Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Mission Complete ❯ Reunion ( Chapter 25 )

Reunion

Hoping that the boys in the building haven't seen you yet, you toss your gun back into the alley, where it luckily lands on your backpack. Glad that it didn't fall to the ground and make an extremely loud clattering noise, you look back at the building and grin. "I know you're in there, so come on out!"

"And we know you had a gun, so grab it and come on in!" a voice retorts cheerfully. Your grin widens; you recognize the voice.

"Sure! Just don't let your friends kill me, 'kay Duo?"

"Okay, _________!"

Laughing quietly, you duck back into the alley, grab your stuff, and peek back out. Noticing that no one's in sight, OZ soldier or otherwise, you make a quick dash to the building and go through the door, which quickly opens to let you in before slamming shut again. You give the boy who opened the door a quick nod of thanks. He just beckons you to follow him. "Come up to the second floor. That's where the others are."

"Okay…" You follow him up the stairs, glancing around. "So, I don't suppose you guys actually own this building?"

He laughs quietly and shakes his head. "No. This is one of the places that were abandoned when the OZ troops came. We just happened to be in the area, so we came in and made ourselves at home."

"Ah." You go through a door into what had apparently been a room full of office cubicles, but the dividers had been knocked down to create more space. Four boys are sitting or standing around the room, and you grin evilly as you notice who's standing closest to the door, with his back to you. "DUO!!" You jump on his back and glomp him excitedly. Laughing, he turns around and throws you off, where you land on the floor in an undignified heap. You pout. "Meanie."

Duo just grins blandly at you. "Nice to see you too, _________. Guys, this is the girl I told you about, who I met, the one who blew up that base. __________, this is Heero, Trowa, Quatre, and Wufei." He gestures to each of them in turn. "We're the former Gundam pilots."

You pretend to be surprised. "Really? Wow! I never could've guessed! …or at least, I couldn't have unless I hacked the OZ mainframe and found out from there…"

"You're no fun…"

You laugh and poke him. "Maybe it would've been more of a shock if you told me the night we met. You're a little late, though."

"If you two are done…?" Heero questions. You and Duo sweatdrop, having completely forgotten that OZ was attacking.

"Oh yeah… hehe."

"Did you guys know about this attack beforehand, or were you just in the area when it started?" you ask.

"We were just around town…" Quatre answers. "So did you know about it?"

You nod. "Yeah. I also managed to get a copy of their game plan." You pull the documents out of your bag and spread them out on a table, and the pilots gather around. "Okay. This might be a little off, since these two sections of the army have been destroyed, maybe more. Just assuming that this is right, though, then the best places to fight them would be…"

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A few hours later, the six of you are completely exhausted but delighted that you actually managed to pull it off with minimal civilian casualties - in fact, no one but OZ soldiers died during the whole thing, which is pretty amazing. Duo grins, slapping you on the back. "Hey, I told you she couldn't be with OZ. Didn't that prove it?"

"Maxwell, you also said that she was pretty hot," Wufei says. Duo turns bright red, and you smack the Chinese boy.

"Are you suggesting it isn't true?" Quatre and Duo laugh as you continue trying to beat poor Wufei into the ground.

Turning serious, Quatre turns to you. "Do you realize what this means? The attack, I mean."

"That OZ isn't opposed to hurting innocent people?"

"We knew that. I think what Quatre means is that they've just started another war," Heero says quietly. All of you are silent for a long moment, before you sigh and rest your head in your hands.

"Aw, man… great. Just great. I'm also probably in big trouble for disappearing from base during such a 'critical time.' If anyone has any brilliant ideas to keep me from being slaughtered as soon as I go back…?"

"That's not the problem right now." Heero turns to you. "Since OZ has revealed itself again, I think it would be a good idea to try and create an alliance between everyone who's willing to fight against them. We can take you to Preventers, and we'll work it out there."

You give him a wary look. "Are you going to arrest me for illegal possession of weapons?"

"Don't worry. I think we can get you out of that at least, for helping us back there," Trowa says.

You sigh, relieved. "Thanks. Well, if your high-ranking Preventer friends can stop Doc. Y from skinning my hide, I'm in. I'll kinda have to ask what he thinks first, though…"

The others nod, and you make the call. After spending the first five minutes chatting with the boys while the phone lies forgotten on the ground, you decide that Y's probably worked off his anger and pick it up again. He agrees to the plan you've formulated with the pilots and says he'll meet you at Preventers headquarters. With that, you and the Gundam pilots head there also, ready to once again take the first step in the war against OZ…

It's meeting time. Go to page forty-seven.