Disclaimer: Yes, yes, yes!!!!! Chapter 6!! *sighs* Wow, I'm happy. I should tell you though, to follow along with what's happening, you MUST read carefully. I have checked it many times to make sure that there is no spelling mistakes. Heed my warning: READ ALL OF IT CAREFULLY!!! A LOT OF ANNI'S PAST IS REVEALED!!! Enjoy...

-Loki

The Lost Pilot

Chapter 6

"We have to go after her," shouted Duo as he paced around the room.

"That's just what they'd expect us to do. We first need to find where they are taking her," Heero responded, while ferociously typing on his laptop.

He hacked into Oz files and clicked SEARCH. He typed in 'Anni Tanner' and waited. Only one file showed up, but it wasn't about Anni Tanner. He read, and kept re-reading it. After the fifth time, and getting the same result, Heero turned pale. "What is it, Yuy?" asked Wufei, who saw his expression.

Heero swallowed and answered, "We need to find her.... fast."

The little girl cries when the base she called home exploded into a bright light, filled with fire. "MOMMY!!! DADDY!!!! NOOOOO!!!!"

She was alone. Taaria cried and cried. She wouldn't stop. What just happened was so horrible, so confusing. "We were all supposed to live together! Daddy promised me! What happened!!! Why are they both gone!!!!"

The space pod slowed and stopped at a small port. She stepped out and ran to the other ships. "Have you seen my parents?" she asked every person she saw. When she went to the police station, they tried to take her to an orphanage. "No!" she yelled at them. "I am not an orphan! My mommy and daddy are alive!!!"

She ran away as fast as she could. Taaria ducked into an alleyway and watched the police run by her. She heard a voice, and turned around. A woman appeared out of the shadows. "Doesn't be scared sweetie," she soothed. Her brown hair and hazel eyes reflected with the sun. "I won't hurt you."

Seeing that the child was still scared, she went down to eye level with her. "Look. My name's Maude. I'm here right now. I'll protect you, and take care of you. No more tears."

Anni groaned and opened her eyes. "Well, she's awake," said a far-too-familiar voice. Rasam smiled and helped her up. "Glad to see that you're okay, Lady Taaria."

She rubbed her butt. Noticing this, he apologized, "Oh, I am sorry about the rough treatment you endured. My men had to get you out of that retched Gundam Pilots' house."

Her memory flicked back on. "Why did you kidnap me? I never did anything to you, so why? If it's to lure Duo and the others here, think again!"

She fiddled with something in her pocket, and pressed it.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!!!! "Maxwell," scolded Wufei. "Shut that damn watch off!"

Duo looked at his blinking watch and smiled. "I know where they took Anni."
"What?!" He explained to them that he gave Anni a tracking device when he first met her. Hooking it up to Heero's computer, it downloaded the coordinates. "Good going Duo," exclaimed Trowa.

"Let's not rejoice yet," said Heero. "I have only copied a small fraction of the coordinates. Let's hope it doesn't stop anytime soon."

"Captain Rasam, we have a problem," one of the henchmen said. Rasam turned to him. "What is it Private?"

"We seem to have tracker in the ship. If it continues, 01 will find us."

He cursed. "Where is it coming from?" The man typed quickly on the control. When the answer came up, he had a funny look on his face. "It seems to be coming from this room."

Anni's eyes grew wide, Oh crap... "SEARCH FOR IT!" bellowed Rasam. He glanced at Anni, and saw her hand deep in her pocket. Running towards her, he grabbed Anni's arm, and located the tracker. Taking it with his free hand, Rasam threw it on the ground and stepped on it. "You think that you were being smart there, huh, Lady Taaria?"

She smiled. "Maybe a little."

He slammed his hand down on her head.

BEEP BEEP BE... Duo tapped his watch. "What happened?"

"They must have found it," stated Trowa, with a bit of regret in his voice.

"Oh dear," Quatre said sadly. He turned to Heero. "Did you find out where she is?" Heero sighed and said, "Only a part of it. All I know is that is somewhere around here," he pointed to a location on a map.

"But that place is huge! They would leave by the time we got there!"

"I KNOW!! I KNOW!!!" He slammed his hands down on his laptop in defeat.

Silence filled the room for a couple minutes. Duo broke it by saying, "Heero, what were you looking at before?"

He looked up at him and smiled, "That's right!"

Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei were lost. "What are you guys talking about?" asked Wufei. Heero returned to the page he was at before. "Ok. When I searched for 'Anni Tanner' all I got was one result. But it wasn't about her, it was about Mark Tanner."

"Could that be her father?"

Heero shrugged. "It's a possibility. He was the leader of the once-was base called Lunarclyte. He was an Oz soldier, and a damn good one. It says that he died in an explosion with his wife there. They had a daughter named Taaria, but it doesn't say if she died."

"Lunarclyte.. where have I heard that before," thought Duo.

"Could Taaria be Anni?" asked Quatre.

"Maybe. It's easy to change your hair and eye color. Heck, it's eve easier to change your name. I would just like to know how the dye remained permanent," answered Trowa.

"PolyGram," said Heero.

"Huh?"

"PolyGram. It is a permanent dye that will stay forever. Last I heard, it was abolished from the universe forever, but some people still kept it. Whoever she went to must have either been extremely rich and powerful, or lucky."

He then found a picture of her and enlarged it. He changed her blond curly hair, to shory straight black. Moving to the eyes, he changed them into a forest green. "It still doesn't look like her," Wufei said.

"That's because she's only six! Let me change her age as well." Heero did, and the result looked like her. Not exactly, but pretty close.

"It's her," whispered Duo.

Quatre snatched the picture that Duo had brought back from her apartment. Examining it, he saw something he hadn't seen before. "Look! In the background! Mobile Dolls; they aren't in a garage, they're in a base! And an Oz one by the look of it."

