Gundam Wing Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Gundam Wing Rewritten ❯ Wings of Sorrow ( Chapter 5 )

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This is going to be a FUN chapter to write!!!! And a pretty long one! Okay, fine, very long. But very fun to write!

Heeheehee!!! NO, I'M NOT TURNING INTO DOROTHY!!!!!

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL REVIEWS!!!

I'm glad some of you like it!

Don't forget to thank ane-chan (Meio-chan) for editing! And guess what?! I got to read Ground Zero! It's the prequel to Endless Waltz and it's really cool, though it's sort of...mushy between Heero and Relena...

Meio-chan: *haughty sniff* Blind Target is better than Ground Zero by a lot.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!! :P

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Chapter 5

Usagi had been having weird dreams; she just couldn't understand them. What did they mean? What were they trying to tell her? She remembered hearing a droplet of water hit a surface of a smooth pond, creating rippling effects. She felt like she was hovering over the endless lake, completely void of any light, except for the ripples of light on the lake of total darkness. A slight wind blew, glowing cherry blossoms floating around with the wind, but no tree in sight. She felt feathers brushing against her nude body, and realized she had pure white wings sprouting from her back, glowing with a brilliant light in the forlorn darkness. She spread them out and took up a gentle flight. She felt extremely calm, not noticing anything around her, especially about the fact that everything was shroud in darkness, not a single soul nearby. Until she realized sparkling droplets of tears were flowing down her face, hitting the dark lake with light ripples... (Tenshi-chan: Sort of like on of Sakura's dreams CCS)

That was when she always woke up, finding tears on her cheeks. 'Why am I always crying in that dream?' she pondered to herself. It was never like an upset thing, with people running into her room because she screamed, but more like something quiet, and sad. Loneliness, something whispered in her mind. Something sad was going to happen, she was sure of it, or else why would she be crying? 'Is something going to happen to Heero?' she wondered. 'But that doesn't explain the wings...' (Tenshi-chan: If you don't get what her dream means, take a good look at the chapter title)

She got up and dressed, pushing the dreams out of her mind and prepared for another day of hard work, training with Zechs, preparing for the sure to come battles.

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ON OZ LUNAR BASE

"Checkmate."

Heero knew he was in trouble. And he knew that was Trowa holding a gun to his head.

And he knew that Trowa was in an OZ suit.

"I'm OZ pilot trainee, Trowa Barton." His eyes narrowed. "Identify yourself," he said in a soft, deadly tone.

Heero looked up at him, fully knowing that Trowa knew whom he was. He gave a smirk; Trowa certainly was a good actor. "I'm...a gundam pilot," he said in surrender, his hands up as if to mock his co-pilot. (Meio-chan: I always liked this part! I thought it was so cool! Go Trowa!!!)

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BACK TO USAGI...

"Oh Serenity, dearest," Zechs came mockingly singing through the doorway. "Guess what?"

Usagi scowled. "It's Usagi. Serenity's too innocent to be my name anymore."

"But Serenity, we are going on a mission, as special mission."

Usagi did not like the tone of his voice. "What?"

"We're going to Moon City to give a little peace conference. And Lt. Une is going to be there."

"Oh joy. The bitch is going got be there. No wonder you're calling me Serenity. She'd take one look at me and explode."

"Very perceptive. We're leaving at 1600 hours today, so let's go over the details now....

"Don't forget to bring earplugs just in case," Usagi drawled.

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ON THE L4 COLONY OF THE WINNER CORPORATION

"But Father! If I don't fight for peace, then who will? Someone has to fight for the colonies!" the young heir complained to his father. Quatre was holding a disk, trying to explain his reasoning behind the construction of Wing Zero.

"Fighting will not solve anything!" Mr. Winner roared. As an avid pacifist, he was not pleased with his son's actions in Operation M. "You're the Winner heir! Start thinking like one."

"But he's already thinking like one," the soft voice of Ilea came from behind her youngest brother.

"Ilea..." Quatre whispered.

Quatre's father grumbled, staring out the window. "Look all those people have been fooled by OZ to protest against me again, but we're not fighting."

All of sudden, a MS Leo came soaring in, claiming to be the Winner's guard, shouting "Death to the protesters." (Tenshi-chan: I hate that part...it's the most dreadful part in the manga... *shudders*) (Meio-chan: *shudders as well* Hai!!!! I totally agree with that!!)

