(Hello again… thank you for sticking with me… I asked for Gundam Wing and Duo… well Duo was mad at me for making him stay in Deathscythe throughout the whole last chapter… what he did to me is censored for blood, violence, gore, etc. so I asked for Gundam Seed… Mu was mad because I didn't give him any screen time…what he did to me is also censored… for the same reasons as with Duo… I'm sorry guys!)
C.E. 70
"Take the calibrations and reset the zero moment point at CBG" Kira said distractedly connect control module aquzecortecs molecular ion pump rebuild metal linkage network deep metocortecs parameters his fingers flew across the keyboard; as soon as it came online the GINN shot him. using the thrusters Kira dodged, the GINN followed his path
Meanwhile with Duo
Duo Maxwell when did you become such a coward! Duo began hacking into the colony security running and hiding is part of my motto while his inner thoughts battled Duo was checking the damage of the colony… it wasn't that bad and there even seemed to be a battle going on; it looked like the mobile suit (recognized in the systems as the Strike) had just pulled out a pair of combat knives either this guy is really good or he's stupid either way he seemed to care about the civilians yeah He's doing something You're hiding… ignoring his inner conflict Duo checked Deathscythe… he could go out and help, but this was not his universe I cannot get involved
With Kira
She woke up to the sight of a pretty young girl
"Well I see you're finally awake; hey Kira" trying to get up was no use as if to confirm this Kira approached her and said
"You're better off lying still for now" the sirens blared in the background Kira looked down "I do owe you an apology I guess I got kinda carried away in there"
"You thirsty… care for some water?" the brown haired girl Miriallia asked
"Thank you" the woman said and Kira helped her to sit up
"This so called Gundam is awesome!" Tolle exclaimed
"So does this thing move or not?" Kuzzy asked
"Guy's stop playing around with it" Sai warned
"So why do you think it turned grey?" Kuzzy asked
"I don't know maybe it's out of juice" was Tolle's reply
"Keep away from that machine!" the woman yelled; they all looked over confused, then she shot at them, getting up she kept her gun pointed at them
"Hey what do you think you're doing? Please just stop all this" Kira said "there's something you should know, they're the ones that carried you out while you were still unconscious" they woman then pointed her gun at him Gee so much for gratitude as if reading his mind the woman said
"I am grateful that you saved me but you kids have been exposed to a top military secret it's not something that civilians should be handling carelessly"
"Give me a break... I mean you had Kira drive it only a moment ago" Tolle mumbled, the woman turned her gun back to the rest of the group with a slight gesture she said
"All of you... over here" after they all complied she said "you're names.. one at a time"
"My name is Sai Argyle" Sai said
"I'm Kuzzy Buzzkirk" Kuzzy mumbled
"My name is Tolle Koenig" Tolle said nervously
"I'm Miriallia haw" Miriallia said there was a moment of silence the woman pointed her gun at Kira making him glare
"Kira Yamato" he said angrily
"And my name is Murrue Ramius... an earth alliance forces officer it is my unfortunate duty to inform you people that I cannot permit any of you to leave"
"What!?" was the collective gasp of the group
"Despite the circumstances" Murrue continued "the fact is you witnessed a highly classified military project. until I am able to appropriate authority's, who will then determine how the situation is to be handled, you have no choice but to remain with me at all times"
"You're kidding" Kuzzy groaned
"Are you out of your mind?" Tolle exclaimed "that's the biggest joke of all"
"Young man you will do as I say"
"In case you haven't noticed we're citizens of Heliopolis" Sai argued "so we're neutral... we have nothing to do with the military or anything associated with it"
"He's right" Kuzzy said
"What's the military doing in Heliopolis in the first place?" Tolle questioned "even that doesn't make any sense"
"You said it" Kuzzy remarked "I mean isn't that how all of this got started?" Two gun shot hung loud in the air. Murrue pointed her (now smoking) pistol back at the group and said
"Be quite all of you... you kids don't understand anything do you? You keep insisting that you're neutral and not involved but can you really distance yourself from what's happening? You don't seriously believe that's possible do you? The earth forces most vital secret was here and you people have seen it... that's the reality you'll just have to deal with it"
"A little harsh wouldn't you say" Sai commented
"It may be harsh" Murrue answered "but we're in the middle of a war here... between plants and earth, between coordinators and naturals..."
Back in space
The commander had taken over the fight of the red mobile armor and a few pilots were watching.
"Hey will the commander win lieutenant?" a young pilot asked
"Do you think Commander Le Creuset would let a dirty natural win!?" another pilot asked
"Of course not, I'm just saying that that armor pilot is good... for a natural" the lieutenant ignored the pilots squabble in favor of the computer in front of him I think it is time for lieutenant Chang to transfer...
