Disclaimer: Hello....*yawn* man, am I tired. I don't think I have slept at least eight hours this week. Man alive.... anyway, thankyou for all of your reviews, and Rori, I am sorry that you didn't know about that last chapter. There are just some things I can't tell you.... because you SPOIL everything!!!! Well, today after some thinking, I thought about something. Even though I may not own the Gundam Boys, I own Anni!!! Yes! None of you can have her!!! She is mine! Muwahahaha!!! *cough* Rori, please tell me how in the hell you DO THAT!! Geese, It's like we let out a mad scientist from jail or something... hope you like. Please review some more! (ps.. thankyou for telling mme what Ja ne is)
Ja ne! (I like it!!!)
-Loki
The Lost Pilot
Chapter 9
"Why won't you let me go after her, Wufei?!" yelled Duo.
"Because. That onna has something to deal with right now, and us following her would make it worse. Leave her alone for once, Maxwell. She obviously has a grudge against you, or something."
"But WHAT is it?! I thought we were the best of friends up until Rasam took her and brainwashed her. Maybe she still is brainwashed, and.."
"No, Duo. If she was still brainwashed, than she would have killed us rather than help us," commented Trowa.
"Oh."
Heero, who was working on his laptop, stopped and looked at Duo. "Duo. Come here. There is something you need to see."
Duo sauntered over to him and sat down. "Read," commanded Heero after he handed over his laptop. "Do I start here?" asked Duo pointing to the screen.
"At the top of the page, baka!"
Duo nodded and began. "With the death of our former leader, Mark Tanner, we wish to assign Rasam Tanner as our new leader. He isn't like Mark, but he will be just as good. Rasam says that there are two people we must search for. One is Mark's younger daughter, Taaria. *picture of her is next to the paragraph* She knows some information about the plans of Mark, which no one seems to know. Find and capture. The second, is the one who had killed Mark. He has no name really, but he is going by the name of Duo---" he stopped.
Everyone stopped what they were doing when they heard him drop the laptop. "You.. you mean I killed... her.. her dad?"
"Yes," was all Heero could say.
"No wonder she's mad at you," commented Wufei.
"When... when did that happen?"
Heero picked up his laptop ((which wasn't even scratched, I might add)) and looked into it more throughly. "AC 186 at Base LunarClyte."
Duo meekly smiled and said, "No wonder that sounded familiar to me. To blow that place up was the first mission G gave me."
He got up and started for Deathscythe. "Duo?" started Quatre. "Duo! Where are you going?!"
He turned around to look at the blonde. "I am going to set some rights. I have to say I'm sorry. And Shiginami help anyone who dares to get in my way of her."
He got into his Gundam and proceeded to follow Anni.
"There it is!" said Anni when she saw the base that had held her captive for so long. "Hold on, B. I'm commin' to get you."
Since she had both an Oz uniform on, and an Oz MS, they allowed her to come into their base. "Thank you," was all she said to them.
By using her memory, she tried her best to get to Dr. B's prison cell. When she finally made it, there were two guards guarding her. She saluted them and said, "I need to talk to the scientist alone. Captain Rasam's orders."
They were the one who saluted them this time, and left the room. Anni sighed and took off her hat. Dr. B knew it was her the whole time, so she didn't bother to looked surprised. "How did you know?"
"Know what?" question Dr. B.
"You placed that extra Oz MS in the ship. How did you know that I would get hurt, get taken by the Gundam Pilots, run away, and fly back here to rescue you?" Anni smiled.
"I just do, darling. Now hurry up and open this door. There is something I want to show you."
Anni did as she was asked, and Dr. B lead them out of the dungeon. "Since I am the scientist here, they gave me a card to every door on this ship. Fools."
They had to duck into a hallway as a group of soldiers ran down the hall. "They know someone is here. HURRY!" They started to run this time. Anni thought that they would run forever, until Dr. B stopped at a big metal door. She swiped her card through the card slot, and it flashed green. Not even a second later, the door slid open, and Dr. B pushed both of them in there. Anni fell to the ground, but when she looked up, she was met with something more beautiful than anything she had ever seen. "Gundam Revelation," said Anni through a whisper.
Dr. B helped her to her feet, and opened up a metal cabinet. She gave Anni the proper Gundam Pilot clothing when flying a Gundam, and commanded her to change into them. With a zip of the zipper on her dark purple and black jacket, she was ready. "You want me to have Revelation, don't you."
"Yes, I do." Dr. B was wearing the traditional space suit, round helmet and all.
"You're coming with me though, right?"
Dr. B looked surprised at Anni. "Dear child I have been here long enough. I certainly don't plan to die here as well."
When Anni settled herself in her new Gundam, she looked over at Dr. B, who was in a small spacecraft. "How did you know my father?" asked Anni.
"And what would bring you to that question?" Dr. B smiled.
"I put two-and-two together and get four."
Dr. B had finished buckling herself in, and looked at Anni. "Maybe I will tell you one day."
"Fair enough," said Anni.
"By the way," asked Dr. B, "what took you so long to get here?'
"What do you mean? It has only been a few hours," Anni answered back. Dr. B gave a hearty laugh and said, "Child, it has been five days since you have been here."
"Woah, sorry about the wait then."
The entrance door to the garage was busted down, and Oz soldiers filled up the room. "Time to go," said Dr. B taking off. While they were flying, Anni asked, "What kind of weapons does this thing have?"
"It is completed with one beam saber on you left waist, a buster cannon on your left arm, and two Gundanium Swords that attach on both ends to form a baton-type weapon behind your back. There should be enough room to grab the baton together where the two ends are," she said.
Anni pulled out both of her swords, and held one in each hand. She turned back around to go to the base and heard Dr. B scream, "What are you doing?!"
"I am going to fulfil your dream!" she called back to her.
After shooting down a couple of MD's, Dr. B asked again, "What do you mean?"
When Anni had finished off the Dolls, she placed her swords back, and took out her buster cannon. She aimed it at the colony that had held her captive. "This."
With one quick flick of her finger, she destroyed the entire base. Anni didn't even smile at what she did, and neither did the scientist. "Thank you," was all Dr. B said, emotionless.
"Let's get a move on," commanded Anni. She didn't want to stick around any longer. Her mentor smirked and said, "Sure."
Both Gundam and spacecraft flew out into space, not even looking back. Deathscythe appeared at the destroyed base. Duo could feel his hands shake at the sight of the destruction. With one quick breath, he screamed, "NOOOOOOO!!!!"
He narrowed his eyes, and looked around him. "Who did this?" he asked angrily.
"What!?" His eyes laid upon a retreating Mobile Suit. "A Gundam?"
If the other pilots hadn't of shown up, he would have chased after that pilot. Quatre gasped at the base, and turned to Duo. "Duo? Did... did you do this?"
He sighed and took off his helmet. "No, Q-man, I didn't. But when I find the one who did... I'll kill him..." He thought about it and added, "and send their Gundam into the sun."
"HUH?! Did you just say that the guy that did this owns a Gundam?" asked Heero.
"Yup."
Trowa appeared on his screen. "Aren't you looking at this the wrong way? He just destroyed an Oz base, so why would you want to kill him?"
Duo looked down and closed his eyes. "Because... he killed Anni."
Quatre turned to him. "How would you know if Miss Anni was on there or not? She may have gone the other way!"
The braided pilot sighed, and pulled out a folded letter from his pocket. Carefully saying each word, he began:
"Duo. I can never forgive you for what you have done in the past. I hope you will understand. Just looking at you reminds me of him. Although he was an Oz leader, I saw him as a person, and my father. There is someone I have to see one more time back on the Oz base, so please, don't follow me.
I am hoping that the time you will read this, I will be thousands of miles away from you. Someday, I hope that I can forgive you. But right now, it will be wise if you stay away. I cannot say that I will miss you, because I won't. Please don't think that it is your mission to help me out. I don't need help. Just solitude.
PS: I would like to thank all of you for what you have done. Each of you has given me a memory that I will always have. But there are still some I wish to lose. Please be safe, and don't do anything foolish. Take care of Tasha, I will miss her so....
-Anni
Voice unchanged, he folded it up again, and returned it to it's pocket. Silence is all that was made from the pilots. "Why do the weak have to die?" question Wufei, who finally broke the silence.
"Let's go back to the ship. There's nothing more to see here," Heero said sadly.
Quatre felt like a piece of him had been taken away, and Trowa was just silent as usual. Although, he was hurting inside.
Out of all of them, Duo was the worst. He continuously banged his hands on the controller, cursing him for his bad timing. "I could have saved her!" he yelled through clenched teeth. "Why did she die!?!?"
He looked back into the direction of the Gundam, and narrowed his eyes. "If... if we ever meet again, I will kill you."
"Is that really necessary?" asked Dr. B. She was watching as Anni was re-dying her hair black. The former-blonde made a face, and finished the last bit of hair. "Being a blonde just didn't fit me. I'm used to black, anyway. It suits me."
Dr. B nodded and looked back at the newspaper. "It seems that Oz has attacked another city... when will they stop?"
"Hey, B. Where you get this?"
"What do you mean by 'this'?"
Anni pointed to the bag on the counter. "The PolyGram."
"It was this little market downtown. There was this guy named Bob there. You wouldn't believe how much that stuff is!"
Anni smiled and walked to the other side of the room. Thinking of something she said, "We're actually out of food, so tell me where this market is."
Dr. B handed her a napkin with the address on it, and she walked out the door. Still not having a car nor scooter, Anni resorted to walking. It was a nice, sunny day, so she didn't mind. The children across the street were playing Gundam Pilots, and it made her smile. A big sign that said BOB'S MARKET brought her a flashback, but she paid no attention to it. I don't want to live in the past anymore....
When she walked through the glass door, she heard a faint voice from within her mind call out, "Hey Bobby! Need some business out here! Or are you finally dead?"
Anni shook the thought out, and grabbed a basket. She began to reach out for the soup, when she heard a crash from behind her. Thinking that she had accidentally bumped into something and then to fell to the ground, her eyes looked to the floor. But then a pair of feet caught her eye, and she looked up into the person's face. He was very handsome, and looked to be in his late twenties, or early thirties. His hands were shaking and he looked shocked. Anni just continued to stare at him, but got the wind knocked out of her when he ran up and gave her a great, big bear hug. This guy's strong! she thought.
When he let her go, she could see a very big smile on his face. "How are you Anni?" he asked.
She just blinked and looked at him funny. "Fine," she said slowly, "but who are you?"
He laughed and smacked his leg. "Are you saying you don't even know the guy who first changed your hair and eye color?"
Her eyes grew big as she finally referred back to her memories. "BOB!" she yelled. This time she hugged him. "Oh my God! How ya been?"
"Fine. Fine, I've been good."
Another thought came to her. "Do you know where Maude is? Is she here, can I see her?"
The smiled that once stretched across the man's face disappeared. He let go of Anni's arms and brought them down to his side. "I.. I don't know."
"What do you mean you don't know? I was sure that she'd come back here?!"
He looked at the ground. is voice was filled with sorrow. "They took her. They came to look for you, but found her. Somehow they knew that she had been raising you for a couple years, and they came."
His eyes watered and he closed them. "They kidnaped her. Right when she was in my house.... I'm sorry."
Anni staggered back. "No... no they couldn't have."
She dropped her basket and ran out the door. "ANNI!" Bob yelled.
She ran all the way back to the hotel room. "How could Oz do that! I'm the one their after, not her! WHY!!!" Anni continued to run up the stairs, not wanting to wait for the elevator. She brought out her keys and opened up the door. It smacked against the wall, and Dr. B turned around. "Something wrong?"
"Tell me where they are?"
"Who?"
"OZ! The moment I get them within my sight, their dead!"
The woman pushed back her purple hair and gave Anni the newspaper she had been reading. On the front, it read: VICE FOREIGN MINISTER RELENA DORLAIN MISSING! OZ IS SAID TO BE BEHIND KIDNAPING! REWARD FOR HER RETURN.
Anni folded that paper up and placed it in her back pocket. "First Maude, now that Relena-girl. Where are they?" she asked.
Dr. B raised an eyebrow. "Why do you think that I would know?"
Anni laughed. "You always seem to be one step ahead of me. I think that you knew that I would ask for this. So tell me where they are."
"Good instinct." Dr. B stood up from her chair, and walked over to a map that was placed on the wall. "Here. At point D-67745. They have a base disguised in the shape of an asteroid."
Anni nodded and headed for Gundam Revelation. "Mission accepted."
A/N: Ha ha!!! I told you that you would like it! I am proud of my work. I am still ahead of Rori, but keep the reviews comming. I especially like funny ones. By the way.. I would like to thank Elusive589 for putting us under their favorite authors. *applauds*
Ja ne (I really, really like this... I think I will keep it)
-Loki
Ja ne! (I like it!!!)
-Loki
The Lost Pilot
Chapter 9
"Why won't you let me go after her, Wufei?!" yelled Duo.
"Because. That onna has something to deal with right now, and us following her would make it worse. Leave her alone for once, Maxwell. She obviously has a grudge against you, or something."
"But WHAT is it?! I thought we were the best of friends up until Rasam took her and brainwashed her. Maybe she still is brainwashed, and.."
"No, Duo. If she was still brainwashed, than she would have killed us rather than help us," commented Trowa.
"Oh."
Heero, who was working on his laptop, stopped and looked at Duo. "Duo. Come here. There is something you need to see."
Duo sauntered over to him and sat down. "Read," commanded Heero after he handed over his laptop. "Do I start here?" asked Duo pointing to the screen.
"At the top of the page, baka!"
Duo nodded and began. "With the death of our former leader, Mark Tanner, we wish to assign Rasam Tanner as our new leader. He isn't like Mark, but he will be just as good. Rasam says that there are two people we must search for. One is Mark's younger daughter, Taaria. *picture of her is next to the paragraph* She knows some information about the plans of Mark, which no one seems to know. Find and capture. The second, is the one who had killed Mark. He has no name really, but he is going by the name of Duo---" he stopped.
Everyone stopped what they were doing when they heard him drop the laptop. "You.. you mean I killed... her.. her dad?"
"Yes," was all Heero could say.
"No wonder she's mad at you," commented Wufei.
"When... when did that happen?"
Heero picked up his laptop ((which wasn't even scratched, I might add)) and looked into it more throughly. "AC 186 at Base LunarClyte."
Duo meekly smiled and said, "No wonder that sounded familiar to me. To blow that place up was the first mission G gave me."
He got up and started for Deathscythe. "Duo?" started Quatre. "Duo! Where are you going?!"
He turned around to look at the blonde. "I am going to set some rights. I have to say I'm sorry. And Shiginami help anyone who dares to get in my way of her."
He got into his Gundam and proceeded to follow Anni.
"There it is!" said Anni when she saw the base that had held her captive for so long. "Hold on, B. I'm commin' to get you."
Since she had both an Oz uniform on, and an Oz MS, they allowed her to come into their base. "Thank you," was all she said to them.
By using her memory, she tried her best to get to Dr. B's prison cell. When she finally made it, there were two guards guarding her. She saluted them and said, "I need to talk to the scientist alone. Captain Rasam's orders."
They were the one who saluted them this time, and left the room. Anni sighed and took off her hat. Dr. B knew it was her the whole time, so she didn't bother to looked surprised. "How did you know?"
"Know what?" question Dr. B.
"You placed that extra Oz MS in the ship. How did you know that I would get hurt, get taken by the Gundam Pilots, run away, and fly back here to rescue you?" Anni smiled.
"I just do, darling. Now hurry up and open this door. There is something I want to show you."
Anni did as she was asked, and Dr. B lead them out of the dungeon. "Since I am the scientist here, they gave me a card to every door on this ship. Fools."
They had to duck into a hallway as a group of soldiers ran down the hall. "They know someone is here. HURRY!" They started to run this time. Anni thought that they would run forever, until Dr. B stopped at a big metal door. She swiped her card through the card slot, and it flashed green. Not even a second later, the door slid open, and Dr. B pushed both of them in there. Anni fell to the ground, but when she looked up, she was met with something more beautiful than anything she had ever seen. "Gundam Revelation," said Anni through a whisper.
Dr. B helped her to her feet, and opened up a metal cabinet. She gave Anni the proper Gundam Pilot clothing when flying a Gundam, and commanded her to change into them. With a zip of the zipper on her dark purple and black jacket, she was ready. "You want me to have Revelation, don't you."
"Yes, I do." Dr. B was wearing the traditional space suit, round helmet and all.
"You're coming with me though, right?"
Dr. B looked surprised at Anni. "Dear child I have been here long enough. I certainly don't plan to die here as well."
When Anni settled herself in her new Gundam, she looked over at Dr. B, who was in a small spacecraft. "How did you know my father?" asked Anni.
"And what would bring you to that question?" Dr. B smiled.
"I put two-and-two together and get four."
Dr. B had finished buckling herself in, and looked at Anni. "Maybe I will tell you one day."
"Fair enough," said Anni.
"By the way," asked Dr. B, "what took you so long to get here?'
"What do you mean? It has only been a few hours," Anni answered back. Dr. B gave a hearty laugh and said, "Child, it has been five days since you have been here."
"Woah, sorry about the wait then."
The entrance door to the garage was busted down, and Oz soldiers filled up the room. "Time to go," said Dr. B taking off. While they were flying, Anni asked, "What kind of weapons does this thing have?"
"It is completed with one beam saber on you left waist, a buster cannon on your left arm, and two Gundanium Swords that attach on both ends to form a baton-type weapon behind your back. There should be enough room to grab the baton together where the two ends are," she said.
Anni pulled out both of her swords, and held one in each hand. She turned back around to go to the base and heard Dr. B scream, "What are you doing?!"
"I am going to fulfil your dream!" she called back to her.
After shooting down a couple of MD's, Dr. B asked again, "What do you mean?"
When Anni had finished off the Dolls, she placed her swords back, and took out her buster cannon. She aimed it at the colony that had held her captive. "This."
With one quick flick of her finger, she destroyed the entire base. Anni didn't even smile at what she did, and neither did the scientist. "Thank you," was all Dr. B said, emotionless.
"Let's get a move on," commanded Anni. She didn't want to stick around any longer. Her mentor smirked and said, "Sure."
Both Gundam and spacecraft flew out into space, not even looking back. Deathscythe appeared at the destroyed base. Duo could feel his hands shake at the sight of the destruction. With one quick breath, he screamed, "NOOOOOOO!!!!"
He narrowed his eyes, and looked around him. "Who did this?" he asked angrily.
"What!?" His eyes laid upon a retreating Mobile Suit. "A Gundam?"
If the other pilots hadn't of shown up, he would have chased after that pilot. Quatre gasped at the base, and turned to Duo. "Duo? Did... did you do this?"
He sighed and took off his helmet. "No, Q-man, I didn't. But when I find the one who did... I'll kill him..." He thought about it and added, "and send their Gundam into the sun."
"HUH?! Did you just say that the guy that did this owns a Gundam?" asked Heero.
"Yup."
Trowa appeared on his screen. "Aren't you looking at this the wrong way? He just destroyed an Oz base, so why would you want to kill him?"
Duo looked down and closed his eyes. "Because... he killed Anni."
Quatre turned to him. "How would you know if Miss Anni was on there or not? She may have gone the other way!"
The braided pilot sighed, and pulled out a folded letter from his pocket. Carefully saying each word, he began:
"Duo. I can never forgive you for what you have done in the past. I hope you will understand. Just looking at you reminds me of him. Although he was an Oz leader, I saw him as a person, and my father. There is someone I have to see one more time back on the Oz base, so please, don't follow me.
I am hoping that the time you will read this, I will be thousands of miles away from you. Someday, I hope that I can forgive you. But right now, it will be wise if you stay away. I cannot say that I will miss you, because I won't. Please don't think that it is your mission to help me out. I don't need help. Just solitude.
PS: I would like to thank all of you for what you have done. Each of you has given me a memory that I will always have. But there are still some I wish to lose. Please be safe, and don't do anything foolish. Take care of Tasha, I will miss her so....
-Anni
Voice unchanged, he folded it up again, and returned it to it's pocket. Silence is all that was made from the pilots. "Why do the weak have to die?" question Wufei, who finally broke the silence.
"Let's go back to the ship. There's nothing more to see here," Heero said sadly.
Quatre felt like a piece of him had been taken away, and Trowa was just silent as usual. Although, he was hurting inside.
Out of all of them, Duo was the worst. He continuously banged his hands on the controller, cursing him for his bad timing. "I could have saved her!" he yelled through clenched teeth. "Why did she die!?!?"
He looked back into the direction of the Gundam, and narrowed his eyes. "If... if we ever meet again, I will kill you."
"Is that really necessary?" asked Dr. B. She was watching as Anni was re-dying her hair black. The former-blonde made a face, and finished the last bit of hair. "Being a blonde just didn't fit me. I'm used to black, anyway. It suits me."
Dr. B nodded and looked back at the newspaper. "It seems that Oz has attacked another city... when will they stop?"
"Hey, B. Where you get this?"
"What do you mean by 'this'?"
Anni pointed to the bag on the counter. "The PolyGram."
"It was this little market downtown. There was this guy named Bob there. You wouldn't believe how much that stuff is!"
Anni smiled and walked to the other side of the room. Thinking of something she said, "We're actually out of food, so tell me where this market is."
Dr. B handed her a napkin with the address on it, and she walked out the door. Still not having a car nor scooter, Anni resorted to walking. It was a nice, sunny day, so she didn't mind. The children across the street were playing Gundam Pilots, and it made her smile. A big sign that said BOB'S MARKET brought her a flashback, but she paid no attention to it. I don't want to live in the past anymore....
When she walked through the glass door, she heard a faint voice from within her mind call out, "Hey Bobby! Need some business out here! Or are you finally dead?"
Anni shook the thought out, and grabbed a basket. She began to reach out for the soup, when she heard a crash from behind her. Thinking that she had accidentally bumped into something and then to fell to the ground, her eyes looked to the floor. But then a pair of feet caught her eye, and she looked up into the person's face. He was very handsome, and looked to be in his late twenties, or early thirties. His hands were shaking and he looked shocked. Anni just continued to stare at him, but got the wind knocked out of her when he ran up and gave her a great, big bear hug. This guy's strong! she thought.
When he let her go, she could see a very big smile on his face. "How are you Anni?" he asked.
She just blinked and looked at him funny. "Fine," she said slowly, "but who are you?"
He laughed and smacked his leg. "Are you saying you don't even know the guy who first changed your hair and eye color?"
Her eyes grew big as she finally referred back to her memories. "BOB!" she yelled. This time she hugged him. "Oh my God! How ya been?"
"Fine. Fine, I've been good."
Another thought came to her. "Do you know where Maude is? Is she here, can I see her?"
The smiled that once stretched across the man's face disappeared. He let go of Anni's arms and brought them down to his side. "I.. I don't know."
"What do you mean you don't know? I was sure that she'd come back here?!"
He looked at the ground. is voice was filled with sorrow. "They took her. They came to look for you, but found her. Somehow they knew that she had been raising you for a couple years, and they came."
His eyes watered and he closed them. "They kidnaped her. Right when she was in my house.... I'm sorry."
Anni staggered back. "No... no they couldn't have."
She dropped her basket and ran out the door. "ANNI!" Bob yelled.
She ran all the way back to the hotel room. "How could Oz do that! I'm the one their after, not her! WHY!!!" Anni continued to run up the stairs, not wanting to wait for the elevator. She brought out her keys and opened up the door. It smacked against the wall, and Dr. B turned around. "Something wrong?"
"Tell me where they are?"
"Who?"
"OZ! The moment I get them within my sight, their dead!"
The woman pushed back her purple hair and gave Anni the newspaper she had been reading. On the front, it read: VICE FOREIGN MINISTER RELENA DORLAIN MISSING! OZ IS SAID TO BE BEHIND KIDNAPING! REWARD FOR HER RETURN.
Anni folded that paper up and placed it in her back pocket. "First Maude, now that Relena-girl. Where are they?" she asked.
Dr. B raised an eyebrow. "Why do you think that I would know?"
Anni laughed. "You always seem to be one step ahead of me. I think that you knew that I would ask for this. So tell me where they are."
"Good instinct." Dr. B stood up from her chair, and walked over to a map that was placed on the wall. "Here. At point D-67745. They have a base disguised in the shape of an asteroid."
Anni nodded and headed for Gundam Revelation. "Mission accepted."
A/N: Ha ha!!! I told you that you would like it! I am proud of my work. I am still ahead of Rori, but keep the reviews comming. I especially like funny ones. By the way.. I would like to thank Elusive589 for putting us under their favorite authors. *applauds*
Ja ne (I really, really like this... I think I will keep it)
-Loki