Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Family Curse Arc ❯ Pandora's Box Lay Open ( Chapter 14 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing…in fact I wish it owned me…or maybe it already does O_o?

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Pandora's Box Lay Open

Koneko sat up in bed rubbing her eyes. "What is it Faith?" Faith slammed the laptop closed. "Um…nothing…just reading a book…" Koneko turned over. "Well keep it down. I'm trying to sleep." Faith put the lap top down and lay face down on the bed. "Sorry…"

Days passed. Faith began to disappear for long periods of time, appearing only for meals and sometimes sleep. She always seemed to be looking at some paper or typing on her laptop, but her school work no longer got done. After about two weeks, she disappeared completely.

Koneko had grown use to Faith's bed not being slept in, but when she no longer showed up for meals, Koneko went to Une. "I'm getting worried. She's not sleeping in her bed, her school work is piling up, and I haven't seen her at a meal in days. Ever sense we opened that box from G, she's been a totally different person."

Une steeped her fingers. "And what exactly was in the box?" Koneko thought for a moment. "Just some old papers, a few pieces of junk, and the mission loges from Deathsythe." Une nodded. "Nothing else?" `Neko shook her head. "Not that I know of..."

Disabling her screensaver, Une began to type. "You're sure she's still on base?" Koneko nodded. "I called Karl and he said she hasn't come home. Uncle Trowa said she's not back with the circus. Uncle Quatre would have sent her home. And so would Dad. I can't think of anywhere else she would have gone."

Une continued to type. "Well...her food card is registering several hits on the vending machine out side the hanger…Would she be working on her Gundam?" Koneko slapped her own forehead. "Of course! EbonyBlade! She loves that hunk of junk." Une eyed her. "Hunk of junk?" Koneko shrugged. "That's what we use to call them before we were allowed to pilot." Grinning Koneko spun and started to leave the office. "Thanks Aunt Anne!" Une put her face in her hands. "No discipline...they have no discipline..."

The lights in the hanger bay were dimmed to almost non-existence. The only truly significant light coming from the control panels in EbonyBlade's cockpit. Faith sat completely strapped in, a thick VR visor covered most of her face. Sweat poured from beneath it, socking her violet tank top. "I...Will...Master...YOU!" Jerking the control stick in an intricate pattern, a grin showed from beneath the mask. "HA! Showed you! No one bests the Shikumei no Megami!" Pulling the visor from her face, Faith grabbed a towel and moped her brow.

Koneko finally found her voice. "What the hell are you doing?" Faith looked down from her seat, finally noticing the other person in the room. Throwing a grin so reminiscent of her father, Faith almost seemed to chirp. "Training...I have one of my hunches we're going to need it." Koneko stared up at her. "So that's what you've been up to? Training? I'm fretting and worrying about where you could have gone, what could have happened to you and you're in here training?"

Faith shrugged. "Well that and doing a few upgrades to my buddy's systems. G sent me something fun to play with." Koneko grabbed the pull cord and hosted herself up to Faith. "And that would be?" Going over some printouts, Faith handed Koneko a computer disk. Koneko's jaw dropped, words failing her again.

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