Rage Of Hope Part Two

The first thing I did when I woke up was try to open my eyes, which was a big mistake. The light in the room nearly blinded me. My head felt like it was ready to explode any second. I tried to move my head to look around which I found out was another mistake. Pain ripped through my body. "Anyone get the number of the truck that hit me." I mumbled and I heard a soft laugh of someone to the right of me and of course the sound of Herro typing at his keyboard, now I know I was back in our dorm room. "How long have I been out?" I asked rubbing the back of my head that was wrapped tightly with bandage. "Three days." I heard Trowa reply. My eyes were still fuzzy but they were slowly coming back into view. "You were lucky, a couple broken ribs, some small minor cuts and bruises, and that bump on your head. You'll be fine in a couple of days, the pilot could have killed you." Duo said from the bed above me. "But we found you just in time. We didn't know if you were going to make it there for a few days Quatre, but I think Trowa was more worried then the rest of us." I looked over at Trowa who stood near the door watching me. His left arm was bandage up, which kind of surprised me. Like Herro, Trowa always tried to be the perfect soldier and it surprised me that Trowa let them fix him up

I tried to remember what happened that night but nothing came to mind of how I got back here, the last thing I remember was hit against the rock and blacking out.

"How did I get here?" I asked pulling my legs over the side of the bed and sat up. "we were coming back from town and I happened to have the window down. We heard gunshot and then a scream, so we came to she what was going on. We found you face down in the mud, Trowa knocked out cold against a tree and him holding a gun to you." Duo explained he had jumped down from the bed now and stood in front of me as he spoke, then when he was done he moved out of the way showing the pilot who had attacked Trowa and I standing against a far wall near the bathroom. He still wore the space suit so we couldn't see his face, the others had tried to bandage his arm where he had gotten shot as well as his injures from the crash. I jumped up out of the bed but lost my footing and fall back onto the bed. "That guy tried to kill Trowa and I and you let him in here!" I said angrily standing again gripping the bedpost to stay standing. The pilot crossed his arms over his chest now. "This is another Gundam pilot Dr. Pendragon's student." I heard Wufie say from his bed next to mine. He was sitting on the edge sharping his sword. I heard of Dr. Pendragon he like the other men who built the Gundams had been tricked into operation Meteor and had no interest in killing millions of people. He had gone into hiding to finish his Gundam and no one has seen him in years. Most thought he was dead but he had must have got away and hide on Earth, All this time and must have just finished his Gundam. I had saw on the new just a few days ago that he had been killed by Oz soldier.

As I was deep in thought the pilot had dropped his arms stepping away from the wall and pulled her helmet off. It was a women underneath! She was no older then me, with shoulder long brown hair that fall down her shoulders and deep blue eyes. I heard Trowa mumbling that he couldn't belive he got beat by a women. Duo of course bursted out laughing, Herro just looked up at her a moment nodding and went back to typing. Wufie had stood to put his sword away under his mattress and had his back to her, but when Duo started laughing he turned to look what was going on. "You got beat by a women, you are weak." He mumbled under his breath. The girl must have heard this and walked over to him grabbing him by the neck lifting him up above her head chocking him. "What was that about women being weak, you sexist pig." she yelled at him, she shook her head and let him go he fell to the ground at her feet. He looked up at her giving her a dirty look. "Those who think women are weak are really weak themselves." she turned back to me. "I wish to apologize for attacking you earlier, I didn't know you were a Gundam pilot and I was trying to protect Hope." She said taking a step towards me.
Who's Hope?" Duo asked. She stopped looking over at Duo. "Hope is my Gundam, well her real name is Rage Of Hope but I call her Hope for short." The girl answered looking back at me.

"Don't I know you from somewhere?" Trowa asked going to her walking around her. "I don't think so, I don't think we've ever meet." She smiled softly.

"Thats it! Your Lt. Lilly Dayton of Oz. I saw you on the news last year, then you went missing."

