As Duo sat on the phone talking to the mechanics, the other Gundam pilots,
including Sarah and Brad, started making their own preparations to their
suits. Relena and Hilde stood back and admired all of the pilots whilst
they were working.
"It's been so long since they've done this. They look so happy." Relena said as she looked up toward Heero. "I bet they miss being on the battlefield. D'you, Hilde?"
The girl looked at Relena and nodded reluctantly. "Yes, Madame President."
"Please, call me Relena." She commented as she looked around the hangar.
"So, Hilde. Ever since the Barton Foundation was defunct, have you and Duo lived here?"
"Yeah. He didn't wanna head back into space. I don't know why, but I stuck by his side. I figured Heero would have left on you, Relena." Hilde replied with a slight giggle. Relena blushed and shook her head. "Oh he has. Many times. I guess he saw beside my sometimes childish behavior early on."
~*~
"So, Heero. What made you stay with Relena? I didn't think you were that type." Duo said while linking to Zero.
"Hmph. She continued to follow me and I figured if she kept on, she'll end up dying. So I let her stay with me." Heero replied, showing a rare sincere side to him. Duo cackled at his remark. "You love her, don't you? Admit it, you have ever since you met."
"Duo."
"Yes, Heero?"
"Shut up!"
~_~ "Geesh. My bad, Heero. Just trying to lighten the mood a lil'. Don't have to be such a pooper." Duo mumbled as he sat in the cockpit and calibrated his controls. About this time, Trowa and Wufei exited their respective suits.
"Nataku is ready to go." Wufei said as he leaped down. He put on his tunic and started walking toward the exit, when he heard Trowa's voice.
"Where are ya headed?"
"For some relaxation until the parade."
Trowa looked up at Quatre, who had stepped out of Sandrock.
"Sounds great. Mind if we join?"
Wufei turned and looked at him and shrugged. "It's a free country. Do what you wish. But DON'T bring Maxwell. I really don't wanna have to hurt him."
"I heard that, Wufei." Duo said as he looked down at him. "We outta go grab some burgers, I'm famished. What d'ya say, Heero?"
Hilde sighed and shook her head, looking toward Relena. "His stomach is a bottomless pit." Relena chuckled as they walked up the stairs. Quatre nodded and looked up toward Hikai and Legacy. "Brad. Sarah. Are you two tagging along?"
Brad didn't say anything and Sarah stuck her head from Legacy's cockpit. "No, that's ok."
^_^ "Good. I don't want her attacking my poor braid." Duo said, rubbing his long braid.
"You have to come back sometime."
O_O "Drat. This is why I hate females."
"DUO!!"
_ "Except you, love." Duo said apologetically. Hilde smiled at him. "You all get going. You have about 6 hours until the celebration." Her and Relena departed up the stairs.
Just as they did, the mechanics entered through the hangar doors as the pilots walked by.
"Do a good job on all of them." Duo said. "But don't do as well on that one." He said pointing to Zero. He snickered as he tried to hide what he had said behind his hand. Heero reached up and pulled his braid.
_* YEOW! Hey! Cut it out, Heero. Let go." Duo cried as Heero shot him a glare that could kill. "I was only kidding, damn Yuy."
"Hn."
Finished with his calibration and modifications to the cockpit, Brad stood up and looked over to Legacy and smiled. "I beat you, Sarah." He yelled across the hangar. The brown-haired girl came on screen and flipped him off.
"Hey hey. That's too early, Sarah. We have to get to know each other better, no?" He said sarcastically. Sarah just rolled eyes and continued to work. "So, Brad. What kind of new modifications did you add to Hickey."
~_~ "HIKAI! It means destruction in Japanese, you egghead." Brad replied as he sternly looked at her. "I didn't add too much more. I did add a CD Player to it. Check it." He reached under the cockpit and pulled out a random CD and placed it in the door underneath the joystick. Classical music started to play.
^_^ "See. I even got surround sound too. Heh heh heh." Brad said cockily. Sarah again rolled her eyes and moved the joystick back. The booster on her legs began to light up. She snickered and moved it back to its original place.
"I added Vernier input to the calves on Legacy for added speed. And her weapon drive is vastly improved for combat. Now you won't be able to outrun me and I have the weapons to match yours."
"Oh yeah?" Brad said interrogatively as he pressed a few buttons next to the stick. The hands opened up and started to glow and suddenly, a wicked ball started the form. Sarah gasped as he pressed the disengage button.
"What.was that?" Sarah said amazed.
