The battles continued on, the
screams the bloodshed the pain the accursed words the tearing feeling inseide
him, the demons in Zechs's head continued on through the night in his dreams,
but the painful screams pushed him to the point of waking up. Zechs sat up on
the cold wooden floorboards with just a dusty colored blanket covering him. He
sat up clenching onto his head. He tryed to focus on the other side of the room,
the world spinning befor his eyes. "How much longer?.." he asked aloud to
himself "It doesnt hurt anymore....The pain becomes numb" he held his hand up
till it came into focus on his eyes he squeezed his hand around the bloody
bandages "It's like the pain felt by earth and the colonies, theyve become so
acustomed to it all that they become numbed to the feeling" he tryed to move
alittle but was stoped by the spinning in his head again. Zechs looked at the
window all of a sudden the screams entered his mind again, becoming louder till
he couldnt take it any more, "Stop It !!!!!!~~~~~" he yelled aloud. He edged
over to the window hopeing the sky might release all the pain of his past "How
can everything still haunt me, I'm not supposed to be alive, I'm not meant to be
living, or is it that I am afraid to die, am I fighting it" he looked out as the
sparce clouds cleared away from the moons face "Hmm... The colonies are so dark
compared to the stars yet they shine ever stronger on a clear night like
tonight" he stopped short with a grin on his face looking up at the stars when a
shooting star peirced the darkness. Zechs eyes grew wide "Wow....can you believ
it, Mayby the colonies do feel the pain, bearing down on them...they just cried
a tear...to bad....I cant.....
The Hot dry air of the summer bore down on
the young boys face. Quatre walked along smileing at the beautiful way that the
sun shone on everything. Young children were playing through the small arabians
city streets. He stopped to watch them for a bit. 'It's good they can enjoy
theyre childhood like this accualy it's wonderful considering that we faught for
peace just for this reason, so that childrena dn people would have a happy
peaceful world to live in' Quatre turned and walked down a street to his right.
thinking that he had never been down it. But as he passed by an old tree that
hung far over his head. and something came flying down and hit him. Quatre
stopped short "Ouch...what was that?" he stopped rubbing his head when something
caught his eye. there under the flickering shade of the old tree was a chain
with something on it sitting on the ground not more than 5 feet away 'So thats
what hit me' quatre reached over and picked it up "How on earth...." he looked
up into the old tree and to his surprise he saw a figure high up. 'I wonder who
that is/?" He moved closer to the tree and looked harder. It was the figure of a
young girl but she was shaking and was curled up tight in the branches of the
tree. Quatre, careing as ever, called up in a caoxing voice "Whats wrong, are
you ok?" the girl obviously didn't know that someone was down there almost
jumped out of the tree, she was startled but turned around from her branch and
looked down at the dusty colored boy. Quatre couldnt tell her age she was
somewhat hidden by the leaves on the almost dryed up tree. "Are yoiu ok?" he
asked again sympathetically. The girl was trying to hide the fact that she was
crying aolthough it wasnt doing much good. Even from a distance you could tell
her eyes were swollen and puffy from crying for a period of time and her body
still quivered from the emotional strain. "I'm fine, but you should know better
than to spy on people let alone scare them like that". Her voice sounded quite
mature 'accualy quite a sweet voice,' Quatre thought. "Please forgive me, I
wasnt spying, in fact I was merly taking a walk down this street and soimething
hit me on the head believe it or not, does this happen to belong to you?" He
asked holding up the chain which obviously held a locket on the end of it The
girl almost gasped and shook her head befor speaking up "Yes that belongs to
me....looks like I cant get rid of it after all..I thought I would have been rid
of the pain when I threw that" quatre was quite intrigued by the young girl
"What do you mean, please excuse me, I hope I'm not being to nosy..." the girl
swallowewd her pride "Well you seam like a sweet young man...Someone whom I
loved dearly gave that to me befor they left for the war, He promised me he
would return but...."she looked of in the direction of the western horizon and
the beautiful sand that lay beyond the boundary's of the quaint town "He never
returned....and I hate him...I HATE HIM!!!!!" she burst into tears and clenched
her face in her hands. Quatre was stunned, "Please, dont cry, it's ok....."
