On Earth it was a dark and stormy december night.  In the colony it was the

 same as usual fake sun and absolutly no weather.  Duo, the god of death sat in

 his Gundam's cockpit knowing that this would be a hard mission even for him to

 pull off.  He had sent a call to the other gundam pilots to get their assistance

 on this mission but who knew if either of them would come or even if they'd make

 it in time.  Quatre would probably come and quick, so would Trowa.  Wufei and

 Heero were another story.  It had been an entire year since the Gundam boys had taken care of the Earth alliance and the White Fang.

 

(PARAGRAPH)

 

   The screen beeped, it was Trowa.  "I heard you wanted some help." "sure do"

 "so what's the problem this time?" Trowa looked as though he couldn't believe

 Duo would ask for help, he was about to know why...Duo interrupted Trowa's

 worries as to what could be a big enough problem to make Duo want help with,

 "There's a new resistance group, from the moon their name is Myst."  Trowa was

 relieved, it didn't seem like it would be as bad as he thought...wrong again.

 "From our reports they have built a new mobile suit called, Aquarius.  It has

 the ability to cloak it seems and we think they can well 'ripple' through space" (KEWL!!!!!)

 

 Trowa understood what the problem was by the look on Duo's face. Trowa wondered if Duo would continue without being prompted, but he didn't, "So what do we have to do with this?"  Trowa was beginning to worry.  Duo interrupted

 his thoughts again and began, "apparantly they are like the white fang.  They

 want the Earth since they were forced onto the moon in the year AC 23.  There

 was a plaque that had hit Earth and the infected were sent to the moon and

 confined with no way back.  Well aparrently they developed a cure and now the

 united Earth Sphere has sent an investigation team and they were never heard

 from.  Then reports of the investigation team's mobile suits were confirmed at a

 test facility developing Aquarius.  Let's just say that facility doesn't exist

 anymore."  Trowa considered things to say to Duo but all that came to mind was,

 "let's go."  The pair left the colony and prepared to head for the moon to enact

 the Earth sphere's offensive, Aquarius Rising.

 

(PARAGRAPH)

 

 The young chinese teen sat in the middle of one of the many artificial

 woods in the colonies.  He had found a new home which he loved and didn't ever

 want to leave though he never let anyone else know that.  He had been accepting

 missions since trouble had started up again exactly one month after the Gundam

 boys had destroyed Libra.  But each time he was more and more reluctant to

 leave.

 

      He heard a distant beeping noise he could tell it was at least a mile

 away.  Even he was shocked he had honned his senses to be so acute.  He got up

 after enjoying one last moment of peace then began to run towards his gundam at

 full speed.  He encounterd noone along the way because this colony was fairly

 new and very few people actually lived here, which was the reason Wufei loved it

 so much.

 

      When he reached his gundam he knew it would be another stupid mission.  He

 was starting to want another war himself because he was tired of not being

 challenged by such easy missions.  But when he got to Nataku he saw Duo's face

 onscreen.  It was a message he had sent to all Gundam pilots.  It said, "guys

 it's been a while huh?  Jeez i need your help.  I was just givin a new mission

 and i need your assitance." he then went on to describe the current situation

 that he was in as well as about the new Aquarius suits.

 

      After hearing the message Wufei knew this would be a day he wouldn't

 forget.  He also knew he'd get there pretty fast since his colony was one of the

 closest to the moon.  He cracked his knuckles and turned on all systems inside

 Nataku.

 

      A young blond boy we all know by the name of Quatre was sipping on his

 afternoon tea in his office, when one of his employees came in and told him that

 he had an urgent message send to Sandrock.  He almost spilled the tea trying to

 rush out of the room.  The whole way to his Gundam he kept thinking //I wonder

 what's wrong now? Who could be in trouble? I hope it's not serious//  (Had to break that run-on up a bit)

.

      Upon his arrival he saw that they had left his cockpit open so he could

 easily get inside he thought he should thank them but decided he had something

 to take care of first.  He listened to the message and was immeadiatly his usually

 worried self.  He started Sandrock up and took of as quick as he could.

 

 

 Duo sat alone in his cockpit feeling alone as usual.  He had a bad

 feeling about this mission and he really didn't like the fact that he had only

 heard from Trowa so far.  He wondered if the two of them could take out these

 new mobile suits.  Or maybe, maybe he was making too much out of nothing.

