Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing, I merely write fanfiction about it
Chapter 2: Gym Class Blues
Nikki and Natalie walked down the west wing of Madnug High to the gymnasium talking about random things as they went. They walked into the girl's locker room and over to their respective compartments, pulling out their gym clothes to change into. The school didn't have standard gym uniforms to wear like the regular uniforms, it was nice to be able to wear something that you owned and was comfortable to run around in.
"So, what do you think of Aika?" Nikki asked Natalie as she pulled a black tank top over her head and arranged it so if fit her snuggly. Nikki awaited her answer and began to pull the skirt down her legs to change into sweatpants. Natalie looked up from clasping her shorts closed, contemplating an answer. She turned back to her locker and folded her skirt so it wouldn't get wrinkled. Pulling out a bottle of light body spray, she misted herself and the surrounding area with the floral scent of geraniums. Nikki stuffed her skirt into the locker and held her hand out for the body spray. Natalie tossed her the bottle.
"She seems nice, and quiet. She seems like the type of girl who would rather not have others sticking their noses into her personal life." Natalie sat down on the cold bench and tied her shoelaces to the pair of sneakers she had slipped on. Nikki's impish grin made Natalie scowl. She stood up and stretched her leg on the bench, until the tendons and muscles felt looser. Nikki turned her attention back to dressing and put on light green shorts with white frills on the ends. Natalie quickly told Nikki to meet her out in the gym when she was done dressing as she stretched her arms upward. She then jogged out of the room, her hair bouncing as she went. Nikki shook her head before leaning over to tie her own shoes, scrunching her brow in frustration as she tried to untangle the double knot in her shoe
"Well, prying or not I'm still curious about her. She seems a little too private for my taste." Nikki shook her head and chuckled to herself. "Detective Nikki to the rescue, solving one mystery at a time." She smiled wryly and ran out of the locker room to meet up with Natalie.
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
Mrs. Hino blew into her silver whistle, the shrill sound hurting the blonde girl who was standing right next to the stocky teacher. Her face scrunched up as she blew into her whistle with all her might once again trying to get the attention of the social butterflies that were flitting around making their rounds.
"All right girls, I want five laps around the gym, slackers get two points taken off their final grade. Go!" Nikki placed her arms behind her head frowning at the annoyance evident in the teachers booming voice.
"Someone needs to get laid." Natalie laughed at the comment as she tied her hair back with a scrunchie. Nikki stood on the tips of her feet leaning in different angles to spot the other three that would soon be joining them. Her face lit up as she saw the approaching figure.
"Hey! Nikki, Natalie!" A girl with platinum silver hair bounded toward them. She stopped in front of them and smiled warmly her yellow eyes sliding closed.
"Rikku!" Natalie squealed. Rikku Peacecraft embraced Nikki and Natalie in a hug before stepping back to chat. She was a cute girl that was envied by a lot of the school populace. Many girls wished they had features like Rikku with her pale milky skin and piercing gold eyes. She was wearing a blue spaghetti strap top with matching sweat shorts, her hair tied back in a ponytail.
"What's up?" Nikki asked wondering where Elise and Andrea were, they all had gym together and the two of them were not your typical class cutters when it came to physical education. It was actually a strong point for all of them seeing as their families were all very athletic. Rikku shook her head in disbelief her eyes widening.
"Elise and Andrea have detention all day!"
"WHAT?" Natalie choked out. Elise was a model student, a member of the class council and peace core program while Andrea was all about respect and equality. For the two of them to get detention was unheard of and very strange to say the least. Rikku nodded vigorously.
"Yeah, detention, I know! Mr. Bates was reprimanding one of the students about a report he wrote on the Mariemaia incident in homeroom. He was arguing that the Preventers didn't do a thing and it was left in the hands of a couple of teenagers with Gundams to solve the problem, again. I'm guessing he doesn't like the subject too much so he started bad mouthing the Gundam pilots, so Andrea stood up and called him a worthless bastard. Elise tried to calm her down but she'd have none of it. She started cursing him in Chinese and Mr. Bates told her she was out of order and gave her detention. So Andrea got up in his face and screamed at him. Elise tried to pull her off and she told Mr. Bates politely that he should have kept his comments to himself. She explained that our parents are Preventers and worked with the Gundam pilots and he told her that she could go to detention too!"
