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 6
When sunrise came, Quatre and Duo went to their Gundams and the rest of them went to plane. Hilde, Heero, Lucy, and Savannah climbed into the back. While Shiane and Trowa waited until they were comfortable, Duo came out of the cockpit of Deathscythe and walked over to Shiane with something.
He handed her the headpiece and said, "You almost forgot this. Just slip it on and plug it into the plane so we can talk to Trowa as well, even though he won't be able to talk to us. I think some of our communication wiring is a little outdated," he added walking off after placing them in her hands.
Shiane got into the front seat of the plane, slipped the headpiece on, and made sure the mouthpiece was at a sufficient angle. Trowa sat next to her buckling his seatbelt. He was going to fly the plane; Shiane was going to be in touch with Quatre and Duo. Since she could hear and speak to them and Trowa would only hear them when he put a set of headphones on. Trowa was holding something until she noticed and took it. It was a cord connected to the plane. He motioned her to plug it into the headpiece.
Shiane did and turned to him as he slipped on a set of headphones himself.
"Shiane, Duo and Quatre here. Tell us when to take off," came Duo's voice.
Shiane looked at Trowa who started the engine and gave her the thumbs-up sign; he was ready.
"Guys, Shiane here, Trowa's ready. Lift off!" Shiane replied into the transmitter.
"Roger!" Quatre called.
"Shiane out!" she replied. She looked at Trowa and with a grin signaled him to take off.
They'd been flying for about an hour when Shiane looked out the window. She had a map in her lap and by the landmarks she was now seeing they should have been about ten miles from her Grandma's large house.
"Trowa, we have about ten more miles to go," she said. He nodded his affirmation, so she turned her attention to the communication lines.
"Duo, Quatre. Shiane here," she called.
"Quatre here. What is it Shiane?" he asked.
"We have about ten more miles to go," she replied.
"Okay. Anything else?"
"Yeah. Tell Duo. Out," she answered crisply.
"Quatre out,"
They flew for a little while longer until Shiane spotted a familiar looking house. "Trowa! Here," she exclaimed pointing.
"Duo, Quatre! We're here," she cried into the transmitter.
"Roger that. We're going to land," Quatre said. The two Gundams touched down and they kneeled so the pilots didn't have far to jump.
Trowa landed the plane next to the Gundams and its occupants started getting out. Duo and Quatre were already standing on the ground when the rest of them joined them. Shiane slipped the headpiece off her head before climbing out
They all walked up to the door, and Shiane knocked on it. It didn't take long for someone to answer it, but the person who answered it wasn't Lady Collins -
"Mrs. Maremeia!" Shiane exclaimed with surprise. She could sense the startled movements behind her. Savannah and Lucy came and stood beside her when they heard their friend's cry.
"Shiane! Savannah! Lucy! And who are-" she exclaimed looking behind them, "Heero, Duo, Quatre, Hilde, and Trowa. How in the world! Answer me later. Come in, come in," Maremeia said. The sight of five long lost people appearing on the doorstep of a very dear friend startled her greatly. A great deal of questions started forming but answers would have to wait until the Lady of the mansion was down.
As they went in, a girl about their age with dark brown hair jumped to her feet and sprinted up the stairs.
"Who was that?" Shiane asked curiously.
"You've never met her, but she's one of my granddaughters. Her name is Amethyst." Maremeia replied calmly.
Shiane turned to the pilots and Hilde; they had a surprised look on their faces. "What's wrong? You look as if you've seen a ghost," she told them.
"That girl looked just like Treize!" Quatre replied finding his voice.
"Yes, she takes after my father, but more feminine and subdued," Maremeia replied walking into the living room. "Come in, sit down."
Maremeia sank down in a chair next to the fireplace for a quick rest while Savannah, Hilde, and Shiane took a couch. Lucy sat on the arm of the couch next to Savannah. Heero and Trowa leaned against an open wall space while Duo and Quatre sat in the two chairs left.
"I'll go get Grandma," Shiane said starting to rise. She knew to some extent where her beloved grandmother could possibly be so it wouldn't have been that much trouble to find her.
"No. You stay here. I'll go get her," Maremeia said. She got out of her chair and went out of the room.
A couple of minutes later the girl called Amethyst crept silently into the room. Shiane saw her before anyone else did.
"Hello Amethyst," Shiane said. Savannah, Lucy, and Hilde jumped, and the others looked startled. She smiled at that; it wasn't every day she got to see "old" soldiers and her best friends jump the way all of them just did.
"Hello. Call me Amy. Are you Shiane?" she asked quietly.
"Yes I am," the granddaughter of Lady Collins replied.
"Who are these others?" she asked gazing around the room.
"Well, this is Hilde, Savannah, and Lucy, and that is Quatre and Duo," Shiane said pointing to each of them, "And the two leaning on the wall are Trowa and Heero." She gazed at each of the guys and Hilde after being introduced and since she never knew what Treize looked like, she wasn't startled, neither were Savannah and Lucy. The others all looked disturbed.
"Ah, so Amethyst has come back down. Good," Maremeia said coming back into the living room with a very elderly lady behind her.
"Grandma!" Shiane cried out upon spotting her beloved relative.
"Shiane, Savannah, Lucy, how on earth did you get here? Does your mother-oh my!" she said sitting down in the open chair when she caught sight of all who else was in the room, "Heero, Duo, Trowa, Quatre, and Hilde! How-" she said almost speechless.
They told her the whole story with each of them contributing their own comments now and then, except for Lucy, who was always quiet. Shiane and Duo even told of what had happened about when the man had stumbled onto them while they were waiting for the return of Savannah and Trowa. The two who had retrieved the plane looked surprised at that bit of news.
"Is it true that you're collecting mobile suits from the old wars?" Shiane asked.
"Yes, but I'm not having them destroyed. I am collecting them for a museum I've started. But I do have someone helping me. In fact, you pilots and you Hilde should know him," she said mysteriously.
"Who?" Hilde and a couple of others asked curiously.
"You haven't guessed? You all have some kind of history with him, though Hilde may have not exactly met him," Lady Collins asked looking even more mysterious, and then waited a few dramatic minutes….
TBC
Notes: Okay, I felt really sadistic to do this to you people. But that's just the evil side coming out for some fun. Well anyway, whoever figures out who the person is (which by the way is so obvious!), I will put them in another fanfic of mine…..I need another character for Love and Jobs anyway.