The Prince

By: AngeloftheDesert

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing nor any of the pilots, nor do I own any reference from Shoujo Kakumei Utena, in which I based one of my characters on. This is purely a work of fanfiction and is not intended for sale.

Warnings: Rated R for: Shounen-ai, coarse language, yaoi/yuri pairings, Relena-bashing

Intended pairings: 1x2

Chapter Seven-Explanations

"Okay, so tell us exactly who you are and who sent you here?" Heero's voice was ragged with the stress of a previously-won battle.

Sarra, who was leaning against the foot of her own mobile suit, being bandaged by Sakura, snapped her head up at Heero's harsh tone towards them. She and Sakura had been staking out this school months before the Gundam pilots were ever involved. Though it was Sarra who was glaring at Heero, it was Sakura who responded, her gentle voice was now as harsh and clipped as Sarra's would have been.

"I am Sakura Taeko, survivor of L-5," Sakura told them, "And she is Sarra Rachelle Dorson, she has no known background except that she was adopted on L-4 by her parents. We were sent here by a group of professors who wished to test their new mobile suits, the Gundam Elites."

"Gundam Elites?" Duo echoed the phrase, causing Sakura to nod.

"They were modeled after the original Gundams, but made to be sleeker and more agile," Sakura replied, finishing up with bandaging Sarra, "Instead of the standard cockpit, ours are Isolation Chambers, meant to keep us from being distracted by what is happening around us. The professors discovered a way to connect the neural pathways of the human pilot to that of the positronic matrix of the GE's own computer mind. The connection offers the pilot the ability to see through the eyes of their GE and to move the suit as they themselves would move. These suits that we wear have special sensors that keep track of our bio functions as well as insulate us while we are in the cockpit."

"Okay, fine and dandy," Duo said, "But what was that strange liquid I saw you two sitting in?"

"That is the liquid form of oxygen," Sakura told the braided boy, "Formulated to be perfectly breathable. If we have the need to eject from our GE, we can survive in space for a week in our capsules. After that week, we are then placed in a suspended-animation sleep and are frozen in the capsule until we can be rescued."

"This is all amazing," Heero looked at the two, "And exactly how many pilots are there?"

"Five," Sarra finally brought her voice into the conversation, "And since you are allies, we will tell you their names: I am Sarra Dorson, pilot of GE 001, Dyna Chambers, pilot of GE 002, Trista Barton, pilot of GE 003, Asha Williams, pilot of GE 004, and Sakura Taeko, pilot of GE 005."

"So there's a corresponding GE for each of the original Gundams," Heero mused.

"Wait a minute..." Duo broke in, "Trista Barton? Who's she? I thought all the Barton's were dead."

"Trista was disowned when she refused to support Operation Meteor, and Lelia and Mariemayia were named the heirs of Dekim," Sarra explained, "Recently she as been accepted as the proper heir to the Barton Foundation."

"So she's Mariemayia's aunt?" Duo asked, getting a nod from Sarra.

"Trista has denied guardianship of Mariemayia," Sakura explained, "She has left her in the hands of Une, since she is occupied with piloting GE 003."

"So, are you two allies?" Duo asked, looking back and forth between the two girls.

"I suppose that we are," Sarra replied, raising an eyebrow, an amused smile on her face, "Though I admit that the professors have never gone as far as to make any one of us cross-dress." Duo blinked at her.

"You knew all along that I was a boy?" Duo asked, making Sakura giggle.

"Duo, I'm a girl who dresses like a boy," Sarra replied, smiling, "So of course I would know when a boy is dressed as a girl."

"We should be getting back to the school," Heero said, "And see to the survivors."

And so the four new allies began walking back towards the remains of the school.

The End...

Angel Well, that's the conclusion of "The Prince", I really hoped you have enjoyed this book in the Gundam Elites saga. And now, as I promised, a sneak-peek into the next book in this series "The Mirror".

Sneak Peek of "The Mirror"!

"Dyna! Catch!" Heero's head jerked up as he heard Sarra's voice, he saw the blonde girl tossing a gun to an Oz officer. Immediately, Heero snarled and aimed his pistol at Sarra, who looked at him as if he were growing a third eye.

"What's your problem, Yuy?!" Sarra barked, "Dyna's an ally!"

"She's a damned Oz officer!" Wufei barked back, glaring at the girl.

"Umm...Hello!! How do you think we got into the base in the first place?!" Sarra asked, fitting the explosive onto the generator, "Dyna's been infiltrating this base for months! She's been here erasing any data these crack-pots have on the GE's! So cool it!"

After the explosives were set and the clocks ticking away to the destruction of the base, the five pilots slipped past the guards towards their mobile suits, which were soon joined by Sandrock and Deathscythe.

"(Let's get to a more deserted location and watch the fireworks)" Duo grinned over the comm unit, "(Me and Quatre cleared out the northwest section of the forest, it has a great cliff that over-looks the base, it'll be the perfect spot)"

"Lead the way," Heero replied as Deathscythe and Sandrock lifted from the ground and flew towards the location, followed by ShenLong, Heavyarms, Wing Zero, RavenWing, Byakko, and a new suit colored a deep violet color and shaped like that of Sarra's and Sakura's.

Soon the eight suits were landing on the ledge, kneeling down so the pilots could descend from the cockpits and stand on the ground to watch the explosions.

Heero's eyes were drawn to a flash of brown hair and noticed that it was Sarra's friend, Dyna, shaking her hair free from the bun that it had been confined in while she was dressed as an Oz officer. Her hair was the same color as Duo's, and fell down to her waist when pulled up into a ponytail, the strands had a soft wave to them and floated in the breeze as she walked over to Sarra.

"Hey, who's that?" Duo asked, appearing behind Heero.

"She's a friend of Sarra's," Heero replied, "Her name is Dyna Chambers." Duo grinned and stepped around Heero and over to the new girl, tapping her shoulder.

"Hi!" he said, cheerfully, "My name's-" Duo's breath caught in his throat when he saw the girl, brown hair, violet-colored eyes widened in surprise, alabaster skin, heart-shaped mouth hanging open in shock...

"You look just like me!" both cried at the same time.

Angel And that is in the next book in the Gundam Elite saga "The Mirror"! I hope you enjoyed reading "The Prince", I hope you enjoy my next works! waves Ta-ta!