Oh yeah, I don't lay claims to the Gundam Boys and/or any of the other characters from that series—Gundam Wing………But Shiane, Lucy, Savannah, Amethyst and Jonathon are mine.
Chapter 4
There lay two Gundams. Shiane's two best friends made their way to her side and then Savannah asked, "Do you know whose Gundams these are?"
"No. Um…Heero can tell you…" Shiane said looking around for him, "Drat! He disappeared again!"
"Oh well. I'll just ask one of the others. Bye!" she said running off taking Lucy with her. They headed in the direction Quatre had gone in.
"Whose Gundams are these? I don't recall Grandma telling me what exactly the Gundams looked like. She tried to show me pictures but they were taken at too much of a distance to see them," Shiane thought.
Trowa must have come up to the girl while she was lost in her thoughts because when he said quietly, "These Gundams are Sandrock and Deathscythe. Quatre's and Duo's Gundams."
"Yikes!" she screamed in startlement, "Trowa! Please don't do that again! You scared me."
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I was just telling you to whom these Gundams belong to," he replied soothingly.
"I'm sorry but I didn't hear you say who they belong to, but I heard you say that they are called Sandrock and Deathscythe," she apologized.
"Sandrock is Quatre's and Deathscythe is Duo's," he repeated quickly masking his face.
"I'm sorry that yours isn't here," she said looking at him, "But come on, I want to go look at them."
He grinned and followed her to where Duo was standing. He was climbing up the side of Deathscythe and opened the cockpit. He went inside and started tinkering with it.
"Hey, it's still functioning!" he called loudly from inside.
Shiane climbed up the same way Duo did as Trowa left to go over to Quatre. She got all the way up and looked inside the cockpit and found him sitting in the pilot seat messing with some things.
"But how are you and Quatre gonna get out of here?" she asked glancing around the room after a few minutes.
"Good question. Maybe we could bust our way out," he suggested sitting back against the seat looking thoughtful.
"Yeah, and get the rest of us killed while you're at it," Hilde retorted coming up behind Shiane.
"Oh, right…well that is a problem. What do you think we should do to get out of here Missy?" he asked Hilde.
"Well, the rest of us could always get out of the building first," Savannah suggested over from Sandrock. Lucy was also over by Sandrock but she was looking on silently.
"That's a good idea! Do you think it will work Duo?" Quatre asked half shouting on his way into the cockpit of Sandrock.
"It might. But y'all will have to be quite away from here when we bust out." Duo replied coming out of the cockpit.
"We could go to the open field and wait for you and Quatre," Shiane offered, "The field is um…south of here," she said frowning in thought.
"I'm for that," Hilde replied, "Let's go tell Quatre and find Heero…unless he pops out of nowhere again," she muttered, climbing down.
Smothering giggles, the other girl followed her down with Duo trailing behind her.
"Guys, we have a plan on how to get the Gundams out of here!" Shiane called as she now stood beside Sandrock.
"What's the plan?" Heero asked suddenly popping out of nowhere again.
"Ahhhh." Shiane screamed. "Can't you act like a normal person?" she asked angrily.
"This is normal for Heero, Shiane," Duo sighed standing beside her.
Shiane's momentary anger at Heero faded away into nothing as her shock also wore away. She stared at him for a moment longer before turning her attention to the rest of the group.
"Okay. The plan is that the rest of us, excluding Quatre and Duo, go to the open field south of this building and wait. Duo and Quatre are going to bust out of here," she explained, "Everyone agree with that?" she asked looking around at everybody. Heads nodded all the way around the group.
"Well, then let's get going!" Savannah led everybody but the two in their gundams to the door and into the basement. But Shiane hung back momentarily to take another look at both of the Gundams.
"Come on Shiane!" Hilde yelled from the trapdoor.
"Coming!" she yelled back started going but someone grabbed her arm causing her to stop. That someone was Duo. He was holding something that looked like half of a set of headphones, but with something else attached to it.
"Here, this is a headphone walkie-talkie. You can get a hold of me and/or Quatre-it's connected to the Gundams. Don't worry, we've already tested it. It works," he reassured her with one of his grins. He knew that she was thinking about the last thing he tried to get to work and it turned out to be a dud. "Use it to tell us when you guys get to the field." With the last word he turned and walked to Deathscythe.
"Shiane. Come. On!" Hilde yelled, punctuating each word.
"Okay. Coming!" Shiane ran to the trapdoor. When she got through Hilde was waiting impatiently, tapping her foot and her arms were crossed over her chest.
"Sorry I took so long Hilde," she said apologetically.
"What'd Duo give you?" she asked as she turned and led the way back to the stairs.
"He gave me this," Shiane replied showing her. It looked like a headset-type thing telephone operators would wear, though it only had one ear piece. The transmitter piece was thin and came down to the edge of her mouth, but was held away from her lips a good inch.
