Last Resistance to Peace

by Scarlet Eve

[Alternate Timeline] The Romefeller Foundation was once a quiet group of charitable aristocrats. After the announcement of their military branch, OZ, and the Gundams, Queen Relena Peacecraft's fears have been confirmed. Romefeller will stop at nothing to rule the planet under one government. But Relena and the Gundam pilots won't allow their fate to be chosen for them.

16. Mid-January, AC 205

Last Resistance to Peace

Chapter 16

by Scarlet Eve

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A.C. 205

Mid-January

Colonel Une stood in her office, watching a television screen. It was set to a news channel, and it showed Queen Relena and Prince Milliardo, attending a charity party in the Sanc Kingdom. Milliardo looked perfect, as he always did, and there was no trace of his time spent in prison. Une wondered what sort of "prison cell" he'd really been kept in for the majority of A.C. 204.

Une had been furious when Treize announced that he'd be releasing Milliardo Peacecraft. Une thought Treize should have left the prince to rot away forever in that cell, but she knew that Treize harbored friendly feelings towards the man. It irked Une to no end that Treize made such decisions without consulting her first.

She turned off the screen and returned to her desk. The room was darker now, save for a small lamp on her desk. She sat down and pulled a folder towards her and flipped it open. It was the report from the base that Milliardo had breached. Damage reports, personnel reports, and data reports. She flipped to the last one.

Based on what the commander in charge of that facility could determine, Milliardo had been after mobile suit plans, specifically, the plans for the Gundams. It was known that Milliardo had seen the plans, but they could not determine for sure if he had actually stolen them. Une preferred to assume the worst, which meant that Milliardo did steal the Gundam plans. But what could he possibly do with them? Surely the Sanc Kingdom would not approve such a thing to be built in that country, nor would Queen Relena approve of having mobile suits. It was against her views as a pacifist.

But Une had developed a stark dislike to the Peacecraft family as soon as she'd met them. The brother was cocky, and the sister was naive and weak-willed. How that country hadn't crumbled by now was a miracle.

Une flipped the folder closed and leaned back in her chair. She was going to have to monitor the Sanc Kingdom even closer now. Treize couldn't be trusted to keep his emotions from guiding his actions.

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-SE