After Eve Gundam Wing

Chapter Three

The door opened, and they realized they were simply in a large hallway. There was apparently quite a system of halls and corridors and doors through which they would have to navigate if they ever wanted to find Stephen.

Fortunately, they were able to avoid getting lost thanks to the tracker they had.

"Stay close at all times," warned Jin. "We have no idea what can happen. Just assume the worst. Keep your weapons armed at all times."

"Right," answered Kreed.

"How close are we?" asked Anita.

"We're near Deathscythe," said Jin. "Very near, as a matter of fact." He turned left and walked up to a door. "The Gundam is behind this door…and it seems Stephen isn't too far past it. We have to go in here."

Kreed and Anita nodded and beckoned Jin to open the door. Jin opened it and jumped out, his gun and light pointing around. He was scanning the area for any enemies. Kreed and Anita followed in, their guns raised.

Anita shut the door. "So where's the Gundam?" she asked. Jin was staring, along with Kreed, at two Mobile Suits.

"There's Deathscythe Hell," said Kreed, pointing to a very dark, but easily recognizable structure. "But what in the HELL is that?"

He was referring to the Mobile Suit standing next to Deathscythe. It looked familiar, that's for sure. It looked familiar, because the Gundam standing before them belonged to Jin.

"Wing Zero," said Jin, too shocked to believe his eyes. It only looked slightly different from his model, but the angelic wings and large core in the center were unmistakable.

"What's Wing Zero doing here?" asked Anita.

"It's not really Wing Zero," said Jin. "My Gundam is safe and under lockdown, and this one is different…But…It looks so much like mine."

Bleep-Bleep!

Jin looked at the radar in his hands and noticed the small dot indicating Stephen's location was moving. It was heading straight towards them. "Stephen?"

"He's coming here," said Kreed, looking at the monitor. They all looked up in the direction from which Stephen's tracker was coming. There was a single door they could make out in the darkness.

"He's here," said Anita excitedly as the door opened.

What they saw wasn't Stephen. Or rather, whom they saw wasn't Stephen. Two people stood in the doorway, each with a handgun drawn and pointed at them. One was a tall female with long blonde hair and harsh blue eyes. The other was an even taller man with brown hair, and he was wearing a pair of black shades.

"Don't even move to raise your guns," said the blonde female. Jin cursed under his breath. Why had he let his guard down? He should have known that Stephen wasn't really running to them.

"In fact," said the man. "Throw them down and kick them over to us." The pilots looked at Jin, and he silently nodded. He dropped his gun and kicked it over, and Kreed and Anita did the same.

This definitely didn't look good.

"Well, the gang's all here I guess," said the female. "You no doubt came looking for your friend. That was a dumb mistake on your part." She held up a small black item the size of her thumb, and she threw it at Jin lightly. He caught it, and the radar started beeping like mad. It was Stephen's tracker.

"Where is he?" he asked coldly.

She laughed. "He's unharmed," she said. "You can see him in a moment…But I wonder where the fifth pilot is. Heavy Arms' pilot couldn't make it?"

"It doesn't matter," said the man. "We have four pilots. That should be enough for our plans for the time being."

"What are you talking about?" asked Kreed.

"You all came flocking here without us asking, and we didn't even have to really do anything," said the female.

"They're still children," added the male.

"Shut up," said Jin. "Just shut up both of you! Give us Stephen."

"All in good time," said the female. "But I'm curious about something first. Humor me a moment, if you will. Do you recognize me Jin?"

"No," said Jin. "Why in the hell would I recognize someone such as yourself?" It occurred to Jin at that moment that her piercing blue eyes did seem just a tad bit familiar. "Who are you?"

"I guess I shouldn't have expected anything different," she sighed. "My name is Ana…Ana Yuy."

"Yuy?" asked Kreed to himself. "You guys can't be-

"Yes," said Ana. "I am Jin's big sister."

"You're out of your mind lady," said Jin. "I don't have a sister. I never had a sister and never will."

"Oh how wrong you are…little brother."

Jin cringed at the side comment. It was the first time he'd ever been called a little brother. Even if it was false, he now understood why siblings hated to be the younger child.

"You have a sister?" asked Anita.

"No," said Jin.

"You do," said Ana. "I was born three minutes before you… Imagine the shock our parents received when they got two babies for the bargain price for one."

"Okay then," said Jin. "If you're my sister, my twin sister at that, how come I've never known anything about you? My parents didn't tell me I had a sister. I never saw you before in my entire life. Hell, we didn't even have a picture of you."

"I never really saw my parents that I can remember," said Ana. "That's because I was taken from them at birth."

"What?!" asked Kreed/

"Allow me to continue," said Ana a bit too rudely. "Allow me to rephrase that one. I was…voluntarily given away by our parents. You see, Mom and Dad, that is to say, Heero and Releena, didn't want to have a kid. They were devastated when they found out they were pregnant.

