Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Endless Waltz : Truth of Tommorow ❯ Chapter 2

“See? Now that wasn't so bad.” Sally smiled warmly and Nyloc stared at her numbly.

 

“What were you testing for?” She asked.

 

“A chemical in the gas triggered your memory to react and relive your most vivd memories, and then I monitored your reactions.” Sally explained.

 

Nyloc nodded slowly, a paranoid look on her face. “You don't know what I was remembering…right?”

 

“Unfortunately not, however the brain's reactions can tell me if it was happy or sad, and if it was old or recent. It would help enormously if you could tell me, but if you don't feel comfortable, I understand completely. Actually…you've been more cooperative than I ever expected. However…some of your reactions were particularly strong I'll tell you that.”

 

“Ya know..” Nyloc started as she hopped off the examination table. “You're one of the first doctors to completely explain everything to me, and make me feel completely comfortable with the procedure- so you owe my cooperative state to yourself-, but I'm not ready to share those memories with anyone yet.” She stared at the floor as if it was the most fascinating thing she had ever seen before turning her attention once more to the doctor. “When do you suppose I can see my friends?”

 

Sally blew out a big breath of air and leaned her body against the table behind her. “Well…just before you woke up I paged Zechs and told him it was all right to bring them down, so they should be here soon.”

 

”Nyloc! Nyloc where are you!” Anaoi came bursting through the door, gasping for breath. Sifir was on her heals, Elva and Zecen not far behind, and Zechs following behind them all. “Are you all right?!” Anaoi squealed as she embraced Nyloc.

 

Nyloc laughed and hugged her cousin back. “Yeah I'm fine! Dr. Chang's been taking great care of me. You don't need to worry.”

 

“Not worry? What the hell?! Since when did going into war become something not to worry about?!”

 

“What are you talking about? Nyloc asked, thoroughly puzzled.

 

“So first she's your lab rat and now she doesn't even know she's going into war for you?” Elva demanded.

 

Sally sighed. “Zechs, I was waiting for you to come down and break this gently to Nyloc, however now that they ice has been broke, maybe you'd like to fill in the gaps?”

 

The former Lighting Count nodded and began to explain to the confused brunette, what he had explain to her cousins and friends, not an hour before hand.

 

 

 

“Are you certain I'm the one you want to fight in the Epyon? From what I gather of these Gundam pilots, they've all been in training since a young age. I know nothing of these machines or how to fight in combat. And from what it sounds like, this war is coming sooner than later.” Nyloc stated factually.

 

“You're actually considering this? Are you crazy? What about your life?” Zecen demanded.

 

Nyloc stared back at her roommate, her eyes wide, portraying a `I didn't know you cared' look. “Well…I'm obviously here for a reason…so I might as well go with it. Besides…you should follow your emotions...because if you don't, you might wake one day and realize you have nothing left.”

 

“Well I'll be damned; you sound a lot like Heero.” A tall man with a braid and indigo eyes emerged from the shadows. “And I thought one of him was enough…but you don't look that suicidal…so you can't be as bad as him. After all, there can only be one Heero, and if there was more than one…I think we'd all go crazy. Honestly, sometimes I wonder why Relena married him-“

 

“Maxwell do you ever shut up?” Wufei growled as he entered the room.

 

“Trust me Duo, I wonder the same thing every day.” Zechs muttered.

 

Four sets of very confused eyes, stared at the two men who had just entered the room, the first of unknown race, and the second obviously Chinese, wondering how they all knew each other.

 

Anaoi was the first to break the tension. “How can you even consider something like this?!”

 

“I…I don't know…but something in me tells me…this is right.” Nyloc answered lamely.

 

“Something tells you its right? Are you crazy?! What if you die?!” Elva shrieked, shaking her friend by the shoulders.

 

“I don't fear death, only being left behind after.” She stated simple.

 

“Scratch that you may be suicidal.” Duo joked.

 

Both Elva and Nyloc turned and glared at the braided baka until Nyloc opened her mouth. “I am not suicidal; I just feel no point in fearing what will inevitably come. You can't stop it, only live life as if death doesn't exist, and if you die…well you do…I've had to many people die on me …so I just can't take people I care about dying…that is one of the things I fear the most Mr.…”

 

“Maxwell.”

 

“Weak Onna.” Wufei muttered from the corner, which earned him a good glare from his wife.

 

“May I inquire to who you are?” Nyloc asked.

 

“Why don't we just bring everyone down here and have a formal introduction?” Sally offered.

 

“Maxwell you go get Yuy. Trowa and Quatre are more than likely together, so I'll go find them.” Wufei grunted and turned towards the door.

 

“Righ-to” Duo saluted before jogging out “Oh yeah, and Zechs I'll go get Howard to.” He yelled back.

