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Chapter Three
By Raven
Email: SandDruid@aol.com
Disclaimer: Part 3 of my long epic (the whole story is in my head) to everyone who has been reading my story, thanks. Well, It's the usual, I don't own Gundam Wing or anything remotely close to it. So, please don't sue me. On to part 3...
On a training field:
"Ease up Heero, this is not a real fight. Damn!"
Duo struggled to get his new Deathscyth off the ground after new and improved Wing Zero had punched him unsuspectingly. Wing Zero backed off.
"You should always be alert Duo, if this was a real battle you would have been dead."
Duo rolled his eyes.
"Gee, thanks for the pointer. I needed to remember how a battle works."
Heero narrowed his and said nothing. By that time the others had started attacking each other. Wing Zero flew toward SandRock and took out his saber, while the Deathscyth and the Heavy Arms were busy fending off the Shen Long.
At the Gundam's Hanger:
The professors were taking statistics on the Gundam performance.
"They are doing remarkably well for having been retired from piloting the Gundam's for a couple years."
"Yes, they are...............I still wish that Moore could of helped."
Professor J turned to professor S.
"Don't mention that name again, even though Moore helped with the enginnering and design of the past Gundams, that person left us at the first sign of war."
The professor's turned back to watching the Gundams.
At Duo's Junkyard:
Hilde sat on the sofa watching the news on T.V. She turned to look at a picture of Duo and her, the picture was taken after they had washed a car. Duo had just dumped a bucket of soapy water on Hilde by surprise. Hilde found herself smiling at the memory, but her smile quickly turned to a frown when she remebered the argument they had before he left to start retraining.
Flash back:
"Duo! I don't understand why you have to go now!"
"Will you leave it alone Hilde, the CWD organization can come at any moment and I have to be ready."
Duo started packing some clothes from his room all the while Hilde was trying to convince him to stay.
"Fine! I'm going with you, if the professor's can rebuild your gundam they can build one for me and I can help fight!"
Hilde walked to her room not giving Duo a chance to say anything. She started packing her things when Duo threw her bag back into the closet. Duo grabbed her by the arm and made her sit down in a chair and pointed his finger at her.
"Now you listen to me! Your going to do as I say, because it's for your own saftey. I don't want to be responsible for your death, your going to stay her like a good girl and not get involved. Understand?"
Hilde said nothing and did nothing but stare at him. Duo became angry.
"UNDERSTAND?!"
Hilde flinched at the power of his voice. She spoke in a weak voice.
"Yes."
Hilde looked away so he couldn't see her tears. Duo stormed out the door, grabbing his bag on the way out. Hilde looked at the door.
"I'm sorry Duo."
Present Time:
Hilde stood up and walked to the photo and touched it with the tips of her fingers. She thought that if she lost him, she would regret not telling him that she loved him, but instead the last words they said to each other were words of anger.
"Duo, what am I going to do with you?"
Africa somewhere near Gana:
Relena stood by the side of the plane.
"Can you fix it?"
Misty looked up from the engine of the plane, she signed.
"Not without a new fuel line, it's busted."
Relena looked away towards the forest.
"Great."
Morgan looks up from a map.
"Okay, since Gana is not on this map, probably because it's a small village, and we landed going in the direction that the plane was taking us in so............"
Morgan walked toward Relena and Misty twisting the map this way at that. She looked up and pointed toward a dense part of the forest.
"...........it should be that way, about a couple hours walk."
Relena looked at the girls.
"There is something we have to do first."
Relena walked to the plane and came back carring Adrian's body. Relena looked at the girls.
"You guys, go find some firewood okay?"
Misty looked at Adrian and closed her eyes.
"Okay."
About twenty minutes later they gathered enough wood, and Relena layed Adrian's body on a flate section of the wood. Misty and Morgan stood behind Relena as she lit a match.
"Good-bye Adrian, I hope you've found your freedom."
With that Relena threw the match into the fire and watched it set ablaze. She looked for a moment then turned away.
"Let's go."
Misty stopped walking and looked back to the fire, she stood for a moment then smiled sadly.
3 hours (about 8:00 pm) later in Gana:
"Man, what a dump."
Morgan said as she watched some drunken people get into a fight. The village looked like a town that never excelled with the rest of the world in technology. It was very primative. Relena payed no attention to the calls and whistles as the three pretty girls passed a group of men. Misty looked around.
