It All Started Here
Ishtar: Disclaimer applies because Ishy has no money. I hope everyone enjoyed the last chap. Just in case I forgot, the boys are 4 years old and supremely smart. Well, this is the beginning of the true story of romance and adventure! Enjoy!
Thanks for the reviews: Scarlet Angel16, Tyne, Shinia, Jupiter's Angel, Heeros Bunny,
Himeno Midori, ChIbIMiDNiGhT-SaKaI, PrincessYueSerenity,
Luminia
Chapter 4: In the Gundams We Shall Wait
Faster, harder, push, sweat, stress, pain, blood, guts, death, guns, knives, no tears. It seemed as a usual routine. Sweat beaded the Gundam Force Teams' faces. The third battle had commenced and the last thing in the world they wanted was to be defeated. These people, these aliens were beating them down like hail to a window, only they weren't going to crack. Serena, in all her glory of Wing, charged forward to an unknown consequence.
"Come on! Keep going! Don't stop!" Serena screamed to her team. Lita fought off an ugly alien.
"I don't know how much longer I can keep this up Serena!" Lita yelled back. "The battles are getting tougher by the day!"
Setsuna, I'm out of ammo!" Michiru screamed.
Setsuna was on her knees in front of the screen. Her head was down, sorrow gripping her face. "I can't Michiru! There's no more!" Setsuna cringed when Amy screamed. So close yet so far, so agonizing, so... She didn't have the word for it. A vision flashed through her head. Blood splattered on Wing as they returned with a body so fragile. Tears plagued Setsuna's eyes. This was the future, but how soon?
Michiru turned her back. "Please Gods. Give us the strength to defeat our enemy. Please, the waters told me of something but I can't figure out what it is. Help us."
"Michiru! Watch out!" Something pushed Michiru out of the way of several blasts.
"Amy! Amy! No!" Serena rushed forward to her fallen friend.
"Amy! Please be alright!" Lita called. Hotaru rushed to Amy's side. She held her.
"Amy? Amy, say something." Amy lifted her eyes to her friends whom she loves dearly.
"Is Michiru alright?" Amy whispered. Michiru faced Amy.
"I'm alright Amy. You shouldn't have done that." Amy smiled.
"Anything for a friend. I know you would do the same for me." Amy touched her helmet. She lifted her fingers away and looked at her bloodstained hand. "I'm not going to make it am I?" Amy asked Serena wearily.
"Of coarse you are. You're gonna get out of here, and we're gonna hold a big feast in your honor and......"
"Serena, hold me for a little while, just for a little while." Serena lowered and took her dear friend in her arms. She held Amy close, knowing her fate.
"Serena, can you do something for me?" Amy whispered slowly.
"Sure anything. But you know you can do it when you get back." Serena said more to herself than Amy.
"Can you take care of Quatre for me? Put him to sleep for me when you put the others to sleep. Do that for me please." Serena could tell Amy was crying.
With her voice quivering, Serena said, "But you can do that when you come home. Quatre will be so glad to see you. Come on Ames."
"Do that for me Serena!" Amy coughed up blood, her helmet filling with it.
"I'll do that for you." Serena said, tears filling her eyes. Amy grasped Serena's hand tightly.
"I don't wanna die!" Amy cried.
"You're not dying Amy, just think of it as passing to a greater plane, no wars, no pain." Hotaru tried to lighten Amy's sorrowful thoughts.
"I love you guys. You guys are the best things that ever happened to" Amy's voice faded before she could finish what she wanted to say. Her grip tightened on Serena's then slowly loosened. Her hand fell from Serena's grasp.
"Amy? Amy? Amy, don't go!" Serena shook her limp friend's body. "Amy! You can't leave! Quatre needs you! Don't go! Please don't go! Please!" Serena fell forward onto Amy's body. The girls crowded around her and cried loudly. Serena composed herself. Her face was set to kill. She stood and gently picked up Amy's body. Flying slowly in space, she went to the mother ship.
"Widen the screen!" Setsuna yelled. The screen widened. Setsuna saw the body of Amy in Serena's arms. Amy was truly dead.
"Battalion! Attention!" The women stood straight, Serena's team standing sorrowfully in front. What had started out as a five women team now held four women and one in a casket. Amy's body was adorned with white Lilies and had a glass to see her. The girls had decided to have Amy dressed in fine Japanese garbs of silk and rubies. Her face, somewhat pale, had an ethereal look about it and it seemed as though she was sleeping.