Now with Kira and on the Archangel
"Wow... what a surprise" the blond haired man said as he walked up to the group "I'm lieutenant Mu La Flaga of the seventh mobile fleet at your service; its an honor" he saluted
"My name is lieutenant Murrue Ramius of sector two, fifth special division. I'm a crew member of this ship" Murrue replied with a sharp salute of her own
"Ensign Natarle Badgiruel... same division" the dark haired woman beside Murrue saluted as well
"I'd like permission to board this vessel. May I ask who's in command around here?" Mu requested
"The captain and all of the superior officers of this ship have perished in the war; therefore I believe lieutenant Ramius is next in command... only about a dozen of us are left sir and we are all none conditioned officers. Fortunately I was in the shaft when the attack hit"
"You mean the captains..." Murrue questioned "it can't be..."
"Oh man what a medicated disaster" Mu mumbled pinching his nose "in any case please grant me permission lieutenant Ramius; the ship I was assigned to engaged the enemy and was downed"
"Oh... uh sure permission granted" Murrue said hesitantly
"And who's that?" Mu asked looking at Kira
"As you can see he's a teenage civilian" Murrue replied "for some reason he was in the factory during the attack, I brought him aboard the G-weapon, his name is Kira Yamato... thanks to his efforts we were able to disable a ZAFT GINN in addition to securing this last unit"
"I came as an escort to the young officers specially trained to pilot it... were can I find them?" Mu asked
"The bombs detonated in the control booth were the captain was welcoming them at that moment... so they were also..." Natarle trailed off
"Yes... I see" Mu said solemnly. He then walked over to Kira
"What? What's the matter" Kira asked confused
"So tell me... you're a coordinator" Mu asked. There was a collective gasp among the group
"Yes" Kira said; some of the solders got a little edgy and pointed their guns at him. Tolle decided he didn't like this and, getting in front of his friend, he glared at them. At this point everyone was so focused on the 'coordinator' that they didn't notice the braided youth sneaking (more like waltzing) into the strikes cockpit.
Duo was making himself quit at home in the cockpit; he almost laughed when he noticed that the acronym spelled Gundam. Cracking his knuckles he set to work... after all he had looked at this thing before the battle and none of them were fit to walk... let alone fight!
"He rewrote the O.S. in mid battle… impressive" Duo mumbled to himself "I don't even think Trowa can do that and he's the best at this kind of stuff... it would take me an hour alone just to get it to the right setting" Hearing the brown haired kid.. Say that the coordinator kid Kira wasn't it? Wasn't an enemy perked Duo interest; he leaned a little ways out of the cockpit. Somehow this reminds me of the time I shot Heero the Lieutenant ordered the men to lower their weapons, then there was a big to do about explanations and something about first generation coordinators meaning that the parents were naturals which makes me wonder why these people are having a war then the blond guy Mu I think apologized I'm beginning to like this guy he then heard a snag of what the guy was saying
"When I was on my way over here I watched the guys who were supposed to fly these things run through a simulation... they had to struggle just to get it to move"
"Of course they had to struggle... the O.S. Is completely off" Duo couldn't help himself, naturally criticizing all machinery was a habit, he blamed pestilence
"What the heck are you doing up there!?" Chief Merdock yelled. Duo rubbed the back of his head in what was supposed to be a nervous habit
"I was checking it out" Duo said
"You can check it out later now get down from there" The braided youth complied; once he reached the ground he patted Kira on the back
"Kira right?" he asked; at Kira's nod he added "you did a great job... for a first timer" Mu narrowed his eyes
"Uh thanks" Kira said uncertainly then he blinked "hey you're that guy" it was Duo's turn to blink
"Oh yeah you're that kid..." Duo said in realization," the name's Duo Maxwell... I may run and hide but I never tell a lie" he winked "yep that's me in a nutshell" Kira gave him a blank look. Yeah he was definitely a weird one.
"So who's that guy" Mu asked Merdock ,who shrugged
"I don't know, there was some sort of mix up before the bombs hit and he said he didn't have his uniform"
"Is that even possible?" Murrue wondered; Merdock just shrugged and said
"Beats me, he tuned up the engine real nice though"
"You think he's a coordinator as well lieutenant?" Natarle asked Mu shrugged
"Doesn't really matter" he said and then turned his attention back to the two teens conversing "so how old are you kid's anyway?" he asked
"Um... fifteen why" Kira answered
"About sixteen" Sai said
"Sixteen" Kuzzy supplied
"Fifteen" Miriallia said
"I'm fifteen as well" Tolle said. Mu looked expectantly at Duo, who for some reason had an arm around Kira's shoulder (it's Duo), Duo blinked and then smiled
"I don't know why I'm suddenly in this group but I'm twenty one... so I'm not exactly a kid" Mu looked at him shocked
"But you don't look any older than-"
"Seventeen? I get that a lot..."