"That is the Hadoken Attack. I wired up some hypothermic energy that was left from Deathscythe and was able to create a drive that will allow me to shoot multiple balls of energy."
Sarah shook her head as she turned her viewing screen into dual mode, for which she can watch the news. "Oh look Brad. They are showing the preparations for the parade. Aren't they wonderful?" She looked back toward the screen which Brad was on, but got nothing. Suddenly, Brad peered his head into her cockpit.
"Boo!"
"AHHH!" Sarah shouted. She kicked at him, missing as usual.
Brad smiled and looked on the screen. "It looks great.not as good as..nevermind."
Sarah looked at him and raised her eyebrow. "Good as what, Brad? Answer me." Brad shook his head and hopped down and walked toward the stairs. "Tell me when it's complete.so we can go battle, alright?"
Sarah nodded and was about to sit down but suddenly started to smile.
I bet he meant me. Quit being so damn shy, Brad. Open up and feel alive. She grabbed her cell phone and dialed Duo's number. Brad looked at the phone and rolled his eyes, thinking it was Stephanie.
"What?"
"Thanks for the compliment. But you know I'm not that good-looking." Sarah said, catching Brad by surprise. He gasped and started to blush.
"Whatever you say, Sarah. I wouldn't of said it if I didn't mean it." He smiled and hung up the phone, realizing that he was flirting with the same girl who was his rival.
"Geesh. One would think she was flirting with me." Brad said as he opened the refrigerator door and pulled out two soft drinks. He snickered as he grabbed the phone and called Sarah.
"Hello?"
"D'you want something to drink?" Brad said as he started to laugh.
_ "Brad Travis. I don't know whether to hug you or kick your ass." Sarah said as she smiled and laughed along with Brad.
~*~ Meanwhile ~*~
"Miss Stephanie. We are two hours away from Munich. Should we land our carriers until the celebration begins?" A soldier said through the com.
"Yeah. Sounds like a plan. I need to calibrate Mustang* anyway." Stephanie said as the pilot nodded and started to descend. Stephanie looked at her phone and started to get angry as she tossed it aside. "Figured the asshole would call. Guess he doesn't care. Hmph. Well. He's gonna care when 250 Mobile Dolls and a pissed off woman decide to break up the party.
*Mustang is similar to the EW Serpent suits except for it has Two Gatling Gun and a Super Vernier booster.
"It's been so long since they've done this. They look so happy." Relena said as she looked up toward Heero. "I bet they miss being on the battlefield. D'you, Hilde?"
The girl looked at Relena and nodded reluctantly. "Yes, Madame President."
"Please, call me Relena." She commented as she looked around the hangar.
"So, Hilde. Ever since the Barton Foundation was defunct, have you and Duo lived here?"
"Yeah. He didn't wanna head back into space. I don't know why, but I stuck by his side. I figured Heero would have left on you, Relena." Hilde replied with a slight giggle. Relena blushed and shook her head. "Oh he has. Many times. I guess he saw beside my sometimes childish behavior early on."
~*~
"So, Heero. What made you stay with Relena? I didn't think you were that type." Duo said while linking to Zero.
"Hmph. She continued to follow me and I figured if she kept on, she'll end up dying. So I let her stay with me." Heero replied, showing a rare sincere side to him. Duo cackled at his remark. "You love her, don't you? Admit it, you have ever since you met."
"Duo."
"Yes, Heero?"
"Shut up!"
~_~ "Geesh. My bad, Heero. Just trying to lighten the mood a lil'. Don't have to be such a pooper." Duo mumbled as he sat in the cockpit and calibrated his controls. About this time, Trowa and Wufei exited their respective suits.
"Nataku is ready to go." Wufei said as he leaped down. He put on his tunic and started walking toward the exit, when he heard Trowa's voice.
"Where are ya headed?"
"For some relaxation until the parade."
Trowa looked up at Quatre, who had stepped out of Sandrock.
"Sounds great. Mind if we join?"
Wufei turned and looked at him and shrugged. "It's a free country. Do what you wish. But DON'T bring Maxwell. I really don't wanna have to hurt him."
"I heard that, Wufei." Duo said as he looked down at him. "We outta go grab some burgers, I'm famished. What d'ya say, Heero?"
Hilde sighed and shook her head, looking toward Relena. "His stomach is a bottomless pit." Relena chuckled as they walked up the stairs. Quatre nodded and looked up toward Hikai and Legacy. "Brad. Sarah. Are you two tagging along?"
