Companions of a Kind - Power
Zechs kept his face smooth and calm, despite the amazement that ran through his mind as the giant Gundam came out of the Shiroy's hidden cargo bay. The Companion would always be the Shiroy to Zechs, it was Cassandra's ship and the young mages were playing her cards weather they knew it or not.
"Are all captions ready for the demonstration?" Quatre's voice asked over the com. Noin answered for Zechs as Relena stepped up beside her brother.
"Which one do you think Heero is in?" Relena asked her voice a little breathless. Zechs slightly raised an eye brow.
"I wasn't told," Zechs responded. Relena's posture fell slightly but Zech soon stopped paying attention as his ships screen zoomed in on the three Gundams and with a flash of light one of the three burst out of the zoomed in range and the remaining two faced each other.
"If you can tap into the coms of any of the, Companions, ships and Gundams do so," Zechs ordered. His eyes never left the Gundams that were now engaged in a very flashy battle.
The darker of the two suits was so dark most of it blended in with space, only its outline and the glowing green line that made up the end of a scythe were visible. The others colors were bright compared to space. Whites, accented with darker blues and greens made each of the Gundam's moves traceable. A double ended trident, with the same green glowing light, was seated in the Gundam's giant hands.
Suddenly the lighter Gundam moved the double ended trident to one hand and the jaws of a dragon dropped over the now empty hand. The light of the darker Gundam's engines burst out flinging the Gundam up but the dragon head followed it as fire began streaming out of its mouth.
Zechs squinted as the outline of the darker Gundam changed directions impossibly fast. The red pattern what had looked like part of the arm of the Gundam shot forward, gaining its own booster rockets, toward the lighter Gundam. The lighter Gundam barely dodged but had its trident up and blocked the darker Gundam's scythe. The power struggle made the two light energies crackle and spit with energy, the light bending and flexing with the strength exerted upon it.
Zech's eyes reluctantly moved from the power struggle as another light caught them, a ball in the chest of the darker Gundam was beginning to glow red. The glowing red suddenly got so bright that Zechs had to look away and when he looked back the two Gundams were once again facing each other. The Gundamium on the arm of the lighter one was blurred, the sharp surfaces melted together. Zechs watched as the lighter Gundam tried to move its hand, only the flinch of fingers responded.
Then the same red glow filled the ball on the chest of the lighter one. This time Zech refused to look away, the light brightened to a blinding intensity and then all gathered into a point at the front and center of the ball. It looked like a burning shooting star as it shot out at the darker Gundam – that now had its engines on full and was flying in as wiggly a line as possible to get away. The lighter Gundam missed the first time but was close on the darker Gundam's tail. Zechs almost couldn't trace their movements the Gundams moved so fast, the lighter one shooting at the same time.
Zechs glanced at the man at the control board as a crackling came over the com and then voices that quickly got louder.
"Fei, don't hit my engines! I'll blow up and Heero will kick your ass if you kill me."
"Maxwell! You melted Nataku's arm, it will take hours to fix... if the parts are even available!"
"It's not my fault you didn't dodge fast enough."
"We were told not to actually fight... idiot! Now you will pay for your stupidity."
Zechs cringed as he heard the sound of an explosion and then the thump of something hitting something else.
"WU! GOD DAMN IT!! That hurt you ass hole."
Suddenly the darker Gundam stopped and shot straight up, its arms disappearing in front of its body before they were outlined by a misty gray color.
"Both of you knock it off right now! Duo you finish that attack and I'll get you cleaning duty on all the ship in the area for the rest of your life. Wufei rein in your temper, Cassandra will have the parts to fix it, and we have a week, only the outer shell is melted. Thank god you seemed to remember to at least tone down your attacks," Quatre's voice said exasperatedly.
Zechs watched as the gray slowly dissipated for the darker of the Gundams and the two mecha came face to face again.
"Wufei head back to the Companion. Duo I want you to say out and ready," Quatre's voice said much more calmly.
"Why will Maxwell stay out and for what purpose?"
"Duo's Gundam is not damaged and his abilities may be able to save Heero if this thing that Cassandra set up is too much for him," Quatre's voice said darkly.
"Too much, nothing is too much for Heero."