           

            He looked at one of the many screens in Deathscythe's cockpit, he could see

 he was approaching the lunar base that stored these Aquarius suits.  He hit a

 button on his left arm panel and Deathscythe slowly began to cloak, dissapearing

 from anyone's sight or anyone's radar.

 

       As he was closing in on the base, he wondered what the best strategy

 would be. So he decided that the best would be the same one he always used, to

 scout the area cloaked, then attack when he found a weak spot.  He thought to

 himself, "what if i don't find a weak spot?" He dissmissed the thought and then

 hit another button making the screens in front of him change from radar to

 visual.  He could see the base against the moon.  He had always hated the moon

 up close as it always reminded him of the boogy monster which his parents had

 always told him about.  He laughed to himself for a few seconds then wiped a

 tear from his eye and pushed the memory's of his parents back into the farthest

 reaches of his mind.

 

       When he was close enough to actually see the details of the base he saw a

 cannon pointed right at him!  "NANTAIATSA" he screamed.  How could the cannon be pointing at him they couldn't see him it was immpossible he was cloaked?

 

(Paragraph!!!!)

 

       Trowa knew that according to Duo's last position he would be approaching

 the lunar base about now.  He wished he could get there quicker.  He had always

 loved fighting alongside his fellow Gundam pilots.  It was the only time he

 actually liked to fight.  It always made him feel like he was part of a group or

 better yet a family.  He always wondered what it was like to be part of a family

 then he met Quatre and the other Gundam boys.  They may not have exactly rolled

 out the red carpet but they still made him feel welcome.

 

         Coming back to reality he realized he wasn't that far from the lunar

 base.  Had he been daydreaming about the past for that long?  It didn't matter

 to him now, [because now he had a mission, a job, This phrase should be completely taken out] he felt that this mission was

 the most important ever because this mission was to protect his family.  At that

 very second, as if they were waiting for him to finish thinking, an alarm went off

 in Heavyarms' cockpit.  Trowa looked at the screen but by the time he had

 realized what the warning was for he was flung forward from an explosion.  He

 looked up and realized that there was at least 3 mobile suits behind him.  //What

 are they doing out here// he wondered and how had i not seen them before than he remembered what Duo had said.  "They can cloak" he said aloud angered by the fact that he'd been so caught up in his own thoughts that he had forgotten the

 mission.

 

       He turned his Gundam around to look at the new suits.  He saw that he was

 only fighting one new suit and the others were Aries models.  He checked his

 system condition screen and the damage report seemed a little short considering

 they had gotten the jump on him.  His first thought was that they were gonna

 play with him.  That made him get angrier.  He aimed his Guns right for the new

 mobile suit, then it disappeared!  "Huh" this couldn't be.  his screen beeped and

 he realized it was behind him.  Luckily he was able to use his side verniers

 just in time to avoid a beam saber.  Without thinking he immediately aimed at

 the first Aries and fired at it.

 

        Wufei finished saying his prayer to Nataku and looked at his screens.

 He was still a distance from the moon.  He could see the moon as it got bigger

 and bigger.  He remembered the days when he lived here.  He was so glad to

 escape the people there always bothered him because they seemed to enjoy life to

 much.  They always talked about "Thank God another day"  "you should be glad to

 be alive.  You never know how long you'll be here"  Remarks like that had

 angered him so much.  He still remembered the night a shuttle had come in and a

 man stepped out.  He had such a big nose, even Wufei let out a giggle.  The man

 who had at first seemed to belong in a Pinnochio movie had turned out to be a

 godsend.  The man offered him his own Gundam and a ticket off of that horrible

 colony.

 

       Wufei looked ahead and saw lights!  They had already started!  He flew

 towards the lights.  He wondered only for a moment why the battle was so far

 from the moon then he dissmissed the thought glad he wouldn't have to go near

 that place.  He pulled out his weapon and headed for the fight as quick as he

 could.

 

            Quatre's heart was beating heavily.  No matter what he did he couldn't

help but be nervous as hell.  He was scared as he usually was when he was in his

Gundam.  He took a deep breath and checked Sandrock's systems again.  Everything seemed safe. He knew it would take him the longest to get there, he hoped Duo and the others,[ if all of them came, since he seriously doubted Heero would even listen to the message, OMIT this part] would be safe.  He sat back in his seat a little calmer knowing he'd fight the least amount since he would be the last one there.  He knew he'd kill people today.  That thought bothered him.  He yearned for the days when they fought mobile dolls, but since those days Relena had outlawed such technology hoping that people wouldn't use them and wouldn't want to risk there own lifes and would just forget about using mobile suits for war.  //Aw well// he thought, //It is their choice and better for me to kill a few then for a few to

kill many.//  He took another deep breath and sat back even farther in his seat.

