Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or the characters. Don't bother suing me 'cause I have no money.
A.N. - Thanks to everyone who reviewed! :D Sorry everyone, I didn't mean to take so long to update, but I got stuck, then I went away for the weekend.... There is swearing in this chapter, if you don't like it then don't read it.
Dragongirl85- No need to threaten, I have no intention of giving it up. Lol.
scotty-lass- Thanks. That explanation seemed to fit the best as to why Heero was being OOC.
Lord Aries Greymon- Too bad, I thought of the plot first, it's mine. :P lol. shrugs sheepishly I actually didn't think about any specific types of angel when I wrote this. In fact, I didn't know there were any. I just wanted to give them special abilities, and fire seemed most appropriate for Wufei, given his mobile suit and Dragon clan heritage. As for why Heero's wings are blue: he's so strong and cares so much, though he doesn't show it, I decided to make him the Guardian of Earth (although I wasn't going to mention that 'til later. As for Duo's being black, he's the Angel of Death (as if you couldn't guess) The others may eventually be given a specific purpose, but I haven't figured that out yet. As to whether the wings work, you'll have to wait and see. ;)
Last Chapter:
"Now all we have to do is tell them. Trowa, I assume that you want to tell Catherine on your own. She doesn't really like the rest of us anyways. Quatre, you should probably tell your sisters on your own as well. There's a lot you have to work with them on anyways. I thought that while you two are doing that; Duo, Wufei and I could go tell Howard and talk to Une and the others about working at the Preventers. Then we can all meet again and let the Maguanac Corps know," suggested Heero.
"Good plan," agreed Trowa. Later that day, the group split off to meet with their assigned people.
Chapter 4:
"So how do we start?" asked Duo.
"Start what?" asked Heero. He had yet to get used to Duo's random questions asked seemingly out of nowhere. They were on their way, along with Wufei, to the meeting they had arranged with Hilde, Relena, Zechs, Noin, Sally, Une, and Dorothy.
"Start telling them of course! What did you think I was talking about?"
"Well, considering our original discussion was about fighting styles of the past, you could have been talking about starting a fight," pointed out Wufei logically.
"I suggest we just tell them, and maybe give them a demonstration," cut in Heero, going back to Duo's original question. "It's not something that's going to be easy to accept, no matter how we word it, so we may as well just be blunt. Once they've gotten over their shock, we can discuss with them steps to keep it hidden from the general public."
"That sounds good," agreed Wufei. "I nominate you as our spokesman. You've done a good job explaining this so far." Duo agreed loudly, clapping Heero on the back. Heero sighed inwardly, but had to admit that he was the logical choice to explain it all. At the end of the hallway, they stopped at a large oaken door. Inside the room were the people who he now had to inform about the changes that the Gundam pilots had gone through.
"Oh well," thought Heero before turning the handle and stepping inside. Relena immediately exclaimed joyously upon seeing him, although she seemed to have mostly outgrown her childish crush. Hilde got up to hug Duo, while the others were calmer in their greeting. The hellos finished, Une was the first to remind them of the purpose of the meeting.
"I believe you had something to tell us...?" she asked.
"Yes, that is why we called you all here," Heero replied. "But before I tell you, you have to all agree that nothing that is said here goes beyond this room. If you cannot agree to that, you should leave now." The others looked intrigued and nodded. They were willing to agree not to discuss anything said there after they left. "All right. The reason we asked you here today is because all of the Gundam pilots have been...changed, for lack of a better word."
"Changed how?" Sally interjected, sounding slightly concerned.
"None of us are exactly human anymore. We're angels now, and are immortal. That's the main reason for you being here. Aside from the fact that you're pretty much the closest thing to family any of us have, we're going to need some help covering up the fact that we won't age." At the end of his explanation, there was a stunned silence before everyone exploded into stunned exclamations and questions, too many for Heero to respond to at once. He finally had to resort to glaring at them all until the room was silent once more.
"Thank you," he said calmly. "If you're wondering when this happened, I was changed when I was about five years old. That's when another angel explained all this to me. The others were changed about a week ago, when I was finally allowed to tell them what they were. I don't know why I was told first, but we're supposed to be the protectors of Earth and the colonies, and wherever else humans might happen to go in the future. The Powers that Be chose us because they knew what we would become later in life, and decided that we would be the best ones to stick with the job. Mostly because none of us would ever want the kind of power they'd have to give us to do it properly.
"Boy, you guys get stuck with all the shitty jobs, don't you?" commented Noin. Heero laughed at that.
"That's because we're the only ones crazy enough to do them," he responded. Most of the others just stared and wondered inwardly when exactly Heero had developed a sense of humour. Duo read their looks of disbelief accurately and decided to join the conversation.
"Oi, Heero, don't you think you've shocked them enough for the day? I think the part about how we're angels was enough, you don't need to show off your personality change as well. I mean, I was shocked as hell when I woke up cuddling your arm and you didn't kill me."
"I would never have killed you, Duo. Just pounded on you for a bit. After all, you were important to the mission. Besides, I think they can handle the shock. They haven't even seen our wings yet."
"You have wings!" yelled the majority of the room.
"Well duh! We're angels, aren't we? Doesn't that normally imply that we have wings?" answered Duo; who, ever the exhibitionist, promptly removed his shirt and made his wings appear. Heero and Wufei exchanged glances, shrugged, and copied him. The reaction to that was mixed. Une, Zechs, and Noin looked bemused; Sally looked like she wanted to study them; and Dorothy, Relena, and Hilde walked over to feel the feathers.
A.N. - Sorry for ending there, but it's late and I wanted to stop while what I was writing was still coherent. I'll get another chapter up as soon as possible, but no promises as to how soon that will be.