Chapter 6 Into the Wilderness
Leilani and Victor sat side by side in a chopper that flew over a campy of trees. "You ready for this?" asked Victor
"Ya." said Leilani as the chopper came in for a landing in a small clearing with a stream running along it's side. The two teens jumped out of chopper onto the grass.
"So what do you want to do?" asked Victor as the chopper flew away.
"We head back to the base." said Leilani
"Wow…you want to quite already?" asked Victor as Leilani rolled her eyes.
"Of course not, but what is the goal of this training?" asked Leilani
"To not get captured for three days and then get picked up." said Victor
"Yes, but the deeper meaning is to escape from enemy territory." said Leilani "It is better if we make our own escape."
"I see like how do you plan to do that?" asked Victor
"Steal a mobile suit of course." said Leilani as Victor's eyes widened.
"You can't be serious we should lay low and wait for rescue." said Victor
"I thought we have been though this, it will look better if we find our own way out." said Leilani
"Ok, but how do we find the base." said Victor "If you haven't noticed we are in the middle of jungle with no idea which way the base is."
"Easy first the chopper went that way, there for the base is that way." said Leilani as she pointed. "Second the base is by a large lake all the water in the area runs into that lake. So if we follow the stream we will get to the base."
"Oh ya." said Victor as the two of them started walking down the stream.
"So Leilani how do you plan to steal a mobile suit?" asked Victor as he placed his hands behind his head.
"I have some ideas but first we have to get there." said Leilani
"Right as my mom always says one step at a time." said Victor
"Sounds like a smart woman." said Leilani
"Well she has to be to deal with the things my father and I do." said Victor with a grin.
"I'll believe that." said Leilani
"Leilani I know this may be a tough subject but what happened to your parents?" asked Victor as Leilani stopped.
"The truth is…." said Leilani "That my mom died giving birth to me and my dad died at the battle of the Neo-Plants."
"I am sorry." said Victor "Is that why you didn't seam to like the movie."
"Yes, it reminds me of things." said Leilani
"Don't worry we will get back at those coordinators for killing your father." said Victor with a grin.
"So what about your parents?" asked Leilani hoping to change the subject before she had to make up any more stories off the top of her head.
"Well my parents meet when my dad was running from Oz." said Victor "My mom actual walked up to him and asked him to join Oz."
"So your parents where enemies?" asked Leilani
"Not, really my mom didn't know all the facts about Oz once she did she changed sides." said Victor "She spied on the white fang to help the original gundam pilots destroy Libra."
"I thought Heero Yuy destroyed Libra." said Leilani already knowing the answer.
"Ya, he did destroy part of it and saved the world but he wouldn't have gotten that far without help." said Victor "In the video it shows him flying full speed into the atmosphere to fire his buster rife."
"That is my dad." Thought Leilani
"It's too bad, he was sent to that other universe." Said Victor "There he probably was seduced by that coordinator woman the President wants dead….Lunamaria I think was the name."
"MY MOM DIDN"T SEDUCE ANYONE MY PARENTS FELL IN LOVE!!!" yelled Leilani in her mind as she tried to keep a straight face. Luckily the coming night was making it hard for Victor to see Leilani's face.
"Ya, once at the reunion of the gundam pilots President Darlian came and talked to us about how she gave Heero a chance to come back to her but he didn't take it." said Victor "And I've seen photo's of her back then, she wasn't half bad and she was going to be a leader of the world."
"Ever think he may of actual had fallen in love with this coordinator, he was there for years?" said Leilani
"I never thought of that." said Victor as Leilani rolled her eyes.
"That is your problem Victor, sometimes you don't think." Said Leilani
"Well I think it is time that we stop for the night, I can barley see you." Said Victor
"Idiot. If I am having trouble seeing them and I am a coordinator, then they can't see me." Thought Leilani as she looked to her right and saw some near by caves.
"Your right, I think I see a cave up ahead we can rest there." said Leilani
"Wow you must have really good eyesight to see anything here." Said Victor
"Well I am used to working in low light after all space is dark." said Leilani as she led Victor into the cave.
A few minutes later Leilani and Victor sat around a small fire inside the cave. "The rock should block any heat from escaping and giving our location away to any planes above with heat sensors." said Leilani
"You sure do know your rocks." said Victor as he tossed a small branch into the fire.
"I worked in a mine remember, I know my rocks." said Leilani "Actual I know this because it's in our survival guide."
"So do you think we will get to the base by the time the training ends?" asked Victor
"We should." said Leilani as she took of her jacket and formed it into a small pillow. "I think it is time that we got some sleep."
"Sure." said Victor as he kicked some dirt on the fire killing it before lying down.
Leilani opened her eyes to the early morning sun light streaming into the cave however that wasn't all a jacket was lying on top of her; it could only be one person's. She slowly got up to see Victor still asleep. "Wake up." ordered Leilani as she tossed his jacket onto him causing him to sit up.
"What is going on?" asked Victor
"It's time to move." said Leilani "Also placing your Jacket on me was nice but not needed."
