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Hm... I have remember to do my java readings soon before I go back to college. I can't seem to remember to read that stuff. Poor study habits I tell you. At least I'm going back to college, unlike a few people I know. Easy to get into, but not easy to stay in it. That's how MTU works. Anyway, enjoy yourselves... what was it I was thinking again?
Chapter 7- Second Impressions
Alex slid on a pair of dark purple khaki pants, and zipped it up. He already had a white tank top on, which barely showed a hint of the scars that lay underneath. He grabbed a short sleeve blue shirt from a hanger and put it on over his head. There was a jacket on another hanger in front of him. It had purplish sleeves and a dark green, padded back to it. The jacket wasn't quite the same as Alex had remembered. Then again, his mind just had a week's nap or so he hoped. He grabbed the jacket and slid it on. Once he had put it on, Alex realized it had a feel of textile and synthetic materials, wool and polyester. He walked over a table nearby and some of his personal effects, which were his wallet, some loose change, a rubber band, and a pendent that Duo had given him (which was from Hilde). He picked up the pendent and put it around his neck while he tucked it under his shirt. The rest of his affects were stuffed into one of his pants pockets. Alex glanced around the room for anything else, but saw nothing more than curtains and an adjacent bathroom. He headed toward the door that led out of the room, but, as soon as he opened it, he realized he had no shoes on.
'Wanna bet the floor is cold this time of day?'
Alex went back to the closet and found a pair of black shoes. He slipped them on and found a pair of socks nearby. He didn't want to take off his shoes again, so he stuffed the socks into his khakis' pocket. It stuck slightly out of the pocket and clashed with the neatness of outfit, but Alex didn't care about that.
'I need to check-in. Whether I like it or not.'
He left the room and shut the door behind him. The hallway was typical for an infirmary, or a hospital, with a thick, blue line on the wall he faced along with the wall he had his back to. Alex looked to his left and saw a thick, green line on a wall further down. He looked to his right and saw an orange one.
"Shit. How am I supposed to know what these lines are? Why don't they just have signs up? I mean, a guy could easily get lost in this place."
Alex decided to follow the orange line.
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Eizo breathed in another cigarette and exhaled the smoke. He sat as his desk with only an ashtray and videophone on it. The room was dimly lit from the light that came through the curtains. Some portraits hung on the walls, but the room was mostly dreary, otherwise. As Eizo inhaled some more, a door in the room opened and a man walked in.
"What was it that you wanted to see me for?"
Eizo looked at him and exhaled the smoke. This man was in his mid-twenties with a military uniform on. The uniform wasn't an officer uniform, but more like a combatant's with a hint of camouflage on it. On his shoulder, he had the markings of a major in an army with an insignia of a rose under it. He wore a green hat that the initials JA, which were woven in silver threading. At first glance, it's obvious that this man had a Japanese and some European heritage. He stood at a height of 6'4" and had black hair with light brown eyes.
"Major Jarrett Amuza." The major saluted when his name was mentioned. "It's good to hear about the asteroid mining. Nice job."
"Thank you, sir."
"We now have a new vast resources thanks to your efforts."
"It was an honor." Amuza glared at Eizo as he thought 'Old man'.
"Being a Major at your age is truly an accomplishment. For that reason, I want you to lead the mobile suit attack on the Preventors."
"Sir. That isn't for a few months."
"I know it is. That'll give you time to get acquainted with the men you'll be leading."
"It would be my pleasure." Amuza took a little bow in respect. 'Finally, the old man gives me a job worthy of my stature.'
"Until then though, you will be stationed at this colony. Is that understood?"
"Yes."
"Alpha Company will also be part of that, as well."
"Of course." Amuza grabbed his hat slightly with his right hand. 'Figures, they would bring in that company. They never leave home without that blonde-haired, red-eyed kid. Makes me sick.'
"They will also be doing some pre-attacks to soften the enemy. If all goes well, earth will be nothing more than a turkey shoot."
"Excellent strategy, sir." Amuza nodded his head. 'Entrusting such a plan with that kid. That's incredibly stupid. He should have sent me.'
"I'm glad you agree, Major. Orza Kida knows what he is doing. The plan should go without a hitch."
"It's a real shame the other two couldn't be here to see their cousin's success." Amuza added on in thought. 'Or his failure.'
