| �Trowa? Why would he be here? Quatre! He shouldn�t be here he is in no condition to fight. I don�t know if he even knows what he is doing.� Then as if in answer the hood of the shuttle blew off and a white Taurus came out. Its lines were open. Renee heard Quatre calling to Trowa. �Trowa? What are you doing? You can�t fight the way that you are!� �It�s okay Quatre I think I remember what to do.� Trowa had that voice that was always made you feel safe and want to trust him with anything. The battle continued without delay. After they all meet in the shuttle that Renee got for them all. They all sat to relax for a while. Then Renee remembered the other thing that she had to do and ran off for the communicator. She came back with a very large grin on her face. �What are you up to this time?� Quatre asked when he saw the look on her face. Renee smiled and twitched her finger in a motion for him to come with her. When they were in the other room she spoke. �I have called Megan to come here to talk to Trowa.� �Why he might not remember her.� Quatre asked a still grinning Renee. �I know this. But I think that she is the perfect to help him get them all back. They did spend a lot of time together you know.� Quatre sat and though about that. She made a good point. �You might be right.� Quatre paused to think it over one last time. Then added. �When will she be here?� Renee looked at her watch. �Anytime now. Let�s go and watch I don�t want Trowa to know though. Alright?� Quatre nodded, then they walked out to sit by Trowa. Half an hour later a warning came up on the screen. A shuttle was approaching at a high speed. Renee ran to the key panel to check what kind of shuttle. The shuttle was equipped to carry mobile suits. That has to be Meg. Renee thought to herself. Good. About time! Now to get her here without Trowa knowing. She checked the lines to the ship. They were open. She opened one to the approaching shuttle. �Meg? I know that is you. Listen but don�t respond just do as I say. I am opening the docking bay. Just park and wait for me I will be there as soon as I get Trowa into another room. Ok see you in a little bit.� And with that she closed the line and watched as the ship crept closer. A white speck in the blackness of space. Then she called for Quatre. As soon as he entered the room she ordered him to take Trowa somewhere and keep him busy until she said. He hesitated then nodded and walked off. Renee took one last look at the screen and headed off to the docking bay. As she stood there the ship docked with good landing and the door opened. Out stepped a young 15 year old girl with green eyes and a cloud if light brown hair. She wasn�t as tall as Renee, but wasn�t that short either. When they came close enough they exchanged hugs and complements on each other�s looks. Then without even realizing what they were doing they both headed to the cockpit of the shuttle. When they got there Renee motioned for Megan to be quiet. They entered a room that was foreign to Megan. There they saw a Trowa and Quatre quietly talking to each other. At first no one seemed to notice them. Then Renee cleared her throat to let her presents known. Quatre and Trowa looked up at the same time. Quatre saw the figure next to Renee. He could tell that it was Megan by her bushy hair. He rose, and Trowa followed. Quatre walked over to Renee and grabbed her arm and gently pulled her out of the room. At first she resisted, then he leaned into her ear. �I think that they should be alone.� Quatre whispered. Renee relentlessly agreed and left the room. Leaving Megan and Trowa in the room by themselves. Renee was unable to tell what was going on in the room during there time in there but she knew that it had to have been intense because she heard loud bangs and yells of joy. Then about and hour later they exited the room to be with their friends. Renee instantly jumped to her feet. They all talked and to there surprise Renee was right Trowa had gotten most of his memory back. Not all, but most of it. For the time being that was just going to do. They sat for a while and just talked about all the recent events. Quatre was constantly apologizing for what happened to Trowa. And Trowa repeatedly told him not to be sorry, what was going to happen will happen. Finally both Megan and Renee had had enough. �Quatre, if you say sorry one more time I am going to have to hurt you! Now please will you just stop?