quatre pulled himself onto one of the bottom branches of the old tree. The girl
tryed to pull herself together and she let out a small wimper as she moved
alittle. Quatre could tell she'd been there for a while. "Would you rather I get
rid of this for you.....but if you might accept something I say....It wasnt his
fault, I know all to well about the pain that war can bring, ALLL TOO WELL... so
you neednt blame the man you loved for that you need to forgive him. And hold
dear to his memory and the thought that he did want with all his heart to return
to you" he was stopped dead sentance when the girl moved down onto another
branch and looked right at him "Thank you...I'm so sorry I'm acting like a
child. Forgive me, yes you're right I cant blame him, it's been so long since
that happened I thought I was over him. But" she stood on the branch and looked
at the pure hearted boy "I guess coming back home just jogged the memories back
again" Quatre juimped in surprise, "HOME!?.....you lived here?' the girl smiled
"Yes, a long time ago, but when my mother died and the wars got worse my father
thought it best for myself to go to school in another country till things died
down with the work he did and well, with everything doing pretty well I decided
to come home and surprise him. When I was walking down this familier street it
just brought a flood of memories back again, by the way whats your name?" quatre
smiled compasionatly "My name is Quatre Reberba Winner, whats yours?" the girl
started climbing down the tree and when she reached the bottom branch she jumped
and then she was in the bright sunlight "My name is Jaszmynne...." she began to
climb down and when she reached the bottom brach she jumped down into the shaded
area. Quatre slid off the branch he was on and walked a few steps forward,
trying to see the girl. What quatre saw surprised him greatly, the girl stood in
front of him had long flowing dark hair with light highlights which made the
dark color of her hair and skin stand out. she looked about his age, which
surprised him ever more because he was expecting to almost see a child. she had
bold sparkling almost gold eyes which seamed to float beautifully on her face.
'I've never seen her befor~' quatre thought. The girl turned and faced into the
breez making her long dark hair flow gently. "So where do you live?" teh girl
asked. Quatre tryed to focus "umm...uhh ohh I live in the next town accualy, but
my friends and compnions live here, "ohh ok, well quatre? I had better be going
home, my father doesnt even know I'm coming and it's getting late, it was nice
meeting you" quatre smiled sheepishly as the young girl came closer to him "uhh,
same here...Jaszmynne" he thought for a second "Would you like me to walk you
home...." jaszmynne smiled flirtatiously "if you want to 'reberba' but I only
have to go up the street ok?" they walked fowrward, quatre smiled and tagged
along behind her heels up the street. "ok here we are, my goodness not much has
changed here huh? lets go see if my dad is home. quatre hung back a little as
the young girl knocked on the door. "hmm. no ones home" Quatre was taking in the
different homes on the street,'I've never been down in this area befor, I didnt
know all these homes were here in such a small town.' He looked at the sandblown
building that they stood in front of it had the clay and mud roofing that much
of the buildings in this country had and it had small shutters that were left
open to the dry desert winds that blew almost constantly. He was brought back
into reality when he heard the door creak open "huh?" he looked and saw
jazsmynne walking in "Are you sure you should go in like that if he's not
expecting you?" quatre asked as he stood poised not sure what to do "of course,
I know my fathre, he's probably off on one of his missions, comon in" she
motioned for him. Quatre walked into the darkened room keeping the heat of the
bright sun outside, and the cool shade in. "My things are still back at my car
on the edge of town, but I just wanted to make sure my stay was welcome, I can
get them another time" she stopped by the edge of a small fire place that hadnt
been used in some time, "It is so different coming back here after so long,
first of all. when my mother.......well when she died, a peice of my father died
with her. Then as I grew older, my father thought with te raging wars between
the cvolonies and earth it would be best if I went to a larger city aroung other
children my age, there werent many here and so he made plans for me to stay with
my aunt and uncle in the north, they werent far away from the sank kingdom where
the queen once lived" quatre stopped where he was and looked at this girl
"Sank?" jazsmynne looked at the pictures on the fireplace "Yes why?" "ohh no
reason" he replied "well" she continued "I went to school and eventual found
someone I learned to deeply care for, and........and he..... he promised he
would come back to me...but he never did." she picked up one of the photos "well
on a lighter note, since my father has been doing some different work since the
wars, he's quite a special man...I decided to come home, and surprise him as you
know! Boy I was quite the tomboy when I was younger" she stared at the photo.
Quatre smiled "Well, I have a much longer story so I'll save mine for another
time, but tell me, what is your fathers waork, mayby I know him?" quatre barely
got the words out when someone steped into the light of the doorway causeing a
shadow to fall across the floor. Quatre turned to see who it was but the door
was in the way of his sights, but jaszmynne was so excited "Daddy!!!" she cried
"SURPRISE~~~!~!!" she flung her arms around the man. and when Quatre walked out
further in the room, he was taked aback by who he saw picking the small in
comparison girl "Ohh jazsmynne, my daughter, I'm so glad to see you..." the mans
deep gruff voice was tired but so kind, and so familiar to both the young ones
ears. the man opened his eyes to see the young blond "Master Quatre?..." Rashiid
set the young girl back down to the ground. she looked at the two smileing faces
"You two know each other?" she asked. Quatre gave a small laugh. But rashiid
went and put a caring hand on the young boys head "DO I know
him>?........Shall we tell her master quatre~~~~~~ and by the way arent you
supposed to be back by now and resting, I only came here to grab something to
eat" quatre looked at the young girls eyes, 'Now I see it thats why she seamed
familier to me, she has the same deep careing eyes as rashiid, he is so much
like a father to me' quatre gave a small bow to the young girl "Why yes!~
Rashiid, Lets do tell her,...." he said in an unused tainted accent "But boy is
she in for a longer story than I thought..."