"Yeah, well I was undercover in Oz and that was the name I used in the army. My name is Serenity Pendragon. Serena for short" I had sat down by now and I had tried to stand again but I fell back again, Serena reached out and caught me. She helped me back into the bed.
You need to rest now." She looked into my eyes. Her suit felt rough on my bare skin. I didn't want to sleep, I wanted to get up and do something anything. "I don't want to sleep" I whined like a little kid, or at least like Duo in the morning. I tried to get up again but Serena wouldn't let me. After trying to get up a few more times she grow tired of holding me down and she crawled onto the bed straddling me holding my arms down. Then she did something that caught is all by surprise, she leaned down kissing me on the lips. At first I was shocked bit I found myself returning the kiss. MI could hear the others coughing loudly.I wondered what they face looked like? After a min or two she pulled away. "There you better now?" she asked softly. I wanted to say no then maybe she would kiss me again, her kisses were so soft and wonderful. I found myself shaking my head yes. She got off me and smiled to the others. "Then get some sleep, I'm going to go get in the shower." She turned to walk towards the bathroom. As she pasted Duo, he grinned from ear to ear. "I cant sleep either, can I have ha kiss too?" He joked laughing now. Serena stopped turning to him. She came inches to his face. Then when you thought she was going to kiss Duo, she pulled his braid hard and kicked him between the legs. Duo moaned falling to the ground. She smiled and walked to the bathroom shutting the door behind her. Trowa laughed, I never heard Trowa laughing like that, it was so happy and lighthearted. "She's going to fit in real well here." He laughed patting Duo on the shoulder as he laid on the ground. I closed my eyes and drifted to sleep.

I woke up hearing laughing. I opened my eyes looked over to see Serena standing near the desk as Herro typed. She was laughing and joking, but he never even creaked a smiled. I got up weakly walking toward them. She stopped laughing and turned to me."You're awake good, how do you feel...Quatre right?"

"Yea, and I'm fine thanks." I answered. Serena was now wearing a school uniform of a dark skirt and a white button up top with a tie. "Heero is getting me into this school." she said looking over Heero's shoulder at the computer. He hit a button on his laptop, it beeped at him "Transfer of Serenity Pendragon complete." Herro turned and went back to typing. "Thank Herro, I'm going to see what repair I can do to Hope." I walked to beside her. "I'll come with you."

We got to a small bay set up far form the school, in the tree and underground. Inside the pieces of Hope laid around on the floor. She picked up a small computer that was hooked right into Hopes main computer and started working. She sat on the chest typing when i limped over to the Gundam. My leg still hurt from before. "Hope should be up and running soon...I hope." I have to run a check on all the systems." she said not looking up from the computer. I looked over at the other five Gundams standing on the other side of the underground hanger. Sandrock sat last in the line of Gundams, we had some great adventure together me and Sandrock and I had to rebuild him more then a few time trying to be as good a soldier as Herro and the others. A beeping sound pulled Serena out of her work. She put the computer down and climbed into the small cockpit. She was laying on her back looking up trying to do some wires when I got there. She pulled a small panel down and looked at a small screen typing a few code into it. Then I saw it. A small picture stuck between the screen and the panel. It was of a older man and women who was holding two small newborn babies wrapped in a pink blanket and a boy around ten or so. The man had a grey beard and graying brown hair. The women had long brownish red hair and blue eyes. The young boy had short blond eyes and blue eyes. He know that boy from somewhere but he couldn't put his finger on where he had seen him.

"There my family." Serena said still working. "well at least I think their my family. Dr. Pendragon found me as a baby all I had was this picture and no answers."

We did have something in common. A beeping turned Serena's head. "Dammit" She mumbled hitting the edge of the panel with her palm. She looked up at me. "The power coupling are total gone, it means I'll have to go into town to get some new ones." My stomach growled. I hadn't eat anything since the Gundam crashed. Serena jumped off the Gundam and wiping the grease hands on a old rag. "There's not much I can do till I can get into town. I smiled and jumped down beside here, my leg was feeling a little better. 'Then lets eat."

We came into the large lunch room where the students were starting to full. We went through the line and sat down at down at the table were Wufie was already seating he looked up at us then went back to sipping his sweet tea. I could smell it from across the room. I sat down beside Wufie and Serena sat across from me Duo and Herro were in class Trowa was out seeing family or in other words on a mission and wouldn't be back for a few days. I watched Wufie for a second. he had only a small bowl of rice, That about all the Chinese pilot ever ate. I looked down at my tray that was full to the rim with food.

