A New Ally (1) Ch. 4: Join The Group
A few hours after the assassination attempt on the Foreign Minister's daughter, Aly was in the living room of her house. She was sitting, curled up on one of the leather easy chairs, watching the news on the big-screen TV. Aly wasn't really watching the news, more like staring blankly at the screen while in deep thought. She still wondered whom in the world and colonies that mysterious guy she'd seen that morning was. Mystery Man, as she'd come to call him.
'He was so mysterious...and so unemotional...' To say the least, Aly felt sorry for the guy. She was very good at knowing everything about a person by first glance; she'd been trained to do so. Aly had figured out that the guy was one to suppress all emotions for fear that it might affect whatever the person was doing. Although her thoughts were mostly focused on finding out the identity of the teenage boy she'd had an encounter with, another thought troubled her even more. Aly was still pretty shaken up by what the guy had said. '"I was trying to stop an attempted assassination"...' Those words Mystery Man had said still haunted her. He had given Aly a strange look and even though he hadn't directly said it, Aly knew the guy meant that she was the one who he had been trying to protect.
Aly was so deep in thought that she didn't hear her father enter the room.
"Is the news that interesting?" Foreign Minister Tayeari asked.
"Hmm? Oh, no...I was just thinking." Aly said, snapping back into focus.
"Oh. What were you thinking about?" Mr. Tayeari asked, sitting down in another easy chair.
"Umm. Well, something strange happened when I was out skating this morning..."
"Really, like what?" Mr. Tayeari said, looking intrigued.
"Well there was this guy standing in the middle of the street, and this car came up and tried to run him over... I managed to get him out of the way in time and the people just drove off," Aly snapped her fingers for effect, "just like that." Aly said. The Foreign Minister raised his eyebrows.
"Then he said the weirdest thing...it really freaked me out..." Aly said, mentally shuddering from the memory.
"What did he say?" Mr. Tayeari asked.
"Well I asked him what he was doing in the middle of the street and he said he was trying to stop an attempted assassination. The way he looked at me when he said it, I knew he was talking about me..." Aly answered. Mr. Tayeari looked concerned.
"Were you hurt? Did someone try to hurt you?" Tayeari asked, looking very worried.
"No, the people just took off. I was going to ask the guy who the assassins were and what their reasons were, but the guy disappeared." Aly's eyebrows knitted together in thoughtfulness. "You don't think it has anything to do with the I.A. do you?" Aly asked, suddenly thinking of the possibility.
"No, I think it was just a way for someone to try to get to me..." The Foreign Minister said gravely.
"Well it's nothing to worry about, someone was out there to help me. And besides, even if they aren't there next time; I know to watch my back now..." Aly said, trying to calm her father's nerves. He nodded in agreement.
"Oh, I almost forgot why I came in here. There's another attack about to happen, they're after L9 this time. You've got to stop them from getting too close. Aly it's time for you to join up with the other-", Tayeari looked around to make sure no one else was around before continuing, "Gundam Pilots. You said the last time you helped them out in battle they'd offered for you to join up with them." The Foreign Minister stood up and got the look of a general who was planning battle tactics. "Well you are going to take them up on their offer now, it's time for them to meet you." The Foreign Minister said, looking down at his daughter who was looking enthusiastic.
"Ok so how do I find them then?" Aly asked.
"The PeaceMillion is currently over in the L2 Colony area. Find them and tell them that you're ready to join forces for the upcoming battle, they should already know about it as well...Are you ready for it?" Mr. Tayeari questioned.
"When do I leave?" Aly asked, standing up.
-Meanwhile back on the PeaceMillion-
Quatre floated into the "leisure area" of the PeaceMillion (The room where the Gundam Pilots are always eating and playing chess and stuff). He was relieved to see Heero sitting at the table, reading something on his laptop and sipping a drink.
"Heero I'm glad I found you. There's news that a fleet of Mobile Dolls is headed for L9, they're going to be there by this time tomorrow." Quatre said as Heero looked up.
"Are we heading over there now?" Heero asked.