He checked his systems again.

 

 

     Duo looked at the cannon for what seemed to last an eternity.  Was this it?

Was this the end after all the things he'd been through he knew it was finally

over?  A shot came from the cannon as Duo closed his eyes.  A few seconds later

he opened his eyes only to see a big crater in the base where the cannon had

once been.

 

     Duo heard a familiar voice laughing in the background.  He realized it was

Heero!  He couldn't believe it, he flew around to be at Wing Zero's side.  "You

need to be more careful,"  said Heero, as cold as usual.  Then a hatch opened on

the bases right side.  Then another on the left.  From out of the hatches came

exactly what the Gundams were looking for, it was the Aquarius suits.  There was

an Aquarius and an Aries that came from each hatch.

 

      "Watch yourself," Heero muttered, hoping Duo would hear him without

hearing him.  Then Heero flew off towards the mobile suits that had been

deployed from the left hatch.  Duo got the idea and flew towards the right and

swung his scythe around getting a few warmup swings in.  This was it, the final

battle.  Duo let out a war cry and dashed towards the Aries on the left while

uncloaking.  "Prepare to meet your maker.  AHHHHH." (I really liked that part, go Duo-chan!  ^_^)

 

 

      Trowa was surrounded and things were only looking worse.  He looked at the

self destruct button but he couldn't do it, he still had work to do and besides

it would be lonely on the other side.  Heavy arms' chest opened.  3 missles flew

from each missle launcher on his chest.  The unexperienced Aries pilots tried to

dodge but this was their first actual piloting of a moblie suit and they were

very outmatched.

 

      Trowa looked around he saw the debris of the Aries and their pilots, but

where was the Aquari...a screen beeped in front of him and he saw the pilot of

the Aquarius.  The pilot was a boy!  Not a teen like him and his friends or an

adult like most pilots the boy seemes like he was no older than 7! 

 

"Why do you fight us?  Is it because we took your suits?  Is it because we're alive?" the pilot looked as though he'd cry then he screamed, not a scared scream but the only scream Trowa would never have expected to hear. 

 

            The boy screamed out of anger, grief, and other things but most of all the boy seemed to scream for death.  Trowa was frozen solid.  He'd killed many people, young and old, but this scared him.  This made Trowa instantly question everything he'd ever believed.  He thought of all the youth he's wasted. (That part was real deep!)

 

     The boy was not as scared as Trowa and began to fly toward Trowa.  He had

uncloaked and was bringing his beam saber right towards the back of Heavyarms'

head.  The boy looked at his screens and saw a dot on the radar.  He stopped to

see what it was, he saw another Gudnam flying right towards him.  This was Wufei

and though Trowa had cared that the Aquarius pilot was a boy, Wufei neither knew

nor cared and perhaps it was better that way.  He extended his dragon on his

right arm and grabbed the boy's beam saber.  The boy was shocked.  He'd never

believed he could be beaten and here this new pilot was taking away his weapon.

He never used the gun before not since training when he was knocked back so hard he lost conciousness.  Now the boy was scared.  Trowa had gained control of

himself and aimed his Beam gatling at the boy.  He couldn't fire and almost

stopped Wufei but he couldn't talk even if he wanted to.

    

            Wufei pulled out his lance and twirled it while turning it on.  He aimed it

at the boy and flew toward him.  The boy pulled up his shield just in time to

dodge the chinese man's killing blow.  He knocked Wufei back and pulled out his

gun.  He looked at Wufei then at Trowa.  Something about the man in the red

Gundam made him scared and made him feel complete.  He aimed at Wufei and fired. The last thing Wufei remembers or that the boy ever saw.

 

      Duo flew towards the Aries and realized this looked different from the

Aries he was used to.  No matter, the time for these people to pay was at hand.

Upon thinking this Duo wondered //Pay for what?  Why must they pay?//  These

thoughts were bad and immediately killed when they reached his conciousness.  He

pulled back his scythe, said a prayer and scythed the Aries.  It exploded

quickly and the Aquarius pilot didn't quite like that.  He dashed into Deathscythe

from behind and knocked Duo and his Gundam right towards the base.  Duo was

thrown around in his Gundam as much as the straps holding him would allow.  He

looked up  and saw the Aquarius looking over him then the pilot must have

thought Duo to be dead because he left and the Aquarious suits teamed up on

Heero.  Duo tryed to hold on, cursed himself and his gundam then faded out of

conciousness.

