ZT: Hey, it's me again!

Wufei: Who else would it be?

ZT: Flying pancakes.

Wufei: I had to ask…

ZT: (Shrugs) whatever. On with the show! I don't own Gundam Wing. Enjoy!

Fate Sucks II: Clash of the Moon and Star

Chapter 14

If Allison were to say she was frustrated, it would be a complete understatement. She had been working on the blueprints for one of her newest ideas for some time now; however, every time she looked it over, she would find something else which was miscalculated or worked perfectly, but would produce different results than what she wanted. She sighed and rubbed her temples, "Maybe I should take Vanessa's lead and just use a gun…"

"I suppose you could, but then your tactics would be less entertaining." The brunette looked behind her in surprise then sighed. Short, messy dirty blond hair. A grease covered white t-shirt. Mischievous green eyes. It could only be one person.

"That's very funny Damien," she said sarcastically to one of the only hired helps Night Star/ LAVA had. Damien was originally hired to do some desk work for the girls upon Laury and Alex's request. At the time, Sai and Allison had objected to the proposal since they had a hunch that it was Damien's looks that won the girls over rather than his credibility. However, when Laury shot back with quizzes about hiring Kyle, Sai eventually gave in and Allison followed. She guessed it wasn't too bad; Damien turned out to be a Jack of all trades and could be helpful in the garage and out in the field when necessary. Sure they could get things done just as easily without him, but Allison guessed he wasn't too bad to have around…

"You still having problems with that?" Damien asked, referring to Allison's blueprints. He had been around in the garage a few times before when she was working on whatever it was.

"These things take time to work out…" she explained patiently.

Damien sighed, "That's why I'm not an inventor; I would have trashed my would-be blue prints on the first night!"

Allison smiled, a hint of amusement in her eyes, "Not a very patient person, are you?"

Damien laughed and shook his head, "Not in the least." He looked over at the blueprints again, "So what's this waste of paper supposed to make anyway?"

The brunette smiled secretly, "A magician never reveals her secrets."

"Touché," he replied with a smirk. "So anyways, what's the story with these new guys? Are Milliardo and I not enough for the four of you?" he asked with feign hurt.

Allison shook her head at his act, "They're old friends, close friends…"

Damien raised an eyebrow curiously, "Boyfriends maybe?"

"They used to be…" she replied truthfully, "But now I'm not so sure."

"Why's that?" he asked curiously. He may not live in the household, but he was around enough to notice that there was a sort of bond between them. He also had noticed a slight fray in the bonds between the two groups (well, except for with Laury and that Quatre guy; Laury "reclaimed" her territory pretty quick). And there was also that Vanessa girl. He wanted to ask about her too since she seemed to fit in more with the girls than the guys. Was she the "Hell Fire" he had heard so much about? If so, where had she been when LAVA was out working? LAVA…Laury, Alex, Allison…well Vanessa finished the acronym, that's for sure. But he would ask about that later, right now he would just focus on learning about these guy problems "his girls" were having.

"You sure are curious today…" Allison said, trying to evade the question.

Damien shrugged, "Hey, what're big brothers for? You think Milliardo's the only one keeping a close eye on you girls? Now spill."

Allison shrugged, "I don't know…we left on awkward notes, plus they thought that we were dead for the past year…I still feel for Trowa, that's for sure, Laury reclaimed Quatre pretty quick, and I think the girls still have feelings for the guys…"

"But you're not sure if they still want you, huh?" he finished for her.

She let out a slight chuckle, "I sound like a drama-teen, don't I?"

"You make it sound like it's a bit immature; you are eighteen after all. But yes, it sounds a bit dramatic…for you at least," he pointed out, "Why don't you ask them how they feel? Considering the fact that they're sticking around, there's probably a good chance they still have feelings as well."

"You think?" she asked.

He shrugged, "I'm known to on occasions…oh you meant about the guys liking you huh? Yeah, they're in a similar predicament as you girls I bet."

Allison pondered on what the blond had said for a moment before making up her mind about something. She smiled, "Thanks Damien." With that, she got up to find a certain brown haired pilot; she and Trowa had a lot of catching up to do…

Damien watched her go and shook his head before walking over to Allison's blueprints and glancing over them. After a moment of studying it, he picked up a pen and made some markings here and there before going to clean up and finish his desk work. The next time Allison would look at her blueprints, she would wonder who had fixed them for her…

Love it? Hate it? Review it! Till next time!