THE TRASH HEAP
Chapter 1
The Warning
A.N: I don't own Gundam Wing or the characters bla bla bla. Right, now that that's out of the way, onto the story!
The year is A.C 198. Earth and the colonies are in the time of peace. The Gundam pilots have all retired from fighting, taking up new jobs and starting life anew after the Last War between the space colonies, and the Earth Sphere Alliance (and OZ). Mobile Suits, guns, ammunition, explosives, all production of these things were halted, except for some explosives, which were used for construction. The only actual weapons were in the hands of the Preventors, who were the people that made sure that the peace the everyone loved so dearly was kept in-tact for as long as possible. The leader of the Earth Sphere Unified Nations was Relena Peacecraft, a young woman with great ideas to re-build the universe. Her personal body guard was Heero Yuy. A former Gundam pilot, Heero made the perfect guard. He was agile, resourceful, and tough. He never took any shit, and Relena never felt un-safe.
The other Gundam pilots lived lives of their own among the colonies and Earth.
Chang Wufei settled down in Colony X-18999 after Mariemaia had tried to seize control over the Earth Sphere Unified Nations by rebuilding OZ, and attacking the Earth. At first, Wufei lived there quietly, teaching martial arts to some people. Then one day he didn't show up to his class, and when the students went looking for him, they never found him. Some say that he's dead at the moment, others disagree. If alive, his whereabouts are unknown to anyone.
Duo Maxwell went to live with Hilde after the war. He never actually got a job, but somehow made a living. He still lives there today.
Trowa Barton went to live with Catherine Bloom. Over there, through a chain of events (no records of said events are known of) figured out that indeed Trowa was the lost brother of Catherine. Trowa continued working for the circus, and still does to this day.
Quatre Raberba Winner, after the war, inherited his fathers business. After being officially named the CEO of the company, he moved his headquarters to Earth, close to the home of the Maganac Corps, where until present day, he lived with them. He is still called Master Quatre, and a good number of the Maganac people work for Quatre at his new HQ.
At the moment, Relena and Heero are on a shuttle, bound for Colony X-16824, where Relena is scheduled to speak there about her plans for making sure that another revolution like that of Mariemaia's two years before.
"Why are you so nervous?" asked Heero, leaning over towards Relena so that the conversation could be private.
"Who says I'm nervous?" asked Relena, turning around so she could face Heero.
"You're shaking. You hardly ever do that."
"Well, I'm just thinking about the war and how everything in my life changed so rapidly. My father being killed, and then I become leader. Everything just takes some getting used to sometimes."
"Bullshit." said Heero, who had been with Relena long enough to tell when she was lying. "You're scared about something that's to happen in the future, not something that happened in the past."
"True." sighed Relena. "I'm thinking about this speech of mine."
"What about it?"
"Well, you probably don't remember, but I gave one similar to this just about this time, two years ago. I stated with the up-most confidence that there would be no more violence or wars. I'm afraid that if I say this again, then we'll slowly let our guard down, and then we will be attacked again."
"I wouldn't worry about that. Even if something were to happen, I'm here. What do you think I'm paid to do?"
"You're right, as usual. I'm being silly. Okay, I'm ready for this."
"Good, because we're about 20 minutes from the colony."
When the shuttle hit the platform of the space-port at Colony X-16824, Relena felt again nervous. She told herself to stop worrying so much and that Heero was right, but she was some-how unable to heed her own advice. Her hand was shaking as it clasped the railing of the stairs that she walked off the shuttle on. Heero noticed this, and put her hand into his, reassuring her greatly.
Of course, the press was there, and they were being their own annoying selves.
"Miss Peacecraft! Miss Peacecraft! Can I have a moment!? Please Miss Peacecraft, is it true what they're saying about your dealing with the drug lords, and that in reality you fund them?" asked one reporter, who refused to be shoved aside by the secret service.
"No it's not true." replied Relena. "The fact that anyone is saying that just proves that there are people in this world that will give anything for their 15 minutes of fame."
"Isn't that what you would call this though?" asked the reporter. "We don't need to be reminded that there is peace in the Earth Sphere. I think that you're avoiding the main problem of this colony which is the drug problem. You don't care about the children who are getting their hands on some of these things that are floating about on the market today. You're........"
The reporter couldn't finish his sentence. Heero had been growing more and more annoyed with this man, and after hearing the things that the man said, Heero punched him right in the head, knocking him out completely.
