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Chap. 2

"Hang on everyone. Emergency landing."

The people on the shuttle hung on to dear life as the pilot desperately maneuvered the ship toward land. Pulling the stick, the ship's nose jerked upward as they slid on the ground. Trees were mowed down as the ship crashed and it finally stopped and came to a silent halt.

Relena stood up slowly. She was a little banged up and scratched in several areas, but she was fine. She then remembered what happened on the shuttle. Shaking. Explosions, Father being hit...Oh god, father! Frantically, she began to look around the area, looking for her father. Turning to the side, she saw her father, unconscious and bleeding from his forehead.

"Father! Father! Huh?"

Looking over to the side, she saw a young man unconscious on the ground. Relena looked at him strangely and moved over to him. I...should help him. Relena knelt down to the boy and shook some of the debris off of him. It was then that she saw that he had no clothes on him at all. She backed away a bit and shook her head. What are you doing? So what if he has no clothes, he might be hurt. Reluctantly, Relena shook him a bit. Suddenly, his eye snapped open and he stood up. Relena was a bit shocked, but only by the fact that he was totally unharmed, without a scratch.

"Damn, I've been seen."

Relena was still in shock, but managed to regain some speech. "You should remain still. You may have internal injuries."

The boy looked at her briefly before another sound came

"Emergency crews 5 and 6 go that way. The rest will check inside."

Relena turned her head. Oh good, help is here. She moved back to her father and spoke, "Don't worry. Help is..."

The young boy had disappeared into thin air. Relena looked confused as the medical crews found her and her father. They loaded him in an ambulance and drove off with Relena inside with them. As they drove, Relena thought about her encounter with the mysterious young man.

"Hi. My name is Relena Dorlian. What's yours?" she whispered to herself.

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Spaceport...

A tall woman stood awaiting the arrival of a group of people. According to the report, she was awaiting five young men. Great. Just what we need, more men. She looked back at her sheet and their ID's. All of them would be around her age and were from various colonies. She brushed away her reddish-pink hair. Colonies L1 to L5. She looked up and saw four of the boys coming toward her. Instantly, she regarded them. The first one had brown hair tied up in an extremely long braid. Why is he dressed like a priest? The second was blond with young boyish features. The next one had spiky hair covering one of his eyes. Hmm. Those eyes... The last had braided hair like the first, but nowhere near as long. Hmm. Chinese descent. The four of them came up to the young woman.

"Duo Maxwell."

"Yeah, that's me."

"Trowa Barton."

The boy simply raised his hand.

"Quatre Raberba Winner."

"That's me."

"Chang Wufei."

"Here."

The woman looked them over, "There was supposed to be another one. A Heero Yuy?"

The four shook their heads and the woman growled.

"I don't have time for latecomers." She then calmed down, "I am Natasha Pablochiva. I will escort you to the Space Knight Command center. Come with me."

The five of them walked over to their transport and drove off. As they did, she watched them. Wufei and Trowa were quiet in their seat and Quatre was a little talkative, but quiet as well. It was Duo. He just kept talking on and on. Doesn't he know when to stop?

"Don't you know when to stop?"

The question came from Wufei, who had a slight scowl on his face. Natasha smirked inside.

Duo turned to him, "Well, look who decided to come alive. I was beginning to think you were mute or something."

Wufei growled, "I just have better things to do with my breath besides waste it on useless chatter."

Duo grinned, "Are you sure? You seem to be doing fine with it."

Wufei was enraged, but Quatre intervened, "Please, enough. These no need for that. We're supposed to be working together, right?"

Wufei calmed down and closed his eyes while Duo simply shrugged and looked out the window. Natasha watched the entire scene.

Hmm. A jokester, a fighter, a peacemaker, and the quiet one. Talk about diverse.

Space Knight Command center.

The four youngsters were taken to the command room. There, they met up with the other Space Knights. One was another girl, with orange hair, who looked younger than the rest of them and seemed always cheery. Next to her was a young boy with brown hair and puppy-dog eyes. Next were a tall man and tall woman standing next to Natasha. Up front was a blond haired teen with boyish features similar to Quatre, but more rugged. Finally, in the back was a green haired boy whose features made him look feminine. If not for his general build and the way he held himself, he could be easily mistaken for a girl. The Knights chatted among themselves before they the four of them came in. The little orange haired youth came up to them and extended her hand.

"Welcome to be Space Knights. My name is Yumi Fracious. Pleased to meet you." she smiled.

Duo quickly took the girl's hand, "Wow, another pretty girl. I think I'm going to like it here."

Yumi blushed and then shook Quatre's hand. Quatre shook it, "Nice to be here." Yumi then shook Trowa's hand, who stayed silent throughout the exchange. When she went to Wufei, he just gave her a glance and she backed away.

"Oh, I should introduce the others. You already met Natasha." She then indicated to the brown haired boy. "And this is Hayato."

"Hi. Nice to meet you."

"And those two are Anita and Goliate." She pointed to the tall man and woman. Next she directed her attention to the blond haired teen

"Over there is David."

David walked over to them and smiled, "Great. Now I won't feel outnumbered anymore, eh Natasha."

Natasha just gave a scowl and looked away.

"And that guy over there is Dead. He doesn't talk too much though."

The dark boy simply glanced in their direction and looked away again. It was then that a woman walked into the command room. She had long green hair and eyes. As soon as she entered, all of the space Knight assembled and saluted. She nodded to them and sat down and they put their arms down.

"Space Knights, these are our newest members. They've been trained in the colonies and have decided to join up here with us. Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Quatre Winner and Chang Wufei, will be instructed as to how things go on around here. With their help, we will be able to fight the Radham better. Any questions?"

Natasha stepped forward, "Just one. I was supposed to pick up five, but only four arrived. What happened to the fifth?"

Aki folded her arms, "The fifth one had an accident on the way here. A group of Radham attacked and his shuttle was damaged. The person himself is alright though and had to come here by a different route."

It was then that the door beside them open and in walked another young man, with unruly brown hair, similar to Quatre's and cold, blue eye.

"My name's Heero Yuy. It's a pleasure."