Chapter 15- The Plot Works
Gilly's landing had been planned to a certain place, where Trieze Kushrenada could meet Sienna Troit. He was already on his way with a box that contained an amnesiatic drug, and the dart to put it in. All they had to do was place it behind one of Gilly's ears, and she was theirs.
Trieze saw the two sparkles that fell towards the spot to which he was going, and urged the driver to go faster, this had to be done as soon as possible.
* * * * *
Gilly's heart pounded as the ground got bigger, and she felt very hot form entering the atmosphere. She gasped right before Knightsaber hit, Gilly screamed, and her head hit the controls, knocking her unconscious.
Troit wasn't far behind, but instead of crashing, she jumped out of her suit, and parachuted down to where the damaged, but repairable, Knightsaber lay. She unhooked her straps and walked over to the huge Gundam, ready in case Gilly was conscious. She climbed up to the cockpit, but she had no idea as how to open it. Than, it just opened, as though it was welcoming her. Troit looked inside, and there was Gilly, unconscious, and a small trickle of blood slipped down her face and over her right eye from where she hit her head.
Troit examined Gilly's face. There were various other wounds. Such as a bruise with a cut running through it on her right check and a cut on her left eyebrow. Troit wondered if maybe taking this Gundam pilot away from the others was in fact the best thing for her. But, she still couldn't help but feel guilty at messing with someone as young as Gilly.
Sienna jumped into the cockpit and began to pick up Gilly. She gave a sigh, than smiled as she lifted her out.
"I hereby remove your former name of Gilly Hathaway, and dub thee, Gilly Kushrenada." Troit laughed to herself.
She brought Gilly down to the ground, and lay her down on a green patch of grass. Sienna than walked over to her discarded parachute. She picked up a corner and ripped it off. She walked back over to where Gilly lay and knelt next to her. She used the parachute to clean off the blood from her face. Gilly moaned, and Sienna looked up, only to see Trieze walking towards them. She gave a smile.
"Sir." She said.
"The Gundam will be brought to the mansion, and we'll take the girl."
"Sir...."
"I can do it." Trieze came over and scooped Gilly up into his arms.
"Thank you, sir." Sienna gave Trieze a genuine smile and followed him towards the car.
Trieze climbed into the car, followed by Troit. Once in, he lay Gilly on the seat between him and Troit. Gilly moaned again as she fell onto Trieze's shoulder. Troit pulled Gilly over to her lap, so Trieze could get out the dart.
"Do you have the right amount?" Troit asked.
"I had the doctor ensure it to be so."
"Good. Where does it go?"
Trieze prepared the dart; "Behind either ear is where it will be safest." He looked at it intensely.
"Sir, are we...?"
"Don't worry." He assured her, "If anything goes too terribly wrong," He handed her the dart, "we'll back out, and put her and her Gundam in a safe place."
Trieze gently moved Gilly's hair aside and pointed to the place where Troit was to put the dart. Troit carefully stuck the dart in the designated place. Gilly gave a sudden movement, shuddered, than screamed. Without any hesitation, Trieze moved to the driver's window to the back and told him not to worry. The driver nodded and continued his job.
"She won't wake up right away, so don't worry." He said calmly.
"Did it hurt her?"
"If somebody stuck a dart behind your ear, would it hurt?" He answered, "If anything, it was just the shock." Trieze pulled Gilly back over to his lap and examined her cuts and bruises; "These should aid in the new life we have created for her."
"Sir?"
"If we're going to give her amnesia, we have to give her a life to forget."
"Would you mind telling me the details, sir?"
"Gladly."
* * * * *
A brilliant white light came into her mind. Gilly knew she was waking up, but she couldn't seem to figure out exactly who she was. She was passing through that place that exists between dreams and being awake. This was the place where she knew all the answers. Before her stood the physical make-up of a boy, and as she was about to identify his brown hair and dark blue eyes, but someone was calling her into reality.
"Gilly?" A man called her, "Gilly, are you awake?"
"Wh-what...?"
"Gilly, are you alright?" Trieze asked.
"What happened?"
"You were almost killed, don't you remember?"
"No. No, I don't."
"You don't remember anything?"
Gilly shook her head.
"Relax, I'll fill you in. Are you hungry?"
