Chapter 9
"Whoa . . ." Duo said as he looked down at the sidewalk and felt it rumble. "Do you think its an earthquake?"
Hotaru stepping closer to him, "No. Only two people have the power to affect the Earth's atmosphere, or any planet's for that matter."
"Aires?" Duo asked as he looked into eyes that held the answer.
"He's awakened-" She looked at him with sincere eyes, "but, I'm afraid we cannot interfere, Shinigami."
His shoulders slouched as he sighed, "I know." A frown turning quickly upside down and his eyes twinkling with happiness, "Do you think we should get back to school?"
"Yeah, I don't want Amara killing both me and you."
Duo taking a hold of her hand, "Then, let's go."
"Serenity?" Trista asked as she placed a tray of food down on a nigh stand.
Serena rubbing her temples as her eyes were adjusting to the sun's rays. "Puu?"
"How are you feeling?"
"Blunty or half truth?"
She chuckled as she handed two aspirins to Serena, along with a glass of water, "Bluntly."
Serena popping both pills into her mouth and taking a gulp of water before she answered, "Like shit."
Trista chuckled at her answer, "You did take a pretty big fall." She said while taking the glass of water from her. She looked at Serena's bruised face, "Maybe a nice warm bath will help."
Nodding her head with her eyes closed as she felt her head still aching, "Pluto," looking back at her, "did Darien . . . you know . . ." A gasp filled with agony erupted from her throat as she covered her face with her hands, and whispering, "Why?"
"I do not know, Princess." Trista said as she wrapped her arms around her princess, I should have stopped Darien. . .Closing her own eyes as she felt her princess' body rack with heavy sobs, I am so sorry, Serenity. I could have stopped this pain, and I did nothing. Looking back down at Serena as she heard the sobs were quiet, laying her princess back down, she brushed back her bangs and kissed her on the forehead. "Things will get better, Serenity-hime." Taking the glass and walking over to the door, she looked back at her sleeping princess and felt her heart crash, "I hope." She said as she walked out of the room and closed the door.
~ Dream ~
"Please don't do this!" Serenity yelled as she was fighting with all her might from Jupiter and Zeus.
"It's for your own good," her brother said as he walked up to her and motioned for Shingnami and Hephaestus to help her.
Serenity finding herself being lifted up onto a bed with straps, and looking at her friends with tears falling freely from her eyes, "Don't do this, please!" Glaring at Prince Quatre, "Quatre . . ."
Quatre looking up at Mercury who was holding a needle, "I'm sorry, but this is for the best."
"I will never forgive you, Quatre, NEVER!" She managed to kick Shinigami's hand free as she wished that Aires could be here to help. "Don't . . ." hurtful eyes looked at one of her guardians and friend as she felt Mercury poke her with a needle, "I hate all of you."
"Serenity?"
Turning her head to the door as she saw Mars standing in the doorway, "Come in." She turned her head back to stare at the wall.
"I know I can't take the pain away what your brother and friends did to you, Serenity."
Closing her eyes as she felt her bitter tears roll down her face, and whispering, "I want to be with Aires, Mars."
Mars smiled a half-smile as she closed the door and walked towards the bed, "I know you do." Sitting down next to her and rubbing Serenity's back, "If you want to know, I'm not talking to either one of them, and I'm sorry that I wasn't here to help defend you."
"You couldn't help that you were on Mars when they went again Aires and me. They took my baby, Mars, and they took me away from the man that I love." Rolling onto her other side to look at her friend, "I can never forgive them for what they did to me."
Mars couldn't help but allow her own tears to fall as she saw the pain, heartache, and betrayal written onto her princess' face. "Maybe you should have told Quatre that Aires and you got married secretly just to get his kingdom in order. I think Quatre thought he knew what he did was right, and he wanted to protect you."
Serenity looked down at her flat stomach and knew she could never get the child back that her brother, his friends, and part of her court took from her. "It was a girl, Mars." Choking on her words, "Aires would have loved her."
Mars knew what the gender was to Serenity's baby, but hearing her princess talk of the child she loss made her heart break even more. Picking her princess' head up, she welcomed the arms that wrapped around her. Rocking her heartbroken princess back and forth - she cried with her.
~ end of dream ~
"So, has anyone seen Heero?" Duo asked as he walked into their apartment and dropped his schoolbag.
"No." Quatre said as he set down his backpack and began to walk in the kitchen. Smiling at the occupant that was sitting at the table, "Heero, we didn't know you were here."
Duo came in and greeted Heero with a wave and noticed a boy with chocolate brown hair, wearing a blue shirt and loose jeans was sitting at the table as well. "Hey, I didn't know we had company."
The boy turned around and smiled warmly at him, "My name is Heath.
Quatre said hello and noticed Heero glaring at him. Ignoring the look, he looked at Heath, "So Heath, how do you know Heero?"
"He's my biology partner and we have a test tomorrow."
