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Disclaimer: I was quite happy owning the lovely Gundam boys, but they made me put them back…. ;P Therefore I don't own Gundam wing.

Chapter 5: Introductions

One by one the boys heaved themselves off the floor rather painfully.

"So now what do we do?" asked a bruised Trowa.

"We keep on going," said Heero, his face set so no one dared to argue. It was fortunate then that the boys soon found a room in the miles of corridors. They all wandered in, checking out the scores of holographic maps projected on the walls.

Quatre was staring at them so hard he blundered straight into the table, which itself was projecting a 3-D map. The others rolled their eyes, then suddenly began to stare transfixed at the table. Quatre, confused, looked at the table, and then stared himself, for on the table, with a very weary expression on its face, was a hologram, of a girl.

Standing straight in deep blue cargos and a white turtleneck the girl was currently

tapping a clipboard with her pen and muttering. Strangely, she seemed a little familiar to Quatre. He frowned and shifted gently. In an instant she realized their presence and looked right up at them, searing them with her gaze. Quatre gulped, he got the feeling that this 'image' was just as alive as he was, maybe even more so.

"Who are you?" the girl demanded "What are you doing here?" The boys looked at one another; the girl sure had some presence for being only 15 cm tall.

"We're new crew members," replied Heero boldly, matching her eyes. He ignored the surprised glances.

"What?" asked the girl, stunned. "I didn't hear anything about new personnel on ship." A folder promptly replaced the clipboard in her hands and she hurriedly went through it, pieces of paper flying out behind her and vanishing into the thin air. It was at this point that Quatre realised where he had seen the girl before. She was the image of one of the Furies; the one in the tuxedo who had knocked him out…He winced at the memory. He wondered why he hadn't realised earlier but then, the ice blue hair was a bit misleading. She had by now stopped going through the folder and was regarding them uncertainly. "Are you sure you are new crew?" she asked tentatively.

"Perfectly," answered Heero, looking completely trustworthy as he did so.

"Fine," shrugged the girl, the folder disappearing. "Have you been entered into the computer?" Again the boys looked worried.

"No," said Heero slowly.

"All right," she said assertively, "well then I need to check you all in." the clipboard reappearing. "Name?" she asked looking directly at Heero. As he stepped forward and gave his name Quatre, try as he might, could not stop staring at the diminutive figure. Somehow, he found himself puzzling what her name was.

On the floor above Emma was still connected to the computer struggling to crack the lock on Wufei's laptop. She had been working on the numeric password for over 3 minutes.

'This guy must have some skills if it's taken Emma this long,' thought Tasha grudgingly. She scowled around the room. Lauren was sitting patiently while Louise was currently chewing the ear off her favourite teddy bear. Tasha leaned back against the wall and let out a long, irritated whistle. In that moment a bleeping began in the room. All three of them looked up, Emma as usual ignored it completely. Lauren got up and walked over to a particular patch of wall. She pressed a single spot firmly. The wall then slid away to reveal a huge computer screen, which the Furies used only if Emma was 'incapacitated'.

"E-mail," remarked Lauren quietly. She pressed open. As she read the message Tasha thought she detected a certain tightening of her features, a pursing of her lips.

She seemed quite casual however, when she lifted one hand and pressed a small red space to the side of the screen. Instantly a metallic voice said "System Override," and the slim silver thread connecting Emma to the mainframe fell off. She blinked a few times, and then she jumped up and whirled round on Lauren.

"What the hell did you do that for?" Emma spat angrily.

"I don't know if you have noticed Emma," said Lauren calmly "but we appear to have five new crew members," a hush descended. "Care to explain?" she added gently, gesturing at the screen. Emma read quickly, her face dropping with every second.

"Shit."

"Contain them Emma," advised Lauren, "quickly." Emma quickly got to work as Lauren and Louise walked out of the room. On the other hand, Tasha was fuming. By allowing the boys onboard, in Tasha' eyes, Emma had failed, and Tasha did not accept failure. She quietly stayed behind to wait for Emma, and, once the room was empty save her, Tasha neatly slipped a tiny chip into the manual screen. With a malicious smile at no-one in particular, Tasha left the room.

The boys were now standing in front of the door that, according to the hologram, led to the upper decks. As crew they had access to all the entry codes needed on the ship and Wufei was plugging it into the keypad, happy to be getting somewhere at last. He finished the last sequence and stepped back. Each of the group held their breath privately. The door slid open. There was a barely discernable sigh as they all trooped through.

Suddenly the door slammed back into place behind them, almost simultaneous with the door in front. An alarm shuddered thorough the entire ship. Duo cried

" Guys, I think they know we're here!!!!!!"

Vents appeared in the walls around them. A thick green smoke filtered out of them.

"Hold your breath!" ordered Heero.

It did not do them any good. Within a minute all five of the Gundam pilots were out cold on the floor.

It was exactly two hours later when they woke up in the cockpit. They found them selves sitting in a line backed against the wall, facing the Furies. Heero, the first to wake up, assessed the situation. All four of the girls were watching them intently, though the redhead was grinning idiotically. The blonde, as before, was in charge, while the other two were glaring at them with such hatred that Heero almost felt scared. The door was behind them, closed and locked. Though the Furies had left them untied, he had a feeling that it was because they believed it was not necessary. They were, to all appearances, trapped.

"You're trapped," said the blonde loudly, echoing his thoughts "so please don't bother getting up."

"What the hell was that stuff?" complained Duo, rubbing his neck. "Feels like I've been bench pressing an elephant."

"Just knock-out gas," replied the blonde "our own special blend. It seeps through the skin, so you really had no chance," glancing at the redhead, who smiled even more broadly.

"No matter," growled Wufei, "We can still take you…AARRGGGHHH!!!"

