Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Lean On Me ❯ Revealed Identities and Forgotten Memories ( Chapter 3 )

Authors Note - I do not own Gundam Wing, but Vienna and Riley and Katana Rosco are mine, so don't take them!

Disclaimer: do I have to do this again?

Chapter Three

Riley glared at Duo standing behind her. "Oh back off, braid boy."

"Braid boy?" Duo gasped.

WuFei smirked. "It fits," he said.

Vienna looked around. "Just let us go and we won't bother you."

Duo laughed. "I think not."

"Where's Relena? You didn't kill her yet, did you?"

Vienna stared at him. "Are you kidding? We would never try to kill Relena."

"So, you weren't responsible for the attack?" Trowa asked.

"No they weren't," Heero said, walking toward them from the mansion with Quatre. "It was someone else."

"But then why were they here?" Trowa wondered.

Heero looked at them. "They will have to answer that."

"Which we won't," Vienna stated.

Riley said interrupting, "Where's Raphael?"

Heero shook his head. "He got away." Riley shrugged, causing another sharp pain in her back. She grunted and hunched over a bit. Vienna watched her friend carefully.

Duo sighed. "This will get nowhere! Heero, I vote we keep them prisoners and torture them until they talk."

Vienna raised her eyebrows. "I doubt you could." Should we tell them? I doubt it would matter now.

Riley shook her head, straightening up again. "We won't tell you anything. Take us anywhere you want, but it still won't do you good."

WuFei leaned toward Heero and whispered something in his ear. Heero listened and nodded. "Duo, Trowa, grab them."

Duo grabbed Riley's arm and twisted it behind her back. Riley screamed in pain.

"Hey, be careful with her!" Vienna snapped. She was in the same predicament as Riley, only she was hardly in any pain.

"Walk," WuFei commanded. Duo and Trowa shoved the girls' forward, but Duo was a bit gentler.

They had walked out the gate when Quatre said, "Heero, we still have to meet that person at the park and find Relena as well."

"You and WuFei go. As for Relena, I saw her leave in the limo. She ran passed me on the way."

WuFei and Quatre ran away into the night.

Vienna and Riley exchanged smiles. They knew they could tell the boys who they were and all that, but, without saying a word, they both agreed: why not have a little fun?

They were taken to a black convertible that was parked outside the gate. They were forced to sit in the back with Heero while Duo drove and Trowa sat in the passenger seat. They drove for a few hours until they came to the coastline. They drove along the road near the ocean, the cool ocean breeze whipping at Riley and Vienna's hair. As it had been on the L2 colony, they had an underground hiding place in the rocky cliffs.

Duo typed in the code and the rock shifted aside. All of this was all too familiar to the girls'. The car drove inside, the rock closing behind them. It was the same layout as on the colony, which didn't surprised Vienna.

Vienna smiled. "Is this the place where your Gundams are or are they still on the L1colony?"

Heero glanced at her. Trowa watched them from the rearview mirror, and Duo stopped the car off to the side of the hangar. He turned around in his seat to stare at them. "What?"

"How do you know about all this?" Trowa asked.

Riley looked over at Vienna. "Hm, now who is the big-mouth?"

"Shut up," Vienna hissed.

"How did you two know that?" Heero asked again.

"If you think we will say anything, you are so wrong," Riley replied, crossing her arms over her chest.

Duo shook his head. "Forget `em. Call in the old man and he can do what he wants with them."

Riley smirked. "Sure, invite Dr. J. Then you will get your answers," she whispered to Vienna.

"All right you two. Get out." Vienna stepped out first, followed by Riley.

"Where do we put them?" Duo asked as he and Heero twisted their arms behind their backs again.

"In a room somewhere until WuFei and Quatre get back with that person, whoever he is. Trowa, get a hold of Dr. J and tell him to get down here."

"No need. I'm already here," an old voice said.

They all looked to see Dr. J walking toward them. He smiled at Vienna and Riley. "Hello, girls. How did it go?"

