Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Angels Take Flight ❯ Angels Take Flight Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

Angels Take Flight

By Sabersonic

Chapter 1

2067 AD, somewhere in the Californian Red Woods.

Within the forest of the tall red trees in the dead of the night, an RV was going down a road towards a national park and a group of campers were listening to a driver's story.

"After that, Francis Peacecraft fell in love with this Draconian and they married after WWI and had kids, at lest that's what grandpa tells me." The driver with long platinum blond hair said.

"That was so sweet." The girl with wheat blond hair and a braid crown encircling her head and Aquarian blue eyes. The driver chuckled.

"More like a nut. I think he got one of those post-war syndrome and he thought that his wife was an Draconian. And besides if we were spawned from an angel, we'd have wings on our backs by now."

"Ain't it the truth." The Braided one blurted and was struck to his side by a German girl with purple hair. "Ow, what was that for Hilde."

"When will you stop making fun of people?"

"I don't see animals funny?" Then he received another pain at his side.

"How far is the Park again Milliardo?" The blond Arabian with a blond girl with double eyebrows sleeping on his shoulder asked and Milliardo looked back at him.

"How many times have I told you, I hate being called Milliardo, it's Zechs, not Milliardo, Zechs!" Then the purple haired Italian woman comforted her boyfriend.

"It was a simple mistake Zechs, that's all." Then a Hispanic boy with bangs that covered half of his face appeared from the bedroom.

"Could you all keep it down please, I'm trying to get some sleep."

"Sorry about that Trowa." The blond Arabian said.

"That's okay Quatre, I just needed some sleep after what happened this morning." Trowa stares at Duo.

"What did I do?"

"Not only did you rudely woke me up at four o'clock in the morning, but you had everyone pile up on me."

"Hey, it isn't my fault that you guys' alarm clock didn't wake you up this morning."

"What do you mean not your fault?" A Chinese boy popped out with an angry face. While the three started an argument, the wheat colored hair girl saw a shooting star. She then made a wish upon that star.

'I wish that my true love will come to me soon.' She wished. The Italian woman then looked at the wheat colored girl.

"Relena, what are you doing?"

"I'm making a wish on a shooting star Lucy."

"A shooting star, do you know how old that is?"

"I never did wish on one before."

"Well what did you wish for?"

"If I tell you that, then it won't come true." Above them, a group of Draconian soldiers were scouting for Arachnid activity. The youngest of the soldiers, a boy with brown unruly hair, Cobalt Blue eyes and four wings then snapped his head towards something.

"What is it Heero?" The eldest Draconian soldier with only two wings asked.

"I just felt a wish. A very strong one too." The elder one shook his head.

"You still have your father's chi within you grandson. But that is not of any importance. We must find and destroy the Arachnids before they do any damage."

"Yes grandfather." A girl with similar features exempt for waist long hair flew and green eyes flew next to him.

"Heero, what can you do about it? We Draconians don't grant wishes from Humans."

"I know sister, it's just that this one was very strong. I'm not sure what to think of it." His sister giggled.

"Don't worry about it. It's not like it's a life and death thing. We got more important things to do."

"Yes sister." The angels flew into the direction of the national forests, unaware of heavy human activity within that area. The RV arrives at the park gates, Zechs then talks to the ranger and receives papers and was allowed into the camping ground of the park. They reached a remote area of the camping site, the only area available. They unpacked and prepared camp for a weekend at the outdoors.

"Mosquitoes, the only thing I hate about the outdoors are the parasites." The blond, double eyebrow girl complained as she squashed the blood sucker in midair.

"Well you can't avoid them Dorothy. They are a part of nature after all." Duo spots a female mosquito on his arm and he flexes his arm muscle and let's the insect explode from too much blood.

"That is disgusting Duo." Hilde said.

"Well that doesn't mean I have to like them." Dorothy then squashed another mosquito in midair. Zechs then builds a fire in the center of the camp area and using two rocks to ignite the kindling.

"Zechs, they use special sticks called matches to start a fire." Duo said.

"I know that, it's just that survival training in the Aerospace Force is a bit difficult to get over." The kindling ignites and soon a fire burns in the fire pit. Noin and Relena brings out hot dog and hot dog buns, marshmallows, gram crackers and chocolate bars and other things for campfire cook out and both Trowa and Wufei bring out chairs and a camp fire stove and pot to cook stew. The campers gather around the campfire to enjoy old fusion camp cook out.

