Wing Warriors
Author Abby Ebon
(UnBetaed At -The- Moment)
The pilots as a general rule did not make spectacles of themselves in public. Being as they were regarded as up starting rebels at best and terrorists at worst; this was generally a good idea.
However, Heero supposed that in a world where television was very likely unthought-of and they were likely only discovering that steam could be used as fuel, and electricity and technology such as the Gundams very likely viewed as 'God-like', this unspoken rule could be ignored.
It seemed Quatre agreed, for once landed- he used the wire to get down from the cockpit of the Gundam, and Duo enthusiastically greeted him. There were hugs, tears, and laughter between the two.
Heero and Trowa were more controlled, but pleased to have four of the five of them together again.
The first order of business would be to find Wufei, the second- to find out exactly they were meant to do here- because while nice, Duo would drive himself crazy without television or computers- and Heero himself would be none-to-happy either..
Trowa and Quatre could survive with music, or books (or in Trowa's case cataloging animals, and 'taming' lions and bears), Wufei very likely would go back to his scholarly roots.
Heero was sure an entire history of language since the space colonies would keep Wufei busy. What bothered Heero the most was that, even if this was their world- ages in the future, how was it that they understood the language? Heero suspected the Avatars- or the Star-Eyed 'Goddess'.
A man cleared his throat, and Heero's attention shifted to him. He was slender with dark curly hair; with Heero's eyes on him he seemed frozen. The other pilots took quick notice, and Duo went to Heero patting him on the shoulder, an easy- if fake, grin on his lips.
"Don't worry about Heero here; he's just a big teddy bear." Maxwell said with a manic laugh, Heero grunted, and Trowa made a suspiciously amused noise, and Heero glared at him. Quatre cleared his throat, and the stranger's attention fell to him. Just as well that the blond was sane again, he was the better 'people person' amongst the five pilots.
"I'm Quatre, this is Heero, and Duo, and Trowa; how do you do?" Winners grin didn't let on that he had been ready to slaughter these people just moments before, Heero felt oddly …proud.
"Quite well Lord Quatre, Duo should be able to tell you who we are. I am Dean Teren. Although, there is the matter of Duo's …shell we say, schooling." At those words, the man smirked, and Duo rolled his eyes. Quatre glanced at Duo, confused, but willing to play along.
Heero was not.
"02 does not need…schooling, despite his background. In any case, he- and we are not your concern. We have no loyalty, nor alliance to you or yours." Heero's tone was matter-of-fact, and cold. Despite the wealthy appearance of these eight individuals, Heero disliked this place, the fact that they had, in his mind, taken Duo, had nothing to do with it- nothing at all.
The man looked puzzled, and then nodded slowly. "I understand, but Duo was Chosen, and the Companions guard Valdemar under the Queens command." All that meant nothing to Heero, though from Duo's frown, it meant something to the braided teen.
Duo's eyes were on the white horse- the white horse with intelligent blue eyes- intelligent blue eyes, which were focused on the four pilots.
: He is my Chosen, and I am Sartra. :
Something told Heero that this wasn't going to end how he'd like it to. Defiant Compainon-blue eyes glared into Heero's cold ones.
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Wufei had been allowed out of the ekele and was in a meeting with the Elders of K'Chonasitting on either side of him were Silverwing and Darkstorm, Who had taken a wary liking to the stranger.
"What is your purpose here?" Demanded an Elder, they all looked the same to Wufei – silver haired and pale skinned with blue or silver eyes, and all of them were just as annoying as the others.
"Ask a Goddess called 'Star-Eyed'; her Avatars, and a man called 'Untho' put me here." Wufei growled, starting to slip from his control. After being grilled in this manner for the past four hours (and it was night, and he was tired) the sunlight was starting to slither in through the tree tops.
It seemed too unbelievable for these people to grasp that he hadn't been sent here, and his only purpose was to do whatever the Goddess and Avatars wanted of him. Both sides were annoyed and tempers were short.
: If I might interrupt, someone is here to see the boy. : The King-Stag of the dyheli mindspoke to all of the Council and Wufei. Wufei hoped it was the firebird so these people would start to trust him.
It wasn't. It was a wolf, and huge, with cold green eyes, and black fur. Wufei sighed, after getting over the shock of talking antelope-deer things, and sentient and mind-speaking birds, why not add a few wolves?
: Greetings warrior-scholar child, I seek to know what you do. I am Jinni. : Great, Wufei thought, talking wolves. Given the absent minded looks on the Elders faces, and the feeling of being dismissed by the wolf, Wufei 'knew' they were talking with each other.
A piercing musical note of a cry echoed through the Vale, and Wufei found himself smiling for the first time since coming to K'Chona.
The firebird was here, it elected to land on the table beside Wufei. Except for registering the shocked gasps, and murmurs, and knowing-without-knowing that the firebirds had never been tamed completely by the Hawkbrothers, Wufei paid his surrounding little mind.
He offered his hand to the firebird, which nuzzled it, calmed by it's presence in his mind; Wufei let it settle protectively against his chest.
: I take Huang for name. Am female, am tired. : And after flying for all night, it had every right to be, Wufei reflected. Not quite trusting each other, both sides none-the-less decided that for now they'd get no more answers, the meeting was called off until proper rest had been taken.
Jinni followed Wufei like a huge black shadow, even as Darkstorm led them back to the ekele, even if he wasn't to be locked away, he still needed a place to sleep. Unlike other outsiders Wufei was not bothered by heights, and no wonder, for his Gundam was larger then some trees.
It stood just outside the Vale like a guardian in the night.
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In Karse, the Sun-God stirred, and sent out a Firecat to bond itself with one of the five disturbances the Star-Eyed Goddess had brought to this timeline.
AN: It seems everything has grown with this fic, but the chapters –winches-
Well I'm now on five C2's.
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