"How does it look?" Vienna said.

The old man looked to the boys. "Let them go. They're with me." Heero and Duo let go, looking at one another in surprise. Behind them Trowa stood there quietly, taking it all in.

Riley cleared her throat. "Thank you, J." She massaged her aching arm.

"So how did it go?" Dr. J asked.

"Well, it could be considered good news. Relena wasn't shot. Riley got her out of there."

Duo waved his hands in the air. "Wait up a sec. Who is Riley?"

Riley gave him a blank look. "You are so dense. It's me, you idiot. I'm Riley."

"I thought you were Kali."

"Oh, gosh! Someone help him!" she whispered.

Vienna turned to him. "Let's get this straight first. My name is Vienna, my friend over here, is Riley. Kali and Diamond were alias names. Get it?"

Duo rolled his eyes. "Yes, I get it."

"Good."

Dr. J scratched his chin. "Girls, did you find Raphael?"

Riley snorted. "Oh yeah! He was Vienna's date to the dinner." She burst out laughing.

Vienna made an annoyed look. "Hey, at least I didn't go with Heero!"

Riley stopped laughing. "That isn't funny."

Vienna smiled innocently. "Of course it is!"

"Will you two please stop fighting?" Dr. J demanded.

"Fine," Riley said. "Vienna and I are gonna hit the showers, that is if I can make it there. I can't wait to get out of this dress, get out these annoying contacts, and then get my hair to its original colour. J, you wouldn't have happened to bring any of our clothes, would you? The ones we brought are still at the school."

"In the lab, on the counter."

The girls walked from the room.

Duo jumped to attention. "What the heck is going on? I thought they were our enemies?"

"They're not, Duo," Dr. J replied. "Actually, they are my top spies, or agents, whichever you wish to call them. They have been with me for some time and have begun to grow on me. They do anything for me."

"Wait a minute," Heero said. "I saw these two girls at the last base that was blown up. One was a brunette and one had black hair."

Dr. J nodded. "Yes, those girls were Riley and Vienna. The black haired one was Vienna. The brunette was Riley."

"That explains a lot of things," Trowa said.

Heero nodded. "Yes, it does."

Dr. J smiled. "Seems as if those girls have given you boys some trouble."

Duo smiled wryly. "You could say that."

Dr. J chuckled. "That's nothing new, trust me. Those girls are full of spunk and get each other in trouble many times. But they are still valuable in many ways and great girls under it all." He looked about, noticing they were two pilots short. "Where're WuFei and Quatre?"

Quatre glanced at his watch as he and WuFei sat on the bench, waiting. "Where is he?" Quatre asked, slightly grumpy. "We've been here for two hours."

WuFei grunted and slumped farther down on the bench. "You think I know? I just wish Heero had never sent me here. I would have been a bigger help with those no-good liars."

"We don't know if they're liars."

"Then what do you want to call them?" WuFei snapped.

Quatre looked over at him. "I'm not exactly thrilled on being here either, but we can deal with it." He looked to his right down the path. He sat up straight when he saw a shape forming in the dark, coming toward them. "WuFei, look!"

WuFei leaned forward. "It's about time." They stood and jogged over. "Hey, we've been-"

They stopped short when they saw who was coming to them. It was a girl, but it was no girl they knew. This girl had jet-black hair that went down to her mid-back and was streaked with silver. Her eyes were black with flecks of silver in them. She smiled. "Hey. You waiting for me?"

Quatre faltered. "Well, um, it depends."

She tapped her chin with a finger. "Yes, I see. Well, I know who you are and I am certain you are they. But I thought there were three more of you?"

WuFei glared at her. "Who are you, woman?" He could not place it, but somehow this girl seemed familiar; too familiar.

"Katana Rosco. I am here to meet with the five pilots of the Gundams. Dr. J assured me the meeting was to be here, at midnight."

"It's one in the morning," WuFei pointed out.