"So what shall we do to pass the time while the food cooks?" Quatre asked.

"A board game?" Then everyone looks at Duo. "It was a suggestion."

"Campfire stories seem appropriate." Relena said.

"A little early for ghost stories." Trowa said. Zechs pulls out a newspaper.

"Zechs, what are you doing?" Noin asked.

"Waiting for you guys to decide."

"Well we could always do current events." Wufei suggested. Both Duo and Hilde groaned.

"I never liked current events." Duo complained.

"No Duo, we are not reporting current events, what I was suggesting was we discuss what is going on in the world." Wufei explained.

"Oh, why didn't you say so before?" Wufei only grunted. Relena then looked at her brother.

"Zechs, why don't you pick a topic for us to discuss on."

"Might as well, never read this morning's paper yet." Zechs scans the paper and then finds something. "Here's something, 'Weapons Treaty Between Two Warring Nations.', its about those two nations, Afganistand and Ulgunistand or something like that. Says here that they've been in a middle of a cold war for twenty years and still going strong."

"Well I say that it's a great step for mutual cooperation and peace between the two nation." Relena said and then Duo blurted out.

"Great Relena, you just jinxed it."

"DUO!" Hilde scolded.

"What do you mean Duo?" Relena asked.

"You know what I mean, every time you reported that this was a first step for peace or some thing like that, it then becomes violent and then another war erupts and then UN peacekeepers have to clean it up again."

"That dose not happen all the time Duo." Relena said.

"Yah, most of the time."

"Anyone else's opinion about this and try to not get side tracked." Zechs glares at Duo. Then there was silence, he then looked at another article. "Here we go 'First Orbital Colony Ready To Receive Colonists.', any opinions?"

"I thought they never get those hunks of spinning scrap to get finished." Wufei snorted.

"I hear that it's dangerous for women to carry babies in outer space from all of that radiation and chemicals." Hilde said.

"I wonder if they're going to make Mobile Suits next?" Duo said.

"Duo, you watch too much of that Mobile Suit Gundam series tapes." Trowa told Duo.

"Well it could happen."

"If it did happen, then the date would be UC and not AD."

"You got a point there. Still the idea is-"

"Just shut up about it. We're discussing modern technological achievement, not cartoon shows." Wufei boomed.

"Technically, it's anime." Both Duo and Trowa said.

"Whatever." Wufei spat.

"Dogs are done." Dorothy said and everyone placed their hot dogs in their buns and added garnishes onto their hot dogs. Duo covered his in relish, mustard, ketchup and cheese.

"Duo, if you put anymore of that stuff, it'll slip out of the bun." Quatre said and Duo shook his head.

"No it'll won't." Duo took a bite of his hot dog and it flew into Wufei's face.

"Duo, you idiot!" Wufei stomped towards Duo when there were some snapping of twigs and rustling of leaves. They turned toward their attention towards the sound and then two combatants flew out of the woods and started to knock each other out senselessly. One of them was a Draconian with a short sword an the other was a Arachnid with a glaive. The Arachnid sliced off half a wing and an arm off of the Draconian while the Draconian sliced the Arachnid's head in half. The Draconian then made a warriors cry and flew back into the forest.

"What was that?" Duo said breaking the silence.

"I don't know, but I'm going to find out." Zechs went to the RV and brought out a shotgun. "Just in case one of them tries to attack me."

"Zechs, you brought a gun with you?" Relena shrieked.

"Hey, those door to door salesmen keep on bugging me." After much deliberation, the campers then went out to see what was happening in the remote area of the park. What they found were Draconians battling Arachnids. The battle was vicious as Draconians made aerial dives at the Arachnids and the Arachnids fired blasts of energy from the palm of their hands to intercept them. Both sides charged at each other and shed more life blood upon the soil. Then a Draconian soldier named Heero flew out of the battle busied and bloody as a huge Arachnid with an ax larger than a human was raised above it's head and ready for the blow. Heero then intercepted the falling ax with his bare hands and then knocked the Arachnid into unconsciousness and blew him away from a blast of energy. Heero reclaimed his sword and joined in the battle with his fellow Draconian Soldiers and the campers looked in awe as the two forces battled on until neither side were strong enough to continue on fighting and retreated.

