The Other Side of Paradise

Part 4

Author: Nyneve (You know me, you love me)

Okay, before I do anything that has any microscopic connection with the story, I have a request. *deep breath* PLEASE READ THE SOVEREIGN OF SELENITY'S STORIES! There. That was a favor for my friend. She is very depressed because no one reads her stuff. Please make her feel better and read it and review it. For me? Oh thanks. Well anyways, this should be a cool chappie. Lots of giant robot battling. OOPS! WASN'T SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT! Well, I'll continue now so that I don't give anymore away. Don't own the anime.

-Nyneve

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A rumble sent a tremor over the palace grounds.

"What was that?" Rini asked. "An earthquake?"

"No. Come on, all of you. Hurry up. Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, Pluto. Get down to the hangar. Now," Endymion said sternly. The four of them nodded and sprinted off towards a wing of the palace. Serenity shot him a confused puppy look.

"Hangar? Since when did we have a hangar?" she asked. "And what's inside of it?"

She didn't get an answer. Suddenly, there was a loud explosion coming from the palace itself. Five giant robots were approaching, and firing on it.

"Oh… my… God," Mina cried, staring in awe at them. However, a scream interrupted.

"Endymion! Are those Mobil Suits?" Serenity cried. Endymion nodded.

"Gundams. Made out of Gundamium alloy. We need to get inside now," he said.

"But what about the Outers?" Lita asked, grabbing Rini's hand and breaking off at a run along with everyone else.

"Don't worry they'll be fine. Hurry!" the king yelled. The seven of them darted inside. Endymion led them down a dead end hall. There, he opened up a panel of the wall where a keypad was hidden.

"What the…" Rei started, but paused as the entire wall opened up revealing a command center.

"Amy and Mina, use the communications computers to see if you can get a hold of the outers. Lita, you watch over the cameras. Rei, keep your eyes on Serenity and Rini," Endymion ordered. The girls nodded, then did as he said.

"Mommy, what's going on? Are those Mobil Suits trying to destroy the palace?" Rini asked.

"Honey, I don't know. Endymion, please tell me what's going on!" Serenity cried.

Suddenly, the huge black screen in front of them lit up. In each corner was a smaller box showing the faces of Pluto, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus.

"Everyone okay?" Amara asked. She was in a cockpit of some sort. To Serenity's horror, it was that of a Mobil Suit.

"Endymion! Where are they?" she shrieked. By now, she had grabbed onto her husband's collar and looked as though she were about to strangle him.

He sighed. "I'm sorry, Serenity. I broke your law."

"Law?" she asked.

"Your anti-weapons law. I stole four Mobil Suits and hid them. Then I trained the Outers to pilot them," he explained. Serenity looked shocked.

"You, did that? You went behind my back?" she whispered.

"I'm so sorry…" he murmured.

She shook her head. "We'll talk later. Right now I'm glad that we have some way to retaliate. Just do what you have to do."

Endymion nodded, then turned to the screen.

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"So then, I wonder where the girls are…" Duo muttered. Suddenly, he heard a voice in the back of his head. To his disgust, it was Hecate's.

"Don't get any ideas, you. I'm keeping a close eye on you especially. You seem to be needing quite a bit of supervision," she said.

"Yeah, yeah," just then, he used his scythe to knock the top off of a guard tower. "There, happy?"

"Satisfied. Get to work," she said.

Duo rolled his eyes and looked up at the sky. "You couldn't even send me to hell, could you?"

Just then, a barrage of bullets slammed into his Gundam. Glaring, he sent a transmission to Trowa.

"You're supposed to attack the castle, not me!" he cried. Instead of a reply from his friend, a window popped up.

It was a woman a little older than he was, with wavy teal hair and kind blue eyes. However, she looked extremely ticked off.

"Um, have we met?" Duo asked, not recognizing her.

"Not indirectly. Tell me Duo, are you being controlled too? Are you planning on going after Amy when this is over?" she asked.

"You know Amy?" he asked incredulously. Again, he was answered by a barrage of bullets.

Meanwhile, Heero noticed that four other Mobil Suits had appeared. One of them was crazily attacking Duo. Another was stalking Quatre and Trowa. The third was locked in close combat with Wufei. Then the third was approaching him cautiously.

"Hecate didn't say anything about them having Mobil Suits," he muttered.

"Are you Heero Yuy?" a transmission was coming in.

He didn't answer, but examined the girl. She was younger than him, maybe thirteen. Shoulder-length black hair, violet eyes.

"If that is who you are, Mina says she hopes you're okay," the girl said, then pulled out beam saber and attacked.

That was the last thing he expected. This girl, knew Mina?

Countering her attack, he sent back a message. "Tell her I am. And that I hope she can forgive me."

From Altron, Wufei noticed that the person piloting the Mobil Suit across from him seemed really calm and ready. Yet there was something about their style.

"Hey! Is your name Wufei?" the pilot suddenly asked, not revealing their face. The voice was low, but sounded mostly like a female's.

"Who wants to know?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is the guy. I'll put you through," the pilot said. Suddenly, Lita's face popped up.

"Wufei…"

"Kino? Is that you?" Wufei asked. She nodded.

"Yeah. Look. I'm not gonna let Amara have all the fun. I wanna fight you," she said.

"This is way more complicated then you think it is," he argued.

"I don't give a shit. You're gonna fight me Wufei. Tomorrow night. Midnight. Right here. Got it?" she ordered.

"Fine. I don't care. I've got a job to do now though," Wufei responded.

"Move it Wufei. Rei's coming out there. She's kind of ticked at Quatre right now. You don't want to see her when she gets mad," Lita warned.

Sure enough, a perfectly unarmed Rei was standing near the last Mobil Suit, piloted by Trista. At the moment, neither the Goddess of Time or her silent opponent had moved.

Rei stared up at them. "Damn, do they communicate telepathically or something?" she wondered. Suddenly, she saw Sandrock towering above her.

"No you don't Quatre. This will not end this way," she muttered. Then, she leapt up and spun around while holding a scroll, forming a tunnel around herself. "Evil Spirits Disperse!"

The scrolls flew off in separate directions and covered Sandrock. Inside, Quatre felt himself regaining control.

Miles away, Janus fell on the floor of the temple twitching. "Mother! I'm losing him!"

"Fight Janus! Don't let that little witch drive you out!" Hecate cried.

"I can't Mother!" he cried.

"Get out!" Quatre yelled. With one last force, he felt the spirit that had possessed him leave his body. His body relaxed, and exhaustion overwhelmed him. He slipped into unconsciousness.

"Quatre? Can you hear me?" Trowa asked. No answer.

"Don't worry Trowa. We'll take care of him. Then we're coming back for you," Trista said suddenly.

Just then, Hecate's angry voice yelled at the remaining conscious pilots. "Come back now. Leave Quatre, he's dead. I have no use for him."

"Why you…" Duo started, but a short vision of Amy drowning shut him up quickly.

Heero looked at the girl he was fighting. "Take care of Quatre."

She nodded. "We will."

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Well, all for now! R+R everyone!