"A sleep she will never wake up from." Serena had murmured.
"Today," Lt. Cassey began, "We come to say goodbye to a Gundam pilot as well as a dear friend. Major Tsukino will say a few words." Serena, trembling heavily, walked to the rostrum. She cleared her throat.
"Amy was a hard worker and a true friend. She had a great personality and had tendency to be shy. She was always smart and she always cared." Tears cascaded down Serena's pearly cheeks.
"I never had a friend so dear to me. She was, she was so special. She was special to me as well to those who knew her. She had a never wavering smile and a loving hug to give. She always gave a helping hand." Serena's legs gave out on her. She had never cried so hard in her life, not even when her parents died. After her crying settled, Serena went down to Amy's casket and placed her most cherished item inside.
"Amy could never live without her mini computer." Lita placed it by Amy's pale hand.
"She loved Quatre so much that she would die for him." Hotaru placed a picture of Amy and Quatre over her heart.
"She loved us all." Michiru placed four items belonging to each of the girls on the lilies.
"Amy, you are the greatest." Serena laid Amy's tan sash at her feet and a picture of all the girls and the boys together by Hotaru's picture. Quatre, who stood silently by Serena, stepped forward slowly.
"Bye bye Amy. I'll miss you." Quatre left his most favorite stuffed animal under Amy's arm. He cried, his little hands bashing at the ground. Serena scooped him up and cuddled him.
"Will Amy ever come back?" Quatre looked at Serena through his tears.
"Amy's gone to heaven. But, you'll see her one day."
"Really?"
Serena nodded. "I'm sure, I know you will."
Later that day, the team went through Amy's belongings. She had carried very little and her parents decided not to keep her things. Upon hearing this, the girls decided to split Amy's cherished things among them.
"Alright boys, time for bed." Serena called.
"But Serena," Heero whined, "We wanna finish this movie!"
"You can finish it tomorrow, it's late and it's bed time. I'll read you a story if you go now." The boys hopped up quickly.
"Brush your teeth then hop in." Ten minutes later, Serena walked in the boys' room and sat on the floor. Heero curled up under Serena's left arm while Quatre curled up under her right.
"What do you want to hear about? Hmm? How about a nice mushy story?" Serena kissed the tops of the boys' heads.
"Eww! Cooties!" Heero yelled. They laughed.
"My cooties are good cooties. Now let's see here, hmmm. I know, I'll tell you a story about five boys who protect the earth and a make-believe place called colonies that are in space." The boys sat closely and listened to the story, gasping in all the right places and cheering loudly.
"All tucked in?" The boys nodded firmly. Serena tucked Quatre in first and kissed him on the head. She tucked the dinosaur blankets tight around him then went to Heero's bed.
"Did you two say goodnight to Amy?" Serena asked while tucking Heero in. Heero hugged her before she did so.
"Goodnight Amy!" They yelled to the stars outside. Quatre laid back and quickly fell asleep. Serena almost closed the door before Heero said something that touched her heart.
"Love you Serena." He yawned. Serena's eyes filled with tears, flowing down her cheeks.
"Love you too brat." Serena closed the door.
-------------------------------Month Later---------------------------------- ------------------------
"Will this hurt?" Duo asked Hotaru.
"Not a bit."
"What's happening?" Wufei asked Lita.
"You guys are just going to sleep for a little while. There is a big war that's going on and we don't want you to get hurt." Lita patted Wufei's hair gently.
"Why such big jammys?" Quatre asked, nearly falling over the huge pajama pants.
"Just in case you grow some more." Michiru said. She hugged Trowa for the umpteenth time that day.
"Heero, be good. Don't worry about us either." Serena watched as the others said their goodbyes and the boys climbed into their capsules.
"But what if you don't win?" His eyes were downcast. "Don't leave like Amy did." Serena cuddled Heero, small droplets of tears falling into his hair. Heero stood in the capsule.
"Heero," Serena began, she held him close to her, "If you believe that deep in your heart that we will win, we will. I'll come back to you before you know it."
"Promise?" Heero asked.
"Promise. Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye." Serena said. Heero had laughed then and how soothing his child laugh was to her. Serena gathered him in her arms. Heero handed her Mr. Puffy the bear.