"Damn." Nikki shook her head slightly infuriated at the scenario. Neither one of them deserved detention. Rikku shrugged half heartedly.
"Personally when our parents are insulted like that I just shrug it off, if they didn't pilot those Gundams half of the people wouldn't be here. They don't need to know that though." Rikku winked at Nikki and Natalie and they smiled knowing the truth. Their parents weren't just Preventers; they were the Gundam Pilots, the ones who saved earth and her colonies so many times. Of course all of that was sealed and confidential; the only people outside of the families who knew that were certain officials at Preventers HQ.
"Elise pulled Andrea out of the room yelling out "Injustice" and the like." Rikku, Nikki, and Natalie laughed knowing where that trait came from having heard it so many times at get togethers.
"I SAID RUN YOU SLACKERS! MAXWELL, BARTON, PEACECRAFT, THAT'S TWO POINTS TAKEN OFF OF YOUR FINAL GRADE!"
"Ah!" They squealed. Nikki, Rikku and Natalie started running around the gym with the rest of the class once they found and opening to slip into. This continued for another five minutes until the shrill sound of Mrs. Hino's whistle cut through.
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
"Bring it in!" Mrs. Hino jerked her hand backward towards the bleachers. Nikki sighed as she slowed to a trot and then eventually a slow walk. She walked next to Rikku taking her chance to indulge in some gossip that was sure to pique her interest.
"So, Rikku, did you see the new girl yet?" Rikku shook her head.
"No, I didn't know we had a new student." Rikku answered. Natalie smacked her hand to her forehead. When was Nikki going to stop with all this? Suddenly out of the corner of her eye she caught the all too familiar platinum blonde hair she had seen earlier.
"Speak of the devil." Natalie pointed over to Mrs. Hino. Nikki and Rikku looked over to the bleachers expectantly. A girl in a green tank top and black shorts stood next to Mrs. Hino as the elderly teacher explained the rules about changing, late arrival and point deductions. Her hair was pulled back in a scrunchie with escaped pieces framing her face in light wisps.
"Ladies, I'd like you to meet Ms. Orez. If she has any questions please help her out." Mrs. Hino called out. "All right today were going to play some dodge ball. I'll give you a number and you will report to the side of the gym I tell you to." Mrs. Hino had all of the girls assemble on the line and counted off by one's and two's, some girls tried to arrange themselves so that they could be on the same team as their friends but failed miserably as Mrs. Hino glared at them when they moved.
"All right, one's on the left side of the gym, two's on the right." Natalie smiled dejectedly knowing that she wouldn't be on the same team of either of Rikku or Nikki. She walked to the right side of the gym with the rest of the two's. Nikki and Rikku walked to the left and waved as they went to take their places by the ones. Mrs. Hino trudged along with a medium sized bag and stopped in the center of the two teams. She grabbed the edge of the bag and flipped it, letting eight balls fall and roll out onto the polished gym floor. She dusted her hands off and gripped the silver whistle that hung loosely around her neck.
"Alright, I'll ask you a question; the first side to answer correctly gets the balls." Mrs. Hino stepped backward to the white line and thought for a second, trying to come up with a question. She eyed both sides of the gym before stating her question, making sure that no one stepped forward before hand.
"Name one of the deadliest Gundams."
"Deathscythe!" Nikki yelled before anyone had a chance. She was happy on the inside knowing who piloted that Gundam too, oh the stories she heard too over dinner at night. Nikki chuckled to herself lightly waiting for Mrs. Hino's confirmation Mrs. Hino pointed to Nikki with her scraggly old finer.
"Correct!" Nikki and Rikku bolted to the center of the gym to grab the balls. The girls on the other side of the gym ran to the wall to try and get as far away from the enemy as possible. The farther away they were meant the less force the balls would have when they soared through the air, searching for a target to hit. Nikki grabbed a ball and launched it at the nearest girl who was running but tripped over her shoes in the chaos.
"AH!" The girl was hit in the chest by the squishy blue ball. She stood up slowly, pouted and left the floor to sit on the bleachers with the others who had been taken out. Nikki grinned, she loved dodge ball, and it was fun to pick on the girly girls as they tried feebly to hide behind the others. It was also good practice for her aim, but not too much seeing as most girls just stood there like grazing cows.