At the stairs leading into the basement, the others waited until Hilde and Shiane joined them. Then they went up three flights of stairs and made a couple turns and they came to the front door of the building.
Trowa opened the door and held it open as the others filed through. When they were out Hilde said to Shiane, "Why don't you tell Quatre and Duo that we're out of the building and on our way to the field?"
"Okay," she replied with a grin. She slid the headphone-like-talkie on and positioned the mouthpiece. Holding a couple of fingers on the earpiece she called Duo's name.
"Duo, it's me, Shiane!" she called into the mouthpiece.
"Shiane? It's Duo. What's up?" he replied, sounding a little distant.
"We're already outside and making our way to the field," she told him.
"Okay. Just out of curiosity, is Heero still with you?" he asked.
"Um…yeah, he's still here," she said looking around and spied Heero at the head of the group with Trowa. She kept walking with the rest of the group, but remained a few steps behind.
"Okay, just checking. Duo out!"
"Shiane out!" She kept the piece on just in case, but ignored it for the most part—it felt a little odd on her.
"Do you know what we're going to do when the guys bust out and come to the field?" Savannah asked walking beside her as Lucy came up on Shiane's other side.
"No. But I'm sure that Heero and Trowa will want to go find their Gundams," she answered grinning.
"Why are you smiling?" she asked suspiciously, knowing her friend was up to something.
"Well, they're going to need help. And I think I know who they're going to want to ask," she said," We're going to be with them a little bit longer," she added.
"But who…oh!" Savannah trailed off as a light of understanding appeared in her eyes.
"You mean your grandma, right?" Lucy cut in.
"Yup!" she replied," And we know where she lives, they don't. Oh look, it's the field," she said as the others, way ahead of them, started walking into it. "Hey! Guys we're here!" she yelled to Trowa and Heero.
The two young men stopped walking and turned to wait for the rest of them to catch up to them.
Shiane stopped a couple of steps away from them, turning her attention to the transmitter she wore and held two fingers to the earpiece.
"Duo, Quatre, Shiane here," she said in a normal tone of voice.
"Duo here. What is it?" he asked.
"We're in the field now. You and Quatre can bust out," she related.
"Alright! Did you here that Quatre? We can get out now!" Duo exclaimed.
"I heard!" Quatre said loudly over Duo's excitement, "Quatre and Duo out!"
"Shiane out."
"Well?" Savannah asked, an eyebrow raised as she waited expectantly.
"They're coming," Shiane said loud enough for the others to hear. She and the others turned around to see the building.
As they watched, pieces of the building started flying everywhere, wood and beams creaking and moaning before bursting apart and breaking.
"Oh yeah, destroy the whole building," Shiane muttered sarcastically to nobody in particular, plus nobody heard her anyway.
What was left of the building blew up as the two Gundams emerged. They flew over fifty feet away from where the others were standing and landed. The cockpits opened and both pilots came down on a single cable attached to the Gundam. The group went over to the others after they touched down.
"Do you think anyone will notice the building?" Duo asked Shiane as he glanced at the remains, "Apart from you three, of course."
"No, well not very many," she replied looking at him.
"So Heero, are you gonna look for your Gundam?" Duo turned to him and asked, a smile lighting his face.
"Yes," he replied, "Shiane, Trowa, will you two come?"
"Of course I will," Trowa replied firmly, "Are you Shiane?" he asked looking her in the eye.
"Are you asking for help Heero?" Duo asked shocked cutting Shiane off from answering, "Mister I-don't-need-any-help actually asking for it?"
"Well?" Heero said expectantly while ignoring the question.
"I will come…as long as we all can go together," Shiane replied slowly looking around at everybody else. The three girls and Quatre looked very happy at this. She could tell that they wanted to stay as a group too. Trowa looked relieved and Heero nodded his agreement.
"I mean, how else are they going to get even a hint at where their Gundams might be!" Shiane thought.
"Where do you want to go?" Trowa asked the other boy, who just gave him a blank look.
"We could try Grandma," Shiane suggested quietly. Everyone looked at her and the guys and Hilde all gave slight nods. They knew they would eventually have to see and speak with people they knew from long ago.
"Okay. What about getting there, I mean, Quatre and I can get there with our Gundams and directions, but what about the rest of you?" Duo asked, a frown crossing his face.
"Would a plane be okay? It can seat five or six people," Savannah spoke up thoughtfully, "My family owns one," she added.
"That will do fine," Trowa said, "Where do we need to go to get the plane?"
"It's a few of miles from here," she replied, looking out into the distance as if she could see the hangar from where she was standing.
"Guys, we need to go talk," Duo said. The four pilots walked away, far enough away to give them sufficient privacy and Duo starting the conversation. The four girls watched them leave and then looked at each other.
"I wonder what they are talking about?" Shiane wondered out loud.