"Heero!" exclaimed Relena, glaring at him. "How could you do that?"
"No time for excuses, you need to leave and get in that car Relena."
Relena shook her head and walked towards the car, with the continuous flashes of the cameras in her eyes. It had been long since she had gotten used to those flashes, but they always annoyed her, and gave her splitting head-aches. As they got into the car, Heero rolled up all the windows, but that didn't stop the reporters from snapping pictures of the car.
"Why did you do that Heero?" asked Relena, who never liked violence, especially near her.
"He was bothering me. He was asking stupid, irrelevant questions. Plus he had passed the boundary line. He was too close to you." replied Heero, without any emotion at all.
"Still, I don't like that. You're not in a war anymore Heero. People aren't as dangerous now. I'm safer."
"You're safer?" asked Heero, getting frustrated over the topic that there was no more war. "You thought that you were safer before Mariemaia came. Are you sure that you're safer now? There are still dangerous people out there. The news is all the time broadcasting reports of murder, rape, theft, everything. Just because you took away the guns, doesn't mean that the world is safer."
Relena sighed. There was no getting to Heero while he was like this. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get him to forget about the war.
There was silence in the car for the rest of the trip to the buildings where Relena and Heero were to be housed. Upon arriving, Heero slipped out of the car, and scanned the area. It didn't seem to be unsafe, so he motioned for Relena to get out. She got out very carefully, not letting even the slightest bit of anything "improper" (meaning above her ankle) show. It was with the up-most class and courtesy with which Relena lived her life.
The bedroom was elegant beyond anything Relena was used to. Most colonies gave her the Presidential Suite, but this room dwarfed those. There was a king-sized bed placed in the center of the back wall. Across from that, a huge plasma TV stood on a wooden table, which had been crafted by a master of wood-work. Within this suite, there was a bar, a kitchen, and a casual room. There was endless space here, and Relena felt as though she might get lost amongst all the riches and splendors that surrounded her.
"Don't get to comfortable Relena." said Heero. "Your speech is in 30 minutes, and you need to be ready."
"I know." said Relena. "I've never missed an appointment before and I don't plan on starting now."
"Good. You'll need to shower before you go, so I'll go and get the water ready."
"It's okay, I can do it myself. I'm not a child."
With that, Relena stormed towards the bathroom, head held high. Heero smiled. She would be fine after a shower, she always was.
The speech went well. Relena stated her points confident that the people would take her words to heart, and that they would help her in preventing future revolutions. Heero was pleased with the speech, for what it was. Heero was still pissed about the whole "no war" thing. He missed the days with Wing, and the Wing Zero. He missed the thrill of battle.
When the speech was over, Heero stayed in the corner of the room while Relena greeted everyone. Heero's eyes darted everywhere, until he realized that he was being silly. There were no more guns. There wasn't any threat anymore, except by knives, and everyone at this place had been checked.
Heero stayed there for another half an hour until he got bored. After the half an hour, Heero walked out of the room and walked to the car. Within the car there was a computer where Heero was able to access pretty much everywhere in the web. Heero went online, and was roaming the web when there came a loud BING and Heero noticed that his mail box was full. Heero moved the cursor over to the mail icon and clicked twice. There was a singular letter in the box. Heero clicked on the e-mail:
Dearest Relena,
Your speech today at Colony X-16824 was very inspirational. I certainly believe that peace is at hand. The only thing is that peace can only be obtained through force, which you have none of. People cannot be ruled through sympathy, but with a harsh hand. I will change this system of weaklings that you have set up. I give you this warning. Transfer complete control over to me and my people, or you will suffer dearly. I will be watching, so make your statement public. We'll keep in contact through e-mail. I will let you know if anything comes up anytime soon, though if you do as we have requested, then I'm sure that everything will remain peaceful. Good day to you, A Friend.
After reading this e-mail, Heero jumped out of the car to tell Relena. Heero didn't like the sound of that e-mail, and he had a haunch that these people had war in mind, and if they did nothing now, the Earth Sphere Unified Nations would be defenseless and overwhelmed by this threat.
So ends the first chapter of my new fic. I hope you all enjoy it, and if you don't, then I hope that it wasn't a total waste of your time. Reviews are welcomed and appreciated. This was my first non-Chobits fic so I hope that I did a good job with the characters. SkaGuySamurai.