A Different Side
By SariaSubi-kun
Zzy: Hiya! I'm here for SariaSubi because she's at a boat festival in Flushing! So what if it's Chinese? Chinese, Japanese? Well.Wufei is Chinese, so it must be cool. Right, Nataku?
::pushes button::
Nataku: ::holds up sign:: "Right Zzy!"
Zzy: ^_^
GG: *gasp* You stole Nataku! Wufei will be mad when he comes back from the boat festival with SariaSubi!
Zzy: SHE WENT WITH HIM?!
Nataku: ::holds up another sign:: "SariaSubi does not own Gundam Wing"
::Zzy rants on about not having a date with a Gundam Pilot::
GG: And I hear Viktoria took Trowa!
Zzy: ViktoriaLockheart?!
Nataku: ::holds up another sign:: "Save me, Wufei!"
Chapter..We'll just call it chapter ten. Make me feel better
Naomi smiled at her work as she drove the Jeep up to the campus. The night before, she had wired a completely new intercom line that could be used only by the Gemini pilots. It had taken what seemed like forever to make a completely new radio line that was closed off but four lines. Four Gemini pilots.
Her disguise was, like Arielle had said, perfect. She had changed her contacts to green again. The blue hair, blue eyes was a bit common; if the person reported going into Miss Relena's office was a boy with dark hair and green eyes, Naomi with blue hair and blue eyes wouldn't be found anywhere near there.
As she parked the stolen Oz, or rather Noz, Jeep in the parking lot, she stood in it and surveyed the campus. There were very few boys there, but she spotted "Anshi" quickly. She was chatting with some other girls. And standing in the corner....
Naomi gasped, but instead of being noticed, she dropped down into her Jeep and started up the intercom.
"Blue, this is Black."
"Blue to Black. Operation R to commence in t-minus three minutes."
"Black to Blue, we have a problem."
Arielle's voice hinted with urgency. "Nao-Black, what is it?"
Naomi quickly looked up and then hunched back down again. "Black has spotted GP 01, 02, and 04."
Arielle stuttered. The line was silent for a long time. Naomi could hear Sato's voice in the back.
"Blue to Black, not to worry. Just..." Arielle sighed. "Just stay out of their line of vision, Naomi."
~~~~~~~
Marissa hummed as she walked down the carpeted halls of the campus. She tugged at her long skirt, but she decided that there wasn't much of a bad thing; when this mission would be complete, in the end, there would be no more fighting and she could finally live her own life the way she wanted it.
Her wristwatch started flashing. It was time. Naomi was at the front desk.
"Sorry, Miss Relena, but I have a feeling you're really not going to like this." She headed towards her position and waited for Naomi's signal when her eyes went wide.
Coming down the hall was three of the Gundam pilots.
Trying to find a place to hide, she found none. It was just her, the Gundam pilots at the end of the hallway, and the hallway with no doors. Sighing, she put her head down and pretended to read a book she was carrying as she whizzed past them.
Quatre looked up as s student past him. His eyes followed her until she turned the corner and went down another corridor. He stopped for a moment and shook his head, trying to recollect his memories.
"Quatre?" Duo asked with a hint of concern.
Quatre shook his head again and smiled reassuringly at Duo and Heero. "It's nothing. Sorry to worry you."
But in the back of his head, a little figure kept on nudging at him telling him that that had been Anshi Shuukaku, Alex's friend. The one who had also driven a huge moving truck before Alex moved.
And, he thought, she might know if Alex survived that fire. IF that was Anshi of course.
~~~~~~~
Naomi made sure her cap was hiding any femininity that she had and put the package that had the gun and an emergency grenade under her arm as she sighed and walked into the west entrance. Upon seeing her enter, the woman at the front desk looked up and smiled brightly.
'Welcome. How may I help you?"
"Uh," she tried her best boy's voice, which wasn't that all too bad, "I have a package for Miss Relena."
"Well, just leave it right here and I'll be sure to give it to her."