"It was a tragedy. But, we have to accept our losses and move on."
"No sense sheltering in the past." The black haired major put his left hand out as he said that. 'It's not that much of a tragedy. At least those two can't get in my way, anymore.'
"That is all, Major. You are dismissed." Eizo turned his chair and faced one of the portraits.
"Yes, sir."
Major Jarret Amuza saluted and walked through the door he came from. Amuza took a quick glance at Eizo, which turned into a glare. The door shut behind him. Eizo breathed in another puff of smoke and exhaled it.
'Good. Looks like his last assignment calmed his hatred. I hope Orza and him will get along for the rest of this operation.'
The gray-haired, old man put his cigarette down to the ashtray and snuffed the cigarette out.
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Duo leaned up against the patient check-in station of the infirmary, where Alex had been taken a week earlier.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm positive the patient, Alex Cros, has yet to check out." The nurse at the station replied.
"The doctor said he woke up a hour ago and would be up and about."
"If that is correct, he would have been here by now. You must be thinking of another patient."
"I'm telling you. I have the right patient."
"Then, he would have been here by now."
The braided, brown haired man wasn't getting anywhere with the nurse. He glanced up from the counter and saw thick green lines on the walls. Duo sighed and caught sight of a man who wore a green, purple jacket, as the man walked toward him.
'He finally arrives. Took him long enough.'
"Hey, Duo. What you doing here?"
"Waiting for you." Duo stood up.
"Why would you want to wait around for me?"
"Good question. I'm just here to get you where you need to go."
"Oh. Thank you for your patience, then."
"Be very glad. I was tired of talking to this nurse." Duo pointed his right thumb at the nurse.
"Hey, I was trying to be helpful." The nurse angrily said.
Duo shook his head. "Anyway, what took you so long..." Duo sniffed the air and backed up from Alex. "When was the last time you took a shower?"
Alex stared at Duo. "I can't help the smell. The last time I took a shower was during the testing at 'pilot hell'."
"Over a week ago, great..." Duo clamped his nose shut and the nurse did the same.
"Hey! It's not that bad."
"Yes it is." The nurse and Duo said in unison.
"I'll take one after the check-in. Satisfied?"
"No."
"I won't take one any earlier. I just want to get this check-in over with."
"Don't mind me if I keep my nose closed until then."
"Stop acting that way. It's not that bad."
"Yes it is."
Alex shook his head and leaned over the counter to sign the checkout papers. The nurse rolled her chair back away from him. Alex let a sigh and signed the papers. He got back up and looked at Duo.
"To answer your earlier question. I didn't know what those lines meant. Choose the orange instead of the green. Wandered around the other half of the building until a guard directed me here."
Duo leaned up against the counter and put his head between his hands. 'Should have known, he would have gotten lost in this place.'
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"You don't have to trail ahead of me that much."
"I insisted that I take lead."
"But, you're at least ten feet in front of me."
"I know I am. Anyway... We're here."
Duo came up to a door with the words 'Briefing Room' on it. Alex walked up right next to Duo. He noticed that Duo had stopped breathing through his nose.
'Come on it isn't that bad.' Alex shook his head slightly. "Great. Looks like I get thrown into an assignment, then."
"Not exactly. More like you are about to meet your team."
"Oh that's wonderful" Alex paused for a moment. "What was that?"
"A team. As in, a group of people..."
"I know that part. What I meant to say, is that... I'm on a team now?"
"Yep."
"Lady Une had something to do with this right?"
"Partially."
"Thought so. Well, I best get in there. I'll be in contact with you, soon."
Alex began to open the door.
"There is another thing, though."
"Duo it can wait. Tell me after this thing is over. I just want this to be over with."
"But..."
"No buts." Alex pointed at Duo.
Alex went through the door and slammed it behind him.
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The room had a long office table in it, along with several chairs that lined the table. He walked over and sat in one of the chairs. There was another man in the room, though. The man had short gray hair, and blue eyes that had a look of resentment; the eyes had kept their stare of Alex since he had entered the room. He also had Preventor clothes on, except his jacket had brown color in place of the purple, which Alex had on.
"Do you know how much you ruined my life?"
"Let's not get on that topic."
"I think we need to."
"Come on, I don't even know your real name. Before we continue this conversation, please tell me it."
"Technical Trainee Toki Watari. Better remember that name next time."