"Oh. Well, we'll leave you two alone so you can get back to studying." Quatre grabbed a bag of potato chips and a can of Pepsi, "It was nice meeting you, Heath."
Heero watched Duo and Quatre leave like a hawk and looked back at Heath, "Good going."
Heath smiled at him, and noticed dark circles under Heero's eyes, "You okay?"
Heero stood up and motioned for Heath to follow him outside, "You tell me."
Heath looked around and noticed they were alone. Closing his eyes he transformed back into Heero's guardian, Helios, "Serenity?"
Rubbing his eyes, "Yeah." Walking towards some trees, "I feel like I'm sleeping, but these dreams or memories are still coming to me." Helios smiled softly at his prince, "They probably will until you and Serenity reunite. Would you like to tell me what you last dreamt about?"
Heero looking at him as he sat down in some shade, "Many things."
Helios chuckled as he remembered the death look he gave Quatre, "You didn't give Quatre a nice look as he entered the kitchen."
"He was in my dreams, they all were and they took Serenity away from me."
Helios let go a sigh as he sat next to Heero, "I remember that day. We were all hurrying, trying to get that year's harvest in. Her court and brother showed up at a bad time, didn't they?" Noticing Heero wasn't saying anything, only staring at the grass, "That day its as if your whole world fell apart."
"It did." He answered as he looked up at the sunset, "She was my world."
"So you do believe?"
Heero looking back down at Helios, "How can I not. I still have pains in my chest ever since you showed me the crystal, and every once in a while I see this symbol on my forehead glowing a scarlet red."
""Its called an insignia."
"Whatever." Standing up and stretching his muscles, "I'll see you around, Helios."
"Mission?"
Heero gave him a nod and left.
"Is tomorrow Friday?" Mina asked enthusiastically while walking in their house.
"Yes, Mina." Lita said as she was rubing her temples, "How many times do you have to ask?"
"Because of her date with Quatre," Hotaru replied as she took off her shoes and looked at Lita with a smile, "I have one too."
"What?!" Amra shouted as she looked at Hotaru with bugged eyes, "Not without my permission, you don't!"
Hotaru smiled at her, "Michelle said I could, and I didn't ask you because you would have said no."
"With who?" Amara asked with a vein wanting to pop.
"Duo." Hotaru said with a wide smile as she began to walk into the kitchen.
"You are not going out with that braided-baka, no good player."
Hotaru quickly turned around with fury in her violet eyes, "Why? Just because he has a braid!" She turned around and walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table with a frown on her face.
Lita soon followed and sat across from Hotaru with her arms crossed, "Well I'm glad you and Mina enjoyed school."
Amara still upset with Hotaru, looked up at Lita "Jealous?"
"No.'
Mina and Hotaru giggled as they remembered what happened after school. Hotaru looked up at Lita, "She's just upset that Wufei wouldn't stop calling her weak."
"So, I'm taking it your first day at school went well?"
They all looked at the entry to the hall and saw Trista standing there with a glass. Amara walking up to her, "How's Koneko-chan?"
Trista looked at her as she began to walk in the kitchen, "Better. She just went to sleep a while ago."
Mina looked at her, "She's still in a lot of pain?"
"Yes." Looking at five sets of eyes, "If you can excuse me, I need to call Dr. J."
Mina looked up and blurted out, "He called."
Trista looked at her, "When and what did he say?"
Scratching her head as she tried to remember the message, "Something about handguns, madguns, damguns-"
Trista speaking up for her, "Gundams?"
"Yeah that's it."
Annyoed at the fact that Mina had to talk to Dr. J, "What did Dr. J have to say?"
"The Gundams are ready."
Trista grabbing her keys and walking towards the door, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"I just forgot. After everything that has happened, I didn't have time, Trista." Curiously looking at the Time Guardian, "But, you should have known that he called."
Trista's shoulders slumping as she looked at Mina, "I know." Pulling out a chair and sitting next to Hotaru and looked at everyone, "Ever since Serenity-hime got hurt, its as if the Gods are against me, and has stripped some of my powers away. I can't even get back to the Time Gates to see if everything is okay.'
"Nani?" Amara asked as she looked at her friend, "What happened to cause the Gods to be angry at you?"
Michelle looked at Lita, then over at Mina who held guilt, and last but not least Hotaru who looked paler than normal. Her aqua eyes looking back at Trista, "Whyat happened to Serenity?"
Amara looked up, still upset that her princess was hurt, and was angry that no one was telling her what happened. "Trista?"
"Its not up to me to say, Aamara." Standing up and walking towards the living room, "Now about the Gundams being ready, lets go. You need to test them out."
"What about Serena?" Lita asked with concern.
"I'm coming."
"SERENA!" Everyone shouted out as they watched her walk with a limp towards them. Hotaru walked up to her and gave her a hg, "You're alright."
Serena smiled faintly at her and pushed her away to get a better look, "What happened, Hotaru? You're our age."
Giggling, she looked back at her princess, "I became like this just before we left our world." Her smile fading as she saw the bruise on Serena's face, "Are you okay?"
