Christmas dat 5:30 pm - LAUNCHING ZONE

"Everybody buckle in. It looks like we are heading into a storm, but we'll take a chance on it anyways," said Heero. Inside of Sandrock, Quatre sat beside Celeste and held onto her hand. She was shaking, but he ignored it.

"Celeste, it's alright. No reason to be nervous. I do these trips all the time. All you have to do is sit back and relax," he said, trying to calm her down. She nodded her head and stopped shaking. She looked over to the screens and saw the pictures of the other pilots, buckled down and ready to go. Checking every single control button.

"Now remember guys. There is a possible chance of an attack. I want you all to be prepared. Quatre, if we are attacked, want you to get out of there soon. Do you understand?" asked Trowa.

"yeah i understand," he said in a very low tone. The jets started up and were ready to take off.

"Let the countdown begin," shouted the commander over the speaker. "Five. Four. Three. Two. One!! Blast of!!!!" And with that, the gundams took off, and into the atmosphere. Celeste sat there, trying to think of something different. She was grasping the rose and closed her eyes shut, wishing it was all over.

"Celeste, open your eyes, we're almost there. Just look," Quatre said. She opened her eyes and looked out the window. She saw the control station and her eyes grew big.

"Wow, it's huge. Is that where were are going?" she asked.

"Yep. What do you think?" he said. She smiled and continued to look at the window. Quatre looked back at the front and kept on going towards the station. So far there wasn't any sign of attack.

"Control this is Quatre. We are ready to dock."

"We read you. You are clear to enter." They entered through the docking doors and landed in an area marked "SANDROCK". When he landed, there was a loud locking noise, but it didn't seem to shock anyone because it was usual routine, and it seemed so to Celeste.

"Okay, time to meet the crew," Quatre said helping her out of the seat.

"But I thought we already met the crew," she said confused. Quatre smioed and picked her up in his arms. When they opened the door, stairs were already there to help them out. They climbed down the stairs to where a small crowd was standing. Once they reached the bottom, the crowd saluted Quatre and began to spread out throughout the gundam.

"That would be MY crew. The others you saw were also pilots, just like me. Doesn't your mom have crew?" he asked.

"No. It's only her and Alex who work on the gundam. But she will be totally shocked by all of this" She looked around at all angles and was shocked by how big there loading dock was.

"Alex? Who's Alex?"

"A good friend of ours. Known him since I was born. I think he's your age, or older. He was the only that built her gundam. But she's been a gundam pilot since she was......oh yes, since she was twelve," she replied. Quatre shrugged and took a hold of Celeste's hand. They walked over to where Heero and Trowa were.

"So what's the scoop?" asked Heero.

"Well, haven't gotten any word yet from control central. So we can just hang low for now," replied Trowa.

"Great, because I am going to take Celeste out on a tour around here," said Quatre. And they walked off.

"Something has changed about you, you know that?" said Trowa.

"Yeah well. Must be magic," Heero said sarcastically.

"Hey you guys. There's no reason to get sracastic around here. Listen, I think that there something the little punk isn't telling us. I think it has to do with her mother, Elizabeth," said Duo. He walked over closer so that no one else could hear them. "I think that Elizabeth is some kind of royalty. I just have this weird feeling."

"You're right. There is something suspicious about her. I'll try and dig further down into research," replied heero.