In Mako's Gundam

The temperature was below freezing, and Mako was deathly afraid if she kept this much longer that she'd suffer a severe case of frostbite. She looked slowly to the scenery before her, it hadn't changed too much since the last time she'd seen it. The snow was thick and almost blinding, she was amazed she hadn't crashed into anything yet. She kept her heater going at full speed as the looked for an abandoned field to safely make her descent. She flew for a good ten minutes before she found an appropriate spot to land. She grabbed the extra coat she brought and prepared to confront the madman holding her daughter hostage. She didn't have to look too far.

"Makoto, I knew you'd come swiftly." A cold calculated voice said She felt hatred course through her veins as never before. He stood before her, looking smug and dominant as usual. His air of being in control and commanding all those around him spilled into all aspects of his life. His love life was not excluded, that Lady Unne would discover soon enough.

"I didn't come here to play games you baka, let her go, she'd got nothing to do with you." Mako's hand twitched near the gun she'd snagged back at the base.

He smirked. "Ah feisty as always, and hasty. That was always your problem Mako. You're far too strong-headed for your own good. As you know I shall soon own this world and everything in it. People will bow before me."

Mako snatched the gun and pointed it at him. "BAKEMONO! SHI-NE!"

He laughed cruelly. "Kill me now and I will make sure the girl suffers the same fate." Mako's hand twitched horribly, but she lowered the gun and sagged her head in defeat.

"Good, cooperate and I let her live. Rebel and I shall be forced to take drastic measures." His eyes glinted maliciously. Mako felt a sudden chill and nauseous feeling, and it wasn't from the cold, but from the cold of Treiz's soul.

She followed him into a sparsely kept warehouse.

"I had no idea you'd keep this sort of secret from me, it makes things that much more interesting. I could use her in my conquest." Treiz grinned nastily. Mako felt herself dying to shot the baka right her and now.

She kept her temper in check, however. "This doesn't concern you, now get over it. I made a mistake I'm not too proud of, but that's behind me now."

Treiz snickered. "You'd like to think that, but I believe you are forgetting that she happens to posses half of my genes. I never dreamed you'd be stupid enough to let yourself get knocked up." She snarled and lunged, throwing her small guns aside in the process. She swung with the blunt force of her fist and managed to make Treiz suffer a very nasty looking nosebleed.

"You little whore! I won't let you get away with that!" His eyes blazed and she felt the blood rush in her veins.

"Try it." Mako dared. Treiz swung wildly again and Mako blocked him with a very a swift kick, uppercut, and jab.

"You've gotten better at fighting, I see. Whoever is knocking you up these days must be some hot shot." Treiz taunted.

She growled. "Quit calling me a whore you baka! I came here to make you release Lexi! She's innocent in all this!"

Treiz gave a very evil sort of chuckle. "You think I care? I knew it would be the only way to lure you here!" The two continued their square off until a woman stepped out from the shadows.

"Mr. Treiz, Zechs Marquis is here. He wants your advice." If Lady Unne had intended to say more than she did, she never got around to it, as she spotted Mako she instantly froze. Mako felt herself stiffen at the sight of Treiz's lover. Unne was in fact in on Treiz's plan to draw Mako in from the beginning. Treiz had a suspicion (which had turned out to be false) that Mako might have had something to do with the five main Gundam pilots, and by seducing her he could extract information from her.

He'd found out she was not affiliated, nor had she even met the elusive pilots at that point in her life. Infuriated, he'd revealed how he'd been with Unne, even during the course of their relationship, and thrown her out on her butt. How he'd found out about Lexi was once again through Unne. Unne had known the couple that'd taken in Mako's baby after she gave birth. They were ambassadors between the colonies and Earth, not in the broad sense like Reelena Dorlen, but still ambassadors. Unne's interest had been peaked, and she'd done some digging.

Although the adoption had been closed, she was still able to dig up records, and see that Mako had named Treiz as the baby's biological father. Unne relayed the information to Triez, who in turn used it in his favor. He already knew the inner workings of Mako's mind, and how her personality was designed. He had all the cards in his favor, as he displayed now. Treiz turned around to address Unne. "Tell him I'll be there in just a moment," she turned around and left. Mako wiped off a bit of blood that had flecked onto her arm. "It's useless to struggle unless you want to inflict more pain, before you start throwing more punches you might want to see what you're up against." Treiz smirked nastily and Mako hung her head defeated. She trudged behind the egocentric man, and found herself wishing Duo were there to help her out of this sticky predicament.

Duo meanwhile was trying to locate her, to no avail; she seemed to have disappeared from within his range. He cursed, he wasn't about to risk her being killed by a maniac like Triez. Usagi quietly observed as he jumped off from his Deathscythe mobile suit and started kicking the ground and cursing rather fluently. "The reason you can't find it is because the coordinates have now been taken out of the system. You would have to have been there before to know how to get there," Usagi said in a calm and logical sort of voice.

"Have you been there?" Duo asked with newfound hope in his voice.

"Just once, but I'll come with you. No telling what sort of trouble Mako will throw herself into. But first, you're going to need to explain some things to me."

Duo raised and eyebrow. "What sort of things?"

Usagi had fished out her flying goggles (who happened to have been a gift from Quatre Winner) and went on to tell him "The things you began to ramble about this morning. Tell me who Lexi is and why she's so vital."

Duo licked his lips in a nervous fashion. "I don't think Mako would enjoy the fact I was telling you this."

Usagi finished adjusting her goggles. "I'll have to know, and I'm her friend I need to know these things."

Duo silently admitted defeat. "Hai, I'll tell you, I get the feeling we're in for a long flight as it is. Do Quatre and Trowa know where you're going? They'll be frantic once they find you missing." Duo asked.

"Iie, but they're grown men, they can handle themselves." Usagi said calmly. With that, the pair of them took off after Makoto Kino. Mako rubbed her head, and found congealed blood had situated itself there. Treiz had always played dirty, and today or night whichever the case may be, was no exception. The new lump on her head throbbed violently, and Mako felt her constitution lurch violently. That's when she noticed dried blood around her nose as well. She'd obviously swallowed much blood during the ordeal she couldn't remember. Her eyes slowly recognized the silhouette of the man she'd come to know as evil and conniving.

"What happened?" She growled in a dangerous, no-nonsense voice. Her eyes blazed, and her skin seemed to give off an aura of being extremely ticked off.

"My dear Mako, have you not yet learned any manners?" Treiz smirked.

"What did you do to me? I wake up covered in blood. WHAT DID YOU DO YOU BAKA!" Mako finally screamed out of pure frustration and pent up anger.

Treiz chuckled in his sinister fashion. "If you insist upon knowing Makoto, I tried to put you in this room peacefully. You, being your stubborn self, struggled with me. Unne tried to shove you in, but you two got into a rather nasty catfight. I finally had to hit you over the head to knock you out."

Mako glanced down and noticed the handcuffs on her arms. "You sicko! This was all a plot to lure me in!"

Treiz smirked. "The conquering hero just figured this out, how clever." Lady Unne appeared at the door, closely at her side the masked (currently unmasked man) known as Zechs Marquis. His true identity was that of Miliardo Peacecraft, of the once pacifist rulers the Peacecrafts. His sister Reelena Dorlen (Peacecraft) had been queen for a short time, but had now reverted back to the role as ambassador.

"Mako we meet again. The last time we meet you were half dead. I remember how scared and confused you were, like such a little girl." He was less cruel and more tactful than Treiz, but still every bit as deceitful and scheming.

"Why don't you send in your girlfriend to finish off your dirty work Miliardo?" Mako snorted.

" Baka, I am not Miliardo! I am Zechs!" Miliardo spat.

Mako felt a gleam of triumph in her eye, knowing he hated having his true identity revealed, even in company where it was already known. "Ashamed of who you really are?" Mako dogged back at him.

"I wouldn't smirk if I were you Kino, you're in no position to bargain." Mako's eyes instantly shifted from distaste to fear. Suddenly, Treiz was the one with a glimmer of victory in his eyes. He had a small pink wrapped bundle in his arms that was squirming.

Mako eyed it, and her face paled. "You wouldn't! Don't you dare touch her you baka!" Mako lashed violently against her cuffs, now thinking maybe Duo had a point keeping explosives in his hair. Treiz and Miliardo watched her mildly interested. "Calm yourself Kino, do what we say and we won't harm your little bastard child." Miliardo replied coldly.