Ruffling her hair, Serena gave her a smile even though it hurt, "I'll be fine, Hotaru. I'm just glad to see you." Her crystal blue eyes looked at everyone else, "Don't act to surprised to see me," she said bitterly towards Lita and Mina. Still remembering the dream/memory she had.
Lita looked at Mina with confusion then back at Serena, "We're just happy to see you awake and moving around. You took a pretty big hit form the Youma at the park, and from Darien."
That's all that needed to confirm Amara's suspicion as she heard what Lita said. "He was beating you?" She shouted with rage. No one touched her princess like he did and gets away with it.
Serena looked at Trista, "Can we go now?"
"Whoa, you're not going anywhere, Koneko. You're just recovering from who in the hells knows what, and you want to test out a Gundam - whatever that is."
"Yes." Looking at her protectors and at Amara, "I'll be fine."
Trista smiled at her, "I agree that Serena should come. Now let's go, we don't want to keep Dr. J waiting any longer." She said while watching five leave with a limping Serena following. "Princess," placing a hand on her shoulder, "you don't have to go."
Smiling faintly at her, "I know." Walking towards the door, "But I want to."
"About time you showed up, Dr. T." Said an old man with long gray hair wearing a similar lab coat like Trista, and his left hand was a claw.
Trista walked up to him, "Sorry. Serena decided to come at the last minute."
Dr. J looked at a blond that was wearing loose black pants, a long black sleeved shirt, and noticed a nice bruise on her right cheek along with some form of cut. Wonder what happened to her? Dr. J thought while smiling at the young lady and noticed she began to step towards a tall man with short sandy hair, Funny. "Nice meeting you Serena. I'm glad to know that you are feeling better." Noticing she wasn't saying anything, he chuckled as he walked over to something tall and covered in a drape cloth. "I have something for you." He said as he pulled o the cloth to reveal a robot that was shiny and ebony black. Chuckling as he noticed all of the girls and the man's expression as they stared up at the Gundam. "Dr. T and I call it Night Shadow." He watched the quiet blonde carefully as she was walking rather slow and looking at her Gundam. "Are you ready to help my boys?" Watching her open up the cockpit, "I'll take that as a yes." Looking at the other girls, "I haven't forgotten you." Turning on some lights on the far right wall; there stood five Gundams.
He looked back at another blond with a red bow, "Miss Aino," pointing to a blue Gundam with an orange symbol of Venus on the forehead, "I present to you, Heart Breaker." Walking over to a gold Gundam with a dark blue symbol of Uranus on the shoulders, "This is-"
Amara cutting him off as she looked up at her new baby, "Heart of Uranus."
"Right, um well," clearing his throat as he looked over at a hunter green G"undam with a rose colored symbols of Jupiter on each breastplates, "Thunder's Mercies." Looking at the next Gundam in line, "I haven't thought of a name for this one," he said while pointing to the teal colored Gundam with the symbol of Neptune on the left breastplate and right wrist. "Finally," Dr. J said as he walked over to the black Gundam with a violet purple symbol of Saturn on the forehead and holding a scythe in the right hand, "The sold of Shinigami."
Trista smiled as she walked up to five speechless girls, "Well, what do you think?"
Mina looking back with her mouth wide open, "Can we go now?"
"You may." Watching the scouts get into their rightful Gundams, "Be careful girls." She saild while waving to them as she watched them leave their secret base, and Night Shadow she watched with a heavy heart, "Bring her back, Night Shadow."
"I know its none of my business, Trista, but what happened to Serena?"
Trista looked back at him, "Her ex-boyfriend, Dr. J."
He shook his head as he looked up at the sky roof, "But, that's not all that he did to her, now is it?"
Wiping away a stray tear as she looked at him, "No. I've told you where we came from, knowing you'll keep it a secret. Now, my princess must suffer with something that I could have prevented."
"Try as you may, Trista," motioning for her to follow him, "some things are still out of control. The thing that you must remember is, that it could have been a lot worse. Serena left your world safe." Letting go a sigh as he showed her a picture of a young Heero standing next to Wing Gundam, "Even to this day, I regret what I've done to Heero Yuy." Pulling out a chair for her to sit in as he walked over to pour them some coffee, "But as I look at him, I know that I've done the right thing. I know that I have trained him for something that neither of us knows about." Handing her a cup and he sat down at his desk, "As with Serena, she will over come what her boyfriend did to her, even though it seems impossible, but she will grow stronger from it."
Her garnet eyes looking at him, "Even pushing away those who care about her, Dr. J? She fears men, and I don't think that will ever change."
Smiling at her as he took another sip from his coffee and swallowing it, he continued, "Perhaps, then again it just might take the right person, Trista."
"I hope you are right, J."
"Just once, I wish there were people on our side!" Duo said as he felt Death Scythe's right arm get hit. "I mean, I know there's Zechs, Hilde, and Noin, but are they ever here when we need them the most?"