� Renee looked at him with sincerity. He nodded and didn't say it again. A few hours later they were all yawning from exhaustion. They all refused to sleep though. They continued to talk until they sleep were they fell. Renee was the first to go. In the misted of talking there was suddenly no input from her. Megan looked over to find that she had fallen asleep on Quatre�s shoulder. Megan smiled catching his attention. He gave her a questioning look; Megan raised her slender finger and pointed to the sleeping figure in front of her. Quatre looked to his shoulder and smiled. Then he looked at his watch. It was close to 2:30 in the morning. They looked at each other for a minute then just quietly to themselves, laughed. After a few minutes of laughing Quatre sighed and looked once more at the sleeping person still lying on his shoulder. He smiled again. He reached over and grabbed her around the waist and lifted her. He took her to the back room where they had set up a few cots for them to sleep on. He put her in the one farthest from the door and pulled a blanket over her still body. She looks so cute when she sleeps you would never guess that she is the way she is when she is awake. Quatre�s thoughts were interrupted by the clearing of a nearby through. Quatre turned to see a shadow looming on the threshold to the door. �Do you?� Trowa asked. Quatre just stared for a moment then gave a small nod. �I see. I can tell with you. It�s all in the way you look when she is around.� � But how did you know? Is it that obvious?� He broke off and was quiet; �Do you think she knows?� Trowa walked in and closed the door. He stood with his weight against the door. His green eyes pierced through the dark as he walked straight at Quatre. �Come on. Let�s go and talk shall we?� Trowa said putting one arm around Quatre and leading him out of the door. They walked into a separate room and decided to talk out their strategy for finally putting an end to this god-awful war. Renee woke up the next morning warm in her bed. No, not a bed, a cot. She was still on the ship. She sat up and looked around. She saw metal walls and a hard floor. Oh yes this was defiantly still the ship. She looked at the cot next to her and saw Megan and Trowa on their cots. This came as a surprise. She expected to see Megan and Trowa in the same bed. But what was just fine with her. She decided that she wanted in on the game plan and headed off to the cockpit. She found Quatre talking to someone. She listened in to see if it was someone she knew before entering. She listened and heard Duo talking, only her wasn't there in person but over the speakers. Deciding no harm would come from talking to Duo, she entered. Seeing her in the room before Quatre, Duo took the opportunity to say hello. "Hello Renee." Duo said, with a grin letting Quatre know of the new member to the conversation. "Hello Duo, Quatre." Renee swept into the room and took her stance next to Quatre, shifting her weight to her right leg and placing her right hand on her right hip. "What's going on?" Quatre turned to face her. "Duo was just telling me about a new ship that was built called Peacemillion. Its captain is Howard. The way I see it we can board the Peacemillion and use the resources and manpower of the crew to help us with repairs that we may suffer after battle. That is if he will agree." "Oh don't worry about that Quatre, I know this guy he'll have no problem with helping us. He sees things the same way we do. He will want to have a hand in saving the world too." "So then it's settled?" Renee asked. "Yeah." Quatre gave a nod of agreement. " Alright then I'll get started finding the others. I'm sure you can find the Peacemillion on your own so I'll leave you for now." "Thanks Duo." Quatre said with a smile. "No problem buddy boy. See ya later." And with that the image on the screen disappeared and the screen was black. Renee looked at the solemn boy to her right. "I guess I'll go and wake Megan and Trowa then." "Alright." Quatre went back to the computer and Renee headed off to the "bedroom" so to speak. When she got there Trowa was already up and on his way out. "What are you doing? Aren't you gonna wake Megan up?" She asked a little confused. Trowa shook his head. "Well I think she is gonna want to know what is going on, so I'm gonna wake her up." Trowa just left the room with saying a word. She walked over to the cot were Megan lay sleeping. "Megan? Megan c'mon time to get up." Megan stirred but didn't answer. Renee smiled, she figured this would happen. She grinned her mischievous smile and backed up to the door. She grinned again and started a slow run for the cot. She was about to take a flying leap when a hand went up right in front of her. It was Megan, she wasn't asleep after all. "Don't try it Nay. I know what you were up to." Megan didn't move from her spot on the cot she just held out her hand. Renee stopped mid-way. She drew herself erect from her crouch and walked to Megan bedside. "C'mon time to go. We're gonna join up with the ship called Peacemillion. There we're gonna work with a man called Howard and he his gonna help us with repairs to the Gundams after battles." Megan nodded. "Alright I'll be out in a little bit." Renee grinned. "Yanto?" "Aight� Renee and Megan both laughed then Renee walked out to allow Megan the time she needed to prepare. Once out of the room Renee