Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Shattered Peace ❯ The Dire Threat ( Chapter 1 )

 

Mobile Suit

Gundam Wing

Shattered Peace

 

 

Dramatis Personae

 

Gundam Pilots

Heero Yuy (age: 20)

Duo Maxwell (age: 20)

Trowa Barton (age: 20)

Quatra Rababa Winner (age: 20)

Wufei Chang (age: 20)

Alex Munroe (age: 20)

 

Preventers

Lady Une (age: 24)

Preventer Wind (Zechs/Milliardo; age 24)

Lucrezia Noin (fire, age 24)

Sally Po (water, age: 24)

 

E.S.U.N.

Vice Foreign Minister Relena Darlian/Peacecraft (age: 20)

 

New Romefeller

Mariemaia Kushrenada (age: 12)

James Barton (age: 30)

Colin Barton (age: 31 1/2)

Alexander Quinze (age: 20)

Richard Tuberov (age: 18)

 

Civilians

Dorothy Catalonia (age: 21)

Hilde Shcbeiker (age: 20 1/2)

Catherine Bloom (Age: 22)

Iria Winner (age: 30)

Inyri Winner (age: 28)

Ami Chan (age: 20)

 

Mobile Suits

Wing Gundam ZERO

Deathscythe Hell

Heavyarms

Sandrock

Altron/Nataku

Phoenix (Alex's Gundam)

Tallgeese III

 

 

 

 

 

Gundam Wing: Shattered Peace

Episode One: The Dire Threat

 

 

With high expectations, human beings left Earth to begin a new life in Space Colonies. But the United Earth Sphere Alliance gained great military power and began to seize control of one colony after another in the name of justice… and peace. The year was After Colony 195. Operation Meteor. In a move to counter the Alliance's tyranny, rebel citizens of certain colonies schemed to bring new armaments to Earth disguised as shooting stars. After an intricate and bloody war, the six young men, and their Gundams, were victorious with the help of their allies. In the year A.C. 196 the Earth Sphere Unified Nation was formed and all battle weapons were either destroyed or discarded. Thinking that they no longer needed their weapons of war, the Gundam Pilots, with the exception of Alex and Wufei, sent their Gundams into the sun. But Christmas A.C. 196 was to be a troubled time with the rebellion of the Barton Foundation led by, ironically, Mariemaia Kushrenada. But the rebellion was quickly snuffed out thanks to the timely intervention of the Gundam Pilots and the actions of Relena Darlian, the Vice Foreign Minister for the colonies. Instead of trying to destroy them, the Gundams were hidden away in the ESUN capital just in case their awesome abilities were ever needed again…

 

 

After Colony 200, April 1st.

Location: Brazil, South America, Earth

 

The jungle was alive with millions of insects and creatures that created the background hum of the forest. Sally Po leaned on an earthen mound and stared through a pair of electro-binoculars at a small valley. The valley couldn't be easily spotted by satellites and that made it very convient for an illegal Mobile Suit base. Sally didn't know what kind of terrorists they were but she did know they were about to get a rude awakening. She spoke into the tiny radio clipped onto her lapel.

 

“Confirm 10 Leos and three Tragos. Permission to send in the secret weapons.”

 

“Roger,” came a voice from the other end.

 

The Leos that were guarding the base were not top of the line. Their green paint was flaking off in great patches and their gears strained and whined. Their titanium hulls were dented in a thousand places as well. Two of them patrolled the perimeter, their feet pounding the fertile Brazilian soil. One of the pilots saw a flash of light in the hills. He opened his mouth to tell his partner when a blast of hot, yellow energy blew the tops of their mobile suits off and then struck the building behind them, annihilating it in a huge fireball. The other Leo suits on patrol turned towards the source of the blast, some even firing their 105-mm. machine cannons. Another blast incinerated a cluster of buildings and a dark, winged form leapt from the hills and descended, blasting its huge beam cannon again blowing the legs out from under three Leos. The mobile suit shot its machine cannons, punching holes in two more Leos. The blazing light from the fires and explosions revealed the form of the Gundam Phoenix. Inside the cockpit, pilot Alex Munroe grinned.

 

“This battle will be over in time flat.”