"You can't trust Zechs." Trowa said as he was firing at some on coming mobile dolls.
"Still it would be nice to have help."
"Can't take it, Maxwell?"
"Oh I can take it, Wufei." He said while defending himself with his scythe, "But it gets tiring after a while."
"I have to agree with Duo." Quatre said as he felt his energy shield beginning to come down, "It would be nice to have some help with all of these mobile dolls."
"What do you girls think of our new toys?" Amara asked as she was sitting in her new baby.
"They rock!" Mina answered as she was looking at all of the controls, "Serena, what do you think?"
Serena looking at the screen with Mina's face, "I go in the base to retrieve the disk."
"Nani!" Lita said as she was beginning to notice yellow dots popping up on her screen, "You can't Serena, it to dangerous."
Pulling on a face mask, "Over and out."
They watched as Night Shadow veered toward the building, and looking up they noticed Gundams similar to theirs were being ambushed, "Shall we help them?"
Hotaru's voice speaking up as she noticed one of the Gundams held a scythe, "Of course."
"Where are all of these dolls coming from?" Duo shouted as he felt the impact from a hit.
"I don't know, but I'm out of bullets." Trowa said as he noticed four dots flying his way.
"We're going to die! Heero's not even out of the base," Quatre said as he was fighting some dolls the best he could with Sand Rock's energy depleting.
"This is injustice!"
"Whoa!" Duo muttered s he saw a massive explosion take place with some of the oncoming mobile dolls, "Where did that come from?"
"Look!" Quatre shouted as he saw five new Gundams with some sort of symbols on the dolls.
"LOVE AND BEAUTY BEAM!" A voice came over the communication system as a yellow beam shot forth and demolishing the dolls that were approaching Quatre.
Another voice soon followed with an aqua light, "NEPTUNE BLADE!"
"JUPITER'S WRATH!"
"SATURN'S SCYTHE!"
"What a light show," Duo commented as he watched the new help take out most of the dolls with one attack, "and I'd like to know how they manage to destroy so many dolls."
"With skill," replied a feminine voice.
"How . . ." smiling to himself as he recognized the voice, *How you doin' babe?* *The one and only, Shi.* I thought I recognized your scythe. She laughed as she flew towards him and helped him battle the oncoming dolls.
Heero rounding a corner and bumped into a person clad in all black, pointing his gun at them and raised an eyebrow as he heard, "Kill me."
He noticed the person had crystal blue eyes and smirked as they kept their eyes on the barrel to his gun. Moving his eyes down he knew the person he encountered was female, "Why?"
"To put me out of my misery."
"You're the first person that I met that actually wants to die?" Shaking his head as he looked back to see if any soldiers were coming his way, "Why?"
"I lost everything. My friends took my baby away from me, and," she took a step towards him and pressed the gun to her chest, "please, just kill me."
Jerking his head to the side as he heard some guards coming down the hall, "Go." Noticing she wasn't move, he grabbed her hand and stepped with her in a darkened hallway. Motioning for her to be quiet, "You're a strange girl, you know that?" Running a hand through his tousled hair, "I know what its like, loosing everything." He watched the soldiers run by and he grabbed her hand, "I'll get you out of here."
"If you just kill me, you wouldn't have to worry about getting me out." She reasoned.
Dragging this crazy woman behind him, "I can't kill you, you're an innocent."
Serena staring at the back of his head, trying to think of ways to get him to kill her, "What happens if I'm on their side?"
"You're not." He answered.
"How do you know?" Heero pushed her in another darkened hallway and pressed his body against hers as he saw some soldiers approach the hall. Furrowing his eyebrows together as he noticed she was beginning to breathe heavy. Serena seeing images of Darien pushing her in the wall were over filling her senses and she yelled, "Get away from me!" Serena jumping as she heard a gun shot go off, an felt this young man grab her hand and start running down the hall.
"Thanks for blowing our cover."
"You were going to . . ." dropping to her knees as she felt a volt of nausea.
Heero rolled his eyes as he felt her hand yank free from his grasp and he watched her fall on her knees as she was getting ready to tell him what he was about to do. "Come on, do you want to be captured?"
"If they'll kill me, yes."
Shaking his head as he looked around, "I understand why, but now's not the time. For what its worth," memories of Serenity came to mind with his friends taking her, "my friends took something away from me that I loved very much." Rolling a smoke bomb down the hall they came from, "Now get out of here."
Serena looked up only to see the back of this soldier's head. Walking up to him, she placed a hand on his shoulder, and closed her eyes. Unaware that he turned around to look at her with a hand clutching his chest as he watched her disapper. What's happening . . .Helios.
Helios appeared in a matter of seconds as he heard his name being called. Looking down at the ground as he saw his Master laying on the cold floor and clutching his chest. Picking up Heero, he closed his eyes and teleported to the cockpit of Wing Zero. Turning around he turned off all communication links to the other pilots as he began to pilot Zero. His eyes noticed a black Gundam fly past him and looked back down at his prince, whispering, "Serenity was here."