 

Duo looked up and saw nothing.  Was he dead what was happening?  He

rubbed his eyes as he started to wake up.  His eyes were adjusting and he could

see.  He looked at his monitors they were off.  He pushed the side button and

turned them all on he saw his Gundam was looking right at another mobile suit.

He reached for the Scythe's controls and realized it was Wing Zero.  He tried to

remember what had happened then it all came back to him and he remembered being knocked out by the new mobile suit.  Where the suits still there?  "You gonna get up or am I gonna have to leave you?"  Duo figured it was over because though

Heero made sure not to put any emotion into his voice, he had learned how to

read him.  He was satisfied the mission was over.  Duo grabbed the controls and brought his Gundam up so it was standing.  "Mission complete?"  Duo asked already regaining his cheery attitude.  "Yeah" Heero's eyes said and the two headed back to there own colonies.  They were completely oblivious to the fact that th other Gundam pilots were still fighting on the other side of the moon.  About those other pilots... (Maybe another transition would be better than that - but that's just me)

 

    Sandrock removed its heatblade from the Aquarious in front of it.  The suit

exploded.  Trowa stared knowing that Quatre, the nicest of them all had just

killed a little boy.  He knew immediately that Quatre was never to know, he'd

make sure of it.  Quatre said something to Trowa but he paid no attention.  He

flew over and examined Altron.  It was totaled beyond repair no matter if they

did have the best machanics anywhere.  He started to fly towards the defeated

Gundam when his radar went off and Quatre flew forward.  He looked and saw

nothing.  His instincts took over or maybe it was his memory reminding him they

could cloak, and he switched to infrared.  He saw a mobile suit closing on

Sandrock fast.  He would normally have warned Quatre but he was so confused by

all that had happened, all that reminded him of the past he had left behind,

that he couldn't muster the strength to speak.  Instead he flew towards the

suit, he assumed that he was out of ammo by now since he couldn't remember how much he'd shot so far or much more from today. 

 

            He pulled out his heat knife and aimed for the Aquarius.  Normally he would have aimed somewhere that would have blown the suit up immediately, instead he aimed for it's head and cut it off.  It uncloaked and he reached forward towards the mobile suit's chest.  He pulled his fingers out of there normal balled up fist position and took a finger and crushed the door to the suit's cockpit.  The pilot came floating out as the door was ripped off.  He saw the poor pilot wasn't wearing a suit.  The pilot had probably already died or soon would Trowa couldn't stand to see the boy suffer,so he slashed him with his heat knife.  Quatre wondered to himself why

Trowa seemed so different, then he saw his screen flicker and Trowa's face, it was of course devoid of all emotion.  "Grab Altron and let's take it to the base."

Quatre did as Trowa asked and Trowa grabbed the Aquarius and flew off with it as

Quatre flew off with the knocked out chinese boy.

 

    Epilogue

 

   Upon reaching the base the 'doc' as he was called fixed the Aquarius and

salvaged what worked on Altron.  The result was Nataku.  Wufei upon awaking

insisted they call his Gundam by the name he called it.  It had the cloak, his

dragon fang and the ripple feature, which upon testing, appeared to be very

useful.  The reason Trowa couldn't find the Aquarius and it ended up behind

him.  It allows a mobile suit to 'teleport' from one point to another but only

works short distances.  Wufei thought to himself that it was about time he had

the superior Gundam.  As soon as Trowa had reached the base he went to the

lounge and sat down.  He locked the door and broke down in tears.  He could no

longer hold back.  The little boy had reminded him of himself so much that it

hurt, it brought back memories that hadn't been in Trowa's head for years.  Five

minutes later, he wiped away his tears and got a drink.  Then he went to bed.

At this time the Gundam boys recieved some news and a new mission.  They were to report to a high school on Earth and gather information on a faction that

appeared to be attacking the United Colonies Defense Force and could pose a

potential threat.  The boys all reported to the school just in time for the

spring semester and settled in for there next mission.  Each boy handled the

situation differently but all of them hated the fact that peace was gone and

they prepared for there next attacks in "Adieu to peace"

 

*WHEW*  That took over 2 hours to do between matching up on my paper and chatting with 6 people at once:)  hehehe  Here ya go. 

 

ShadowHawk