"Keep it." Heero said.
"I will." Serena gave Heero a kiss on his head and made him lay down. She pulled the homemade blanket over him. "Sleep tight Heero."
Serena and her group walked away. "I wish they knew that we would never see them again." Michiru sighed.
"What's done is done." The girls watched Serena as she roughly wiped away her tears.
"We have to go. A battle awaits us." Serena walked out, her head held high and a determined will followed.
"We will win. I do this for you Heero."
Slowly at first it came, then faster. The need to avenge Amy thrilled the team and made their hearts pulse wildly. The launch was starting. Serena looked at Mr. Puffy. The ragged dirty thing was all that was left of Heero. She hugged it close before writing a single note. "When I die, place this with me in my coffin." With a swift hug, Serena left to change.
"02 ready for launch."
"Confirmed 02. 03, ready for launch?"
"Ready."
"Confirmed. 04, ready for launch?"
"04 ready for launch."
"Confirmed. 01, ready for launch? 01?"
Serena didn't respond. She held Amy's flower pendant in her armored hand. She put it around her neck.
"01, ready for launch 01? Are you damaged or dysfunctional?" Serena snapped back to reality.
"I'm functional control. 01 ready for launch."
"Confirmed 01. Launch in five, four, three, two, one, zero!" One by one, the girls were launched into space, away from the mother ship.
"Here they come!" Lita yelled.
"Kill them! We can't let them through the Perimeter!" Bravely fighting against the Dark Moon Kingdom, they managed to kill most of them or capture the wounded. Even though the forces of the aliens were no match to their own, they still had casualties of there own. Michiru was killed by ambush around the other side of the mother ship. Lita had taken bullets to the body for Hotaru and they had cracked her helmet rendering her useless. She died on the spot. Hotaru had been badly wounded and her jetpack had exploded, making her back accessible to sabers and bullets; which the enemy took full advantage of. With a handful of aliens left, Serena and Hotaru retreated back to the ship, hoping for repairs and first aid.
"Take her to the med unit! Stat!" Setsuna yelled. Hotaru screamed in pain as they tried to remove the bullets from her back. Her blood splattered everywhere Serena looked. Hotaru called for Serena.
"Hotaru, I'm here." Serena stroked Hotaru's black hair.
"Pain! Make it stop!" Hotaru squeezed Serena's hand fiercely.
"They're working on it." Serena said calmly to Hotaru.
"Kill me now Serena! Kill me now!" Hotaru cried. Tears whipped around her as she thrashed. Serena grabbed Hotaru and pulled her into a deep embrace. Hotaru hugged her back. Slowly, Hotaru slunk back to the table, her body inanimate as wood. Serena stepped back. One minute, Hotaru was full of life, the next she was dead. Screaming in rage, Serena sprinted from the ICU and barged down the hall, tears blinded her so she let her heart lead the way. Setsuna held her helmet.
"Don't Serena!" Serena ignored her and grabbed her helmet. She secured it tightly then flung herself out the hanger. She flew so swiftly and fought so bravely that the enemy could not react. Few were lucky, pelting Serena with bullets and slashing her. Serena gave up on her buster rifle and charged with bare hands and light saber. Swishing and stabbing, blocking and jabbing, that's all her mind allowed.
How soon was the battle over? Three minutes? One hour? A day? No, not a day, mere seconds had passed. Mere seconds ago rage had blinded Serena's fair seeing eyes of hope and peace. Her eyes seemed dull and her movements mocking how she felt on the inside. Serena clambered into the hanger, everyone on the ship watching her. Setsuna wanted to run to her but Lt. Cassey had a strong hold of her. Serena took off the helmet. Blood soaked her bright sun-spun hair of gold and her face. Serena smiled but her smile didn't quite reach her eyes.
"Don't worry Heero." Serena whispered. "I'm coming to you. We won." Serena stepped forward but her body fell and she tumbled to the floor in a mass of blood. Every cut, every wound, every torn piece of clothing leaked Serena's crimson life. It seeped out of her just like her last breath seeped from her lungs to the gloomy world outside.
-------------------------------------------Centuries Later------------------ ----------------------------
The capsules opened and gave way to five boys who were no older than four. They walked slowly, each gripping their stuffed animal tightly. They walked together, each wondering where they were. They had no idea who put them there and no idea who each other were. They stopped at a huge doorway. On front of them in white lab coats stood five old men.