Wufei thought about it. "So if Oz has Anni now, than..."

"... maybe they will try to finish whatever they started by using her," finished Duo.

Heero nodded. "That's exactly why we need to find her fast. Before they do anything drastic." Quatre looked uneasy. "What would they do?"

"I don't know.. and that's what scares me."

"He.. Hello Maude," the child said carefully.

Maude placed a comforting hand on Taaria's head. She listened to what happen to her, and listened carefully. When she had finished, the woman looked into the girl's deep blue eyes. Maude, being forty-three at the time, always wanted a daughter, but never had the chance to bear one. She took pity on the girl and played with her blonde curls. "You don't want the police finding you, do you?"

The child shook her head vigorously. Maude straightened herself. "Well, than since I am going to take care of you now, we should probably change your hair and eyes. What colors would you like?"

Taaria looked at her. Making up her mind she replied, "Black. With a bit of silver in it, please."

"That's an unusual color. How come?"

She looked like she was fighting back tears. "My mommy's hair was black, and my daddy's was silver."

Maude almost cried, too, because of the girl's innocence. "How could something that horrible happen to a girl this wonderful," she thought. "And your eyes?"

"Do I have to change them?''

She ruffled the girl's hair. "Only if you don't want to get caught."

"I like green. Please make them green."

"Done." Maude picked her up and balanced her on her hips. "I know a place where you can get those changes. And make them permanent."
They walked down the sidewalk, hiding whenever they saw a police drive by. She walked into a store called 'Bob's Market'. Placing the girl down, she yelled, "Hey Bobby!! Need some business out here! Or are you finally dead?"

A heavy, but still good-looking man walked through a door behind the counter. "Very funny, Maude. Good to see you too." Bob looked to be somewhere in his early twenties. He glanced at Taaria, who hid behind Maude. "Who's the kid?"

Maude looked at her. "You know I'm not quite so sure yet. What's your name, sweetie?"

"My.. my name is Taaria Tanner. I live at base Lunarclyte and my number is.."

"That's ok, sugar. I don't need to know that," Bob interrupted her. Anni shut her mouth, but her eyes wandered around the store. "This is where I am going to change my hair?"

He looked at Maude. "You want me to change her looks?"

"If you would please, Bob. I don't have much money with me right now, but I can get you some in a day or..."

Bob held up his hand to stop her. "Maudie. You have been my friend for years. Now I ask you, would I ever charge you?"

Maude smiled. "No... I guess not."

Bob knelt down to Taaria. "So what color do you want your hair to be, pumpkin?"

Anni slowly opened her eyes. "I am getting knocked out way too much," she said to herself. She would have scratched the annoying itch on her head, but there was a slight problem. Her arms and legs were clamped down to a metal chair. "If you're wondering why we had to restrain you, it was because you can't be trusted... yet."

Rasam pulled up a chair and sat next to her. "I am very disappointed in you. Betraying your people like that? The same people whom your father worked hard to gather. What would her say if he saw you?"

She stared into his cold, heartless eyes. "Don't you DARE bring my father into this!"

He smiled and rubbed his unshaved chin. "Do you know who your father was, Lady Taaria? Do you know anything about your childhood?"

Her silence gave her answer. "Interesting," was all he said. "Let me enlighten you than, Lady Taaria."

She raised an eyebrow. "Why do you keep calling me that? My name is Anni Tanner. Or is it just that you like to makeup little nickname for your prisoners?"

He slapped her in the face. "Your name is not Anni! I don't even know where you got that horrible name! You, Lady Taaria, are the daughter of Mark and Cameile Tanner."

He got up and paced the room. "Your mother, what a sight she was. Black hair; blue eyes... you yourself once had those same eyes. And your hair," he grabbed a lock of it, "it used to be blonde."

Rasam let go and walked to the other side of the room. "Mark, on the other hand, had gray hair. He was strong, faithful, and a great Oz leader. He was the most powerful Lunarclyte has ever seen. Next to Trieze, of course."

She blocked out his words, but they still reached her ears. "Your father was leading Oz to take over planet Earth, but was stopped by a certain Gundam Pilot."

She screamed at his words; making as much noise as she could. Anni stomped and cursed, but his answer lingered in her mind.

"That pilot was your very good friend DUO MAXWELL!!!"

"NOOOO!!! YOU'RE LYING!!!!"

"AM I?" he yelled. "I know what happened to him, I saw it!"

He stood up and continued to pace the room. "Mark was trying to escape the explosion. He had just placed his wife and child in a closing elevator, but he wasn't able to go through. When he was in the laboratory, he met 02. Though he was just six or seven years old at the time, he was highly trained. I was trying to find an exit, when I saw him shoot Mark. Pain slashed at my heart as I ran away. He was my friend, my leader... my brother."

"What?!" cried Anni.

"That's right! I am your uncle! So don't tell me I'm lying when I saw it!"

Too much was happening to her. She didn't scream, or cry, or yell; she didn't do anything. She couldn't do anything. Anni basically shut down. A single tear rolled off her face and plopped onto the floor. All the dreams made sense now. They weren't dreams, they were memories. She now knew her parents and couldn't even say "Hello" or even "I love you". Then the picture of Duo holding a gun to her father flashed in her mind. The solitary tear multiplied, flowing freely. A burning hatred grew inside her. It was wild. Sensing her anger and hurt, Rasam quietly said to her, "Now that you know what happened, will you help us get back at the Pilots?"

A/N: Ah ha! Evil cliffhanger! Even I do not like cliffhangers, but they are so fun to write!! Please review and tell me how you like the story. (Actually that's what they're there for, so just use this: COMMON SENSE!) bye! ^-^!!

-Loki