"Yeah, I guess."
"I'll have something brought in while I tell you."
"Um, okay. But, first, who are you," She paused a moment, "and who am I?"
"I am Trieze Kushrenada, and you are my daughter, Gillian Kushrenada, Gilly for short."
"Gilly..." Gilly thought a moment.
"What would you like to eat?"
"Food?"
"Anything to drink?"
"Liquid?"
Trieze gave her a laughing smile, and Gilly only gave him a look of confusion. All she really felt was hunger and thirst, but for nothing in particular, just food and a liquid of some sort. Trieze stood up and walked outside to where Troit was waiting.
"Would you get her some food and liquid?"
"Sir?" Troit gave him an odd look.
"She wasn't specific, just bring something a teenager would like."
"No problem, sir." Troit turned and walked towards the kitchen of the big mansion.
Trieze walked back into the bedroom and sat next to his "daughter's" bed.
"As we feared, you have amnesia, and Troit will be bringing something for you to eat and drink."
"Troit?"
"Lt. Col. Sienna Troit, yours and my eternal friend. When your mother passed away, Sienna was right there for you, and acted as a surrogate mother to you."
"How did she die?"
"Your mother?" Trieze asked and Gilly nodded, "She died when you were 13. She was on a shuttle to earth, and it had some technical difficulties."
"Did it explode?"
"Yes, but I think it was you who thought it was arsenal."
"Who did I think did it?"
"You didn't know, you just knew it wasn't an accident."
"Mom..." Gilly looked Trieze in the eye, "Where were you?"
"Your mother and I never were married, to others, it just seemed like we were. You always wanted us to get married."
"Mom..." Gilly felt sad.
There was a knock at the door; "Who is it?" Trieze asked.
"Sienna." Troit replied.
"Come in." Trieze smiled.
Troit walked in carrying a tray with something that smelled simply delicious to Gilly. She set the tray at Gilly's bedside table and smiled pleasantly. Gilly looked at her sweetly and out of nowhere, Troit threw her arms around Gilly and gave a little cry.
"I'm so glad you're okay!" She said, "I was so worried that you wouldn't come through!"
"If you call amnesia coming through that is..." Gilly grinned.
"Leave it to you to joke at a time like this." Troit smiled as she drew away from Gilly, still holding her shoulders; "Anyway, welcome home. I'm sorry your escort wasn't up to snuff."
"Escort?"
"That's how you wound up like this. Romefeller attacked the escort on its way over. We didn't think they'd know we were bringing you back. They must have a spy." Troit backed away and sat at the edge of the bed.
"Back?"
"Back." Trieze smiled, "To the home you left behind so you could get away from fighting. I suppose with Trieze Kushrenada as your father, you'll never be able to escape the battle. Anyway, on your way back, Romefeller, our enemy, decided to attack. In the battle, you decided to use a mobile suit you had never tested before, Knightsaber. The numbers were too many for you and your escort, so your were knocked down and unconscious."
"Why was I coming?"
"To fight," He laughed, "and to get the proper training in your newly discovered Gundam."
"Gundam, mobile suit," Gilly repeated, "Knightsaber. Sounds familiar, what is all that?"
"Would you like to see?"
"Sure." Gilly felt excited, "How long have I been out?"
"Several days, I have your uniform right here. I think it's your size, but it's been so long since I saw you last." Trieze reached over and hugged his daughter tenderly, "How I've missed you."
Gilly felt the warmth of Trieze against her and hugged him back. When Trieze let go he handed her the baby blue uniform of Major Gilly Kushrenada, OZ officer and Gundam pilot. Gilly eyed it carefully while Troit and Trieze walked out of the room, leaving her to change.
Gilly slipped out of the night gown/hospital gown. She folded it neatly and set it on the bed. She than reached for the uniform. When she picked it up, it unfolded and out rolled some undergarments. She smiled; Troit must have been the one who prepared it. She slipped into the new undergarments. Once she had, she saw the pair of boots neatly on the floor at the end of the bed. She put on the pants, overcoat, and boots. She stood and tightened the belt. On the buckle it said "OZ", she wondered what "OZ" was. She walked towards the door and opened it.