"Hello boys, I'm Doctor J."
----------------------------------------12 Years Later---------------------- ----------------------------
"Hey Heero." Duo began his conversations this way.
"Hmm."
"Do you believe in ghosts?" Heero listened and thought.
"No."
"Oh, okay. I was just wondering."
"Why do you ask Duo?" Quatre asked his companion.
"Well, every time I get into Deathscythe Hell, I feel something. Something like a woman watching over me. Whenever I'm hurt, this thing wraps me up real tight, and then I just relax. I could have sworn I've seen a black haired teen in my screen. I swear it!" Duo exclaimed.
"Calm down Duo." Trowa said. "I've had this happen too." Wufei took the look of surprise. Trowa continued.
"I feel the same way Duo does and I know I've seen a Aqua haired teen in my screen."
"I hate to agree with the braided idiot but, I've seen a brunette in mine and she has her hair pulled back into a ponytail."
"I've seen a girl too! Every day I feel in my soul that there is a blue haired beauty in my Gundam and that she speaks. She says something important but I just can't hear them." Quatre sat back in his chair, seemingly frustrated. All eyes turned to Heero. If they three had seen, certainly Heero. Not even he could fake not seeing it.
"Blonde girl." Heero suddenly looked puzzled. He stood then left towards the hanger.
They'd never seen this before in the silent friend. Maybe there is more to this that meets the eye. Maybe, just maybe it had to do with the day when they were all found together in the cryogenic facility.
Quatre stood. He needed to decipher through his thoughts and dreams.
"I'm retiring to my room for a nap. If anything happens, please come get me." Trowa nodded.
"Wufei? Wanna play a video game? It has Chinese people in it!" Duo asked, using his puppy dog eyes.
"Injustice! Why you!" Wufei stomped out to the gym.
"You're just mad that I would beat you!"
Dun dun dun! I'm done with this chap! go Ishy! go Ishy! go Ishy! anywayz, please review! I wrote this chap in 2 days because I was so inspired by my reviewers! please review and make me a happy author! more reviews the quicker the chaps come out! Look forward to the next chap, "Warriors of the Past."
Ishtar: Disclaimer applies because Ishy has no money. I hope everyone enjoyed the last chap. Just in case I forgot, the boys are 4 years old and supremely smart. Well, this is the beginning of the true story of romance and adventure! Enjoy!
Thanks for the reviews: Scarlet Angel16, Tyne, Shinia, Jupiter's Angel, Heeros Bunny,
Himeno Midori, ChIbIMiDNiGhT-SaKaI, PrincessYueSerenity,
Luminia
Chapter 4: In the Gundams We Shall Wait
Faster, harder, push, sweat, stress, pain, blood, guts, death, guns, knives, no tears. It seemed as a usual routine. Sweat beaded the Gundam Force Teams' faces. The third battle had commenced and the last thing in the world they wanted was to be defeated. These people, these aliens were beating them down like hail to a window, only they weren't going to crack. Serena, in all her glory of Wing, charged forward to an unknown consequence.
"Come on! Keep going! Don't stop!" Serena screamed to her team. Lita fought off an ugly alien.
"I don't know how much longer I can keep this up Serena!" Lita yelled back. "The battles are getting tougher by the day!"
Setsuna, I'm out of ammo!" Michiru screamed.
Setsuna was on her knees in front of the screen. Her head was down, sorrow gripping her face. "I can't Michiru! There's no more!" Setsuna cringed when Amy screamed. So close yet so far, so agonizing, so... She didn't have the word for it. A vision flashed through her head. Blood splattered on Wing as they returned with a body so fragile. Tears plagued Setsuna's eyes. This was the future, but how soon?
Michiru turned her back. "Please Gods. Give us the strength to defeat our enemy. Please, the waters told me of something but I can't figure out what it is. Help us."
"Michiru! Watch out!" Something pushed Michiru out of the way of several blasts.
"Amy! Amy! No!" Serena rushed forward to her fallen friend.
"Amy! Please be alright!" Lita called. Hotaru rushed to Amy's side. She held her.
"Amy? Amy, say something." Amy lifted her eyes to her friends whom she loves dearly.
"Is Michiru alright?" Amy whispered. Michiru faced Amy.
"I'm alright Amy. You shouldn't have done that." Amy smiled.
