Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Gundam Wing: Next Generation ❯ Gundam Wing: Trouble ( Chapter 3 )

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Disclaimer: I do not own gundam wing or anything associated with it. I do however own Cassidy 'Cassi' Noin, my friend BM owns Kaito Barton and Ryastarling owns Meg Maxwell, so please don't take them without permission.
Special notice: Thanks go out to BMK and Rya for helping me with this.
- - - -had been two months since the two girls had left and Kaito was continuing his work with Oz Generation X. He'd decided to actually stay there instead of returning to the Sanc Palace. This way he was able to collect a lot more information. The prisoners captured by him had been interogated and sent to prison. It was imperitive that they didn't escape because they now knew that he was actually a spy for their enemies. If Oz ever found out this little tidbit of information they'd kill him, if they could get ahold of him that is. He was just about ready to send another report to the girls as well. He usually sent them one every week whether he had any information or not just to stay consistant in case something happened. He'd stopped sending information to the Sanc Kingdom the day the girls left. He'd resently discovered that Oz was doing some kind of experiments on some of the recruits. He hadn't yet found out what they were but he knew it couldn't be good for them. He was hoping to find out what kind of experiments they were before he sent the next communication.

Meanwhile on the Canadian Island where the girls had set up another base with Dr. Hiroko's help, Cassi and Meg were busy doing well, nothing. They'd had several missions over the last couple of months, and several communications with Kaito and every time he did one of these scouting missions, it worried both girls. He'd taken a big risk staying with the enemy, and even though they were Gundam Pilots and there were certain rules that applied to their life style, they'd given the 'not worrying about your fellow pilots' rule the boot. As they waited for Kaito to contact them, they also waited for their gundams to be fixed. They'd got into a fight in lower america with another section of OZ Generation X, and their gundams needed repairs. They were minor, but it was better safe than sorry in their eyes. As they waited, Cassi lay on the sofa in the warmed up part of the bases living area, half asleep while Meg sat reading in an armchair to her left. Meg looked up from her book "Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix" and looked over at Cassi who was trying to find something to watch on television. Meg often thought Cassi was quiet and for Meg quietness was the only thing that could actually make her bored. Putting down her book she looked outside. It was a great day on Sable island and Dr. H was busy repairing there gundam's. She could see the seals on the shoreline bathing in the sun as the waves splashed up on them. Once she had seen a heard of mustangs running wild along the shore and in the wooden area behind there house.
"Thats it!" Meg said and stood up grabbing Cassi's arm. "You and I are heading towards New Brunswick it'll only take an hour by boat and we can go to St John and do some well deserved shopping!!!!!!"

Cassi was startled as Meg grabbed her and dragged her off the couch, she was tired from their last mission and really didn't want to go anywhere, but as Meg grabbed both their bags, purses and coats she figured she wouldn't get any peace unless she went. So taking her things, she walked of her own accord down to a place near where they lived at least a good fifteen minute walk as it was safer with their gundams and all. The boat was waiting there, sitting idly at the docks. Cassi followed her excitable friend onto the boat, deciding she could spend the hour sleeping.Cassi told her as she leant back on the seat she was sitting on. "Wake me when we get there." That said she closed her eyes and quietly dozed off as the boat left port.
Kaito wandered quietly through the halls of the Oz base looking for something to do. It was nearly midnight where he was but he found he couldn't sleep. He stopped, however, when he saw a light up ahead and heard several voices.
"I'm telling you we've got a spy! Someone's been giving information to those new gundam pilots in America. We have to do something about this before someone finds out about the project," a frantic male voice said. This perked the young gundam pilot's curiosity and he walked closer to the door though he kept all his eyes locked on the hallway as he put his back to the wall. If someone caught him now that they knew there was a spy he was as good as dead.
"We'll find the spy I assure you. And then we'll see how the project works on a human subject," a cold icy voice stated. Kaito didn't like the sound of that but why would they try an experiment out on an enemy. What if it worked? A thought crossed Kaito's mind and he narrowed his eyes and slowly headed back towards his room.
on the boat, Cassi was still sleeping peacefully when Meg shook her awake and called to her to wake up. Blinking Cassi sat up and stretched, and looked around to find that the boat had docked and that the other passengers were disembarking onto the land. With a yawn she got up, grabbed her bag and followed Meg off the boat as the other girl called to her to hurry up.
"I'm coming Meg," Cassi retorted as she stepped onto the land. Cassi had never liked water she preferred land or air to water travel, which was why she'd decided to sleep for the whole journey. She didn't get sea sick, far from it she just didn't like the whole idea of boat rides.
"So where do you want to go first?" she asked, checking to make sure her wrist communicator radio was on. "You must want to go somewhere since you dragged me out here."soon made it back to his room and imidiatelly began to write up the next communication to the girls. He knew he couldn't stay there anymore. It was too risky with them knowing that there was a spy. He would have liked to learn what the 'project' was but he thought he had enough information to make a good enough guess.

Hey girls,

What's up?

Anyway, I've just found out that Oz is doing some kind of experiments though thankfully, they haven't begun to test it on humans yet. They call it 'the project', not very self explanitory unfortunetely. I was listening in to a conversation between the big boss and some freaked out underling. They know there's a spy but the freaky thing is the big boss suggested

Suddenly Kaito heard the door being unlocked. He quickly clicked send in the middle of his sentence and the screen went blank just as the door opened and three men walked in. There were two armed guards, with their guns on him, and 'the big boss' as Kaito liked to refer to him as. This couldn't be good at all.
"Did you really think we wouldn't find you?" came the icy cold voice of the Oz leader, "We had camara's watching our little meeting. We had a feeling someone might show up and we were right weren't we Kaito Barton?" Kaito narrowed his eyes and jumped up grabbing his gun quickly. He took out the first guard but by that time the other guard was on him. The guard quickly threw Kaito's gun to the side as the boy kneed him in the stomach causing him to double over. At that moment Kaito grabbed the guards gun and pointed it at the OZ leader. He smirked slightly, made you think they'd send just anyone on this mission?"
"Perfect," was all that came out of the leaders mouth. Kaito lifted an eyebrow and itched his finger over the trigger of the gun. Why he hadn't shot by this point was beyond him. He was just about to finally fire when he felt something hit his neck. He winced and pulled out a small dart from his neck. He turned quickly to see one of the guards pointing a tranquilliser gun at him then collapsing again. He dropped his gun as his vision began to get hazy. A moment later he collapsed and everything went black.