"You know Sage, I find it hard to find any intelligent life around here. Let alone a Gundam engineer."
Relena stopped walking.
"There, straight ahead we'll ask if they know anybody named Valise Moore."
Misty and Morgan looked to where Relena indicated, it was a bar. Morgan slowly turned to look at Relena.
"Your joking right? Sage, I think you need to get your head checked."
Morgan pointed to the bar.
"The bar, you want us to go into a bar, where most of those drunken idoits are coming from."
Relena looked at Morgan with a small smile.
"You scared Morgan?"
Morgan looked serious.
"Yeah, a little."
Relena laughed and started walking. Misty touched Morgan's arm.
"Don't worry I'll protect you Morgan."
Morgan smacked Misty's hand away.
"Oh shut up!"
Misty followed Relena laughing. The girls entered the bar and found it mostly occupied with men that looked like they needed a couple of baths each. Relena went to the bar and asked the bartender.
"Do you know a person named Valise Moore?"
The bartender didn't even look up to answer her.
"Nope, no one by that name here."
Misty muttered under her breath.
"People are so cooperative here."
Relena started to get angry.
"Think harder."
This time the bartender looked at her.
"I said there is no one by that name here."
Morgan looked at Relena.
"Let's go Sage, even if they knew, they're not talking."
A figure in the corner stared unnoticed at the girls. As the girls were passing a table on the way outone of the men at the table put his foot up so Relena couldn't pass. Relena looked up to the ceiling.
"Come on, not now."
The man smiled at her.
"Where are you pretty little things going? Why don't you sit down and we can talk. What do ya say?"
Relena looked at his dirty face.
"What do you say I slap you around for a while?"
The man got up.
"No need to get angry, I was just being friendly."
Misty and Morgan tried to intervene only to be blocked by the guys friends. Relena looked to the man.
"I don't need any friends, most of all not one like you."
She tried to walk past him but he grabbed her arm.
"You're gonna sit with us one way or the other."
Relena looked at the arm that was holding her then she looked at his face.
"I strongly suggest you let go of my arm, unless you want something bad to happen."
"What is a little thing like you gonna do?"
Misty and Morgan looked at each other and they both said at the same time.
"Uh oh."
In the next moment they say the guy fly across half of the room, Misty and Morgan took this advantage while the man's friends stood dumbfounded and quickly punched them hard enough that they doubled over. The figure in the corner that watched the whole exchange started to laugh and followed the girls out. Relena was slightly limping.
"Sage are you okay?"
"Yeah, I just underestimated the guys weight, it felt like I slammed foot into a Mobile suit."
Misty laughed at this, they were half way down the road when the cloaked figure caught up with them.
"Excuse me, I saw your little display at the bar"
The girls turned to the person in the cloak and Morgan spoke up.
"Look we're not looking for trouble."
The person shook her head.
"No you have me pinned wrong."
Misty looked aggravated.
"I don't mean to be rude but we really have to get going."
The girls turned to start walking down the road when the cloaked figure stopped them.
"I'm just curious."
Relena turned to look at the figure.
"Curious about what?"
The figure took her hood off and revealed a woman about the age of 55. She was not ugly or beautiful either, but she had a strong character about her.
"I was curious why you were looking for me."
At The Gundam base:
Duo was sitting on the bed in his room, listening to music. He looked at a picture of Hilde and him on a dresser in his room, which was on top of one the few pieces of furniture that the pilots had in their room. He was interupted by a knock at his door.
"Come in!"
The door opened and Quatre stepped in.
"Hello Duo."
"Hey......can I help you with something Quatre?"
"Just wanted to say hi, I noticed that you've been on the edge lately."
Duo laughed.
"Just me?"
Quatre smiled.
"It's just that you are always joking around and you have been so irritable lately."
Duo looked at Quatre tiredly.
"I'm sorry I'm not all laughter and fun lately."
Quatre shook his head sadly, and spotted the picture of Hilde and him.
"You miss her don't you?"
Duo didn't even bother looking at Quatre.
"Yeah."
"Don't worry Duo you'll see her again."
Quatre walked out of Duo's room. Duo looked at the door as it closed.
"I hope you're right Quatre."