"I will. Alright, how did I ruin your life?"
"Because of you, my laptop got taken away from me. Do you know how much time I put behind my baby?" Alex blinked in confusion. "I wouldn't think so. That's my life's work. I built it myself; I've done wonders with that thing. Now it's gone, because of you!"
"Hey! I wasn't the one who hacked into the Preventors' computer and dug up information on a certain person!"
"Kaori forced me to do that!"
"You could have just walked away!"
"You don't know that girl. She is a demon. She nearly killed someone when they pulled a prank on her."
"Killed someone over a prank?" Alex raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, shaving cream pie incident. Shortly before you came to the facility."
"Gotcha."
"I wouldn't have been forced to do that, though. If you had just, left Misao alone on beating Kaori. But, no! You had to get him to win against her!" Toki pointed his finger at Alex with each word.
"It was necessary from my point of view." Alex crossed his arms in defiance.
"You should have considered others' point of views. Like mine... and my laptop." Toki cried at the mention of his laptop.
"Would you give the laptop a rest? You can build another."
"I know, but the software isn't so easy to find. It took me months just to get that hack..." Toki stopped himself from saying something he might not want a Preventor to have found out. "Ok. I'll give it a rest."
"Much better." Alex felt the conversation had calmed down, and let his arms to his side.
"I'm sorry about exploding on you, but I miss my laptop." Toki cried again.
"Don't worry about it. I'll talk to Lady... err... Colonel Une about it."
"You will?" Toki's eyes glistened at the idea of getting his laptop back.
"I promise."
"Awesome."
"First though, would you might telling me. How did you get here?"
"After I and the other two had a talk with Quatre Winner, CEO..."
"I already know that you were detained by the director. Get to the part during or the after the attack in San Jose."
"Ok. Shortly after the San Jose attack, the director had my laptop..." Toki shed another tear. "Ceased and impounded. The other two got minor infractions for breaking service conduct. I was given two options, though."
"What were the two options?"
"My first option was to accept a 'special' learning offer assigned by Colonel Une. The second one was to go to jail for about five years for hacking the Preventors' computer."
"I'm guessing you choose the first option."
"Obviously."
"Well, I guess you are on my team. Why else would you be in this room?" Alex stood up and looked at the door he came through.
"Me being on your team? Are they nuts!" Toki had panic on his face.
"Well, I'm not sure I'm in charge, though. "
"You aren't in charge? Oh great. With my luck, we're probably going to get stuck with a drill sergeant."
"If we do, he will more than likely get us into shape or something." Alex shuddered at the thought.
"I should have accepted option two." Toki let a sigh as he slid down his chair.
"It's not as bad as going to jail, though."
"I guess so."
Alex walked a little bit toward the door and turned back at Toki.
"Have you noticed something a mist in the air?"
"That smell? Yeah I noticed it. Don't care about it, though."
Alex let out a smile. "Good to hear"
Alex glanced around the room for a little bit of time and stopped to look at the Preventors' logo on one of the walls. He walked over to the wall and took more of the logo in.
'I'm a Preventor now. I've got to remember that. No matter what, my past will not affect my performance.'
"John... I mean Alex. You're a Preventor now, right?" Alex nodded. "Well, what's your codename?"
"It's Snow..."
The door opened as Alex spoke those words. Lady Une stepped through the door and had a briefcase with her.
"I'm sorry to keep you, two gentlemen, waiting." Lady Une did a gesture of apology.
"It's ok." Alex walked back to his seat and sat down. Toki and him looked at Lady Une as she began to speak again.
"I have no doubt that Duo has told you about this team being formed, Alex." Alex nodded as Lady Une walked over to the table and sat down. She had a view of both of them and of the door. "Toki Watari, you haven't been informed other than what Alex has told you, right?"
"That is correct."
"Good. The reason for my delay, was that your team leader was fixing a mobile suit at the time that you came out of your coma, Alex."
"The process couldn't be stopped, I take it?"
"Correct."
Toki looked at Alex with a bit of confusion. "Wait. You were in a coma?"
"Long story." He glanced shortly at Toki.
"I'll want to hear it. Well, after this."
"No problem."
Both of them looked back at Lady Une.
"So, where is this leader of ours?"
"Your team leader is right outside that door. Preventor Lumin, come in here."
