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Gundam Wing: A New Threat
By: timaru2003 (Revised by HeeroYuy1995, a.k.a. Matt-chan)
Chapter 15
Myth Island – Fuji Islands region, Pacific Ocean
"So tell me again why this meeting is so important?" Matt asked Relena as she was trying to get dressed.
"Ugh, I have no idea, sometimes I think that the representatives still think that Romefeller still exists; something comes up and everyone has to be there in person. Haven't these guys heard of video conferencing?" Relena said as she pulled out a pair of business suits. "Which one: the pink dusted or the light blue?"
"Yeah, they probably heard about our little trip to the Bahamas and just couldn't go on without you," Matt answered as he got up and threw his arms around her. "I say go with the blue, it really accents you eyes and every time you wear something pink you end up having to be rescued by some cute guy, like myself because you end up kidnapped," Matt said with a chuckle.
"Yes, but it does have its rewards," she retorted as she snuggled up to him. She was going to say something else but was cut off by the sound of running feet followed by the sound of crashing swords.
"I guess not everyone is lucky enough to have someone as understanding as you Dorothy, really had her heart set on the trip she was taking with Tim, and I think he just broke the news to her," Relena said.
"I feel sorry for him, she's the type of girl who'll chase you to the basement of hell just to get you back," Matt said with a grin on his face. He then took a look at his watch. "Well, you finish up here, I have to go to the meeting with Une about security for your visit to the UN, and I don't need to be on her bad side."
"See you later," Relena said as Matt left their room.
Briefing Room…
Everyone had gathered in the briefing room, including Tim, even though he looked like he had ran a marathon while being chased by a demon, which was not a bad description of his activities during the day.
"Well now that everyone has arrived safe and sound, we can begin the briefing," said Une while poignantly looking at Tim.
"The UN Security Council has called a no-notice meeting of high level diplomats on an unspecified manner, and since Relena is most certainly a high level diplomat, she has been recalled as well. We have received some low level threats, as usual, but I will not jeopardize Relena's safety due to complacency. The security detail will consist of Miranda, Rau, and Yuy on site, with Maxelle, Walker, and Storm providing a quick reaction team. Mr. Rau's Gundam will be stationed on one of the rooftop helipads to provide cover fire in case of a mobile suit attack, and I do believe that a new Spectersuit has been completed," Une said
"Yes it has and with its new adaptive camouflage cloaking system, he can wear it in public and no one will be any the wiser, just as he is now," Q said as the air around Tim began to shimmer and dissolve into a black Spectersuit.
"Besides the standard cloaking ability and a new jetpack system that allows for short periods of flight, the suit now can project the appearance of several types of clothing, with as you have just seen, no noticeable effect," Q explained.
"Good, then Mr. Rau I expect you to block any bullet aimed at Ms. Relena, regardless of the circumstances," Une said.
"So should I just paint a bull's-eye on my back or hold up a sign that say 'just shoot me!'" yelled Tim, feigning fear. "You know I have this allergy to bullets, remember."
"That sounds like a personal problem, so unless there is any other business, consider yourselves dismissed until Ms. Relena is ready to leave," Une said as she rose.
Warsprite Task Force - outside the orbit of Pluto
Tim had just finished reinstalling the last service panel on the starboard engine and stood up wiping his brow. He looked out the Magnetic containment field of the docking bay and could barely make out the sun from the hundreds of thousands of other stars that were visible. They had been in solar orbit for two days and already Tim had worked up a sweat. First, the second stage compressor on the port side engine on Janus had blew out, meaning an engine change, but the task force didn't have the same engines so Tim had swapped out the engines for a pair of Event Horizon engines off of a A-Wing fighter. This worked out for the better because now the Gundam could attain orbit without a booster and received a speed boost. After that Tim spent some time working with the ships code slicers and had managed to program the Spectersuit with a new program for the cloaking system that allowed him to appear to wear regular clothing when he was actually wearing his armor. He also managed to incorporate a new thruster system into the suit that was less bulky and had a longer flight time.
He had just finished climbing down when Admiral Pickett walked up. Tim threw him a quick salute.
"How are you doing Admiral?" Tim said as he walked up.
"Just fine, thank-you, I have some news for you," Pickett said as he returned the salute.
"Comm. scans have alerted us to a high level meeting of representatives that is taking place in a few hours, I believe that if I were to strike it would be there," he said.
"I agree Admiral. Can I borrow a shuttle and head to earth?" Tim asked.
"Most certainly, I'll send a unit of commando's with you," Pickett answered.
"No, I'm going alone, you'll need every soldier you have in case this turns out to be the big one and the Invid show up, what I would suggest is you prepare for a joint space and ground assault if it goes down," Tim said.
"As you wish, then I believe you will need this," Pickett said as he handed Tim a cylindrical object wrapped in cloth, "The Jedi handed it to me along with this message to you."
Tim took the object and the message and opened the message first. It was written in clear English.
Mr. Rau, we have foreseen that you will need this. May the force be with you.
Tim then unwrapped the object and his eye's opened wide, it was a lightsaber. He activated it with a snap-hiss and gave it a few swings before deactivating it and clipping it to his belt. He turned to Pickett.
"This does not bode well. I think you should hurry with those shuttle preparations," Tim said solemnly.
"Yes, I agree," answered Pickett.
United Nations - New York, New York
It was already three hours into the meeting of the executive committee and the simulagent known as Tim was fingering the collar of his jacket. The weather was humid, with dark clouds promising heavy rains. He longed for the Spectersuit that the human known as Q had built for him, but it was loaded on the rebuilt Janus that was parked on the rooftop landing pad on the roof of the building.
His mission at the moment was to escort Ms. Relena during the day, and to respond to any heavy threats in his Gundam if needed. At least that was his official mission. His real mission was the complete opposite, he was to kill Relena. He had received his orders directly from Lord Osama himself. It would have been simple enough to just walk up and shoot her, or plant a bomb, but he had discovered he had a knack for showmanship, so he was going to make her death a memorable one.
His plan was relatively difficult, just for the kicks. He would lure Relena to the roof with a false threat and then trap her there. Then he would lure Mathew and give him a choice, Save Relena or stop him from escaping with all the information on the Gundams and earths defenses.
But no matter what choice he made, Relena would die anyway. He felt a vibration on his hip and new that was the signal that the threat had been delivered and that any moment he would be ordered to evacuate Relena. He mad a quick check of the .357 Magnum that he had chosen as his weapon of choice and smiled. Today would be a good day.
Above the United Nations Building
Tim (the real one) stood at the ramp of the Lambda class shuttle as it hovered in the soup of low lying clouds above the building. The clouds masked the shuttle well enough from visual identification, and the on board ECM system shielded it from electronic identification. With a silent wave to the crew, the ramp dropped and Tim leapt out. Fully cloaked, and loaded with his .50cal rifle, two P-90 submachine guns, and a lightsaber. A normal person would have at least hoped for a rope, but Tim had something better. About fifty feet above the roof and if he had been visible, you would have seen him give a little jerk and slam into the roof with in a crouch.
Tim stood and surveyed the area, there was no one on the roof and the shuttle had departed to await his signal to return. Off on the landing pad, Tim was surprised to see another Janus Gundam in its fighter configuration, which confirmed his suspicion that the imposter was there. His radio was still tuned to the Preventers frequency and was definitely worried when an evacuation call was given for Ms. Relena. But what worried him most was that his double was escorting her to the roof.
At the same time…
It was working. The call had been believed and now all the pieces were falling in place. All he had to do was get to the roof and it would be over. Opening the door that led to the roof, he allowed Relena through first. After he had closed the door, he scanned the roof to make sure that it was empty; not noticing the cloaked Spectersuited figure that lay prone farther down the roof. He then walked over to the Gundam and pulled his own Spectersuit out of its own compartment, and turning to Relena.
"The helicopter should be here in about ten minutes, so wait here and Matt should be here in a few minutes," he said as he pulled his .357 out of its holster, "to watch you die."
"Whoa… what did you say?" Relena asked shocked to see Tim, one of the people she trusted most, put a gun to her head and push her towards the edge of the building as the rain began to fall.
Matt had just came through the same door that Tim and Relena had minutes earlier and caught the last minute of the conversation between Tim and Relena. He watched in horror as Tim pushed Relena to the edge and kept her there, mere inches from a gruesome death. He whipped out his Desert Eagles and charged Tim.
Tim saw Matt charge the Invid imposter as he himself slowly made his way around the perimeter of the roof, hoping to reach Relena before she slipped, either by accident from the rain, or because she was… no, he didn't want to think about that. He soon had reached Relena.
Meanwhile the Imposter had also noticed Matt making his head on charge and brought his .357 to Relena's head and with his other had wiggled his finger at Matt.
"Uh-Uh Miranda… running head first into battle works in some situation, but not here. I'm feeling generous today, so I'm going to give you a choice," The Invid said.
Math slid to a stop. "What choice?" he asked.
"Simple: you can either save your girlfriend, or you can stop me from leaving," Tim said.
"Why Tim, why are you doing this?" Matt hissed.
"You know, it is funny how you haven't figured it out yet. It probably hasn't even crossed that peon of a thing you call a brain that I may not be the real Tim Rau," The Invid smirked. "The real Tim is probably rotting in some far off galaxy for all we know."
"Then who are you?" asked Matt, as he worked up a plan to save Relena.
"You have not earned that privilege, but here's a hint: my lord, the Regent, has decided to grant you a warrior's death when you meet for the first and last time. Oh, as for your choice, I just made it for you!" The Invid said as he pulled the trigger on his pistol. Relena began to fall.
Matt yelled, "NOOOOOOOO!!!"
Seconds earlier…
For Relena, the whole situation had become a nightmare. She was standing on the side of a building, wet and about to be sent to her death. Then the choice, but she knew that she was going to die anyway. She had seen it in his eyes; they weren't the eyes of the easy going, misadventure prone young man she knew. No the eyes were the eyes of a monster. Then the news of the real Tim's death came, but then she felt a familiar presence and two arms wrapping around her tightly.
She whispered, "Come to take me home Tim?"
But the reply was not what she expected, "No, I'm going to save you, but if I took you home, Dorothy probably would send me to rot in some far away galaxy." Tim said, "And… oh shit, HANG ON!"
While Relena was talking to Tim, Tim had been listening to the conversation between his Imposter and Matt. When the imposter had said "As for your choice" Tim knew he was about to do Relena in. He threw his weight back and hoped that the grappling hook in his arm and the thrusters on his back were working as he and Relena fell into free-fall. After they had fallen about three stories, he brought his grappling arm up and sent a grapple into the wall. The line snapped taunt as the weight hit it, but did not break. Tim and Relena smashed through the window of one of the many offices, Tim first of course, so Relena wouldn't cut herself. As soon as they stopped, Tim decloaked and checked Relena over for injuries. As far as he could tell, she was fine, but speechless. He could here people opening doors from the commotion from their unorthodox entry into the building. Tim turned to Relena.
He said, "Stay here, someone will come for you, I have to go save your boyfriend," Tim then dropped into a crouch {Think Neo from the Matrix} and ignited his thrusters, boosting him out of the room and recloaked, headed back to the roof. Relena silently whispered, "Go kick his ass."
The Roof…
Matt watched Relena tumble from the edge of the building, and he lost it.
"Oh, now you gonna pay for that you little piece of Invid shit!!! Die you motherfucker!!! Die!!!" Matt yelled as he opened up with both Desert Eagles at the armored executioner of his love, even as the rounds bounced harmlessly off the Gundanium armor. Then both guns ran dry. Then the imposter started moving slowly towards him, not walking but stalking him. Matt tried to put in new magazines into his guns, but his hands wouldn't work right. They kept on shaking and it didn't help that he caught the imposter bringing his weapon to bear. Matt managed to dodge the first four shots, but the fifth caught him in his knee. Not a penetration wound, just a grazing shot, it still had enough force to throw him down, knocking his remaining magazines out of his hand along with one of his Eagles.
The Invid sauntered up to the now injured Matt and kicked his remaining gun away, and then he smirked as he put the muzzle of his pistol in Matt's face.
"You know, you have to ask yourself one question: do I feel lucky? Did he fire four shots or five? Well do ya, Punk?" the Invid sneered.
"I'm wagering Five, Asshole!" Tim's voice sounded, followed by the deafening boom of his .50 cal rifle being fired at point-blank range. The imposter suddenly found himself in a crater in the wall of a support structure. Matt's eyes went wide as Tim decloaked in front of him holding his Barrett in one hand, was almost expected him to be sporting a pair of wings, but instead just a modified backpack. Tim dropped the rifle and pulled out both of his P-90's and started walking over to the downed Invid. Matt watched as the imposter pulled himself up and started to run when he saw the avenging angel known as Specter coming to claim him. He then watched as Tim started running while opening up with both guns. The chase didn't last long; the imposter suddenly gave a small leap and suddenly was flying through the air. Tim ditched his guns as well and suddenly was flying after the escaping Invid. They disappeared into the low clouds and Matt lost sight of them. A loud clang announced that backup had arrived in to form of Heero, a dozen agents, and Relena.
"MATTHEW!!!," she screamed as she spotted him lying in a small pool of blood. She ran up to him and seeing he was still alive, wrapped him in an enormous hug and started crying.
Matt was even more dumbfounded than before. "Relena, you… you should be dead," he stammered as a medical technician started to bandage up his knee.
"My Guardian Angel was working overtime today," Relena whispered into his ear.
"I bet he was, but right now I hope he is being more a demon than an angel," Matt said as he looked up into the still raining clouds.
Over New York City
High in the clouds a titanic struggle was taking place. Good versus Evil. Human versus Alien Invader. Blow and counter blow was exchanged. Kick and counter kick. Move for counter move. The two Tim's fought for the right to be called Specter. When the charges ran out on both of their thruster packs, they landed on a landmark that was suitably proper for this meeting of twins: The Twin Towers.
They both landed on a tower and turned to face each other. They stood still, trying to out think the other.
"I don't know how you survived, but it does not matter!" shouted the Invid.
"Funny, I was thinking the same thing!" returned Tim.
"I believe you should think about how you will survive since I have this!" The Invid retorted as he pulled what appeared to be the handle from Tim's cutlass. His hand also brushed a small control and back at the UN building, the New Janus roared to life and leapt in to the clouds.
"Your metal weapon was extremely inadequate, so I constructed this Beam cutlass. I hope you like it, because this is the last time you'll see it," he shouted as he leapt back into the sky.
Tim saw this and pulled the lightsaber from his belt and leaped into the air as well. Halfway to reaching the Invid, Tim ignited the saber and the two then clashed. They came to rest on the opposite towers. Tim stood and turned, bringing the lightsaber up into a guard position, noting the Invid had yet to stand. After several seconds, the Invid stood, clutching what had been its right arm, but now was a charred stump.
"I will get you for this human, but not today!" he shouted as his Gundam hovered in close and then he leapt into the cockpit and took off screaming into the clouds.
Tim watched it climb into the clouds and then deactivated the saber. He twirled it around in his hand and then clipped it back onto his belt. "Well, that was anti-climatic for you," Tim thought for himself as he launched himself into a clearing sky.
Back at the UN, the sky had cleared and everyone was on the roof waiting for a sign. Their sign came in a blur of motion as Tim planted himself square in the middle of the waiting group. He walked up to Matt and pulled off his helmet.
"Soooo, did I miss anything important while I was gone?" Tim asked.
"Not much, my sister showed up and that's about it," Matt replied with huge grin on his face.
"Wait, you have a sister, and you didn't tell me? Aw man. Well I had better call Dorothy," Tim then put on his most pathetic looking face he could think of, "and pray she has an open mind."
"You'll be ok, but where have you been?" Matt asked.
"Well, its best to say this: A Long, Long Time From Now, In A Galaxy Not Too Far Away," Tim said with a grin, as they all started to head down the building.