"Oh, Is Chu
chu here? He said he would be here."
"I'm
sorry, but her isn't here yet."
"Oh."
She sulks her head and then suddenly realizes something. "Where is it?"
"What?"
"The
little black box that Chu chu
gave me."
"You
mean this." Quatre takes a box out of his pocket and gives it to her. She grabs
it quickly and turns away. She slowly opens it to see it alright.
"Oh Chu chu." She starts to cry as she closes the box and falls on her knees.
Switching Sides
"So, how is our new speciment doing?" the mysterious man asks one of the scientists in the hallway.
"Things seem to be behind schedule sir. This one is putting up more of a fight than the others have."
"Isn't there anything you can do to make things go faster?"
"NO sir. WE can't do anything right now. But we think that we will be able to control him soon."
"Tell me when you make some progress, but make it soon." He passes the scientist and walks down the metal hallway. As he turns the corner, he runs into Katsumi standing by one of the doors.
"IS everything okay sir?"
"Everything's fine Katsumi, but I'm just worried about what we are going to do for our next battle."
"Sir, I would be glad to fight in the next battle. Then I'm sure we could win."
"Thank you for your dedication, but I'm saving you as a trump card."
"I'm honored sir."
"We need that boy if we are going to win this war."
"I understand sir. I will make sure everything goes smoothly personally."
Reli, Quatre, Duo, Trowa, and Wufei hang around in the lounge area. Wufei and Trowa play a game of chess , Duo works on a piece of machinery, and Quatre sits drinking a cup of tea, while Reli walks around while doing a handstand. She falls onto her back and looks at the ceiling. "I'm bored Quatre," she says sitting herself up, "Can't we do something? I'm bored!"
"Stop complaining woman." Reli looks at Wufei and sticks out her tongue.
"We can't do anything right now Rele… I mean Reli."
"Why not?"
"Because we just can't." Suddenly the door opens and Hilde and Dorothy standing looking in.
"Where is she?" They look around and find Reli sitting on the floor looking back at them.
"Miss Relena!"
"We're so glad you're okay." They run into the room as Reli gets up and runs behind Quatre.
"Quatre, who are they?"
"They're friends." Sally, Noin, and Milliardo enter next.
"It's nice to see everyone again,' Noin says.
"It sure is," Duo answers, "It's like a reunion." Milliardo looks at Reli in confusion as Reli continues to hide behind Quatre. She whispers something into his ear.
"Oh yeah, I'm sorry. Reli, this is Sally, Dorothy, Hilde, Noin and Milliardo."
"Hi! Now we have a reason to celebrate." Reli runs over to the door and turns on the intercom. "Howard, how far are we from the nearest colony?"
"I would say around 20 minutes. Why?"
"I want you to stop there. We're going to go sightseeing."
"Sure thing
Reli."
"Hear that? Everyone be ready
in 20 minutes." Reli smiles and runs out the door.
"Hey wait a minute come back!" Duo and Quatre run after her.
"Okay, what's up with Relena you two?" Noin asks.
"She arrived here like this and we are not completely sure what's wrong. But it seems that the enemy brainwashed her into thinking she is a ten year old kid named Reli. She doesn't remember anything from before, so we're just playing along until we can think of what to do," Wufei answered moving another chess piece.
"So, we have to play along with her for a while?" Dorothy asked.
"Yeah," Trowa replied moving one of his pieces.
"I don't know why have I to wear this disguise. I look so silly," Reli said walking down the street, with the others behind her, wearing a sun hat with fake black hair and sunglasses.
"We told you already. You can go out if you wear a disguise."
"But it makes no sense Quatre," she says taking off her glasses.
"By the way, where are we going?" Hilde asked, hooked on Duo's arm.
"Where ever I feel like." Reli continues to look around and finds a karaoke place. "Like here!" She stops and points.
"But Reli, I can't sing."
"Don't worry about it Duo. You're among friends." She turns around and heads inside.
"Sir, I'm afraid that the doctors are still having problems," Katsumi says over the vid phone.