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6 O'CLOCK MOON CITY

Une watched a MS come flying into the base. 'What, it's the Tallgeese?!' She dashed towards the hanger with three soldiers as an escort. 'He's alive?!?' (Tenshi-chan: Heh-heh-heh... I got evil plans for her... *grins sadistically*)

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'This should be interesting to watch...what's Serenity-hime going to do next? What have she and Milliardo-sama planned?' A tall figure gazed on into the viewing portal alone. 'Serenity-hime must survive, the future depends on her... But will she need to require her old memories in the process?' (Tenshi-chan: Give me a vote if you want Usagi's memories to be revived at all during the fic)

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Zechs looked calmly around him as Usagi jumped down from the cockpit of the Tallgeese after him. She had dropped Twilight off at a very dependable place where she was sure no one from OZ would find it. Besides, she had seen two other very familiar MS residing over there anyway...she figured if they trusted that woman with their MS, she might as well trust that woman with her own MS.

Zechs was wearing the proper uniform of someone representing the Sanc Kingdom, while Usagi was wearing a white formal blouse and a baby sky blue, the color of the Sanc Kingdom (other than Relena's pink (Tenshi-chan: *gag*) (Meio-chan: *smacks Tenshi-chan on the upside of the head*) (Tenshi-chan: *moans* owwwww ane-san!!!!!!)), pleated skirt that reached right above her knees. Milliardo would have required her to wear the more formal tight skirt, but he relented when she argued that you couldn't run in those. Noin used to always complain about that to him as well, which is why he let the officer wear pants.

"ZECHS!!!" Usagi looked on with amusement clearly shown on her face as Une bolted into the room.

"Zechs! What nerve you have showing up here!! Have you know respect for General Treize?" the lady (Tenshi-chan: *ahem*) demanded.

"Treize Kushrenada is my friend," Zechs said airily. "I believe your mistaking me for someone else."

Usagi smirked.

"I'm here to attend the colonial meeting as a delegate from Earth. I am a peace ambassador of the Sanc Kingdom, Milliardo Peacecraft."

Usagi would have burst out laughing if she hadn't the emotional training from L1. She looked behind Une at one of her guards. 'Trowa...' Their eyes met. Oh yes, he certainly knew that she was Usagi/Serenity.

"Don't give me that." Une started, protesting. It was too late.

Milliardo was too fast for her as he grabbed her hand in his own. "I'll excuse your behavior this once, for Treize's sake. It was a please to meet you, Specials Lt. Une." He gave the hand he held a peck.

Lt. Une was filled with chills when his lips touched her hand. (Tenshi-chan: That was the FUNNIEST part of the manga!!!) 'That HAS to be Zechs....' she thought darkly to herself. Her eyes wandered to his companion.

"USAGI TSUKINO!!!" Lt. Une blared. (Meio-chan: Blared???? *bursts out laughing* Nice word choice!!!) (Tenshi-chan: Gee, thanks. I thought it fits her lieutenant type personality quite well! Besides, that's what Charles-kun said)

Usagi just managed to keep a straight face as she turned and started talking to Zechs. Then, after a few minutes, she just happened to NOTICE that Lt. Une was screaming her lungs out at her. "Pardon? Did you call me Usagi? Perhaps you have mistaken me for someone else as well?" A slight smirk played on Trowa's face.

Lt. Une's face twisted into contorted anger. Usagi nearly laughed out loud. Nearly. "My name is Serenity Maxwell. I came here to accompany Ambassador Milliardo as a student."

Lt. Une tried to wipe off all emotions off her face, but she was still livid. "Very well," she said stiffly.

~*~

"Zechs?" the voice of Treize questioned Lt. Une through vid-computer. "But he's dead."

"Sir, he's calling himself a Peacecraft with a straight face!"

"So, It's not Zechs then. Milliardo Peacecraft is a friend of mine."

"But General!" Lt. Une protested. "He's with that Tsukino girl! Who's under the name of Serenity! Who the hell does that girl think she i..."

"Listen," Treize cut her off short. "I'm leaving all space matters to you. Do what you like. Mass produce that new MS and station them at the colonies."