Kira and jade stood in the
crowd facing a sight to behold. There stood a figure once well known,and at her
side was the young woman they knew as theyre recruiter sally and there was a
young chinees boy next to them who looked not exactly happy to be in this
situation. wufei reached over and took the info sheets from sallys hand "What
good is this going to do for the preventers" he asked of sally. "yeah, I'm
wondering the same thing" chimed in noin. "Comon you two busybody's this isnt a
hay ride this is preventing wars. damn it~" the two others only looked at each
other. Wufei eyed the two youngsters 'when do we have time in a war to fight
wars to train new young people' he thought but turned his head to look at the
paper work of the girls. "Hi girls come right on over here" sally waved to them.
"How was your first trip to space?" Kira and jade looked at each other and kira
spoke up "Well its not our first trip into space but its the first time in quite
a while." she gave a smile and shook sallys hand "well its good to see you made
it in one whole peice anyway, ok now this is preventer fire,"she motioned at
noin "now Liuteneant noin, these are your well spoken of new recruits!" and she
pointed at the girls "Hi" Kira reached her hand forward "I'm Kira, I was
stationed at one of the earths bases for a while to receive training for the
offices but we two wanted to be front line to help the preventers, I'm so glad
to meet you miss noin, you'de be surprised how much we've heard about you." Noin
looked at the two youmng faces 'They keep getting youngter and younger all the
time' "Well I hope what you heard was good and true" she smiled and then put her
hand towards jade. Jade only gave an unsure smile befor reaching her hand to
noins "Uhh.. I'm jade, We're sisters" she motioned at kira and herself. "Well
now, this is chang wufei, we call him wufei" sally pointed at the young chinees
man "Wufei these are the girls" wufei turned around and gave a pleasent but
unemphesized look at the girls. Jade looked at wufei as he slowly turned around
'Wow, I wonder if he's a mobile suit piolet?' she thought to herself. "Nice to
meet you" wufies, voice spoke up above the crowd, his voice was atinted with a
chineese accent but it had a determination in the sound of it. "Alright now that
were done with introductions, lets come to the my office down here and we can
get all set." noins voice was frail unlike it used to be. But she began to lead
the way towards her office in preventers headquaters. 'I hope I can still handle
this' the small band of preventers made thier way down the hall into a smaller
darker room which had a small table with office chairs around it.
"Please,...have a seat" noin motioned. Sally stood at the front of teh table
"Now as you all know with new sector activity from rebels were on high alert
recently there have been more times where we have been called on missions and
today is an example. there is obviouse larg rebel activity and then we get to
the site and we've lost all trace of them. This is an aspect where they either
have someone transfering information for them or they have very high teck
equipment. With hte destruction of all military inflounced weapons and mobile
suits from the wars. they would have to be working without fightingh. so theyve
had to plan on the abuility to be able to retreat if needed. If one of theyre
own missioned failed we would be left with someone that held alot of
information. So they are planning something large scaled. Thus we've been
signing on alot of the prior soldiers to be on full alert and thats why we
accepted you two girls" sally looked at Kira and jade who were trying to take
everything in. then she looked at wufei who wasnt impressed by thois
information. "Ok, now wufei would you like to question our new recruits" wufei
who had had his fet on the table and had been quite relaxed almost jumped at his
name. He gave a scowl and sat up "Well, what former training other than office
work ahve you two done or been through?" Kira and jade looked at each other
"none, sir....." Wufei was dumbfounded "So what made you think you coulkd be
preventers withoput any expirience in the wars or as soldiers?" Wufei wasnt cut
out for befriending new people. "If I may say, sir" Kira began "We may not have
eben through the war as soldiers but, doesnt iyt matter as civilians we made it
through trying to keep our own lives and the lives of our friends and family
safe. The preventers are here to prevent wars, not participate in them abnd if a
crertain required training is needed we are willing to get it for we want to
protect the peace as much as everyone else does. My sister and I were orphans"
Jade gasped, they werent polanning on saying anything about itr and it surprised
her that her sister was coming right out and saying it like this We did not have
a REAL family. And we are not the only ones so many people made it through the
wars alone, I am just thankful I have my sister. But please,sir, wufei, didnt
you ever just want to do what you could to try to save this little bit of
humanity that remains. We know we have it in us. I know I have it in 'me', I
want to learn, whatever itr takes, to piolet a mobile suit even If I needed to
or even be a petty guide out htere in space for the prebventers. we want to
help... whatever happens" Kira sat back with a tear in her eye. Jade just stared
at her sister but cleared her throat "I agree with my sister, we are mayby just
what it takes to end this fighting, mayby what you needed all along was someone
thatw asnt a soldier in the war, someone freh and new to this aspect of life, to
help end the hate and fighting even though it is low key, we're willing to
learn" she leaned over and put a hand on her sisters shoulder who was stareing
at noin. Wufei looked at the girls "You have good souls" he said quietly and got
up and stood by the wall unsure of where to go from there. Noin looked up like
she was reading Kira's eyes "You remind me of someone I once knew Kira. Someone
who faught for what he believed in and wasnt afraid of the consequences. If you
can keep that attitude, I dont knwo how far you would have made it as a soldier
but I think you'll make it good as a preventer" Kira smiled after noin finished
"Thank you" she said and took jades hand 'Yes......' she thought . "Thats not
all though...even though I think you two have what it takes to be preventers,
you're going to have to prove that to me, I'm not easy going on ner recruits, so
if ytou can prive to me that you're cut out for this job than so be it, mayby we
can keep wars from returning and peace to prevail" noin smiled and motioned to
someone outside the window of the office in the hallway. "Ohh Scyie... can you
get these girls suited up and prepared, were going to teach them the raops ok?"