"Whoa . . ." Duo said as he looked down at the sidewalk and felt it rumble. "Do you think its an earthquake?"
Hotaru stepping closer to him, "No. Only two people have the power to affect the Earth's atmosphere, or any planet's for that matter."
"Aires?" Duo asked as he looked into eyes that held the answer.
"He's awakened-" She looked at him with sincere eyes, "but, I'm afraid we cannot interfere, Shinigami."
His shoulders slouched as he sighed, "I know." A frown turning quickly upside down and his eyes twinkling with happiness, "Do you think we should get back to school?"
"Yeah, I don't want Amara killing both me and you."
Duo taking a hold of her hand, "Then, let's go."
"Serenity?" Trista asked as she placed a tray of food down on a nigh stand.
Serena rubbing her temples as her eyes were adjusting to the sun's rays. "Puu?"
"How are you feeling?"
"Blunty or half truth?"
She chuckled as she handed two aspirins to Serena, along with a glass of water, "Bluntly."
Serena popping both pills into her mouth and taking a gulp of water before she answered, "Like shit."
Trista chuckled at her answer, "You did take a pretty big fall." She said while taking the glass of water from her. She looked at Serena's bruised face, "Maybe a nice warm bath will help."
Nodding her head with her eyes closed as she felt her head still aching, "Pluto," looking back at her, "did Darien . . . you know . . ." A gasp filled with agony erupted from her throat as she covered her face with her hands, and whispering, "Why?"
"I do not know, Princess." Trista said as she wrapped her arms around her princess, I should have stopped Darien. . .Closing her own eyes as she felt her princess' body rack with heavy sobs, I am so sorry, Serenity. I could have stopped this pain, and I did nothing. Looking back down at Serena as she heard the sobs were quiet, laying her princess back down, she brushed back her bangs and kissed her on the forehead. "Things will get better, Serenity-hime." Taking the glass and walking over to the door, she looked back at her sleeping princess and felt her heart crash, "I hope." She said as she walked out of the room and closed the door.
~ Dream ~
"Please don't do this!" Serenity yelled as she was fighting with all her might from Jupiter and Zeus.
"It's for your own good," her brother said as he walked up to her and motioned for Shingnami and Hephaestus to help her.
Serenity finding herself being lifted up onto a bed with straps, and looking at her friends with tears falling freely from her eyes, "Don't do this, please!" Glaring at Prince Quatre, "Quatre . . ."
Quatre looking up at Mercury who was holding a needle, "I'm sorry, but this is for the best."
"I will never forgive you, Quatre, NEVER!" She managed to kick Shinigami's hand free as she wished that Aires could be here to help. "Don't . . ." hurtful eyes looked at one of her guardians and friend as she felt Mercury poke her with a needle, "I hate all of you."
"Serenity?"
Turning her head to the door as she saw Mars standing in the doorway, "Come in." She turned her head back to stare at the wall.
"I know I can't take the pain away what your brother and friends did to you, Serenity."
Closing her eyes as she felt her bitter tears roll down her face, and whispering, "I want to be with Aires, Mars."
Mars smiled a half-smile as she closed the door and walked towards the bed, "I know you do." Sitting down next to her and rubbing Serenity's back, "If you want to know, I'm not talking to either one of them, and I'm sorry that I wasn't here to help defend you."
"You couldn't help that you were on Mars when they went again Aires and me. They took my baby, Mars, and they took me away from the man that I love." Rolling onto her other side to look at her friend, "I can never forgive them for what they did to me."
Mars couldn't help but allow her own tears to fall as she saw the pain, heartache, and betrayal written onto her princess' face. "Maybe you should have told Quatre that Aires and you got married secretly just to get his kingdom in order. I think Quatre thought he knew what he did was right, and he wanted to protect you."
Serenity looked down at her flat stomach and knew she could never get the child back that her brother, his friends, and part of her court took from her. "It was a girl, Mars." Choking on her words, "Aires would have loved her."
Mars knew what the gender was to Serenity's baby, but hearing her princess talk of the child she loss made her heart break even more. Picking her princess' head up, she welcomed the arms that wrapped around her. Rocking her heartbroken princess back and forth - she cried with her.
~ end of dream ~
"So, has anyone seen Heero?" Duo asked as he walked into their apartment and dropped his schoolbag.
"No." Quatre said as he set down his backpack and began to walk in the kitchen. Smiling at the occupant that was sitting at the table, "Heero, we didn't know you were here."
Duo came in and greeted Heero with a wave and noticed a boy with chocolate brown hair, wearing a blue shirt and loose jeans was sitting at the table as well. "Hey, I didn't know we had company."
The boy turned around and smiled warmly at him, "My name is Heath.
Quatre said hello and noticed Heero glaring at him. Ignoring the look, he looked at Heath, "So Heath, how do you know Heero?"
"He's my biology partner and we have a test tomorrow."
"Oh. Well, we'll leave you two alone so you can get back to studying." Quatre grabbed a bag of potato chips and a can of Pepsi, "It was nice meeting you, Heath."
