Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Eden ❯ Eden ( One-Shot )

Eden

We are the roses in the garden,
beauty with thorns among our leaves.
To pick a rose you ask your hands to bleed.
What is the reason for having roses when your blood is shed carelessly?
It must be for something more than vanity.
-Eden, 10,000 Maniacs

The mission had come for all of them that morning. One had come to one already on the computer, despite the early hour. One had come to one singing loudly in the shower. One had come to one cooking breakfast in a trailer and humming softly. One had come to one admiring the desert sunrise. One had come to one deeply engrossed in a thick book. All read the same.
Gundam pilots;
The world is at peace. The gundams are no longer needed. Neither are their pilots. You are to self-detonate in your gundams 40 miles south of Pargani, Italy. One hour after you receive this message, we will have also self-destructed. Angels watch over you.
The Scientists
Heero blinked once then said aloud to the empty room, "Mission accepted."
Duo whooped loudly and ran out of his room, knocking on the doors of everyone down the hallway before running outside.
Trowa cocked his head slightly and stood up, looking outside toward the multicolored tent before grabbing his coat and walking out.
Quatre smiled slightly and walked out, picking up a handful of sand and letting it fall behind him as he left.
Wufei cursed quietly and walked out, looking slightly amused.
They met in Pargani, under a fluttering Italian flag. Duo grinned as he walked up to the others.
"Okay, who wasn't expecting this?"
Quatre laughed softly. "Duo, we can always count on you for a smile, can't we?"
Duo smiled sincerely. "Always for you, Q-man."
Quatre smiled back and turned to the others. "Is everyone all right?"
Wufei chuckled. "Figures they'd wait for us to survive the war before killing us off." Duo and Quatre laughed; Trowa smiled and shook his head. Heero looked slightly bemused before saying; "We should go." They all nodded and started up the long stairway leading to the outside of town and their gundams. Heero stood in front, his hands thrust in his jeans pockets to keep out the cold. Duo and Trowa followed close behind, Duo looking happy and content and Trowa staring absently at Heero's jacket. Quatre was right behind Trowa, asking him if he'd ever been in Italy. Wufei followed slightly behind everyone, concerned that he hadn't spoken to Meiran that morning. They walked out of the town and got into their gundams. 40 miles south of Pargani they stopped and landed. Quatre got out of his cockpit first. Duo followed suit, followed by the rest of the pilots. They looked at each other a moment before Duo exuberantly hugged everyone. Quatre followed with more subdued hugs and a kiss on the cheek. Heero shook everyone's hand. Trowa simply nodded to everyone and touched them on the shoulder. Wufei gave everyone a deep bow. They all crawled back into their cockpits wordlessly. Each boy set his monitor so that the other pilot's faces were visible. Heero counted in a detached voice.
5...
May we rest in peace.
4...
Please take us in exchange for peace.
3...
The world will breathe a sigh of relief.
2...
Finally, we are free.
1...
The mission is over.
0.
Angels watch over you.