"One down, dozens more to go." Rikku laughed as she launched her ball at Natalie. Natalie was preoccupied with bending down to grab a ball when she heard something approaching her face. She looked up and quickly ducked and grabbed the ball. Rikku ran back to the wall, thinking she had taken the brunette out when an orange ball grazed her shoulder. Rikku turned around and pouted, aware that her attempt had done her no justice. Natalie grinned impishly. Rikku walked away from the action and sat on the bleachers next to fifteen other girls. Back on the floor, Natalie bent down and picked up a red ball and launched it at Nikki with all the strength she could muster from her right arm. Nikki was laughing at a girl she had just hit in the face until…
THWACK!
Natalie's ball hit Nikki right between the eyes. Nikki gaped, dazed and confused by what had just happened, a round red mark slowly appearing on her skin. When she snapped out of it she looked in the smug eyes of Natalie. "You bitch!" She mouthed at Natalie her fists clenched at her sides. Natalie laughed and waved "bye" as Nikki left the court. The only people left to battle were Natalie and Aika. Aika gazed at Natalie, her eyes smoldering. Natalie stared back and automatically launched a green ball at Aika's chest. Aika dived to the right, dodging the ball and picked it up a nearby blue one. Everything felt like slow motion to Natalie as she watched Aika prepare the final blow. Aika brought her arm back and launched the ball at Natalie. Aika's leg went up in a perfect pitchers stance, the execution beautiful. The ball hit Natalie in the chest.
Hard.
Natalie fell back and wheezed in, the air having been knocked out of her lungs. Aika walked over to Natalie and towered above her while Natalie tried to recover her breath.
"You have good aim, but mine's better." Aika turned away from the stunned girl and walked out of the gym while the girls on the bleachers stared in awe. Rikku and Nikki exchanged glances before they got up and rushed over to see how Natalie was holding up.
"Are you ok?" Natalie nodded her head, not having the capacity to form a sentence from the lack of oxygen.
"Yea, the wind was just knocked out of me is all." She replied a minute later. Rikku frowned at this and held her hand out to help Natalie back up on her feet. Mrs. Hino jogged over to them worry creasing her face in wrinkles.
"You all right Natalie? Do you want me to get the nurse, you took a nasty fall."
"No, I'm ok." Mrs. Hino patted Natalie on the back and sighed.
"Good work today." Natalie, Rikku and Nikki headed back to the locker room and changed back into their clothes.
2:45pm
The school bell rung signaling school was out for the day. Nikki threw her backpack over her shoulder and headed toward the middle school. She hadn't gotten far when Natalie caught up to her.
"Hey, Nikki!" Nikki turned around and smiled as Natalie made her way down the stairs and to the sidewalk. They talked about the rest of the classes during the day and what homework they had received from their teachers as they walked. They continued until they reached the Madnug Middle School and waited outside of its boisterous entrance as the students filed out. Nikki peered through the doors and tried to spot someone. When she didn't she sighed and turned her attention back to Natalie.
"I can't believe that Aika knocked the wind out of you with that dodge ball!" Nikki teased knowing that this would infuriate Natalie. Her pride was something that she took, well, pride in and it was damaged slightly from the words the new student had spoken to her afterwards. Natalie crossed her arms trying to play it off and not give in to Nikki's attempt of setting her off.
"Tch. Just forget it happened, alright?" Nikki grinned evilly, this was one of those things that she would not let Natalie live down, plus it could even be possible black mail if the right situation ever came knocking on her door.
"Aww, someone's feelings hurt?" Natalie glared at her as Nikki pouted her face and patted her hand in a comforting gesture. It wasn't funny and Nikki was going to pay for it later.
"Whose feelings are hurt?" A girl with short brown hair and brown eyes cocked her head to the side. Nikki and Natalie turned see the girl that they were supposed to pick up from school and baby sit, Reina Yuy. Nikki grinned, her perfect opportunity to pour some salt onto the wound.
"Natalie got her butt kicked in dodge ball today, Reina." Reina shrugged obviously not impressed that Natalie had lost. It wasn't that she didn't care; it just seemed insignificant compared to other things that could have happened, like falling and breaking a leg during dodge ball.
"So, you can't win all the time." Nikki sighed, upset with the comment. She had hoped for a better reaction like a 'No way? Natalie got beat?' or a 'Poor Natalie, who beat you.' Of course she wouldn't get something like that though from a diplomat's daughter, it was like they were trained be nonchalant about situations like these. Sheesh.