"Yes sir," Lt. Une saluted the closed the link.

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BACK TO QUATRE...

"WHAT?! It's firing at the civilians! I don't even know that MS!!" Quatre's father was shocked. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!"

"People! OZ is here to protect you!" One of the MS Taurus pilots announced. "The Winners are crooks! Let's fight them together!"

Meanwhile, Quatre noticed the pilot of the "Winner's Guardian MS Leo" snuck out of the suit. "OH NO! IT'S AN OZ TRAP!"

"OZ SET US UP!!!!"

"FATHER!!! ILEA!!!!!"

(Tenshi-chan: I think we know the rest of the sad story of the death of Quatre's father and his sister Ilea. *sniffles* OZ is such a...a...horrendous organization! Heero! Rid the world of such evil!) (Dr. J: Hey! That's my line!) (Tenshi-chan: Oops! Heh-heh *sweatdrop* oh well...) (Meio-chan: Baka imouto-chan! But this part IS sad!!!!)

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Treize sat in his office, contemplating after his conversation with Lt. Une. 'So, Serenity did find Milliardo...a faithful soldier to the last.' He fingered the cross that she had left him. 'As we proceed with independence, the colonies will need arms and we'll sell them MS. That should satisfy the Romefeller Foundation.' He took a sip of coffee. 'Milliardo...would he be against it? That would be interesting. And Serenity, not the girl Usagi but Serenity, what is her view on this issue?'

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MOON CITY'S CONFERENCE HALL

"I have no objections to your desire for independence, however, you must reconsider the armament! ONLY DEMILITARIZATION CAN BRING PEACE TO THE COLONIES!" Milliardo/Zechs was the one talking, standing up to emphasize his point.

"Ambassador Peacecraft's opinion is idealistic and unrealistic," an unamused Lt. Une commented. "How would you maintain the safety of the colonies?" she challenged.

Milliardo didn't answer, so Serenity (a.k.a. Usagi) took that as her chance to speak. "Milliardo-sama's opinion may be idealistic, however, it can be made realistic. What he means is that without the weapons, there would be no war. Logical, isn't it?" she asked, giving a glance at all the representatives at the meeting. "Well, should all of the nations participate in the disarmament, then there would be no weapons, henceforth no wars. Is that not correct, Amabassador Milliardo?"

"Quite right, Serenity. The ideal would be the immediate disarmament of all nations. I think the colonies should play as the example," Milliardo said, a slight smirk on his face for Une. "OZ must leave the colonies! That is the first step to a true peace!"

Lt. Une glared at the pair. "Damn." she muttered under her breath.

Usagi loved her role in this mission, anything to torture Une. (Tenshi-chan: *grins* Usa-chan's having fun!!!)

~*~

Duo and Wufei had just stolen into the base after learning that Heero was possibly being kept prisoner there. They were walking through the halls when Duo heard the name "Serenity." 'Serenity? Here?' he thought to himself as he led Wufei nearer to the room. They heard snatches of the debate, a voice clearly that of Zechs Merquise. However, this man was speaking against Oz. Something didn't fit here. 'Oh well, Why don't we just open our mouths and agree with mask-boy here.'

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Wufei beat him to it. "That's right! Oz is the real enemy of the colonies!"

Lt. Une's head whipped around. "What?!" Everyone stared at the two young men; everyone except for Serenity.

"DUO!!!" Usagi dashed out of her seat and into her brother's open arms.

Duo squeezed her into a tight hug. "Hey Serenity..." he murmured as he rested his chin onto her gold hair.

Usagi suddenly slapped him. Everyone looked at her, shocked. Duo stared at her, his eyes wide with a hurt expression in them. She got out of his arms. "Brother, dearest, you interrupted on of the most important peace negotiations!" she said in mock indignity, throwing her hands on her hips.

"Serenity Maxwell, my sister, deepest apologies. My comrade and I shall depart," Duo said, catching on. He gave a low bow and started walking away, winking at the astonished Wufei. Just as he passed through the doorway, he found Serenity's arms around his middle, just as if they were 5 years old again. He turned around, facing her.

"You may have interrupted our meeting, but I'm glad you came anyway," she said, hugging him as if there was no tomorrow. Who knows, perhaps there wouldn't be a tomorrow. Duo buried his nose in her hair, smiling at the fact that they both still wore their braids.