Troit and Trieze waited outside for her. When she came out the two began walking. Gilly followed close behind Trieze, Troit at her left. She looked up at the tall figure of her father.
"What's OZ?" She asked.
Gilly caught an almost evil grin spread across Troit's face, but Trieze spoke and she turned to him, ignoring what she thought she saw.
"OZ is the Organization of the Zodiac, the organization within the Specials that overthrew the former Earth Sphere Alliance in a military coup d'état."
"I remember something about the Earth Sphere. Not much, but I seem to remember something."
"It's no longer important. OZ overthrew the evil Earth Sphere, it is now dead, but OZ is in hibernation currently. Taken by Romefeller, led by the heartless mobile dolls, OZ is waiting for me to come back."
"So Romefeller took OZ?"
"Romefeller was the society that sponsored OZ. Now that I have left, they lack a symbol to represent them."
"So OZ is now Romefeller without you?"
"No. They are Romefeller with the mobile dolls." He scowled and this made Gilly afraid to ask her next question, but she wanted to know. No. She had to know.
"What's a mobile doll?"
"I'll show you a mobile suit and a Gundam first, than I'll explain to you what cursed machines the mobile dolls are."
"And Knightsaber?"
"That too."
They continued walking towards somewhere unknown to Gilly. They walked into a room that seemed to dark to see, but Gilly didn't know she was staring at tarp that was black as pitch. A light came on and Gilly realized what she was looking at. It was a giant robot with a black tarp draped over it. She jumped back in surprise. Bumping into and knocking over Major Takara Nokozan.
"Never seen a mobile suit before, eh?" He asked politely.
Gilly sat in his lap, and Takara supported their weight with his elbows. He didn't even bother to try to get up. Gilly sat their clueless, as if she had no idea what was going on or where she was. She just stared into his steel blue eyes. The smile he gave her reminded her of something or someone. Trieze held a hand out to Gilly. She unknowingly took it and he pulled her up to his arms.
"You have an unusual way of introducing yourself." Takara smiled as he got up.
"You are?" Trieze inquired to him.
"Major Takara Nokozan." Takara stood tall and saluted Trieze.
Suddenly Gilly wondered what her father's rank was; she hadn't bothered to ask.
"Major Tak for short, Col. Kushrenada"
Col. Kushrenada. Her father had such a rank. Gilly felt embarrassed all of a sudden and let go of Trieze's hand. She was than forced to look into Takara's eyes once more. He had advanced upon her, Trieze had withdrawn, and Gilly hadn't noticed either move. Takara was staring down at her, and he seemed entranced with her. Gilly felt so uneasy in his presence that she couldn't move. He reminded her of someone, someone special. Images of that someone flashed through her mind, than vanished.
"So, what is a mobile suit?" Gilly asked as she turned from Takara.
"A mobile suit is a machine piloted by a person, and is used to fight." Takara answered, "May I ask your name?"
"I apologize for my rudeness. My name is Gillian Kushrenada, Major Gillian Kushrenada." She smiled, "Gilly for short."
Gilly turned and began to walk down the corridor, following the line of mobile suits. Until she came to a suit that stood out from the rest. There were many different suits here, but this one rivaled them all. It was huge, larger than any of the other suits, and its design was very different.
"What's this?" She heard herself asking no one in particular.
"That would be a Gundam. Gundam 06, your Gundam, Knightsaber." Troit smiled.
"Mine?"
"Yes."
"It's beautiful."
Tak couldn't believe his eyes or his ears. This was the same Gundam he and his fellow soldiers had shot down, with the help of Lt. Col. Sienna Troit, the woman who was here now with Trieze Kushrenada and his daughter. Something was wrong, he knew it, he just wasn't sure what it was and even if he wanted to know.
Troit noticed Tak's surprise and she realized the error. She casually walked on Trieze's right side, Gilly was on his left 10 feet away, and she gave him a gentle smack at his hip. Trieze moved his eyes to her, but not his head and asked with his eyes. She answered aloud, but in very inaudible whisper.
"We need to discuss Major Takara Nokozan later."
Trieze eyed her, nodded, and walked over to where Gilly stood. They began to talk about what a Gundam and mobile doll was. Troit gave an eye to Tak, who couldn't remove his eyes from Gilly and Knightsaber.