He hit the ground hard. Heero looked shocked at his friend then back to the Furies. The brunette was holding a small remote control in her left hand, and from the fact that the device was smoking probably had a lot to do with Wufei's attack. The blonde smiled at their at the their shocked faces.

"If you would please all put your hands to the back of your heads." The boys curiously touched the spot. One by one they all froze as they felt the harsh, cold sensation, of metal.

"What you feel is a little implant we have given you all. It is capable of delivering over a million volts directly into your brain. I hardly need to add," she said watching realization dawn on them, " that this would cause instant, and rather painful, death."

"Why?" Duo choked out. The girl fixed her dark eyes on him.

"Because it would seem that we are stuck with you all," she said matter of factly "due to a little mistake by our friend," glancing at the now flaming brunette "you are all part of our crew, and are now coming with us on our mission. However, considering your behaviour on our last meeting for our own safety we fitted you with the transmitters. Of course," she said pausing, watching their less-than-overjoyed faces "We could have simply tossed you out into space."

Each boy individually shuddered. The prospect of boiling, freezing and bursting into a bloody mess all at once did not appeal to any of them.

"Very well," said Heero standing up "We accept."

"Good," replied the girl, standing up also. She was exactly Heero's height. "You can go anywhere you like on board Oujiro and do whatever you please, only interfere with our plans," she said smiling viciously "and we will kill you."

" Fine," said Trowa, standing up "but it would be helpful if we were to know your names."

The blonde's eyes narrowed. "You have a point." Her eyes relaxed suddenly. She turned to face the girls saying as she did so "Furies, names," putting a lot of emphasis on the last word.

"Emma," said the brunette, thoroughly annoyed about something.

"Louise," sang the redhead, her voice lilting.

"Tasha," said the tall one, watching their every move.

"And Lauren," completed the blonde, turning back round to face them. "Now if that is everything, we have some work to do, ay Emma?" glancing at her friend. Emma's face finally brightened, as if a cloud had been lifted. She promptly strode out of the room, accompanied by her now grinning partners. The deserted boys looked at one another and nodded. As one they followed the Furies.

They entered the cockpit just as Emma was downloading into the system. The boys waited for any acknowledgement of their presence. Louise gave them a cheery wave and apart from a couple of glances, they got none. There was a distinct air of anticipation.

"Erm, Lauren," asked Quatre quietly, sneaking over to her. She turned and smiled kindly at him, even if her eyes did look amused. "What is going on?" he asked, gesturing towards Emma in the middle.

"We're waiting for Emma to crack your friend's code," she answered, nodding towards Wufei.

" Then you will be waiting a very long time. My code is unbreakable!!" stated Wufei, striding confidently to the front.

"Wanna bet?" drawled Tasha, looking pityingly at Wufei, who visibly bristled at the insult.

"There is something else," started Quatre, "the hologram….." – he floundered.

"Ah yes, well that was Emma's computer self," stated Lauren knowledgeably.

"Computer self?" echoed Quatre.

"Mind explaining?" asked Heero, coming over.

"While Emma is connected to the computer with that wire," explained Lauren, pointing, "her mind is in the computer, is the computer. The hologram is merely a visual version of her computerized mind." She shrugged nonchalantly, oblivious of the 5 lost faces around her (yeah everyone's listening now!).

"But how can that be?" asked a staggered Trowa.

"Emma built the damn thing," came a voice behind them. It was Tasha. "How the hell do you expect us to understand it?" Louise, who had somehow emerged in the middle of the group, nodded in agreement.

"It's best if you don't think about it too much," she said patting the startled Duo's shoulder.

"Well then why can't we see the hologram now?" asked Wufei, who was curious in spite of himself.

"Because she needs all her reserves concentrated on the code," explained Lauren, watching Emma cautiously "she should be done right around now."

"She won't break it," claimed Wufei, "I designed it myself!!"

All of sudden coordinates appeared on the open manual screen, as well as lines of possible routes and a picture of a little red planet.

"Mars?" queried Lauren, "Exotic." Wufei was staring at the screen, unable to comprehend what had just happened.

"Tough break," commented Duo sympathetically, bringing his arms behind his head and staring at the ceiling. He had somehow found a piece of gum and was chewing it as he did so. He happened to glance down at the white desk surrounding the still prone Emma, choked, and swallowed his gum. On reflex everyone looked at him, then at the table, and had much the same reaction. The hologram of Emma was there all right, but she looked quite different from before. Instead of her previous, decent outfit, the girl was now standing there in a tiny, blue and white striped bikini.

Quatre stuttered faintly "She, she wasn't wearing that before."

Lauren quickly recovered, looked around, and then cried "Emma, turn yourself off!"

The confused image looked down at herself, let out an unearthly shriek and promptly disappeared. Lauren then turned onto Tasha, furious, then some part of her noticed the boys behind her still with their eyes on stalks (they are boys after all). "If you would kindly put your eyes back in!!" she yelled. The boys all jumped, looked at each other and turned crimson, while Louise sat on the floor giggling at them. Lauren returned to her prey, who was returning her angry gaze with something akin to glee. "A virus, right Tasha?"

"Correct," replied Tasha, "Just as punishment for endangering the mission."

"Really," said Lauren lightly, "Well do you know how I'm going to punish you?"

"No." answered Tasha, slightly worried. Just then Emma leapt out of her chair, livid, and out for blood.

"I'm going to let her punish you," said Lauren cheerfully. With that Emma pounced on Tasha and an all-out brawl developed in front of the others. "Louise," said Lauren. Louise looked up at her expectantly. "Wait until one of them starts losing consciousness then come and find us. Care for a tour of the ship?" she asked brightly and strolled out, clearly intending the boys to follow. One by one they shuffled out, each of them wondering just what the hell they had got themselves in for.

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