 

As the remaining MS raised their weapons to fire at the red, gold, and white Phoenix, their sensors alerted them to the presence of another mobile suit leaping through the darkness. The arms of the MS shot forward and impaled two Leos. The suit landed, retracted its arms and whipped out a double-ended Beam Trident. With one smooth stroke, the remaining Leos' head and legs were cut off. The glow of the flames illuminated the form of the Gundam Altron. Inside its cockpit, pilot Wufei Chang smirked.

 

“You let the enemy penetrate too easily. You can only blame yourselves. Poor security.”

 

The three Tragos MS tried to fire their large cannons at Altron but it thrusted into the air and dashed towards the suits, slicing off their cannons. Some expert Vulcan fire disabled the three suits.

 

“Mission complete. Tell those buttheads that they can surrender at any time…” Alex was cut off in mid-sentence as his Gundam was shoved violently to the ground. Standing behind it was a Serpent Mobile Suit. The Serpent was developed near the end of the A.C. 195 Eve Wars and was used by the Barton Foundation in its unsuccessful coup de'tat. A very powerful mobile suit, it carried a double gattling gun, 16 missiles, a beam rifle powerful enough to stop a gundam, and a bazooka with enough power to punch through gundanium armor. But they did have the same weakness as all other MS have. Just one isn't enough to stop a Gundam, let alone two. Quick as a flash the Altron dashed toward the Serpent and raised its Beam Trident over its head. The Serpent raised its gattling gun and sprayed the Gundam with bullets but to no avail. The beam weapon sliced through the head and shoulders of the Serpent, detonating its missiles and sending it crashing to the ground.

 

“Thanks for saving me Wufei,” said Alex sarcastically. Wufei smirked.

 

“You should watch your back more often.”

 

The rounding up of the enemy soldiers didn't take long at all and it gave Alex and Wufei a chance to talk to the commander of the Preventers, Lady Une, who was overseeing the operation.

 

“I'm great! I'm incredible!” sang Alex as he walked towards Lady Une. He was wearing long jeans and a white T-shirt. He was also wearing a brown leather jacket that looked like it had seen many battles, both mobile suit and hand to hand. Wufei frowned at his companion. Wufei was wearing the standard tan, black, and grey Preventer uniform, which didn't look to bad either. Lady Une gave them both a wan smile.

 

“Although we probably could have done it without them, your “borrowing” of the Gundams is greatly appreciated Alex,” she said.

 

“Aaah think nothing of it. I had business in Brussels anyway. I know you guys could have done it,” said Alex as Wufei smirked.

 

“Of course we could have Munroe.”

 

“I'd still like to thank you. You've helped to resolve this quickly and…I have… another important task too…” Lady Une lost her small smile and Alex's and Wufei's did too.

 

“Is Mariemaia still missing?” asked Wufei, actually sounding concerned.

 

“Yes. She's been missing for a month now… I'm beginning… to think that… we may never…” Une's voice broke and twin tears traced lines down her face. Alex put his hand on her shoulder. Alex and Wufei both knew that Lady Une loved her surrogate daughter very much.

 

“Don't worry. We'll find her. I know we will,” said Alex with as much conviction as he could muster. Lady Une smiled.

 

“Thank you Alex. Preventer Dragon.” Suddenly Sally jogged up to them with an electronic clipboard in her hand.

 

“What do you want woman?” frowned Wufei.

 

“Hello to you too Wufei.” She handed the board to Lady Une

 

“All prisoners and mobile suit wreckage accounted for. That Serpent wasn't expected though, or spotted.”

 

“What does it matter? We toasted that piece of scrap!” grinned Alex.

 

“Thanks for all your help Alex,” said Une as she straightened,” You have permission to leave with the Gundams if you need to.”

 

“Are you sure? You don't need them for anything else?” asked Alex.

 

“No,” grimaced Wufei, “we need to use them to pick up mobile suit wreckage.” Sally poked Wufei in the ribs and he started violently.

 

“What did you do that for woman?!” he yelled

 

“Sally,” she said.

 

“What?”

 

“Sally.”

 

“Sally,” said Wufei through clenched teeth.

 

“There, was that so hard?” she said in a mock soothing tone. Everyone, except Wufei, laughed out loud. Strange that such a sound could reverberate in a battlefield.