"What is the meaning of this?" the colonial representative of L1 demanded.

"Well, you see," Usagi explained softly, "we're gundam pilots, we know what really goes on out in the battle field."

"Why do you trust Oz?" Duo questioned, looking up from his sister's head. "They don't want peace."

"They want control!" Wufei declared, his voice containing that finality in it.

"I think Oz ought to reveal their true intentions." Usagi's old smirk was on her face again, as Zechs surely noticed.

"SHUT UP!" Une screamed, point a furiously shaking hand at the three. "Arrest them! NOW!"

"Na-ah-ah!" Duo said, waggling his finger. "We're not here to fight. You ought to treat us like guests."

"Lock them up and throw them in prison with that other gundam pilot!" Lt. Une continued to rant. (Tenshi-chan: *sweatdrops*)

Usagi sighed as Oz officers soon surrounded them. "Don't fight you guys," she whispered to the other two. "Duo said we weren't here to fight. Besides, that was a peace conference you interrupted."

The boys nodded in response and allowing the soldiers to hand cuff them and lead the three of them off into the cell. Wasn't Heero just SOOOOOOOOO happy to see Usagi there. (Tenshi-chan: heh-heh *sweatdrop* Poor Usa-chan... she's going to get it.)

~*~

Milliardo watched the three gundam pilots be taken away. 'Oh well, time's are certainly changing. At least Usagi's back with her brother.' While Une was being very busy with the custody of the three rebels, Zechs made a quick getaway in the Tallgeese.

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Tenshi-chan: Sneak! He just doesn't want to confront Une by himself...!

Zechs: *clicks the safety of his gun off* I dare you to repeat that.

Tenshi-chan: Why do I always end up with the gun pointed at me?!

Meio-chan: Because, imouto-chan, you let your mouth do all the talking!

Tenshi-chan: *sweatdrops* good point.

Meio-chan: Damn right!!!

Zechs: *stares at Meio-chan*

Meio-chan: What?

Zechs: *disbelieving* you just swore!!

Meio-chan: Oh, please!! What am I, some innocent teenage girl who can.t stand the idea of swearing??

Zechs: *stuttering* You...NEVER....

Meio-chan: You wish, Milli-boy. You really wish.

Zechs: *annoyed* don't call me "Milli-boy."

Meio-chan: Tough luck, Milli-boy, cuz I'm the editor and Tenshi-chan's older sis. Ya can't tell me what not to do!

Tenshi-chan: You let him, ane-san!

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Heero glared at Usagi once she entered. "Why are you here? Weren't you supposed to be on Earth?"

Usagi winced at his cold voice. "Was on Earth, and am in prison with you now."

Heero continued glaring at her. "Usagi, you don't have a single cut on you, nothing on your skin. How are you in here like that?"

"You don't want to know."

"Yes I do."

"No you don't."

"Yes I do."

"No you don't."

(Tenshi-chan: *sweatdrop* they're at it again...) (Meio-chan: *sigh* Sure are...)

"Usagi, tell me what happened."

"No."

"Now, Usagi."

"No. Ask Duo or Wufei. They can tell you."

Heero ignored her. "Usagi, as you superior, I demand to know what happened." (Meio-chan: Heero pulling rank??? Wow, that's a first.)

Usagi slumped. "Fine, be that way. The three of us let the soldiers take us away because I didn't want my braid ruined."

"Usagi. " Heero growled. "Stop playing around."

"I came here with Mil..."

"SH!" Heero hissed, placing a calloused hand over her mouth. Duo narrowed his eyes at the closeness of the two (Tenshi-chan: Hey! Duo's her brother! He has a right to get protective over her), but let it go. Heero's own eyes were narrowed as he listened to the footsteps drawing nearer and nearer. When he realized that the guard was coming to their cell, he removed his hand. The face that appeared through the bars was all too familiar. (Tenshi-chan: More like the bangs...) (Trowa: ...Not funny...)

"Trowa?" Usagi whispered. "You got in?"

Trowa didn't reply. "06, out."

Heero and Duo swiftly stood up, smoothly moving in front of Usagi. "What do you want with her," Duo demanded.

"Lt. Une wishes to see her."

