Wing Warriors

Abby Ebon

Quite obviously, to say the least- the pilots had their issues about this version of events. Unfortunately, it didn't seem they could do anything about it. Duo's expression was puzzled and he glanced at Amensa, who glanced at him staring into his eyes, with her chilling blue.

"What was the point? Why did She do all that?" Duo questioned, chilled by the 'vision' the 'star' had given them.

: There are many excuses. Many reasons any could give you in answer, but I am not She. For those answers, ask Her.: Amensa stated fluffy tail flicking back and forth in an annoyed fashion.

The Firecat turned to look upon those who had appeared while the pilots had been recovering.

: Or her Avatars….: The cat mused, and they could hear her amusement.

The pilots and various furred and feathered escorts turned in surprise to see the two Avatars of the Star-Eyed. Wufei narrowed his eyes, and decided that a few questions were in order.

"I don't get it – you, and your Star-Eyed sent us here to help a Goddess?" The Chinese pilot asked, sounding rather annoyed at this.

Dawnfire K'Sheyna had taken the form of a giant hawk, and she was perched upon her fellow Avatars shoulder. Tre'valen shena Tale'sedrin looked perturbed at being singled out for questioning – it wasn't as if Dawnfire couldn't speak in her present form.

"No, the star was merely trying to show you what has been – and what would most affect you, so you would lend your aid willingly." Tre'valen answered, and at the pilots anger he merely raised an eyebrow.

"Would you help us against one of your own?" They blinked at him, confused.

"The danger the Star-Eyed wants you to combat is from your time." Tre'valen continued, flipping a stray hair over his shoulder. Beads and feathers chimed together like little bells.

From the mist of the Moon-paths the Star-Eyed formed, summoned to her Avatars aid by Tre'valen's actions.

"Although, to be honest - it was also a problem formed from Nitocris' – my, actions." The Star-Eyed admitted, in the form of an old woman, with hair as silvery-white as a Companions' and black eyes filled with stars alike to her Avatars. Quatre rubbed the bridge of his nose- he was getting a headache.

"I am the Star-Eyed, the Crone, the Mother, and the Maiden-Warrior. As I am the Maiden I am also Sekhmet – and thus I am Nitocris." The Crone form of the Star-Eyed explained as simply as she could, taking pity on the kind blond pilot.

Heero narrowed his eyes, and Jinni leaned against his legs warningly. "So we have to stop you?" He asked in monotone. The star-eyed and grandmotherly crone laughed. Her Avatars winced in unison, this was, Trowa knew – not what she had meant.

"No child, you are not here to do something so impossible- you are here at my bidding to get rid of one who has a small seed of my power inside him." Her eyes turned whiter, so that the visible blackness was like dark stars.

"As Nitocris, I couldn't have known that giving so little power to a mortal to achieve my ends would end in such a tangled mess. While Nitocris did create this situation's possibility – it was the mortal Dekim, from your own timeline, that tangled it." Her wrinkled and powerful hands clasped in her lap – for the Star-Eyed had appeared sitting cross-legged in front of them on the moon-paths.

"So you, as a Goddess, should be able to unravel it without our help." Trowa said, blank faced, the Star-Eyed smirked up at him.

"I should, shouldn't I. Unfortunately, I can not. Long ago, as you know, a bargain was struck to not interfere with you mortals. As your, and Dekim's time was before this deal- you are exempt from the normal rules." The crone said, as Duo was about to question why they were involved if that was true.

"I can not go against Dekim because, while he knows of us, he is a follower of no God or Goddess but himself. My Avatars can not go against my power – and Dekim would wield it against them." She continued, glancing at Quatre and Trowa who had the questions in mind that she had answered.

"I will not ask my children to fix my mistakes, because they would be harmed, and lose respect for me – which would be my downfall." She said as she stared directly at Wufei, who blushed, and Huang cooed, rubbing her cheek against his – glaring at the Star-Eyed, whose lips twitched in amusement.

"As for you young warrior, I ask assistance because you know what could happen if I do not." She spoke to Heero, who nodded; he alone had failed against Dekim. Perhaps with the other pilot's aid- and the Goddesses, he would not fail a mission to protect the innocent and his friends.

"He is planning to do worse then what you saw and sensed. He is planning to make himself into a God, in your timeline after I – or rather, Nitocris released magic." The crone sighed, and shifted, as if tired.

