Chapter 3

Picking up the two small lifeless bodies, she walked down the hill to where her older brothers were standing with the dark haired soldier. He brother turned and looked at her as she walked towards him, staring at the muddy ton bodies being cradled in her arms. He took a deep breath as he took one of them fighting to keep a soft grip on him, though finding it necessary to be firm to keep the limp form from slipping through his arms.
"God No," He whispered his eyes glistening in the moon light, but fighting to keep calm.
James looked in to his sisters eyes and saw nothing in them. They seemed void of all life as if staring into a vast pit of darkness.
"When will the senseless fighting stop." whispered the soldier.
As he said these words fire came into melody's eyes that made both the soldier and her brother step back afraid.
James had never seen so much anger and hatred in his entire life let alone in one person as calm and even tempered as his sister. It made his blood turn cold.
"Mm, Melody?" he stammered "are, are you alright"
She turned to the soldier. "You are a preventor, are you not?" she said coldly, her voice filled with anger. The soldier took a step back prepared for her response.
"Yes" he answered cautiously.
"I want to join you" she said evenly.
"What?" cried a voice behind them. James spun around to see who it was.
"Stay out of this Tommy."
"Melody please listens to me." begged her boyfriend as he walked up behind her.
'NO you listen" she yelled turning on him "look what those bastards did, did to my brother and sister, just look." Her voice echoed across the crumbled remains of the building.
Tommy stumbled back in shock at the sight of the child's body and the shear anger of her voice. He, much like James, had never seen the happy care free girl that he had the privilege of dating this angry he couldn't believe that this was the same girl only an hour ago was singing about wanting peace for both earth and the colonies.
"Miss, pleas calm down. You're very upset, are you sure you know what your saying." asked the pilot stepping forward, overcoming his intimidation.
"Yes I'm very sure that I know what I'm saying." she replied in a calm even voice.
"I'll see what I can do"
"Sign me up too" whispered James as he stared down at Kimberly's body, His eyes unmoving.
"By the way, what are your names," the soldier asked.
"I am James Winner and this is Melody Winner and her friend Tommy Jansen."
"I'm Heero Yuy," the pilot responded studying James and Melody "Is your father's name David?"
"Yes," said James uncertainly. Melody looked at the pilot for the first time.
"I knew Dave had a son but I didn't think he was married" mumbled Heero.
"I'm not married"
"Then why did you say her last name was Winner?"
"Because it is."
"It can't be, David's little girl is only six or seven."
"Oh, you're thinking of Kim" Tommy said, "She was nine." He pointed to the body in James arms "Melody is sixteen.. No wait seventeen today."
"Are you telling me that she is David's little girl" asked hero "is she alive?"
"No, they're both dead" whispered Melody
"You mean this is Kim and Andrew"
"Yes this is our , this was our younger brother and sister." James replied
"Dammit," Heero replied to an annoying beeping noise that piped in.
"Heero here" He called after climbing into his mobile suite
'Heero, what's going on, who are these jerks" came a voice.
"Hey that's dad" James cried when he heard his father's voice.
'David where are you" asked Heero.
"Over by the football stadium looking for my oldest son and Melody."
They're both with me.."
"David is that you" a woman's voice said over the radio.
"Yeah, it's me Miss Noin."
"Thank God, stay where you are I'm sending someone to come and get you" the lady ordered.
"But what about my family"
"Where are they?"
"Andrew and Kim are at home, and James and Melody are with Heero and Alexis is with me."
"Heero will get the kids, right now I need you and Armageddon out there helping the others got it?"
"Yes mama"

They couldn't here what else was said, it was about ten minutes before Heero jumped down and told theme that the woman that he had been talking to was Lucrezia Noin- Marquise and that she was sending someone to pick them up and take them to a base close, but it was going to be another couple of minutes. During this time, Melody had a chance to calm down.
"So when did your dad join the preventor" asked Tommy.
"About twenty-five years ago" Answered James.
"What does he do?"
"He's a pilot."
"What, a Leo or a Virgo?"
"No, a Gundam" Heero answered in a monotone voice.
"What?" cried Tommy
"Your father is a Gundam pilot?"
Melody had gotten up and was walking around. When she heard Tommy she walked back over to the others.
"What's wrong' she asked sitting down beside Tommy
"Your father is a Gundam pilot" He replied looking over at her
"And your point?" She asked giving him a look of indifference.
"You knew?"
"Yeah, we've both known for a while now." James answered calmly
they all sat lost in their own little world thinking over the events of the past couple of hours. They had been sitting there for about five minutes when Melody saw something headed toward them.
"What's that" she asked glancing over at Heero and pointing at what she saw.
"Hn" Heero looked up from what he was doing. "The transport is here."