 

 

It was 5:00 in the morning when Alex arrived with the Gundams in the ESUN capital Brussels, Belgium. The secret bunker where Alex stored Altron and Phoenix was also the same one where the Wing ZERO, Deathscythe, Heavyarms, Sandrock, Tallgeese III, and Noin's Taurus were kept. After that he traveled to the hotel he was staying at. When he opened the door the first thing he saw was his girlfriend Ami Chan. He wasn't surprised that all the Gundam Pilots had girlfriends. Stuff like that seemed to come with the status of hero. Heero had Relena (sort of), Duo had Hilde, and Trowa had his sister Catherine since he was family-less, Quatre had Dorothy, and he, Alex, had Ami. Her red hair was cut to shoulder length, which framed her face nicely. She also had light blue eyes that seemed to compliment the rest of her. Alex couldn't think of anyone he would rather have as a girlfriend.

 

“Did you have fun?” she asked him as he hung up his jacket.

 

“Of course I did,” he said, pecking her on the cheek, “you should have come. It was a blast.”

 

“I'm sure but somebody has to stay here and make sure our business doesn't go down the tubes while your messing around with mobile suits,” she said, somewhat sarcastically.

 

“Right.”

 

In July of AC 197, Alex, with Ami's help, had formed a shuttle service that ran between European countries, and a few American ones, and the space colonies. He had a habit of personally flying many of the shuttle rides, and because he was a hotshot Gundam Pilot, he had a reputation for giving his passengers a fun ride. Alex kissed Ami.

 

“Well then, let's get you back to your room and get some sleep so we can knock the socks of some government pen-pushers tomorrow.”

 

The morning found a green and white space shuttle leaping from its launch ramp and shooting into the sky. It then made several corkscrews, causing the launch G-Forces to intensify. Today Alex and Ami were carrying several businessmen and ministers. Thanks to a little help from Quatre and Relena, Alex's shuttle service had managed to get several important fares over the years.

 

“Don't overdo it too much Alex, the hired help is still complaining about people missing the vomit bags,” said Ami who was acting as co-pilot.

 

“We named this shuttle the Vomit Comet for a reason honey,” said Alex grinning back, “ besides I just want to give `em a little shake-and-bake that's all…'

 

A few hours later the shuttle docked at the spaceport on colony L2D2115. As Alex and Ami left the shuttle they were greeted by none other than Duo Maxwell and Hilde.

 

“DUO!” yelled Alex and slapped him high-five and then hugged him (briefly, I mean they are guys).

 

“Oh man, I totally forgot that this was your home colony,' said Alex apologetically.

 

“You forgot where I live?” said Duo in mock astonishment, “the universe unravels around me. Now Quarter won't come to see me, Trowa's circus will skip town, and Heero and Wufei will stop trying to…”

 

“SHUT UP DUO!” yelled everyone.

 

“Relax man I assure you my amnesia is only temporary,” joked Alex as they all walked to Duo's car. It was a black AC197 SUV, and one of Duo's pride and joys. The others being Deathscythe and Hilde.

 

As more and more scientists were needed for the Colony Construction Project, many other areas of science quietly faded into the background, among them the automobile research, so many vehicles looked like the ones that were in use during the early 21st century. As the women traded girl-talk in the back, Duo and Alex sat up front and drove off to Duo's house. Suddenly Ami leaned forward.

 

“Turn off here please, Duo.”

 

“Why?'

 

“Well my grandfather retired to this colony after the war and he's been sick…with cancer.” Although most forms of cancer were as treatable as the common cold, there were still pretty malignant little buggers out there.

 

“You never told me your grandpa has cancer!” exclaimed Alex.

 

“Yes well… he doesn't have much longer to live… and I wanted to visit him… and he really admires the Gundam Pilots, and I kinda promised him that I'd try to get some to meet him before…” she then gave Alex a grin that was both mischievous and infuriating, “he would like to than you especially for saving his life.”

 

“What! When? Where? How?!” She gave him another superior grin.

 

“You saved him during the Libra battle, from attacking Mobile Dolls.”

 

“Did I really?” Another smile.

 

“Whoa!” Another sm…

 

“Stop that!”

