ZT: Ah the final chapter…I'm gonna miss working on this story

Wufei: Just gives you a reason to work on the sequel and post IT faster.

ZT: I know, I know, it'll be up by winter break at the latest. Anyway, the sequel will be up, but the updates will be spread out since schools going on, just to give all of you a heads up.

Wufei: Feh.

ZT: What?

Wufei: You're not giving a heads up; you're stalling!

ZT: For what?

Wufei: You don't want to tell who Night Star is.

ZT: (Shrugs) So sue me. I don't own Gundam Wing. Enjoy!

Fate Sucks

Chapter 41

Days passed. Then weeks. Finally two months had gone by. Everyone at the Sanc Academy knew to keep away from the Gundam boys by this time. None of them seemed to be in that great of a mood ever since the girls "transferred to another academy in the colonies". Boy, if they only knew the truth. The guys searched for days, trying to find any sign of LAVA or Sai in the mess that followed. There was none. They were gone. Forever.

Duo let out a sigh as he walked past some girls. They had immediately stopped talking the moment they saw him. He shook his head, not even he was fun to hang around anymore. He walked into his room and lay down on his bed, looking up at the ceiling. He missed them. He missed Alex's little nicknames for people, he missed Allison's sweet smile, he missed Laury's pranks and drunken wackiness, he missed Sai's bugging Heero, but most of all, he missed Vanessa.

He swallowed a lump that had begun to form in his throat. He really cared for the standoffish raven-haired girl. She had another side to her that he seriously doubted anyone save for the girls and himself had ever seen before. He wanted to get to know that side more, but now he would never be able to.

Duo rolled over to his side and glanced at a picture on his table. It was of everyone either laughing or smirking when Laury had been caught up in the tree. She had thought that it was a Kodak moment since some of the guys had never showed any mirth, and snapped a picture. The guys had never figured out how she got a camera, but she had it.

A blond in the picture caught his attention. 'Sai…' He didn't get it; she was always keeping an eye on them, and once she found out what was going on, she seemed to be a couple steps ahead of everyone. Why didn't she guess about them destroying the base with them inside? Why didn't she try to stop them? Did she try to stop them? No, she would've been able to prevent it if she tried; he knew that for a fact.

Duo got up and looked out the window. He could see the picnic table that the girls usually sat at. He could see Heero walking past it. The perfect Soldier paused for a moment by the table before continuing to go on his way. Duo watched him go and shook his head; Heero may not have admitted it, but the girls had really grown on him, especially Sai. The moment the five had returned to the Sanc Kingdom, Heero had gone straight to the dorm that he and Duo shared. By the time Duo had got there, Heero had completely shredded the mission information on Night Star and had was busy "calmly explaining" to the docs that the mission was aborted. Duo couldn't help but smirk; he didn't realize Heero had such a mouth on him…in ten different languages no less!

He glanced back at the table before turning to go back to his bed. Suddenly he stopped short. Was someone by the table? He looked out the window again, before running out of his room at top speed.

Duo stopped at the picnic table and looked around. No one was there. He sighed; that's what he got for letting his imagination run wild. He looked at the table. There was a box on it with the words "open me" written on it in bold, fiery letters. Glancing around again, he opened the box and blinked in surprise. A single, chocolate covered donut ring was in the box along with a note. He picked up the note and read it: 'Look up idiot…and go to Hell.'

Duo looked at the letter, to the donut ring, back to the letter, then back to the donut ring before looking up with a smirk, "Hell or Hell Fire?"

Vanessa smirked, "Take your pick." She jumped from her tree branch and landed gracefully in front of Duo.

He looked at her in disbelief, "How?"

She sighed, "Night Star had a teleportation device…"

"Did anyone else…?" Duo trailed off as Vanessa shook her head.

"There was a flash and I was on an L1 colony. No one else was there, and it's easier to transport a group to the same place. I don't know why they'd go someplace else…" she answered quietly.

Duo nodded and held her close, knowing that she wouldn't pull away, "It's ok, I understand."

Vanessa bit her lip as she felt tears form for the first time in a long time, "I'm gonna miss them."

"I know," he soothed, stroking her hair.

Heero walked silently through the academy grounds. It was going to take a while to get over the girls, even for him. There was just something about them that made them impossible to forget…

As he walked past one of the buildings, he had a feeling as if someone was watching him. He glanced up at the roof of a building. He could've sworn he just saw something… Before he could investigate, Quatre's disbelieving voice calling out Vanessa's name caught his attention, and he went over to where the others were, fussing over the surviving LAVA member.

ZT: Okay, I'm done. (Begins to walk off)

Wufei: (Catches ZT by the collar) Finish it.

ZT: Alright, alright, sheesh.

On the top of the building, a dark clad figure watched Heero head over toward the others. "This is how it should be…"

Laury pouted, "I didn't even get to say goodbye to Quatre, Night!"

Alex glanced at the redhead, "If you had said goodbye, they would've realized we weren't coming back, and not left when we had them leave."

Allison nodded, "I do feel sorry for Vanessa though…I know she was not meant for this life, and only she thinking us dead would pull her from it, yet still…"

Night Star nodded, "I know, but we could not just say it ends here and have left it at that; someone wants us gone, thus we need to find out who that person is and get rid of him or her before we can start anew…It would be unjust to allow them to take part in it, and feel the same fate as us, especially since we have no idea how long that will take."

Alex nodded, "And as for Ms. Moonblaze?"

"Sai's dead. End of story," came Night Star's cold reply.

Laury shrugged, "Ok, but you know what this means, right?"

"What?" Night Star asked suspiciously.

"We need a new team name! LAVA doesn't work anymore! I vote for LANA!" she exclaimed in a bubbly manner, skipping towards the exit.

Alex rolled her eyes, "Are you serious?"

"How about DDNS?" Allison suggested, following Laury out.

Alex ran after them saying sarcastically, "I have a great idea! How 'bout LAMA?"

Night Star glanced at the laughing, retreating girls before looking at the Gundam Pilots and Vanessa one last time, "Guess this is goodbye…"

Laury glanced back when she realized they were minus a team member, "Sai, c'mon!"

Night Star turned to follow, "Coming."

Ah ha! The end! And for real this time! Well, I still want reviews, even though this is the last chapter. Keep your eyes peeled for the sequel. Till then, see ya!