"Anything for a friend. I know you would do the same for me." Amy touched her helmet. She lifted her fingers away and looked at her bloodstained hand. "I'm not going to make it am I?" Amy asked Serena wearily.
"Of coarse you are. You're gonna get out of here, and we're gonna hold a big feast in your honor and......"
"Serena, hold me for a little while, just for a little while." Serena lowered and took her dear friend in her arms. She held Amy close, knowing her fate.
"Serena, can you do something for me?" Amy whispered slowly.
"Sure anything. But you know you can do it when you get back." Serena said more to herself than Amy.
"Can you take care of Quatre for me? Put him to sleep for me when you put the others to sleep. Do that for me please." Serena could tell Amy was crying.
With her voice quivering, Serena said, "But you can do that when you come home. Quatre will be so glad to see you. Come on Ames."
"Do that for me Serena!" Amy coughed up blood, her helmet filling with it.
"I'll do that for you." Serena said, tears filling her eyes. Amy grasped Serena's hand tightly.
"I don't wanna die!" Amy cried.
"You're not dying Amy, just think of it as passing to a greater plane, no wars, no pain." Hotaru tried to lighten Amy's sorrowful thoughts.
"I love you guys. You guys are the best things that ever happened to" Amy's voice faded before she could finish what she wanted to say. Her grip tightened on Serena's then slowly loosened. Her hand fell from Serena's grasp.
"Amy? Amy? Amy, don't go!" Serena shook her limp friend's body. "Amy! You can't leave! Quatre needs you! Don't go! Please don't go! Please!" Serena fell forward onto Amy's body. The girls crowded around her and cried loudly. Serena composed herself. Her face was set to kill. She stood and gently picked up Amy's body. Flying slowly in space, she went to the mother ship.
"Widen the screen!" Setsuna yelled. The screen widened. Setsuna saw the body of Amy in Serena's arms. Amy was truly dead.
"Battalion! Attention!" The women stood straight, Serena's team standing sorrowfully in front. What had started out as a five women team now held four women and one in a casket. Amy's body was adorned with white Lilies and had a glass to see her. The girls had decided to have Amy dressed in fine Japanese garbs of silk and rubies. Her face, somewhat pale, had an ethereal look about it and it seemed as though she was sleeping.
"A sleep she will never wake up from." Serena had murmured.
"Today," Lt. Cassey began, "We come to say goodbye to a Gundam pilot as well as a dear friend. Major Tsukino will say a few words." Serena, trembling heavily, walked to the rostrum. She cleared her throat.
"Amy was a hard worker and a true friend. She had a great personality and had tendency to be shy. She was always smart and she always cared." Tears cascaded down Serena's pearly cheeks.
"I never had a friend so dear to me. She was, she was so special. She was special to me as well to those who knew her. She had a never wavering smile and a loving hug to give. She always gave a helping hand." Serena's legs gave out on her. She had never cried so hard in her life, not even when her parents died. After her crying settled, Serena went down to Amy's casket and placed her most cherished item inside.
"Amy could never live without her mini computer." Lita placed it by Amy's pale hand.
"She loved Quatre so much that she would die for him." Hotaru placed a picture of Amy and Quatre over her heart.
"She loved us all." Michiru placed four items belonging to each of the girls on the lilies.
"Amy, you are the greatest." Serena laid Amy's tan sash at her feet and a picture of all the girls and the boys together by Hotaru's picture. Quatre, who stood silently by Serena, stepped forward slowly.
"Bye bye Amy. I'll miss you." Quatre left his most favorite stuffed animal under Amy's arm. He cried, his little hands bashing at the ground. Serena scooped him up and cuddled him.
"Will Amy ever come back?" Quatre looked at Serena through his tears.
"Amy's gone to heaven. But, you'll see her one day."
"Really?"
Serena nodded. "I'm sure, I know you will."
Later that day, the team went through Amy's belongings. She had carried very little and her parents decided not to keep her things. Upon hearing this, the girls decided to split Amy's cherished things among them.
"Alright boys, time for bed." Serena called.
"But Serena," Heero whined, "We wanna finish this movie!"
"You can finish it tomorrow, it's late and it's bed time. I'll read you a story if you go now." The boys hopped up quickly.