"I don't think you understand, ma'am. She has to personally sign the forms, and besides," she took out a blank piece of paper, looked innocent, and pretended to read, "I have instructions that I must personally deliver this to her. Can you please direct me to her office, ma'am?"
The receptionist smiled sweetly at the young "boy" and stood up, pointing down the hall. "Take that corridor until you can either go straight or turn right. Keep on going until you can go left. The hall turns right, and then you keep going until you see the office with the sign that says 'Administrator.'" Naomi nodded a thanks and glided by the desk. Now that the woman was looking in the other direction, she slipped into the right hall instead of continuing forwards. She held her watch close to her mouth and pressed a button.
Marissa's watch beeped again, and she heard a muffled sound of, "Start going." She nodded to no one and started walking towards Miss Relena's office.
~~~~~~~
-~- "Okay, Heero, everyone. Thank you for informing me about these new Mobile Suits."
"Miss Relena," Quatre started, "we're here for the time being because we feel you may be in danger as well. These suits destroyed innocents and caused chaos; we think they may be taking a good shot at disturbing the peace."
"And what good target to hit is Relena Peacecraft, the world's best known pacifist." Duo put his arms over his head and yawned lazily.-~-
I appreciate their concern, but I can well take care of myself, she thought. Would a trained pilot of a new MS really attack a campus that has three of the five Gundam pilots on it? Of course it would take the advantage; the Gundam pilots had nothing to fight back with.
So the campus was very much vulnerable to an attack from these new Mobile Suits. She sighed and shook her head. This wasn't good. Definitely NOT good.
There was a knock on her door. "Um, come in," she looked up from her desk at the opening wood door. Inside stepped a small girl with short, straight black hair with brown highlights. Relena recognized her. The girl had transferred to the campus that morning. She seemed like a shy girl, and Relena smiled. Maybe she just wanted to talk.
"Oh, Anshi, what a pleasant surprise. Please," she stood up, "come in." The girl stepped fully inside and looked down at her shoes, her fingers tied in front of her.
"Um..Miss Relena.."
"Please, just Relena, Anshi," she smiled, "what is it? Is something wrong?"
There was another knock on the door. The door opened a crack and a head of a young boy about Anshi's age popped inside. The top of his head was covered by a cap that said "Post Boy" on the front. He looked down at his paper and said, "Miss Relena, I have something important to give you."
"Oh..I see. Is it....confidential?" she asked cautiously.
He nodded his head. "Yes. Very."
Anshi smiled politely and put her hands together. "I don't want to be a disturbance. Miss Relena, I'll just wait outside."
"Yes, thank you very much, Anshi," she smiled graciously, "then we can talk once I have this matter settled." Anshi slowly crept to the door as Relena forgot about her supposed "exit" and turned her attention to the delivery boy.
A gentle hum from above slowly descended.
Not noticing it, Relena asked the boy, "Is it in that package?"
He nodded. "Yes..um, let me show you."
Anshi quietly slipped her jacket off and locked the door. Naomi was so close to Relena, the girl would have to brutally crane her neck to see her now.
The delivery boy opened the box he was carrying, and Relena let out a gasp. Her hands flying to her face, she backed away to the window.
Her sick grin showing, Naomi threw off her hat to reveal her beautiful, shoulder length hair. "Anshi," or Marissa for this matter, had slipped off her uniform and was now clad in black, smiling as well.
"Anshi, you're a part of this?" Relena breathed, backing to the large window as Naomi held the gun up.
"Oh, I wish you would stop calling me that, Miss Relena. My name is Marissa. And we're only half of your nightmare."
"Half? I...I don't understand."
Naomi grasped the gun more firmly. "Just stay quiet, princess, and you'll be fine."
Relena recoiled with anger. Her position, she saw, was never something to be mocked with. She tried her best every day to keep the world at peace. Yes, she was considered Queen at one time, but no one ever made fun about her position. Her life was always in danger to help another life live through the day. How dare a rebel terrorist make fun of her position! "What are you?" she demanded of the duo, "some group of terrorists?"
