Gundam Wing Resurrection
Book One
Chapter Two: A Back Up Plan
"Heero," Relena Peacecraft poked her head into her library. The room was enormous with plush sofas and chair scattered around it. Heero stood as Relena noticed the other Gundam pilots. "Oh," She smiled and entered the room. "Hey guys," She said hugging them each in turn. "Is there anything you need?" Relena asked as Trowa and Wufei sat on a burgundy couch and Duo and Quatre followed suit on matching chairs across from the others. Heero sat on a desk that was against a wall that was mostly windows.
"No thank you," Heero said coldly turning away from Relena. She left the room slightly offended. He turned to the others. "So am I right in saying that we all had a dream about a girl standing alone in the snow?" Heero asked.
"Yes…" Duo paused, "Heero," Duo looked his friend, "Don't you think you should tell them who the girl is?" Duo asked. Quatre looked up at Heero sharply.
"What is he talking about Heero?" he asked. Heero looked out the window at a dove sitting on the window sill.
"That girl is my younger sister. She died in a Gundam Training accident eight years ago." Heero said as tears filled his eyes. Wufei gasped and Trowa and Quatre exchanged curious glances.
"A sister?" Wufei repeated dumbfounded.
"Yes…" Duo said softly, "I think she's still alive…" Duo glanced at Heero who flinched.
"Duo I told you! I saw her die!" Heero said sharply. Duo shook his head and Heero continued angrily, "Are you trying to tell me what I did or didn't see?"
"No I'm not. I'm just telling you what you told me," Duo said, "You told me that Dr. J told the med techs to take her away before you could see her. Maybe he was hiding the fact that she was still alive, so that you had no family ties." Duo suggested. Trowa was nodding.
"Duo has a point, for once," Towa said, "An enemy with nothing to lose is a dangerous enemy." Wufei pushed his long black hair out of his face with a nod.
"That doesn't matter, I always dream about her just before all hell breaks lose. She warns me of coming danger. Since all of us dreamed about her what ever is coming must be big!" Heero said standing. Quatre opened his laptop. Punching in a few commands he had his email in front of him.
"I have a report from Rashid. He says that a private yacht off the coast of Australia has an army of old mobile suits on board. The yacht belongs to a young Spanish heiress named Maria Delgato. Rashid has penetrated the higher rank of her officials and he says that…" Quatre broke off in horror. Trowa frowned.
"What does he say?" Duo asked looking over Quatre's shoulder. Duo's eyes widened as he read where Quatre had left off.
"She's planning to kill us… She's calling it operation Ghost." Quatre said slowly. Trowa's eyes narrowed and Wufei frowned. Heero showed no emotions.
"What does she stand to gain from killing us?" Wufei asked. Quatre looked over at the Chinese soldier with a grimace.
"If we die she can gain control of Earth and the Colonies. Once again we're the last remaining defense for peace…" Trowa said quietly. Duo and Quatre nodded.
"There's only one problem. We're not much of a defense." Duo said. The others looked at him. Heero remained deep in thought.
"What do you mean?" Quatre asked and Duo laughed nervously.
"We destroyed out Gundams," He said glancing at the door. Over by the window, Heero shifted. Turning to the others he smiled slowly.
"We may have destroyed to originals but there's a back up plan." He said. The others looked confused.
"What are you talking about?" Quatre asked looking stupefied. Heero pulled a map out of a stack of papers on the desk he had been sitting on. He laid it on the floor and crouched next to it. The others leaned in.
"There are six back up Gundams hidden in a secret facility," Heero paused searching the map. "Here," Heero stabbed the map. "With a woman named Katal. She's Dr. J's niece. I never met her but Dr. J said that if anyone ever threatened Earth or the Colonies again, she'd be waiting for us." Heero said as the others leaned in. His finger was on a remote location in the Andes. He glanced at the others.
"When do we leave?" asked Duo as the door opened and Relena entered.
"Where are you going?" She asked as Heero folded the map up. She looked around at the men in front of her.
"The Andes. We have an emergency. There's someone threatening the E.S.U.N." Heero replied. Relena frowned.
"I'll have the jet ready in half an hour… Is there anything else I can do?" She asked with a small sigh.
"No sweetie, thank you for the jet." Heero said kissing his wife's cheek. Relena smiled tenderly leaving the room. Duo leaned over to Quatre.
"A girl in the snow… and we're headed to the Andes… That's something to me…" He whispered in Quatre's ear. Quatre nodded silently. Wufei stood.
"We should start making preparations." He said stretching. Trowa followed suit.
"Operation Resurrection." Heero whispered softly, deep in thought. Duo put a hand on his friend's shoulder.
"Come on Heero," He said nodding towards the set of French doors the Quatre was exiting. Quatre turned to Heero.
"Is that what this is called?" He asked, "Operation Resurrection?" Heero nodded and followed him out of the room. Duo was alone in the library. He looked around the room.
"I have a bad feeling about all this," He said to the room before following the others out.