| ~Chapter Five~Explanations~ |
| ~*~ The whole gang had gone to Trowa's circus camp after that, bringing 8 Gundams along with them. Quatre's Sandrock had been brought back to his own desert camp by the Maganacs, his guard. Catherine Bloom was quite surprised when her adopted brother, and eight more people his age had shown up at her camp. But she was more than happy to serve them dinner and give them a good night's rest before they moved on. They all sat around a fire, sipping tea, when Nicole spoke up. "You know, I really think we all owe each other explanantions." Her friends agreed. "So,...why don't we start with YOU five?" she said. One of the guys looked up. He spoke in a monotone voice. "Pilot 01. Heero Yuy. Wing Gundam ZERO." "Er...ok...." "The one and only, Duo Maxwell!!! Also known as the Shinigami!!! Oh, and I pilot Gundam Deathscythe HELL." 'Insane pilot #2,' thought Nicole. "I have no name, but if you must call me something, call me Trowa Barton.Pilot of Heavyarms." Charleen glanced at him, and two fo her friends saw. "My name's Quatre Raberba Winner, and I pilot Gundam Sandrock. Nice to meet you." "Chang Wufei. Altron Gundam, or Nataku, as I prefer to call it." Rochelle and Nicole shot each other sidelong glances. "Nicole. Pilot 06. Gundam Darkmoon." "Heyy! we told YOU our last names!" complained Duo. Nicole shook her head. "We came from the past," she said, "So we have no more family." All her friends nodded. "My name's Charleen. Pilot 07, Gundam Firestar." "Rochelle. Gundam Moonsong, Pilot 08." Nicole grinned. "You always did love that name, Roch." Rochelle grinned back. "I'm Charlotte! Pilot 09, Gundam Waveshadow!" "Loraine. Gundam Nightwind. Pilot 010." Silence. Then, Nicole cracked her neck, loosening it, and breaking the oh-so-peaceful silence. "Nicole!" exclaimed Loraine. "Nani?" she asked, looking innocent. Just then, Catherine came back, with news that there had been a broadcast saying that anyone with information about any new Gundams should contact Lady Une of the Specials in the Earth Alliance. "Psh," muttered Loraine. "Complete Crap," said Charlotte. "I agree," said Charleen. "Bullcrap," muttered Rochelle. "Complete BULLSHIT!" said Nicole. Silence for about five seconds. Then, "NICOLE!" yelled all four girls. "What? I really dislike this Une lady. From what Doc. J told me, she's one hell of a bitch." "I totally agree!" said Duo. "Well, of course you do, everyone's supposed to." Charleen rolled her eyes. "Ok, so I guess this means, we'll have to be extra careful from now on," said Quatre. Nicole gave him a look. "Are you serious?! I'm not really THAT careful, ya know..." "I agree with Quatre. Which of you five are gonna attend St. Gabriel's?" asked Charleen. "Me, Heero, and Trowa are going there," said Duo, a bit too enthusiastically. Charleen nodded. "I'm attending," she said. "I think I am too," said Nicole. "So are me and Rochelle," said Loraine. "What about you, Charlotte?" The British girl shook her head. "I've got instructions from Instructor H to infiltrate an OZ base and retrieve some valuable paperwork, or was it the owner of the paperwork, I was supposed to retrieve? Or was it the assistant of the owner of the paperwork?" Loraine groaned. "Just call him and ask him again," she said. "Good idea. i'll go do that," she said, and she skipped away. "Why do you think Charlotte had to do it?" asked Nicole. "Probably cause that base could be under the ocean. And Waveshadow's perfect for that sort of thing," said Charleen. "I see, and so is Charlotte." Silence once more, as they all drank their not so hot drinks quietly. Then, Nicole spoke again. "So, I guess that one time when that senior attacked me, you all were in training too?" Charleen nodded. "Yea, so we'd suspected something of you. I mean, we four knew that each other was training, but Doctor J likes to keep to himself, so naurally, he'd want to keep you away from us. Probably cause he didn't want you to be distracted," she said. "Which was a good idea," said Rochelle. "Damare," shot Nicole. "I'm joking, don't worry." "Whatever." At this time, Charlotte came back, her expression not so happy. "What's wrong?" asked Loraine. "You know that base, I've got to get into?" "Yea?" "Other than the fact that it's at the bottom of a huge lake, I've been sent to retrive a scientist by the name of Doctor I." "Yes, so what's wrong with that?" "He's held captive by BOTH Zechs and Une, the top two in all of OZ. And from what I've heard, they don't let this Doctor out of their sight." "Oh dear. But it shouldn't be that much of a problem," said Nicole. "Why not?!" "I believe that your Gundam has a stealth cloaking on it, correct? So you shouldn't be in that much of trouble." Charlotte slapped her forehead. "I knew that!" Her friends facefaulted. All this while, the four male pilots were sitting, watching and listening in amusement, keeping quiet throughout the conversation. ~*~ |