"Terrorists?" Naomi cocked her eyebrow, seemingly with amusement, "My, my, princess, so quick to judge us? That isn't very polite."
"Naomi," Marissa spoke from her position at the door, locking it tightly, "don't try to be like Arielle. Are they here yet?"
She looked back at Marissa for a second, but just in case Relena might do something funny, she whipped her head back to her hostage. "I heard the hum of the helicopter. And it's parked on the freakin' roof, for crying out loud." The whipping of the helicopter's propeller started to blow leaves outside everywhere, and trees were starting lean in the opposite direction. "Ah, here they are."
"What are you planning to do with me?" Relena asked defiantly.
Naomi and Marissa focused their eyes directly at their captive, and Naomi spoke. "This, personally, isn't really about you, princess."
"Then...who IS it about?"
Marissa sighed. "The Gundam pilots."
"What do you want with the Gundam pilots? They're useless now! They don't have their Gundams anymore! Please! Don't harm them!" she protested, but Naomi just put her gun under the girl's chin and leaned in and whispered to her.
"We'll tell you all that later, princess," she moved in dangerously closer, causing Relena to shiver, "just come with us, and none of the Gundam pilots here will be hurt." Anshi raised her eyebrows. She didn't know that Naomi had seen the three pilots on the campus.
Yet another knock came to the door. This time, it was an uninvited guest.
"Relena?"
"Heer-" but Naomi tried to cover her mouth as quickly as she could. Still, Heero and the others outside heard the muffled cry and pounded on the door.
"Relena! Let us in!"
Marissa smirked and leaned close to the door. "Her Highness cannot come to the door. The only thing I can give you at this moment is your deaths. But then, how will you be able to save her?"
Outside, Heero's eyes widened, and he only became more enraged. Together, both him and Duo rammed against the door, but still couldn't open it. Quatre joined in as well, but they just couldn't open the door.
Arielle and Sato, in their masks, jumped through the window and held their machine guns up as well. "Who's at the door?" Sato inquired.
"The pilots," Marissa hissed from the door.
"It would be so much easier," Naomi slapped her forehead, "if we killed them now. Three in one!"
"Yeah," Arielle stepped forward, "let's give them a surprise!"
"No, wait," Naomi held her arm up, "I....I gave my word to Relena I wouldn't kill them here."
"Naomi!"
"It's amazing. You can pretend you're a completely different person, yet not tell a lie," Sato spat.
Naomi whirled around and shot at Sato's shoulder, lightly grazing the black fabric. "Shut up and get her on the plane!"
"Which I have here!" Arielle piped up.
As Marissa was putting on her black mask, she asked, "Both the jet and the chopper?"
"The chopper's a decoy, kid."
"Don't call me kid!"
As Naomi pushed Relena towards the window, she whispered again, "Just stick with us for a bit, and everything will be fine." After that, she lost all compassion and turned and threw a small metal card into the office and shot the lock. The door burst open, Heero, Duo, and Quatre falling inside as Naomi put her mask on.
The three looked up and could do nothing as they saw one last pained look from Relena before she disappeared into the sand-colored airplane. One tall and slim, masked figure stuck their body out and looked down on the pilots with a look that made them feel like small ants. The intense blue eyes looked down on them with scorn as if they were pathetic. A slim hand emerged from the inside and pushed a button that was seated in their hand. As Heero screamed his fury after the jet, the room exploded in smoke around the three pilots. They shaded their eyes as the black billows flew at them. By the time Quatre saw a small clearing, there was nothing there except a shattered window.
Relena had been kidnapped and taken hostage.
And Heero, as he looked down at the floor as he kneeled, couldn't do anything. All those promises he had made to protect her, his almost confession of love to her.
And they just took her.
No, he couldn't let them.
He would never let them.
Yet he did. And he wanted to shoot himself, come back to life, and shoot himself again for that.
I will kill them for taking her, he thought as he clenched his hands tightly.
"Heero," he felt a hand on his shoulders, "we should go after her."
All he did was nod as he stood up, leaving small red spots on the carpet from where he sat.