"He is using the Mage Storms – which I have kept at bay while you have been among the mortals, to power a device in a circular lake…" Here she glanced at Heero and Quatre in significance.

"That was once the stronghold of Untho's worst enemy. I have gone to the trouble of placing your Gundam's within it. There is air, and for now Dekim is…occupied elsewhere, all I require is that you place this," the crone gave Quatre a white stone, that shimmered, and gave off a warm glow. "inside it…I had hoped Untho's ancient magic's would transport you, but apparently the other Gods and Goddesses decided to bless- or curse, you."

Duo raised an eyebrow, and the crone chuckled. She clearly meant their 'escorts' who either ignored her, or showed teeth. Duo would never forget how dangerous looking Quatre's Senta had looked just then.

"It will give me my power back- and place him back in his own time. As for you five…we shall see." The crone laughed, and as she did – she faded from their sight – and her Avatar's with her.

"I will not decide for you your fate. The decision to go or not is yours." She left them, her voice echoing around them, in the Moon-paths. The pilots looked among each other, it seemed a simple enough mission- but they know from experience that simple things were rarely what they seemed.

None the less- it was an unspoken agreement, and the pilots and their escorts left the Moon-paths with a flick of a Firecats tail.

AN: Okay that was unexpected and rather baffling- in short this is what the situation is;

Simplified version. Dekim did get everyone magically-inclined to Earth, before Earth 'forgot' technology all together. Now look at this from Nitocris's POV. She is at the Gundam Wing era, the most powerful Goddess, and she hasn't a clue what technology is - she does know what magic is.

So to understand technology, she puts some of the darker elements of herself into Dekim - to watch, to learn about this 'new world'. When she learns of weapons of mass destruction, Gundams, and other such dangers to people, and worst in her mind, they had no magic to defend themselves.

So she changed that, forcing millions of years of accumulated magic which had lay dormant, and unused, to erupt into people and animals. She then came to Dakim, and gave him the idea to move people off the colonies; he waited a dozen or so years before doing that.

He was on Earth, so he was one of the many effected - in the Colonies people with magic just began to show signs of it in the later years. Instead of evacuating the Colonies he sent people who had no magic to them.

As Nitocris had no power over space, she was made helpless. She'd gained enough knowledge from Dakim to know that the weapons were deadly to 'her' people, she did not know how to get rid of them, so as the Gods and Goddesses of the old religions were just beginning to awaken from the old religions returning, she told her priests to hide the old and dangerous technology.

Then the Gods and Goddesses didn't know what had happened, but favored the changes- wars broke out between magical people.

Nitocris eventually was reabsorbed by Sekhmet, and Sekhmet in turn was 'absorbed' or renamed into the Star-Eyed, who held 'three faces' and was companion to the Sun-Lord, eventually she gained her own people, thus how the Star-Eyed knew to send her Avatars to get the Gundam pilots.

Everything seems fine like that, but Nitocris wasn't aware that when she put some of her power into Dekim to watch, that it changed him.

He's immortal, but can walk the Earth among mortals- because he never died, and can never die- and does not believe in Gods or Goddesses, and thus the Gods and Goddesses themselves can't stop him.

As I said, he is a Mage, imagine a Mage living since those times, mad with power and wanting to be worshiped like Nitocris was in Ancient Egypt. Now for a time he did gain power as a Son of the Sun, until Solris and the Sun-Lord himself put a stop to it.

Now Dekim is plotting to go back in time (using the energy from the mage storms) - and using Nitocris's (who is in turn Sekhmet/Star-Eyed) own power to become a God.

Nitocris is the Star-Eyed, and as he is a part of her- he can't stop her (from summoning the Gundam Pilots from the past) because it would be like cutting out your eye because the lid twitches.

I think I gave too much away...So yes Nitocris is the antagonist because she created this situation (and no the past isn't changing...much), but Dekim is worse because he has only darkness (which is hers, but has tainted him), and wants to 'kill' the Gods and Goddess by going back, being worshiped himself, and making sure the old religions do not come back.

Thus making the Gods and Goddesses from Valdemar's time sleep forever- question is how are they going to stop it? Well I gave some clues it isn't that simple- it never is. I'm not getting any less complicated, you try stringing together three very different 'worlds' if you will, into a recognizable whole. I've done my best…