Death to all

[Gundam Girl]

Trowa headed for the stairs after refusing Pagan's offer of waffles and toast -- which he hoped Relena would eat before rushing off. As anticipated, Heero was leaning against the wall by Relena's bedroom door. He smirked. "'Morning."

Heero, recognizing the look and choosing to ignore it, checked his watch. "She has ten minutes still. We're right on schedule."

"I know what her damn schedule is," Trowa muttered. "I was her morning gaurd for three months while you were vanished."

Heero nearly winced, not caring to remember how venomous everyone had seemed as soon as he'd returned four years after Mariemaia's coup.

"I need to talk to you about the era."

"Gundams?"

"Gundam pilots," Trowa correct and went on when Heero nodded. "We've located five. Four are with Quatre and Dr. Mierkler in New York City. One is with her scientist father. She and her dad found one in the first place, a kid named Porthole. Don't snort," he said when Heero did. "He has the ability to travel through space."

"Not time as well?" Heero asked, having looked up on the subject and fully knowing it was possible for the supernatural skill to be constructed in some colonists' DNA.

"Too sci-fi," Trowa shrugged. "He'd be handy, if he can control it."

"Hn. And the others?"

"Naora, the scientist's daughter, is working on her Gundam. She told Wufei she would meet with them as soon as they got to space. Then, there's Duo's son."

"Reku," Heero nodded.

"Right. He's basically Duo's duplicate, and he's younger and faster. He also has an eye for one of the others. Maeko Ikura."

"Ikura..." Heero remembered. "The champion duelist."

"In the colonies. Maeko wasn't trained as a Gundam pilot, nor was Porthole, but she'll be good. Duo's finishing her Gundam now." Trowa smiled. "And besides, she'd be an excellent female...agent."

"I see. And the fifth?"

At this, Trowa paused. "I don't really know how to tell you this. Gallian Kenn, he's--"

"I'm ready." Relena opened the door of her bedroom, a smile on her face. "Trowa, I didn't know you'd be here."

"I'm leaving right now for NYC," Trowa explained, a little regretfully as Relena's expression sobered. "It was necessary for me to speak to Heero for a moment." He turned to his comrade. "I'll give you a call later this evening. Minister Darlian." With charm to tempt the dead, he lifted Relena's hand to his lips and started off.

Relena's smile returned, this time slyly, as she watched him saunter off with a grace he probably didn't know he possessed. "He could arouse a corpse, that one," she murmured.

"He was flirting with you," Heero pointed out. "You don't mind?"

She was a few paces ahead of his and had the advantage of flipping her hair to send him a steely-eyed expression that would effectively chill any blood that Trowa could warm. "Someone has the nerve to flirt with me. It's more admiration then desire," she said.

Heero's closed his eyes, listening to her heels click in the marble stairs as an inner battle waged; protestation versus silence.

As usual, silence won, and he followed after her, a look of duty on his face.

[Kira Anvari Maxwell]

" Hey uh, Maeko I'm sorry I made you mad, what ever I did I'm very sorry, the only female I'm used to being around is my mother and well she's gone too." Reku said closing his eyes trying not to remember his mother.

" Really, I'm the first Teenage girl you've been around?"

" Yeah."

" Why am I not surprised, with the way you acted before I doubt you will see another one." Maeko said.

"It's just that my entire life has been schooling and training myself to be a gundam pilot, and now my entire life is falling apart, all I have is my father and I can feel him slipping away too. I just dont want to lose any of you guys." Reku softly said as he cleared his eyes.

" Is that all, I thought Gundam pilots are stonger than that." Maeko said while looking at the strange mismatched colors of his eyes.

"Hey you two over there isn't it time for our little meeting of where we are to go ready to start yet." Reku's father called from his seat next to Quatre.

" Well. I'm still very sorry for what ever I said that made you mad, I hope you can forgive me...

[Gundam Girl]

Maeko stared at Reku for a moment, eyebrows narrowed slightly. Then she blinked, and a soft smile crossed her face. "Sure I can."

"Really?! Oh man, thank you. God, I hate confrontation -- huh?" he cut himself when Maeko pressed the tip of a finger to his lips to quiet him.