By SariaSubi-kun
Zzy: Hiya! I'm here for SariaSubi because she's at a boat festival in Flushing! So what if it's Chinese? Chinese, Japanese? Well.Wufei is Chinese, so it must be cool. Right, Nataku?
::pushes button::
Nataku: ::holds up sign:: "Right Zzy!"
Zzy: ^_^
GG: *gasp* You stole Nataku! Wufei will be mad when he comes back from the boat festival with SariaSubi!
Zzy: SHE WENT WITH HIM?!
Nataku: ::holds up another sign:: "SariaSubi does not own Gundam Wing"
::Zzy rants on about not having a date with a Gundam Pilot::
GG: And I hear Viktoria took Trowa!
Zzy: ViktoriaLockheart?!
Nataku: ::holds up another sign:: "Save me, Wufei!"
Chapter..We'll just call it chapter ten. Make me feel better
Naomi smiled at her work as she drove the Jeep up to the campus. The night before, she had wired a completely new intercom line that could be used only by the Gemini pilots. It had taken what seemed like forever to make a completely new radio line that was closed off but four lines. Four Gemini pilots.
Her disguise was, like Arielle had said, perfect. She had changed her contacts to green again. The blue hair, blue eyes was a bit common; if the person reported going into Miss Relena's office was a boy with dark hair and green eyes, Naomi with blue hair and blue eyes wouldn't be found anywhere near there.
As she parked the stolen Oz, or rather Noz, Jeep in the parking lot, she stood in it and surveyed the campus. There were very few boys there, but she spotted "Anshi" quickly. She was chatting with some other girls. And standing in the corner....
Naomi gasped, but instead of being noticed, she dropped down into her Jeep and started up the intercom.
"Blue, this is Black."
"Blue to Black. Operation R to commence in t-minus three minutes."
"Black to Blue, we have a problem."
Arielle's voice hinted with urgency. "Nao-Black, what is it?"
Naomi quickly looked up and then hunched back down again. "Black has spotted GP 01, 02, and 04."
Arielle stuttered. The line was silent for a long time. Naomi could hear Sato's voice in the back.
"Blue to Black, not to worry. Just..." Arielle sighed. "Just stay out of their line of vision, Naomi."
~~~~~~~
Marissa hummed as she walked down the carpeted halls of the campus. She tugged at her long skirt, but she decided that there wasn't much of a bad thing; when this mission would be complete, in the end, there would be no more fighting and she could finally live her own life the way she wanted it.
Her wristwatch started flashing. It was time. Naomi was at the front desk.
"Sorry, Miss Relena, but I have a feeling you're really not going to like this." She headed towards her position and waited for Naomi's signal when her eyes went wide.
Coming down the hall was three of the Gundam pilots.
Trying to find a place to hide, she found none. It was just her, the Gundam pilots at the end of the hallway, and the hallway with no doors. Sighing, she put her head down and pretended to read a book she was carrying as she whizzed past them.
Quatre looked up as s student past him. His eyes followed her until she turned the corner and went down another corridor. He stopped for a moment and shook his head, trying to recollect his memories.
"Quatre?" Duo asked with a hint of concern.
Quatre shook his head again and smiled reassuringly at Duo and Heero. "It's nothing. Sorry to worry you."
But in the back of his head, a little figure kept on nudging at him telling him that that had been Anshi Shuukaku, Alex's friend. The one who had also driven a huge moving truck before Alex moved.
And, he thought, she might know if Alex survived that fire. IF that was Anshi of course.
~~~~~~~
Naomi made sure her cap was hiding any femininity that she had and put the package that had the gun and an emergency grenade under her arm as she sighed and walked into the west entrance. Upon seeing her enter, the woman at the front desk looked up and smiled brightly.
'Welcome. How may I help you?"
"Uh," she tried her best boy's voice, which wasn't that all too bad, "I have a package for Miss Relena."
"Well, just leave it right here and I'll be sure to give it to her."