"Brush your teeth then hop in." Ten minutes later, Serena walked in the boys' room and sat on the floor. Heero curled up under Serena's left arm while Quatre curled up under her right.
"What do you want to hear about? Hmm? How about a nice mushy story?" Serena kissed the tops of the boys' heads.
"Eww! Cooties!" Heero yelled. They laughed.
"My cooties are good cooties. Now let's see here, hmmm. I know, I'll tell you a story about five boys who protect the earth and a make-believe place called colonies that are in space." The boys sat closely and listened to the story, gasping in all the right places and cheering loudly.
"All tucked in?" The boys nodded firmly. Serena tucked Quatre in first and kissed him on the head. She tucked the dinosaur blankets tight around him then went to Heero's bed.
"Did you two say goodnight to Amy?" Serena asked while tucking Heero in. Heero hugged her before she did so.
"Goodnight Amy!" They yelled to the stars outside. Quatre laid back and quickly fell asleep. Serena almost closed the door before Heero said something that touched her heart.
"Love you Serena." He yawned. Serena's eyes filled with tears, flowing down her cheeks.
"Love you too brat." Serena closed the door.
-------------------------------Month Later---------------------------------- ------------------------
"Will this hurt?" Duo asked Hotaru.
"Not a bit."
"What's happening?" Wufei asked Lita.
"You guys are just going to sleep for a little while. There is a big war that's going on and we don't want you to get hurt." Lita patted Wufei's hair gently.
"Why such big jammys?" Quatre asked, nearly falling over the huge pajama pants.
"Just in case you grow some more." Michiru said. She hugged Trowa for the umpteenth time that day.
"Heero, be good. Don't worry about us either." Serena watched as the others said their goodbyes and the boys climbed into their capsules.
"But what if you don't win?" His eyes were downcast. "Don't leave like Amy did." Serena cuddled Heero, small droplets of tears falling into his hair. Heero stood in the capsule.
"Heero," Serena began, she held him close to her, "If you believe that deep in your heart that we will win, we will. I'll come back to you before you know it."
"Promise?" Heero asked.
"Promise. Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye." Serena said. Heero had laughed then and how soothing his child laugh was to her. Serena gathered him in her arms. Heero handed her Mr. Puffy the bear.
"Keep it." Heero said.
"I will." Serena gave Heero a kiss on his head and made him lay down. She pulled the homemade blanket over him. "Sleep tight Heero."
Serena and her group walked away. "I wish they knew that we would never see them again." Michiru sighed.
"What's done is done." The girls watched Serena as she roughly wiped away her tears.
"We have to go. A battle awaits us." Serena walked out, her head held high and a determined will followed.
"We will win. I do this for you Heero."
Slowly at first it came, then faster. The need to avenge Amy thrilled the team and made their hearts pulse wildly. The launch was starting. Serena looked at Mr. Puffy. The ragged dirty thing was all that was left of Heero. She hugged it close before writing a single note. "When I die, place this with me in my coffin." With a swift hug, Serena left to change.
"02 ready for launch."
"Confirmed 02. 03, ready for launch?"
"Ready."
"Confirmed. 04, ready for launch?"
"04 ready for launch."
"Confirmed. 01, ready for launch? 01?"
Serena didn't respond. She held Amy's flower pendant in her armored hand. She put it around her neck.
"01, ready for launch 01? Are you damaged or dysfunctional?" Serena snapped back to reality.
"I'm functional control. 01 ready for launch."
"Confirmed 01. Launch in five, four, three, two, one, zero!" One by one, the girls were launched into space, away from the mother ship.
"Here they come!" Lita yelled.
"Kill them! We can't let them through the Perimeter!" Bravely fighting against the Dark Moon Kingdom, they managed to kill most of them or capture the wounded. Even though the forces of the aliens were no match to their own, they still had casualties of there own. Michiru was killed by ambush around the other side of the mother ship. Lita had taken bullets to the body for Hotaru and they had cracked her helmet rendering her useless. She died on the spot. Hotaru had been badly wounded and her jetpack had exploded, making her back accessible to sabers and bullets; which the enemy took full advantage of. With a handful of aliens left, Serena and Hotaru retreated back to the ship, hoping for repairs and first aid.
"Take her to the med unit! Stat!" Setsuna yelled. Hotaru screamed in pain as they tried to remove the bullets from her back. Her blood splattered everywhere Serena looked. Hotaru called for Serena.
