Title: Weather Alert
Author: Karina
Rating: PG
Pairing: Heero + OC + Pagan
Notes: Challenge 221. Baby Series 4 #119. Takes place five days following Relaxation and Flash Points.
Spoilers: None
Warnings:
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine.
Title: Weather Alert
He didn't like the looks of the storm front moving slowly in on Sanc. Weather still confounded him, but this looked ominous.
Heero surveyed the screen depicting the readout from the Doppler radar and slowly shook his head. He had hoped, with the recent spate of reasonable weather, that Spring would continue in a mild and pleasant fashion but that angry looking disc of colours suggested they might be in for another bout of winter. And it would not be a simple weather front.
"That doesn't look good at all."
The operator absently rubbed the side of his nose, pushing his glasses to an odd angle before he straightened them and leaning forward a little more, ran a finger absently over the multi coloured screen. It was not the kind of weather front Sanc was known to receive on a regular basis during winter. This had more the look of a spinning disc normally birthed in the tropics of the planet instead of the distinctive hook of a low pressure front.
Reaching for the handset to one side of the console the operative punched in a number and settled back in his seat waiting for his call to be picked up. Heero shifted his weight as he continued to watch the slow rotation of the scan, flicking his eyes to a smaller screen depicting the current break down of readings.
The front was well out from Sanc at the moment, and there was still the possibility it might not present, perhaps dissipating before it reached the coastline, which he viewed as unlikely. It might yet turn its path to impact away from the more northern extremes of Europe.
"Yes, this is Palace Operations. I need you to forward to me all of the data you have on the storm front heading for Sanc's north eastern coastline. I require a full projection scenario for the next 96 hours and continual update feeds. Thank you."
The handset was replaced and the man rested his chin on his clasped hands, his elbows rested on the edge of his console, his gaze never leaving the screen.
"It will hit?" Heero queried.
"At this stage, I'd say we will at least be side swiped. It might take upwards of 12 to 24 hours before we can be sure how big the hit will be."
"But we will be hit?"
"Yes."
For a long moment Heero considered the screen and then touched his earpiece, activating the device. "Hunter. We have a problem."
"Go ahead."
"Advise you check the Doppler radar. Sanc will take a confirmed hit, the actual area of effect is as yet unknown."
He waited, never once taking his eyes from the ominous disc. He did not wait long before he heard a harsh intake of breath.
"Begin emergency operations. Sanc wide alert. I want everything prepared for immediate emergency response." [477]
End
Karina Robertson 2013