Brad didn't say anything and Sarah stuck her head from Legacy's cockpit. "No, that's ok."
^_^ "Good. I don't want her attacking my poor braid." Duo said, rubbing his long braid.
"You have to come back sometime."
O_O "Drat. This is why I hate females."
"DUO!!"
_ "Except you, love." Duo said apologetically. Hilde smiled at him. "You all get going. You have about 6 hours until the celebration." Her and Relena departed up the stairs.
Just as they did, the mechanics entered through the hangar doors as the pilots walked by.
"Do a good job on all of them." Duo said. "But don't do as well on that one." He said pointing to Zero. He snickered as he tried to hide what he had said behind his hand. Heero reached up and pulled his braid.
_* YEOW! Hey! Cut it out, Heero. Let go." Duo cried as Heero shot him a glare that could kill. "I was only kidding, damn Yuy."
"Hn."
Finished with his calibration and modifications to the cockpit, Brad stood up and looked over to Legacy and smiled. "I beat you, Sarah." He yelled across the hangar. The brown-haired girl came on screen and flipped him off.
"Hey hey. That's too early, Sarah. We have to get to know each other better, no?" He said sarcastically. Sarah just rolled eyes and continued to work. "So, Brad. What kind of new modifications did you add to Hickey."
~_~ "HIKAI! It means destruction in Japanese, you egghead." Brad replied as he sternly looked at her. "I didn't add too much more. I did add a CD Player to it. Check it." He reached under the cockpit and pulled out a random CD and placed it in the door underneath the joystick. Classical music started to play.
^_^ "See. I even got surround sound too. Heh heh heh." Brad said cockily. Sarah again rolled her eyes and moved the joystick back. The booster on her legs began to light up. She snickered and moved it back to its original place.
"I added Vernier input to the calves on Legacy for added speed. And her weapon drive is vastly improved for combat. Now you won't be able to outrun me and I have the weapons to match yours."
"Oh yeah?" Brad said interrogatively as he pressed a few buttons next to the stick. The hands opened up and started to glow and suddenly, a wicked ball started the form. Sarah gasped as he pressed the disengage button.
"What.was that?" Sarah said amazed.
"That is the Hadoken Attack. I wired up some hypothermic energy that was left from Deathscythe and was able to create a drive that will allow me to shoot multiple balls of energy."
Sarah shook her head as she turned her viewing screen into dual mode, for which she can watch the news. "Oh look Brad. They are showing the preparations for the parade. Aren't they wonderful?" She looked back toward the screen which Brad was on, but got nothing. Suddenly, Brad peered his head into her cockpit.
"Boo!"
"AHHH!" Sarah shouted. She kicked at him, missing as usual.
Brad smiled and looked on the screen. "It looks great.not as good as..nevermind."
Sarah looked at him and raised her eyebrow. "Good as what, Brad? Answer me." Brad shook his head and hopped down and walked toward the stairs. "Tell me when it's complete.so we can go battle, alright?"
Sarah nodded and was about to sit down but suddenly started to smile.
I bet he meant me. Quit being so damn shy, Brad. Open up and feel alive. She grabbed her cell phone and dialed Duo's number. Brad looked at the phone and rolled his eyes, thinking it was Stephanie.
"What?"
"Thanks for the compliment. But you know I'm not that good-looking." Sarah said, catching Brad by surprise. He gasped and started to blush.
"Whatever you say, Sarah. I wouldn't of said it if I didn't mean it." He smiled and hung up the phone, realizing that he was flirting with the same girl who was his rival.
"Geesh. One would think she was flirting with me." Brad said as he opened the refrigerator door and pulled out two soft drinks. He snickered as he grabbed the phone and called Sarah.
"Hello?"
"D'you want something to drink?" Brad said as he started to laugh.
_ "Brad Travis. I don't know whether to hug you or kick your ass." Sarah said as she smiled and laughed along with Brad.
~*~ Meanwhile ~*~
"Miss Stephanie. We are two hours away from Munich. Should we land our carriers until the celebration begins?" A soldier said through the com.
"Yeah. Sounds like a plan. I need to calibrate Mustang* anyway." Stephanie said as the pilot nodded and started to descend. Stephanie looked at her phone and started to get angry as she tossed it aside. "Figured the asshole would call. Guess he doesn't care. Hmph. Well. He's gonna care when 250 Mobile Dolls and a pissed off woman decide to break up the party.
*Mustang is similar to the EW Serpent suits except for it has Two Gatling Gun and a Super Vernier booster.