Wufei snorted. "Lt. Une doesn't wish to see her, she wishes to torture her."

"Lt. Une decreed that it would be fit to question the girl," Trowa said emotionlessly.

"I'll go," Usagi said.

"Serenity!"

"Usagi!"

"Onna, are you insane?"

"Trowa's been turned into an Oz tool," Heero explained.

"And a very good one," Usagi said wryly.

"Sere," Duo said, placing a hand on her shoulder. "I know you don't want trouble for us, but we're willing to face it for you."

"No, it's not that...I just want to get it over with. It was going to happen sooner or later. Don't worry, I can handle it." She moved toward the door. "I'll be back before you know it," she said with a wink. Funny, she had never done that before, yet it came so natural to her... (Tenshi-chan: if you don't get that, think Minako's wink...)

Trowa led the girl out then locked the three boys back into near total darkness.

"I have a bad feeling about this," Duo said, worried.

Wufei groaned. 'Duo's going to go all depressy on me again.'

Heero said nothing; he just glared at the door.

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Trowa had Usagi following him, another two soldiers watching. He knew that if he wanted to break the girl out, he could do it now, he had too much of Une's trust as a skilled fighter. Together with Usagi, taking out these two wouldn't be a problem.

But for some reason, a gut feeling told him no, it wasn't a gut feeling of duty, but more like an inner sense, that if he just keeps on playing, things will end up better in the long run.

So he let it be.

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Usagi stared at the tall man's back, wondering what exactly was going on in his head. 'So, he put the info from the disk into good use, but does he still know whose side he's playing on?' Either he was a major hole in the gundam's side, or a major one in Une's side. She was hoping for the latter. 'But if he's still on our side, then is he still going to take me to Une?' She gave an inward shudder. Une hated her guts; it was a fact. Besides, Oz questionings were bad enough...

They were there, at the door, a heavily bolted door with another security pad on it. 'Oh goddess, here goes nothing...' Usagi followed Trowa in. The door slammed shut behind her with a heavy thud as another soldier shackled her to two dangling handcuffs that were just her height if she stretched out her arms and was on her tippy toes. 'Great, I'm going to get Zechs's present dirty.' Milliardo had bought those clothes for her, and she was certain they weren't going to last this session.

The sound of high-heels clicking on the floor grew nearer, followed by a sound of a cart being pushed on squeaky wheels. Usagi calculated quickly, and once the cart was within range, she swung out and kicked it, earning her a muffled tumble and an angry scream. Another Oz soldier grabbed her and held her writhing body still as Une fixed the upset cart. She wiggled like hell, and managed to give a few sharp kicks to the shins and the groin, but there were too many soldiers to fight them all off. At the first signs of weariness, she stopped, knowing that she would need to save her strength.

'Goddess...I must have made her mad... ' She knew Trowa wasn't there anymore, but her eyes didn't need to adjust to the dim light as she was staring at Une's glasses that reflected the malice in the woman's eyes. Oh yes, this little bunny of the moon was going to get it...

The first punches and whiplashes she didn't feel, but as more and more were brought onto her body, she couldn't handle it anymore. She wouldn't scream, but she couldn't stop from twitching, or from showing her pain. She wouldn't speak either, though Lt. Une wasn't here just for questioning. She wanted Usagi to feel tortured. Once there were a sufficient amount of wounds, she ordered drugs to be injected into her bloodstream, drugs that would loosen her mouth.

Usagi still refused to talk, or to scream from the continuous lashing of the whip. She lost count of the number of injections...

The last thing Usagi remembered were those eyes behind Une's glasses, and the feel of blood dripping down from her wounds...

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Trowa wasn't sure if it was safe to be the one to carry Usagi back to the cell with the three most deadly assassins in the room, two of which were very protective over the girl in his arms. (Tenshi-chan: Poor Tro-kun!) (Trowa: ...) After all, one look at the shape of the poor girl...anyone would be willing to kill.

Trowa opened the door to the cell with a heavy heart and walked in. Placing the unconscious Usagi gently down on the bed, which Wufei had thankfully abandoned, he turned around, only to be blocked by his three fellow pilots.

"Move," Trowa quietly commanded.