Gilly's landing had been planned to a certain place, where Trieze Kushrenada could meet Sienna Troit. He was already on his way with a box that contained an amnesiatic drug, and the dart to put it in. All they had to do was place it behind one of Gilly's ears, and she was theirs.
Trieze saw the two sparkles that fell towards the spot to which he was going, and urged the driver to go faster, this had to be done as soon as possible.
* * * * *
Gilly's heart pounded as the ground got bigger, and she felt very hot form entering the atmosphere. She gasped right before Knightsaber hit, Gilly screamed, and her head hit the controls, knocking her unconscious.
Troit wasn't far behind, but instead of crashing, she jumped out of her suit, and parachuted down to where the damaged, but repairable, Knightsaber lay. She unhooked her straps and walked over to the huge Gundam, ready in case Gilly was conscious. She climbed up to the cockpit, but she had no idea as how to open it. Than, it just opened, as though it was welcoming her. Troit looked inside, and there was Gilly, unconscious, and a small trickle of blood slipped down her face and over her right eye from where she hit her head.
Troit examined Gilly's face. There were various other wounds. Such as a bruise with a cut running through it on her right check and a cut on her left eyebrow. Troit wondered if maybe taking this Gundam pilot away from the others was in fact the best thing for her. But, she still couldn't help but feel guilty at messing with someone as young as Gilly.
Sienna jumped into the cockpit and began to pick up Gilly. She gave a sigh, than smiled as she lifted her out.
"I hereby remove your former name of Gilly Hathaway, and dub thee, Gilly Kushrenada." Troit laughed to herself.
She brought Gilly down to the ground, and lay her down on a green patch of grass. Sienna than walked over to her discarded parachute. She picked up a corner and ripped it off. She walked back over to where Gilly lay and knelt next to her. She used the parachute to clean off the blood from her face. Gilly moaned, and Sienna looked up, only to see Trieze walking towards them. She gave a smile.
"Sir." She said.
"The Gundam will be brought to the mansion, and we'll take the girl."
"Sir...."
"I can do it." Trieze came over and scooped Gilly up into his arms.
"Thank you, sir." Sienna gave Trieze a genuine smile and followed him towards the car.
Trieze climbed into the car, followed by Troit. Once in, he lay Gilly on the seat between him and Troit. Gilly moaned again as she fell onto Trieze's shoulder. Troit pulled Gilly over to her lap, so Trieze could get out the dart.
"Do you have the right amount?" Troit asked.
"I had the doctor ensure it to be so."
"Good. Where does it go?"
Trieze prepared the dart; "Behind either ear is where it will be safest." He looked at it intensely.
"Sir, are we...?"
"Don't worry." He assured her, "If anything goes too terribly wrong," He handed her the dart, "we'll back out, and put her and her Gundam in a safe place."
Trieze gently moved Gilly's hair aside and pointed to the place where Troit was to put the dart. Troit carefully stuck the dart in the designated place. Gilly gave a sudden movement, shuddered, than screamed. Without any hesitation, Trieze moved to the driver's window to the back and told him not to worry. The driver nodded and continued his job.
"She won't wake up right away, so don't worry." He said calmly.
"Did it hurt her?"
"If somebody stuck a dart behind your ear, would it hurt?" He answered, "If anything, it was just the shock." Trieze pulled Gilly back over to his lap and examined her cuts and bruises; "These should aid in the new life we have created for her."
"Sir?"
"If we're going to give her amnesia, we have to give her a life to forget."
"Would you mind telling me the details, sir?"
"Gladly."
* * * * *
A brilliant white light came into her mind. Gilly knew she was waking up, but she couldn't seem to figure out exactly who she was. She was passing through that place that exists between dreams and being awake. This was the place where she knew all the answers. Before her stood the physical make-up of a boy, and as she was about to identify his brown hair and dark blue eyes, but someone was calling her into reality.
"Gilly?" A man called her, "Gilly, are you awake?"
"Wh-what...?"
"Gilly, are you alright?" Trieze asked.
"What happened?"
"You were almost killed, don't you remember?"
"No. No, I don't."
"You don't remember anything?"
Gilly shook her head.
"Relax, I'll fill you in. Are you hungry?"