"I was afraid of this. HE's a bit too strong for our liking."
"What should we do then?"
"Get ready for battle. WE must continue our plans, even without our weapon. Katsumi, I want you to lead the attack. Get the pilots and the mobile suits ready."
"Yes sir, but who are we attacking?"
"WE're going to attack NeoPeacemillion of course. Oh yes, tell the engineers to get the new beam cannon ready too."
"Right away sir."
Reli finishes singing "Dimension of Love" from Tenchi Universe and takes a bow.
"I didn't know you could sing like that Reli," Hilde commented.
"Well, now you do. Whose next?" Reli looks around and sees no one answering. She looks at Milliardo and smiles. "How about you?" She points at him.
"Me? No thank you. I don't sing."
"Please," she begs giving him puppy dog eyes.
"Yeah, come on Milliardo," Noin says while she starts to push him off the seat. Suddenly something starts to ring and Quatre takes out his cell phone from his pocket.
"Hello, Quatre here…Yes?…Oh no! WE'll be right there." HE turns it off and gets up.
"What is it Quatre?" Sally asks.
"A huge group of mobile suits are heading toward NeoPeacemillion. WE have to get back there and help them out." Everyone gets up and runs out. Reli watches all of them and grabs her disguise.
"Wait for me!" she screams following them while putting on her wig and hat.
Reli, Hilde, Dorothy, and Sally all run into the cockpit to see a dozen men and women typing away at their keyboards. "Where are the others?" Howard asks.
"They're in there suits and are blasting off," Dorothy replies.
"Great." They look on the screen and watch as six mobile suits head out toward the battlefield.
"Who's attacking NeoPeacemilllion?" Reli asks.
"The KioDawn Alliance is attacking," Sally replies. Reli watches the battle and sees the dozens of blue mobile suits attackngi the gundams and NeoPEacemillion's suits.
"Wait a minute! Those are the suits that I used to pilot. Why are they attacking?"
"It's because they're the enemy Reli," Noin answered.
Duo slices through another suit and goes for another. "Man, these things won't stop coming. If we just destroy them, we won't have to worry about taking so much time to disable each one."
"WE can't go around killing peopele Duo. We have to try to preserve the idea of pacifism," Quatre responds while destroying another enemy suit.
"But fighting is against the idea of pacifism anyway. Why should we try to preserve it when we are destroying it?" Wufei asks.
"SIR, we're
about to start getting the beam cannon ready. IS there anything else we should
do?" asks a soldier to his commander sitting in his chair in the middle of the
cockpit.
"No, just get that beam cannon
going. With just one shot, we'll be rid of the enemy and will finally be on our
way."
"Sir?"
"What is it Katsumi?"
"The gundams are giving us a bit of trouble."
"Just hold out a bit more. The beam cannon is being charged right now."
The gundams continue their battle, disabling one suit by one. "WE have a problem you guys."
"What is it Trowa?" Quatre asks.
"A huge energy source seems to be coming from somewhere."
"We'll get Howard on it."
"This battle is taking longer than I thought."
"Howard?"
"What is it Quatre?"
"Trowa is getting some weird energy source. What about you?" Howard types into his computer and gets a strange reading too.
"I got it too. But I don't see anything."
"WE don't either. That's the problem." Reli looks at the screen in front of Howard and stares at it.
In a dark room, a giant creature's eyes start to glow purple.
Back on NeoPEacemillion, the gems on the choker around Reli's neck starts to glow purple. "Howard, give me the controls."
"What?"
"I said give me the controls. I'm taking control of this battle now!" she commands.
"You can't do that Reli," Noin said.
"Listen to me, I know what I'm doing. Trust me you guys. I can help win this battle."
"Alright. You heard her guys. She's in charge, so do whatever she says." Howard gets up from his seat and gives it to Reli.
"Good. I need someone to zoom in on the area where the energyu source is coming from."
"Yes ma'am." One of the soldiers finds the place and zooms in.
"Does this ship have any missiles?"
"Just a couple."
"Good. Then fire all of them at the spot we just zoomed in on."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive. Now just do it."
