Disclaimer: Refer to chapter Four
Chapter Five--Alandra Kushrenada
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One Month has passed for the universe. The funeral for Queen Relena Peacecraft was attended by several heads of state and by almost eleven million mourners. Preventers Yuy and Maxwell called off their ceremony only hours before the funeral and afterwards disappeared from sight. Millardo Peacecraft and his family are still on Mars waiting for the pilot to arrive. Meanwhile, in space, slowly one by one, communication satellites and small space stations are disappearing beyond Jupiter and beginning to near the Asteroid Belt.
At the Mars Colony-
"Mars Alpha, this is Preventer Ice with shuttle Mercury X1853, I am requesting permission to land."
"Preventer Ice, welcome to the dust bowl of the universe. You need to reduce velocity to 85mm/hr and turn north by northeast to land on Runway 33.
"Copy that Alpha, velocity to 85 mm/hr and north by northeast to Runway 33. Thank and Prevent Ice out.
Landing the shuttle, a young women stepped out and began to head for the base's hospital. She stood at a little under six foot with a very long braid of white blond hair and had very dark cerulean eyes.
Inside the hospital, Millardo's doctors held a brief conversation with Preventer ice on the shuttle's capacity for doing a patient transfer.
"I can assure you, Doctor Thomas, the Mercury is a brand new design and was made for the purpose of transporting patients between places at almost two times the speed any standard shuttle can manage.'
"That's all fine and good, but do you have any sort of medical training in case of an emergency on board your own ship?"
"Yes, I am a certified field doctor and can handle just about anything that can happen. Don't worry about your patient, I will transport him and his family as safely and quickly to earth as possible."
The next few days on Mars were filled with helping to transport goods and passengers about the colony while preparing for the trip home.
On the third day of being on Mars, a Friday, Ice carefully maneuvered a small mobile suit to life up Millardo's bed from the Cargo Bay to just outside the inner bay doors where he could be easily wheeled to his rooms by his wife.
Still in the suit, Ice loaded up all of the cargo and once finished dismounted from the suit outside of the ship. She headed inside to the command room and initiated the preflight sequence. The twin terrors however found her just before she was finished.
"Hiya, Icie-lady,"
"Whatcha doing?"
Ice turned away from the console to see two innocent looking boys with shoulder length blond hair and light blue eyes. She grinned at the sight knowing full well what those two could do.
"Well I'm starting up the ship to leave Mars, what are you two doing up from your nap?"
"Mama, forgot to lock the door to our room when she left so we escaped." Zack, the oldest boy answered with Nick, the other just smiling.
"Hmm, I am guessing your mom will find you soon enough, but let's make a deal, you two stay in your rooms, until we have cleared Mar's orbit and I'll teach you some Sweeper trick about making smoke bombs."
"OKAY!" With that the twin terrors ran out of the room and headed for the direction of their room. Ice turned back to the console, laughing, and began the departure sequence.
After checking with the Marquis family and making sure they were all fastened in, Ice authorized the towing vehicle to move the shuttle to the launch ramp. Once there, with a roar of the engines, the Mercury shuttle began the flight home with a blast.
The week and a half of travel was filled with teaching the twins how to make different colored smoke bombs out of shuttle parts and keeping an eye on Millardo while he began to get up an about. The landing on Earth was without a hitch. Once planet side, Millardo was whisked off to the nearby Preventer base hospital only to be released a few hours later.
Lady Une telephoned Preventer Ice and requested that she take them and Maremaia to Relena's grave after Millardo requested that she do so.
Ice drove the group up to the grave and watched as they said their goodbyes to their sister and aunt. Seeing the tears on Millardo's face reminded Ice of the circumstances present and she let a few of her own past her guard. Maremia, in the back of the group, saw the pilot wiping the tears off her face, and wondered why she was crying at the sight of the Marquis family's tears.