"Let's go shopping!" Meg said and suddenly eyed an arcade/malt shop nearby. "But first let's play some games and stuff" Dragging Cassi in the arcade they played some games and then sat down to some milkshakes when Meg started to feel odd. She didn't like this feeling, she got it often when people she was near to were in trouble.
"Cass" Meg said, "Ever get the feeling that someone's in trouble but never I dunno believe it...i'm getting that feeling"Meg suddenly heard the arcade doors opening and two boys walked in laughing. They sat down behind them, oddly hey walked straighter then boys their age and they were built better then people their age also.
"That's a laugh," The first said.
"Yea he got caught stupid Kaito" The second said.
"The boss is gonna use him for experiments I hear" The first said. Both girls turned their eyes to the boys without moving their heads, listening in on their conversation.wander what kind of experiments," the second one muttered.nasty ones since he turned out to be the spy," the first retorted. That was all the two girls needed to pick up their bags and leave, they didn't like the sound of this at all. They walked around into a back alley, and Cassi lifted her wrist so she could use her radio watch.H, come in," she called.the man's voice announced. "I was just about to call you, you've got a message from Kaito, but it's ended quite abruptly."think we know why," Cassi told him. "We think he's been caught."a good thing," Dr. H commented.we're heading back, have the plane ready," Meg called. "We should be back in over an hour."got it," the voice responded. "The plane will be ready by then. I'll let Trowa know to."but tell him NOT to let on to anyone else," Cassi told him and she turned her radio off.she and Meg hurriedly headed back towards the dock, with thoughts about what could be happening to Kaito swimming around in both their heads. He was a good friend and they didn't want anything bad to happen to him, especially experimental things. They were lucky to catch the next boat back, as they had to run up the plank as it was been pulled on board the boat. Both sat down in relief, at least now they'd be back in time. The only thing was, getting to Kaito on time.opened his eyes after another round with the scientists. His vision was hazy and he felt really weak. His mind was a jumble and information which he couldn't decifer. It was almost as if he had two brains and each one was giving him different information and different orders. He sat up on the small bed in the holding area and groaned slightly. It was getting worse every time and he felt like his brain, both sof them, were going to explode. He could still remember the girls and hoped that they'd get his unfinished message and get him the hell outa there. He didn't like the thought of having to rely on others to get him out of trouble but at this point he was all but useless in the task. He laid down again, his head still swimming with information, and took several calming breaths as he stared up at the ceiling. What they couldn't afford a tv for their prisoners now? He smirked at the thought and stifled a laugh. After another deep breath he closed his eyes in hopes that when he woke up he'd find out it was all just a dream.

Cassi and Meg had since arrived back at their base their gundams were still being repaired so they'd have to take the mini plane and their motorbikes. It wasn't hard to tell whose was whose, Meg liked red so the red motorbike was hers and the purple one was Cassi's. Dr. H was waiting for them when they got there ready with the screen on showing the information Kaito had been in the middle of typing.H," Cassi called as she approached. "What's the news?"a look," he responded. Cassi and Meg walked over to the screen, dumping their bags down on the floor.

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Hey girls,
up?
I've just found out that Oz is doing some kind of experiments though thankfully, they haven't begun to test it on humans yet. They call it 'the project', not very self explanitory unfortunetely. I was listening in to a conversation between the big boss and some freaked out underling. They know there's a spy but the freaky thing is the big boss suggested

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where it ends," DR. H told them. "We thought the message might've been damamged, but it wasn't."in trouble," Meg announced. "I can feel it, are our bikes and plane ready?"the DR nodded. "I suggest hurrying, Trowa's worried." The two girls nodded and headed for their plane on the hidden runway out the back of the hanger. Knowing how to fly they could fly it themselves, so as soon as the entrance plank was was up, they activated the engines and taxied the plane down the runway before ascending into the sky. It would take at least 2 hours to fly in their plane, even at its top speed and they hoped it would be enough.
didn't want to think about what was happening to their male counterpart, and neither did Cassi. Although if OZ did anything serious to him, the next time they were in a fight they'd pay for it.almost two hours of none stop flying, Cassi and Meg slowly began to take their plane down towards another secret airport in the Sanc kingdom. It wasn't a surprise to see their parents waiting them for them, or to see their predecessors waiting either. The plane came to a gentle halt on the concrete and unbuckling their safety belts, the two got up, opened the back of the plane and taking their bikes and helmets, wheeled them down onto the concrete.her mom cried running over to hug her daughter as she put the stabiliser of her bike down. The older woman hugged her daughter tightly, as Duo hugged Meg like he hadn't seen her in years. It wasn't like they didn't keep in touch though.I can't breathe here," Cassi coughed and her mom released her. Duo did the same when Meg moaned about the same thing. That was when Trowa approached them, his arm wrapped around his wife's shoulders.Meg," he greeted as the others walked up to them. we're sorry," Meg told him. "We'll do what we can to get Kaito out of there, we promise."you," Trowa nodded and reaching into his pocket, pulled out a slip of folded up A4 paper. He handed it straight over to Meg, who unfolded it and showed it to Cassi.the route," Trowa told them. "We found it out in advance." The two girls nodded as Meg refolded the paper, and slipped it into her back pocket.you two be all right?" asked Quatre as they both pulled their helmets on.we will," Cassi grinned as she sat on her bike and kicked the balancer up. "We had good teachers." She and Meg winked at them, and turned the ignition keys in their bikes and revved the engines. With a short sharp wave to the others, they drove off, with Meg pulling a wheelie half way down the runway.off," Duo laughed.

