Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Eternal Betrayal (Extended) ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

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Chapter 1

Battle on L2

 

July 17th, AC 198

Duo stood in the artificial light of L2-RD12. His long brown braid drifted in the false breeze. He loved life on the colonies, despite protests by other people.

“So this is where you've been hiding, Duo.”

The braided teen turned to the voice. “Hilde, I didn't expect you here for another week.”

The young woman laughed. “Well, I decided to come early. I got a little excited when you called. You don't mind, do you?”

Duo eagerly shook his head. “Of course not!! I just haven't finished the programming for the Eternity yet or else I would've taken you out for a test run.”

“I'll be around for a while, Duo.”

“That's true.”

 

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Duo pressed the enter key one last time. “There. Done.” He leaned back in his chair.

Hilde smiled. “That's good to hear.”

Duo looked at her and grinned. “The Eternity is officially functional.”

 

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“We have arrived at L2-RD12. Permission to follow Operation: Trinity?”

“Permission granted, Lieutenant. All I want is Maxwell. I don't care about what happens to the other colonists. Kill them to keep them quiet. I don't want news getting out about the project.”

“…Understood.”

 

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The explosion shook the entire colony. Duo and Hilde each grabbed onto one of the railings leading off of the Eternity. “What the hell's going on?!” Duo yelled to a nearby engineer.

The man looked at the braided teen. “I don't know, sir!”

“An attack maybe?” Hilde suggested.

“Evacuate the civilians. It has to be her,” Duo said. The engineer nodded and ran off. Hilde looked at Duo.

“Duo?”

The braided teen didn't look at her as he turned to walked down one of the underground passages. He heard Hilde running after him. Sounds of people screaming and dying echoed down the tunnel. He frowned. “If only this didn't happen now…”

 

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The soldiers spread out, killing anyone who got in their way. Men, women, and children fell in a fountain of crimson blood. Already half of the colony was stained red with blood. The lieutenant felt nothing for the people his men were massacring. They were failures of a project that could only create monsters, and monsters deserved to be destroyed without mercy.

“Head towards the other port. They've got to be there. Kill everyone in the way.”

“Yes, sir!” The soldiers ran faster towards the far end of the colony.

 

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Duo helped the civilians through the underground passages. Already a quarter of the colony's population of 12,000 had been evacuated onto the Eternity and her two sister ships, the Serenity and the Destiny. The three ships were as large as small colonies, and they could easily hold twice the maximum population of L2-RD12. Since the Eternity's navigation and flight programming was complete, all three ships were operational. “Come on! Just a little further!”

The civilians nodded. They made the rest of the trip safely. However, they found the hanger of the Eternity under attack. Duo immediately took control of the defenders. “Protect the civilians at all costs! Once they're all safely on the Eternity, retreat!”

“Yes, sir!”

“All civilians are to board the Eternity immediately!” Duo yelled as he grabbed a gun from a guard and opened fire on the soldiers. The attackers dove for cover. “Hurry up!!”

The evacuation proceeded quickly enough, and the defenders retreated into the ships. Duo ran to the bridge. He wrapped a bandage around his arm where a stray bullet had ripped through his skin. The three ships had already been started. He could see the invaders rushing to close the doors, but Duo had disabled the system before getting on the Eternity. “All hands, prepare for a Jump once we clear the colony.” He watched the pilot ease the ship out of the hanger and away from the colony. “Input coordinates for the Jump.” He turned on the intership communications. “You okay, Hilde?”

“I'm fine.”

“Sanji will take good care of you, I'm sure. Can you insert the right coordinates?”

“Yeah.”

“I'm counting on you not to drop those people into danger.”

“Okay.”

“Coordinates correctly entered, sir!” one of the sub-pilots said.

“L2-RD12 has been cleared. Jump engines ready.”

“Alright! Let's do this.” Duo pressed the master switch for the Jump. Earth flashed for just a second, and then the exiled colonists were looking at Mars. The crew cheered excitedly. They had reached safety. “Establish a stable orbit. I think this is cause for celebration.”

 

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July 25th, AC 198

The four ex-pilots sat in the large office. “The colony's been abandoned by the terrorists,” a soldier said. “Massacred a lot of the civilians and left in a weird ship.”

“A research and development colony like this should have hundreds of security cameras,” Trowa said. “Do you have any pictures of the terrorists?”

“Yes, sir. Only a couple was working at the time, however. But…” the man trailed off.

“But what?” Quatre asked.

The man reached into a desk drawer and pulled out a folder. He handed it to Heero. “I'm not sure you'll like who's in the pictures.”

Heero scanned each image captured by the cameras. He filed each face in his mind. He turned the page.

And froze.

“Duo?”

The other pilots turned towards him. Sure enough, the braided brunette stood in the center of a hanger, firing a gun.

“Not Duo!” Quatre cried, grabbing the pictures from Heero's stunned hands. “He wouldn't do this. He…We worked too hard for this peace! Why?! Why was he here?! He could have called us.” The blond heir buried his face in Trowa's coat.

“Dammit, Maxwell, What the hell are you doing?” Wufei muttered.