Ch.3 The Test

"...Hey, did you finish that lady's car yet?" asked an overweight man about the age of 42.Chad Rodds was his name. Chad had a hat on his head and dirty jeans and a t-shirt. He stood against the wall with the air in his face and a greasy rag in his back pocket.

"Yep, almost." grunted the god of death, Duo Maxwell otherwise known as,Daniel Simmons. "Just... Gotta..."Daniel grunted between breaths. "Finish... Putting on this... part... Ugh, finally!"

Daniel put up his toolbox and began to wash his hands from the grease of the car and the tools. Jay Automotive was where Duo worked as Daniel Simmons, Master Mechanic. He manuevered around the back of the shop from his work station to the coke machine and kicked it on the side. A coca-cola came out.

"Chad, want one?

"I'm good. Well, I'm gonna head on out home." Chad grabbed his coat and began to head out the exit. "Hey, you still need a ride home?"

"No thanks, man.A friend of mine is picking me up tonight."

"Oh. okay."

"Yeah..."

"Hehe. Take care Daniel."

"See yah."

Chad walked out and and shut the door.

Duo locked all the doors and turned off all the lights."Where is Trowa?"

Not but 3 seconds later, a car pulls up.

"Hey Trowa! Old buddy, ol'pal. How ya' been? How's Catherine?

"She's fine. I'm fine. Get in the car. We don't have time to waste."

Duo walked over to the passenger side of the Honda Accord and opened the passenger door.

"So, where are we meeting the others and Dr. Sid?" Duo asked shutting the door.

Trowa then started the car and sped off onto the main road."Wufeiismeeting us at theold basewith Dr. Sid.

"What about-"

"Quatra isplanning to do something with Relena."

"Like what?"

"Dunno. But, after meeting with Dr. Sid, you have to head back to America. Quatra is going to show Relena the thing your working on, you have to be there."

"Hmm... okay. What about Heero?"

"Take a wild guess."

"Not coming?"

"Nope. Guess again."

"He's coming?"

"Good Guess." said a deep voice from the backseat.

"Heero!" asked an astonished Duo. "What made you decide to come down to meet Dr. Sid?"

"I don't know."

"We're here." Trowa said parking the car.

Heero, Duo and Trowa got out of the car and walked over to the entrance.

"The scanner reads only one person at a time only allowing one to enter." Trowa said as he walked over to the hand print scanner on the side of the metal building. "I'll go first."

Trowa put his hand on the scanner and it allowed him to walk into the door.

The door slammed shut.

Duo then walked up and went in after scanning as did Heero.

After they were all in, they stepped on an elevator and pushed the down button.

"What took you so long?" said Dr. Sid as they stepped out of the elevator.

"I had trouble getting the car." said Trowa as he made his way closer to Dr. Sid.

"I see. Quatra come on out of the scanner room."

"Quatra...?" Duo said as Quatra emerged from the scanner room with nothing but a pants on.

"I thought you weren't coming?" asked Trowa.

"I had to make a pit stop here before heading over to Relena's."

"Your shirt is on the chair." said Dr. Sid. "Your Jacket is on the coat hanger with your hat.

"Thanks." replied Quatra, who surprisingly was a whole lot more muscular than everyone thought.

"Now, for you late arrivals, I'll explain once again why your hear and what you are going to be doing."

In short, Dr. Sid said that He was performing a last test for a Mobile Suit that he had kept hidden. It was called the Outlaw Prime. This experimentation project was meddled with to find a use of actually being able to use the minds of pilots as the Main Computer or Brain for the Mobile suits so that wars could be fought by robots and not machines.

"You all are the best pilots known to the project." Dr. Sid said hoping they all would agree to be scanned.

"Why do we have to take our shirts off?" asked Duo.

"When you fight every muschle from your waist up is used in combat. That's also how I want the mobile suit to be controlled. Scanning your whole body would be a waste, unless we had dolls where they were controlled by your whole body. Besides, your shirts make it harder for me to focus on the inner parts of your bodyI must focus on."

"Huh. Is that so..." said Duo to himself.