I started pigging down on huge plate on a sunny yellow scrambled eggs. Hey I was hunger I couldn't help if I was eating like Duo. Neither Wufie or Serena spoke or even look up. Wufie ate his rice and Serena drank her coffee and was working on her second. She lend over the table to Wufie. "I have to get into town soon." she stopped as two boys walked by. Serena smiled as one winked at her as they went by. Before she could look back at Wufie the bell for class rang and the lunch room empty. Serena was in my fourth hour class. When she walked in her hands full with books and papers. The teacher stopped talking and watched her coming in. Serena dug around found a small paper and handed it to the teacher. "Class this Miss Serenity Pendragon, she just transferred here." The teacher said to the class then she turned back to Serena. "Why don't you take a seat between Mr. Yuy and Mr. Winner in the back." She pointed to Herro who sat across from me a empty desk between us. This was the only class that all six pilots were in together. Herro sat near the window with Serena next to me. Wufie and Trowa would sit when he got back was near the front and Duo sat in the front seat where the teacher could keep a eye on him. Serena sat next to me and the teacher turned to write something on the board. The teacher was a short women with graying black hair and thick rimmed glasses. When her back was turned Serena kicked me hard in the leg. I looked at her and she smiled at me and looked back down at her book. Herro watched and shook his head.

Serena never came to dinner that night. She wasn't in the gym where she usual was. I decide to check our room first before I send out a search party. When I came into the room I saw it was complete empty, but the sliding door laid open and Serena sat on the wall that went around the edge of the balcony. She was no longer in the school uniform but a white sleeveless top and jeans. She didn't even look up when I entered the balcony but called "Hey Quatre come join me." She was sitting there her legs over the edge smoking. I walked out and leaned against the wall. Serena fished out a carton of cigarettes out her pocket and throw one at me. At first I didn't know what to do do with it then I saw that she was offering me one. I took the container and pulled out the last cigarette out. Then I throw the empty container over the balcony into the sea. Serena pulled a lighter and lit it. This was the first time I had ever smoked, I was hoping even praying that I wasn't cough, but I did. Serena looked over at me and laughed. "This is the first time you ever smoked isn't is Quatre?" She jumped down back onto the balcony and walked to me. I didn't know what to say so I just smiled shyly and mumbled. "Aa"

She laughed loudly. "Innocent little Quatre, I bet your a daddies boy." I stopped smiling. She seemed to read my mind and stopped laughing. "Oh Quatre, I'm sorry. I had no idea, when did he..."

"A few years ago." I mumbled. I Turned to look over the balcony to the beautiful sea. The sun was setting over the water casting it in many colors. Serena wrapped her arms around my hips. I turned and came inches from her face. I found myself staring into her beautiful blue eyes. I felt a connecting with her. I never felt this way towards anyone before. She took my cigarette and throw both mine and hers into the sea, then looked back at me. "Let me make it up to you." She said looking deeper into my eyes. She leaned closer to me and kissed me on the lips much harder then the last kiss. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her body close to mine. I let my hands drift up and down her body as we kissed. Someone coughed loudly behind us. Serena pulled away from me and looked to see Relena Peacecraft stood at the doorway dressed in her little man looking uniform, her hair pulled into a braid. Heero and Duo stood behind her. Duo broke out laughing but Herro didn't even laugh just gave Serena a dead stare. "Oh Miss Peacecraft, I must say it is a honor to finally meet you." Serena bowed slightly and smiled. Relena smiled back only for a second. I thought only for a second that Relena remember Serena from somewhere. "So your the sixth Gundam pilot, I honestly never thought it would be a women." Relena said trying to be polite.

"My name is Serenity Pendragon but my friends call me Serena for short ma'am"

"Please call me Relena"

Serena smiled softly and all teens stepped back into the room. "Heero, I have to go to some peace talk with a few Oz officers and I have a really bad feeling about them, I was wondering if there was anyway you could come with me, as backup just in case." Heero shook his head no"