"You said you've spent your life training yourself to be a Gundam pilot." Maeko put her finger down and Reku nodded. "Then maybe you should split that time with training yourself on how to act and what to say around teenage girls, huh, Reku?"

Reku stood stupefied and turned to watch her as she walked closer to the other group.

"One thing, though." Maeko turned and beamed at him. "Your eyes, they're very beautiful."

"My...my eyes?" Reku faltered and felt his cheeks heat up.

"Oh, yeah. You wouldn't believe the hideousness of the muscleheads on my colony. Compared to them, you're like a movie star or something ditzy like that. You're pretty cute, actually, Maxwell." And with that, she walked to where Porthole was sitting with Wufei.

"My eyes..." Reku jerked back to the present and grinned. "I just got my first compliment from a really pretty chick my age. Cool!"

From his seat next to Gregory, Gallian scrutinized the scene he had overheard with his enhanced hearing.

Maxwell was an idiot, but Ikura could assist that bumbling part of him with her sharp wit. And he decided those two would be just fine.

[Kira Anvari Maxwell]

When they were all ready to talk about the coming missions and trials they all would face, they all gathered around the table.

" I suggest we wait until we get word from the other person we are to meet, although if I have to stay in one place any longer I'm going to go crazy." Reku said his cheeks still red from Maeko's comment.

" I see no point in leaving in a hurry, but the longer we don't do something, then the more time the enemy has to assemble a force against us." Quatre spoke trying to figure out why Maeko and Reku weren't trying to kill each other again.

" Then let's go now, if you're right then we may already have a force more than we can handle which means, one of us will probably die." Gallian said his brain calculating all that would need to be counted for.

" Oh yeah, which reminds me, I need to get to a photo shop or use one of your computers, I have a few layouts of the enemy base." Reku said taking off his watch and hooking it up to the laptop Gallian was using.

Readouts and pictures scrolled the screen, and finally stopped at a map location. " This is where we need to go, but that wasn't where I was, this was posted on Gelfis' wall."

" So what are we going to do."

and suddenly there was a knock at the door which made them all jump.

**************

Dagger sat next to the woman. " So tell me who are you?"

The young girl spoke, " I am Chloe and I don't want to talk to you, so go away."

Dagger got up and walked out of the room. She gave a cold look to the boy standing there and went down the hall. The boy slid a key out of his pocket and walked into a room. There was a woman, he probably knew her.

" Go away, I don't want to go with you." He stared at the woman a little longer them dropped the key right next to her.

" Find what you're looking for then leave...

The woman said nothing

[Chibi Reli]

I'm so excited! Not only about the story, but tomorrow is my last day of classes and only two to go to in the morning. Man am I going to celebrate tomorrow. Alright, time for the story.

"Who can that be?" Quatre asks outloud as everyone looks towards the door.

"I think we should go and find out," Duo says, starting to get up.

"Hello guys and lady," Trowa says as he enters the room and approaches the group.

"Trowa. You've finally arrived. The whole group is almost here. Where's Heero?" Duo asks.

"He's on 24 hour guard duty for Relena."

"Makes sense," Duo says, grinning.

"So, these are our new Gundam pilots," Trowa states, looking at the four younger people at the table.

"Yes they are. You already know Gallian and Reku," Gregory says.

"Of course."

"This is Porthole, the newest addition so far," he continues, pointing to the third boy in a very stoic pose.

"I've heard about him from Wufei. It's a pleasure to meet you Porthole," he says extending his hand without it being taken. "And this must be Maeko Ikura. It's a pleasure to meet you. I've heard many great things about you." He takes her hand in his and kisses it.

"Pleasure to meet you Mr. Barton," Maeko says softly, slightly blushing. Meanwhile, Reku sitting next to her begins to develop his version of the death glare.

"It's just Trowa."

"Alright," she says, almost giggling.

"So what's new?" Quatre asks as he takes a seat.

"I've informed Lady Une about me coming here and she thinks it would be best if we moved to the Preventer's main base and have a formal meeting, letting everyone to get to know exactly what's happening."

"Sounds good to me. I'm still having trouble putting all of this together," Maeko states, bringing a hand to her head.

"Mr. Wufei, are you there?" The face of a girl appears on the screen.

"Naora. Where are you?" Wufei asks the girl.

