After Eve Gundam Wing: A New Heero
Chapter Nineteen
"Where are you taking me?" asked Jin coldly.
"Our base," answered Max. "It's our headquarters on Earth. A friend of yours is there too. The Colonel will be most pleased to meet you after so long."
"Vance is there eh?
"That's Colonel to you," said Max. "Or Sir."
"I'll call him shit-head if I do so desire," replied Jin.
"If you desire death, then you best not call him anything like that."
"Whatever," said Jin. "What's this Mobile Suit? A new model?"
"Yea, one of a kind," answered Max. "This baby is a Gundanium-Titanium alloy, only slightly weaker than Gundanium alloy, but Gundanium is a little hard to come by today for us."
"What's it called?"
"The Scorpion," said Max. "This thing is more powerful than any Mobile Suit in existence."
Ignorant dumb ass, thought Jin. He doesn't know about the Gundams. Won't he be shocked? "Wing Zero could easily defeat it, especially in my father's hands."
"Well, we made sure that your father didn't get the chance to pilot for a reason," said Max..."We're here."
The Red Scorpion Mobile Suit landed quickly in a hangar at a big OZ base. Jin had no idea where he was, and didn't much care. It didn't matter to him.
Commander Max took him through several buildings hand-cuffed, until he reached a hall of metal doors. "This will be your room for a while," said Max as he shoved Jin into a dark cell. He slammed the door as he left, leaving Jin in pitch blackness.
It felt like hours had passed when he heard his door unlock, and he stood up as the blinding light poured in. He shielded his eyes as two men walked in, and the room suddenly lit up completely. They'd obviously turned the lights on.
"I liked it in the dark," said Jin sarcastically. "Who turned on the lights?" He then realized the two men were none other than Max and Vance, the two men he hated the most.
"Jin Yuy," said Vance. "Wow. My, how you've changed. You sure have grown a lot."
"Not so nice to meet you," said Jin through gritted teeth.
"Commander Max Marquise tells me you're the spy who was taking pictures of our base a month ago," said Vance. "What do you have to say?"
"About what?" asked Jin plainly.
"About being accused of being the spy," answered Vance.
"The Commander is misinformed," said Jin. "Yes I told him I was the spy, but that wasn't the truth."
"What the hell are you talking about?!" asked Max in fury. "You're in the Terra Alliance Corps. You have to be spy."
"Is that why you thought it was me?" asked Jin. "Because I'm an enemy pilot? Smooth."
"Do you have any proof Commander?" asked Max. "Any evidence? Or did you take him into custody simply because he's an enemy near the crash site." Max was silent, and he looked down.
"Busted," said Jin.
"Disappointing," said Vance.
"Sorry sir," said Max. "I was just trying to find the enemy spy. Besides, the kid's an enemy anyway."
"So what?!" bellowed Vance. "We have lots of enemies! We don't just arrest everyone we see though!"
"I'm sorry."
"Dismissed Commander."
"Yes sir." Max stormed out of the room and shut the cell door behind him, leaving the two alone to talk.
"I apologize," said Vance. "The Commander likes to jump the gun a bit."
"I don't want your damned apologies," said Jin. "I want my family back."
"I understand, but you know you can't," said Vance.
"And why would that be?!" shouted Jin. "You stole my family, took away the ones I loved more than anything! I have no life anymore! Nothing to live for!"
"Jin-
"Every night, I relive that nightmare!" continued Jin. "I have to watch you shoot and kill him over and over and over again. And then I wake up in a cold sweat, unable to breath."
"Jin, it was nothing personal," said Vance quietly and calmly. "If it means anything, I had to kill them because I feared Heero's ability. I respected him too much as a warrior."
"Bull Shit!" yelled Jin. "You wouldn't have killed him if you did respect him!"
"Jin," said Vance. "I'd like to get to the topic at hand. First of all, I don't intend to harm anyone, but I must know. Are you the spy pilot?"
"No,"
"Do you know who is?" asked Vance.
"...Maybe I do," said Jin. "I want you to promise-
"No one will be harmed or arrested," said Vance.
"Do you swear on your son's and daughter's lives?" asked Jin.
"How do you know about-
"Do you swear?!"
"Yes," said Vance.
"Good boy," said Jin. "I do know the pilot, and so do you. It's your daughter Rachel. She's been a spy pilot for the TAC for quite some time now. I'm good friends with Kreed and Rachel, which is kinda ironic I guess."
"Okay," said Vance. "So Rachel was the one taking pictures of the weapon."
"Weapon?" asked Jin. "What weapon?"
"You don't know?" asked Vance. "Wow, I though everyone would know by now from the spy photographs. Rachel's MS shot some pictures of our top secret weapon. Since you don't know, I'm not going to explain."
"Whatever," said Jin.
"The weapon is completed now," said Vance. "With it, we will quickly gain control over the skies and the land."
"That good of a weapon huh?" asked Jin. "Well, don't count on your victory yet. The Alliance is cooking something up also."
"Go on."
"I'm not at liberty to tell you," said Jin. "The leaders of the Alliance would kill me, and I'm not ready to see my family until I've made sure that they're avenged."
Vance laughed. "Okay then Jin. Let's get you back home."
"Good for me," replied Jin. "I can't wait."
They took a helicopter from the base the Howard's house. As they began to land near the water's edge, Howard and the gang came out to meet him, hoping he was okay. Before he jumped out though, he turned and talked to Vance in his seat.
"You know Vance, Rachel still loves you," he said.
"What's that?" asked Vance. "Don't make me laugh. How could she possibly love me anymore?"
"Though she may not entirely agree with you, she still loves you and wishes to be with you. Kreed says he doesn't care, but I'm pretty sure he still loves you too. He's just trying to be the tough guy. All they want is their family back, to be together again...kinda' like me. But unlike my situation, that problem can still be fixed by you. I don't have a chance to be with them anymore, but you can still be with your kids...Give that some thought."
Jin jumped from the chopper, which immediately began its ascent into the air again. "Thanks for the great hospitality!" he called as it disappeared and his friends arrived.
End Chapter Nineteen.
I was really distracted while typing this. Adult Swim was on Cartoon Network, and it was a good night, so I watched most of it. Anyway, we got to see a little bit of a connection and conflict between Jin and Vance.
So this chapter is a bit longer than most, but I had to finish up this piece of the story in one chap, so I hope you like it. I may start making them longer like this, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I have to ask again, if you read this, I'd love it if you would review. I respond to reviews in the Intros or Conclusions, and even sometimes n email if you provide an email address. Your contribution doesn't go unnoticed.