Back in space
"D-equipment I hear" Dearka said taking a sip of his drink "I take it commander La Creuset is planning to invade a fortress or something"
"What do you think is ganna happen to Heliopolis?" Nicol questioned
"Can't be helped now can it?" was Dearka's reply
"Yeah it serves them right... and they call themselves a neutral state" Yzak added
"The possible destruction of a colony isn't a thing to be talked about lightly" Lieutenant Chang said as he entered the bay; the boy's saluted
"What are you doing here sir?" Nicol asked noting the suit the lieutenant was wearing
"I am being transferred" the lieutenant replied "good day gentlemen" he nodded and left. As soon as the door closed behind the lieutenant Yzak growled
"I don't like that guy" he said
"Hn? Why" Nicol queried
"Well if you think about it he shows up passes the exam and then three months later he's a lieutenant" Dearka shrugged
"It doesn't add up" Yzak agreed
"Yeah I heard that he declined FAITH membership" Dearka continued
"You can decline?" Yzak asked
"Apparently"
Back on the Archangel
The alarms were going off, that was never a good sign, maybe I could rewire the Strike... or I could take the Deathscythe out... then again if I do that they are going to be wondering were the heck it came from by this time Duo's little shoulder angel was yelling at him again I told you so but noo don't listen to your guiding voice Duo blinked my guiding voice is the one who told me to self-destruct he argued
"Duo get off your lazy hind end and help out already!" Duo sighed. This was the third time he had paused to argue with himself. I'm not getting involved
Sometime later
"Don't worry Red... you'll be all better in no time" Duo said to the mobile armor, Duo wasn't quite sure when he started talking to the machines he worked on, but it was widely excepted apparently, at least nobody talked to him about it anyway.
"Um... why do you call Mu's mobile armor Red?" Kira asked. they were coming into the Artemis base and Kira was putting a lock on the Strike
"Cause I can't call it Zero" Duo replied; Kira blinked
"Why not?" Duo smirked
"My best friend has a mobile suit with the designation Wing Zero so when I look at this" he gestured toward the armor "I can't bring myself to call it by the same name"
"So is this best friend of yours a coordinator?" Mu asked as he walked up; he had heard pretty much everything (no he wasn't spying) Duo shrugged
"Could be... never really paid attention to that stuff"
"..."
"I'm a mechanic... why would I care about genetic engineering" Duo shrugged
"...Okay... I gotta go now" Kira said
"Later" Duo said
"See ya later" Mu waved. Not too long after Kira left Mu turned to Duo "so... this friend of yours got a name?" he asked; Duo looked deep in thought for a moment
"Not really" Mu looked at the braided youth in shock
"How does someone not really have a name?" Duo looked at Mu seriously
"Look. I know you're suspicious of me and you have a perfectly good reason to be" Mu opened his mouth to speak but Duo forestalled him "and although I cannot tell you why you have a good reason. I can tell you that I won't do anything to the ship or the Strike" Duo then plastered a large grin on his face "and as for why he doesn't really have a name... I never asked" with that said he began heading toward the hanger entrance... only he never got there. Men with guns was his reason for stopping, as they herded everyone into a group Duo sighed
"What's the matter with you?" Mu asked "aside from the obvious"
"Betrayal" Duo said simply "It's never easy"
A little while later
"I've had it with you people" Merdock shouted "is this some kind of joke?" he got no reply. Well from the guards anyway.
"If this is a joke then these guys go all out" Duo said strolling in, hands on his head in a leisurely manner, as if he didn't have fifty guns pointed directly at him. The crowed was silent as they watched the suicidal maniac step into the room.
"Hi guys" Duo waved to Kira and his friends
"Where's Mu?" Kira asked
"He was escorted onto the base... so they're not going to let us eat are they?"
"Is that all you can think about at I time like this?" Flay Allster asked
"Yep" Duo replied "anyway besides the food..." Duo looked both ways and then leaned in closer "have they tried anything yet?"
"Who?" Sai asked
"ZAFT"
"Not that I know of " Tolle said. Duo sighed
"We're safe here" Flay said "they have the umbrella shield"
"Can the shield stay on for an indefinite length of time?" Duo asked
"From what I heard it shuts down when there are no enemy's nearby " ensign Newmen said
"Che then that settles it" Duo said
"What do you mean?" Kuzzy asked
"Yeah we are safe...right?" Miriallia asked looking at her boyfriend
"Of course, we've got the umbrella" Tolle said with a half shrug
"Honestly I could get into this base" everyone turned to Duo at that statement
"Okay wise guy" Tolle said "how do you expect to do that?" Duo smirked and said with an ominous voice
"I have my secrets" no one got to ask just what those secrets were as three men of obvious command came in.