Before the campers was the battlefield soaked in blood and corpses of the fallen. Relena, out of protest from her own brother, walked onto the battlefield to see if there were any who were still alive and she found Heero unconscious from a blow to his head and blood trickled down his face. She went to him, checked his pulse and breathing and cleaned his face.

"He needs help!" Relena shouted.

"But how do we help an angel?" Zechs asked his sister.

"I think their called Draconians Zechs, not angels." Trowa reminded him of the story.

"Whatever." The campers carried Heero to their RV and they started to tend his wounds with the first aid kit and Milliardo's knowledge of field medicine. The campers returned to the campfire with the exemption of Relena who volunteered to look after the brown haired Draconian and she places a wet cloth on his forhead. She started to develop feelings towards the winged warrior and just when she was about to touch his face, Heero's eyes stirred and quickly opened up. He went up abruptly and felt a pain at his side and Relena gently lays him back on the bed.

"Don't try to move, you got some serious injuries from that battle." Relena's gentle voice somewhat calmed him.

"Who are you?" Heero asked, he wasn't sure but something was stirring inside of him and he wasn't sure what it was.

"My name's Relena Peacecraft. And who might you be?"

"Heero of the Yuy clan."

"The name suits you. So how do you feel?"

"My sides sting and ach, my head is spinning and I feel lightheaded."

"I can get you some stew if you want."

"What's that?"

"Very thick soup with a lot of vegetables and meat."

"Well I am somewhat hungry." Relena left and Heero then felt lonely from her absence. He didn't know why, but he was and it was confusing him. She grabbed a bowl and a spoon from the kitchen and went outside.

"Hey Lena, how's the little birdguy?" Duo asked.

"Duo." Hilde scolded.

"What?" Relena then took a ladle full of the campfire stew into the bowl.

"He's just hungry and a few aches, that's all."

"So is there anything that we could do sis?" Milliardo asked.

"Not at the moment really, but thanks for your help." Relena then went back to the RV to the injured soldier. She took a spoonful of the stew. "Here, eat this." Heero was hesitant before he leaned forward and took in some of the stew and chewed. "Do you like?"

"It's interesting. Never had anything like it before though." Relena gave him another spoonful. He sensed something familiar about this girl and then it hit him. "You were the one who made that wished didn't you?"

"Huh?" Relena wasn't sure what Heero was talking about.

"Earlier this evening, I felt a very strong wish just after a meteor burned in the sky."

"You mean my wish?" Heero nodded.

"Though I wasn't sure what to make of it, since I did inherit this and other ancient traits from my father."

"Like what?" Relena asked.

"Didn't you noticed my four wings?" Relena did remember that most of the other angels had two wings, but Heero had four. She then nodded. "My father was an ancient Draconian who had powerful sorcery and magic and they were identified with having many wings. I was told that my father was a fifth generation of ancient Draconians since the beginning of the universe."

"Really?" He nodded. "Is there anything else, like your mother?" He shook his head.

"I don't really know what my mother looked like, and both me and my sister looked like my father exempt that I had cobalt eyes while my father had green eyes."

"Relena, could you help us with the campfire and the chairs?"

"Coming." She was about to leave, when she finds that Heero was holding her hand. He withdrew his hand from hers.

"I'm sorry." He slightly blushed, and she smiled.

"That's okay." The campers then went to their respective tents and Relena offered both Zechs and Noin her tent while she stayed and looked after Heero.

"What cha going to do Zechs? Plan to bunk her in the tent or something?" Duo received a fist for his answer and after some arguments between the campers, they all went asleep. Morning came and the first to wake up was the Draconian Heero, he finds Relena sleeping on his side and he chuckled.

'For some reason she looks cute and lovely like that.' Then her eyes fluttered open and she looked at Heero's face.

"Good morning Heero."

"Thanks." Relena got up and went to the RV's cupboards to find anything to eat and then saw Heero get up from his bed.

"Did your rest well?"

"Yes, much better than rocks and tree branches." He stretched and his wing almost knocked over some dishes. "Sorry, I'm not used to confined places."

"That's alright." Then Duo and Zechs enters the RV.

"Who wants bacon and eggs for breakfast?" Heero was baffled as to what those items were and breakfast.

"What's that?" Heero asked.

"What? Eggs and Bacon?" Zechs was unsure what Heero was talking about.

"That and this break fast."