Kaito woke with a start as someone walked into the room. He narrowed his eyes as he quickly turned to see who it was and immediately regretted it as his brain did a flip and a headache immidiately began.
"Not feeling so well boy? What's wrong? Not liking the procedures?" the cold icy voice of the Oz leader asked with a slight chuckle, "Don't worry. It's almost over. A few more shots and you'll be as obedient as a little puppy." He smirked at this and got up to leave, "I think we'll make your first target the Sanc Palace. What do you think?" Kaito cursed the man under his breath as he left.
"Meg," Cassi called through the helmet phones as they drove down the street. "Which way do we turn? You've got the map." Meg thought back to the map, remembering all the routes they had to go.turn right, straight on, then left," she called. Cassi nodded and led the way for the next few turns till they came across the OZ area. Stopping their bikes a few yards away, they got off and hid them in some bushes before heading towards the building. Cassi wrinkled her nose, for an OZ building it looked awful and pretty creepy. Waving to Meg she pointed to a back door; Meg nodded and drawing their guns checked for security camera's before heading over to the door.
Kaito was left to his own thoughts for less then five minutes before a scientist and two guards walked into the room. He mumbled something under his breath as the two guards held him still while the scientist stuck a needle into his neck injecting some kind of liquid into him. As it had the last five times, the chemicals began to work immediately, leaving Kaito in a lot of pain as his brain felt like exploding. He clenched his teeth and eyes shut as he slowly drifted off to sleep again which seemed to be the only thing we was doing for the last two days.

Cassi and Meg wandered quietly around the building, wandering where they might hide someone undergoing 'treatment' as it were. Meg thought she might have an idea, and was leading Cassi in the direction of a rather darkened corridor. They slid nimbly and easily under the view of the camera's, and up to the door. Luckily the only people they'd come across, hadn't seen them as they'd knocked them out from behind. Meg reached out to the handle, as always after the scientist and the guards were gone, they locked it. Not like Kaito could move in his current condition though.she whispered to Cassi. "Think you could karate chop it open?"without causing an alarm to go off or something," Cassi responded shaking her head.there's only one thing to do," Meg grinned as she drew out a hairpin. "We pick it."
lifted her gun quietly giving Meg cover, while she placed her gun on the floor and proceeded to pick the lock.she announced picking up her gun. Cassi turned as Meg opened the door with ease and the two slid in, closing it behind them. They turned to see Kaito lying asleep on a table, but before walking over to him Cassi hurriedly threw a piece of cloth over the rooms security camera.Cassi called shaking him by his arm. "Wake up, it's us. It's Cassi and Meg. Come on snap out of it."at these marks," Meg told her pointing to the bruises on his wrists, and arms and the small nicks on his neck.been drugged," Cassi groaned brushing a strand of Kaito's hair from his face. on Kaito, wake up," she urged again a little louder. Kaito groaned slightly and opened his eyes slowly. He looked over at the two then mumbled, "What too you so long?" His head was still spinning, he could barely see anything so he really had no idea how they'd get out of there. He took a deep breath and let his mind rest as best he could. The girls would take care of it. All he had to worry about right now was staying away and attempting to walk.
"Sorry about that," Cassi responded. "We had to get here, planes and bikes aren't as fast as fully working gundams." That said she and Meg lifted Kaito off the table, and onto his feet. Seeing that he was having trouble on his legs, the two slipped his arms over their shoudler's and helped him walk. He was bigger than them, which made it harder, but they were also trained for this.will we get him out of here?" asked Meg. "If we put him on the back of one our bikes without a safety strap or something he'll fall off."don't know yet," Cassi responded. "Let me think while we get him out of the building." Meg nodded and sliding gracefully under the corridor camera's, headed out the way they'd come.
the control room, the man watching the security camera's suddenly noticed that the one to Kaito's cell was black. Growling something out under his breath, he called a security team under a silent code and told them to go and check it out. Of course by then the girls had moved him quite a way away and were almost out of the building. Kaito bit his lip remembering what the leader of Oz had told him no more then fifteen minutes before. How was this stuff supposed to make him turn against his friends and family? He didn't like the thought of it and really didn't want to think about it but if he was a danger to them he really didn't want to be near them.

Hearing the sudden noise of running feet, both girls stopped a few feet from the exit and groaned.much for a fast exit," Meg moaned. "Why are things never easy?"we have time i'll tell you," Cassi responded. "Right now, let's get to our bikes. I have an idea." The two girls supported their male counterpart quickly to where they'd stashed their bikes, and motioning to Meg to pick hers up first as it was the biggest, Cassi helped Kaito sit down behind Meg.fall off if he's behind me," Meg argued as she put her helmet on.he won't," Cassi responded as she removed the cord belt from her waist. It was more of a utility than a fashion item, and hooking Kaito's arms around Meg's waist as she half leant on the ground, tied his wrists around her, making a good firm knot in the belt.now go," she ordered. "I'll watch your back, and no stunts." Meg nodded, lowered her helmet's visor and drove off, and Cassi's plan seemed to be working as Kaito hadn't fallen off the bike, yet.
stayed behind, giving cover as a handful of soldiers came out of the building. Pulling her gun as she pulled up her bike, she fired several shots dead on, killing three of the five guards and seriously injuring the other two. She was lucky she had her helmet on and visor down, now they wouldn't know who she was. Now she just had to catch up with Meg, so she revved her bikes engine and drove off.
Kaito's head was still spinning like mad and he couldn't seem to think straight anymore. He could almost hear a voice in the back of his mind telling him to kill Meg and go back. Another voice kept saying no, and that Meg was his friend. He clenched his eyes shut and muttered a curse under his breath. Hearing a slight mumbling behind her, Meg chanced a quick glance back at Kaito as they headed towards the Sanc Palace grounds. He didn't look so good in fact he was quite pale. She patted his hand gently, it was a weak form of comfort on a motorbike but it would have to do. She looked in her rear view and saw Cassi not far behind her, and waving towards a pair of big gates turned her bike to the right. Cassi followed, and both brought their bikes to a stop in the small back parking lot of the Sanc Palace.
removed her helmet and placed it on her handlebars before reaching to untie Cassi's belt, which was still holding Kaito to her. Cassi was good at knots that was for sure. Finally managing to untie it, she hurried to support the quiet teen before Cassi came over to help. They were helping Kaito towards the doors when Trowa appeared with Duo and Quatre, his face horrified as to the current condition of his only son.him inside," he urged. "Sally will take a look at him."love to," Cassi groaned. "But your son is getting too heavy." Taking that as a hint, Trowa and Quatre took him from the girls leaving them to follow behind with Duo. Kaito's mind was a jumble and the urge to return to the Oz base was starting to get to him. The voice kept telling him to kill them and run. The other more sane voice was starting to fade and in a last ditch effort to listen to the fading voice Kaito quickly pulled away from his father and the blond, falling to the ground and grabbed the gun that the Oz leader had for some odd reason, left him with. He then quickly threw it away and clutched his head.

