AN: Hey everybody! It?s been quite a while. Sorry ?bout that. Well, I won?t keep you waiting any longer. Enjoy!
A New Life Continued
Chapter 1
By: Fate Lowe
It had been two years since Relena Peacecraft returned to her family and friends, returned to her Heero. She had returned as Fate Lowe, the new Perfect Soldier. She had all the best abilities of the five Gundam pilots as well as the most technologically advanced Gundam that any of them had ever seen, the Gundam Dark Angel.
Since her return, there had not been a reason for her or any of them to go into battle. Her and Heero went on Preventer missions together, but these were mostly just to pass the time, none of them were of any real significance. The other pairs of Preventers were in the same predicament.
Relena had been staying at the Peacecraft mansion. She had regained her full memory. Even in doing so, she still refused to return to her former life as the Vice Foreign Minister. She refused to take on her true name. She even continued to dye her hair and still cut it in the layered, razor-edged style that she now preferred. The contacts were still there as well, to keep her eyes a deceptive color of hazel. The only time she took them out when she was alone with Heero, at night, which wasn?t as often as either one of them would have liked. She continued to wear the style of clothing that she had come to like. Milliardo had his sister back but was still not fully happy.
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Fate ran down the stairs to the front entrance, pulling on her Preventers jacket. She was late for work.
?Heero is going to kill me.?
Just as she reached the front door, she heard her name called from behind her. She turned around and came face to face with her brother.
?How many times must I tell you that my name is now Fate, Milliardo. I no longer wish to be called Relena.?
?You will always be Relena to me. That?s why I wish you would give up this solider fa?ade and return to who you really are.?
?I don?t have time for this. I?m late for work. I?ll see you later.?
With that, she turned and left the house. She jumped on her motorcycle, zipped up her jacket, put on her helmet, and took off.
Milliardo watched, as his precious little sister rode off into the early morning sun.
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?You?re late! Where have you been, Fate??
Relena jumped off of her bike and removed her helmet.
?Sorry, Heero. I was up all last night, reviewing the specs on that new space base. I kinda overslept. I was already running late when Milliardo stopped me and started lecturing me on returning to ?my true self? again.?
?Whatever. Come on, the meeting starts in a matter of seconds.?
Heero turned and started walking into Preventers? HQ.
?Oh so, because I was late, I don?t get my normal greeting.?
Heero stopped.
?We?ll see if you can earn it in the training room, after the meeting.?
He smiled flirtatiously at her over his shoulder. He opened the door and disappeared inside.
Relena smiled to herself and ran to catch up with her partner.
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The Preventers? Commander walked into the conference room. Everybody stood and saluted.
?You may be seated.?
?Good morning everybody. Ready for your new assignments? Death and Scavenger, you are being sent to the outer limits of the L2 colony cluster immediately. There is some debris from the old wars still floating around near there and it is beginning to make its way dangerously close to the colonies in that cluster. We are sending you to clean it up before it causes any damage.?
Duo and Hildi stood, saluted, and left.
?Nanashi and Heart, you are being sent to the Middle East. One of our satellites has seen what we believe to be a base of operations for a new terrorist cell. You are being sent first thing in the morning to start a reconnaissance mission. Water and Dragon, you will be staying here. We have a group of new recruits coming in and you will be in charge of getting them started and starting their training. Fire, you and Wind, who apparently didn?t deem it necessary to be here this morning, already have your assignment. Phoenix and Angel, you two are being sent to the capitol colony in the L1 cluster. You will be escorting the Vice Foreign Minister and his daughter. You meet them at the space port at 0600 tomorrow morning. Dismissed.?
All the Preventers in the room stood and saluted. One by one they filed out of the room, leaving their commander in peace, if only for a moment.
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Heero and Fate made there way to the training facility. They both walked into the locker rooms and opened up their lockers. They changed and made their way out to the workout room.
?Ok, Heero, how am I to earn back my normal greeting??
?First, we?ll do our normal routine, then I?ll let you know.?
They started out on the treadmills. They ran for five miles on a thirty degree incline. Then they spotted each other as they went through their weightlifting. When they finished, Fate turned to Heero.
?Ok, now what??
?Spar with me.?
?What??
Heero didn?t say anything. He lowered himself into crouch.
?Heero this is stup?ahhh.? she screamed as she dodged to the right and dropped down, as Heero flew passed her.
She turned around, smiling mischievously.
?Alright, you?re askin? for it now.?
TBC
AN: Here's the first part of the sequel to my story 'A New Life'. More will be comin' as soon as I have time to write it. With a 2 month old boy though it's a little hard. Anyways, please read and review. I love hearing what you guys think.
'Til next time.