Heero watched Duo and Quatre leave like a hawk and looked back at Heath, "Good going."
Heath smiled at him, and noticed dark circles under Heero's eyes, "You okay?"
Heero stood up and motioned for Heath to follow him outside, "You tell me."
Heath looked around and noticed they were alone. Closing his eyes he transformed back into Heero's guardian, Helios, "Serenity?"
Rubbing his eyes, "Yeah." Walking towards some trees, "I feel like I'm sleeping, but these dreams or memories are still coming to me." Helios smiled softly at his prince, "They probably will until you and Serenity reunite. Would you like to tell me what you last dreamt about?"
Heero looking at him as he sat down in some shade, "Many things."
Helios chuckled as he remembered the death look he gave Quatre, "You didn't give Quatre a nice look as he entered the kitchen."
"He was in my dreams, they all were and they took Serenity away from me."
Helios let go a sigh as he sat next to Heero, "I remember that day. We were all hurrying, trying to get that year's harvest in. Her court and brother showed up at a bad time, didn't they?" Noticing Heero wasn't saying anything, only staring at the grass, "That day its as if your whole world fell apart."
"It did." He answered as he looked up at the sunset, "She was my world."
"So you do believe?"
Heero looking back down at Helios, "How can I not. I still have pains in my chest ever since you showed me the crystal, and every once in a while I see this symbol on my forehead glowing a scarlet red."
""Its called an insignia."
"Whatever." Standing up and stretching his muscles, "I'll see you around, Helios."
"Mission?"
Heero gave him a nod and left.
"Is tomorrow Friday?" Mina asked enthusiastically while walking in their house.
"Yes, Mina." Lita said as she was rubing her temples, "How many times do you have to ask?"
"Because of her date with Quatre," Hotaru replied as she took off her shoes and looked at Lita with a smile, "I have one too."
"What?!" Amra shouted as she looked at Hotaru with bugged eyes, "Not without my permission, you don't!"
Hotaru smiled at her, "Michelle said I could, and I didn't ask you because you would have said no."
"With who?" Amara asked with a vein wanting to pop.
"Duo." Hotaru said with a wide smile as she began to walk into the kitchen.
"You are not going out with that braided-baka, no good player."
Hotaru quickly turned around with fury in her violet eyes, "Why? Just because he has a braid!" She turned around and walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table with a frown on her face.
Lita soon followed and sat across from Hotaru with her arms crossed, "Well I'm glad you and Mina enjoyed school."
Amara still upset with Hotaru, looked up at Lita "Jealous?"
"No.'
Mina and Hotaru giggled as they remembered what happened after school. Hotaru looked up at Lita, "She's just upset that Wufei wouldn't stop calling her weak."
"So, I'm taking it your first day at school went well?"
They all looked at the entry to the hall and saw Trista standing there with a glass. Amara walking up to her, "How's Koneko-chan?"
Trista looked at her as she began to walk in the kitchen, "Better. She just went to sleep a while ago."
Mina looked at her, "She's still in a lot of pain?"
"Yes." Looking at five sets of eyes, "If you can excuse me, I need to call Dr. J."
Mina looked up and blurted out, "He called."
Trista looked at her, "When and what did he say?"
Scratching her head as she tried to remember the message, "Something about handguns, madguns, damguns-"
Trista speaking up for her, "Gundams?"
"Yeah that's it."
Annyoed at the fact that Mina had to talk to Dr. J, "What did Dr. J have to say?"
"The Gundams are ready."
Trista grabbing her keys and walking towards the door, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"I just forgot. After everything that has happened, I didn't have time, Trista." Curiously looking at the Time Guardian, "But, you should have known that he called."
Trista's shoulders slumping as she looked at Mina, "I know." Pulling out a chair and sitting next to Hotaru and looked at everyone, "Ever since Serenity-hime got hurt, its as if the Gods are against me, and has stripped some of my powers away. I can't even get back to the Time Gates to see if everything is okay.'
"Nani?" Amara asked as she looked at her friend, "What happened to cause the Gods to be angry at you?"
Michelle looked at Lita, then over at Mina who held guilt, and last but not least Hotaru who looked paler than normal. Her aqua eyes looking back at Trista, "Whyat happened to Serenity?"
Amara looked up, still upset that her princess was hurt, and was angry that no one was telling her what happened. "Trista?"
"Its not up to me to say, Aamara." Standing up and walking towards the living room, "Now about the Gundams being ready, lets go. You need to test them out."
"What about Serena?" Lita asked with concern.
"I'm coming."
"SERENA!" Everyone shouted out as they watched her walk with a limp towards them. Hotaru walked up to her and gave her a hg, "You're alright."
Serena smiled faintly at her and pushed her away to get a better look, "What happened, Hotaru? You're our age."
Giggling, she looked back at her princess, "I became like this just before we left our world." Her smile fading as she saw the bruise on Serena's face, "Are you okay?"
