Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Mission Complete ❯ We Were Gonna Do That ( Chapter 3 )

"We Were Gonna Do That"

"Aw, man, we were gonna do that!" a voice complains from behind you. You whirl around, your hand immediately going to your gun, and you see a boy your own age with long brown hair in a braid and cobalt blue eyes. He looks at you and grins. "Blow up that place, I mean," he adds. "You were the one who blew it up, weren't you? I mean, you're wearing an OZ uniform, but all that means is that maybe you used stealth to get in and place the bombs and then you came out here and blew the place up…" he gestures at the switch in your hand. "So that was the mission you completed?"

You relax slightly and take your hand off the gun. "Maybe, maybe not."

"In other words, yes?" he questions. You nod, grinning.

"What's your name?" you ask him.

"I'm Duo," he answers, flipping his braid. "Duo Maxwell. And you are…?"

"_______________ (full name)," you answer. "So you don't like OZ either?"

He shakes his head. "Why else would we want to blow up one of their bases? But then, you just took care of that for us… why'd you do it?"

"It was my mission, remember?" you say. "And I just felt like carrying it out, that's all."

"Oh." He looks at you for a minute, and then questions, "If it was your mission, who told you to do it?"

You stick your tongue out at him. "I'm not telling. That's for me to know and for you to try to find out."

Duo raises an eyebrow. " 'Try to?' "

You grin. "Yeah. Good luck finding him. I've never tried, but I'm sure it'd be pretty hard."

"So how'd you find out that OZ's back?" Duo asks, leaning against a tree. "I mean, it's not exactly common knowledge, and I think they're trying to keep it a secret."

"I have my ways," you reply, then grimace. Leaning in close to Duo, you whisper in his ear, "In other words, I have no idea. You'd have to ask Doc - you'd have to ask the person who told me to blow up the base," you say, changing what you were about to say just in time.

Duo looks at you. "Doc? As in, doctor? Well, there's a start."

You can't help but laugh. "Tell me, Duo, how many doctors do you think there are in Earth and the colonies?"

He sweatdrops. "Good point. But hey, at least it's a lead." He pauses for a moment, then hesitantly asks, "Do you mind telling me what you've got against OZ?"

You think about that for a moment. "Well, it's not really me, but Doctor something-or-other who doesn't like them. Actually, I can't stand them, either, the way they treated the colonies before. I didn't get a chance to fight them last time around, and I'm not missing the opportunity this time."

Duo grins. "Sounds good to me." There's silence for a long moment, as if he's expecting you to say something. "Aren't you going to ask why I fight them?"

You give him a sideways grin. "I think I already know."

"Oh." He contemplates that for a moment, trying to figure out how much you know that you're not telling him. He says warily, "I think I know some people you're going to want to meet, considering you're against OZ and all. What do you think? Do you want to go see them?"

Yes - go to page six

Sorry, no - go to page seven