Duo was the first to move, going to the bedside, staring at the beaten body of his sister. "Shinigami, she's got a hell a lot of wounds. Please tell me there were no drugs."

"Then I won't say anything." Trowa gave a small glare at Wufei and Heero who still blocked his way. Finally, Wufei relented, sitting back down.

"Trowa."

"Heero."

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't break your neck?" Heero asked threateningly.

Trowa made no response, just as Heero made no move to carry out his threat.

"Why are you doing this?" Heero finally questioned.

"There are things that can be done behind enemy lines," was the simple reply.

"Just as a warning," Heero said, eyeing the silent soldier. "If you fight me, then you're my enemy."

"Acknowledged," Trowa said emotionlessly and left the cell.

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"Usagi..."

A voice was calling out to her.

"Serenity-hime!"

That same voice, it sounded vaguely familiar.

She couldn't see anything, it was all shrouded in a mist. "Where am I? Who are you? What do you want?"

"Usagi-hime!"

"Usagi!"

Still that same voice, and she still couldn't see a figure to go with the words. Wait, there...a tall figure, holding a staff of some sort. "Usagi..."

"Who are you? What do you want?" Usagi repeated. She suddenly realized who the person was. Dr. M, only in a weird outfit with a tall key-like staff.

"I'm Sailor Pluto, the guardian of the Time Gates, Serenity-hime."

"I'm not a princess, please, stop calling me that, Dr. M."

"I wanted to tell you that there's a past of you beyond the time when you were born as Serenity Maxwell, that I wish to tell you about." Pluto made to continue, but Usagi cut her off short.

"No...I...I don't know why, but something's telling me that I shouldn't hear this, not right now. Maybe another time, when my mind and body isn't that preoccupied. I can't heal that fast."

"With your memories, you can," Pluto said quietly. "With your memories comes the revival of your powers. Your body as has power to heal instantly."

"That's not the point. If I heal too fast, everyone will think that's strange, so I need to heal as fast as the human mind may allow."

Pluto nodded. "You've grown wise since the last time we formally met, hime. Your mother would be very proud. Very well, I shall not return your memories of your previous life. However, I will tell you one thing. Beware of the Romefeller Foundation. Tell this to the first woman you see once you wake up, all right?"

"Sure, no problem. Except that I'm not a princess."

"You were in your past lives."

"That was then, this is now. This time, I was born into a priest's family, a very loving family, and I like the way my life has been headed so far, thank you very much."

Pluto raised an eyebrow.

"Okay, sure I didn't like the fact that I'm an orphan and the only family left is Duo. My only friends are the most dangerous pilots in the Earth sphere, and I just received 50 lashes to my body and too many shots of drugs. Yes, my life is perfect, for me."

"If you say so, hime. Why don't I just clear some of that drug out of you body, it seems to me that mouth of yours is still loose."

Usagi just nodded, then sighed. How could one be exhausted in one's dream? The woman who called herself Pluto touched Usagi's forehead and evoked Saturn's magic inside Serenity's hidden self. The lashes became shallower and the entire drug was gone from her bloodstream. Usagi began to think more clearly.

"Thank you, Dr. M, you've been most kind to me."

"Don't mention it, hime. You're waking up now, I'm sure Trowa has brought some things for you... And watch over Quatre, will you? He's been under a lot of strain lately."

"Mission accepted."

And Usagi woke up.

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A groan stirred Duo into wakefulness. Just as he fully opened his cobalt blue eyes, Usagi's sapphire ones opened. "Sere?"

"Duo?" Usagi tried to sit up, but a pain in her back stopped her. "Ow...Duo-chan...how long has it been?"

"Not too long, the three of us managed to bandage the wounds the best we could..."

"Usagi."

Usagi looked up into Heero's Prussian blue eyes. "Hai?"

"Don't move. We need you to heal as fast as possible if we're going to get out," Heero instructed.

"What do you propose we do?" Wufei asked. "It's not as if we have access to the gundams."

"I hid "Death" and "Dragon" on the moon. The good doctors should be giving them a check-up as we speak," Duo said slyly.

"SH!" Heero hissed. Footsteps become audible. It was Trowa. "What?" Heero demanded coldly.

Trowa said nothing but slipped in sterile bandages and hydrogen peroxide for Usagi's wounds.

