize." Heero said in a low voice.
"I'd prefer Milliardo Peacecraft if you don't mind." The blonde man answered.
"What are you doing here?" Duo asked.
Zechs shrugged his shoulders. "I've been hearing rumours that the Gundams have been rebuilt. I wanted to see if those rumours were true."
"They are." Trowa said.
"And I take it that you know about Red Dragon." Zechs added.
"Yes." Wufei said. "What's your point?"
"Red Dragon is turning out to be more serious than we expected. It's going to take a little more than five mere Gundams to take them out." Zechs said.
"We have six Gundams now, which means more fire power." Duo said.
"Ah, yes. So there is a sixth Gundam. Lilith went ahead with her plan then. No doubt she got one of the Winner girls to be the pilot." Zechs said with a smirk.
"How did you know that?" Heero demanded, his hands clenched into fists.
Zechs laughed a little and shook his head. "Lilith and I go back a ways. We went to cadet school together. We lost contact after her seventeenth birthday though. We met up again just before Operation Meteor was set into motion, and she told me what she had planned."
"So Lilith used to work for OZ." Wufei said, trying to find a reason not to trust Jenni.
Zechs shook his head and laughed. "No, Lilith knew nothing about me and OZ. As her friend I kept her info secret."
"So why get one of Quatre's sisters? Why Jenni?" Heero asked.
Zechs smirked. "It's a family thing Yuy. You wouldn't understand."
There was a moment of silence as Zechs noticed Heero's hands clenched even tighter. "It appears I've hurt your feelings Heero. I am sorry. Here I come with an offering of help, and I've set myself up for rejection."
"Why would you want to help us?" Trowa asked.
"I believe we are on the same side. It's time to put the past behind us. I am not the man I used to be, and I presume you are not the men you once were." Zechs said as he looked from one pilot to the next. "I don't want to see the work my little sister did to put together such a great nation get destroyed. She's worked really hard for what she has. I don't want her to lose it."
"And how exactly to you plan on helping us?" Duo asked sceptically.
"I have a base set up a couple kilometres south of the Sanc Kingdom. As we speak I have over ten thousand men awaiting my orders to attack Red Dragon. I get an hourly update reporting how many new recruits we receive. We also have several minor bases spread out across the planet. If you find yourselves in a jam, you just have to send a signal and I'll have men there in a matter of twenty minutes."
"A lot can happen in twenty minutes. How can you be sure you'll get there in time?" Trowa asked as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"For now it's a chance we'll have to take. New bases are being planned and constructed now. Hopefully they'll be completed before anything serious breaks out. Though knowing out past luck, we might not be so lucky."
Heero though about Zechs's proposal. If he or the other pilots needed help, Zechs would send it. "And what do you want out of it? You must want something in return."
Zechs smiled a genuine smile. "All I ask is that you keep my sister and all she worked hard for safe. Though I expect that's what you had planned all along." Zechs moved forward to whisper in Heero's ear. "Protect her like you have been. Don't think that it hasn't gone unnoticed. She just wishes you'd call her more often."
The others watched as Zechs bowed to them.
"Till we meet again gentlemen." He said, and left the way he came.
The Gundam pilots silently watched as Zechs left, not sure of the info he had given them, or if they could trust him.
"Come on, let's go to the lunch room and get something to eat." Duo said after a moment. "I'm hungry."
The others silently nodded their agreements and turned to go into the lunch room. Once they stepped in, they looked up to see Relena standing in the middle of the room.
There was a moment of silence.
"I just remembered something that I gotta to with Hell-fire." Duo said suddenly. "Come and help me Trowa."
Trowa nodded. "Yeah sure…no problem." He said then ran out of the room with Duo.
"I just remembered I have somewhere else to be." Wufei said, and then ran out after Duo and Trowa.
With the others gone, Heero and Relena stares at each other in silence.
"Long time no see Heero." Relena said after a few moments.
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[OHHHHHHHHHHH…yes. I am evil. Purely evil. Leaving you all with a somewhat cliffy like that. Yes…I am really evil. Anywho…there's chapter 3. I hope you like. Please review. It would be greatly appreciated.]