"Yeah, I guess."
"I'll have something brought in while I tell you."
"Um, okay. But, first, who are you," She paused a moment, "and who am I?"
"I am Trieze Kushrenada, and you are my daughter, Gillian Kushrenada, Gilly for short."
"Gilly..." Gilly thought a moment.
"What would you like to eat?"
"Food?"
"Anything to drink?"
"Liquid?"
Trieze gave her a laughing smile, and Gilly only gave him a look of confusion. All she really felt was hunger and thirst, but for nothing in particular, just food and a liquid of some sort. Trieze stood up and walked outside to where Troit was waiting.
"Would you get her some food and liquid?"
"Sir?" Troit gave him an odd look.
"She wasn't specific, just bring something a teenager would like."
"No problem, sir." Troit turned and walked towards the kitchen of the big mansion.
Trieze walked back into the bedroom and sat next to his "daughter's" bed.
"As we feared, you have amnesia, and Troit will be bringing something for you to eat and drink."
"Troit?"
"Lt. Col. Sienna Troit, yours and my eternal friend. When your mother passed away, Sienna was right there for you, and acted as a surrogate mother to you."
"How did she die?"
"Your mother?" Trieze asked and Gilly nodded, "She died when you were 13. She was on a shuttle to earth, and it had some technical difficulties."
"Did it explode?"
"Yes, but I think it was you who thought it was arsenal."
"Who did I think did it?"
"You didn't know, you just knew it wasn't an accident."
"Mom..." Gilly looked Trieze in the eye, "Where were you?"
"Your mother and I never were married, to others, it just seemed like we were. You always wanted us to get married."
"Mom..." Gilly felt sad.
There was a knock at the door; "Who is it?" Trieze asked.
"Sienna." Troit replied.
"Come in." Trieze smiled.
Troit walked in carrying a tray with something that smelled simply delicious to Gilly. She set the tray at Gilly's bedside table and smiled pleasantly. Gilly looked at her sweetly and out of nowhere, Troit threw her arms around Gilly and gave a little cry.
"I'm so glad you're okay!" She said, "I was so worried that you wouldn't come through!"
"If you call amnesia coming through that is..." Gilly grinned.
"Leave it to you to joke at a time like this." Troit smiled as she drew away from Gilly, still holding her shoulders; "Anyway, welcome home. I'm sorry your escort wasn't up to snuff."
"Escort?"
"That's how you wound up like this. Romefeller attacked the escort on its way over. We didn't think they'd know we were bringing you back. They must have a spy." Troit backed away and sat at the edge of the bed.
"Back?"
"Back." Trieze smiled, "To the home you left behind so you could get away from fighting. I suppose with Trieze Kushrenada as your father, you'll never be able to escape the battle. Anyway, on your way back, Romefeller, our enemy, decided to attack. In the battle, you decided to use a mobile suit you had never tested before, Knightsaber. The numbers were too many for you and your escort, so your were knocked down and unconscious."
"Why was I coming?"
"To fight," He laughed, "and to get the proper training in your newly discovered Gundam."
"Gundam, mobile suit," Gilly repeated, "Knightsaber. Sounds familiar, what is all that?"
"Would you like to see?"
"Sure." Gilly felt excited, "How long have I been out?"
"Several days, I have your uniform right here. I think it's your size, but it's been so long since I saw you last." Trieze reached over and hugged his daughter tenderly, "How I've missed you."
Gilly felt the warmth of Trieze against her and hugged him back. When Trieze let go he handed her the baby blue uniform of Major Gilly Kushrenada, OZ officer and Gundam pilot. Gilly eyed it carefully while Troit and Trieze walked out of the room, leaving her to change.
Gilly slipped out of the night gown/hospital gown. She folded it neatly and set it on the bed. She than reached for the uniform. When she picked it up, it unfolded and out rolled some undergarments. She smiled; Troit must have been the one who prepared it. She slipped into the new undergarments. Once she had, she saw the pair of boots neatly on the floor at the end of the bed. She put on the pants, overcoat, and boots. She stood and tightened the belt. On the buckle it said "OZ", she wondered what "OZ" was. She walked towards the door and opened it.