Katana had a quick answer, "My shuttle was a late take-of. It was suppose to leave at six this morning, but did not leave the port until half an hour later. And then the shuttle docking port was crowded with people. I just couldn't get through and find a taxi within half an hour. I am so sorry to have kept you waiting."

Quatre smiled warmly at her. "It's all right. I am Quatre Winner and this is WuFei Chang."

"I know that already. Dr. J told me all your names. Are we ready to leave? I'm tired after my adventure."

"Oh, yea, let's go," Quatre said quickly. WuFei followed slowly, sizing up this new girl. He did not like her and that name was so darn familiar, but he couldn't place it.

Riley smiled happily at her reflection. Her brown hair was back, and she was glad she didn't need to wear those annoying contacts and the stupid uniforms. Instead of the uniforms, she now wore tight black jeans that flared at the bottom, a white spaghetti strap shirt that stopped mid-drift, and her silver gym shoes.

"Riley, are you ready yet?" Vienna complained outside the bathroom door. "I want get back to Dr. J."

"I'm comin!" Riley ran a brush through her hair and opened the door. "Glad to see the Vienna I know and not Diamond."

"So am I," Vienna agreed. "And what the heck do you do in there? You were in there for an hour and a half!"

Riley smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, but you can't really blame me with my injury."

"Oh well, come on."

Dr. J wasn't in the hangar when they got there, but the three boys were. Vienna glanced at Riley. Riley seemed unhappy.

"Great," Riley muttered. "Now we have to deal with them. At least your hot-headed brother isn't here."

"Watch it!" Vienna whispered back.

Trowa looked up at them. "We have company," he said to the other two. Heero and Duo turned.

Duo smiled at them. The girls walked forward, acting nonchalant.

"Where's J?" Vienna asked.

"He's off somewhere doing something," Duo replied. "He didn't say exactly what."

Riley nodded, looking away. She scratched the back of her head. She felt someone's eyes burning into the back of her head. She looked back at them and noticed Trowa was staring at her. Riley tensed up. Has he figured it out? Naw, he couldn't have. He has never seen me before. Oh, drat! My hair, it looks like his and so do my eyes! Blast those family genetics! Riley scolded mentally.

"How did you two meet Dr. J?" Heero asked them.

Vienna answered, "It's a long story. I really don't know much about Riley, but I lived on the streets until I was seven when J found me and brought me in. I had been with Dr. J for only two years when one day he brought Riley. He said we were to train together and be partners. We kinda grew up together after that."

Riley wasn't listening. Instead, she found herself drifting back into the dark memories of her past…

** ~~ FLASHBACK ~~ **

Riley was six. She was standing before a burning tent, the heat of the fire slapping her in the face. She stared at it in horror. A minute ago the tent had been perfectly fine and now it was burning to ashes, and the screams of people echoed in her ears. She felt tears rising into her eyes. She brushed them aside and looked everywhere around her, looking for her brother and sister. "Trowa!" she yelled. "Cathy! Where are you guys!"

Riley sniffed, tears starting to blur her vision. She couldn't find them. Where were they? Were they dead? She didn't know. "Cathy!" she yelled again.

"Riley!"

Riley stared wildly around her. Cathrine! "Cathy, over here!"

Out of the smoke she saw her older sister running toward her. Cathrine knelt beside her youngest sibling and held her tight. "It's alright sis, come on. Let's go."

Riley smiled through her tears and started coughing as smoke seeped into her nostrils. "Alright, Cathy."

** ~~ ** ~~ **

"Hey, earth to Riley, come in, Riley!"

Riley snapped out of it and glanced sharply at Vienna. "What?" she asked absently.

Vienna laughed. "Are you okay? You totally left us there."

Riley blinked and nodded. She bit her lip. "Um, I gotta do something I forgot about." She turned and hurried from the hangar as fast she could.

Vienna frowned and watched her friend go.

"Is she okay?" Duo asked.

