ZT: Yay! I'm back from camping!

NS: Uh….no we're not.

ZT: I know. But this won't get posted until we get back. So by the time people see this, we'll be back from camping.

NS: Then why don't you write this when we are back from camping so I can type my buddies? Cause really we're not back from camping so be an honest person and write this when we get back ok? I love you bunches but…..BE HONEST FOR YOUR OWN SANITY!

ZT:…I thought we made it clear that the both of us lost our sanity LOOOOOOOONG ago. And I was honest! The readers won't read this until we get back from camping. So the quote "Yay! I'm back from camping!" would be totally true!

NS: No it's not cause you're typing it now and no presents of now can ever become future.

ZT: Quit getting philosophical on me!

NS: Took you long enough to write that huh?

ZT:…You know what? I'm starting the show now you big meanie! I don't own Gundam Wing. Enjoy!

Review Responses:

Dark Devotions- Actually, no. I'm keeping Zechs looking the way he did in the series, so Heero would have recognized him. I'm glad you liked the crack, but it killed me to write that about him. But hey, it got him talking, didn't it?

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Fate Sucks

Chapter 17

"I am SO ready to even some odds!" Duo exclaimed thru the intercom of his Gundam. They were back at the main base and ready to kick some LAVA butt! The plan was for Duo, Trowa, and Heero to infiltrate the base while Quatre and Wufei worked as distractions outside.

"Let's make this short and sweet; the less contact we have with those four right now, the better," Trowa stated, getting a unanimous agreement from the others.

Getting into the base was no sweat. The radar hadn't picked them up, so there were only a few dolls outside trying to take care of the others.

Getting THROUGH the base was another story. If the original Oz had been known for its confusing corridors, New Oz was notorious for them! More than once, they had to turn back because they ran into a dead end. I mean literally, there were just random halls that went nowhere. No linking halls. No control rooms. No dorms. Nothing.

After about the twentieth time of turning around, the guys found a corridor that actually seemed to lead somewhere. That is, until they discovered that it split five ways.

"Aw, come on!" Duo whined. He had had just about enough of this darn base.

"Split up. I'll go through the middle. Trowa, take the one to the far left. Duo, take the one to the far right," Heero ordered.

With that, the three split up. Little did they know, they had already been discovered.

Desert Rose watched as the three little dots on the monitor split up. "Intruder one heading your way, Majic," she said through the communicator before taking a bite out of her sandwich. "Who would've thought our luck could be so good?" she said with her mouth still full.

"Manners." Hell Fire cringed on the other side of the line, images of a control panel covered in chewed sandwich coming to mind.

"I know what you mean," Sparkle said from her side of the line, ignoring Hell Fire, "We just happened to pop in to see how things are going and what happens? Our security system picks up not one or two, but THREE intruders! Not to mention two Gundams outside!"

"Doesn't take much to guess who the other three are," Hell Fire said, "Take 'em out."

"Roger that," Dark Majic said quietly, while lying in wait. It wouldn't be long before that pilot walked straight into the dark assassin. Or, semi-straight at least… A glint of malice formed in Dark Majic's eyes. That pilot wouldn't know what hit him! Now it was a matter of if those incompetent soldiers could take care of the other two.

Trowa glanced to the side. Two corridors. Now the question was which way to go? So far he had run into absolutely nothing. Even though his soldier side was telling him that was a sure sign that nothing was down this way, another part of him said to keep going. Well, that other side had kept him out of trouble so far. He decided to keep listening to it and took the corridor to the right.

Heero mentally cursed as more soldiers came into view. At this rate, he would run out of bullets before Oz ran out of soldiers! Not only that, but these guys knew how to shoot! Obviously they weren't your everyday, mass-produced soldiers.

When they first showed up, Heero was trying to prioritize human life. However, as the battle wore on and more soldiers started coming, his old soldier mode kicked in where he prioritized his own human life over his enemies'.

He hid behind a corner just as more bullets whizzed past him. Hopefully the others were having better luck than he was.

Duo ran down the corridor at top speed. Like Trowa, he ran into absolutely no one. However, he also didn't run into any forks in the road. He hoped that meant he was heading to at least SOMEWHERE! He stopped short as he spotted a door that said "Off limits Authorized Personnel Only". "This count's as 'Somewhere'," he grinned as he blew the lock and opened the door.

"Right on time."

Haha! A cliffy! Actually it wasn't supposed to be one, but I fell behind when writing my other stuff. Oh well…4 love it. 1 hates it. Give me some feedback, k? Review it! Till next time!