Troit and Trieze waited outside for her. When she came out the two began walking. Gilly followed close behind Trieze, Troit at her left. She looked up at the tall figure of her father.
"What's OZ?" She asked.
Gilly caught an almost evil grin spread across Troit's face, but Trieze spoke and she turned to him, ignoring what she thought she saw.
"OZ is the Organization of the Zodiac, the organization within the Specials that overthrew the former Earth Sphere Alliance in a military coup d'état."
"I remember something about the Earth Sphere. Not much, but I seem to remember something."
"It's no longer important. OZ overthrew the evil Earth Sphere, it is now dead, but OZ is in hibernation currently. Taken by Romefeller, led by the heartless mobile dolls, OZ is waiting for me to come back."
"So Romefeller took OZ?"
"Romefeller was the society that sponsored OZ. Now that I have left, they lack a symbol to represent them."
"So OZ is now Romefeller without you?"
"No. They are Romefeller with the mobile dolls." He scowled and this made Gilly afraid to ask her next question, but she wanted to know. No. She had to know.
"What's a mobile doll?"
"I'll show you a mobile suit and a Gundam first, than I'll explain to you what cursed machines the mobile dolls are."
"And Knightsaber?"
"That too."
They continued walking towards somewhere unknown to Gilly. They walked into a room that seemed to dark to see, but Gilly didn't know she was staring at tarp that was black as pitch. A light came on and Gilly realized what she was looking at. It was a giant robot with a black tarp draped over it. She jumped back in surprise. Bumping into and knocking over Major Takara Nokozan.
"Never seen a mobile suit before, eh?" He asked politely.
Gilly sat in his lap, and Takara supported their weight with his elbows. He didn't even bother to try to get up. Gilly sat their clueless, as if she had no idea what was going on or where she was. She just stared into his steel blue eyes. The smile he gave her reminded her of something or someone. Trieze held a hand out to Gilly. She unknowingly took it and he pulled her up to his arms.
"You have an unusual way of introducing yourself." Takara smiled as he got up.
"You are?" Trieze inquired to him.
"Major Takara Nokozan." Takara stood tall and saluted Trieze.
Suddenly Gilly wondered what her father's rank was; she hadn't bothered to ask.
"Major Tak for short, Col. Kushrenada"
Col. Kushrenada. Her father had such a rank. Gilly felt embarrassed all of a sudden and let go of Trieze's hand. She was than forced to look into Takara's eyes once more. He had advanced upon her, Trieze had withdrawn, and Gilly hadn't noticed either move. Takara was staring down at her, and he seemed entranced with her. Gilly felt so uneasy in his presence that she couldn't move. He reminded her of someone, someone special. Images of that someone flashed through her mind, than vanished.
"So, what is a mobile suit?" Gilly asked as she turned from Takara.
"A mobile suit is a machine piloted by a person, and is used to fight." Takara answered, "May I ask your name?"
"I apologize for my rudeness. My name is Gillian Kushrenada, Major Gillian Kushrenada." She smiled, "Gilly for short."
Gilly turned and began to walk down the corridor, following the line of mobile suits. Until she came to a suit that stood out from the rest. There were many different suits here, but this one rivaled them all. It was huge, larger than any of the other suits, and its design was very different.
"What's this?" She heard herself asking no one in particular.
"That would be a Gundam. Gundam 06, your Gundam, Knightsaber." Troit smiled.
"Mine?"
"Yes."
"It's beautiful."
Tak couldn't believe his eyes or his ears. This was the same Gundam he and his fellow soldiers had shot down, with the help of Lt. Col. Sienna Troit, the woman who was here now with Trieze Kushrenada and his daughter. Something was wrong, he knew it, he just wasn't sure what it was and even if he wanted to know.
Troit noticed Tak's surprise and she realized the error. She casually walked on Trieze's right side, Gilly was on his left 10 feet away, and she gave him a gentle smack at his hip. Trieze moved his eyes to her, but not his head and asked with his eyes. She answered aloud, but in very inaudible whisper.
"We need to discuss Major Takara Nokozan later."
Trieze eyed her, nodded, and walked over to where Gilly stood. They began to talk about what a Gundam and mobile doll was. Troit gave an eye to Tak, who couldn't remove his eyes from Gilly and Knightsaber.