Duo made motion to grab them, but Heero stop him. Duo gave him that look. 'Why?' it read.

'Because, we don't know if it's a trap,' was the only thing readable in Heero's eyes. A slight rustling movement from the bed captured all four boys' attention.

"Thank you," Usagi whispered, rather hoarsely.

Trowa just nodded and left.

Wufei was actually the one who tended to Usagi's wounds, bandaging her cuts firmly. Usagi would have thanked him, but she fell back asleep in the process.

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When Usagi woke up, about two hours later, Wufei was meditating while Duo was snoring his head off. Heero was sitting Indian style, back to the wall, his eyes closed, probably contemplating how to bust out of the base and getting Usagi some medical attention.

"Heero...did anything happen while I was out?" Usagi asked, still lying flat on the bed.

Heero looked up, his face impassive. "Iie. It's only been two hours. How are you?"

"I feel perfectly fine, if not just a bit sore. See." She sat up and climbing off the bed, waking up Duo.

"HEY!" Duo complained. "Oh. Sere. What are you doing out of bed?"

"I feel perfectly fine, as if all my wounds were healed..." Usagi's eyes widened. "Your body has the ability to heal instantly," Dr. M had said. She ripped off the bandages, and sure enough, there was not a scar on her body. "Well, I guess I do heal pretty fast..." She looked up at the astonished eyes of the three. "Hey, I was just following orders, right? Heero told me to heal fast so we could get outta this place."

Heero shrugged, he'd let it go. It happened before, in training, her healing in less than two days. But never cuts this severe...

Duo couldn't believe his eyes. Two days ago, his sister had a beaten to pulp, and now, it looked as though she had never had a single cut in her life. Even when they were back at the church Serenity's wounds never healed that fast! 'I wonder what kind of training she's gone through...' he thought.

Wufei, however, was not like the other two, keeping their silence. "What happened onna? I wrapped your wounds two hours ago, and now they're completely gone. As a matter of a fact, when I was wrapping them, I noticed they already seemed slightly healed, much sooner than the two months that's expected from Oz questionings. How did you do that?"

Once more, Heero had to shush him up once he heard Trowa's footsteps nearing. "What is it this time," Heero growled when Trowa's face came into view.

"01 pilot, out," he said simply.

"Why? What's going on?" Usagi asked, just finished dressing in the shirt and skirt quite similar to the one Milliardo had gotten her.

"Usagi, you're up," Trowa said, mildly surprised.

"Yes I am," she replied, slightly grouchy. "Now tell me what's going on."

"There's an unidentified MS attacking. Heero and I will go out."

Heero nodded, but stopped at Usagi's hand on his arm. He raised a questioning eyebrow at her.

"Let me go with you."

Heero flat out shook his head. "Iie. It's too dangerous. You just got out of bed. You don't know if you're fully operational yet." (Tenshi-chan: It sounds like he's talking to a MACHINE! Not Usagi!! *grrrrr!*) (Meio-chan: *shrugs* It's the way he operates.)

Usagi turned her head pleadingly to Trowa. He refused. "My orders were clear, just to take pilot 01."

"Please, Trowa, let me go with you. I can make sure Heero doesn't do anything stupid. Who knows, that could be Quatre out there!" She watched Trowa stiffen at his comrade's name. "I was told to watch over Quatre in my dream...what if it's him in the MS? Besides, you owe me one. I got the info, so you let me go with Heero."

"Fine. However, you get past Une, and make sure you have a suit."

"Sure." Usagi turned back to face Duo's aghast face. "I know it may seem that I'm leaving again, but Heero won't do anything dumb if I'm in the cockpit with him."

Duo snorted. "Heero? Mr. Perfect Soldier? He'd better not!" Duo glared at the person in question, who glared back at him.

Usagi looked at Heero, who finally nodded in acceptance. "Sugoi! I'll be seeing you soon, Duo! Don't get yourself killed while I'm away!"

Duo nodded sadly in acknowledgment, though he tried his best to hide his sadness.

"Onna, I don't know what goes on in your mind, but I think you're insane. You're never going to make it by Une."

"Wufei, pilot of Nataku, its Usagi, not onna. As for getting past Une, just watch me."

~*~

"Barton, what is SHE doing here," Une demanded. "I told you just 01."