"They didn't want to accept the consequences of their…actions," she continued. "But abortion is illegal, and it was back then too, so this nasty little circumstance prevented them from killing me. I bet they would've too, had it been legal."

"Don't you dare speak ill of them," said Jin. His blood was boiling, and his senses were on fire. He didn't allow anyone to talk about his parents with venomous words. Many had learned this.

"I will keep going," spat Ana. "As I was saying, they gave me up for adoption. Someone, fortunately, was willing to take the child of Heero and Releena. Someone saw my value at least, so I was adopted by this man here."

She pointed to the taller older man behind her. "This is my dad. No one else is my parent."

"You're mad," said Anita.

"It's the truth," said Ana. "You can choose to deny it, but some day you'll believe. Anyways, we've gotten a bit off the topic now I guess. Let's get you to your friend. I bet you're dying to see him."

She turned and walked through the door. "Come," ordered the man that posed as Ana's father. They followed them our of the hangar and down many corridors, until they stopped in front of a single black door with no windows.

"Prisoner block," said Ana. "It's the only one that functions, so you get to spend some time in here with your other pilot friend. I gotta admit that he's not a bad pilot. It took me a few minutes to take him down in my own Mobile Suit."

The door opened, and the three were shoved into the dark room. They stumbled from their violent treatment, and they fell. The door closed as Jin rolled into something. A loud "OOMF!" accompanied the collisions, and they realized they had found Stephen.

"Stephen!" shouted Anita.

"Hey buddy how ya' doing?" asked Kreed as he walked up to him. It was dark, so all they could see was his form lying on the ground.

"I don't feel too hot right now guys," muttered Stephen. "I can't believe they caught you too."

"He's had the crap beat out of him," said Jin.

"I've got some bad news for you all, if you hadn't heard already," continued Stephen. "It's about the Gundam the Preventers found on the image scan."

"Save your energy buddy," said Kreed. "We know all about it. Just rest a minute."

"What's going on?" asked Anita. "Did they hint at actually having lured us here? Why would they do that?"

"They need us out of the way for something," said Jin. "That's all that comes to mind." He stood up and looked around. "It's quite dark in here."

"Duh," said Stephen. "Listen, you guys have to find a way to get out of here fast."

"And why's that?" asked Kreed.

"These people…They're planning something horrible. It involves that Gundam…the one that looks just like Wing Zero. They're going to attack some kind of conference, a big meeting of huge importance. They're striking tomorrow."

"What conference?" asked Anita. "Something important?"

"I didn't catch everything they were talking about before they captured me while eavesdropping." Stephen smiled weakly. "I'm not as good at stealth as I thought."

"What's the meeting?" asked Jin.

"It's the Preventers Peace Banquet," said Kreed. "Many of the top nations' leaders will be attending. It's supposed to just be a friendly dinner conference to celebrate peace and the ties that all the countries share…"

"They're going to attack that?" asked Anita. "The consequences could be horrible for something of such importance to be destroyed."

"Yes," said Stephen. "Well, that's why they're hiding up here. I don't know why they're doing it, but they will attack it tomorrow in…Augusta I think."

"That's where Rachel and I live," said Kreed. "We can't just escape this place though."

"Maybe we can," said Jin. "Stephen, did they know that you heard any of their plans?"

"Nah," said Stephen. "They still think I don't know anything. They just found me, realized who I was, and then beat the crap out of me. I was shot down by that Gundam, and I managed to escape into the base. I didn't make it far until I found that woman and man talking about all this."

"Weird," said Anita. "I wonder who pilots that thing."

"It doesn't matter," said Jin. He reached down and pulled the buckled off his belt, and removed from it a micro-device the size of a fingernail. He held it up to his lips and spoke into it softly.

"Rachel, can you hear me?" he asked. The other three were a bit confused as to what he was doing, but assumed it was some sort of communications device he'd hidden on himself. "The signal might not be very strong, but I have to try this. If you can hear me, we've been captured and imprisoned with Stephen. We're all safe for the time being, but the Preventers Banquet tomorrow will be attacked and annihilated by a surprise attack from these guys tomorrow. Put a warning out to the leaders necessary, and then plan for our escape from here. We're counting on you to get us out of here alive." He looked around at them. "You all want to say something? It's a one way radio."

Everyone shook their heads.

"Alright then," said Jin. "They should be leaving to attack tomorrow, so that's when you have to rescue us. Before that, remember to get out that warning. We'll wait for you…Oh, and bring my weapons when you come. I'll be needing them."

End Chapter Three

Not a whole lot of action here. Sorry, but I had to get in that Jin has a sister- a BIG sister, even if only by a few minutes. It could get weird, because I'm starting to play this by ear, meaning I'm kinda makin' it up as I go. It'll get good eventually.

For example, I'm gonna put in my first instance of Jin killing someone in the next chapter. That ought to be good.