"Hotaru, I'm here." Serena stroked Hotaru's black hair.
"Pain! Make it stop!" Hotaru squeezed Serena's hand fiercely.
"They're working on it." Serena said calmly to Hotaru.
"Kill me now Serena! Kill me now!" Hotaru cried. Tears whipped around her as she thrashed. Serena grabbed Hotaru and pulled her into a deep embrace. Hotaru hugged her back. Slowly, Hotaru slunk back to the table, her body inanimate as wood. Serena stepped back. One minute, Hotaru was full of life, the next she was dead. Screaming in rage, Serena sprinted from the ICU and barged down the hall, tears blinded her so she let her heart lead the way. Setsuna held her helmet.
"Don't Serena!" Serena ignored her and grabbed her helmet. She secured it tightly then flung herself out the hanger. She flew so swiftly and fought so bravely that the enemy could not react. Few were lucky, pelting Serena with bullets and slashing her. Serena gave up on her buster rifle and charged with bare hands and light saber. Swishing and stabbing, blocking and jabbing, that's all her mind allowed.
How soon was the battle over? Three minutes? One hour? A day? No, not a day, mere seconds had passed. Mere seconds ago rage had blinded Serena's fair seeing eyes of hope and peace. Her eyes seemed dull and her movements mocking how she felt on the inside. Serena clambered into the hanger, everyone on the ship watching her. Setsuna wanted to run to her but Lt. Cassey had a strong hold of her. Serena took off the helmet. Blood soaked her bright sun-spun hair of gold and her face. Serena smiled but her smile didn't quite reach her eyes.
"Don't worry Heero." Serena whispered. "I'm coming to you. We won." Serena stepped forward but her body fell and she tumbled to the floor in a mass of blood. Every cut, every wound, every torn piece of clothing leaked Serena's crimson life. It seeped out of her just like her last breath seeped from her lungs to the gloomy world outside.
-------------------------------------------Centuries Later------------------ ----------------------------
The capsules opened and gave way to five boys who were no older than four. They walked slowly, each gripping their stuffed animal tightly. They walked together, each wondering where they were. They had no idea who put them there and no idea who each other were. They stopped at a huge doorway. On front of them in white lab coats stood five old men.
"Hello boys, I'm Doctor J."
----------------------------------------12 Years Later---------------------- ----------------------------
"Hey Heero." Duo began his conversations this way.
"Hmm."
"Do you believe in ghosts?" Heero listened and thought.
"No."
"Oh, okay. I was just wondering."
"Why do you ask Duo?" Quatre asked his companion.
"Well, every time I get into Deathscythe Hell, I feel something. Something like a woman watching over me. Whenever I'm hurt, this thing wraps me up real tight, and then I just relax. I could have sworn I've seen a black haired teen in my screen. I swear it!" Duo exclaimed.
"Calm down Duo." Trowa said. "I've had this happen too." Wufei took the look of surprise. Trowa continued.
"I feel the same way Duo does and I know I've seen a Aqua haired teen in my screen."
"I hate to agree with the braided idiot but, I've seen a brunette in mine and she has her hair pulled back into a ponytail."
"I've seen a girl too! Every day I feel in my soul that there is a blue haired beauty in my Gundam and that she speaks. She says something important but I just can't hear them." Quatre sat back in his chair, seemingly frustrated. All eyes turned to Heero. If they three had seen, certainly Heero. Not even he could fake not seeing it.
"Blonde girl." Heero suddenly looked puzzled. He stood then left towards the hanger.
They'd never seen this before in the silent friend. Maybe there is more to this that meets the eye. Maybe, just maybe it had to do with the day when they were all found together in the cryogenic facility.
Quatre stood. He needed to decipher through his thoughts and dreams.
"I'm retiring to my room for a nap. If anything happens, please come get me." Trowa nodded.
"Wufei? Wanna play a video game? It has Chinese people in it!" Duo asked, using his puppy dog eyes.
"Injustice! Why you!" Wufei stomped out to the gym.
"You're just mad that I would beat you!"
Dun dun dun! I'm done with this chap! go Ishy! go Ishy! go Ishy! anywayz, please review! I wrote this chap in 2 days because I was so inspired by my reviewers! please review and make me a happy author! more reviews the quicker the chaps come out! Look forward to the next chap, "Warriors of the Past."