 

 

“The silent one on the end, is my husband, Wufei Chang. He pilots the Shenlong.” Sally told the four college students, and laughed at their bewildered looks. “One of the Gundams. You'll learn their names soon enough.”

 

“Howdya do? I'm Duo Maxwell. I may run and hide, but I'll never tell a lie.” The braided man from before winked, and stuck his hand out with the `thumbs up' sign, and Nyloc laughed. “Eh?”

 

“You…you have to be an American! I've never seen any race as quirky as us!” She giggled.

 

“Dude! Some more Americans! Yes!” Duo shouted lifting his hand up to high five her, which she gladly returned.

 

“Trowa Barton…” Trowa mumbled from behind his bangs which were in dire need of cutting.

 

“I'm Quatre Rebaba-Winner-Barton. Very nice to meet all of you. I hope you will enjoy yourself in Sanq.”

 

“Geez…he sounds like tour guide Barbie.” Anaoi laughed. “And you two certainly don't look like brothers.” She pointed to Trowa and Quatre.

 

“We're not.” Trowa stated softly, and Quatre blushed.

 

“Oh. So then you're married. I knew they'd never be able to abolish the gay marriage law. You owe me twenty bucks Sifir.” Nyloc said turning to her cousin.

 

“Gay Marriage Law?”

 

 

“How the hell do you not know what that means?” Elva laughed.

 

“Well anyone's been able to marry anyone for quite some time.” Sally supplied. “What are you insinuating?”

 

“Oh wow…” Nyloc mumbled. “See…as far as I know…Our country is the only country that legalized same-sex marriages…and then again its only in Massachusetts and California.”

 

“Are you serious?! There was a time when gay people weren't allowed to get married?!” Duo exclaimed as if it were the most fascinating thing in the world.

 

“Uhm…yeah?” Zecen shrugged. “Anyway…who are the rest of you?”

 

“Heero Yuy.”

 

“Wait a minute aren't you the one Duo said married Relena?” Zecen asked.

 

“Hn.” The muscular brunette nodded.

 

“Doesn't talk much does he?” Elva mumbled to Zecen and the young man nodded.

 

“Howard, I'm the main engineer that's runnin' the assembly part of this whole plan.”

 

“Nice to meet you all.” Sifir remarked.

 

“Aside from Mr. and Mr. Barton-“

 

“Please, just call us by our first names, its far too formal.” Quatre smiled at Nyloc as she resumed her sentence.

 

“Okay-do any of you have wives or kids?”

 

“Five and another one's on the way.” Duo grinned.

 

“Can you keep it in your pants Maxwell?” Wufei growled.

 

“Nope. As Hilde tells me “Mach Schnell! Mach härter! Mach weiter!*” He joked and almost everyone stared at him in utter confusion.

 

“ANEKELD!” Nyloc shouted. “ Ich brauche nicht das wissen!!!”*

 

Duo stared in shock at Nyloc for a moment before come to his senses. “Du sprichst Deutsch?!”*

 

“Ja! Und Du sprichst Deutsch? Ist deine Frau Deutsch?”* Nyloc returned.

 

Everyone stared at the two in utter confusion.

 

“Nyloc, knock out of it and start talking English. Ya know? Your first language?” Anaoi chided. Both snapped out of it and started laughing.

 

“Yeah, Hilde's 100% German.” Duo answered. “All of our kids are bilingual, and over the past twenty some odd years she's made me fluent.”

 

“But that's still disgusting.” Nyloc frowned. “I did not need to know about your sex life.”

 

All but Wufei and Trowa, turned to Duo and started to laugh hysterically.

 

“Well introductions aside, there is no way to get out of it now Zechs.” Howard interrupted.

 

“Get out of what Howard?” Zechs's eyes narrowed.

 

“Well…you have to explain to Noin what you been doing in this hidden military base for the past 6 years, she's not going to believe that some college student and four of her friends just appeared from no where. You really discredit her intelligence, and icollege student and four of her friends just appeared from no where. You really discredit her intelligence, and you're the one married her.” The oldest man pointed out.

 

“Shit.” Zechs growled.

 

“She'll have your head for this one buddy!” Duo chuckled and slammed his hand on Zechs's shoulder. “Have fun!”

 

Zechs grabbed the man by his braid as he tried to run away. “Oh no you don't. All of you were in on this too. And all of you still have to explain it to their wives.”

 

“Aw come on man! Hilde's all emotional what with the baby! I'll be sleeping on the couch for a month what with her hormones run amuck!”

 

Wufei smirked. “Lucky enough for me, Sally's involved in the whole thing as well.”

 

Duo moved swiftly and was right in Wufei's face as soon as the words left his mouth. “Okay that is so not fair! You are going to be right there with us Wu-man!”