"She wants to go with 01 to make sure that he doesn't do anything dumb," Trowa said flatly.

Une considered that. "I supposed that's all right, if you make sure she doesn't cause a problem."

Usagi finally spoke. "I know we never got along in the first place, Lt. Une, however, I do wish to thank you in letting me go with Heero. You see, I'm afraid he'll just self-detonate once he's in range of a lot of MS, so the explosion will take out as many as he can possibly take with him. On the other hand, I'll be able to stop him."

Une made no response, just staring coldly ahead. Trowa beckoned to the two and they began to leave the room.

"Oh, I almost forgot."

"What is it, Tsukino."

"'Beware of the Romefeller Foundation.' They apparently have plans for something of the worse..."

Before Une could question her of what she meant, Usagi was gone.

~*~

MERCURIUS! VAYEATE! SCRAMBLE!

~*~

"Lt. Une, do you thin it's safe to let those two gundam pilots go?" a soldier asked his superior.

"Yes, it will be fine, even to our advantage. Besides, who pilot that MS other than Trowa. Anyway, we can self-destruct the MS from here and we have their friends, and the girl's brother," Lt. Une tartly replied. "But look at that MS. It's gotten through almost all of the MS Taurus defenses, and still is coming on. There's something strange about that MS..."

~*~

"Wufei, please tell me you don't have that same bad feeling that I have?" Duo pleaded.

"Something's going to happen, and I'm not sure I'm going to like it," Wufei replied, taking in no consideration for the pilot of Deathscythe's feelings.

~*~

"Heero, it's got to be Quatre," Usagi told him. Heero grunted in reply. Just then, Trowa sent them the same message.

"Let's join him," Trowa said.

"Wait. We don't know if he's on our side," Heero objected.

"I'll go check it out," Trowa replied.

~*~

"Quatre. This is Trowa, do you read?"

"Uh, yea Trowa, I read you," Quatre's voice answered him.

"Quatre..." Trowa said, a slight smile on his face. Then he noticed that Quatre just shot his buster rifle at him. Just managing to dodge out of the way, he shouted, "WHY?! Quatre? What was that for?"

Quatre gave an insane laugh. "Listen, Trowa. With this Wing Zero, I will eliminate all the madness is space." He shot again. "Destroying all weapons is my mission. The colonies will be militarized so I'll destroy them too."

"What happened to you Quatre? You sound like you're crying," Trowa asked, concerned.

"Tell everyone to stay away! Or I'll kill them all!" Quatre ranted, breathing heavily.

"Quatre," Trowa said, setting a goal in his mind.

'Wing Zero...wings...crying...just like my dream... " Usagi thought, standing to the right of the seat, hanging on to the padding as she let Heero steer the Mercurius freely. It was then when she realized that Quatre's eyes had a gold glow to it. Something was corrupting his mind!

Heero had just gotten himself in a position right above Quatre. He shot down with the beam gun. "ARE YOU DONE TALKING?!" he demanded. "BECAUSE IT'S TIME TO FIGHT!"

Sometimes Usagi wondered if Heero really did enjoy the intensity of battling...

The two MS, Mercurius and Wing Zero, went into a headlong crash with their beam sabers out in front.

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"Wing Gundam Zero. We modeled the five gundams out of the strongest one," Professor G explained.

"I never thought that Quatre would actually manage to finish it. He just came in and demanded to install the Zero system in the gundam," Instructor H said.

"If the boys went as out of control with the Zero system in the first place..." Dr. J trailed off, not wanting to complete his thought.

"The Earth sphere would have been destroyed," Master O finished for him.

"The new MD Virgo will be in production soon," Dr. S said. "We should make our moves soon."

"Heero! Correct the world of its wrongs!" Dr. J ordered. (Tenshi-chan: As if Heero can even hear the old geezer. He's quite busy now fighting with a rather insane Quatre) (Dr. J: Shut up. The readers don't know that.) (Tenshi-chan: Now they do.)

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"QUATRE!!! I'LL KILL YOU!!!!!" Heero yelled, slicing down at the opposing Wing Zero.

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It was very long, don't you think?

Don't forget to R+R!

Or ane-san will be VERY ANGRY!

Meio-chan: Oh yes, I will be VERY ANGRY. You can count on it!!