went back to the cockpit. Quatre and Trowa were still bent over the computer desk tapping away at the keypad that lay before them. Renee joined in as she waited for Megan to finish. An hour later they were prepped and ready for departure towards the Peacemillion. It had taken that long for all of them to get ready and to find were the Peacemillion was hiding out in space. Once in the ship the headed out. By Quatre calculations, it shouldn't take more than an hour and a half for them to get there. And indeed that is really all the time it took. When they got there they saw that Duo was good for something as all the Gundam pilot were there and ready. They boarded and started to plan it out from there. " So what do we have here?" Renee asked as they all assembled in the cockpit to discuss their next move. "That ship over that is the Libra battle ship. It has on it all Zech's or rather Milliard�s space force of Mobile Dolls on it. And not to mention that ship has a large canon on the front that could wipe out something as large as this ship." Howard�s rusty like voice started the second half of the conversation. "Meanwhile at the resource satellite MOII the Earth forces are gathering and they are lead by Trieze." Quatre continued. " I say we go after Libra. If it's planning on destroying Earth then that should be our target." Wufie piped in. " I agree. I think going after Libra is the best to stop them." Duo joined in ever so ready to go into battle like usual. "So is that our target?" Howard asked. Quatre gave a hard sigh. "I guess." Renee jumped to her feet. "Alright then, let's do it!" "Yeah!" Megan joined her." "Time to show them we can't be defeated like this and that we will not lose!" "Go Xena! Warrior Princess!" Duo yelled with a grin on his face. For a moment everything stopped. For a moment Renee and Megan just stared at him. The Renee grinned and let out the famous Xena battle call and off they went to suit up. Howard caught Quatre on his way out. " Since when did we get girl pilots, and that one they call Xena? How did she become a pilot? I would expect the other one might be but her?" Quatre giggled. "She lives up to that name. Trust me, you'll see." And then followed the rest leaving Howard to converse with Sally and Noin. "Is her serious?" Howard asked both Noin and Sally, but only Noin could answer. "Oh yeah, when they call her Xena, they mean it." Noin smiled to herself remember how just a brief instant ago the two girls jumped to there feet and just about ran out onto the battlefield. Once clear of the holding bay the Gundam took off to meet the oncoming Mobile Dolls. Then without warning Wufie took off. "Wufie! Wait what are you doing we need a plan!" Quatre yelled after him, but to no avail. The Trowa took off to cover him, and with that Megan followed. "Wait! Megan!" This time Renee was yelling after them. "Megan! Trowa! Wufie! Come back Quatre right!" "Why should they?" Duo asked then took off on his own. "DUO!" Both Quatre and Renee shouted after their comrades. The battle was a long one. It left each of the pilots tired and beaten. They flew back to Peacemillion. There their Gundams were taken in for repair. While the mechanics were doing that they decided to relax for the little time that they can. They went to the eating area to get a little bit of food. Not half an hour later the repairs were done. Then as if that wasn't supposed to happen another wave of attacks came. They slowly got up and into their Gundam one by one. Quatre got to his and was starting up when Heero approached. "Quatre. I had them install the Zero system in this suit for you." Quatre looked up in total shock. "Heero I can't! I can't fight with this system!" Quatre remembered what happened the last time he got near the Zero system. He remembered how he had had no regard for life and just took out one of the colonies he fought to protect. He couldn't do that again, not with the end of the war so close at hand. "Heero I can't! I can't control it Heero! Heero why not just go out in Wing Zero you can control it I can't!" "Wing Zero won't be in this fight. You need a plan out there and this will help you see it. They need a leader out there Quatre and you need to be it. Now to activate the system you need to input the letters Z.E.R.O and that will start it. You'll be fine Quatre. Trust yourself." Heero pushed off to his own Gundam and left Quatre to himself. "Quatre! C'mon what are you waiting for?" It was Renee. They were all ready to go. Quatre closed the door to the cockpit and started off. They got to the battlefield to see just as many if not more troops than last time. "Oh man they just keep on coming!" Duo was completely exasperated. They waited for the clan to move in when each of the pilots started to disperse again. They all struggled to remain alive but were starting to lose. "Quatre you gotta help us, were all struggling." Megan called to