"Reina, you should follow in your mom's shoes, you two could tag team the embassy." Reina scrunched her brow in confusion. Nikki laughed and shook her head.
"Never mind." Nikki, Natalie and Reina began walking away from the school. They headed towards Nikki's house where Reina would spend captivity for a few hours while her parents were at work. It was a relatively large house with bay windows in the front draped in white silk behind the shimmering glass. A small two car garage on the left side was closed and on the right was her parent's auto body shop. It had always been her father's hobby to put stuff together and then take it apart. He was the kind of guy who liked to figure out how and why things ticked. He especially did a good job of finding that out when it came to her mother. Nikki walked in the house and set her shoes by the door, her mother hated having to sweep constantly and mop up mud that she would track in on a regular basis. Natalie and Reina slipped off their shoes in the foyer and followed Nikki into the kitchen.
"Momma, I'm home! I brought Natalie with me!" Nikki walked in and smiled as she looked over at her mother. Mrs. Maxwell sat at the oak wood kitchen table crunching numbers on a calculator, scratching her head occasionally when something didn't make any sense. Mrs. Maxwell looked up to see her daughter and her companions. She smiled at Nikki, Natalie and Reina before pushing away from the table to greet them properly.
"Welcome home! I baked some cookies since Reina was coming over for tonight. Please make yourselves at home." Mrs. Maxwell hugged each girl individually before ushering them towards the kitchen table. Nikki looked around at the cluttered floor. Greasy, oily parts lay in ruin around the bottom of the table leaving gray stains on the marble tile.
"Mom, is the garage still open?" Mrs. Maxwell nodded her head as she stared at the floor. Nikki nudged one of the parts with her foot and inched it over away from the oil that was pooling near her foot.
"Your father wanted me to open early and close late tonight since he's in a Preventers meeting all day. The cookies are on the countertop by the microwave if any of you want something to snack on." Reina moved over to the microwave and grabbed a cookie off of the ornately decorated plate. The kitchen itself was very bright and colorful except for the mess around the table.
"Thank you for watching me today Mrs. Maxwell, you too Nikki." Mrs. Maxwell smiled as she hugged Reina again. Mrs. Maxwell was someone who loved to give hugs, her theory was that hugs made the best presents.
"It's a pleasure princess." Reina blushed at the formal title. She hated being called that ever since she turned thirteen. Reina found that a lot of people thought that she was snobbish because of the title, so she tried to avoid it.
"You know you don't have to call me that." Mrs. Maxwell shrugged not knowing that Reina didn't much care for the word.
"You are apart of the Peacecraft family which would make you a princess, I see no reason calling you that when you are." Reina blushed even more. Nikki and Natalie laughed knowing of the discomfort. Mrs. Maxwell looked down at the watch on her wrist suddenly checking the time.
"Oops, better get back to the garage. I was supposed to have an order ready five minutes ago. You girls have fun. I'll be outside if you need me." Mrs. Maxwell shrugged through the group and walked out the front door. Nikki shook her head amazed at how her mom could go all day like that.
"That's Mom for ya, work, work, work. She must be tired." Nikki sighed and stretched her arms above her head. Reina tucked her hair behind her ear.
"So, who wants to play a round of Virtual Fighter 5?" Natalie looked around enthusiastically hoping that someone would play her. She always won at video games so hopefully kicking one of their butts would give her some solace from the beating she had taken herself earlier. Reina raised her hand, going for the challenge.
"I do!"
3 Hours Later
Heero slouched on the plush couch in Relena's office, closing his eyes and relaxing into the soft downy feathers beneath the tan cushioning. Relena walked in with a pile of papers and set them on her desk with a loud plop. Lately it had seemed like the workload was tripling and when that happened it would come with consequences. Late nights at the office, late dinners, late training sessions, the list could go on. Heero groaned internally not wanting to give away the quiet frustration. Relena looked glanced at him knowingly. Heero would never say it, he didn't have to. After being married for so many years, knowing Heero's internal workings was just natural for her.
"This is the price you pay for peace." Relena answered his silent complaints. Heero grinned and pushed off of the couch. He walked over to Relena and embraced her lightly, understanding the hidden meaning. As much as Relena loved the people and maintaining a world without war in which he would never have to be involved again, she needed a break at times. Who wouldn't?