Seeing their fellow pilot in obvious pain, both Cassi and Meg moved quickly to his side and knelt down. They put their arms around him comfortingly, as he moaned incoherantly at the floor. Their three predessors stared at them in surprise, when they'd been gundam pilots none of them had ever thought about acting like this towards a fellow pilot. Sure they'd saved each other, sure Trowa had aided Heero and sure Quatre was probably the only one to who'd shown real emotional concern for his fellow pilots, but neither of them had been connected to each other like their three children were and in such a short time to. It was probably because Cassi and Meg were girls that they were concerned for Kaito, but it wasn't, it was sheer worry that OZ had hurt their male counterpart that had got the girls acting this way.ok Kaito," Cassi soothed as the rest of their friends and family came to see what was taking so long. "We're here, if something's wrong you can tell us." Miss. Noin had never heard her daughter speak to anyone like that before, much less a guy. on, let's get you somewhere where you can rest," Meg whispered resting her head against his, as Cassi placed her hand on one of Kaito's own. At that moment Kaito passed out. His mind, still a blur, couldn't take the pressure from the two voices, though the one was still very faint, the pain or the confusion. Trowa cursed under his breath, should never have asked him to go on that mission. It's all my fault this has happened to him."
Duo glanced over and shook his head, it isn't. We had no idea this would happen. We needed someone there to keep an eye on them."

Both female pilots were horrified as their male counterpart fell limp in their arms, and a little shocked at how heavy he was as his weight fell against them. Unable to stir their friend, they looked at each other with pure worry.on," Cassi called. "1, 2, 3." On the count of three the girls stood up, supporting Kaito against them. take him to the medical bay," Meg told her father softly. Duo nodded as the girls followed Trowa down to where Sally as waiting for them, and gently lowered Kaito onto the bed before pulling away so Sally could examine him. Both girls despite their gundam personalities, which were slowly taking over the longer they lived as gundam pilots, still felt the sad feeling in their guts at Kaito's current condition. OZ would so pay next time they met on the battlefield. Unable to stand waiting and watching as Sally tried to figure out what was wrong with him, the two went to get some air.
kicked a few fallen twigs on the carpark ground, as thoughts of OZ soldiers crossed her mind, while Meg sat on a wall quietly, strangely for her.Cassi growled. "I don't care how old their pilots are, i'm going to take them apart."without me you're not," Meg countered. "We'll all do it, you, me and Kaito. No matter what it takes." Cassi nodded as she leant against the wall and slid down it, she like Meg was tired and they didn't need this right now.
Dorothy sat the room she and her husband used and held back tears. What had those fiends done to her poor son. Trowa calmly rubbed her back as she laid her head on his chest, "What if they can't figure out what's wrong?"
"Don't think like that. Sally's the best and she'll figure it out. He'll be fine Dorry," he said calmly. He was worried but being a former gundam pilot he'd learned that showing it could often make things worse. If he showed that he was worried then the others would pick up on it.

