Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam wing, if that’s not obvious. So don’t sue me unless you’re a real low-life jerk.
Note: Not much done to this chapter, I gave a little more back-story to Kale but not much else. The back-story however, is a little nod to a future prequel fic I will be doing.
Preventer H.Q. (Tokyo, Japan)
Heero, Trowa, Zechs, Quatre, and Duo sat in the Preventer briefing room as they waited for Wu-Fei, and Sally to arrive. No one was sure what was going on, all they knew was that some sort of rebellion had taken place. Just then, the doors opened and Wu-Fei walked in, followed by Sally.
Wu-Fei cleared his throat, “First off I’d like to apologize for the inconvenience, but a situation has occurred and I think you all should know about it.”
Wu-Fei shutoff the lights and turned on a monitor. On the screen they saw a small convoy of Preventer ships. Suddenly dozens of Virgos came in and within seconds, the convoy was destroyed. Wu-Fei turned back on the lights and looked at the pilots; each one had a look of shock on his face.
“If this was just an isolated incident then this wouldn’t be a problem, but this is the third convoy that has been destroyed in the past two weeks,” said Sally.
Wu-Fei handed the pilots some documents, “I’ve done some extensive research on this matter and what I find is troubling. The people behind the massacres are members of a rebel organization called the Blood Fang. Not only do they have a large following, they’ve somehow managed to keep an entire Virgo MS factory hidden from us.”
Sally stepped forward, “And that’s not all, we also got a message from their leader. His name is Kale Young, he is an ex White Fang general that has been in the military for about a decades. He also has a long list of criminal convictions, most on violent behavior.”
“Wait, did you say Kale Young?” asked Heero.
Sally looked at him, “Yes, do you know him?”
Heero shook his head, “I never met him, but back when I was in training to be a Gundam pilot, there was a list of other potential replacement pilots in case something happened to me, and he was on that list.”
“What happened to him?” asked Wu-Fei.
Heero shrugged his shoulders, “I’m not sure, all I heard is that he was beaten out by a much better pilot and he left. Still though, I did see his performance records, and he had high marks in all fields of combat. He would’ve been a good Gundam pilot, from a technical standpoint; mentally he was kind of insane.”
“Which would make him a very deadly adversary,” noted Trowa.
Heero nodded, “Exactly, so what does he want?”
Sally sighed, “The disbandment of the ESUN and the Preventers, control of all space colonies, and, surprise, surprise, total dominance of earth.”
“The usual... great,” muttered Duo.
Wu-Fei shook his head, “Actually there’s one more things they want.”
“What’s that?” asked Quatre.
“The Death of all five Gundam pilots and Relena Darlin.”
Heero’s eyes narrowed, “Now it’s getting personal. So what are we going to do about this Wu-Fei, where do we fit in?”
“Well the Preventers could handle this on our own, but it would take time and put you and your loved ones in danger. So I have come up with an alternative.”
“What alternative?” asked Trowa.
“We get all the engineers we can… and we resurrect the Gundams.”
All of them looked at each other speechless. If the Gundams were needed then the situation must be pretty bad. But if the Gundams were built, then that could mean only one thing.
Zechs lowered his head, “This does mean though, that you’ll be needed to fight again. I know that none of you want to do this, but we are running out of options. However if you really don’t want too, then well put you and your loved ones in a protection program and no harm will be done. It’s your choice.”
The room fell silent, and each one took a moment to think about what Zechs had said.
Quatre then stood up from his chair., “Listen Zechs, were not cowards, whenever there was a situation we never backed down. We may not like having to fight, but damn it, if it means ending this threat quickly, then I’m in.”
Heero stood up, “You’re right Quatre, peace needs to be defended. And if we have to be the ones to do it, then so be it, I’m in.”
Trowa rubbed his temples, “This was bound to happen sooner or later,” Trowa stood up, “Catherine will probably kill me for this, but I agree with you guys, I’m in.”
All eyes were now on Duo who was still remained seated.
He looked up at the others, “You guys know I really don’t want to do this,” He sighed and slowly stood up, “Well, lets do what we do best, lets kill that son of a bitch.”
Everyone smiled and chuckled at the comment.
Wu-Fei cleared his throat, “Well it looks like were all in agreement. I’ll have it arranged so that our loved ones get moved to this base.”
“Where will we be?” asked Trowa.
“On Moon Base 1, we’ve already been working on the Gundams but they still need another week and a half. We all will be practicing on the VR machines until then, once completed, we can begin the live training.”
“Hey Wu-Fei, when do we leave?” asked Quatre.
“In three days so I suggest you start packing and say your goodbye to your loved ones as soon as possible.”
“One more thing,” said Sally, “Just thought you should know, the code name for this plan is called Operation Phoenix.”
Wu-Fei nodded his head, “That is all for now, I’ll see you back here in three days. You are dismissed.”
End Ch-1