ZT: Ack! My people! I'm SOOOOOOO sorry this update took so long! My computer has like a million viruses in it so I have to use the school's computer now!

Wufei: That's what you get for downloading too much crap.

ZT: I didn't download anything…maybe Nekko did…

Wufei: Oh sure…blame it on your little sister.

ZT: Seriously! Well, whatever. On with the show! I don't own Gundam Wing. Enjoy!

Duo: Wait! Don't forget the reviews!

ZT: Oh yeah! Reviews are in my profile. Well, enjoy.

Fate Sucks II: Clash of the Moon and Star

Chapter 3

"Well, this is it…" Vanessa said as she and the Gundam pilots pulled up to an abandoned apartment.

Wufei looked up skeptically, "Night Star lives here? It's a mess!"

She didn't even bother to turn to him, "Go back a few years before this area was caught in the middle of mobile suit fight and it won't look so bad." She opened the badly damaged door and stepped inside the apartment complex.

Duo followed close behind and was soon followed by the others with Heero taking up the rear. The Perfect Soldier had been in much worse places during the war, yet still there was something foreboding about the building that made his senses go on high alert.

A figure stood in the shadows and smirked; they would just never learn…

The team stopped at an apartment door and Vanessa tried to open it. However, the door was locked tight. After many failed attempts to unlock the door, Trowa stepped in and kicked the door down. One look around the room said that no one had been living there for a while, or at least someone didn't like to dust…

"Find anything that looks like its been in recent use," Heero said, going into one of the back rooms to look around. The others followed his lead and began searching the living room, the kitchen, and the backrooms.

Quatre followed Vanessa into what looked like it used to be a bedroom/office. Finding a computer that had much less dust on it, Vanessa checked to see if it would turn on, and it did. As they waited for the computer to boot up, Quatre looked around the room, "Was this your room?"

Vanessa nodded, "Yeah, Laury used to make better use of it though; I usually stayed up all night and then crashed on the couch. The only times I even used my own bed were times when Night Star would beat me to the couch."

Quatre felt a pang in his heart when he heard the redhead's name, but decided to push it aside for the time being, "Was the couch comfier than the bed or something?"

Vanessa knew he was just trying to keep off the topic of Laury, and shook her head, "Not at all, but it was closer to the door." As the computer booted up, Vanessa searched the files where she and the girls would usually find their missions. She frowned when she found nothing; if Night Star was still alive, then why was it that there was nothing in the files for anything new? Or did she design a new file? And if Night Star was going to reveal to them that she was still alive, why did she make a new file in the first place? Why didn't she inform them of the new file? There were quite a few questions and she wasn't sure if she was going to like the answer.

Kyle sat typing away at Night Star's laptop. Since it was the said mercenary's turn to cook, she had taken her place at hacking into a mainframe. Actually, it was already hacked into, and she was checking through the mail inbox for anything that could prove useful. She didn't need to search for long. Kyle skimmed a recently sent e-mail and immediately called for Night Star.

"If dinner burns, I blame you," she said, taking off an oven mitt.

"That's fine. Take a look at this," Kyle said, pointing to the screen.

Night Star quickly scanned the e-mail, "That's not good." She tossed Kyle the oven mitt and sat down, "Take over." Kyle complied as Night Star began typing away.

Vanessa blinked in surprise as her computer blinked and a huge bold red letters popped up on the screen reading "Black Knight struck! Get out now!" Quatre read it too, and the two ran out of the room.

"We have to go. NOW!" Vanessa yelled.

The rest of the guys didn't know what was going on, but considering how fast the two had left, they guessed it was bad. As the team made it to the two cars they had taken and started driving away, they suddenly heard an explosion. Turning around, the group saw the apartment in flames.

"Something tells me that e-mail wasn't from Night Star…" Duo said, looking at the huge fireball.

"Now the question is who did?" Trowa added as he drove away.

The figure watched the cars drive away and frowned; who the hell had tipped them off to take their leave? A small beeping at his hand held computer gave him his answer. He opened an e-mail that said: "Watch out when going after our white knights or you may just have to deal with the queen."

Thanks for not trying to kill me for not updating. The next update won't come until at least January with how things are going. Till then, Seasons Greetings!