| DEADLY NEON Disclaimers: Gundam Wing does not and will never belong to me. Characters are owned by Sotsu and Sunrise. Mobile suit Neo and pilot are owned by me. No money is exchanged. This is done solely for entertainment and imagination purposes. Please do not sue me. AC 197 Space "Dammit, these guys never quit, do they?" Duo exclaimed as his gundam's beam scythe split a mobile doll suit right in two. Looking around for other dolls, he saw a flash of a dark blue bright light coming from a good distance away. When he looked again, it was gone. Shenlong pulled up beside him. "Something wrong, Maxwell?" Wufei asked over the intercom. He hadn't seen the blue shining light off in the distance like Duo had. When he heard no answer, he turned on the vid screen to see if DeathScythe's pilot was allright. He asked again, this time he was sure to get an answer. Duo was still staring in the direction of the light when Wufei asked a second time. He shook is head and brought himself out of his daze. "Huh? No, I'm cool, Wufei. Did you see a blue light come from over there?" He looked into the screen to see his comrade's puzzled expression, as his gundam pointed in the direction of the light. "Mobile suits to your right!" Heero's monotone yell interrupted them. The battle was on again, and this time it would be a close battle to win for the rapidly tiring boys. Quatre was the first to tire out. And SandRock was taking quite a beating from Quatre's lack of fighting. Duo had watched the mobile dolls attack Quatre but as he moved to fend off the attackers, he stopped as the blue light reappeared in front of him. "There it is! Who or what is that?" Duo asked out loud to himself. The suit had managed to take down two dozen mobile dolls in under 5 minutes. And now, it was moving towards Quatre. Its weapon drawn and its movement cautious. It froze in position and stared at Quatre for a moment before realising that there were other suits around it. "Hello. Can you understand me? Hello? My name is Quatre Reberba Winner. Please acknowledge contact, if you can hear me." Quatre's voice was speaking softly through the intercom. He wasn't sure of what to do. He knew he had to make peaceful contact, before this thing decided he was a bad guy and had to be terminated. Silence and static was all that was heard for a long moment. The mobile suits were all destroyed and only the five gundams and this glowing suit remained. Dead silence remained. Suddenly, the suit moved. It turned towards Duo and with its speed, was in front of DeathScythe in a blink. It took his Scythe and shook its head. And then it turned toward Heero and Wufei- whom both had their weapons drawn, motioned for them to put their toys away. Finally, it looked back at Quatre. Trowa had moved to stand behind SandRock, just in case. "My name is Onia Dai. Quatre Reberba Winner, you should be more careful and more defensive. I could have vanquished you." The glowing suit announced over the intercom before flying off in the direction of L2. "I'm gonna go after that suit. I want some answers to why he didn't try to kill ya, Quatre." With that, Duo and DeathScythe flew in the direction of the other suit. L2..... The glowing suit had landed and was walking toward an abandonned garage. It stopped when it realised it was not alone. Turning, it drew a huge crossbow from its back and loaded it with an arrow. "Don't move, or your days will end here." The voice was harsh and it aimed directly for Duo's cockpit. "Oh, it's you again. Listen, don't follow me. You'll live longer." With lowered weapon, the suit turned again and headed in the direction of the garage. Duo had followed and grabbed the other suit's arm beofre it could react. "Just a minute! Who are you? Why did you save my friend when you could have killed us all so easily?" Duo demanded. "I told you, my name is Onia Dai. And, it was not your time to die. Since we're on the subject of introductions, who are you?" Pushing DeathScythe away with a simple nudge, the other suit raised its crossbow and pointed it once again at Duo. DeathScythe backed away and held up its hands. "Hang on a second, you aren't gonna shoot me here, are ya? My name is Duo Maxwell, and this is my home. How come I haven't seen you before, Onia?" The hatch opened on the other suit and a small body stepped out. A blue suit with a matching helmet stood inbetween the two suits. The pilot slowly removed their helmet and to Duo's amazement, showed him who it was. Long curly black hair fell down to their tailbone. Black bangs fell over their dark blue eyes and down around their cheeks. A slim body matching Duo's stood at relaxed attention. It was a girl! Duo was sparring with a girl! Her skin was nicely tanned, which meant she couldn't have come from L2, originally. And her accent was a rich english one, that meant she had to have come from Earth or....... "I showed you me, come out and show me you!" She yelled to the other mobile suit. Duo did as he was told. Cautiously, he moved to the pad and stepped out. He took off his helmet and let his