 

A few minutes later they arrived at Ami's grandparent's house. Ami's grandmother met them at the doorway and showed them into her husband's room. Anne explained that her grandfather had lost both of his legs in the war and had refused prosthetics.

 

“Hi grandpa!” said Anne as she rushed into the room and gave the frail old man a big hug. He had crinkly good-natured eyes and very grey hair and trimmed beard.

 

“What's this? What's this?” he boomed, a loud voice that belied his age, “ have you brought one of your girl friends to help me decide which of these two handsome young men is to be your boyfriend?” Hilde giggled, Duo looked scandalized, Alex cracked a crooked grin, and two spots of pink glowed on Ami's cheeks.

 

“Grandpa these are the two Gundam Pilots, Duo Maxwell and Alex Munroe.” The smile melted off the old man's face to be replaced with an expression of gratitude. He stretched out his old hands.

 

“Mr. Munroe. Mr. Maxwell. May I shake your hands?” They did so.

 

“Mr. Munroe, I can't thank you enough. You saved my life during the Libra battle.”

 

“So I have been told. Could you give me the exact details please? It was absolute chaos out there and I barely remember most of it.”

 

“Of course, of course…”

 

<Flashback>

 

Space was absolute chaos. The Peacemillion had crashed into the Libra but the relentless Mobile Dolls were still attacking. Black Virgoes and olive green Virgo II's battled with hordes of Space Leo's and manned Taurus'. Deep in the middle of the biggest battle humanity ever fought, a group of black commando Leos tried to make their way towards the Libra, fighting MD's every step of the way. One by one they were all destroyed until only the leader was left. Thomas Chan slumped in his seat, surrounded and defeated. Perhaps the younger pilots had been right when they said that he was too old to be in combat.

 

“Perhaps today is a good day to die,” he whispered. The Virgo II's leveled their beam rifles at his suit but a line of bullets whizzed past them and splashed on their shields. They looked up as a bright beam of yellow energy blew several out of the cosmos. A winged mobile suit flew down from above and sliced two Virgo's in half with a beam saber. It then used the giant beam cannon on its right arm to blow away all the remaining MD's. The Gundam Phoenix turned to look at Chan, briefly, and then flew off…

 

“… And that's all I have to say about that,” finished Thomas Chan.

 

“Amazing. Truly amazing. You know I actually don't remember that at all. Sorry,” said Alex.

 

“Quite all right. Quite all right,” said Mr. Chan, “ It actually happened in just a couple of seconds, I'm not surprised you don't remember. Still I wish to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Now what kind of embarrassing stories should I tell about my little Ami?”

 

While everyone was laughing Alex suddenly noticed a tiny red dot moving along the floor. It landed on the foot of Thomas' bed and then moved onto Duo's foot. It then made a beeline for Duo's head.

 

“Everyone shut up,” said Alex in a voice of deadly calm. They all looked at him but he put a big smile on his face and turned to look out the window, just barley seeing the line of the laser beam. Duo was about to ask Alex what the crap he was playing at when Alex drew the small gun he kept in the back of his jacket with great speed, but he saw a flash in the window.

 

“DOWN!!” he bellowed and no sooner had his head cleared the sill than a hail of gunfire filled the room with flying splinters and screams. The rapid-fire stream lasted a full 10 seconds but it seemed like an eternity to Alex. When the spray had stopped, Alex centered his sights on the window and fired all four bullets into it.

 

“Go, go, go!!” he yelled at the others.

 

He heard a scream from Ami. He turned and saw that Thomas Chan had been killed by the machine gun. The old soldier had finally gone to give St. Peter his final report.

 

“There's nothing more we can do Ami. Go! Go!” Dragging the distraught grandmother behind them, they piled behind the front door. Duo and Alex had pulled out their proper 16-shot firearms.

 

“You think he's got that gun on the door?” asked Duo.

 

“Unless I nailed the scum, which is doubtful, yah, probably… well no sense in waiting around now.” Alex aimed his gun out the side window and fired four rounds in the direction of the machine gun fire.

 

“Go! Go!” yelled Alex and they all shot out of the door like rockets, with Duo and Alex setting down covering fire.

 

“Let's see ya try and take a potshot at the God of Death,” yelled Duo defiantly with his trademark grin. Suddenly a burst of automatic fire forced them all to duck for cover.

