Gundam Wing: The End of the Dance
Chapter Six
By Lady Une-chan
August 21, AC 197
The Khushrenada Estate, Germany
Lady Une stood looking at herself in the full length mirror. It was this self that she had not seen in two years. She had put on her burgundy colonel uniform that she had worn back during the war. She had put in the box of things that reminded her of Treize. She had been wearing her colonel uniform when he was "killed". She also wore her hair in buns, something she hadn't done since she was shot. She put on her glasses and the world that hadn't been in focus for two years suddenly was sharp and clear.
Treize was waiting in the hall. He was surprised that an army of former OZ soliders had formed.
"Your excellently?"
Treize turned around, shocked to see Lady Une in her army uniform. "It's nice to see you in uniform."
"Why thank you, Mr. Treize," she replied.
"Oh, come on, Lady. Skip the formalities," said Treize.
Lady Une giggled. "Okay, I was just kidding. However, those soliders better call you 'your excellently'."
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August 21, AC 197
Former OZ Military Base, Luxembourg
"Good day, your excellently!" said an excited Nichol. He seemed to want to show off the base.
"Please don't call me that," said Treize (who was getting tried of having to said that).
"The soldiers that here are training. However, many of the men and women here are former OZ soldiers," Nichol said as he took Treize and Lady Une on a tour of the base (not that they haven't seen it before, but hey!). Then Treize said he wanted to speak to the soldiers.
"I had hoped that one day, men and women would not know the terms 'war' and 'solider'. I had hoped that once that war had ended that those words would never be used again and that the world peace would last forever. However, one can only dream. You, who are all gathered here day, know those terms, and not only know them, but you are one of them. You are all soldiers. You are all involved in a war. Unfortunately, another battle has been threatened and it seemed that the fighting might begin again. However, you are the soldiers that will not attack, but will protect the world peace, and will only fight as necessary, which I hope is very little. Thank you."
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August 21, AC 197
The Preventer's Offices, Germany
"I called you here to assign you a mission," Lady Une told Heero and Relena, in her office.
Heero's facial expression didn't change; but Relena knew that the former gundam pilot loved to go on missions.
"What's the mission?" asked Relena.
"Your mission is to go to Colombia and to see if you can gather information on Anita Cruz. I know that if I sent you two on this mission you will bring back the information needed," said Lady Une.
"Mission: accepted," said Heero in a serious voice.
"Count me in," said Relena, in a more playful tone.
"Very well," said Lady Une, "I know you'll do a good job."
Relena glanced at Heero, wishing he'd ease up, but nothing could relax the gundam pilot when he had a job to do.
I never realized how short the chapters are!! You see, I normally write my fics on one document file, then separate them by chapters, so this fic is like 34 pages total.
~ Lady Une-chan