"I don't know. Maybe I better go to talk to her." Vienna made to follow but Trowa grabbed her arm. Vienna looked back at him.

"Let her go," he said to her.

Vienna didn't have time to think of her friend's weird behavior before a beeping noise sounded, announcing the arrival of someone at the entrance. Dr. J walked into the hangar and pushed a button beside the door he came out from. "Who's there?" he asked.

"WuFei and Quatre reporting," Quatre's voice said over the intercom.

"Alright, I'm letting you in."

The sound of the rock sliding aside seemed to ring in the young people's ears. Vienna covered her ears after Trowa had dropped her arm to cover his own. Quatre and WuFei walked in, followed by a familiar girl…

Vienna glared at the girl. "Katana…" she growled.

Katana smiled at Vienna. "Why, Vienna my dear friend. How have you been?"

Vienna rolled up her long sleeves and marched over to Katana. "I'll be glad to show you."

Duo held her back. "I don't think that's necessary."

"Oh, you don't know how wrong you are," Vienna declared to Duo.

Katana faked a pout. "Vienna, are you not glad to see your best friend?"

Vienna scoffed. "Best friend? I would say the exact opposite!"

"Vienna, calm down," Dr. J said, walking to the group putting a lot of his weight on his cane. "Katana, I would like to know why you are here, when I told you not to return?"

WuFei frowned. "Dr. J, she's the one we were suppose to meet in the park." He looked at Katana next to him. "Isn't she?"

"No!" Vienna spat out. "The person you were suppose to meet was Riley and I! But since you guys decided to capture us, we could not be there at the rendezvous!"

Heero whipped out his gun and pointed it at Katana. "Then why is she here and who the heck is she?"

Dr. J rubbed his forehead. "Heero put the gun down. She's Katana Rosco, one of my earlier students. She and Vienna trained together before Riley came along. A month before I brought Riley in to meet Vienna, I caught Katana going through my files. I sent her away never to return and replaced her."

"I was replaced!" Katana exclaimed.

Vienna frowned. She's acting, she thought.

"That still doesn't explain why she is here," Trowa said, ignoring her. They all looked at Katana waiting for a reply.

She looked to each in turn; she looked at Vienna last. Vienna glared at her. "I came here to help you. I've changed, really."

Vienna snorted. "Right, and pigs can fly."

Quatre stepped forward. "If she said she changed her ways, then I think we should at least give her a chance."

Katana smiled sweetly at him. "Why, thank you."

Vienna burst in, waving her hands in the air. "Oh no. She is not joining the team. Riley and I are fine without Little Miss Tramp!"

"Tramp!?" Katana shouted. "How dare you!"

Vienna rolled her eyes. "I'm leaving. I'm gonna go see if Riley is okay." She turned and left. She could feel Katana's eyes glaring at her back and she groaned. The day, or morning, she thought, couldn't get any worse.

Riley lay on her back, staring up at the ceiling. She was on the bed in her dorm, just lying there. She sighed and rolled over onto her stomach, wincing. She sniffed, and then she felt as if she was spinning in circles. She had no idea why she suddenly felt this way. She groaned and closed her eyes. "What the heck is going on?"

**~~ FLASHBACK ~~**

"Riley, are you okay?" Cathrine asked softly.

"Yeah," Riley whispered back. "Where are Trowa and Mum and Daddy?"

Cathy smiled. "Trowa is trying to find them. They'll be here soon, don't worry."

Riley nodded, and laid her head on the older girl's arm. She then heard footsteps running toward them. She sat up and looked back into the smoke. When the two forms got a little closer she smiled happily. "Trowa!" she exclaimed.

"Trowa?" Cathrine sat up beside her little sister. She smiled. "It is him. And he's with Dad!"

Riley nodded. "Yeah, but where's Mum?"

Cathy bit her lip. "I don't know."

Trowa and their father dropped down beside them. Riley crawled to her brother and gave him a big hug. "Trowa, where's Mummy?"