"Probably some way to get to the hangar," Hilde replied.
"They better hurry up and decide. It's going to be dark soon and I would like to get to Grandma's house soon," she said.
"What time is it?" Savannah and Lucy both asked.
"It's almost six." Shiane replied glancing at her watch. "So Hilde, how do you think we're going to get there?" she asked, turning to look at the older girl.
"I don't know, we could walk, but that will take up more time than they would want it to; they're not very patient in things like this sometimes. Besides, Duo and Quatre will want to stay together with us. There's another way we could go but I don't think they would agree," Hilde replied looking over at the pilots.
"What's the other one?" Savannah asked.
Hilde turned to the girl, "The other one is that Duo and Quatre take us somehow on their Gundams, but that would be way too dangerous," she replied with a shake of her head.
"Oh," Savannah sighed, "I wish they would hurry up!" she exclaimed impatiently.
They sank down on the semi-green grass and were silent for a few minutes, settling into comfortable positions. If they listened hard, they could hear snatches of the pilots' conversation.
"But that's dangerous! What…," came Quatre's concerned voice.
"…would see us!" they heard Heero saying. The girls couldn't hear all of what the others were saying, but with just a couple of words, the girls could tell that they were arguing.
Shiane looked over at them and they looked silent from where she sat. Then she looked at Savannah who was straining to hear them.
"It's no use. They must have seen us trying to hear what they were saying and are now talking quietly." Shiane told her.
Meanwhile, Trowa had been listening rather than speaking. He glanced over at the girls and saw them watching him. They looked away as Trowa did the same.
"Guys, keep it down," Trowa said jerking his head towards the rest of their group. They looked over and quietly averted their gaze. They resumed their talk quietly.
"Drat! I wonder what they're talking about now! When are they going to quit and get over here to tell us what's going to happen!" Shiane cried jumping up. She bent down and picked up the headpiece.
"I don't want to get up. I'm tired and comfy right where I am," Savannah said.
"Me too," Hilde replied.
"Just sit down Shiane, they're not going to be going anywhere without us knowing." Lucy finalized.
"Okay," she sighed, sinking down next to Savannah. She sat with her knees tucked under her chin with her arms wrapped around them. She had set the headphones in front of her so she wouldn't lose them. She was more tired than anybody and wanted to now rest a few minutes.
Right when she was about to doze off, the guys came back quieter than they went.
"Shiane wake up, before you actually fall asleep." someone said teasingly. The girl looked up to see Duo standing in front of her grasping the headphones and holding out a hand. Taking his hand he pulled her up beside him. The other guys stood around looking at each other when Shiane gazed around at them. They had all masked their faces of any emotions including Quatre, who usually just let his emotions show, so she couldn't tell if the news was good or bad.
Savannah and Hilde stood up as Shiane and Duo both dropped their hands and Lucy was already standing again when the guys arrived.
"Well?" Hilde asked looking around at her friends.
"Well we decided that while Trowa and Savannah go to the hangar and get the plane, Duo and I are going to wait here with the rest of the group." Quatre replied, "See, it's better that most of us stay behind because the fewer the people, the faster you'll go," he added to the three younger girls.
"When do you want to leave?" Savannah asked Trowa, but looked at her best friends. All three of them knew that it would be a little while before they would be together again.
"As soon as possible," Trowa and Quatre replied.
"Okay. Let's get started while we still can," she muttered glancing at the setting sun.
With that she and the taller pilot started walking towards the road. Before they got too far, Shiane ran and caught up with her friend.
"Don't be afraid to talk to him. He may be quiet but he's actually nice," Shiane said to her. She smiled at her friend as Savannah turned to catch up with Trowa. She hung back and watched them walk away into the distance. When she couldn't see them anymore she turned and walked back to the others, but she had to go farther because they moved to the Gundams.
Shiane could not really see where everyone had gone because she walked straight to the foot of Sandrock and sat with her back against it. Pulling her knees up she wrapped her arms around them and settled into a comfortable position. She was so tired she fell asleep sitting in that position. Though Lucy now trusted the older teens, she was extremely shy so she went to sit beside Shiane, but she soon fell asleep.
Hilde watched the two girls for awhile and went to go tell Quatre where the girls were.
"When are you planning on waking them?" Quatre asked when Hilde pointed to Shiane and Lucy. He leaned forward to peer around at his Gundam and found their new found friends.
"I'll wake them when it's morning or when the plane gets here. Whichever gets here sooner," Hilde replied, "but right now, I'm going to take a nap. Wake me in a couple of hours. Okay Quatre?"
"Okay," he replied as he watched her sit near the two other girls and soon fall asleep. Thinking it a good idea, the blond quietly went and sat near them to keep an eye on them and to also catch a few winks himself.
Heero stood in the shadows watching everyone, while Duo was lounged on Deathscythe's shoulder dozing.
TBC