Hello everyone! This chapter is a little short, but since I posted a much longer chapter earlier tonight I thought it wouldn't hurt! I really hope everyone enjoys this chapter! I haven't had my beta reader go though this chapter yet so please excuse any errors. Also, PLEASE review! :)
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Chapter 5: Ayame
Ayame Tenjou, a light brown haired 20 year old stood up from the curb when she saw her escort arriving in a jeep. The driver was a few years older than her and his long brown hair was braided back. She picked up her sack and walked over to the jeep. She nodded a greeting and smiled, trying to hide the fact that she my mildly annoyed at having to wait so long. The driver had been over an hour late. He nodded back and motioned to the seat beside him. Ayame tossed her bags in the back and sat in the front. The driver put the jeep into gear and did a U-turn to head straight back to where he had come from.
"So you're the new engineer, huh? What's your name?" He asked after a while.
"Ayame Tenjou." The girl beside him replied.
"I'm Duo Maxwell. I pilot the Deathscythe Gundam. Glad to have you on board. Were kinda shorthanded." Duo laughed and scratched the back of his head.
"I bet. You guys aren't exactly the most popular with OZ." Duo chuckled.
"At least we got somebody with a sense of humor." Ayame grinned. The jeep drove on the back roads. Ayame leaved back on the seat and closed her eyes. She was too keyed up for a nap so she opened her eyes after a while. The drive was short and uneventful. They arrived within a couple of hours.
Duo parked the jeep beside the base, and Quatra ran out to meet him.
"Hew Duo! Trowa and Wufei are back but listen, have you seen Heero? He hasn't checked in yet. Relena wanted to know where he was."
"No Quatra, I haven't seen Heero. Knowing him, he probably stopped to blow something up along the way. Relena must be crazy about him. Too bad. I don't think he is as fond of her as she is for him." The two laughed and Ayame stepped out of the jeep, grabbing her stuff from the back.
"Oh, you better get on the phone. Hilde wanted to talk to you earlier." Quatra stated. Duo sighed and nodded. Quatra grinned. "Looks like Heero isn't the only one with girl problems." Duo swung half heartedly at Quatra, missing intentionally.
"Oh," Duo started, "This is Ayame Tenjou." Quatra was blank for a second, and then it dawned on him.
"Oh yeah! The new engineer. Good to meet you!" He shook Ayame's hand while attempting to stifle a yawn. "I'm off to bed, I had a long night."Duo nodded as Quatra headed into the building. Ayame was shown around by Duo. They concluded their tour at the room Ayame would be staying in. It was right next to the repair bay, so she wouldn't have to walk across the whole facility just to reach it. Ayame noticed a closed door next to her room and asked what was in there. When Duo answered that nothing was in there, she asked why the door was shut.
"I'm not sure. Trowa!" Duo called "why is that door shut?" Trowa glanced at the door then back to Duo.
"Quatra brought back a shuttle pilot girl and her two cats. Evidently he was caught while looking for information on the space colony and she flew him back to earth in her shuttle. At least, that's what Quatra told me. She is sleeping in there." Duo nodded and Ayame walked into her room and put her stuff down.
Wufei approached Duo and Trowa.
"I just got a radio message from Heero. He said that he is in the woods a little ways from here. He says he is pretty close, but deep in the woods, away from any major roads." Duo blinked.
"Did he say anything else?" Wufei nodded.
"He said that he is in the company of a blonde haired girl named Meika Hou. They're going to be here as soon as they can. And not to come get them." Trowa frowned and Duo leaned against the wall thoughtfully.
"Well, at least if he spent the night out, he spent it with a girl." Duo laughed, and then became serious. "When have we ever listened to him before? I say we take a jeep and go looking for them. The weather was cold last night and its going to be even colder tonight." Trowa and Wufei nodded and Duo looked at Ayame.
"You stay here all right? Get used to the new place. We're going out to look for Heero." He reached into a drawer in the hallway and pulled out a sharp shooter and handed it and a walkie-talkie to Ayame.
"Lets us know if someone we don't know gets into the facility, and use that to shoot them. Just disable them though. We would want them alive to find out who they are." Ayame nodded and the guys left. She sat on her bed and watched the entrance to the security room across the hall. She had no real reason for watching it, except the security screens were in view. She got bored and leaned back, wandering how long it would be until the boys got back.