"Firing missiles." The crew watches as the missiles head toward the space and suddenly blow up.
"What happened?" Dorothy asks. As they watch, the stars in space start to waver and something starts to appear. After a few seconds, a giant white space fortress appears.
"Wow! That's huge!" Duo says over the speaker.
"That's Yoshido." REli continues to look and sees that the cannon coming out of the ship is starting to glow. "They're about to fire their beam cannon."
"What!?" They all shout in unison.
"WE need to destroy it then. But how?"
"Tell me, which of the gundams is the closest?"
"That would be gundam 03."
"Alright, set up a line with him."
"Yes ma'am."
"Trowa, can you here me?"
"What is it?" Trowa asks firing another round.
"I need you to head towards Yoshido. I don't want you to use any more ammo because you're going to need it to destroy the cannon."
"Alright, I'm going."
"But who's going to protect him from getting blasted?" Howard asks.
"Get me the group closest to Trowa quick."
"Attention, Red Squad. I need you to cover gundam 03 on his way to Yoshido. Make sure he doesn't waste any ammo. When you get there, half of you help him and the other half protect the men firing."
"Who is this?"
"Just listen and go," Howard says. The squad go toward Trowa and fly around him, taking care of any mobile suits getting in the way.
"You almost there Trowa?"
"Yeah, but how do I destroy the cannon?"
"You need to find the control box. It's where the cannon and ship meet."
"The whole ship is made up of box shapes. Which one is it?" Trowa flies around the cannon looking.
"Don't you remember which one it is Reli?" Sally asks.
"I can't remember. Why does this have to happen now?" Reli closes her eyes and concentrates.
Reli sneaks around the halls, looking for someone to play with when she sees three men carrying a box with a black bear on it. "We need to install this as soon as possible."
"That's it. Trowa, you still there?"
"Yeah. Did you remember anything? It's about to go off." He watches as the cannon glows brighter.
"Look for a black bear and fire on it. That's the box." Trowa looks around and finds it.
"Got it." HE starts to fire and 3 other suits help him out. The box explodes and they quickly fly away. A chain reaction happens as parts of the cannon explode with the control box.
"Sir, one of the gundams has destroyed the control box. WE can't control the beam cannon."
"IF we don't do something, the ship is going to explode with the cannon."
"Tell the engineers to stop charging it now!"
"Yes sir."
"Sir, what's happening?" asks Katsumi.
"Get all of
the mobile suits out of there. We ending this battle."
"But why sir?"
"DO you dare question me?!"
"NO sir. I'll do what you say."
Slowly, each enemy mobile suit turns around and flies toward Yoshido. "Well it looks like we won this battle you guys."
"Yeah, but how many more are there going to be? WE still don't know about the enemy."
"Wufei's right, but what I want to know is what's up with Miss Relena."
"That's right. If it wasn't for her, we might all be dead," Trowa comments. All of a sudden, a huge flash of light appears. When it disappears, Yoshido isn't there.
"IT disappeared."
"Well, at least we have an idea what we are up against."
"Why would he do that? Why?"
"Reli, what are you taking about?" Noin asks. Reli bows her head and shakes her head.
"Please forgive me."
"What are the damages Williams?"
"We used up most of our energy packs getting away and from charging the cannon. It will take awhile before we can repair it and there are many minor damages around the ship."
"I guess that isn't too bad. But how did they know where the control box was?"
"IT must have been the girl sir. She still had the device implanted in her and may still have memories of the ship."
"Maybe it was a bad idea for me to let her go. There must be someway to destroy it."
"Well, there is a device that is implanted into the device that could destroy it. It's a special type of virus, the problem is that it could harm the wearer."
"Do it anyways. I want it destroyed as soon as possible. She can't interfere with our project anymore."
Relena is accompanied by Noin and Milliardo to a conference where she pretends to be Vice Foreign Minister Dorlain, while the others decide on what their next step will be and if they will tell Relena who she really is. Next time on Gundam Wing: Crisis, Playtime and Decision Making.
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