"I would love to agree with you Wufei, but I can't. We can talk later for now go back to the Companion. Zechs and Treize seem so excited to hear our explanation that they are ease dropping early. Feel free to start a running monologue over the com and send it to the Enterprise as well," Quatre's voice ordered.
"Find the third Gundam and zoom in on its movements," Zechs ordered after the com had gone silent and the lighter of the Gundams had moved back to the Companion.
"I wonder if it was Dorothy's idea to listen in, Treize is normally more honorable than that. Heero is in the Gundam we are going to watch," Zech blinked at the soft sigh that came out of his sister's lips. "All the other pilots seem to have a good impression of him. Zechs, have you ever felt an instant connection to someone?" Relena's voice was dreamy. Zechs unconsciously glanced at Noin before refocusing on the screen.
A dirty yellow beam shot out of the circle on the Gundams chest, incinerating the object before it.
"Target eight destroyed, moving to nine," A cold voice dead panned over the com.
"Zechs sir, that was a block of pure Gundamium," Noin's disbelieving voice barely registered in Zechs mind as the Gundam spun backwards and dove down lower. Suddenly it came under heavy phasor fire from seemingly ever direction. The giant metal Gundam suddenly seemed nimble as it darted in and out of the beams of fire, discovering a pattern where there was none.
Then suddenly a sword, the same glowing green light making up everything but the hilt, which reminded Zechs of the light sabers in the old star wars earth movies, was pulled out of the Gundams back. The Gundam shot forward, bouncing the phasor fire off it and making it hit the shielded box that the gun was in. The shield glowed for a moment as the phasor fire dissipated on its surface.
Zech's eyes widened as the light sword came down on the shield and cut it like a hot knife through butter. The Gundam spun impossibly fast and cut through another and another, until the phasor fire was gone. The Gundam stilled for a moment before one arm shot out and a flaming red beam shot out of the palm hitting something that Zechs had not seen. The thing exploded with a force that made the shield of Epyon shake.
"What was that?" Zechs questioned.
"I don't know sir, the sensors can't identify the type of energy," Noin answered.
"Target nine destroyed moving to target ten," the same voice stated.
"What Heero just destroyed was a hidden ball of pure energy. Hidden means that the energy was not traceable by sensors, Heero had to use the magic of the mind to find it. I will say what a ball of pure energy is as best I can, sense I have never seen one, only read about them. Pure energy is like the idea of kai and chi back on earth a long time ago, it was believed that if one could put their mind, body and sprit into perfect harmony than they could use that energy as a physical weapon," a logical low voice explained over the com.
"Do you want me to stay on this frequency or on the pilots?" Noin asked.
"Go back to the pilots," Zech said absently. His eyes were glued to the Gundam as it streaked through space.
"Target confirmed," the voice dead panned. "Commencing operation."
Suddenly space seemed to fill up with light as small explosions filled the area the Gundam was occupying.
"Heero!" Relena's voice screamed as a thud was heard over the com followed by a grunt. Zech tried not to look away as the light faded.
"Those were photon torpedoes, put on motion sensors at least five all exploded virtually on contact with the Gundam. I will be extremely surprised if the Gundam survived," Noin stated.
"No Heero!" Relena wailed. Zech couldn't help himself and he looked worriedly at his sister. She had always been dramatic, but falling to the floor crying over a boy that she had not even met was a bit much.
Zech watched his sister confused until Noin's intake of breath pulled him back to the screen. From the dissipating light of the explosion the shape of the Gundam could be made out. Its green eyes seemed to glow as it moved the green glow moving just a little slower than the actual eyes as the Gundam crossed its ankles and put its arms in a cross over its chest.
Zechs could have sworn that he could hear the air rush around the Gundam as it began to spin, faster and faster and faster, then its engines exploded upward, leaving behind a perfectly round ball of dark blue and red. The Gundam above it shot its arms and legs out to stop its rotation and the thrusters changed direction as it seemed to slowly float down, its hands cupping, but not touching the ball of Very hard to make especially this combination of fire and water... but extremely powerful. This ball is about equal to the power of 30 phonton torpedoes. I suggest you put up your shields, if they are not already up. The bass elements make up everything still, despite the beliefs and advances of science. Although this can also be explained scientifically, the bass elements are also made out of atoms and everything that we have found smaller..."
Zechs tuned out the running commentary that Noin had turned back to and focused on the Gundam as it turned with the ball floating in its hand. It's very slowly moved its hands to the back of the ball and gave a light push.
"The target is still, so there is no need to risk the combination exploding early by making it go fast. If needed the 'skin' protecting the energy inside can be made thicker and even this ball can have its direction changed by its maker..."
"Heero's alive?" Relena's cry of happiness drowned out the explanation. Zech rolled his eyes at his sister's extremely late reaction as the combination suddenly met with a box of some kind.
"The box is a mix of the three strongest metals know in the universe... each has its own layer surrounded by fully energized force shields..." Noin stated. She trailed off at the end as the circle of water and fire seemed to slowly eat the box, expanding to accommodate the boxes larger size. Then time seemed to slow down; the particles in the air got very big and demanded Zech's attention as they were surrounded by a bright purple light.
The dirty yellow of Heero's power shield was lost from sight as the area was blinded by the mixing and swirling of red and blue. Zechs ship rocked, throwing everyone to one side as the wave of energy followed it.
"Damage to the port shields, shields down to 10% in sectors 231-467, rerouting power," Noins voice called out over read alert. Zechs let go of the terminal he had kept from falling over on, and released his hold on his sister. Her eyes were bright and shining from her tears, but still held the same secret strength in them as they looked only at the Gundam.
"Start repairs as soon as possible and switch back to the pilots com," Zech ordered.
"Nimu kiro," Zech caught the pilots, Heero's, last words as he emotionlessly gave them to the world.
"Report back to the Companion and begin..." Quatre's voice started commanding Heero.
"Turn it off," Zech ordered.
"But brother, Heero might speak again," Relena protested as Zechs orders were being completed.
"Do not worry, we will see Heero again. In fact I believe we will be seeing a lot of everyone for a while," Zech answered. He easily walked back to the captions chair and sat.
"So the Federation will team up with White Fang and Romafeller?" Noin questioned.
"They would be stupid not to. Not only will they be missing out on a chance to do their exploring work, but their lack of participation will change the balance of power in the solar system. If they don't help than the most powerful weapons in existence will only be loyal to their enemies and the Federation will lose its control," Relena suddenly explained her voice logical and cold.
Zechs eyed his sister as she stood slightly behind his chair, her self appointed spot sense he refused to support her need to travel with him more. He wondered not for the first time if maybe she had gotten physically hurt when the Sanque kingdom had been destroyed. He wished that he could have been their to raise her, maybe she would have come out more stable if she had not been raised as the daughter of a man who was constantly surrounded by guards. If he had been there when those guards were all slaughtered in front of Relena's eyes... as well as her surrogate father... maybe she would have come out different.
"There is nothing wrong with me, brother," Relena stated. Zech shivered Relena's uncanny ability to seemingly read peoples mind gave him the chills. It was what had made her such a good diplomat, even at the young age of 15 when she had picked up in her fathers shoes. But then Zech's true name had gotten out and Relena had abandoned her work to come 'cure' him.
"I am very passionate about my emotions, and choose to live in the moment. My emotions do not affect my ability to evaluate situations," Relena stated. Her voice was the perfect warmth but stern combination that she used in political dealings. The 'I'm rite, but only because you helped me,' voice, even if you did nothing of the sort.
"Noin, how long until the ships repairs are done?" Zech asked, ignoring Relena before she could confuse him any more.
"At least four hours, I've already sent teams to begin the work," Noin answered.
"I want both the audio and video files sent to my quarters as well as all the data the computer gathered. The game has just begun," Zech said. Zech turned; missing the concerned look Noin had given him and walked to his quarters.
The power the boys possessed was immense. He must discover either there secret or their weakness to gain even a bit of power. But did they have a weakness if Cassandra was working with them? Why was Cassandra acting as their benefactor? Cassandra had enough dirt and contacts within every political system that she could single handedly take over the universe. Hell, even Zechs owed her the occasional favor. But Cassandra's help had always come at a price, and the more interesting the product the steeper the price.
Zechs settled himself in his big chair and began sifting through the files Noin had sent him. So many mysteries surrounded the five young mages, but mysteries were meant to be solved.
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Zechs kept his face smooth and calm, despite the amazement that ran through his mind as the giant Gundam came out of the Shiroy's hidden cargo bay. The Companion would always be the Shiroy to Zechs, it was Cassandra's ship and the young mages were playing her cards weather they knew it or not.
"Are all captions ready for the demonstration?" Quatre's voice asked over the com. Noin answered for Zechs as Relena stepped up beside her brother.
"Which one do you think Heero is in?" Relena asked her voice a little breathless. Zechs slightly raised an eye brow.
"I wasn't told," Zechs responded. Relena's posture fell slightly but Zech soon stopped paying attention as his ships screen zoomed in on the three Gundams and with a flash of light one of the three burst out of the zoomed in range and the remaining two faced each other.
"If you can tap into the coms of any of the, Companions, ships and Gundams do so," Zechs ordered. His eyes never left the Gundams that were now engaged in a very flashy battle.
The darker of the two suits was so dark most of it blended in with space, only its outline and the glowing green line that made up the end of a scythe were visible. The others colors were bright compared to space. Whites, accented with darker blues and greens made each of the Gundam's moves traceable. A double ended trident, with the same green glowing light, was seated in the Gundam's giant hands.
Suddenly the lighter Gundam moved the double ended trident to one hand and the jaws of a dragon dropped over the now empty hand. The light of the darker Gundam's engines burst out flinging the Gundam up but the dragon head followed it as fire began streaming out of its mouth.
Zechs squinted as the outline of the darker Gundam changed directions impossibly fast. The red pattern what had looked like part of the arm of the Gundam shot forward, gaining its own booster rockets, toward the lighter Gundam. The lighter Gundam barely dodged but had its trident up and blocked the darker Gundam's scythe. The power struggle made the two light energies crackle and spit with energy, the light bending and flexing with the strength exerted upon it.
Zech's eyes reluctantly moved from the power struggle as another light caught them, a ball in the chest of the darker Gundam was beginning to glow red. The glowing red suddenly got so bright that Zechs had to look away and when he looked back the two Gundams were once again facing each other. The Gundamium on the arm of the lighter one was blurred, the sharp surfaces melted together. Zechs watched as the lighter Gundam tried to move its hand, only the flinch of fingers responded.
Then the same red glow filled the ball on the chest of the lighter one. This time Zech refused to look away, the light brightened to a blinding intensity and then all gathered into a point at the front and center of the ball. It looked like a burning shooting star as it shot out at the darker Gundam – that now had its engines on full and was flying in as wiggly a line as possible to get away. The lighter Gundam missed the first time but was close on the darker Gundam's tail. Zechs almost couldn't trace their movements the Gundams moved so fast, the lighter one shooting at the same time.
Zechs glanced at the man at the control board as a crackling came over the com and then voices that quickly got louder.
"Fei, don't hit my engines! I'll blow up and Heero will kick your ass if you kill me."
"Maxwell! You melted Nataku's arm, it will take hours to fix... if the parts are even available!"
"It's not my fault you didn't dodge fast enough."
"We were told not to actually fight... idiot! Now you will pay for your stupidity."
Zechs cringed as he heard the sound of an explosion and then the thump of something hitting something else.
"WU! GOD DAMN IT!! That hurt you ass hole."
Suddenly the darker Gundam stopped and shot straight up, its arms disappearing in front of its body before they were outlined by a misty gray color.
"Both of you knock it off right now! Duo you finish that attack and I'll get you cleaning duty on all the ship in the area for the rest of your life. Wufei rein in your temper, Cassandra will have the parts to fix it, and we have a week, only the outer shell is melted. Thank god you seemed to remember to at least tone down your attacks," Quatre's voice said exasperatedly.
Zechs watched as the gray slowly dissipated for the darker of the Gundams and the two mecha came face to face again.
"Wufei head back to the Companion. Duo I want you to say out and ready," Quatre's voice said much more calmly.
"Why will Maxwell stay out and for what purpose?"
"Duo's Gundam is not damaged and his abilities may be able to save Heero if this thing that Cassandra set up is too much for him," Quatre's voice said darkly.
"Too much, nothing is too much for Heero."
"I would love to agree with you Wufei, but I can't. We can talk later for now go back to the Companion. Zechs and Treize seem so excited to hear our explanation that they are ease dropping early. Feel free to start a running monologue over the com and send it to the Enterprise as well," Quatre's voice ordered.
"Find the third Gundam and zoom in on its movements," Zechs ordered after the com had gone silent and the lighter of the Gundams had moved back to the Companion.
"I wonder if it was Dorothy's idea to listen in, Treize is normally more honorable than that. Heero is in the Gundam we are going to watch," Zech blinked at the soft sigh that came out of his sister's lips. "All the other pilots seem to have a good impression of him. Zechs, have you ever felt an instant connection to someone?" Relena's voice was dreamy. Zechs unconsciously glanced at Noin before refocusing on the screen.
A dirty yellow beam shot out of the circle on the Gundams chest, incinerating the object before it.
"Target eight destroyed, moving to nine," A cold voice dead panned over the com.
"Zechs sir, that was a block of pure Gundamium," Noin's disbelieving voice barely registered in Zechs mind as the Gundam spun backwards and dove down lower. Suddenly it came under heavy phasor fire from seemingly ever direction. The giant metal Gundam suddenly seemed nimble as it darted in and out of the beams of fire, discovering a pattern where there was none.
Then suddenly a sword, the same glowing green light making up everything but the hilt, which reminded Zechs of the light sabers in the old star wars earth movies, was pulled out of the Gundams back. The Gundam shot forward, bouncing the phasor fire off it and making it hit the shielded box that the gun was in. The shield glowed for a moment as the phasor fire dissipated on its surface.
Zech's eyes widened as the light sword came down on the shield and cut it like a hot knife through butter. The Gundam spun impossibly fast and cut through another and another, until the phasor fire was gone. The Gundam stilled for a moment before one arm shot out and a flaming red beam shot out of the palm hitting something that Zechs had not seen. The thing exploded with a force that made the shield of Epyon shake.
"What was that?" Zechs questioned.
"I don't know sir, the sensors can't identify the type of energy," Noin answered.
"Target nine destroyed moving to target ten," the same voice stated.
"What Heero just destroyed was a hidden ball of pure energy. Hidden means that the energy was not traceable by sensors, Heero had to use the magic of the mind to find it. I will say what a ball of pure energy is as best I can, sense I have never seen one, only read about them. Pure energy is like the idea of kai and chi back on earth a long time ago, it was believed that if one could put their mind, body and sprit into perfect harmony than they could use that energy as a physical weapon," a logical low voice explained over the com.
"Do you want me to stay on this frequency or on the pilots?" Noin asked.
"Go back to the pilots," Zech said absently. His eyes were glued to the Gundam as it streaked through space.
"Target confirmed," the voice dead panned. "Commencing operation."
Suddenly space seemed to fill up with light as small explosions filled the area the Gundam was occupying.
"Heero!" Relena's voice screamed as a thud was heard over the com followed by a grunt. Zech tried not to look away as the light faded.
"Those were photon torpedoes, put on motion sensors at least five all exploded virtually on contact with the Gundam. I will be extremely surprised if the Gundam survived," Noin stated.
"No Heero!" Relena wailed. Zech couldn't help himself and he looked worriedly at his sister. She had always been dramatic, but falling to the floor crying over a boy that she had not even met was a bit much.
Zech watched his sister confused until Noin's intake of breath pulled him back to the screen. From the dissipating light of the explosion the shape of the Gundam could be made out. Its green eyes seemed to glow as it moved the green glow moving just a little slower than the actual eyes as the Gundam crossed its ankles and put its arms in a cross over its chest.
Zechs could have sworn that he could hear the air rush around the Gundam as it began to spin, faster and faster and faster, then its engines exploded upward, leaving behind a perfectly round ball of dark blue and red. The Gundam above it shot its arms and legs out to stop its rotation and the thrusters changed direction as it seemed to slowly float down, its hands cupping, but not touching the ball of Very hard to make especially this combination of fire and water... but extremely powerful. This ball is about equal to the power of 30 phonton torpedoes. I suggest you put up your shields, if they are not already up. The bass elements make up everything still, despite the beliefs and advances of science. Although this can also be explained scientifically, the bass elements are also made out of atoms and everything that we have found smaller..."
Zechs tuned out the running commentary that Noin had turned back to and focused on the Gundam as it turned with the ball floating in its hand. It's very slowly moved its hands to the back of the ball and gave a light push.
"The target is still, so there is no need to risk the combination exploding early by making it go fast. If needed the 'skin' protecting the energy inside can be made thicker and even this ball can have its direction changed by its maker..."
"Heero's alive?" Relena's cry of happiness drowned out the explanation. Zech rolled his eyes at his sister's extremely late reaction as the combination suddenly met with a box of some kind.
"The box is a mix of the three strongest metals know in the universe... each has its own layer surrounded by fully energized force shields..." Noin stated. She trailed off at the end as the circle of water and fire seemed to slowly eat the box, expanding to accommodate the boxes larger size. Then time seemed to slow down; the particles in the air got very big and demanded Zech's attention as they were surrounded by a bright purple light.
The dirty yellow of Heero's power shield was lost from sight as the area was blinded by the mixing and swirling of red and blue. Zechs ship rocked, throwing everyone to one side as the wave of energy followed it.
"Damage to the port shields, shields down to 10% in sectors 231-467, rerouting power," Noins voice called out over read alert. Zechs let go of the terminal he had kept from falling over on, and released his hold on his sister. Her eyes were bright and shining from her tears, but still held the same secret strength in them as they looked only at the Gundam.
"Start repairs as soon as possible and switch back to the pilots com," Zech ordered.
"Nimu kiro," Zech caught the pilots, Heero's, last words as he emotionlessly gave them to the world.
"Report back to the Companion and begin..." Quatre's voice started commanding Heero.
"Turn it off," Zech ordered.
"But brother, Heero might speak again," Relena protested as Zechs orders were being completed.
"Do not worry, we will see Heero again. In fact I believe we will be seeing a lot of everyone for a while," Zech answered. He easily walked back to the captions chair and sat.
"So the Federation will team up with White Fang and Romafeller?" Noin questioned.
"They would be stupid not to. Not only will they be missing out on a chance to do their exploring work, but their lack of participation will change the balance of power in the solar system. If they don't help than the most powerful weapons in existence will only be loyal to their enemies and the Federation will lose its control," Relena suddenly explained her voice logical and cold.
Zechs eyed his sister as she stood slightly behind his chair, her self appointed spot sense he refused to support her need to travel with him more. He wondered not for the first time if maybe she had gotten physically hurt when the Sanque kingdom had been destroyed. He wished that he could have been their to raise her, maybe she would have come out more stable if she had not been raised as the daughter of a man who was constantly surrounded by guards. If he had been there when those guards were all slaughtered in front of Relena's eyes... as well as her surrogate father... maybe she would have come out different.
"There is nothing wrong with me, brother," Relena stated. Zech shivered Relena's uncanny ability to seemingly read peoples mind gave him the chills. It was what had made her such a good diplomat, even at the young age of 15 when she had picked up in her fathers shoes. But then Zech's true name had gotten out and Relena had abandoned her work to come 'cure' him.
"I am very passionate about my emotions, and choose to live in the moment. My emotions do not affect my ability to evaluate situations," Relena stated. Her voice was the perfect warmth but stern combination that she used in political dealings. The 'I'm rite, but only because you helped me,' voice, even if you did nothing of the sort.
"Noin, how long until the ships repairs are done?" Zech asked, ignoring Relena before she could confuse him any more.
"At least four hours, I've already sent teams to begin the work," Noin answered.
"I want both the audio and video files sent to my quarters as well as all the data the computer gathered. The game has just begun," Zech said. Zech turned; missing the concerned look Noin had given him and walked to his quarters.
The power the boys possessed was immense. He must discover either there secret or their weakness to gain even a bit of power. But did they have a weakness if Cassandra was working with them? Why was Cassandra acting as their benefactor? Cassandra had enough dirt and contacts within every political system that she could single handedly take over the universe. Hell, even Zechs owed her the occasional favor. But Cassandra's help had always come at a price, and the more interesting the product the steeper the price.
Zechs settled himself in his big chair and began sifting through the files Noin had sent him. So many mysteries surrounded the five young mages, but mysteries were meant to be solved.
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