"Well you looked cold." said Victor
"It was like 80 degrees last night." said Leilani
"Ok, but if my mom ever heard that I didn't give a girl my coat when she was cold I would be killed." said Victor as Leilani shook her head.
"Sad, so sad." said Leilani "However he did place the jacket on me without me waking up which is hard to do."
"Well let's get going." said Victor as the two headed back into the jungle.
For hours the two of them just walked not really talking about anything. Suddenly the sound of a twig break snapped Leilani to her senses. "We have company." said Leilani as she pulled Victor into the bushes just as two armed soldiers turned a bend in the river.
"Crap a patrol." said Victor
"Prefect." said Leilani as the patrol came closer. Victor watched as Leilani pulled a knife from her boot.
"Where did you get that?" asked Victor
"I never go anywhere without a knife now shut up." said Leilani as she crouched on the tips of her toes waiting. The first solder passed by but the moment the second soldier did she made her move. She pounced and before the soldier had any time to move, a knife was at his throat and Leilani was behind him with his gun pointing at his fellow soldier's back.
"Drop the gun." ordered Leilani as the first soldier turned around.
"Crap." said the soldier as he lowered his gun.
"Nice work Leilani." said Victor as he picked up the weapon.
"It's loaded with training rounds since this is a training scenario." said the guard "If you kill us we are dead and under orders we can't tell command were you are."
"No, I have a better idea." said Leilani with a grin.
Meanwhile Zechs stood inside the base command center. "Well looks like all but 4 of your teams have been found." said the base commander
"Yes, but the three teams still out there are the gundam pilots." said Zechs as the radio crackled.
"Command come in command." said a voice
"Go ahead." said the base commander
"We need a medical chopper now have found two people knocked out by the river cause unknown." said the voice at the over the radio
"Status?" asked Zechs
"They are still alive but the woman's pulse is weak." said another voice "It's a Victor Maxwell and Leilani Hawke."
"Medical chopper in route." said the commander before looking at Zechs "I hope they are alright."
The chopper didn't even touch down outside the base hospital, medical staff ran under the blades to pick up the two stretchers and carry them into the hospital. Zechs was on the scene in a few minutes, he bolted toward the hospital door.
"Commander what are you doing here?" asked a nurse
"The two pilots brought in are mine I want to know what is wrong with them." ordered Zechs as he pushed pass the nurse and into the hospital room only to find that it wasn't Leilani or Victor but just some soldier.
"What happened out their?" asked the doctor
"I can't say anything." said the soldier
"I am ordering you to speak soldier." Ordered Zechs
"Sir. I can't because of your rules." said the soldier
"Wait…your not the pilots you're one of the ground soldiers." said Zechs as he looked out the small window only to see two of the Areas flight type mobile suits standing on the tarmac. "They tricked us."
"Nice job Leilani." said Victor as he sat dressed as a guard inside the machine
"yep." said Leilani as she watched Zechs walk up to the machines.
"So sir, do we pass?" yelled Victor out of his open cockpit door.
"You two, used an emergency to cover up your entrance to a base!" yelled Zechs "You used fear that real people may be dead to give you an opening to escape. Very good, you two pass."
"So my son and Leilani got onto the base and stole two mobile suits." said Duo as Zechs nodded his head.
"Ya the others just hid in the woods and waited, they made their own escape." said Zechs over the communication link inside the plane as they flew back to New Edwards.
"How did they do it?" asked Duo
"They captured some soldiers and then faked a medical emergency to get in." said Zechs "Victor said it was Leilani's idea."
"You know that was one of the ways that those scientists taught us how to sneak into a base." said Duo
"Interesting." said Zechs as he placed his hand under his chin. "There is something up with Leilani Hawke she seams too good just to be a pilot from a mine."
"Maybe she is just talented." said Duo "Either way she has come to the attention of the higher ups."
Leilani and her friends walked away from the plane at New Edwards. "I feel ready to sleep for a week." Said Victor
"Why are you tired?" asked Marena "You had a day off, we spent the whole time in the jungles."
"I am just tired." said Victor as Leilani rolled her eyes.
"Are you guys up to getting some super before getting some sleep?" asked Leilani as a large black limousine pulled up in front of them. All six teens stood their as an old man came out of the driver seat. Slowly he walked around and opened the door. Leilani's eyes widened as a woman maybe an inch shorter then her mother stepped out. Her brown hair was pulled back in a pony tail that reach her mid back. She had a white uniform in the famous of old Europe.
"Hello there." said the woman "My name is Relena Darlian."
"President Darlian." said Victor as they all snapped to attention.
"At ease." said Relena as she returned the salute.
"So this is Relena." thought Leilani as she stopped salute.
"You must be Leilani Hawke." said Relena
"Yes, I am." said Leilani
"I have heard great things about you and I want to get you to know you better." said Relena "Would you and your friends like to join me for supper."
"I could snap your neck before anyone knew what happened but I have to follow my orders." thought Leilani
"It would be a honor." said Leilani as all of them got into the limo.
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