Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or Star Wars, that belongs to George Lucas.

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 Three: City Among The Sands

Duo walked. And walked. And walked. And walked. It seemed almost endless. He forgot how far the city was from the scrap yard on foot. He'd been walking for nearly an hour, and everywhere around him, all he could see was sand. Maybe I'm going the wrong way? He looked around, trying to find something, anything, but all he could see was beige sand.

Another hour. He was beginning to lose hope, when he saw a tiny spire in the distance. So I'm not that clueless after all. He thought as he made his way towards it. As he walked, he could see a city materializing in front of him. The city of Mazereth was the primary city on Tanikan, it was also the space port for all departing, and entering freight ships. He walked through the cities gates, and looked around. Whenever he and his Uncle came to Mazereth, they always just went to one or two stops, then left; but now he looked around the huge city, and suddenly wondered, Where should I go? He looked around the city, and spotted a familiar sign.

He entered the bar, and an unfamiliar scent of liquor and smoke filled his senses, and he reeled from it. He had seen this bar on many trips, but was never allowed inside. As he looked around the bar, he saw many species of alien he'd never seen before, he looked around for an empty spot, but only found a table in the corner. He plopped down in the seat and sighed. He checked his pockets, but only had the coin he'd been flipping through the air 3 hours ago, barely enough for one drink, he thought. A waitress came by, and he ordered a beer, handing the woman the coin, she walked off, and came back with a green bottle with writing he couldn't recognize. He sipped his drink in peace, watching everyone come and go, talk and fight.

"First time huh?" Said a voice to his left. The owner of the voice was a woman. Tall, and thin, but her thin frame didn't betray the curves of her body. She had black hair, a little longer than her shoulders, and had one long bang down the right side of her face, and the rest was pulled back in a pony tale. She wore something similar to his attire, but hers was a darker shade of beige. He long sleeved thigh length tunic was tied at her waist by a black belt, and her khaki pants disappeared beneath knee length black boots. Her pretty face smiled at him, her dark brown eyes twinkling. "May I join you?" She asked.

He nodded, and she threw her dark brown cloak into the booth next to her, and he could see that something hung on her hip. He'd only seen that on one person, but he thought that person was long dead.

"Name's Aneide (An-e-eed)." She smiled at him. "Your first time in a bar huh?"

He nodded again. "Is that a-" He began, but she cut him off.

"A light saber?" She grinned. "Yeah it is. Bet you country boys see one in a millennia." She laughed.

"I've seen one, only once though, it belonged to someone, but he's probably dead now." He looked down.

She looked at him, and took a sig of beer. "Aren't you a little young to be in a place like this? What are you? Like 15?"

"No." He said indignantly. "I'm 20."

"Same thing." She laughed.

"Aren't you my age?" He looked at her young features, and tried to guess her age.

"Not even close." Aneide looked around the bar, and judged the distance of the closest eavesdropper. "I'm 41." She grinned.

He blinked. "But you look 20, 21 at the most. Must have been one hell of a surgery."

She laughed. "I age slowly, no surgery. It is perhaps my training that keeps me at this present state, or it might be I'm as young as I feel." She laughed again at the look on his face, she watched as he rolled his eyes at her. "Ok, maybe it's the training." She looked around the bar again. "Look, I'm assuming you've run away from home..."

"How'd you---?" He was about to ask when she cut him off again.

"Because why would a kid your age, be in a place like this on his first day of school?" She spotted someone in the crowd she had been scanning, and made her decision. "Look Duo, since you've run away, and have no place to go, why don't you come along with me? I have a couple errands to run, and it will be nice to have some company." She looked behind her again and saw the person looking around the bar. "But we've gotta go now." She stood, draping her cloak around her, and putting her hood up. He stood with her, and nodded. He followed her though the crowd to the door, when a man approached them.

"Halt." He said as he looked into her face. "You're under arrest."

She looked at him, and pierced him with her eyes. "I believe you're looking for someone else." She lifted her hand just a bit, to hover 4 inches from her face, palm facing him.

"I'm looking for someone else." He said automatically.

"You've made a mistake." She said.

"I've made a mistake." he repeated.

"Move along." She said.

"Move along." He repeated.

She looked at him and smiled, she turned from him and headed towards the door once again. Duo followed close behind her, and caught up to her once they reached the outside.

"How'd you do that? What did you do? And what's going on?" He asked in one breath.

"Later. Now is not the time to discuss such things." She said, finally acting her age. "We need to move, and quickly." She said, running through the crowded streets, the people fanning out to let her pass. Duo running close at her heels. "Something's happened, and we need to hurry." She ran, turning this corner, and that.

"What's happened?" Duo asked, keeping up with her easily.

"No time. When we get there, you'll see." She ran into a small alley and jumped into the passenger seat of the hover ship. "Get in." She said as she threw the keys to the ship at him. "Drive me to your home. We have no time to loose, now do it."

He caught the keys, and looked at her with questioning eyes. But she looked serious, so he did as she asked, he jumped into the driver's seat of the ship, and started the ship. It roared to life, and soon they were jetting through the crowded city, out through the Northern gate, and out into the expansive desert. Neither said anything, Duo wanted to say something that had been bothering him, but decided against it, there would be time for it later, he thought as he passed over a sand dune, then he felt his heart stop.

Over in the distance, a small cloud of smoke was emanating from something. My house... He thought as they neared. Duo felt an eternity pass before he reached the spot where the smoking ruins of his house stood. He jumped out of the ship and ran to the entrance, which was open and smoking. Aneide jumped out of the ship, and looked around, and spotted something that made her look at the boy with the long brown braid and sad eyes.

"Uncle Ben! Aunt Janae!" Duo screamed at the top of his lungs into the open door to the house. "Are you in there!" He hollered. Aneide walked over calmly to him, and placed a quiet hand on his shoulder. Duo turned his head to look into her face, but she was looking past him, in the direction of the garage. There, in a smoking heap, laid two burned corpses, barley recognizable. One was wrapped around the other, as if to protect it, but the damage was too much, and all that was left were two bodies, burned and smoking. Duo fell to his knees, not saying anything, he stared at the spot where his uncle and aunt lay. "Who would do this?" He asked quietly.

Aneide sighed. "It's begun."

"What has?" Duo asked, choking back the sobs.

"The rebellion." She said at length. "I'm sorry." She said quietly, not quite knowing how to comfort the young man she met 2 hours ago. She looked around. "It's not safe to linger here." She said, as she helped him to his feet. "We are not safe, we need to go to a place where we will be."

Duo struggled out of her grip. "We can't just leave them here like this! We have to bury them!" He said as he started to walk towards the bodies.

Aneide sighed in frustration and stretched out her hand, palm facing Duo's back. Immediately he stopped walking. "I told you it's not safe, they may still be here, and I'd rather not have us end up the same way your family did." She said it in a serious tone. She dropped her palm and watched as he turned to look at her. "I'm sorry about your family, I really am. But there's nothing we can do for them without lingering too long, or attracting attention to ourselves if whoever killed them is still around. We have to go."

Duo thought about it, and as much as he hated to admit it, she was right. Duo turned, and gave one last look at his aunt and uncle. After saying a silent prayer for them, he moved to join Aneide, who was sitting in the driver's seat. He got in. And they drove off into the other direction, away from the wreckage, away from the smoke, and away from Duo's life.

To Be Continued...

End Notes: Wow, I'm on a roll! Two chapters in one day! I must be on something! Caffeine actually, but still, that's pretty good right? Next Episode: Who is the mysterious women who is delivering blow after blow to our young Duo? Where is she taking him? What's he going to do now? Stay tuned, and leave a review while you're at it!