"Who would like to go?" asked Dr. Sid to the 4 standing before him.

" I will." said Wufei.

"Doc., can I see the results from the last scan?" asked Heero.

"Sure, go through that door. Quatra should be in there."

"This is strange..." Quatra mumbled to himself as music played in the background

"What is?" asked Heero who had now shut the door, noticing Quatra was fully dressed with his black shirt. Cobalt coat with a black beanie for his hat with a single horizantal line circling the hat. Heero was wearing jeans witha navy blue shirt with a thin black jacket under his jean jacket with the black hood hanging over the collar.

"Nothing. So what have you been doing the last 4 years?"

"Nothing, but be inconspicuous."

"And?"

"That's all."

"Did you buy a cabin?"

"What?"

"You seem like the guy who would want a cabin..."

"Hn."

"So did you?"

"Yeah. What was the scanning process like?"

"It was okay. You go into a dark room and your supposed to stand in the middle. Then laser will measure how tall you areand how far your waste line is. Then, a wave hits you from all sides from your waste up. What's weird is that you'll see illusions."

"Illusions of what?"

"Whatever you've recently been thinking about or just your memories."

"Hn."

"Relena is going to have to be scanned to. So will Milliardo, Noin,... Everyone who has had an encounter with the Gundams or any mobile dolls that Dr. Sid. has had contact with. It's easier for him than taking in random people."

"What does he need people who have never controlled a Gundam for?"

"Test subjects to see what the reaction of people encountering our minds in the Gundams will be. That's actually part of the plan for Relena."

"What plan?"

"I'm taking Relena to a couple of places. First to America, then at this base then, my house."

"You guys got a thing goin' on?" asked one of Dr. Sid's helpers. Her name was TinaHolms who knew Quatra.

"Hehe, well I--"

The door suddenly opened and in popped Duo. "Heero, it's your turn. Wufei, Trowa and I will wait for you in the car." Then Duo shut the door.

Heero, then walked over to the room and took off his two jackets and his shirt.

" Go on ahead, Heero. Remember that you will see illusions that may or may not have happened." Dr. Sid said as Heero walked into the room.

"Ready." said Heero in his monotone voice.

Suddenly he felt a Laser measure him from the side. "Height: 5'11 Laser Wave Process Initiated." a computer voice said from a speaker.

Suddenly Heero felt pain from every side in his body and tried with every once of strenght in body to not move. Illusions began to play from his mind, it was so strange.

"Heero!" a voice yelled.

It was Relena. She was walking towards him. Their stomachs were only few inches apart. Then, he saw a man with bleachy blonde hair behind her. He saw this man on T.V. who was known as Senator Nurav. "Mine." The senator yelled. Then reached for Relena who retreated to Nurav's side. Nurav was holding a knife in his hand. Then, it went over to just flower laying on the ground, red roses.Then over to the little girl with the dog.

Then it went back to Libra. Relena and Heero were physically so close. Then it went to the extreme battles where Heero was busting his butt. The battlefield was displayed. Then in his Gundam's hands was Relena's body limp and in a space suit. her helmet cracked. Then it went back to his enviroment to where he lived. He saw Quatra and all the other Gundam Pilots. Then he remembered learning all that he knew. A variation of combat skills from all roots of any kind of combat in the world, being insulted and called names, being pushed harder and harder every day in his training from when he was younger. "...Live life by your emotions..." rang in his head then the scanning was over.

"Okay you can come out now."

Heero stepped out of the room a little hazed. Relena seemed so real and at the sight of her in his personal space did something to his well being.

He stepped out and put on his shirt over his extremely muscular figurie and then put on his jackets.

"Where is Quatra?" asked Heero to the people in the car.

"He went over to Relena's." Trowa anwsered. "Where do I need to drop you off, Heero?"

"I don't really have any place."

"Well, Heero ol' buddy, you can have the honor of staying with me." said Duo.

"Thanks."

"So, I'll drop you two off at Duo's then I'll take Wufei to the airport."

Heero, instantly began to sleep. Wufei tried to do the same. Duo kept talking to Trowa giving him the directions. The the rest of the ride was silent.