scyie walked in the room "yes ma'am....ok if you two follow me, I'll show you
where you can get ready" Sally stood up to meet the girls befor they left the
room and took jade by the arm "I believe in you two, we are not alone in this
life with friends by our sides, you can do it!" she gave them a pat on the back
as they left teh room. Noin was still sittingf the pale colored room "It's not
going to be easy....I dont know if I can really do this..." noin sat with her
head in her hand sleaned over on eh table top. sally stood in the light of the
doorway "Dont worry, I know it'll be ok, and this way you'll eb keeping busy
with everythng thats been going on, you need to keep you mind off of the
personal problems at hand and by training them your mind will eb focused on your
work it'll be good for you." she sklowly walked out of teh room when she was
done speaking. memeories played in noins head of when she and zechs went to
training school together, they were the top of theyre class. and she could still
remember one time when he said ' mayby it's someone like us that will make the
difference. Mayby we can save humanity. I know I've got it in me! but what about
you noin?' the time was still burned into her memeries, that was when he took
her by teh shoulders and kissed her. they were so young. "Damn, I cant keep
dweling on history" but she still could taste his kiss, and see his eyes. and
remember what he said after that 'Lets lead humanity down a road of greatness,
you and I....we can do this' that was right befor their graduation when
everything changed, where they were going to stick together. Trieze sent them in
separate directions and soon they lost touch. and Treize brainwashed zechs mind
over time fuilling him with the hate of his past. "Ohh zechs" noin began "Cant
you just forget who you wetre befor, and be the man I love" She knew that sally
was right. that right there was an example as to why she couldnt keep thinking
of her personal problems. "I cant stay focused on my own, mayby training them
will help" she finished at she stood and gathered her paperwark to head into the
control room.
"Thats great, noin, I'm glad you'll be training some new
people, we need all the help in preventing wars" Noin was glad to hear the voice
of her friend, and it helped that she was zechs sister. but Relena's voice was
hiding something. "Yeah, I tryed to tell sally that I wasnt cut outfor it, but,
well It might help in keeping me focused on the job" Rlena's face on the screen
was passive but a had a look of worry on it "What do you mean keep focused,
whats wrong?" noin smiled sheepishly "Ohh nothing I'm just finding it hard to
keep focused, since.... welll zechs took off again, and I dont know what for. I
just hope that nothing is getting riled up" she finished wit a sad tone of
worry. relena looked at her friend's face "I'm sorry noin, I should have told
you right off, but zechs is here, on earth" noins eyes went large and her pupils
went small. "What do you mean on earth?" relena got closer to the screen while
noin hung back afraid of what this meant 'Exactly what I said, he's here, on
earth. I'm not sure what he's trying to prove, but he has a suspition that
treize is alive, and he's sensing something thats all I can say. but noin..."
noins eyes were trying to follow the young queens "He cares for you. And he even
helped me remember more about him from childhood. noin..... it felt good for him
to hold me I felt safe, I just hope that he will show you how much he does have
in him, for a heart" noin just had a blank expression on her face "It's too
much, I dont know how much more I can take," she felt the child inside her jump.
"Ok noin? I Have to go I'll try to keep you informed, but we do have a situation
with rebels right now so...I can only hope for the best, I dont want warring to
reacure" she smiled genuinly at noin. "take care noin" Noin smailed at her too
"Thank you miss relena, you take care also!" she signed off and leaned back away
from the screen, "So much to do, so much to take in, where will we all
start?"