Ruffling her hair, Serena gave her a smile even though it hurt, "I'll be fine, Hotaru. I'm just glad to see you." Her crystal blue eyes looked at everyone else, "Don't act to surprised to see me," she said bitterly towards Lita and Mina. Still remembering the dream/memory she had.
Lita looked at Mina with confusion then back at Serena, "We're just happy to see you awake and moving around. You took a pretty big hit form the Youma at the park, and from Darien."
That's all that needed to confirm Amara's suspicion as she heard what Lita said. "He was beating you?" She shouted with rage. No one touched her princess like he did and gets away with it.
Serena looked at Trista, "Can we go now?"
"Whoa, you're not going anywhere, Koneko. You're just recovering from who in the hells knows what, and you want to test out a Gundam - whatever that is."
"Yes." Looking at her protectors and at Amara, "I'll be fine."
Trista smiled at her, "I agree that Serena should come. Now let's go, we don't want to keep Dr. J waiting any longer." She said while watching five leave with a limping Serena following. "Princess," placing a hand on her shoulder, "you don't have to go."
Smiling faintly at her, "I know." Walking towards the door, "But I want to."
"About time you showed up, Dr. T." Said an old man with long gray hair wearing a similar lab coat like Trista, and his left hand was a claw.
Trista walked up to him, "Sorry. Serena decided to come at the last minute."
Dr. J looked at a blond that was wearing loose black pants, a long black sleeved shirt, and noticed a nice bruise on her right cheek along with some form of cut. Wonder what happened to her? Dr. J thought while smiling at the young lady and noticed she began to step towards a tall man with short sandy hair, Funny. "Nice meeting you Serena. I'm glad to know that you are feeling better." Noticing she wasn't saying anything, he chuckled as he walked over to something tall and covered in a drape cloth. "I have something for you." He said as he pulled o the cloth to reveal a robot that was shiny and ebony black. Chuckling as he noticed all of the girls and the man's expression as they stared up at the Gundam. "Dr. T and I call it Night Shadow." He watched the quiet blonde carefully as she was walking rather slow and looking at her Gundam. "Are you ready to help my boys?" Watching her open up the cockpit, "I'll take that as a yes." Looking at the other girls, "I haven't forgotten you." Turning on some lights on the far right wall; there stood five Gundams.
He looked back at another blond with a red bow, "Miss Aino," pointing to a blue Gundam with an orange symbol of Venus on the forehead, "I present to you, Heart Breaker." Walking over to a gold Gundam with a dark blue symbol of Uranus on the shoulders, "This is-"
Amara cutting him off as she looked up at her new baby, "Heart of Uranus."
"Right, um well," clearing his throat as he looked over at a hunter green G"undam with a rose colored symbols of Jupiter on each breastplates, "Thunder's Mercies." Looking at the next Gundam in line, "I haven't thought of a name for this one," he said while pointing to the teal colored Gundam with the symbol of Neptune on the left breastplate and right wrist. "Finally," Dr. J said as he walked over to the black Gundam with a violet purple symbol of Saturn on the forehead and holding a scythe in the right hand, "The sold of Shinigami."
Trista smiled as she walked up to five speechless girls, "Well, what do you think?"
Mina looking back with her mouth wide open, "Can we go now?"
"You may." Watching the scouts get into their rightful Gundams, "Be careful girls." She saild while waving to them as she watched them leave their secret base, and Night Shadow she watched with a heavy heart, "Bring her back, Night Shadow."
"I know its none of my business, Trista, but what happened to Serena?"
Trista looked back at him, "Her ex-boyfriend, Dr. J."
He shook his head as he looked up at the sky roof, "But, that's not all that he did to her, now is it?"
Wiping away a stray tear as she looked at him, "No. I've told you where we came from, knowing you'll keep it a secret. Now, my princess must suffer with something that I could have prevented."
"Try as you may, Trista," motioning for her to follow him, "some things are still out of control. The thing that you must remember is, that it could have been a lot worse. Serena left your world safe." Letting go a sigh as he showed her a picture of a young Heero standing next to Wing Gundam, "Even to this day, I regret what I've done to Heero Yuy." Pulling out a chair for her to sit in as he walked over to pour them some coffee, "But as I look at him, I know that I've done the right thing. I know that I have trained him for something that neither of us knows about." Handing her a cup and he sat down at his desk, "As with Serena, she will over come what her boyfriend did to her, even though it seems impossible, but she will grow stronger from it."
Her garnet eyes looking at him, "Even pushing away those who care about her, Dr. J? She fears men, and I don't think that will ever change."
Smiling at her as he took another sip from his coffee and swallowing it, he continued, "Perhaps, then again it just might take the right person, Trista."
"I hope you are right, J."
"Just once, I wish there were people on our side!" Duo said as he felt Death Scythe's right arm get hit. "I mean, I know there's Zechs, Hilde, and Noin, but are they ever here when we need them the most?"
"You can't trust Zechs." Trowa said as he was firing at some on coming mobile dolls.