 

“Noooo!” screamed Ami. The bullets had killed her grandmother too. Just when it couldn't possibly have gotten any worse, a black van roared around the corner and headed straight for the Chan's house. While Duo fired at the unseen attacker, Alex emptied all but one bullet on the windshield of the car, but to no avail. The van pulled to stop and machine gun fire stitched a line of slugs across the passenger side. But the van was obviously bulletproof. The driver's side door opened and Duo and Alex both fired their guns at the driver. The weapons clicked emptily.

 

“Damn,” cursed Alex under his breath, but that changed to open mouthed astonishment when he, Duo, and the others saw who was driving. Heero Yuy had come to their rescue.

 

They stood there staring at Heero, until a burst of gunfire prompted them all to move more quickly.

 

“Get in now,” commanded Heero in his emotionless monotone. He whipped out a sub-machine gun and fired a few bursts at the unseen attacker, as Duo, Hilde, and Anne climbed in through the side door. Alex slid across the hood and jumped into the passenger seat.

 

“Step on it!” he bellowed at Heero. There was a scream of tires and the van was gone around the corner, gunfire following all the way.

 

Safely out of the line of fire, and with Heero driving hap-hazardley through the streets, Alex and Duo had chance to dampen down the adrenaline rush. Alex now wished he'd gone in the back because Ami was crying her eyes out. An almost equally distraught Hilde and a very frazzled Duo were comforting her. Even Duo's meter long braid was coming undone at the seams. Alex turned to Heero.

 

“Why was that guy trying to kill us?” asked Alex. Heero grunted.

 

“Heero,” said Alex. Grunt.

 

“Heero?” said Alex, beginning to sound very annoyed now.

 

“It's better if you not now for now,” said the Perfect Soldier. But Alex's patience had been whittled down to a thin line by now and he wasn't gonna take any crap from Heero. This was the first time he had seen the guy in three years. Alex reached over and slammed Heero's foot with his own foot on the brakes, which brought the van to a violent halt. Heero seemed not to notice, so Alex grabbed the front of Heero's green jersey and hauled him towards his face.

 

“Answers now!!!” bellowed Alex into Heero's face. Heero's gaze turned into a patented Heero Yuy Death Glare.

 

“Let go of my shirt,” said Heero in a soft tone that nonetheless carried a hint of the pain that was in store for Alex. Alex quickly let go. Heero knew more than a dozen ways to kill a man with his bare hands and it wasn't a good idea to test the Perfect Soldier.

 

“The people who are after you are part of a secret organization that has built itself up over these last few years into something truly formidable. I can't tell you much about it just now, but I can tell you that they've positioned themselves in every colony and country on Earth.” Heero had started driving again by this point, and everyone was listening to Heero intently. Heero pulled up behind a black SUV and told everyone to get in it. Alex took the opportunity to talk to Ami.

 

“How are you doing Ami?”

 

“I… it was… it was just a big shock,” she said, the tears still rolling down her cheeks. He gave Ami a big hug and turned to Duo as they got into the car.

 

“Do you think Heero's on the level?” he whispered.

 

“I don't know. We haven't seen him for three years… but I don't think that Heero would lie to us or betray us.”

 

“Your right, I wouldn't,” said Heero as he began to drive. Everyone face-faulted.

 

“I hate it when he does that,” groaned Duo. The shadow of a smile flickered across Heero's face.

 

“As I was saying, this organization wants the Gundam pilots and their allies out of the way,” said Heero in his usual monotone, “I've informed Lady Une about this because I think it's probable that they are going to invade the ESUN.”

 

“WHAT?!” yelled everyone at once.

 

“How in the heck could they pull that off,” yelled Duo.

 

“What… are you talkin' about?” asked Alex, shocked.

 

“An invasion?,” breathed Anne, her face very white.

 

“ Oh no not again,” moaned Hilde.

 

“I've been trying to find out as much as I can for the last year,” continued Heero, “but this group is extremely careful. Not even the Preventers know anything about it. I don't even know its leader.”

 

“Wait a minute! Hold the phone!” said Alex to Heero, “How could they launch an invasion of the entire ESUN?”