Meanwhile, Quatre was helping Sally with her work. She'd already found the chemical makeup of whatever Oz had given him and was now trying to find something to counteract it.
"Anything?" Quatre asked softly.Sally responded. "I just have to figure out this last element. That's all, then I can possibly give him an antidote."hope so, his mother's not happy and Cassi and Meg aren't exactly hiding their anger and hatred right now."kidding," agreed Heero who'd been quiet most of the time, and who had only recently joined them. Cassi's been using her martial arts on a tree for the last ten minutes," Miss. Noin reported. "I think the tree has taken more of a beating than she has."telling me," Duo nodded. "I've never seen Meg fume quietly before. It's worrying."concerned Duo," Sally told him. "Kaito's their friend, they have that right."
the courtyard, Cassi had given up taking her anger out on the said tree, figuring that it wasn't going to help any. She returned to Meg's side and perched herself on the wall at her friend's side. Both were exhausted, tired and irritated right now. Unlike the past pilots, their parents, they currently weren't capable of doing days without sleep or relaxation.dented the tree," Meg chuckled. Cassi simply nodded.
As Sally continued her work Quatre decided to check Kaito for any more injuries or other such problems. He ran his fingers over the boy's neck where the needles had obviously been used. He noticed the slight scar there and waved Heero over to check it out. Heero pushed himself off the wall and walked over. Quatre pointed to Kaito's neck, right where he'd felt the scar. Heero turned Kaito's head slightly, and ran his fingers down the scar. There was a slight mump beneath it, he could tell from years of experience.
"Sally," he called over his shoulder.she called back as she looked up. "They've put something in his neck."what?" asked Duo looking up.don't know what it is," Heero told him. "But something's there and I don't think it's friendly. Nice one on finding it Quatre." Quatre nodded, all we need to do is find out what it is and how to get rid of it not to meantion what it's for." The blond haired guard cross his arms and stepped aside for Sally to get a better look. He was concerned for the young pilot but knew Sally would be able to help him. Sally had a closer look, but she couldn't tell what it was yet. Turning on her heal, she walked over to a near by table and picked up a portable x-raying device. It was necessary in field medicine, which she tended to specialize in. She put some gloves and goggles on, and motioned for everyone to stand back. Slowly she ran it down the scar and up again, till it got a read out.little creeps," she hissed as she turned the item's x-ray beam off and showed the others the image.control chip," Duo muttered. "Jerks, best not to let Trowa see this or the girls, they'll go nuts and the last thing we need is for them to go on suicide missions to teach OZ a lesson."worries there," Miss. Noin told him from where she was sitting. "Cassi said their gundams are still being repaired in Canada. Night Strikes engines are down and Deathscythe Angels weapons are virtually inoperable."
"There's still Shadowarcher though," Quatre mumbled knowing the other gundam had already been repared and was back in it's hiding place in the wood's. He sighed and glanced at the boy, "at least that explains why they'd try this 'experiment' on an enemy. Do you think they got the chance to finish?"
"We could always ask the girls," Wufei stated. "They may know. And as for Shadowarcher, they don't know where it's hidden so I doubt they'd take it. And let me tell you from experience, piloting anothers gundam is not as easy as piloting your own."
"I'll go and ask," Quatre said calmly as he headed towards the door. "Sally, you try and get that chip removed or something." Sally nodded and went to work trying to figure it out, now with Heero's help instead of Quatre's.
left the back of the building via the back door and looked around for the two teenage pilots, and found them still sitting on the wall they'd been occupying for the last couple of hours. Meg had buisied herself with untying rebraiding her hair, whilst Cassi was fiddling with her wrist radio. Yet upon hearing him approach both girls turned to look at him, both expecting some good news for a change. Quatre looked at them and shook his head that was all they needed to know. you know how far this experiment got?" he asked.way he acted on the way over here," Meg stated as she calculated the information in her head. "I'd say they were near enough finished by the time we got him out." Cassi simply nodded in agreement, just as her wrist radio beeped slightly. She raised the device to her mouth and turned it on.she said simply. it's Dr. H," came the deep familiar voice. "I thought you and Meg may like to know, your gundams are both repaired as of a few minutes ago and we've been monitoring a few OZ frequencies, there's a massive mobile suit factory currently in operation. Whose up?" Both girls gave each other a look.big?" Cassi asked.current production is at least fifty suits every couple of hours."want to take it?" Cassi asked Meg. Meg nodded.is it?"Carolina air base, northern Carolina," he responded.take my bike," Meg stated as she tied her hair off and walked over to her red bike.
sat down, pulled on her helmet and turned the ignition key.shouldn't take long," she told Cassi as she lowered her visor. Revving her bikes engine, Meg drove off and out of the parking lot. Their missions didn't stop because one of them was down, it would always carry on no matter what. Quatre sighs as he watches the girls leave and sighed, "The others aren't going to like this." He turned and headed back in to give the others the news that the girls had just taken off.
Quatre walked back into the palace and into the medical rool to see Trowa standing with Sally, discussing something. The others all turned when he entered the room, nodding to him in greeting.the girls know?" asked Miss. Noin calmly. believe they were nearly done with the treatment," Quatre responded. "Oh and Meg's gone off on a mission, so Cassi's on her own outside. How is he?"I finished the antidote while you were away," Sally responded as she pushed the syringe into the small jar full of clear liquid. "All we need to do now, is inject it and see if it works."
said she walked up to Kaito, and gently swabbed his arm before pushing the needle in. She pushed the fluid into him, before throwing the needle into a 'to be destroyed' bin.we just need to let it run its course," she told them. "It's the best way, besides, we need to work on the other problem at hand and we all need some nourishment anyway."can't leave Kaito alone," Trowa argued, still feeling a tad guilty that his son had been subjected to such vial means of experimentation.put a guard outside the door," Heero told him. "Kaito's out cold anyway, it's not likely he's going to sleep walk out of here." Taking Trowa's arm, the former perfect pilot dragged him from the room, shortly followed by the others. Quatre walked off to find a door guard, while Miss. Noin went to see if Cassi wanted something to eat and the others headed to the dining room.
Less then a minute after the adults had left, Kaito opened his eyes and sat up. He'd been awake through the last little while and was only pretending to be asleep. Being trained as a spy, he was able to do it very well. He calmly slid off the table and looked around. He smirked when he saw a ventilation shaft. He walked over to the door, first, and placed a chair under the doorknob. He then turned to the ventilation shaft, removed the grate and slipped inside. The guard who was standing quietly by the door, and had no idea Kaito had left.
the time the others had all gone and picked up something to eat, and found that they were all hungry. Miss. Noin went out with a small paper plate of food, figuring that Cassi wouldn't come in for anything. She found her daughter sitting on her motorbike, testing the gears and the handle bars.thoughts?" she asked. Cassi turned, having heard her approach and shrugged.just thinking that's all." Her mother handed her the plate, and she leant it on the seat in front of her. Miss. Noin looked her daughter over, and if it were possible in the last few months she seemed to have grown up a little bit. She didn't come across as the quietly rebellious teen she once was, being a Gundam pilot now had probably changed her a bit.you do anything interesting?" she asked. "I heard about a couple of 'unidentified explosions' on the news you see."all they are," Cassi told her cryptically and bit into a small radish.
Meanwhile, by this time, Kaito was far from the Sanc Palace and heading back towards the Oz base. In his mind, he wasn't quite sure why he wanted to go back but all he knew was that he had to. He was thankful that his headache was gone along with the rest of the pain he'd been feeling for the last little while.
Back outside the room the guard had decided to check on Kaito, but found the door jammed. Frowning he rammed his body weight against it, until the chair fell away the other side and the door opened. He surveyed the scene hurriedly, and seeing the air vent open and Kaito gone, he ran to the intercom system to alert Sally. She came running instantly, as did the others, except for Miss. Noin and Cassi.got out the air vent?" asked Duo. "Great."trained him too well," Trowa groaned.go and tell Miss. Noin and Cassi," Sally told them and left at a run.
found the two quietly talking by Cassi's bike, whilst still eating the contents of the paper plate. She stopped beside them breathing heavily, and had to take several deep breaths to calm herself down. what's wrong?" asked Miss. Noin.Kaito, he left the medical bay through an air vent."When? Why?"gone, don't know and probably because of the chip in his neck." Seeing Cassi's stunned look, Sally hurriedly explained and was surprised Cassi wasn't muttering several nasty plans against OZ right now. Frowning Cassi picked up her helmet and put it on, hoping to get hold of Meg, but she didn't answer so she tried her wrist radio.Cassi, what's up?" Meg's voice asked.gone," Cassi responded. "And I think I know where. Think you can get there?"can try," Meg responded. "I'm just leaving the mobile suit base now, and their are fireworks galore here."fun, just get to that OZ base straight away, i'll meet you there." She hurriedly closed her radio link and pulled her helmet back on. Miss. Noin grabbed the food plate as Cassi sat herself onto her bike, and turned the key in the ignition. The engine came to life with a massive roar, and she sped off hurriedly. If her calculations were right she'd meet up with Meg quite soon.
Kaito walked up to the gates of the Oz base and was greated by two men who smirked at him and opened the gate. He ignored the men and walked into the base and down the hall, turning here and there. He wasn't sure where he was going but something urged him on.
"Well if it isn't the traitor," a boy chuckled as he leaned on the wall and watched Kaito. Kaito looked at the boy and narrowed his eyes for a moment resting his hand on the gun which he'd collected from the ground where he'd thrown it at the Sanc Palace. The boy lifted an eyebrow and was about to laugh when Kaito took his hand away from the gun and suddenly grabbed the boy by the collar and threw him hard against the wall.
"Now now Kaito," Came a cold icy voice from down the hall, "If we start fighting amongst ourselves we'll never win this war." Kaito shoved the boy to the ground and looked over to the man who owned the voice. The Oz leader smirked at the young pilot and walked over placing a hand on his shoulder. Kaito narrowed his eyes at the man still unsure of why he'd come back here, "What did you do to me."
"Like I said, obedient as a puppy. You belong to Oz now boy. You'll do what I say," he said to him as he led him away. The other boy rubbed his neck and glared at Kaito as he got up from the ground.