"Well, heading in that direction. The PeaceMillion is going to stop in between L8 and L9, that way it's out of the line of fire." Quatre replied. Heero nodded.
"Alright then, do all of the gundams have their ammunition restocked?" Heero asked.
"Yep."
"Good."
Quatre turned and left after that to go inform the others.
-A few hours later-
"Quatre there's something coming up on radar..." Noin said while looking at the screen. A beeping sound came from the radar system
"Well, put it on the view screen if you can." Quatre said, drifting over. Noin nodded and hit a few keys on the control panel. Howard had walked over as well. A gundam came up on the screen. Quatre recognized it as the mysterious new gundam from their last battle. Quatre and the others heard the blip of a com-link connection coming on.
"Hello?" A voice asked over the com-link. It was the pilot of that new gundam. Quatre leaned towards the mic.
"Hello, this is Quatre Reberba Winner from the PeaceMillion. How may I help you?" Quatre asked, recognizing the voice of the mysterious gundam pilot from the previous battle.
"I've decided to take you up on your offer, that is if it still stands." The pilot stated plainly. Quatre and Noin shared a look. Trowa walked in and raised an eyebrow.
"What's going on?" Trowa asked, looking over Noin's shoulder at the view screen.
"The pilot of that one gundam who helped you guys out at the last battle's decided to join us, wants to know if we're still willing to let 'em." Howard answered.
"Oh." Trowa said simply.
"I'm going to tell the pilot to bring their gundam on into the cargo hold." Quatre said, looking around for any disapproval. He didn't see any.
"Yes, our offer still stands, we will open the hatch to the cargo hold now. My comrades and I will meet you there." Quatre said, hitting a button to open the hatch.
"Alright then." The pilot of the new gundam answered. Quatre cut off the line and turned to Trowa. "We better go round up the others, let them know that we've got a visitor." Quatre said. Trowa nodded. He and Quatre left in search of Duo, Wufei, and Heero.
Once all of the pilots reached the cargo hold, they found that the new gundam pilot had already arrived. The original gundam pilots all stood on the platform overlooking the cargo hold and watched as a figure wearing a flight suit stepped out onto the platform that went around the entire cargo hold.
"Well, well, well. Look who decided to show up." Duo said as the flight suit clad pilot grasped a tow bar was pulled over to the others. The pilot stood a few feet in front of Duo and the others who had formed a semi circle.
"Ok, so what's your name?" Duo asked, right away wanting to know the pilot's identity. The pilot took off its helmet and held it at its side.
"I think we already know each other Duo." The pilot said with a smirk.
Aly had entered the cargo hold of the PeaceMillion. She got out of her gundam and stepped onto the platform that went around the entire cargo hold.
She could see the original five gundam pilots standing near the sliding airlock door that led to the rest of the PeaceMillion. She took a deep breath before going over to them. They still didn't know exactly who she was. She could see Duo, Quatre, and Trowa standing over there and felt more relaxed. It was the other two guys, the ones she didn't know that made her a little uneasy.
Aly grabbed a tow bar and let it pull her over to the other gundam pilots. As she got closer, she recognized one of the two people she didn't know as the guy whom she had seen that morning. It was the guy who'd been there to stop the assassins. Aly let go of the tow bar so she was standing a little ways in front of the group of pilots who had formed a semi circle. As soon as she had set her feet down, Duo started asking questions. It wasn't all that surprising though.
"Ok, so what's your name?" Duo asked. Aly took off her flight suit helmet and held it at her side. She couldn't help but smirk.
"I think we already know each other Duo." Aly said simply.
Duo's jaw nearly dropped to the floor; all the other pilots were equally shocked.
"A-A-Aly? It was you the whole time?" Duo nearly shrieked.
"Yes, it was me." Aly answered.
"A woman?" Wufei asked with disbelief clearly evident in his tone of voice. Duo, Trowa, and Quatre all noticed as Aly tensed up. Aly had been raised by her father and it had caused her to develop an extreme intolerance for chauvinism. Wufei had annoyed Aly and she wanted to make him eat his words. However, she decided against saying or doing anything, realizing that she would simply be giving in to her anger.