him. I have no choice. I have to master the system now. Quatre told him self. He reached over to the keypad and typed the letters ZERO. They appeared on the screen and he could feel the system start again. I have to control it! Then he knew what to do. "Wufie! I want you to fly right though the group of suits, Trowa and Duo we have to direct their attention to the place were Wufie used to be. Trowa take the group to the left! Duo take the group to the right." Quatre's voice was demanding. "Megan you and Renee back them up and keep a good watch out!" "Roger!" Trowa replied. "Alright got it!" Duo. "Now that's a good plan!" Wufie gave a yell as he took off straight though the group of mobile suits. "Right on." Megan answered. "Yeah no problem." Renee said a bit dazed. What is going on here? I've never heard Quatre give orders like that. Oh well shoot now ask questions later. Renee jumped on the nearest set of mobile dolls and got to work cleaning up outer space. The battle raged on for an hour before all the Mobile suits were destroyed. It was a little less stressing for the pilots now that they had a game plan. Once they were back on the Peacemillion Renee went to talk to Quatre who was still at Sandrock. "Hello up there!" She gave a friendly yell from the ground. She watched and saw Quatre's head appear over the side of Sandrock. She gave a push and allowed the absence of gravity take her to the cockpit of the 16.5 meter high Gundam. She stopped and landed right in front of Quatre who was currently taking out something from the control boar. "Hey what happened out there. You totally took control out there. Good job. But still where did that all come from?" She watched as Quatre pulled out a panel from the network of wires. Duo floated up to join them. "This." Quatre said showing them the panel. Renee took it for a closer look. "THER ZERO SYSTEM!?" Renee took a jump back in surprise, and fell off the edge of the platform. Gabbing the edge she pulled herself back up again. "Quatre you went out there with the Zero system?! Are you nuts!? What would have happened if you lost control?" "That doesn't matter anymore." Quatre replied looking past Renee to Heero just across the way. "Heero I'm taking out the Zero system. I don't need it anymore I can still fight without it." Heero didn't respond in stead went back into the Wing Zero. "Hey didn't I tell you to leave the repairs to the mechanics. It's your job as pilots to rest when you can." Howard's rusty voice can from below. "Yeah we know. Well I don't know about you but I'm famished! What do ya say we go get something to eat?" Duo asked changing the subject. "Yeah me too!" Renee joined in. "Sounds good to me." Quatre gave a small laugh at the two child-like Gundam pilots at the mention of food. Together Renee and Duo could get even Quatre out of house and home. When they got to the food court everyone else was already there. Quatre simply got a drink and sat down. Renee and Duo on the other hand got a sandwich, a drink, a bag of chips and an ice cream cone, each. While sitting Duo started a game of Chess with Trowa and Renee and Quatre started to talk about what to do next. Wufie joined in while watching Duo and Trowa's game. Megan came over to sit with Renee and Quatre, but was very quiet. "We have to make a move and fast. We can't sit around and wait for something to happen." Renee began the conversation. "Well then I guess I should move fast too then." Duo answered staring at the Chessboard. "Now were to move?" Wufie reached over and moved a piece for him. "Offence is the best defense. If you only play defense then you limit yourself." "He's right." Megan said finally joining in the conversation. "Yeah well that's easier said then done." Duo said finally pulling his face away from the game board. Then as if in answer to it all, the alarm went off. The sign that it was time to go off into battle again. The pilots dispersed and headed for there Gundams. Renee went with Quatre since they were almost right next to each other. "Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we just get a break!?" Renee asked as the drifted down the hall to the loading bay. "Yeah, but we have to fight." Quatre sighed. He looked over at Renee. Sensing his eyes she looked back. She looked absolutely exhausted, and that is just what she was. Dead tired. "Are going to be able to make it?" "What'd you mean?" Renee asked tried hard to hide her tiredness. But it was no use he saw right though it. And she knew it. "I'm fine. No need to worry." She replied before he had a chance to tell her otherwise, and pushed off hard to get more speed going though the air. Quatre also pushed off to catch up with her. "Wait." He called after her but got no answer. "Renee wait. Please." The slender girl stopped and waited for the blonde boy to catch up with her. "Do you think what happened out there was that bad? I mean with me using