Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing... Damn...

Pairings: Of course there will be 1 on 2 on 1, but there maybe some others lurking behind the bend...

Warnings: Shonen Ai. Action. Adventure. Drama.

Author's Warning: This will mark the beginning of a 3 arc story. I have been watching a lot of action films, and I have yet again been inspired. Each arc will contain it's own chapters, but all stories will be interconnected. You'll see in the end what I mean. I have not yet planned out how long this story will be, or how long I have planned to write it, but I thought we would play it by ear. Advanced warnings, I plan to include violence, action, language, and a torment we all know as love. Some of the terms used in the story have been taken from movies, but they will be given their own credit. I have taken some, for example, from Star Wars. Eh... you'll know what I mean.

Note: Finally, I have written again. I was looking through my computer folders and noticed a lot of unfinished fics. Well, that's not going to stop now. Enjoy!

Arc One

Something Lies Beyond The Stars

By Black Dragon62

Chapter Two: Desert Samba

"Duo!" A middle aged woman with brown hair called through the small house. "Duo!" She waited for a reply by tilting her head. "Duo Maxwell, you get down here right now and throw out the garbage! NOW!" She bellowed.

"Alright! Alright! I'm coming!" A young boy, age 20, long brown hair carefully braided, and the brightest violet eyes; ran down the stairs to stop in front of his aunt Janae, who 15 seconds ago, had been screaming her lungs out. "Hi." He said as he smiled in a playful way.

"Don't start with me. It's trash day, you know the drill, take the 10 bags of garbage down to the dump. And absolutely NO messing around young man. Last time you were brought home by the municipal police, and I don't want that again. After you're done at the dump, your uncle Ben wants you to meet him at the scrap yard." She said while turning her back to him and heading over to the fridge.

"Why am I going to meet him there? He knows I have classes tonight." Duo said as he leaned up against the door frame. "And it's going to be the first day, and I'll be damned if the teacher knows I'm a fuck up by the first day." He grinned.

"Yeah..." she sounded unsure of something, she turned her back fully to him.

"Yeah what? What's going on?" He asked. Pushing away from the doorframe and walking over to face her. He hopped up on the kitchen counter and turned on the water for her to wash the vegetables. "What is it?"

She looked down and sighed as she dumped the carrots, lettuce, and cucumbers into the sink. "I wish I didn't have to be the one to tell you this..."

"Tell me what?" Now starting to get a bit alarmed.

She sighed. "Your uncle Ben pulled you out of school." She said it in a tense voice. He looked at her incredulously.

"No... No he couldn't have done that. Why would he do that?" Duo asked, not believing what she was saying.

"Ben wants you around the house more now because he needs an extra pair of hands to work on the droids. And frankly he thinks there is no one on this planet that knows the droids better than you." She looked up at him then, shutting off the water from the sink. "Don't shoot the messenger." She turned and headed back towards the fridge.

"But..." Duo was at a loss for words. He was angry. "How could he do that without asking me first! All of my friends are going to the Academy, if I miss a year I won't be able to catch up to them!" He grunted in frustration. "Who the hell does he think he is! He can't just pull me out of school without my consent first, he's not my father!"

Janae slammed the fridge door shut and turned to glare at him. "You ungrateful prat! How could you say that!" She walked over and punched him hard on the shoulder. "Ben has cared for you for 20 years, and you claim he's not your father? He's been more of a father to you than whoever left you on our doorstep-" She caught herself. She hadn't meant for it to sound that way. When she looked up into his face, she saw that his eyes were wide, and that his lips were parted in shock. "I'm sorry. You know I didn't mean that."

Duo got off the counter. "It's ok."

"No really Duo, I didn't-"

"I have to go to the dump now aunt J. I'll be back by dinner." With that, he walked out of the door, and over to the garage. He flung open the doors and grabbed the hover ship out. As he packed the bags of trash into the back, her voice kept ringing in his head. How could she fucking say that? Like my dad didn't even want me... He grumbled as he heaved the bags like they offended him. After he threw the last black bag in, he jumped into the ship and started the engine, and without looking back, he headed off to the dump.

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"You're late."

"Sorry uncle Ben." Duo said as he got out of the ship.

"Where have you been? You were supposed to be here an hour ago." Ben said as he walked through the scrap yard.

"I was at the dump, I was getting rid of the garbage." Duo said as he looked at the piles of scrap metal and alloy. He glared defiantly into the back of his uncle's head. "When were you going to tell me you pulled me out of the Academy?"

"Right now." Ben said without missing a beat, or without turning to look his nephew in the face. "So your aunt finally told you. I was wondering when she would." He walked over to the omicronian and began to haggle. "I'll give you 20 for that droid." He pointed to a blue unit over on the far side of the yard. "And I'll give you 15 for the G52." He pointed to an android who was offline. The merchant agreed and took the money.

"You should have told me. You shouldn't have even done it without asking me first! Why can't I go to school? I'm going to be behind a year if I go back next year." Duo said as he fiddled with the belt of his beige tunic. He dug into the pocket of his pants and pulled out a coin, and started to flip it in the air.

"I didn't say you would be going back next year." Ben said as he loaded the droid in the back of the hover ship. "I'm going to need you for longer than a year..." He said choosing his words carefully. "I think you're going to just have to give up school all together."

Duo stood there silently still. Glaring a hole into his uncle's back. "Who are you to make that decision for me?" He balled his fists, and they almost disappeared under his long sleeves. "I'm 20 years old! I'm not a child, and you can't control my life! You're ruining it Uncle Ben! I was going to the Academy, in hopes of one day going the Republic, of being successful! Not like you!" Duo spat out with disdain. His uncle turned to look his square in the face. His auborn hair was now longer, and his hazel eyes were older and wiser, the wrinkles on his face made him a handsome older man. But now his jaw was set, his eyes were narrowed, his face was stern, he glared at his nephew with the same anger being thrown at him. "You can't keep me here."

"Get into the ship." Ben said, turning and loading the other droid into the back. "Now."

Duo stared at his uncle in disbelief. "I can't believe you. You can't leave the situation, you can't just ignore it." Duo said, standing his ground.

"Get in. Now." Ben said as he started the ship.

"No." And with that, Duo turned and started to walk away underneath Tanikan's 4 suns.

To Be Continued...

End Notes: In the next episode: Duo meets an unexpected person, friend or foe? And can you guess who it'll be? Probably not. But I hope you enjoyed this short but interesting chapter, leave me a review and let me know what you think!