Africa, in Gana:
The girls and Valise were sitting by a dock far away from the rowdy crowd in the town.
"How do you know me?"
Misty and Morgan kept quiet so Relena could tell her, they thought that she should be the one to do it.
"I met a girl in prison, she was my cell mate after I got captured. We became friends and told me everything about herself, because she thought that she would never be free of the place. Her name was Adrian and the prison we were at was called the CWD Hell Prison."
Valise did not even flinch when Relena told her this.
"How do I know your telling the truth and that you meet her in this prison."
Relena looked at Valise for a second then got up, she took off her coat, turned her back to Valise and lifted the back of her shirt to reveal the many scars of the whips and anything else the guards had used."
Valise looked at her back then looked away.
"Okay so you're not lying about the prison part. What did Adrian tell you?"
Relena put her coat back on and sat back down, and told Valise about the Gundams that Adrian told her about how she tried to blow up the CWD base.
"Adrian taught me everything I know now, and another friend named Maci."
Valise put on a confused look.
"What happened to Adrian?"
Valise could see the tears in Relena's eyes as she turned to her.
"I couldn't save her."
Valise's face softened. Relena felt that she might not be able hold her composure much longer, she looked toward the water and took a deep breath.
"There's something else."
Valise leaned back.
"What's that?"
"Adrian wanted me to do something for her, her last request. She wanted me to fly her Gundam."
"Hold on a minute. Are you a pilot?"
"No, and I probably wouldn't know which end was up."
Valise got up from the bench.
"I thank you for coming here to tell me about Adrian, and it's very noble of you to follow Adrian's request. You have to understand that Adrian went through a lot of training to even qualify to fly one of my gundams, their more advanced then the Gundams you have ever seen and the pilot has to go through some things that can be dangerous."
Relena stood up next to Valise.
"And I appreciate Valise that you hold your Gundams to a high standard, but I am going to fly Adrian's Gundam even if I have to follow you to the ends of the earth. You won't get rid of me, I'm a fast learner and you are going to teach me to fly it."
Valise studied Relena for a moment.
"What did you say your name was?"
"Sage Mason."
Valise gave off a big smile.
"Adrian taught you well."
She offered her hand and Sage shook it. Valise looked behind her to Misty and Morgan.
"What about your friends?"
Relena tilted her head at her friends then looked at Valise.
"Say......I remember Adrian telling me that you have three gundams right?"
Valise shook her head.
"Be thankful I'm letting you join, your friends will have to go."
Misty and Morgan looked at each other then at Relena.
"They have to come, there is no where else they can go and where can you find Gundam pilots for the other two. Morgan and Misty do well under pressure and they have been in a prison where you have to fight to stay alive, so they aren't liable to give up. Now can you say that for the people that you think are qualified to fly the Gundams, there is more that reflects in battles than good piloting skills, if those people come across a situation where they have to use survival skills instead of piloting skills, I bet you that their strategic plan will go to total shit. All you have to teach us is to fly. "
Valise looked impressed, and even Misty and Morgan looked impressed.
"You bring up good points."
Valise looked at Misty and Morgan.
"Welcome to the team, follow me."
As Valise lead the way, Misty leaned close to Relena.
"Wh...whe...where did you learn to speak like that?"
Relena looked at Misty with a funny look.
"It's a long story."
Morgan shook her head, and said to no one in paticular.
"Yeah I bet it is. Hell, I though me and Misty were going to have to get really good at saying 'Say mister, could you spare some change?' I'm glad it turned out this way."
At the Gundam base:
Heero was sleeping when a feeling woke him. He sat up and looked out the window in his room at the sky.
"Relena."
Somewhere in Africa:
The group was walking in the forest, everyone keeping company with their own thoughts. Relena slowed down, and Misty was the first to notice that Relena had stopped and saw her looking to the sky. Relena closed her eyes.
"Heero."
Misty walked to where Relena was standing.
"Are you okay Sage, is something wrong?"
"No, nothing is wrong. Do you ever get that feeling that at one moment you feel the need to look at the sky and that you feel somewhere, someone far away is looking up at the same exact time you are?"
Misty looked at Relena with a blank look.
"No, not really."
Relena smiled sadly at Misty and started walking again.
"Come on Misty we have some Gundams to meet."
END OF PART 3
The Raven (part four is where a lot of interesting things happen)