Gundam Wing:

The BattleCry Of

OZYKA

The Long Journey Home

Within A Wormhole On The Thunderhead

Wufei had finally done it. He had escaped the engagement zone of the Prometheus. Sadly though, he left with a heavy heart. He left behind his best friend, Nataku. Even though he couldn't save him, he still blamed himself for not trying. Suddenly, he heard a thump in the shuttle, and snapped out of his dream. He placed his hands over his head and started to sigh heavily. He brushed his hands through his hair several times as he started to daydream once again. Suddenly, he heard the elevator's bell ringing, so he jumped out of the cockpit and hopped on the top of his gundam.

The elevator door opened and a woman came out. She was very beautiful and had a cheerful face. She was about five feet tall; blond, clear skinned, hazel eyes, and had the typical shape of the average woman. She sighed to herself and made her way to the gundam. She knocked on the cockpit and started asking if anyone was there. As she heard no answer, she started knocking even harder on the gundam.

"Hey lady, are you trying to create dents on my gundam?" Wufei shouted horribly at her.

The lady was startled and jumped at the tone of his voice. As she caught her balance to the shock, she answered "What is your problem! Why didn't you answer me? You scared me half to d…."

"Look, would you just stop shouting. Man, you're worse than Relena," Wufei interpreted as he jumped off the gundam.

"How dare you say that about Ms. Peacecraft, are you mad? You barely even know her and you're disrespecting her like that!" the lady yelled.

As she finished her sentence, Wufei placed his hand over her mouth. She tried talking, but it was no use.

Wufei slightly lifted his hand and asked her, "Can you stop yelling? Now, what's your name?" he asked kindly.

She was speechless for a while but answered and said, "My name is Major Elizabeth Carter and I was sent here to tell you we're twelve minutes away, now," she politely said. The major looked deeply into his eyes and said, "You look familiar, like I've seen you before. What's your name?" she asked amazingly.

Wufei just looked at her and laughed. He knew exactly who she was. He sighed, told her his name, and wondered if she remembered him.

"Wufei?" the major asked, "Wufei, is it really you? I can't believe it! It's really you!" she said crying happily.

Sadly though, as she finished her sentence, they felt a series of thumps on the shuttle and a big bang with a boom! The shuttle was suddenly shaking uncontrollably. Everything was shifting violently throughout the craft. Wufei managed to secure the major and himself inside his gundam. The violent shaking lasted for about three and a half minutes, when they came to an abrupt stop. Wufei then opened the cockpit with the major and exited the gundam. They ran to the elevator and made their way to the bridge of the shuttle to find out what happened. As they opened the door to the bridge, the captain and his aids were trying their best to stabilize to shuttle. It had received extensive damage to the hull three of the five engines were damaged beyond repair. It took the captains and his aids a while until they finally gave up. They were now stranded in space, drifting to nowhere.

Wufei suddenly got up and asked, "So, what are we going to do now?"

The captain just looked at him and shrugged his shoulders. He finally answered and said, "Well, all we can do is wait. We're in the Cyfurius Galaxy, so we are about 3,029,943,588 miles away from the nearest planet. Also…."

Wufei then had an idea and interrupted the captain as he was speaking, "Wait a minute, you said that there should be a planet in this sector right?"

"Yes," the captain replied.

"Well, can't I use the gundam and tow us there?" Wufei asked curiously.

"Didn't you just hear me say it is about 3,029,943,588 miles away from our current position!" the captain replied. "It would take us about seven thousand three hundred hours to get there without the prime vector engine- light speed," he said again.

"I know but…" Wufei said as he was interrupted.

"Well, if you know, why are you even asking!" the captain argued on and on. "Look kid, thanks for the offer but…"

"Would you shut up!" Wufei yelled abruptly at the captain. "I'm trying to make a plan here and you are just interrupting me with your stupid comments. Now, I have a plan that could probably rescue us from this situation," Wufei continued. "So, its either you listen to me or go find useful to do, alright?" he shouted with authority.

The captain was speechless. No one had ever stood up to him like Wufei did. It took him awhile to actually open his mouth. Meanwhile Wufei was creating the plan. Even though the captain was present, his mind was not.

As Wufei was wrapping up his plan to the rest of the crew, the captain said to Wufei, "This plan of yours, it's not going to work," he said lifelessly.

"What do you mean? This plan is flawless," Wufei answered back.

"No, it is," the captain answered back. "There is a very fatal flaw in your plan," he continued. "You see, the planet in your plan is a death trap to unsuspecting victims," he said as he started to erase the planet from the plan.

Wufei and other crew members were all baffled by the captain's response. They couldn't figure out why he said that. Finally, Wufei asked the captain what meant. The captain just sighed and stood up. He paced the cockpit for about a minute and finally decided to tell them why.

"Well the reason why is because…" he paused for a second, looked up, and kissed the cross around his neck. Then, once more he paced up and down until he was finally ready to talk.