braid fall back behind him. "Now we've met, face to face." The two stood there and stared at each other as the sun was setting between them. Looking each other up and down, but keeping their distance, they studied the other and their suit. Dusk... "So, where are you from? Are there any more of you? How did ya get your suit to glow like that?" Duo's mouth spilled out questions as fast as he could think of them. "Slow down, motor-mouth." "Motor-mouh?" Duo was briefly stunned. "Look, number 1, we were sleeping until your battle woke us up......." She started. "Us?" "Number 2, There is no one like us. And number 3, I will not divulge Neon's secrets to anyone!" "Hold the phone, lady. Who is 'us'? Is there someone else in that suit?" Duo demanded. Onia was about to answer, when Wing Zero, Heavy Arms and Shenlong all landed within 20 feet of them. She stepped back from the edge of her platform and watched the other gundams approaching, while keeping an eye on Duo. Quatre, too, had just landed. Setting SandRock down behind Duo and walking up close enough to peer over DeathScythe's shoulder, he saw that the other pilot was a girl, and a very intimidating one too. They all had exited their suits and were on the ground walking towards Duo and Onia. Duo had just climbed down from DeathScythe to talk to the others as Quatre joined the other 4. Deciding she had better get it over with, Onia headed for her lift and took it down to the ground. Wufei just stared at her and snarled whenever he caught her eyes. Heero stood poised with gun in hand as did Trowa. Quatre just looked at her and smiled. Onia stood there for a moment, staring at their faces. Suddenly, something drew her attention upward. She stared at an object that was slowly coming towards them. A ship. "Bloody Hell! They've found me. Sorry to cut this interesting get together short, but we have to run. Cheerio, guvs!" She called as she scrambled up to the cockpit of Neon. The five boys stared up at what she was looking at, and then scrambled to their gundams. Duo was the first in his and started to go after the rapidly retreating Neon. "Wait! Onia, hang on a sec. Who is that?? Why are you running from them?" Duo said as DeathScythe grabbed hold of Neon's arm and forced it to a halt. He would have said something else, but Trowa had come over the vid screen and instructed him to stop. "That ship is carrying her trainer and suit repairers. All they want is her. They say she aborted the last mission after her friend was destroyed. They don't want to hurt her, just take her home." Trowa sounded almost as emotionless as Heero. Duo thought for a minute. "No way! They can't have her. They'll death with Death if they try to force her to go back." Just then, Neon turned around and aimed her crossbow at the ship that was hovering above Heero and Wufei's gundams. "I will not go back. Control, I just have one thing to say. Don't miss my arse, just kiss it goodbye!" With that, she disappeared completely. In the abandonned hangar..... The boys were out of their gundams and standing in a semi-circle around the landed ship. The people from inside had joined them and were trying to convince the boys to help them get Neon and Onia back. "You see, ever since Travis was killed by the enemy's forces, she has been hell-bent on destroying them herself. Neon cannot go for long periods of time without repair and upgrades. That is why we must get her back. Your friend, here, "The doctor motioned towards Duo. "has been able to talk to her without her getting upset." The doctor walked towards Duo and put a hand on his shoulder. "If you can just convince her to come back with us, we will try our best to help her through her misery." Duo shrugged. The last thing he wanted was to make a new enemy, especially Onia. "Look, I know how the death of a friend can be a hard blow, so I can't-- no, won't help. She needs friends, not confinement." {Geez, I sound like Quatre.} Duo stated flatly. "Mister Maxwell, Onia has been in our care since she was a little girl. We are the only family she has. We've trained her and routined her to be in our standards. If she is taken away, she will lose herself in this strange land. Granted, she will always do what she wants, but with your help we just might beable to keep her alive." The doctor tried explaining to an unwilling listener. "How was Travis killed? What was he doing that he was in enemy fire without support?" Trowa questioned. "Uh-- well-- he was........" The doctor stopped and looked completely perplexed by the two simple questions. "If you ask me, she is old enough to do what she thinks is right. It would be crazy for us to walk in and confront her of your need to control her. We've just met her, so she won't come with us or Duo without a fight. Onia Dai doesn't need anyone to reason with, except herself." Heero, who had been standing in the shadows, unfolded his legs and arms and pushed himself off from leaning against Wing's foot. He walked over to Duo and recrossed his arms. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |