Good! A new chapter! Please R/R! Okay, the ride in this is one of those spinning, flipping rides that look like a gyroscope. You sit and it and spin and flip. It's brightly colored and usually seen at amusement parks. I have no idea what they are called.

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Wufei led the last group outside, where a large ride was set up. Joann was thrilled. She loved thrill rides. She couldn't get enough of them. It drove her sister crazy though.
Wufei sighed. "This ride is to test how tolerant you are to thrills. If you become a pilot, you will experience many missions where you are tossed, turned, and thrown around like a rag doll." An inaudible mutter emitted from his lips. Joann caught two words. It sounded like 'braided baka'.
"Why are we outside?" A girl asked.
"Because," he said, "we don't want to clean up your vomit."
A few of the girls made disgusted noises.
"Enough," Wufei groaned. "Let's begin. The sooner we start, the sooner we finish. Each of you will spend five minutes in the pod, and then, if you feel sick, you can go puke in the sink. If not, then you can stand by the door. Zero-Seventeen, you're up first."
The girl got into the small chair, buckled herself in, and was off on a spinning furry. She squealed in pleasure as she spun and flipped, and then groaned as the ride came to a sudden halt. Joann noticed the funny way the girl walked as she climbed off the ride.
Joann pitied the next girl. She looked so pale and fragile that Joann didn't think she could survive an extreme ride such as this.
"I can't ride this," the girl whispered. "I...I get motion sickness. I can't help it. I'm sorry."
"Then you shouldn't have tried out if you're not even going to participate," Wufei spat.
"That's too harsh, Wufei," Joann said. "She said she was sorry. Don't be so mean to someone who can't help being who she is."
Wufei stared at her. Joann stared back. He backed off. She smirked.
When it was her turn to go up, she saw a hint of malice in his eyes. It frightened her for a moment, and then she realized what was the worst he could do? After she was buckled in, Wufei started the ride. Joann squealed in joy as the ride went as fast as it could go. Five minutes passed, and it didn't stop.
"Hey Wufei!" She yelled. "What the fuck is going on?! Lemme off!"
Wufei smirked. "Payback."
Ten minutes passed, and the ride stopped. Joann stepped off. She was dizzy, but she was happy. But although she was sick to her stomach, she didn't feel the need to puke in the sink.
In the end, only one girl puked in the sink, and although the fragile girl didn't ride, she got marks anyway. Joann made sure of that.

Lunchtime came quickly as the tests ended. As the groups entered the main hanger, the smell of barbequed hot dogs and hamburgers filled the air. Each grabbing plates the groups filed into a single line in no particular order.
Melina was still dizzy from her ride on the pod, which was her last test. Stumbling a bit, she fell back into Duo.
"Sorry," she said. "I'm feeling kind of sick. I don't think I could eat anything."
Duo kissed her temple. "Couldn't eat anything? The docs are cooking up some pretty good burgers and hot dogs. And look! Soda and beer!"
"Aren't you too young to have beer?"
He grinned. "A sip or two won't hurt. I have pizza and beer all the time. It's one of my favorite foods."
Heero stepped up next to him. "Everything is your favorite food Duo," he said. "Even broccoli."
"In sauce!" Duo protested. "And I hate brussel sprouts and artichokes. And Cathy's soup. Definitely the soup."
They both shivered.
"Who's Cathy?" Melina asked. She turned to Heero. "Your girlfriend?"
Duo cracked up. Heero, for once in his life, blushed. "Ahem, no. She's Trowa's sister. Poor guy, he's force-fed her soup every time he's with her."
"I see," she said. "Hmm...well, at least I'll never have to eat her soup. It sounds awful."
Duo laughed nervously and looked at Heero. Heero glared back at him, then joined Trowa and Quatre on one of the gym mats.
"Beef or Turkey?" Wufei asked.
"Beef, please," Melina answered politely. He handed her a beef hotdog on a bun.
"Hey Wufei! You make a good chef!" Duo mocked.
Wufei threw a hotdog at him. Duo, amazingly, caught it on his plate. "It's not my fault, Maxwell!" He growled. "That girl, Zero-Twenty, forced me into it!"
Melina giggled. Duo laughed. "What? No bun?"
Wufei threw a bun at his face. "You're holding up the line, braided baka Maxwell."
Next in line were the soda's and, Duo's favorite, beer. Melina chose an IBC Root Beer. Duo chose a beer.
She made a disgusted face. "Yuck. Beer."
He just smiled at her and told her to move on.
The chips were last on the menu. They had almost every kind, but unfortunately, not enough. There were enough Doritos, but not enough Cheetos. They both grabbed for it. They glared at each other, each holding the bag in a death grip. The people behind them, being smart, decided to go for a chip bag far away from the two.
"Cheetos are my favorite, Melina," Duo said.
"Mine too, Duo," Melina replied.
"I got them first, Zero-Seven," he snarled.
"But I did, Zero-Two," she snarled back.
"Mine."
"Mine!"
Duo, being the bigger of the two, got the Cheetos. But Melina, being just as clever as Duo, quickly formed a plan. Grabbing a bag of Doritos and a bag of Fritos, she held them up in front of her face.
"Look Duo," she said softly. "A bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos and a bag of Barbeque Fritos. Mmmm...yummy, aren't they. It would be a shame if someone else ate these instead of you. Maybe I should eat these. Yes, maybe I should."
Duo was drooling and glancing at the bags, his eyes glazed over. His mind was whirling. You could give her this bag and get two bags, the little voice in his mind said. Or, You could keep this bag and allow her to have two. Ooh, tough decision isn't it Duo. Shut up brain! Duo demanded.
"Melina," he finally decided, "I think we are going to take your two bags and give you the Cheetos."
"Err...We?" Melina asked.
"The little voice inside my head and myself," Duo replied.
"Riight..."They exchanged the bags. "Good doing business with you Duo," she said. With her Cheetos in hand, she walked away gleefully.
Duo, cackling like a mad man at his good luck, joined Heero, Quatre, and Trowa. Wufei joined them later, smelling strongly of hotdogs.
"Woof woof," Duo mocked. Wufei threw the end of his hotdog at the handsome, and annoying, braided baka.

Melina wandered around the hanger looking for somewhere to sit. Only when Anita's cries of 'Melina' did she finally sit down.
Anita was sitting with a group of girls Melina recognized from before.
"Hi," she said cheerfully. "My name is Melina May-Kline, age sixteen."
"Hello!" Said the strawberry blond girl. "I'm Winona Reagan, age fifteen."
"I'm Joann Bussayabuntoon," the next girl said. "I'm seventeen."
"And I'm her sister Michelle," the girl next to Joann said. "I'm eighteen."
"What?!" Melina yelled. "I thought you were thirteen! You look so young!"
"I'm insulted," Michelle pouted. "Everyone thinks that. But I really am eighteen."
Melina grinned sheepishly. "Sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."
"Don't mind her," Joann said. "She's just pretending."
"Alright. I'm pleased to meet all of you. Good luck on getting in. The rosters will be posted up tomorrow."
"How do you know?" Winona asked.
Melina turned to her. "I work as a mechanic on one of the mobile suits called Hellspawn. I find out all sorts of interesting things."
"Well that means you're automatically in," Joann said. "They already know everything about you."
"Well, I don't know about that," she grinned evilly. "But I can give you information about the pilots."
"Ooh!" Michelle squealed. "Do tell."
"Heero first!" Anita requested.
"Well, Heero's nickname is the perfect soldier or the one and only," Melina began. "He's not big on emotions, but will laugh like a maniac at times. His worst enemies are Milliardo and Relena Peacecraft and sometimes Duo Maxwell. Although he won't acknowledge it, the Gundam Boys are his best friends. He pilots the Wing Zero Custom. He's seventeen. Next?"
"Trowa!" Michelle said.
"Not much is known about Trowa. He is known as the enigma and he's very quiet. Although, he is known to laugh if he's told a good joke. His only family is his older sister Cathy. He has no enemies. His best friends are all the Gundam Boys and a lion he works with at the circus. He's eighteen and pilots the Heavyarms Custom."
"I want to hear about Quatre," Winona said.
"Quatre comes from a rich family and is the youngest of twenty nine...sisters. He is known as the peacemaker for he doesn't like to fight. But he will protect the people he cares for. His best friends are the Gundam Boys. He's seventeen and pilots the Sandrock Custom."
"I want to hear about Wufei," Joann said.
"Wufei is a prick." The girls laughed. "He is known as the martial warrior and is big on justice. He thinks all women are weak even if they defeat him in battle. Like Heero, he won't acknowledge the friendship between him and the Gundam Boys. He was once married when he was fourteen but his wife died. He's now seventeen and pilots the Altron Custom."
"What about that boy you were making friends with?" Winona asked. "The one with the long braid Wufei threw a hotdog at."
"Duo Maxwell?" The girls nodded. "He's weird. His nickname is Shinigami, the wide-eyed warrior, or the braided baka. He has a voice in the back of his head that tells him what to do. Everyone is his friend. Even his enemies are his friends. He's seventeen and pilots the Deathscythe Hell Custom. In his spare time, he works in a scrap yard with a girl named Hilde."
"How did you find all this information?" Anita asked.
"Ever heard of the famous hacker Angelic Knight?" Melina asked.
Anita nodded. Of course she's heard of Angelic Knight. He or she was the most famous hacker in the L2 Colony, and in parts of Earth. He or she got the name from her ability to hack into a system without being noticed and then tamper with it so little that it looked like nothing had happened. But after five days, if Angelic Knight planned it, the whole system could crash and wipe out all the documents. No computer was safe from the famous Angelic Knight.
Melina signaled for the girls to huddle in closer, then she dropped her voice to a low whisper. "She's me."
Winona, Anita, Joann, and Michelle stared at her in surprise.
Joann frowned. "How could you be Angelic Knight? You're just a kid, like us."
"So are the Gundam Pilots," she replied. "It doesn't mean that their abilities are limited."
"But it is pretty cool that you're a mechanic and a hacker," Winona said. She sighed. "All I can do is draw."
"You can draw?" Melina asked, excited. "I can't draw for shit! That's why Doctor G never let design the Gundams."
"I can draw too," Michelle interjected. "My mother wanted me to be an artist. But it was just a hobby and not my future career."
Melina pouted. "You're so lucky. I can only draw stick figures." She brightened up a bit. "Maybe if you guys become pilots, you can draw some designs for new Gundam remodels. Wouldn't that be cool?"
"Well, then we'll look forward to that, right Winona?" Michelle said cheerfully.
"I'm good at computers as well," Joann said. "I want to design a new computer system that is better than the ones used in the military and at home. Maybe if I become a pilot, I can help design a new system."
"That would be great!" Melina said. "They could always use a new targeting system." She turned to Anita. "What are you good at?"
"I'm good at-what the fuck is going on over there?" Her eyes had drifted towards the Gundam Boys. It was not the G-Goys actions that were surprising; they were only tallying the scores. At least, they were trying to. Megan and Relena were hanging all over Duo and Heero, to their dislike.
Megan was trying to get Duo to eat some of her Cheetos, thinking it would be a good way to get his attention. Duo kept swatting her hand away and telling her to leave him alone because he was trying to figure out the scores. Relena, well, Relena was hanging onto Heero like she always did. Heero kept telling her to go away or he'll kill her.
"But you always say that silly and you never do!" She giggled.
Heero reached for his gun, and then remembered who had it. Looking up, he glared right into Anita's dark brown eyes with his own piercing blue. She grinned and held up his gun. Heero gave her his best 'I'm going to kill you' glare. She just grinned and slid the gun into her front pocket.
"You stole a gun from Heero Yuy?!" Melina gasped.
"Yeah, that's what I'm good at," Anita said. "Stealing and annoying people."
"But you know that he'll never forgive you," she said. "He's not a forgiving person."
"I don't care," she replied. "I got me a new toy."
They all laughed. Melina hoped with all her heart that these girls would become pilots, even if she didn't make the cut. They all had great skills worthy of the name Gundam Pilot.
"Lunch is over ladies," Doctor J's voice announced over the P.A System. "Please clean up your messes, and then exit out the hanger door. The names of who will be pilots will be up tomorrow between the times of nine o'clock A.M. and Noon. Good day and good luck."
After cleaning up their messes, the girls said good-bye and good luck to each other then parted.
"I hope we make it," Melina whispered, and then rode off on her bike.

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You like? I kinda got the 'shut up brain' part from the Simpsons. Thankies Homer! Sorry for the G-Boy info. I thought the girls might like to know about them. I couldn't remember Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei's official nicknames, so if you know, please tell me so I can fix it. Thankies! Please R/R!!!!!!!!!