"Eggs and Bacon are something that we eat in the morning and breakfast is a morning meal." Zechs said and Heero somewhat understood. "We're going to cook it over the fire, though you might want to stay here for a bit 'cuz of your wings." Heero then closed his eyes and all four of his wings were "absorbed" into his back. "Never mind."

"How did you do that?" Both Relena and Duo asked.

"It's a trick that we Draconians had found out during what you would call the Renaissance era. It was used to blend in with Humans if it was necessary for a mission. Unfortunately, the Arachnids also learned how to shape-shift into humans."

"That is interesting....what's your name again?" Duo asked.

"Oops, I'm sorry. Duo, Zechs, this is Heero Yuy." Heero simply nodded. The four joined the other campers around the freshly made campfire.

"Hello Relena, looks like that friend of yours is all right." Quatre commented.

"It seems as if everything's alright then." Trowa said.

"Cut the chatter, let's eat." Zechs brought out the frying pan, a package of bacon and some eggs and started to cook them. Hilde and Dorothy look upon the Draconian.

'Holy shit that guy's cute, no not cute, a total babe. If I wasn't Duo's girl, I'd leap into those muscular arms of his.' Hilde thought deviously.

'That boy is very attractive, but not as attractive as Quatre. But still, he's a close second.' Dorothy compared the two people. Noin notices that Heero was taking quick glances at Relena and she was taking long gases at him.

'They seem like a nice couple. I wonder if Relena's wish was a boyfriend?' Noin thought and Zechs finds that many of the camper's attention were at Heero, especially the girls.

'What's the big deal, it's just some guy-Wait, Draconian. With lean muscles and deep eyes- What just happen there? Is he looking at my sister? I'm getting overprotective again.' Wufei and Trowa notices that the attention of most of the campers were towards Heero.

'Whatever.' They thought in union as Zechs passes out the bacon and eggs. Heero then heard something and turned his head towards a cloud bank.

"Heero, what is it?" Relena asked.

"I thought I heard something. But I guess it was nothing." Heero then tried the eggs, in which he thought that they tasted sour, like sulfur. The Bacon was a bit greasy and thin to his liking of meat. Relena noticed his discomfort, but not sure what to do. After breakfast, Relena suggested that they go for a little hiking and despite Duo and Hilde's groans, they went out and they walked for several hours and spotting animals and attacked by a bear which was subdued by the calm hand of Heero Yuy and they ate lunch that consisted of ham and cheese sandwiches and other items.

"This is becoming an interesting trip. First the Draconian thing and then that bear." Duo said with a mouth full of ham, cheese, tomato and lettuce.

"Do you ever talk without your mouth full of food?" Wufei scolded.

"Yes Duo, when?" Trowa asked.

"Nope, hasn't happen yet." There were massive sweatdropping from Duo's antics with the exemption of Heero Yuy, who wasn't sure what was going on. At dusk, they were packing up to leave the national park and back towards San Francisco. Heero has seen the coast of the California state at sunset, but was always from either a far or from above, never by the Human's perspective, and it looked absolutely breath taking.

"What's that smell." Zechs murmured and Duo went red in the face.

"Hehe, 'scuse me." Then there was massive moaning and coughing an windows were raised to let the offensive methane out of the vehicle. Heero didn't mind since he smelt worst odors, like the sent of blood and the sent of death. Sleep keeps bugging him and he battles to keep his head up until he falls asleep next to the window. Relena giggles and covers a blanket over him as he sleeps, always watching him with loving eyes. Zechs pulled into an RV parking lot and they stayed for the night and left at sunrise. After several hours of driving, pit stops, arguments and practical jokes, they finally reached the peninsula city of the bay. Heero was familiar with the topography and cityscape of the city for he has fought many battles near, above, under or inside the city. It was noon before they reached their neighborhood and they unloaded their stuff. Heero looked up in the sky and saw a flock of birds and he remembers a time when he was young and he was learning how to fly from his uncle and he started to miss his family. Relena walks up to Heero.

"Heero, what's wrong?"

"I just miss my family." Relena sees what he's looking at and starts to get an idea. Those Draconians that he was with were his family. It makes her wonder why a family would go to a battle, together.

"Yo Relena, Heero, we need some assistance here." Some marshmallows and two arguments later, everything was put away and Duo turned on the TV to see what was happening. On the television was a live report of some street fight in the downtown area of San Francisco near a cathedral.