Cassi drove down the many wide roads that led to the OZ base, and as predicted she saw Meg coming off a turning to her left. Of course she was wandering what speeds Meg must've been going at to get there at that time, but right now that wasn't important. Meg drove up to her left side, revving the engines of her bike.demon of the highways," Meg told her through their helmet radios.I noticed," Cassi chuckled. care to fill me in?"after you left they gave Kaito an antidote to the drugs OZ used on him," Cassi replied. "However, they had also inserted a controlling chip into his neck and it's active now and needs to be removed."are going to pay for this," Meg drawled out.I got a patch through from base saying that Dr. H tried to get through to say our Gundams are up and ready. He's sending them via remote to us right now."
made both girls happy, they liked having their gundams close by just in case OZ decided to start a suit battle. Not like they couldn't handle it of course, with the new upgraded NG Gundams they were a force to be reconned with. Meg was a dab hand with her suits energy scythe, and Cassi operated her thermal energy glaive easily. Of course they'd gotten used to working with each other over the last two months, and hoped that Kaito would hang around some time to learn how to work with them to. Pushing their bikes into the 90MPH speed factor, they revved down a few more wide and partially empty roads, till they arrived in the smaller ones heading towards the OZ base and slowed to 35/40MPH.had better be all right," Meg whispered as they came to a halt a few yards outside the OZ base and lowered their bikes against some trees. worry, if he's not they'll suffer," Cassi growled.
Kaito sighed as he aimlessly walked down the halls of the Oz base. They'd finished with him a while back. He still had his memories from his past but for some odd reason he wasn't sure why he had become a gundam pilot and a spy. His family, his friends and those he once new as part of the peaceful world, meant nothing to him now. He sighed to himself as he headed towards the main doors of the complex. He needed to get out of there and get some fresh air.

Cassi and Meg stood hiding outside in the bases surrounding walls and pathetically small gardens at least now the creepy place was showing it's true colours. They'd beefed up security since the girl's last visit, barely that same day and they'd had to knock two massive teenage guards out just to get into the ground in the first place.Cassi whispered as they looked at the building quietly. "Ever get the feeling that you're doing something for nothing?"why?" Meg responded as they stalked up closer to the main doors, guns drawn.i'm getting that feeling right now," Cassi responded.
girls didn't have to wait long to find Kaito, as he suddenly walked out of the main doors. It looked like he was on a lesiurely stroll, like nothing was really wrong at all. Knowing better, the girls both edged closer. They knew Kaito would notice them sooner rather than later, as since he was a fellow Gundam Pilot he had had similar training to their own, only he tended to avoid killing people. Acting now was their only option. Kaito stepped literally out in front of them, seemingly not seeing them as his head was raised and his eyes were closed. Meg chanced a move first, but of course similar training meant he could sense for attacks like they could. He'd swung around and blocked her move, which was intended to knock him out, but Cassi was only a split second behind Meg. Having worked together for 2 months, the two had come up with team strategies, which they knew Kaito wouldn't be aware of. Cassi being a high degree in martial arts, whipped out with her hand and with a firm but gently snap of her hand, hit Kaito hard in his side. It was a specific spot designed to incapacitate someone for at least ten or so minutes because of the area it was in. Kaito sunk to his knees, groaning as he held his side. The girls helped him around the building and behind some junk piles out of sight, before trying to talk to him.you have to come back so Dr. Po can remove that thing in your neck," Meg told him. "For your own sake if for no one else's." Seeing Kaito try to move, Cassi bent down in front of him.can try and move all you like," she told her male counterpart. "But that hit disables a person for ten or so minutes, so without someone's help, you're not going anywhere. Not till you say you're ready to come back with us." Kaito narrowed his eyes at them, "Go home before you do something you'll both regret." He looked at Cassi coldly then turned to Meg, "I'm staying here."
"What the heck for?" Meg blurted out, then hurriedly calmed her words to a whisper. "You have no reason to. You're a gundam pilot, you're on our side not their's." It was then she felt a hand rest on her arm, and turning her head she looked directly into Cassi's blue eyes. The youngest and quietest of the three pilots stared back at her, before shaking her head.Cassi, no, i'm not leaving without him. We did not come all this way for nothing. He's our friend above all else, he's..."not worth it," Cassi interrupted in a whisper. "Let's just go Meg, it's obvious this pilot takes more after Heero than he does his own father. He obviously doesn't care about those who love him either. There's no point us hanging around anymore, let's just go back to OUR home." Meg gazed into Cassi's eyes, she figured she was saying this because she was the youngest and didn't understand, but after everything they'd been through in the last two odd months, it would be folly to think that Cassi had no deep thoughts of her own.
By this point, Kaito had regained his ability to move. He got up calmly and crossed his arms across his chest as he leaned on the wall, "So what are you waiting for? Get out of here before someone sees you. I won't give you a second chance to get away." Both girls nodded their heads and suddenly Meg threw her arms around him and suddenly he dropped to the ground.
"Ah the wonders of nerve points he he yea gotta love 'em," She said and tossed him to Cassi then they started to look for a way out.