"Still it would be nice to have help."
"Can't take it, Maxwell?"
"Oh I can take it, Wufei." He said while defending himself with his scythe, "But it gets tiring after a while."
"I have to agree with Duo." Quatre said as he felt his energy shield beginning to come down, "It would be nice to have some help with all of these mobile dolls."
"What do you girls think of our new toys?" Amara asked as she was sitting in her new baby.
"They rock!" Mina answered as she was looking at all of the controls, "Serena, what do you think?"
Serena looking at the screen with Mina's face, "I go in the base to retrieve the disk."
"Nani!" Lita said as she was beginning to notice yellow dots popping up on her screen, "You can't Serena, it to dangerous."
Pulling on a face mask, "Over and out."
They watched as Night Shadow veered toward the building, and looking up they noticed Gundams similar to theirs were being ambushed, "Shall we help them?"
Hotaru's voice speaking up as she noticed one of the Gundams held a scythe, "Of course."
"Where are all of these dolls coming from?" Duo shouted as he felt the impact from a hit.
"I don't know, but I'm out of bullets." Trowa said as he noticed four dots flying his way.
"We're going to die! Heero's not even out of the base," Quatre said as he was fighting some dolls the best he could with Sand Rock's energy depleting.
"This is injustice!"
"Whoa!" Duo muttered s he saw a massive explosion take place with some of the oncoming mobile dolls, "Where did that come from?"
"Look!" Quatre shouted as he saw five new Gundams with some sort of symbols on the dolls.
"LOVE AND BEAUTY BEAM!" A voice came over the communication system as a yellow beam shot forth and demolishing the dolls that were approaching Quatre.
Another voice soon followed with an aqua light, "NEPTUNE BLADE!"
"JUPITER'S WRATH!"
"SATURN'S SCYTHE!"
"What a light show," Duo commented as he watched the new help take out most of the dolls with one attack, "and I'd like to know how they manage to destroy so many dolls."
"With skill," replied a feminine voice.
"How . . ." smiling to himself as he recognized the voice, *How you doin' babe?* *The one and only, Shi.* I thought I recognized your scythe. She laughed as she flew towards him and helped him battle the oncoming dolls.
Heero rounding a corner and bumped into a person clad in all black, pointing his gun at them and raised an eyebrow as he heard, "Kill me."
He noticed the person had crystal blue eyes and smirked as they kept their eyes on the barrel to his gun. Moving his eyes down he knew the person he encountered was female, "Why?"
"To put me out of my misery."
"You're the first person that I met that actually wants to die?" Shaking his head as he looked back to see if any soldiers were coming his way, "Why?"
"I lost everything. My friends took my baby away from me, and," she took a step towards him and pressed the gun to her chest, "please, just kill me."
Jerking his head to the side as he heard some guards coming down the hall, "Go." Noticing she wasn't move, he grabbed her hand and stepped with her in a darkened hallway. Motioning for her to be quiet, "You're a strange girl, you know that?" Running a hand through his tousled hair, "I know what its like, loosing everything." He watched the soldiers run by and he grabbed her hand, "I'll get you out of here."
"If you just kill me, you wouldn't have to worry about getting me out." She reasoned.
Dragging this crazy woman behind him, "I can't kill you, you're an innocent."
Serena staring at the back of his head, trying to think of ways to get him to kill her, "What happens if I'm on their side?"
"You're not." He answered.
"How do you know?" Heero pushed her in another darkened hallway and pressed his body against hers as he saw some soldiers approach the hall. Furrowing his eyebrows together as he noticed she was beginning to breathe heavy. Serena seeing images of Darien pushing her in the wall were over filling her senses and she yelled, "Get away from me!" Serena jumping as she heard a gun shot go off, an felt this young man grab her hand and start running down the hall.
"Thanks for blowing our cover."
"You were going to . . ." dropping to her knees as she felt a volt of nausea.
Heero rolled his eyes as he felt her hand yank free from his grasp and he watched her fall on her knees as she was getting ready to tell him what he was about to do. "Come on, do you want to be captured?"
"If they'll kill me, yes."
Shaking his head as he looked around, "I understand why, but now's not the time. For what its worth," memories of Serenity came to mind with his friends taking her, "my friends took something away from me that I loved very much." Rolling a smoke bomb down the hall they came from, "Now get out of here."
Serena looked up only to see the back of this soldier's head. Walking up to him, she placed a hand on his shoulder, and closed her eyes. Unaware that he turned around to look at her with a hand clutching his chest as he watched her disapper. What's happening . . .Helios.
Helios appeared in a matter of seconds as he heard his name being called. Looking down at the ground as he saw his Master laying on the cold floor and clutching his chest. Picking up Heero, he closed his eyes and teleported to the cockpit of Wing Zero. Turning around he turned off all communication links to the other pilots as he began to pilot Zero. His eyes noticed a black Gundam fly past him and looked back down at his prince, whispering, "Serenity was here."
