ZT: EEK! I love my reviewers! Love em, love em, LOVE EM!
Duo: Well, you're in a good mood…
ZT: Yeah well…my reviewers are awesome!
Wufei: Does this mean you received a review from one of your favorite authors?
ZT: Nope, I'm just happy!
Wufei: …Why?
ZT: (Stops) Uhh…I dunno.
(Brown haired girl walks in)
Girl: Anyone home?
ZT: Oh yeah! That's why I'm happy! (Glomps the girl) TANI!
Wufei/Duo: Whose she?
ZT: She's my character! And she's now officially one of my muses!
Tani: Um…ok, I guess.
ZT: It'll only be till I work with the others, then you can torture your boyfriend again.
Tani: …Sure.
ZT: Well, I need to introduce Tani to the rest of the gang. I don't own Gundam Wing. Enjoy!
Review Responses:
Gundam Gurl- Yep, I'm back. To be honest, I completely forgot about Bobo...He'll be back though...Laury has her...I think. The pale hair guy IS from this fic, and don't worry, he will show up later (and yes, this one IS a guy ;p )
Dark Angel- Glad you like it. You read the whole first one? Not in one sitting I hope...0o Thanks for the review!
Dark Devotions- Virtual reality? I get the sudden image of a female Seto Kaiba...but it would fit, thanks.
Calli Maxwell- Duo and Vanessa say thanks. The letter's read in this chapter. Enjoy!
Fate Sucks II: Clash of the Moon and Star
Chapter 2
Vanessa and Duo shared a glance as the others flocked around the computer. They hadn't told the guys their little secret as to the identity of Night Star; it seemed to be a forbidden topic ever since the explosion at the base. But now that it had come up, what were they going to say? 'Oh, that can't be the real Night Star because he who is really a she died in the base and by the way that she is Sai'? They highly doubted that would go well with the guys…
Duo gulped and stepped forward, figuring he was used to being put in the line of danger when it came to facing the barrel of a gun, "You sure it's Night Star? I mean, last time we figured it to be Night Star, it was some jerk pulling us into a trap."
"The style's slightly different, but enough to tell it's not from the same person," Heero responded, reading over the information in the letter again, "And it's a warning…"
Vanessa looked over his shoulder and read it aloud, " 'The stakes of the game have risen. Watch your backs, knights and queen; make moves necessary to not be captured by black enemies disguised in white. Should everyone turn to gray in your eyes, come to where the queen first started out from, the rest of the pieces will be waiting.' " Vanessa stared at the screen after reading it aloud, soaking in the information.
Duo looked at her, "What's it mean?"
"Watch out or someone we consider an ally will stab us in the back," Wufei answered for her.
Duo looked at the screen, "You got that out of THAT?"
Vanessa nodded, "Yeah, but…"
"What is it?" Quatre asked as Vanessa trailed off.
"This is Sai's style of writing…Sai always wrote the calling cards, but she couldn't have wrote this…" she said, knowing they knew exactly why not.
Heero began typing away at the computer, trying to trace the message to an address. However, after a few moments, he realized it was blocked quite well… "Are you sure Night Star couldn't do a thing or two without Sai's help?"
"No Sai, no mysterious Night Star," Vanessa confirmed.
"But who else is there that knows where you are? I mean, this person mentioned a queen with the knights. Only Night Star knows that you are alive and were once part of LAVA since he saved you from the base," Quatre pointed out.
"But that's just it; Night Star gave ME the teleportation device. I don't think Night Star had one that could carry a load like Ally's. If there was one, there would be more of LAVA hangin around then just me; Night would die before letting LAVA go out like that," she intercepted.
Duo stepped in, "Just forget about who sent it for a moment. I wanna know something. What are we supposed to watch out for? And it mentioned going back to where the queen started out, the rest of the pieces will be waiting; what's that mean?"
Vanessa thought a moment; she never really told the guys what went on after they left… "Well, for the first part, I think there's something I need to tell you guy…the explosion at the base…was no accident."
Vanessa thought the job of getting shocked reactions from all the Gundam Pilots at once was Sai and Laury's area of expertise. However, apparently she could do pretty well in the field as she received five different shocked expressions/reactions from the five pilots. She took a deep breath and continued, "Alex teleported you guys out because she knew Sai was going to purposely blow the base. After you guys left, we discussed it with each other. Everything was falling far to well into place, and Sai could've cracked the code on the first try, however, when she avoided the bullet, she saw someone watching from another door. We had a feeling that this was the same guy who suggested us to Vingt, and who gave you back your Gundams, and who knew Sai's hacking skills well enough to keep LAVA out of the list of employment on the mainframe. If that was the case, why would he practically give her the codes and watch while she crashed the computer?"
"He wouldn't…" Quatre realized out loud, receiving a nod from Vanessa.
"Sai had copied the disk to see what was on it for real, off line so that it wouldn't do anything, however, she tossed it to me for safe keeping. During those two months when I was gone, I checked the disk to see what was on it, cracking the code myself, which I might add was far too easy for me to crack, and I found information on not just LAVA, but Night Star and you guys as well. There were identities, pictures, descriptions, constantly current whereabouts, and all ready to be sent to any and all possible enemies we could possibly have should my computer have been connected to an online source at the moment," she stated.
"So they blew up the information and the base along with themselves instead? Why didn't you girls come with us and blow it up a different way?" Wufei burst out angrily.
Vanessa stood her ground, "You can't shut down a computer like that from the outside, and there was no way we were leaving Sai in there to die alone. You always talk about justice and weakness, what could justify running away from death as your friend prepared to go under the guillotine? Frankly, if I had my way, I would have went down right with them. It was Night Star who threw the teleporter at me; I didn't even know what it was until it flashed and I found myself someplace other than the base."
That shut the Chinese pilot up good and tight.
Trowa nodded, "And the second part?"
"…I'm not sure…unless it's talking about our base during the war…" she said, contemplating the idea.
Heero closed the laptop and stood up, "We'll find out soon enough. Pack your bags; we're going to get some answers."
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