 

“I told you. They have bases where they've stored mobile suits in every colony and every country on Earth. It took me six months just to find that out and confirm it. I would guess that they have been preparing for this since the end of the war, possibly even before the Mariemaia incident.”

 

“But what do they want? Why do they want us out of the way?” Duo would have asked more questions but Heero silenced him with another Death Glare.

 

“I think they do know about the Gundams. But then again they probably want to kill us just to get us out of the way. Remember that mobile suit base you destroyed in Brazil, Alex?”

 

“How `d you know about that?” Another shadow smile crossed Heero's features,

 

“I am taking you to my ship that's docked here. From there we'll go get the others,” Heero's face turned into a grim mask, “I just hope we're not to late. After that there wasn't much talk. They finally arrived at the colony spaceport and Heero led them threw rows of boxes, crates, and ship docks before they arrived at Heero's ship. It was a huge, boxy, bulky-looking scow that had definitely seen better days. Rusting letters on its side proclaimed it to be the Armadillo.

 

“What a piece of junk!” exclaimed Duo. Of course, thought Duo, it belonged to Heero so it probably had some hidden secrets. As they walked across the catwalk towards the ship, Heero suddenly whipped up his arm, gesturing for them to stop. He looked over his left shoulder and then shouted,

 

“GET DOWN!” He whipped out his gun and fired six shots in rapid succession as a burst of automatic fire punched dime-sized hole near his feet. When Duo and the others looked up, they saw that a body had fallen down from the observation balcony above. You didn't mess with the Perfect Soldier. Heero gestured for them to follow him into the Armadillo through a side hatch.

 

“I would've gotten to you sooner, but I had to pick these up.” He said in his monotone. Heero threw a switch and the cargo bay lit up. Duo's, Hilde's, Alex's, and Ami's mouths fell open. The Gundams, all six of them, were sitting in the bay. The majestic angel-winged Wing ZERO. The Deathscythe Hell, it's Beam scythe and bat-like wings folded against it. The heavily armed Heavyarms, its twin double gattling cannons mounted on its back. The Sandrock with its huge Heat Shotels also mounted on its back. The Altron, with its Dragon Fangs and double ended Beam Trident was a fearsome mobile suit. The Phoenix, its red, white, and gold paint gleaming in the lights sat with its wings folded and its Double Buster Rifle mounted on its right arm. And finally the Tallgeese III (which is not a Gundam) had a large shield planted on its left arm, a Mega Cannon on its right and two super rocket engine pods on its back.

 

“How did you…?” gaped Alex at Heero. Another shadow smile.

 

“C'mon, let's get out of here,” said Heero.

 

The freighter, with its Gundam cargo, lifted off smoothly from the space dock.

 

“Let's see,” said Duo as sat himself in front of a computer console, “We need to contact Trowa and Catharine, and I'm on it.” As Duo began to work Heero turned to Alex.

 

“I've sent a message to Wufei and Sally, they're going to meet us half-way and we'll go to Quatre's home colony from there. Quatre and Relena are in even bigger danger than we are,” Alex noticed a small pause before Relena's name and grinned. Heero shot him a Death Glare

 

“I haven't sent a message to Noin and Zeches though. Would you send them a message on Mars?” asked Heero.

 

“Wow!” said Alex sarcastically, “Mr. Heero Yuy, the all-powerful Perfect Soldier finally learned some human manners. What a momentous occasion!” Heero gave Alex a stronger Death Glare and Alex gave him a mock salute.

 

“Let's go to work!” yelled Alex. The Armadillo shot off into the depths of outer space.

 

 

NEXT EPISODE

 

Heero, Duo, Hilde, and Ami rendezvous with Wufei and Sally and head to Quatre's home colony. There, an enemy commando team attempts to capture Quatre and Relena. Thanks to Quatre's sisters, Iria and Inyri, and some intimidation from the Gundams, they are saved. Relena is overjoyed to see Heero again but there is little time to celebrate, as they must go to Heero's asteroid hideout. Trowa and Catherine rendezvous with the others there. The enemy begins to set in motion the plans leading up to the total invasion of the ESUN. As the Gundam pilots prepare to strike back, they witness the end of the current ESUN. On the next episode of Gundam Wing: Shattered Peace- Race Against Time!