"We're on our way to where you are. We should be there relatively soon."

"Then we won't start anything until you get here so we won't have to repeat ourselves."

"Is that the fifth gundam pilot you were talking about?" Gregory asks.

"Yes. She's already been trained to be a gundam pilot and has a gundam of her own."

"Finally. Another girl," Maeko says, a smile plastered on her face.

So, when are we going to be having a battle soon or something?[color=#][/color]

[Kira Anvari Maxwell]

" Hey, what's wrong with us, I said I was - uh nevermind." Reku had just gotten back on good terms with her so now wasn't the best time to say something stupid.

" Can you tell Miss Naora to meet us at the Preventor base, It would be alot easier and there would be more security there in case something happened." Quatre said as if it had just came to him.

" Of course." Wufei dials the number and she appears. " What?"

" Meet us at preventor base."

" Alright, I'll be there." She ends the transmission.

" Alright, finally out of this room!" Reku shouted then tripped over his own feet.

They go to their Gundams..

*****

" Dagger is your mobile suit ready?" Gelfis asked looking at the footage.

" Yes sir."

" Then go, the pilots are moving."

She leaves.

********
" Dad, ride with Mister Winner, I've not got enough room as is." Reku said closing his cockpit.

" Alright every one, these are the coordinates to the Preventor base for those of you how have never been on earth, Good luck." Quatre says while boarding his shuttle.

The four gundams took off, only to meet the enemy half way there.

" Get out of the way, I got no time for this." Reku shouted.

" There are forty mobile suits, that's ten for each of us, this should be quick." Gallian said once again his brain calculating all the info.

" Alright! my first fight in my new mobile suit, come on!" Maeko said while adjusting her settings.

" They are already ahead of us, so the adults should be fine." Porthole spoke calmly.

" Make that forty-one, that ones coming quick and right at us." Reku said as though he was the only one who saw.

It was headed right for Gallian and Maeko. " I've got you now gundam pilots." Dagger said as she watched the two mobile suits move out of the way.

" Maeko, move!" Reku shouted as he pushed her gundam out of the way.

The others watched as the Black gundam streaked toward the ground, leaving a small hole.

" They're all gone, what just happend?" Gallian said while looking down at the gundam in the floor.

Porthole landed," Pick him up, let's go."

They dragged the fallen gundam to the Preventor Base.

" We were under attack, we don't know if he's alive." Gallian said jumping off his gundam.

Quatre opened the gundam and looked inside, his face was not a happy one...

[Chibi Reli]

"How is he Sally?" Duo asks as the others wait patiently in the waiting area.

"He has a slight concussion, two bruised ribs with some cuts and bruises. In other words, he'll be just fine but he'll be in alot of pain when he wakes up," she answers cheerfully. "I'm gonna go check on him again. I'll be right back."

"Thank Allah. That was a close one. Good thing you guys were ready," Quatre mentions.

"That baka!" The girl slashes her sword into the walls of the building, the soft clattering of the charm hanging off the handle.

"Maeko?" Gregory asks.

"That pig-headed male baka! If he wasn't in a hospital bed right now, I would put him one." Her grip on the handle tightens as she lowers her head and starts to shake.

"I think you should calm down..." Duo says, getting ready to approach her.

"Don't you dare tell me to calm down! That's it. I gotta get away from all you stupid males." She takes her blade out and after giving him her own version of a death glare, stomps away.

"She did it again. That girl has a problem," Gallian comments.

"I see now."

"What do you see Wufei?" Trowa asks the Chinese man who is deep in thought.

"I see why she has been getting all upset lately."

"Then can you please fill us in," Duo asks.

"From what her Master has told me, Maeko has pretty much been all around men her whole life. She didn't have her mother very long and never had much contact with her grandmother. And when she started training, she was the only girl there and most of the men picked on her for that. They always said she was too fragile to do most of the things they did, and I'm guessing that Maeko didn't like that. So she worked extra hard to make sure she could do anything they could do."

"Then she got mad at Reku when he tried to defend her then even though she thought she was fully capable. And then during the battle, he didn't give Maeko a chance to do things on her own and thought he was defending her," Quatre finishes, realizing everything.

"Right. She's the independent type that hates help when she has the ability to do it on her own."

