A/N: Well, my all nighter backfired and I fell asleep on the floor for four hours. Typical me, huh? On the upside I get to work on my fanfiction now instead of just passing out at 7. Also, a reader question, Trowa does have Heavyarms with him, but I couldn't find a place for this on the timeline I know of Gundam Wing so far, so it's not canon in the time fashion.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing and I make no profit from this, but I do own Andie Rika Tru, so please ask me if you want to use her, ok?
"May I ask why you're so scared of OZ?" Trowa asked as he stood in front of the target, letting Andie practice on him.
"You can ask but I won't guarantee you an answer." Andie was worn out, sick of everything, and not smiling for once. Catherine had had to go deal with a problem in another tent, leaving Andie alone with Trowa.
"Are they after you?" Trowa blinked at her, expressionless as always, but didn't move an inch.
"You could say that." Andie tossed her last knife into the air and caught it. "Nobody's keen on betrayal though, really."
"You betrayed OZ?" Trowa's eyes went just a little wide; this wasn't what he was expecting from her. He had expected some minor discrepancy that made her paranoid, not a full out betrayal of OZ.
"Lets just say I didn't agree with their values as much as I thought I originally did." The girl took aim and threw her final knife, missing Trowa's outline by a good foot and a half. "Damn it!"
"Here..." Trowa pulled the knives from the target and stepped towards her. "Hold it like this." He handed her a knife and positioned her fingers around the hilt the same way Catherine held it. "It's not as hard as it looks."
"Thank you." Andie waited for him to return to the bull's eye and then gave him a smile. "I've always wanted to be in the circus."
"Right." Trowa nodded, unsure of what to say, put his arms out to his sides.
"How's it going?" Catherine walked into the tent and then took her place behind Andie. "You're nervous, I can tell. You're holding it right, just..." Catherine pulled Andie's arm back. "Throw it like the spot you're aiming for is the only possible place it could go. Don't focus on anything but that spot, ok?"
Andie did as she was told, and the knife stuck in the wood beside Trowa's ribcage.
"Good job!" Catherine clapped enthusiastically and grinned. "We'll move you up to two knives now... just-"
"Catherine!" The manager called from outside the tent. "Catherine come here, now!"
"Coming!" Catherine shook her head. "Wait for me, just take a little break. I'll be back in a minute." She stepped outside of the tent and away.
"So you betrayed OZ? How?" Trowa relaxed his position and stepped away from the target.
"They don't like it when you fight their orders." Andie twirled the knife in her hands. "And I'm not one to kill needlessly. Though if someone needs to die for many people's safety, then they need to die. I'm not against killing as much as I'm against death that doesn't mean anything."
"You know who I am." Trowa sighed and crossed his arms over his chest again.
"Yeah. Gundam pilot." Andie shrugged and closed her eyes for a long moment. "You're a good guy though. Animals don't tend to be so enamored with evil, it smells bad to them."
"You know a lot about animals for a former OZ pilot." Trowa studied her, the knife was relaxed in her hand and she was very still. She looked half like a beautiful statue, half like a soldier ready to kill.
"I was good with them as a kid." Andie shrugged and opened her eyes slightly. "When I was 12 I used to help out in a vet's office. I'm nowhere near as good with them as I used to be."
"You're good with the lion." The Gundam pilot nodded toward the lion, which actually seemed to be pouting that Andie was so far away.
"If he was truly mad he wouldn't be so tame towards me. I used to be able to calm animals like a second nature, but it wore off after I joined OZ." Andie shook her head, remembering. "Trust me, if Mr. Lion over there was seriously pissed, and I tried to calm him down, I wouldn't emerge with all of my limbs."
"What was your mission that you betrayed OZ in?" Trowa watched her as she began to twirl the dagger again, though she did it almost as if she didn't realize what she was doing.
"We were supposed to eradicate-" Andie paused her and rolled her eyes. "Excuse me, cleanse, a colony and I, along with my best friend at the time, thought it was the shittiest idea ever. We both decided on a change of job after that fiasco, but we were never really forgiven for having different ideals. That happens when you're a subordinate."
Trowa didn't add anything, and a few seconds later, Catherine walked in, rolling her eyes.
"Sometimes, I swear, this place would fall apart if it wasn't for us girls." She heaved a sigh. "Alright, sweetie, are you ready to move up to two knives?"
Andie exchanged a look with Trowa, and then smiled at Catherine. "I'm ready for anything."
A/N: I actually have a lot more work I want to do tonight, since I'm not going to go to sleep for hours. But anyway, I love every review so tell me what you think. Thank you for reading!