In another blur, Duo was pinned to the ground, Wufei looming over him. “Call me that again Maxwell and Hilde won't be the only person wanting to take a piece out of you!”

 

 

 

“Do you think they've told them yet?” Anaoi asked as all the five `time travelers', as the mechanics had dubbed them, walked down one of the silent hallways in the castle of Sanq.

 

“DUO! How could you! You don't think of anyone but yourself! What about your children?! WHATABOUT OUR BABY?!” A voice called out from the room they had left 15 minutes before hand, and Zecen winced.

 

“Hilde, now wait a minute honey! Zechs is the one who said it! Not me!”

 

“That's what you get for holding back information from a pregnant woman…” He muttered.

 

“Say…did he ever say exactly why this is even happening?” Nyloc whispered.

 

Sifir turned to stare down at his younger cousin. “Huh?”

 

“Well…who is it that's starting this opposition to peace? And why? They never told us that…exactly.” She pointed out.

 

“I suppose you're right…but I presume we'll figure out soon enough.” Anaoi supplied.

 

Zecen laughed. “Wow…someone's getting optimistic about this.”

 

Anaoi shrugged. “Well she's made up her mind so there's really nothing I can do…she's always been as stubborn as a mule. And besides…”Her sentence drifted off. “We don't even know how to get home right now..”

 

“That's great and all but can we please stop talking about me, as if I'm not here.” Nyloc's eyebrows knitted together.

 

“DUO MAXWELL YOU'LL NEVER SLEEP WITH ME AGAIN AND I'LL CUT THAT DAMN BRAID OFF!”

 

“AHHHHHHHHH!”

 

Duo burst from the door, like the devil himself was on his heels, as a woman with short blue hair and a swollen belly attempted to chase after him.

 

“Mrs. Maxwell!” Nyloc called as she halted Hilde from following the rest of Duo's path. “Really…with your baby you shouldn't be running like that.” She smiled softly and Hilde almost immediately got over her anger, and smiled back at the older teen.

 

“I suppose your right. Duo wouldn't want me to doing it either…” She laughed. “Whenever I'm pregnant he treats me like I'm a porcelain doll. I act all annoyed, but really don't all women love it when their men baby them?” Nyloc laughed along with her for a moment, and started to help her towards the room.

 

“Hey chill out! You're just as bad as my husband! I can take care of myself.” She placed her hand on her large protruding stomach. “I just need to lay down for a little bit.” And she tottered off down the hall.

 

Nyloc looked back at Sifir and Zecen and was ready to fall to the floor laughing in hysterics at the looks on their faces.

 

“Seeing that…its enough to make any man, never want to have sex with a woman.” Sifir mumbled.

 

“Oh hush up, you don't have to go through the actual carrying and birthing process!” Anaoi growled.

 

Zecen sputtered. “Did you not see her? The way her emotions changed so quickly it was as if she was some kind of mad woman!”

 

“And I'm sure she's a wonderful person when her hormones aren't on the fritz! Honestly! Men are so pig headed!” Elva retorted.

 

“Hmph!” Sifir and Zecen turned their backs on Elva and Anaoi who did the same and both were content to stare at the wall, or in Elva and Anaoi's case, out the window.

 

Nyloc took her chance to slip a way and quickly sprinted down the hall opposite the one Hilde had taken., until she reach a small courtyard garden that had been overrun by plants `I love them all…but they're just beginning to become to much' She collapsed to the ground, and slowly her tears began to water the flowers beneath her. “I have to be strong.” She muttered. `I can't let any of them see my weakness…they believe me to be their perfect weapon…so how am I supposed to live up to that reputation? Anaoi says I'm one of the most emotional people she's ever met, Elva tells me my hearts on my shoulder, Sifir can read me like a book, and Zecen declares I'm to easy to predict.' A foot fall echoed in the silence of the courtyard, and Nyloc looked up in pure shock, forgetting to wipe away her tears.

 

He was tall, muscular, and had long white blonde hair, with bright blue eyes, the mirror image of the man she had met only hours ago. He stared at her, his mouth opened in utter shock, his eyes just as wide. He struggled for words, and Nyloc began to wonder if he needed help. Slowly his lips moved and she struggled to hear his words. Again he reiterated his mantra in a soft whisper of disbelief.

 

“Nyverna?!”

 

 

 

 

Mach Schnell! Mach härter! Mach weiter! = in german...that means go faster! Go harder! Go deeper!...yeah ew…

“ANEKELD!” Nyloc shouted. “ Ich brauche nicht das wissen!!!” = (german) DISGUSTING! I did not need to know that!

“Du sprichst Deutsch?!” = (german)You speak German?!

“Ja! Und Du sprichst Deutsch? Ist deine Frau Deutsch?”* Nyloc returned. = (german) Yes! And you speak German? Is your wife German?