Zero and all?" "No I don't think it was bad. I think it was good that you took control like that. I was just glade that you kept control. I just don't understand why you put it in there." "I didn't. Heero had it put in." "You did just fine and to be honest I'm glade you took it out again." Unconsciencly she let out a yawn. Then realized that she was still right next to Quatre. He smiled. "I knew you were worn out. Do you think you will make it though the battle?" Renee saw the concern in his blue eyes. But she dismissed it. " 'We have to fight.' Isn't that what you said? I'm gonna have to make it aren't I? Come on I'm sure they�re all waiting." Renee pushed off again towards the door. As she neared the doorway she saw Megan waiting for her. He quickly pushed her body in front of her so that her long brown hair would cover the tiredness in her face. Then pushed off again to keep it there. "Hey you ok?" Megan asked, coming up next to her. "Yeah! Of course I am! Just getting ready to kick Mobile Doll butt!" Please tell she'll buy this for now so I can get out there. Megan grinned her own unique grin. "Rock on Xena!" She gave her friend a swift smack on back and drifted off to her Gundam at the end of the row. Renee went to her own suit and got in. Closing the door she started it up. The screens glowed to life and once again she readied for battle. They departed and once again Quatre took control. This time Renee struggled a little from being tired but she shrugged it off the best she could. "Man! They just keep coming! Is there no end!?" Duo was yelling as he sliced and diced his way though. "Tell me about! I think I'm gonna get whiplash looking back and forth to keep up with these guys!" Just then out of the corner of her eye she saw another Mobile Doll approaching. She was now fighting six suits at once. Two of them grabbed on to her suit. She laughed. Pulling on the bar to her fight, she fired up the thrusters and fried the brainless machines. Grabbing on to the saber with the metal clad hand of the Gundam she went about finishing the job. Giving plenty of triumphant yells and hollers as she went telling all the machines just how much she hate them and their leader. Duo went about his work when a message to Peacemillion came in, that he intercepted. It was female calling for entry. Duo listened closer and then it hit him. "That sounds like...HILDE!" "Duo! I have...something for you! Duo! Can you hear me!? DUO!" Then a scream and nothing. "Hilde! Hilde!" Duo yelled back but got no response. "Duo go after her!" Quatre yelled to him. Apparently he had heard the whole thing. "Well handle things here. Just go." "Right!" Duo veered off and headed to help his friend. Once he got there he found two mobile suits on her tail. He looked at the suits, but didn't recognize them as anything he had ever seen before. "Hilde what are you doing here?" "I brought you this information on Libra." "Hilde! Now why did you go and do a fool thing like that?!" Duo was outraged that she would risk her life like that. "Cuz I wanted to Duo." ARG! You're a stupid fool!" Duo screamed in anger. "Yeah, I figured you'd say something like that." He turned to take on the approaching Mobile dolls. But when he did he noticed something different. They didn't fight like normal Mobile dolls. "What the hell? These aren't normal mobile dolls." "No there not. They are programmed with a system created on the actual data of their test pilots, Heero Yuy and Trowa Barton." Hilde informed him. She was watching from a distance. "So you mean it will be like fighting the both of them at once? Great. But no matter who�s data they will always just be dolls to me!" He yelled out as he made quick work of them both. "Next time they should have put my data in there! Hilde why did you bother to come all the way out here? Look at you. You�re in terrible condition." Duo quickly guided the broken down Taurus to Peacemillion where Duo retrieved the data from Hilde before she was put on a stretcher, hooked to an IV and taken to the nearest hospital. For a moment no one said anything. Duo just stood there staring at where the stretcher was. Quatre walked up beside him. �We can�t let the data Hilde brought us go to waste.� �No it won�t.� Duo said his voice solemn. He walked over and handed the disk to Heero who knew exactly what to do with it. They all decided that again they should try to get as much rest as possible. Renee went into the caf� to get some more food, but didn�t make it that far. She saw the nearest room went in a fell asleep without a second thought. Megan and Trowa followed the others to the control room to talk with Noin and Howard and Sally about a way to end this with out 20 more battles happening first. They discussed and discussed till they had reached and agreement. It was time to board Libra. They thought it was best to head out right away before another wave of attacks came. |