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Zeff awoke after a long night's rest.She felt rather uneasy about the fact someone had breached the security control and managed to deactivate the security cameras.
It would take a level 5-security card just to open the door to the control room. She arose and got dressed, heading straight to the Leo X's hanger.
When she arrived a few of her engineers had already arrived and were checking the blueprints of the Leo X.
They seemed a bit excited and one of them, a close friend of Zeff's ran up to her. Her name was Miya, she had long brown hair in a ponytail and brown eyes, she also wore glasses.
"Good morning Zeff!"
"Morning, you're up pretty early."
"Yeah, we wanted to get an early start on the Leo X."
"Where are the others?"
"They went to get some breakfast. Do you want some coffee?"
"Yes please. So how's the work going?"
"It's great. Zachary was up late working on it and thanks to him it should be done about noon."
"That's wonderful! Where is Zachary?"
"He's asleep in the cockpit. (chuckle)"
"I'd better wake him up."
As Zeff climbed up to the catwalk she saw Zachary climbing out of the cockpit.
"There you are Zachary! I've been looking for you."
"Morning Zeff. (YAWN)"
"So you've been working on the Leo X have you?
"Yeah, a little."
Zeff walked over and leaned inside the cockpit.
"It looks to me like you were working for about 4 hours."
"Actually, I think it was a little bit longer than that."
Zeff stared at him suspiciously.
"What??"
"Somebody didn't follow the blueprints right."
"What makes you say that?"
". . .There are 3 joysticks in here.."
"Really!? Jeez, how did that happen?"
"I wonder."
"Who knows. I'll be leaving now."
"What's the third joystick for Zachary?"
"How should I know?"
"Do I have to tell the girls down there about your thoughts on women piloting mobile suits?"
"Okay! I just thought that your long range targeting system was too slow with a keypad."
"So you thought you would modify something that your sister worked very hard on. Is that it?"
"Oh, come on."
"You went off and changed the systems around too, didn't you?"
"Just a few."
"Like?"
"Well, the communication system, the weapons system, and normal targeting controls."
Zeff suddenly picked up a wrench from a table near by and started to walk toward him.
"Hey! Calm down!"
"Get out of my hanger."
"But why?"
Zeff starts walking closer.
"Okay I'm leaving!"
As Zachary ran into the hall the wrench followed him out the door before it shut.
"And I don't want to see you tinkering with my projects again!"
"What was that about?"
"Huh?"
Zeff turned around to see Miya holding a cup of coffee.
"Oh, nothing. Just my brother messing with my stuff again."
"I see. Sibling rivalry?"
"Yeah, something like that. Well, it shouldn't take too long to rearrange the systems so why don't you go get some breakfast?"
"Okay."
As the others headed off to the cafeteria Zeff climbed into the cockpit to work. Little did she realize that there was someone in the control room saving data about the Oz base onto a personal disc.
"Come on, come on! Load it already."
As the boy uploaded the systems he activated the communications link.
"Are you sure there aren't any cameras in this room?"
"... I never said that."
"You mean I'm being watched!?"
"Don't worry, just download the virus into the main computer after you're done."
"Oh Yeah! I forgot about the disk you gave me."
"Just hurry up Duo, Trowa can't keep the guards in the cafeteria forever."
"Trowa can hold them long enough. Do you think the mighty Duo would ever be caught?"
"...Yes..."
"Well thanks for the encouragement Quatre."
"Just hurry."
"Almost done...There! Finished!"
"Now upload the virus and get out of there."
"Gotcha."
As Zachary walked around the base he found himself heading back to the hanger. It hadn't been long since Zeff kicked him out but she couldn't still be angry.
"Okay the virus is fully loaded."
"Get out of there now, you only have a half-hour until we move in."
"All right, but first I'm going to leave a present for them."
Meanwhile Zeff sat inside the Leo X with her laptop hooked into its mainframe.
"There, the Leo X is completed. Systems check complete, everything is in working order. Wow, it's finally done."
As she clicked away on her keypad Zachary walked through the doors.
"Zeff?"
She came out of the cockpit with laptop in hand.
"Glad to see you. It's finished, and I need a test pilot."
"ME?"
"Of course, if it blew up while I was in it, there would be nobody to build another. But if you're in it nobody will care."
"Hey!"
"Come on we don't have all day and they're about to start the war games so we don't have much time to test it."
As Zachary ran a system check Zeff entered the test field control room and put on a headset.
"Can you hear me Zachary?"
"Loud and clear mother bird."
"Don't call me that."
"Sorry."
"Okay, are you in the test field?"
"Yep. The movement controls are working perfectly so far."
"That's good. Do a quick test of the weapon systems and maneuverability, and make it fast we only have 15 minutes to test it."
"Sure thing."
As they tested the Leo X on the range Duo was in the main barracks setting a surprise for the small Oz base and its occupants.
Neither of them suspected a thing when they returned from the testing range.
"She's perfect!"
"Was the targeting sluggish?"
"Nope. Worked liked a charm."
"I think the long range does work better with the joystick."
"Did you just say what I think you said?"
"I said get out of my hanger while I reload it."
"Okay, see you at dinner for some cafeteria food."
"It's a deal."
Zachary headed out to the carpool in a good mood hoping to catch a ride into the city. He approached the officer on duty and easily talked him into letting him take a jeep. As he drove out he noticed another jeep parked a half-mile down the road. When he stopped to search it he found a pistol in the glove compartment and a map of the base.
He took the pistol, tucking it into the back of his jeans, he grabbed the map and got back into his jeep, then drove back to the base.
When he arrived there were pilots running toward the hangers, among them was Cameron Messenger, a pilot Zachary had fought beside recently.
"Hey, Cameron!"
"Zachary? What are you doing out here?"
"I just got back, what's going on?"
"There are four Gundams heading this way. The evacuation shuttles are already boarding, you had better head over to the airfield."
"Okay, but first I have to check if Zeff is still in the hanger, good luck."
"You too."
As Cameron ran off to the mobile suit hanger Zachary headed toward the Leo X's hanger. When he got inside most of the people were already outside except for a few engineers.
As a group of people passed him he saw Miya.
"Miya! Where's Zeff?"
"I think she's still in the hanger, she said she would follow us in a minute."
"Okay, you'd better hurry to the evacuation shuttles."
"Bye Zachary, maybe we'll meet you at the other base."
"Bye."
Zachary passed the main control room and stopped. The view screen was set on the battle raging between the Gundams and the Oz mobile suits. The Gundams were tearing through them. Then he saw Cameron's Leo explode.
"...Cameron."
He knew he had to get to the hanger before they reached the base. He quickly ran off to its direction. As he entered a hall there was an explosion in the control room he just left. The Gundams were attacking the base already. He felt the floor shudder as another explosion erupted behind him.
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