"Can't you just leave it for tomorrow?" Relena rested her head on Heero's shoulder, absentmindedly tracing her index finger along Heero's jaw line. It was moments like these when she truly felt relaxed, just being held by Heero could make her body unwind and give into the much needed relaxation.
"Yea, but that just means more work for tomorrow." Heero sighed and dragged his wife out of the office and down to the parking lot where their Lincoln Navigator waited. Relena had a thing when it came to luxury cars.
"Let's go pick up Reina, go home for the night, and just be together. I'll hold you in bed while you relax and think of happier things then old saggy faced, balding men." Relena laughed lightly and nodded, liking the sound of his future promise.
"Sounds like a plan." Heero and Relena drove to the Maxwell residence where they would pick up their teenage daughter.
As they pulled up to the large house Relena stepped out of the car, followed by Heero. Walking up the small three step stair case, they knocked gently on the door. It was several minutes before anyone answered. Frowning slightly, Relena raised her hand to knock again when the door was jerked open by an ecstatic Nikki. Smiling, she gestured them into the warm house.
"Hello Nikki. We're here to pick up Reina." Relena smiled sweetly as she removed her shoes from her feet. Heero followed suit and glanced around the house briefly, taking in the slight modifications since he had last been there.
"Sure Relena, right this way. Reina and Natalie are playing video games upstairs in my room." Following behind the raven haired girl, they ascended the stairs and came to a small foyer. They came to a room on the right side where faint voices could be heard coming from inside. Nikki opened up the door and allowed them to pass through before her.
"HAHAHAHAH TAKE THAT AND THAT!" Natalie pushed the buttons on the controller frantically as her character on screen pulled off a seven hit combo. Reina frowned, her tongue darting out from the corner as she concentrated on blocking and countering her foe. Her health gauge was swiftly depleting and it was only a matter of seconds before her defeat was imminent.
"You lose!" The game proclaimed as her character fell to the floor. Reina jumped up from the floor and stamped her feet. She hated losing to Natalie; it wasn't fair, she had to be cheating or something.
"No fair, no fair you always win!" Reina pointed an accusing finger in Natalie's face. Natalie laughed and pushed her hand away.
"You'll beat me. Eventually." Natalie smirked at Reina who was pouting. Heero, Relena, and Nikki laughed at the unsuspecting pair. Reina turned around and looked, surprised to see her parents standing there. She crossed her arms and glared at Natalie when she thought back to a comment Nikki had made earlier.
"Humph. At least I didn't get hit with a ball and get the wind knocked out of me!" The smirk on Natalie's face melted into a look of pure death. Natalie clenched her hand while the Xbox controller made snapping noises beneath her vice like grip.
"That was a low blow." Reina smiled venomously at her comeback. Relena cocked her head to the side not understanding what they were talking about. Luckily for her and Heero, Nikki began to explain the events that had taken place earlier at school.
"There was this new girl at school today named Aika Orez, a transfer student from one of the colonies. We wound up having gym together and we were playing dodge ball. Aika hit Natalie with one of the dodge balls really hard. She wound up knocking the wind out of her pretty bad." Relena's eyes had widened in shock at hearing the embarrassing news. Natalie sighed and laid on the floor, not wanting to look anyone in the eye at the moment, it was humiliating that something like that could happen to her of all people. It wasn't a big deal really, but to her it was something that just couldn't be lived down.
"Are you all right?" Natalie nodded her head as best as she could. Pulling herself up from the ground she examined her arm and torso, places that had taken a beating when she had fallen to the ground.
"Yea I'm fine, but her strength was incredible. She had to be super human to throw a ball that hard." Heero nodded in understanding. He had never truly went to school but at family get togethers they had played dodge ball quite frequently, and he knew how much force a person would need to cause bodily harm with those flimsy things.
"Well, we better be getting home Reina. You have school tomorrow and we need to be up early." Relena looked down at the small silver and pink wrist watch on her left arm. Reina stretched her arms and walked over to he parents, giving each one a slight hug from the side. Heero ruffled her hair playfully as she yawned while sneaking a glance at her mothers watch.