"Sorry Relena but Heero, myself, Quatre and Wufie have a mission to go on."Duo answered for Herro. Relena turned to Serena. "Hey I don't have anything to do, I'll go with you Miss Relena, we can get to get to know each other better."The three of use stepped into the hallway of the school and stared towards the exit. I stopped a few feet from the room. Something wasn't right. Something bad was going to happen to Serena I could feel it. Duo stooped turning to me. "Why don't you guys go on without me this time, I think I better stay here." They didn't argue with me and left on there way. I stepped back into the room, Relena sat on the bed reading a thick black book. She looked over at me when I shut the door behind me. She pointed to the shut bathroom door. "She's in the bathroom changing., you forget to kiss her goodbye. She joked. This was the first time I ever heard her creak a joke like that. "No, I think I'll come with you, the more the merrier right? I walked over to the closet and pulled out my tuxedo. Relena was going to say something when the door opened and Serena came into the room. She was beautiful in a thin sliver dress with a single thick strap that went up her right shoulder. Her hair pulled into a loose bun. "Wow" I thought.

It didn't take me long to change, then we made are way down the hall to the meeting room where Relena was going to meet the Oz officers. When we got there we were stopped at the two large wooden doors. There where two armed men in Oz uniforms. "Princess Peacecraft, Lt Thompson are waiting for you inside." one said opening the door for her. She went in, the guards stopped Serena and me from going in. "it's OK, there my bodyguards." Relena said coming back to the doorway. Both guards laughed at that. "A women and a boy." The other officer said he watched in horror as Serena walked over to his partner and picked him up by the throat. He was three times her age and twice as much as her. Serena sat the guard down softly. He smiled straight her dress her heels clicked on the wood as she walked past him. I smiled and rolled my shoulder at him. The door lead into a inter hallway that had door leading to several rooms. We walked through a glass sliding glass door leading to a large balcony about forty feet off the ground where a large table was set up for the meeting. I looked around and saw we were only a few feet away from the underground hanger. I could see that Serena nervine about where they were. There sitting at the table was a handsome man in his thirty in a Oz uniform. He had long brown hair pulled into a ponytail and grey blue eyes. Relena sat down across the table from him. I stood on one side of her and Serena stood on the other. "Princess Relena I must say the New Sank Kingdom has become very lovely." Thompson said pulling a white and pink flower from the tree that hung above the balcony and smelled it. I had to agree with the man there, The Sank Kingdom and the land around it had grown from the ashes. The officer sat the flower on the table, and he pulled gun from his holster. "Its to bad its going to be destroyed again." The other officer who had been standing outside the door seemed to appear out of no where holding their guns at the middle of our backs. "Relena jumped up from her seat. "You can't we are a peaceful land you can't, you came here in peace." Relena yelled.

"I lied, rumor is that a Gundam crashed near here. All we want is the Gundam." Serena stepped in front of Thompson giving him a cold stare the gun pointed at her chest but she didn't even flinch. "Lt. Dayton." The officer said surprised to see her here. "Not anymore." Serena mumbled. The other man came up behind behind her trying to grab her arm but she pulled him over her shoulder. Then she grabbed the gun and jumped off the balcony. The other officers shot at her but Thompson stopped him. and looked over the edge. The only thing down there were bushes where she could landed but even then the fall would of killed her. Thompson turned back to Relena. He walked over to her and grabbed her wrist tightly holding it tight enough to have her cry out slightly . "Your friend is dead and you will be too if you don't tell me where the Gundam is right now." Relena didn't say anything. Tho mason raised his pistol holding it to Relena's head but a noise turned his head. Out of the bushes Rage of Hope came out of the tree and came towards the balcony. "Serena NO!"Relena screamed in fear. "A Gundam good, I think your still useful for now." He said a smiled yanking Relena in front of him holding the gun to her head and pushed her towards the edge of balcony where the Gundam was. I wanted to help but the other soldier was holding the gun to my back. The Gundam stopped and looked at Thompson. "Give yourself up Gundam pilot or your friend will die."

The Gundam stood there for a second then the cockpit opened and Serena stood there still dressed in the sliver dress her hands on top of her head. I could hear the men gasp. "There must be a mistake Lt. Dayton." Relena struggled against him but he held her wrist tightly. "You got me now Let the others go." Serena called jumping down onto the balcony. The man who she had knocked down run over and handcuffed on then took her away. The other officer handcuffed me and Thompson lead Relena out by her wrist. I took one last look of rage of hopes standing there in the sun. Somehow I know this was the last time I was going to see her, as the officer led me away.