ZT:Ack! Sorry it took so long to update! School's murder and to make things worse, had blocked my account! Now the story's gonna start dwindling down… But before I start the next chapter, I need to ask you guys something- Are you tired of this story already, or should I still make a sequel? I still have about five to ten more chapters to go on this, but I would like to know what you guys think before I finish, just so I know what my next project will be…anyways, let me know as you read these last few chapters, k? I don't own Gundam Wing. Enjoy!

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Dark Devotions- It's not necessarily what Sai did, but like what she REVEALED. Was her name Sarah? I couldn't find a name for her, but if her name's Sarah, then I'll fix it if she comes up again. Thanks.

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Calli Maxwell- Cake! Awesome! I love cake! I left a hint at the very end of the chapter as to what happened, but no one seemed to catch it…oh well. I know it got confusing, hopefully this chapter will clear some things up. If you're still confused, let me know and I'll answer your questions (well, if they supposed to be answered…no Night Star's identity yet!)

Fate Sucks

Chapter 35

The pilots sat around a small table in Quatre's dorm. It was the middle of the night, but they didn't care; they weren't exactly in the mood for sleeping…

"All this time…" Duo mumbled, looking down at the cup of coffee in his hands. "Who would have thought…"

Wufei couldn't help but agree, "This is complete and total injustice! Did they know the whole time?"

"I doubt it. They would have attacked us earlier had they known," Trowa explained.

"True, but what about Sai? She knew who everyone was. Was this just some big game to her?" Quatre wondered aloud.

"No!" Heero surprised even himself with the sudden outburst. He checked himself, "I mean no. Sai had just explained to me that she had no clue LAVA was involved with New Oz when I talked to her at the club. Furthermore…Night Star is not our mysterious helper."

"WHAT?" Duo exclaimed, jumping up. "Then who is?"

Heero shook his head, "I think that's one of the things that Sai wants to find out…"

In LAVA's apartment, the team sat around in silence, save for the vigorous typing of Hell Fire. One question flowed through each of their minds: Why?

A knock at the door brought them out of their thoughts. Hell Fire looked at the group before standing up and walking to the door in dread; they all knew who would be there…

They were right. As Hell Fire opened the door, Sai's stone cold face greeted them. She looked at Hell Fire, "Hello Vanessa." She glanced at Desert Rose, "Laura." It switched to Dark Majic, "Allison." Finally, her eyes rested on Sparkle, "And Alexandra." She walked into the apartment and Vanessa closed the door behind her. For a moment, Sai analyzed all the people in the room, trying to figure them out, and at the same time think of what to say. Finally, she burst out, "Anyone mind telling me what you girls were thinking? Because I've gotta tell ya, I'm stumped by this one!"

"You need money to survive in this world," Vanessa stated, throwing on her stone mask.

Sai's glare shattered it in an instant, "So you joined a bunch of murderers who are trying to shatter the peace that WE worked so hard to gain?"

What else could we do?" Alex asked in defense, "We're mercenaries; always have been. There isn't exactly a huge list of jobs for people in our area of expertise!"

"Then join the Preventers! Or better yet, use your other talents to get by!" Sai exclaimed. She glared at them, "None of your gadgets were massed produced; you're inventors! Ally, you have an uncanny knack for magic, hence the reason why you call yourself Dark Majic! Laury, you are excellent at designing computer programs to help you control your big guns. Can't you make programs that deal with every day matters? And Alex, you're the most awesome dancer I know of! Why don't you start up a dance school? Or better yet, your own fashion line! You make everything you wear, including your make-up! I'm sure Ness could give you a hand; after all, her family did make it's millions in business!" Sai exclaimed in exasperation.

The girls didn't answer. They knew she was right; they had been planning on doing just that, but old habits were hard to let go of… When New Oz came along, they joined, figuring it was the only true place where a killer could fit in.

Vanessa sighed, "You're right. We gave in…just like last time…" Everyone looked at the ground in shame; they had had this same talk before…with Night Star…

FLASHBACK

"You did WHAT?" The girls held their ground as Night Star's outburst practically rocked the room they were in.

Vanessa stood her ground, "What'd you think I said?"

"Well, I'm not quite positive, but it sounded like you said you four decided to join those maniacs following the Barton kid!" the mercenary replied.

"Seems you heard right; this is where the mercenaries are going now; this could be our chance to really thrive again!" Laury said.

"Yeah! Right now we're has beens! With Marimea, we can shine, just like we did back in the days!" Alex explained.

"Back in the day we were feared by those who knew about us. Those who didn't fear us either didn't know us or didn't trust us! You want to go back to THAT?" Night Star questioned. The girls exchanged glances.

"What other choice do we have?" Allison asked.

"ANYTHING other than that! You walk down that rode, you're quitters! I thought you girls were stronger than that! …Guess I was wrong." Night Star sighed before turning away, "I'm retired now. If you wanna get a hold of me for anything OTHER than fighting, you know how to find me…" With that said, the mercenary named Night Star walked out of the room, and had yet to be seen again…

"You girls came to me after that incident claiming that you were through with this line of work… I trusted you. But that was all just a lie wasn't it?" Sai asked.

"No! We were through! But when New Oz showed up with that job offer, it was hard to refuse. Besides," Allison glanced at the others and knew they had thought the same thing, "Commander Vingt has someone who feeds him information on the different mercenaries. We never met the guy, but with the whole style of getting a hold of us and with how much he knew, we the that guy was you!"

Sai blinked in surprise, "…You're mission was to take out the Gundam Pilots, right?"

"Psh! Yeah, but like we're gonna do THAT now! There's no way I'm putting a bullet through Wufy's head!" Alex exclaimed.

Sai nodded, "I know that. But what's disturbing me is that someone has been giving the guys info on New Oz…they were convinced it was Night Star."

"WHAT!" the girls of LAVA exclaimed.

"Yeah, but I can assure you, Night Star has not gotten involved with the mercenary business since the Eve Wars," Sai added.

"With the exception of the pizza?" Allison asked.

Sai grinned and nodded, "Yeah, with the exception of the pizza."

Vanessa pondered all the happenings: they were contacted by a pseudo-Night Star and hired to put an end to the Gundam pilots who had apparently got their equipment back thanks to another pseudo-Night Star, LAVA beat them the first round only to be badly beaten the second round thanks to a screw up from Vingt, the reliable source requested that Vanessa check out a specific area of the Sanc Kingdom only to find the Gundams there, and then they had a face off where Vanessa and Heero would've killed each other had Sai not stepped in. Vanessa sighed, "I can't believe we didn't notice how badly we were being played…"

Sai let a small smirk cross her lips, "I think I know a way to get even…"

The guy looked up as they heard a knock on the door. Quatre got up and answered it, only to be greeted by the five girls. "We wanna help bring New Oz down."
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