This entire place was like they were walking threw a stupid graveyard. Even the hallways were pretty creepy. However she thought the entire thing was pretty cool her father would love this place...and blowing it up would be a real blast. After walking for half an hour they finally stopped to check the map.
"Ok according to the map uh..." Meg said and turned the map upside down and right side up. "We are officially(throws away the map) lost...Damn this place is a god forsaken maze Cassi how the heck are we supposed to navigate threw this I get lost in those grass mazes in the back of the Sanc mansion for goodness sake...could things get any worst?" Suddenly the sound of guns surrounded them and the two girls suddenly realized they were surrounded by soldiers. Cassi looked at Meg as if she was gonna kill the red head braided girl and held Kaito tightly over her shoulder.
"Why did I have to open my big fat mouth?" She asked as the men cocked their guns towards them. "Oh well that's why Ihave long hair" Her friend raised her eyebrow in confusion as Meg reached into her braid.
"Hmm no that's not it....a ha!" She cried as she hauled out a tiny metal device and slapped it against the wall then tossed a metal ball to the floor causing smoke to fill the hallways. They started to run

Both girls ran, with Meg giving Cassi a hand to support the unconscious teen she was trying to half carry. They had to leave quickly, thanks to Meg's mini bomb and that gas, when the bomb exploaded and the fire appeared that gas would expload and the whole building would go up in flames.either needs to shrink or loose weight," Cassi muttered crossly as they eventually found an exit. Meg kicked it open with a hard kick, and they were faced with the ending light of the day.on," Meg hissed as they dragged the unconscious teen out of the building and across the courtyard. No sooner had they got half way, did the timer run out and an explosion rattle the building right to its core.is or was, one hardcore bomb," Cassi said in amazement. Meg simply nodded and assisted her in dragging Kaito out of the ground and to their bikes.
again Cassi tied Kaito's wrists around Meg's waist with her cord belt, and once again the two left on their bikes as the explosions continued. Flames shot up into the already orange sky and the two girls actually thought that it looked beautiful, but then again it was pure and total destruction and to them that WAS beautiful. Both sighed as they drove carefully back towards the Sanc Palace, Kaito would be out for a good while now thanks to Meg, which was a good thing really. Cassi wasn't so sure though.she called through the helmet radios. "Um, can we just go home after we drop Kaito off?" Meg turned her head slightly to look at her friend, who was busy pressing a button on her wrist radio.was all she asked.it a hunch, but...I doubt he'll like us later and i'd rather not be in company that I can't work well with. I just sent another signal to our gundams, I had intended them to meet us here, but i'm sending them back. The plane will be enough to get us home."
reached the Sanc Palace not long later, and turned into the back area and drove towards the runway before stopping and cutting the bikes engines. Their predecessors came to greet them as soon as they saw where they'd stopped, and walked over to join them.Vu," Duo joked lightly as Meg removed her helmet and released Kaito's wrists. The boy was taken off the bike by his father and Wufei and moved to one side as the girls removed their helmets and got off their bikes.going you two," said a voice as Zechs appeared with Miss. Noin and Miss. Relena. "We heard you went through quite a few trying tasks today." Cassi simply snorted in response as she took hold of her bikes handlebars and wheeled it towards their still waiting plane. She tapped in the access code, and the back of the plane opened up so she could wheel her bike up the ramp. She disappeared and with the sound of clinking noises, the others figured she was clamping her bike down for a return flight.wrong?" asked Miss. Noin as she turned to Meg, obviously hoping she'd get an answer from the red haired teen.
"Yes and no" Meg said as they entered the underground basement base and Noin looked at her.
"Oh really war is a really a terrible thing Meg" Noin said and sat down at a small table as they entered the room. "I've seen a lot threw my years Meg and believe me what you saw today must have been terrible"
"No it's not the fighting" Meg said and sat down in her chair, 'Listen can I tell you something but promise you wont tell Cass or Kaito?"
"It depends what is it?" She asked.
"I have these weird dreams at night and last night before we went to rescue Kaito I have another one" Meg said, "I dreamed we were all in a blazing inferno and none of us could escape...then I saw faces in the fire horrible twisted faces of people. I can't shake it off I keep seeing this beautiful mecha with long gorgeous white wings disappearing in the inferno the faces were screaming in agony and I saw my father and the other former pilots in the inferno. Then I wake up"
"A winged gundam?" Noin asked and her memory awoke to the image of Wing 0 destroying Marti Maya's base. "I dont know what to tell you how long have you been having this dream?"
"A month now it comes and goes butI... " Meg said and suddenly a figure appeared at the end of the stairs.
"Need to relax I swear your going to over strain yourself then again wouldn't be the worst thing to happen" The person said, 'Reckless as ever now fighting oz now could do you do that without me may I ask...your too weak to do it on your own"
"Mariemaia!" Meg yelled in her fists clutched as she looked at the daughter of Treize.

