Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Family Curse Arc ❯ Into the Lion's Den ( Chapter 17 )

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Into the Lions Den

 

The fight to L5 was rather uneventful. Once they were off the shuttle, Faith made a beeline for the ladies room to the laughter of her `sister'. As of this moment, they were on there own. Deep undercover. Faith would never admit that her nerves were getting to her. She could handle this. She was the daughter of not one, but Two Gundam Pilots. She'd been born to do this. Or so she kept telling herself.

 

The girls weren't to meet their contact till the next morning, so grabbing what little baggage they had brought, they headed to the local youth shelter. It would have looked bad for them to be staying at a hotel. After all, anyone could be watching them now.

 

The next morning found them having to clear the rather impressive security of what on the outside looked like a upscale, private office building. {A good cover for a rebel group like this.} Faith thought. Even this long after the wars, the outlaying colonies were rather desperate for new businesses and tended to be lax in checking them out before granting licenses.

 

Once they made it inside, more interviews, this time about abilities and experience, were carried out. By the time the girls were assigned to a division and handed their `deployment' orders, it was rather late. They were given a private room in the spartan basement rooms that passed as a barracks.

 

Being as they would be `shipping out' midday on the morrow, both girls chose sleep over discussion. Neither had the energy to check the room for bugs, so it was better not to talk and risk giving themselves away. Arissa (Faith) and Lana (Koneko) Barnet, were in.

 

There was a briefing an hour before departure time. This was for last minute orders, packing belongings on the shuttle, and so they could `meet' their new officers. Faith, Koneko, and around a dozen other new recruits filed into the departure bay. Many seemed impressed with the large ships around them; all marked as private business shuttles. The two undercover agents, however, were storing away information and closely watching those around them.

 

Having finished stowing her duffle bag, Faith turned and faced her new commanding officer. Shock filled her eyes, but thanks to a quick bit of self control, not her face. The young man before her could have been a carbon copy of the man who she had killed that not so long ago night. {But… it…he…no way!}

 

Koneko pulled on her sleeve. “You ok?” Faith blinked, schooling her face to hide the confusion that threatened to spill forward. “I'm fine imoto-chan.” “Well you didn't look it for a moment there. Are you sure you're ok?” “It's nothing…really.”

 

Faith turned back just in time to see they were being dismissed to their shuttle seats. Koneko shook her head for the millionth time. “Well if you want to talk I'm here, k?” Finding their assigned seats, Faith sat and nodded absent mindedly. “Yeah…”

 

Back on the launch pad, the before mentioned officer smirked. {So Miss Maxwell, we finally meet. Who would have thought you would fall onto my hands so easily?} Wiping the perverse joy from his face, he too boarded the shuttle, visions of revenge dancing in his head.

 

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A.N.: Ok…this sucked -_-; gomen. I think my writer's block is reforming T__T…

I guess I should add that this mission thing was not in the original plot. I got the idea from a review I received for the chapter “I Break in Life's Routine” …but if I say anymore, I'll be giving spoilers…