"This is Asautne Qu'Anta of Channel 7 News and we are bringing you this report live of this unusual quarrel. It is between demonic creatures and angelic beings." There was a shot of Arachnids and Draconians battling each other and police officers crouched down from stray fire. "This battle had started so suddenly that no one knows what happened or how it started, but the damage to the city is expensive as these two forces destroy one street after another." In the background of the news report, Arachnids and Draconians slaughter each other with their abilities and weapons. Arachnids slicing limbs off of Draconians, Draconians making death blows at the Arachnids, never faltering on the wounded as the bloodbath continued onward until both sides forced to retreat, carrying their wounded. The police then investigate the bodies of both sides and the camera takes a close up view of one of the Draconians, a young male of ten years with jet black hair and scratches and deep cuts all over his body. "This is true anarchy at its fullest. Many soldiers of both sides lay dead as their comrades retreat to tend to their wounds. Will there be an end to this senseless slaughter? Will anymore blood stain the ground? What are we, as humans, going to do about this? I'm Asautne Qu'Anta of Channel 7 News." The entire room fell quiet as they heard that broad cast. None were sure what to think, nor of anything else in particular. It was several moments before there was activity again in that house and it would be hours before any of them could talk about anything.

Night falls and the Draconian soldier Heero Yuy sits outside and stares at the night sky, not looking at the stars for they are blocked by the lights of San Francisco. A cool breeze flows by him and his hair whips with the rhythm of the wind. Relena approaches him with worry and sorrow in her eyes and heart.

"Heero, you should go inside, you might get cold or something." He turns towards her and after several moments, looks away. "What's bothering you?" Relena sits besides Heero and turns towards him. Heero saw something in her eye, something that he couldn't quite place.

"I'm just worried about my family. I don't know if they're still alive or already dead."

"You shouldn't say things like that-" Heero interrupted Relena.

"Then what should I think?" He didn't scold, but simply asking a question to a bewildered girl. They just stare at each other for some time before any of them spoke.

"Maybe you should think of the good times you've had with them." She suggested, not knowing if it would work or not.

"Then I'll miss them even more." Then an inhuman shriek brought their attention and out of the darkness, an Arachnid did a flying kick to Heero's chest and it sent him sprawling across the ground.

"Heero!" Relena called as the Arachnid reared its crested head and made an unholy roar that woke just about everyone in the block. Milliardo and Duo were the first to exit the house and they found Heero being smashed into a wall by the clawed hand of the Arachnid. The Arachnid Shock Trooper repeatedly smashed Heero into the wall until a blast of his energy sent the Shock Trooper flying into a tree. Heero unveiled his wings and flew towards the Arachnid and fist met face as Heero crashed into the ground. The Arachnid Shock Trooper grabbed Heero by the neck and raised him, Relena ran up to the Shock Trooper and pounded upon its arm in an attempt to free Heero.

"Let him go!" But then a huge energy wave erupted from Heero's hand and it obliterated the entire central torso of the Arachnid and soon the body of the Arachnid collapsed upon the ground. Relena went to his side to check for injuries as Heero grunted in pain. The group could just stare with their jaws hanging open, not sure of what to make of all this. Later, the neighbors assembled in the living room of the Peacecrafts with Relena tending to Heero and he, for some reason, seemed to enjoy it.

"I'm telling you, that thing's nothing but trouble! If he stays here, we'll have our homes in ruins!" An elderly, but masculine, male neighbor yelled.

"In case if you haven't noticed, it was that thing that attacked the boy first, not vice versa." Milliardo reminded the group.

"And that's what we're talking about. That boy will bring ruin to this neighborhood." A women in her late 20's with three children said. The discussion continued on and Heero knows that he has to leave. He turns towards Relena.

"I may have to leave, I'm causing confusion to your neighborhood."

"No, it's not your fault." The arguments continued on for more than an hour before everyone left the house. Meanwhile at the lower bay area near a military base, the Draconians and Arachnids clashed. Both sides having heavy casualties and each desperately searched for a weapon. An Arachnid with half of his arm cut off and several bleeding cuts and bruises came upon an unusual human weapon. The weapon had no blades upon it and it had a trigger like that of a crossbow, but had no arrows and the placement of the trigger was difficult for the Arachnid to use with its whole finger, just its claws. A Draconian then charged at the Arachnid and all that the Draconian could do was aim the weapon and pulled the trigger.