Her dad answered for his son. His green eyes looked sad as he looked into her eyes. "I'm sorry Riles, she didn't make it."

Cathy gasped behind them. "No!"

"It will be all right you guys. We still have each other," Trowa said.

Cathrine smiled half-heartedly. "Yeah, your right of course Trowa."

Riley sighed, sniffing. "I'm gonna miss Mummy." A tear formed in the corner of her green eyes.

Her dad reached over and brushed aside strands of her long blonde hair. (a/n her hair eventually turns dark brown) "We all will."

Suddenly, the sound of rocks rubbing against rock and gravel caused them all to stiffen. They all looked about, searching for the cause. Riley was more scared than she had ever been before. She moved to her dad. He smiled down at her and put his arm around her small shoulders. She smiled at him.

The noise got louder and closer. Their father stood, holding Riley in his arms, looked around, and saw it. Tumbling down the hill behind them, an avalanche of rocks was coming straight at them.

**~~ ** ~~**

Riley sat bolt upright, sweat pouring down her face. Tears mixed with the sweat. She was breathing heavily; the memories as fresh as if it had happened yesterday. The pain in her back was forgotten. She closed her eyes and lay back against the pillow. She heard the door open and she cracked her eyes open to see Vienna standing in the doorway.

"Riley, you okay? You don't look too good."

"Yeah, I'm fine V. I'm just a littlelight-headed, that's all."

Vienna looked her over critically. "Okay. Let's go back to the others. There is someone here that I need some help to fight against." She smirked.

Riley raised an eyebrow. "Do I want to know who?"

Vienna shook her head. "You haven't met her, but you've heard of her. Remember how I told you about Katana Rosco?"

Riley nodded absently, as she pushed the images she had just witnessed aside and focused on what her friend was telling her. "Wasn't she the one who was going through J's stuff and he sent her away, and then I came along?"

"Yup, that's her. Come on. Right now she's talking to J, I think. I'm hoping he forces her to leave. She swears that she has changed."

Riley smiled. "But we don't need anyone else. You and I make a good team all alone, but now we have the g-boys. That's a lot already."

"I know, but still. The boys are in the hangar. Oh, and WuFei and Quatre are here, too."

They continued to talk as they entered the hangar. The only two in there were Duo and Heero. The girls stopped, not sure if they should leave or talk to them. They glanced at each other and shrugged.

"Hey, girls!" Duo greeted.

Vienna smiled. "Hi Duo. What's up?" He sure changes his mind about people quickly, she thought.

"Nothing much. You two okay?"

"I won't be until Katana leaves," Vienna said smiling.

"What's going on?" Riley asked smiling casually the best she could.

Duo shrugged a shoulder. "No one knows until the old man gets back and tells us." Duo grinned suddenly. "Isn't that girl such a babe? What was her name again?"

Vienna sweat-dropped. "She's about as cute as a warthog."

Duo laughed; Heero rolled his eyes, and Riley smirked.

Vienna sighed. "If you really want a girl Duo, go for Riley or someone, just anyone besides Katana."

Riley glared at her. She punched Vienna in the arm. Vienna rubbed her arm, even if it didn't hurt.

"I was just saying…" Vienna said.

"Humph. If I was Duo's girlfriend, I would kill myself first."

Vienna smirked. "I'll quote you on that one of these days." Riley rolled her eyes, folding her arms across her chest.

"At least I'm not dating the enemy."

"I'm not dating the enemy, you nitwit! I had to go with Raphael because it was our only ticket to the dinner! You yourself told me to accept it!"

Riley smiled. "I know. I'm just playin' with ya. Don't take it that seriously."

Vienna shook her head. "Idiot."

Suddenly the sound of a big crash came from the back rooms and an ear splitting yell.

10/2/02 - That definitely could've ended better. Hhmm. Anyways, sorry if this is confusing. I did write this story a while ago, when my writing skills were still being developed. As they still are.