"Duo, if you want to, you can see Reku now," Sally says as she comes out again.

"Thanks Sally. I'll see you guys later." He gets up from his seat and follows Sally towards his son.

"Mister Wufei!" a black haired girl shouts as she comes running down the hallway.

"Naora. It looks like you got here okay," Wufei says, looking at her.

"Father should be here shortly too. He's making sure my Gundam is okay."

"You didn't encounter any trouble on the way here did you?" Gallian asks.

"Nope." She nods her head.

"Good," Quatre says.
***
"Dagger, what in the hell happened?" Gelfis asks as Dagger appears in front of him.

"I have no idea Master Gelfis. One minute I was heading towards the gundams and the next minute I was somewhere else."

"This is very interesting. It looks like these new pilots have a secret weapon. We just better find out what it is."

Another one down. It's soo long. Yay!

[Kira Anvari Maxwell]

" You are so stupid Reku, how could you do that, you can't keep helping her like that, she doesn't like it." Duo said in his calm voice.

" I'm sorry dad from now on I'll stay away from her if she wants, I wont go near her. " He starts to get up. " But I had to move her away from the blast and I was trying to give her time to fight, I didn't know the battle would end so quickly. She told me to learn how to talk to girls but it's not going to help if I keep getting her mad."

" Sit down, and don't move." He tried to make him sit back down.

" I don't want to I have to help everyone. I...I "

" You what?"Duo asked looking a bit confused.

" I don't like her sword, I like her, but I know she doesn't like me back so I'm confused. Girls are so confusing."

" I said that about your mother a long time ago, you'll get over it and if you and her don't get together there will be others you will like." Duo said understanding just a little bit.

******
Dagger walked up and down the hall. ** How could we have just ended up somewhere else, those damn gundams everyone of them is different***

" So I see you messed up woman." came a voice from behind her.

" What would 16 year old boy know."

" I know alot about my brothers gundam that you could possibly never understand."

And with that Alex walked out of sight.

*****
Gallian watched Maeko stomp back to the little group.

" So are you better now." Quatre asked a little timidly.

"No I still want to kill him , but first I want to know why? She said with the anger in her eyes.

" He's spent his entire life on that colony, his mother educated him, he's always only been around his mother, it's just some instinct he's got that compels him to protect women. Heero's got it sometimes too, but he only watches Relena." Wufei explained.

" I'm ready to go now."

They all turned around to see Reku and Duo standing there. Maeko walks up and smacks him.

" I deserve that, I'm sorry.....

[tornin1/2]

'Well you should be. I'm capable of defending myself. Even though I'm just a girl.'

'B-but that wasn't why i did it!' Reku spluttered.

Without replying Maeko walked to the other side of the room, dangerously fiddling with her sword.

I'm gonna post this even though i haven't finished yet, i just want to check how it posts, also this is the 1st time i've used Reku and Maeko, i hope that portrayed them right.

[tornin1/2]

'Why do you suppose the mobile dolls just disappeared like that?' Quatre sat on a round table opposite Wufei and Dr Gallein, with Duo leaning on the wall behind him.

'I don't know exactly.' Wufei replied, 'Maybe the enemy have got a new technique.'

Duo had been unusually pensive lately, his brow was furrowed as he was deep in thought.

'They could still be here. Hiding that is.'

Everyone turned around to see Trowa leaning on the wall beside the door.

'What do you mean?'

'Wha...'

'Wufei, what did you say Porthole's abilities were?' Duo interrupted.

Slightly confused, Wufei gazed at Duo as if trying to understand what he was getting at. Then answered the question. 'Making and travelling through portholes an....'

'Then that's it, he must have spontaneously created a porthole and sent the enemy dolls back to their base.'

'You've been doing some deep thinking!' Wufei commented half surprised and half amused.

'Trowa could you get Porthole. We have some serious discussing to do.'

'No, I'll go,' Wufei said. 'I don't think he'll listen to anyone but Dr Miyagi and me.'

'Why's that?' Quatre asked.

'I'll explain later.

************************

Porthole lay in his chamber, it was small and similar to the ones in the asylum. Looking at the cirular disk he'd taken earlier, he fingered its edges.



Woo-whooo!! that was the longest i've done in.
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