"Who among you are the pilot and mechanic of the mobile suit aboard this ship?" one of them asked. There was silence
"The pilot and mechanic of the mobile suit... they're here aren't they?" another queried; Kira tried to stand but Merdock kept him down
"Why are you asking us this" Ensign Newmen asked
"What?" the second one asked grabbing the Ensigns shirt
"The captain and other officers Didn't say? Or aren't you permitted to ask?" Newmen questioned I like this guy... he isn't a coward Duo's angel wasn't helping right now.
"Enough" the first one said, obviously the one in charge as the second one let go a Newman, "that's right we're well aware that you're elite personnel now and-" blah de blah Duo wasn't really listening he was a little more worried about the mobile suit they haven't found...yet
"What is it you're planning to do with the strike?" Newmens words cut into Duos thoughts
"We're not planning to do anything with it" Yeah right "the fact of the matter is we feel privileged to be granted the opportunity to see it before it's officially announced... who's the pilot?" he asked again
"It's Lieutenant La Flaga" someone said Duo couldn't remember his name
"If you have any questions about it why don't you address them to him?" another person said
"We've been carefully monitoring all the previous battles you fought; somebody was handling the Zero with its gun barrels. There's only one person capable of such a thing and that would mean that's him" the annoying man smirked and then walked forward. Suddenly he grabbed Miriallia's arm and pulled her into a standing position.
"Miriallia" Tolle said. Again Kira tried to stand but was stopped. Come on, that's an innocent girl, do something! / this is not my world!/ it won't matter if it's you're world if you end up dying in it! Duo's inner battle ceased when Kira finally managed to stand up. Duo couldn't quite catch what he said but Merdocks attempts to make him sit back down were futile.
"You wanna know who was piloting it? It was me!" that statement got everyone's attention; the room became silent. Duo blinked and then began to chuckle. Everyone's eyes turned to him.
"Seriously guy's... thanks for liking me enough to hid it and all but they would have figured it out anyway"
"Huh?" Kira asked shocked Duo turned to him and said
"Really Kira you're sweet but they wouldn't believe you are the pilot" play along his eye's begged Kira nodded
"Are you saying you are the pilot" the first man asked
"Yep" Duo said "I pilot the mobile suit on this ship"
"you want me to believe you are the pilot?" the first one asked Duo shrugged
"do or don't the fact remains that I pilot the suit" he said
"And what about him?" The first man asked
"I'm the mechanic" Kira said suddenly. Duo shot him a death glare that would be worthy of Heero Yuy. It had an effect too, the man walked up to Duo
"I admire your sense of duty, both of you, but that machine was meant for you to operate and him to fix up? get serious twerp" Duo really did see the punch coming and for a nanosecond he considered dodging it and teaching the old guy a lesson but then a better idea came to mind… so he prepared for it instead and to his utter astonishment the punch was softer than he thought it would be. Or it could be that he was used to Trowa's punches, so instead of rubbing his slightly raw cheek he just smirked
"Wow and here I thought I was actually going to get hurt" Duo said to the astonishment of the others "here let me teach you how to throw a punch" before anyone even realized what was happening the other man was on the floor there was definitely a hint of blood coming out of his nose.
"Why you punk" the second man said angrily grabbing Duo by the shirt, Sai tried to stop the guy but was pushed aside and that was when that what was her name again girl decided to let her mouth fly
"Can't you see they are telling the truth" Duo couldn't tell if she was trying to help them or hinder them "if you really must know those boys are coordinators" cue Merdock slapping his forehead
"They're coordinators " the first man said wiping a bit of blood from his nose "I guess that changes things, if you would follow me"
"Not like we have much of a choice" Duo mumbled as they were butted towards the hanger. After a few moments Duo thought he saw a familiar head of brown hair walking in the opposite direction
"Keep moving" a guard said poking him
"Okay, okay no need to get personal" could it be him?
It was him. It was definitely him I would know that annoying braid anywhere. But why is Duo here? How did Duo get here?
"Sergeant Barton" The a fore mentioned sergeant turned and looked at his commanding officer saluting "You are done here.. You have new orders to make sure the officers in our... care are well treated" the young sergeant gave a crisp 'yes sir' and went to do as ordered, why is Duo here?
Preview for chapter 5
"Are you okay Duo?"
"I will be you're escort"
"You are a coordinator"
/A:N/
I really hate it when people steal a scene from one character and give it to another that being said I just stole Kira's scene and gave it to Duo but at least I changed it up a bit... now who is Pestilence? Someone is bound to forget he he Pestilence it doctor G... now he he he it is time to click on the little blue box and REVIEW!