"I don't think you understand, ma'am. She has to personally sign the forms, and besides," she took out a blank piece of paper, looked innocent, and pretended to read, "I have instructions that I must personally deliver this to her. Can you please direct me to her office, ma'am?"
The receptionist smiled sweetly at the young "boy" and stood up, pointing down the hall. "Take that corridor until you can either go straight or turn right. Keep on going until you can go left. The hall turns right, and then you keep going until you see the office with the sign that says 'Administrator.'" Naomi nodded a thanks and glided by the desk. Now that the woman was looking in the other direction, she slipped into the right hall instead of continuing forwards. She held her watch close to her mouth and pressed a button.
Marissa's watch beeped again, and she heard a muffled sound of, "Start going." She nodded to no one and started walking towards Miss Relena's office.
~~~~~~~
-~- "Okay, Heero, everyone. Thank you for informing me about these new Mobile Suits."
"Miss Relena," Quatre started, "we're here for the time being because we feel you may be in danger as well. These suits destroyed innocents and caused chaos; we think they may be taking a good shot at disturbing the peace."
"And what good target to hit is Relena Peacecraft, the world's best known pacifist." Duo put his arms over his head and yawned lazily.-~-
I appreciate their concern, but I can well take care of myself, she thought. Would a trained pilot of a new MS really attack a campus that has three of the five Gundam pilots on it? Of course it would take the advantage; the Gundam pilots had nothing to fight back with.
So the campus was very much vulnerable to an attack from these new Mobile Suits. She sighed and shook her head. This wasn't good. Definitely NOT good.
There was a knock on her door. "Um, come in," she looked up from her desk at the opening wood door. Inside stepped a small girl with short, straight black hair with brown highlights. Relena recognized her. The girl had transferred to the campus that morning. She seemed like a shy girl, and Relena smiled. Maybe she just wanted to talk.
"Oh, Anshi, what a pleasant surprise. Please," she stood up, "come in." The girl stepped fully inside and looked down at her shoes, her fingers tied in front of her.
"Um..Miss Relena.."
"Please, just Relena, Anshi," she smiled, "what is it? Is something wrong?"
There was another knock on the door. The door opened a crack and a head of a young boy about Anshi's age popped inside. The top of his head was covered by a cap that said "Post Boy" on the front. He looked down at his paper and said, "Miss Relena, I have something important to give you."
"Oh..I see. Is it....confidential?" she asked cautiously.
He nodded his head. "Yes. Very."
Anshi smiled politely and put her hands together. "I don't want to be a disturbance. Miss Relena, I'll just wait outside."
"Yes, thank you very much, Anshi," she smiled graciously, "then we can talk once I have this matter settled." Anshi slowly crept to the door as Relena forgot about her supposed "exit" and turned her attention to the delivery boy.
A gentle hum from above slowly descended.
Not noticing it, Relena asked the boy, "Is it in that package?"
He nodded. "Yes..um, let me show you."
Anshi quietly slipped her jacket off and locked the door. Naomi was so close to Relena, the girl would have to brutally crane her neck to see her now.
The delivery boy opened the box he was carrying, and Relena let out a gasp. Her hands flying to her face, she backed away to the window.
Her sick grin showing, Naomi threw off her hat to reveal her beautiful, shoulder length hair. "Anshi," or Marissa for this matter, had slipped off her uniform and was now clad in black, smiling as well.
"Anshi, you're a part of this?" Relena breathed, backing to the large window as Naomi held the gun up.
"Oh, I wish you would stop calling me that, Miss Relena. My name is Marissa. And we're only half of your nightmare."
"Half? I...I don't understand."
Naomi grasped the gun more firmly. "Just stay quiet, princess, and you'll be fine."
Relena recoiled with anger. Her position, she saw, was never something to be mocked with. She tried her best every day to keep the world at peace. Yes, she was considered Queen at one time, but no one ever made fun about her position. Her life was always in danger to help another life live through the day. How dare a rebel terrorist make fun of her position! "What are you?" she demanded of the duo, "some group of terrorists?"