"Thank you for watching her tonight Nikki. Tell your mother and father thank you for us as well." Nikki smiled and waved her hand while Natalie got up and followed them out the door and down the stairs.
"No problem, anytime Relena." Heero, Relena and Reina left the house and got inside of the car. Reina waved goodbye to her two friends as they pulled out of the driveway. Nikki and Natalie were a few years older than her but because Reina had no siblings, they were the next best thing. They were like her older sisters, in fact, all of them were, Rikku, Nikki, Natalie, Elise and Andrea. The whole Gundam family.
"So did you have fun sweetie?" Heero asked his daughter. Reina smiled and watched the scenery outside of the window as they sped down the street.
"Yes, we played video games, but Natalie beat me half the time." Heero laughed. Relena turned around in the passenger's seat and smiled gently at her daughter. She really did look so much like herself, feature wise. She had her fathers chin and smarts, but she had gotten her looks mostly from Relena, along with the pacifist beliefs.
"So how was school?" Relena asked in her motherly tone as she watched the light from street lamps splay across Reina's features. She made it a habit to be in "Mommy mode" after work and it was time to wind down and be with her family.
"It was good." Reina glanced from the window to shoot her mother one of her most dazzling smiles. It was no doubt that she got that from her grandmother. Relena turned back around in her seat and put the radio on to a light music station. Heero looked at his wife from the corner of his eye. He moved his hand silently to her lap and held her delicate hand in his calloused one. Relena smiled to herself and squeezed his hand.
Peacecraft Mansion
Relena paced in the large room. Heero watched her from the bed, over the top of his book. She had been like that for a good twenty-five minutes and it was driving him crazy. When people were tense or restless, he just wasn't able to concentrate on anything. It was distracting.
"Relena, what's wrong?" Heero sighed as he placed a bookmark between the two pages he had been trying to read. He enjoyed reading in his spare time, a habit he picked up after staying with Quatre after the war had been over and was recuperating. Relena stopped in mid stride and sat on the edge of the bed, making circles in the carpeting with her toes. Now Heero knew something was wrong, this was one of her really "nervous about something at work" habits.
"I didn't file some of the papers I was supposed to today. Like the L1 Contract which I have a meeting for tomorrow, we were supposed to draft a new agreement on reconstruction plans after that generator incident last year." Heero pulled the covers off of himself and scooted down to the edge of the bed. He gently pulled Relena into his arms and stroked her head lovingly. Relena was the kind of person who could worry themselves to death. Noin had mentioned this to her once and warned her about getting wrinkles early on. The next day Relena had come back with over fifty skin products for anti-aging and skin renewal. She could be paranoid at times.
"Would you relax?" Heero massaged her shoulders soothingly, knowing just how to get her to calm down. Relena leaned her head on his shoulder and kissed his jaw while running her fingers through his dark chocolate brown locks. It was moments like these when she really appreciated Heero. He always knew how to console her, no matter what the problem was.
"Thank you." Relena whispered, just loud enough for him to hear. He smiled and kissed her cheek.
"HEERO! RELENA!" Heero and Relena jumped from their bed at the sudden outburst from downstairs. They looked at each other questioningly and left the room. As they headed downstairs they heard the T.V. on full blast, a news report of some kind was playing on the monitor.
"What is it Milliardo?" Relena asked, looking around to see if something had happened. Heero stared at the television screen, transfixed by the news feed that had appeared on screen.
"That's Wing Zero!" Heero exclaimed, disbelief hinting his voice.
"Put the volume up!" Noin reached for the remote control and increased the volume as the occupants of the room sat down on the couch.
"This just in! Delegate Richard Moore of the L1 colony's air shuttle was demolished by what reports say a Gundam! The images you are watching were taken from a satellite near the scene. The Preventers are being questioned right now as to where this Gundam has come from." The image switched to a press conference with Colonel Une at Preventers Headquarters.
"The Preventers are working right now to find out where this Gundam has come from and the actions the pilot has taken. Delegate Richard Moore has been confirmed dead at this time. If anyone has any information we ask that you please come forward and share what you know with the authorities. No further questions please." Milliardo shut the TV off as dead silence filled the air. Heero looked grave; he had not seen Wing Zero is years. After all it was impossible; he had sent it into the sun along with the others after the Mariemaia incident. Somehow, someway, someone had managed to get their hands on his Gundam.
"Wing Zero is back."