Wufei made a "hmmph" sound and didn't say anything else. Quatre spoke up suddenly to change the subject.
"So Aly, why didn't you tell us it was you the whole time?" Quatre asked, still amazed. Aly turned away from Wufei, immediately got rid of her anger, and looked at Quatre.
"The time wasn't right for me to join you." Aly answered simply.
"I still can't believe this! We, I mean Quatre and I, both knew you were supposed to pilot the Wing Zero and that didn't work out, but another gundam?" Duo said while shaking his head in confusion and disbelief.
"What?" Wufei and Heero asked at the same time.
"Oh, that's right; you guys weren't there at the time. Well, remember when I told you about some person coming to inspect the PeaceMillion?" Quatre asked. Heero and Wufei both nodded once.
"Yeah, well it turned out that Aly was the one who came on inspection duty." Quatre explained.
"To give you the short version-Aly and I are old buddies, haven't seen each other in a while, she told us that she was supposed to pilot the Wing Zero, didn't work out-factory blew up, turns out she also knew Trowa and Quatre from way back when, she left, didn't mention anything else about another gundam." Duo said quickly. The others all nodded.
"Nicely put." Aly said. She looked slightly amused by the whole situation.
"Thanks." Duo said with a grin. Quatre looked like he had just remembered something.
"Oh, yeah. Umm... Aly, this is Heero Yuy, and that's Chang Wufei. Heero, Wufei, This is Aly Tayeari-Shadows, the daughter of the Foreign Minister Tayeari." Quatre said, making introductions.
"Nice to meet you." Aly said with mild enthusiasm. Heero and Wufei simply grunted what could be called a reply. Aly looked carefully at Heero. She realized he must have been the one Duo was talking about when he asked if she knew a Heero Yuy. Duo yawned slightly. Aly decided to ask about Heero later, she could tell that Duo was tired before he had yawned.
"Well, as exciting as this all is, I'm going to get some sleep before the big battle tomorrow." Duo said.
"I agree, we should all get some rest. Besides, there will be plenty more time to talk tomorrow"
Quatre said with a warm smile. "Aly I'll show you your room."
"Ok let me just grab my duffel bag." Aly said as she went back over to her gundam. She returned, with a midnight blue duffle bag, the strap over her right shoulder. Her right hand was at the bottom of the strap, keeping the duffle bag at her side.
Aly followed the others out of the cargo hold. She ended up floating beside Heero for a while and thought of something to bring up that would possibly answer a question she had on her mind. Aly spoke quietly to Heero.
"Been stalked by any cars lately?" Aly asked with a slight smirk. Heero made no response to her remark, so Aly didn't say anything else. In his mind though, Heero had found Aly's little remark somewhat amusing.
Once they had arrived in the sleeping quarters of the PeaceMillion, Quatre showed Aly her room. He also informed her that she would be bunking with Noin and one of the MS technicians. Quatre said he wasn't really sure who the other girl was, but he figured she would introduce herself if Noin didn't introduce her.
Aly had no complaints; she wouldn't mind sharing a room. She hoped that she and her roommates would get along well so that she would have some people to talk to. Aly already knew Noin, whom she thought seemed nice enough. She just hoped the other girl was easy to get along with.
Aly walked into the room and set her duffel bag on the bottom bunk of one of the beds that looked like it wasn't being used. Quatre, Duo, and Trowa quickly said goodnight, then turned and left. Aly watched as they disappeared around a corner a ways down the hall before she shut the door.
-End Of Chapter 4-
Author's Notes: "What will happen when the original gundam pilots finally come face to face with their new ally? How will their new ally react to some of them? Find out in the next chapter!"
Ok peeps, thanks for reading my story! I appreciate all of the reviews I've gotten. Oh yeah, special thanks to Jeanette L.- my first reviewer. Domo arigato for all your support!
If anyone is wondering how in the heck to pronounce the foreign Minister's last name, it's pronounced as the following: Tay-year-ee.
Ne-wayz thanks again to ALL my readers and reviewers! Don't forget to review!
-AlyRain