"Terrorists?" Naomi cocked her eyebrow, seemingly with amusement, "My, my, princess, so quick to judge us? That isn't very polite."
"Naomi," Marissa spoke from her position at the door, locking it tightly, "don't try to be like Arielle. Are they here yet?"
She looked back at Marissa for a second, but just in case Relena might do something funny, she whipped her head back to her hostage. "I heard the hum of the helicopter. And it's parked on the freakin' roof, for crying out loud." The whipping of the helicopter's propeller started to blow leaves outside everywhere, and trees were starting lean in the opposite direction. "Ah, here they are."
"What are you planning to do with me?" Relena asked defiantly.
Naomi and Marissa focused their eyes directly at their captive, and Naomi spoke. "This, personally, isn't really about you, princess."
"Then...who IS it about?"
Marissa sighed. "The Gundam pilots."
"What do you want with the Gundam pilots? They're useless now! They don't have their Gundams anymore! Please! Don't harm them!" she protested, but Naomi just put her gun under the girl's chin and leaned in and whispered to her.
"We'll tell you all that later, princess," she moved in dangerously closer, causing Relena to shiver, "just come with us, and none of the Gundam pilots here will be hurt." Anshi raised her eyebrows. She didn't know that Naomi had seen the three pilots on the campus.
Yet another knock came to the door. This time, it was an uninvited guest.
"Relena?"
"Heer-" but Naomi tried to cover her mouth as quickly as she could. Still, Heero and the others outside heard the muffled cry and pounded on the door.
"Relena! Let us in!"
Marissa smirked and leaned close to the door. "Her Highness cannot come to the door. The only thing I can give you at this moment is your deaths. But then, how will you be able to save her?"
Outside, Heero's eyes widened, and he only became more enraged. Together, both him and Duo rammed against the door, but still couldn't open it. Quatre joined in as well, but they just couldn't open the door.
Arielle and Sato, in their masks, jumped through the window and held their machine guns up as well. "Who's at the door?" Sato inquired.
"The pilots," Marissa hissed from the door.
"It would be so much easier," Naomi slapped her forehead, "if we killed them now. Three in one!"
"Yeah," Arielle stepped forward, "let's give them a surprise!"
"No, wait," Naomi held her arm up, "I....I gave my word to Relena I wouldn't kill them here."
"Naomi!"
"It's amazing. You can pretend you're a completely different person, yet not tell a lie," Sato spat.
Naomi whirled around and shot at Sato's shoulder, lightly grazing the black fabric. "Shut up and get her on the plane!"
"Which I have here!" Arielle piped up.
As Marissa was putting on her black mask, she asked, "Both the jet and the chopper?"
"The chopper's a decoy, kid."
"Don't call me kid!"
As Naomi pushed Relena towards the window, she whispered again, "Just stick with us for a bit, and everything will be fine." After that, she lost all compassion and turned and threw a small metal card into the office and shot the lock. The door burst open, Heero, Duo, and Quatre falling inside as Naomi put her mask on.
The three looked up and could do nothing as they saw one last pained look from Relena before she disappeared into the sand-colored airplane. One tall and slim, masked figure stuck their body out and looked down on the pilots with a look that made them feel like small ants. The intense blue eyes looked down on them with scorn as if they were pathetic. A slim hand emerged from the inside and pushed a button that was seated in their hand. As Heero screamed his fury after the jet, the room exploded in smoke around the three pilots. They shaded their eyes as the black billows flew at them. By the time Quatre saw a small clearing, there was nothing there except a shattered window.
Relena had been kidnapped and taken hostage.
And Heero, as he looked down at the floor as he kneeled, couldn't do anything. All those promises he had made to protect her, his almost confession of love to her.
And they just took her.
No, he couldn't let them.
He would never let them.
Yet he did. And he wanted to shoot himself, come back to life, and shoot himself again for that.
I will kill them for taking her, he thought as he clenched his hands tightly.
"Heero," he felt a hand on his shoulders, "we should go after her."
All he did was nod as he stood up, leaving small red spots on the carpet from where he sat.