Outside in the plane, Cassi was busy doing standard checks to make sure the plane was ready to take off. She'd talked Howard into helping her refuel the plane for take off, and whilst that was happening she was doing final checks on the engines. Climbing down a ladder for the second time, she pulled it away and placed it against the tail so she could climb up and check the tail. Satisfied it was in good working order, she climbed down again and removed the ladders completely before returning to the cockpit to check on the controls.leaving so soon?" asked a voice. Cassi jumped as she turned to see Quatre standing at the top of the small ramp at the back of the plane.soon as the plane's refueled and Meg's ready to go," Cassi responded. "Which reminds me, i'll wheel her bike onboard in a minute."are you in such a hurry to leave?" asked the blonde adult as he approached the chair she was sitting on.
didn't answer and flicked on the radar and scanning equipment, scanning for something before she switched it back off, then she busied herself with the gear controls and the piloting joystick, making sure it was moveable and ready to move the tail of the plane. Quatre reached out and placed a hand on the blue-haired girls hand, stopping her as she tried to check the pressure gauges.to talk about what's bothering you?" he asked.really, and if you don't mind I would like to have this plane ready in the next half hour," Cassi half growled. not moving till you tell me what's wrong." Cassi took a deep breath push her enough and she could get just as angry as anybody with a short fused temper.just think Meg and I are wasting our time here that's all," she told him and he released her hand. "We risked our lives saving Kaito again in the same day, and he didn't even appreciate it. We wasted valuable time going back the second time around."that's what's bothering you," Quatre chuckled as he sat down in Meg's piloting seat and watched as Cassi carried on with her checks, occasionally turning her back on him. is grateful," Quatre told her. "I guess he's just stubborn."Quatre he's not stubborn," Cassi retorted. "He'd much rather work for OZ and/or himself. I'm sorry but OZ are too powerful to fight alone, and if he won't accept the help offered to him, then there's no point offering it. If it's fighting FOR Oz then, fine." She swiveled around in her seat and got up, before walking across and out of the plane and down onto the concrete. She nodded to Howard and the other guys refueling the plane, and went to retrieve Meg's bike and helmet, while Quatre followed her.don't you hang around at least until Sally's finished removing that chip they placed in Kaito's neck?" he asked. "Then decide whether you're leaving or not." Cassi snorted as she wheeled Meg's bike up the ramp and clamped it down, before hanging her helmet on a hook beside her own.I hang around till then or not," she told him. "I'll still go back anyway, mine and Meg's Gundams are back where we took them, so either way i'll be going home." Quatre sighed, he had kids to but none of them were like this.
Sally had asked that the others stay outside while she worked. She'd given him an extra sedative to make sure he'd stay asleep while she operated. The last thing she needed was for him to wake up in the middle. Working so close to his spinal cord was dangerous and any sudden movement would be dangerous.

Meanwhile, outside, the other adults were busy talking, pacing or sobbing [Dorothy]. Trowa sighed as he stroked his wife's hair reassuringly, be fine."

Wufei was busy pacing around. He said it was because he was bored but the others knew better.
Before Noin could do anything Mariemaia reserved a punch in the face from Meg who looked down at the daughter of Treize.
"How dare you even come here!" Meg yelled and Noin grabbed her hand before she could strike the young women again.
"Huh you're still a little vixen," Mariemaia said and whipped her mouth of the blood that came from her busted lip, 'But then again I wouldn't expect much out of you...probably going to kill us all aren't you Maxwell?"
"I'll kill you for what you did!" She cried, "I'll kill you"
"What are talking about stop this at once," Noin cried.
"What's going on here?" A voice asked and they looked up to see Cassi standing on the top of the stairs. The blue haired teenager made her way calmly down the stairs, till she was standing in the doorframe. She leant against it casually and began toying with the tassel end of her cord belt, which she'd retrieved from Meg's bike earlier.
"Meg, mother and Mariemaia I believe, unless i'm mistaken," she announced coolly. She then turned her eyes to Meg, cool blue meeting sharp and furious emerald green.plane's fuelled up, checked over and ready to go when you are," she told her.
"Yea i'm ready" She said and started away with Cassi when Mariemaia started to smirk and Meg clutched her hands into two fists.
"They gave you a gundam and you haven't crashed it yet?" Mariemaia asked, "I respect your father but you couldn't pilot if your life depended on it." With those words Meg swung back and pinned Mariemaia to the ground and they started to roll along the ground biting, kicking, hitting at each other in a total cat fight.

Suddenly Duo came downstairs and broke the two apart. Without another word Meg went out to the plane leaving Cassi and the two adults to examine Mariemaia who slowly walked away also.
"What the heck was that all about?" Noin asked.
"Those two hate each others guts ever since they met each other' Duo said, "I don't know why but only Meg and Mariemaia know that." Cassi turned then took off after her friend.
"Hey Meg wait up!" they heard her yell. "Meg for the love of..."
Cassi caught up with Meg, who was just walking up the ramp and into the plane. Speeding up she ran to the plane and up the ramp herself, stopping directly in front of Meg who bumped right into her.asked the red head staring at her friend.is your beef with that girl?" Cassi asked curiously. Seeing her friend wasn't about to answer and having seen that display in the basement, Cassi decided to let it go. Sighing she stepped aside and allowed her friend to continue into the plane, following closely behind her.
to the panel inside the plane, Cassi put in the code and the entrance door began to close up. She waited till it was fully closed, and went to sit in her seat. Buckling up she switched the power to the engines on, and momentarily glanced over at Meg before lifting up her headset and putting it on.is Flight 1 requesting clearance to taxi and take off," she said into it.1, this is Groung control, permission granted," called a female voice. "Safe journey."Cassi responded as she moved the plane forwards. When it was time she took the plane into the air, and carried on for a while till it was straight and flying back towards their base at Sabel Island. Turning to Meg again after she'd activated the autopilot, she chuckled lightly.I may not know what problems you have with Mariemaia and you may never tell me but, nice punch back there." Meg turned and looked at Cassi, and smiled her usual smile.she said simply. Cassi nodded and the two went back to piloting the plane, it would be good to get back home, for both of them.

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