Gundam Wing is owned by the Bandai Co. and this profit will not profit me in any way shape or form.
Hm... I have remember to do my java readings soon before I go back to college. I can't seem to remember to read that stuff. Poor study habits I tell you. At least I'm going back to college, unlike a few people I know. Easy to get into, but not easy to stay in it. That's how MTU works. Anyway, enjoy yourselves... what was it I was thinking again?
Chapter 7- Second Impressions
Alex slid on a pair of dark purple khaki pants, and zipped it up. He already had a white tank top on, which barely showed a hint of the scars that lay underneath. He grabbed a short sleeve blue shirt from a hanger and put it on over his head. There was a jacket on another hanger in front of him. It had purplish sleeves and a dark green, padded back to it. The jacket wasn't quite the same as Alex had remembered. Then again, his mind just had a week's nap or so he hoped. He grabbed the jacket and slid it on. Once he had put it on, Alex realized it had a feel of textile and synthetic materials, wool and polyester. He walked over a table nearby and some of his personal effects, which were his wallet, some loose change, a rubber band, and a pendent that Duo had given him (which was from Hilde). He picked up the pendent and put it around his neck while he tucked it under his shirt. The rest of his affects were stuffed into one of his pants pockets. Alex glanced around the room for anything else, but saw nothing more than curtains and an adjacent bathroom. He headed toward the door that led out of the room, but, as soon as he opened it, he realized he had no shoes on.
'Wanna bet the floor is cold this time of day?'
Alex went back to the closet and found a pair of black shoes. He slipped them on and found a pair of socks nearby. He didn't want to take off his shoes again, so he stuffed the socks into his khakis' pocket. It stuck slightly out of the pocket and clashed with the neatness of outfit, but Alex didn't care about that.
'I need to check-in. Whether I like it or not.'
He left the room and shut the door behind him. The hallway was typical for an infirmary, or a hospital, with a thick, blue line on the wall he faced along with the wall he had his back to. Alex looked to his left and saw a thick, green line on a wall further down. He looked to his right and saw an orange one.
"Shit. How am I supposed to know what these lines are? Why don't they just have signs up? I mean, a guy could easily get lost in this place."
Alex decided to follow the orange line.
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Eizo breathed in another cigarette and exhaled the smoke. He sat as his desk with only an ashtray and videophone on it. The room was dimly lit from the light that came through the curtains. Some portraits hung on the walls, but the room was mostly dreary, otherwise. As Eizo inhaled some more, a door in the room opened and a man walked in.
"What was it that you wanted to see me for?"
Eizo looked at him and exhaled the smoke. This man was in his mid-twenties with a military uniform on. The uniform wasn't an officer uniform, but more like a combatant's with a hint of camouflage on it. On his shoulder, he had the markings of a major in an army with an insignia of a rose under it. He wore a green hat that the initials JA, which were woven in silver threading. At first glance, it's obvious that this man had a Japanese and some European heritage. He stood at a height of 6'4" and had black hair with light brown eyes.
"Major Jarrett Amuza." The major saluted when his name was mentioned. "It's good to hear about the asteroid mining. Nice job."
"Thank you, sir."
"We now have a new vast resources thanks to your efforts."
"It was an honor." Amuza glared at Eizo as he thought 'Old man'.
"Being a Major at your age is truly an accomplishment. For that reason, I want you to lead the mobile suit attack on the Preventors."
"Sir. That isn't for a few months."
"I know it is. That'll give you time to get acquainted with the men you'll be leading."
"It would be my pleasure." Amuza took a little bow in respect. 'Finally, the old man gives me a job worthy of my stature.'
"Until then though, you will be stationed at this colony. Is that understood?"
"Yes."
"Alpha Company will also be part of that, as well."
"Of course." Amuza grabbed his hat slightly with his right hand. 'Figures, they would bring in that company. They never leave home without that blonde-haired, red-eyed kid. Makes me sick.'
"They will also be doing some pre-attacks to soften the enemy. If all goes well, earth will be nothing more than a turkey shoot."
"Excellent strategy, sir." Amuza nodded his head. 'Entrusting such a plan with that kid. That's incredibly stupid. He should have sent me.'
"I'm glad you agree, Major. Orza Kida knows what he is doing. The plan should go without a hitch."
"It's a real shame the other two couldn't be here to see their cousin's success." Amuza added on in thought. 'Or his failure.'
"It was a tragedy. But, we have to accept our losses and move on."
"No sense sheltering in the past." The black haired major put his left hand out as he said that. 'It's not that much of a tragedy. At least those two can't get in my way, anymore.'
"That is all, Major. You are dismissed." Eizo turned his chair and faced one of the portraits.
"Yes, sir."
Major Jarret Amuza saluted and walked through the door he came from. Amuza took a quick glance at Eizo, which turned into a glare. The door shut behind him. Eizo breathed in another puff of smoke and exhaled it.
'Good. Looks like his last assignment calmed his hatred. I hope Orza and him will get along for the rest of this operation.'
The gray-haired, old man put his cigarette down to the ashtray and snuffed the cigarette out.
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Duo leaned up against the patient check-in station of the infirmary, where Alex had been taken a week earlier.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm positive the patient, Alex Cros, has yet to check out." The nurse at the station replied.
"The doctor said he woke up a hour ago and would be up and about."
"If that is correct, he would have been here by now. You must be thinking of another patient."
"I'm telling you. I have the right patient."
"Then, he would have been here by now."
The braided, brown haired man wasn't getting anywhere with the nurse. He glanced up from the counter and saw thick green lines on the walls. Duo sighed and caught sight of a man who wore a green, purple jacket, as the man walked toward him.
'He finally arrives. Took him long enough.'
"Hey, Duo. What you doing here?"
"Waiting for you." Duo stood up.
"Why would you want to wait around for me?"
"Good question. I'm just here to get you where you need to go."
"Oh. Thank you for your patience, then."
"Be very glad. I was tired of talking to this nurse." Duo pointed his right thumb at the nurse.
"Hey, I was trying to be helpful." The nurse angrily said.
Duo shook his head. "Anyway, what took you so long..." Duo sniffed the air and backed up from Alex. "When was the last time you took a shower?"
Alex stared at Duo. "I can't help the smell. The last time I took a shower was during the testing at 'pilot hell'."
"Over a week ago, great..." Duo clamped his nose shut and the nurse did the same.
"Hey! It's not that bad."
"Yes it is." The nurse and Duo said in unison.
"I'll take one after the check-in. Satisfied?"
"No."
"I won't take one any earlier. I just want to get this check-in over with."
"Don't mind me if I keep my nose closed until then."
"Stop acting that way. It's not that bad."
"Yes it is."
Alex shook his head and leaned over the counter to sign the checkout papers. The nurse rolled her chair back away from him. Alex let a sigh and signed the papers. He got back up and looked at Duo.
"To answer your earlier question. I didn't know what those lines meant. Choose the orange instead of the green. Wandered around the other half of the building until a guard directed me here."
Duo leaned up against the counter and put his head between his hands. 'Should have known, he would have gotten lost in this place.'
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"You don't have to trail ahead of me that much."
"I insisted that I take lead."
"But, you're at least ten feet in front of me."
"I know I am. Anyway... We're here."
Duo came up to a door with the words 'Briefing Room' on it. Alex walked up right next to Duo. He noticed that Duo had stopped breathing through his nose.
'Come on it isn't that bad.' Alex shook his head slightly. "Great. Looks like I get thrown into an assignment, then."
"Not exactly. More like you are about to meet your team."
"Oh that's wonderful" Alex paused for a moment. "What was that?"
"A team. As in, a group of people..."
"I know that part. What I meant to say, is that... I'm on a team now?"
"Yep."
"Lady Une had something to do with this right?"
"Partially."
"Thought so. Well, I best get in there. I'll be in contact with you, soon."
Alex began to open the door.
"There is another thing, though."
"Duo it can wait. Tell me after this thing is over. I just want this to be over with."
"But..."
"No buts." Alex pointed at Duo.
Alex went through the door and slammed it behind him.
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The room had a long office table in it, along with several chairs that lined the table. He walked over and sat in one of the chairs. There was another man in the room, though. The man had short gray hair, and blue eyes that had a look of resentment; the eyes had kept their stare of Alex since he had entered the room. He also had Preventor clothes on, except his jacket had brown color in place of the purple, which Alex had on.
"Do you know how much you ruined my life?"
"Let's not get on that topic."
"I think we need to."
"Come on, I don't even know your real name. Before we continue this conversation, please tell me it."
"Technical Trainee Toki Watari. Better remember that name next time."
"I will. Alright, how did I ruin your life?"
"Because of you, my laptop got taken away from me. Do you know how much time I put behind my baby?" Alex blinked in confusion. "I wouldn't think so. That's my life's work. I built it myself; I've done wonders with that thing. Now it's gone, because of you!"
"Hey! I wasn't the one who hacked into the Preventors' computer and dug up information on a certain person!"
"Kaori forced me to do that!"
"You could have just walked away!"
"You don't know that girl. She is a demon. She nearly killed someone when they pulled a prank on her."
"Killed someone over a prank?" Alex raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, shaving cream pie incident. Shortly before you came to the facility."
"Gotcha."
"I wouldn't have been forced to do that, though. If you had just, left Misao alone on beating Kaori. But, no! You had to get him to win against her!" Toki pointed his finger at Alex with each word.
"It was necessary from my point of view." Alex crossed his arms in defiance.
"You should have considered others' point of views. Like mine... and my laptop." Toki cried at the mention of his laptop.
"Would you give the laptop a rest? You can build another."
"I know, but the software isn't so easy to find. It took me months just to get that hack..." Toki stopped himself from saying something he might not want a Preventor to have found out. "Ok. I'll give it a rest."
"Much better." Alex felt the conversation had calmed down, and let his arms to his side.
"I'm sorry about exploding on you, but I miss my laptop." Toki cried again.
"Don't worry about it. I'll talk to Lady... err... Colonel Une about it."
"You will?" Toki's eyes glistened at the idea of getting his laptop back.
"I promise."
"Awesome."
"First though, would you might telling me. How did you get here?"
"After I and the other two had a talk with Quatre Winner, CEO..."
"I already know that you were detained by the director. Get to the part during or the after the attack in San Jose."
"Ok. Shortly after the San Jose attack, the director had my laptop..." Toki shed another tear. "Ceased and impounded. The other two got minor infractions for breaking service conduct. I was given two options, though."
"What were the two options?"
"My first option was to accept a 'special' learning offer assigned by Colonel Une. The second one was to go to jail for about five years for hacking the Preventors' computer."
"I'm guessing you choose the first option."
"Obviously."
"Well, I guess you are on my team. Why else would you be in this room?" Alex stood up and looked at the door he came through.
"Me being on your team? Are they nuts!" Toki had panic on his face.
"Well, I'm not sure I'm in charge, though. "
"You aren't in charge? Oh great. With my luck, we're probably going to get stuck with a drill sergeant."
"If we do, he will more than likely get us into shape or something." Alex shuddered at the thought.
"I should have accepted option two." Toki let a sigh as he slid down his chair.
"It's not as bad as going to jail, though."
"I guess so."
Alex walked a little bit toward the door and turned back at Toki.
"Have you noticed something a mist in the air?"
"That smell? Yeah I noticed it. Don't care about it, though."
Alex let out a smile. "Good to hear"
Alex glanced around the room for a little bit of time and stopped to look at the Preventors' logo on one of the walls. He walked over to the wall and took more of the logo in.
'I'm a Preventor now. I've got to remember that. No matter what, my past will not affect my performance.'
"John... I mean Alex. You're a Preventor now, right?" Alex nodded. "Well, what's your codename?"
"It's Snow..."
The door opened as Alex spoke those words. Lady Une stepped through the door and had a briefcase with her.
"I'm sorry to keep you, two gentlemen, waiting." Lady Une did a gesture of apology.
"It's ok." Alex walked back to his seat and sat down. Toki and him looked at Lady Une as she began to speak again.
"I have no doubt that Duo has told you about this team being formed, Alex." Alex nodded as Lady Une walked over to the table and sat down. She had a view of both of them and of the door. "Toki Watari, you haven't been informed other than what Alex has told you, right?"
"That is correct."
"Good. The reason for my delay, was that your team leader was fixing a mobile suit at the time that you came out of your coma, Alex."
"The process couldn't be stopped, I take it?"
"Correct."
Toki looked at Alex with a bit of confusion. "Wait. You were in a coma?"
"Long story." He glanced shortly at Toki.
"I'll want to hear it. Well, after this."
"No problem."
Both of them looked back at Lady Une.
"So, where is this leader of ours?"
"Your team leader is right outside that door. Preventor Lumin, come in here."