THE FINAL COUNTDOWN (prologue)

A FanFic by Kuroi Tenshi

Date: 27/12/00

Type: AU (Alternate Universe)/X-over with...ah u will find out soon!

Disclaimer: Gundam Wing characters belong to Sunrise, Shotsu Agency and related companies. I'm using them without permission ( he, he, he:P) but the story however belong to me.

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The world is a fine place

And its worth fighting for.

 

                  -Ernest Hemingway.

 

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"What the HELL was that??!!"

 

Heero looked back at Duo, who looked rather disturbed and shaken. He too was quite shocked, but he maintained his coolness as he was completely determined to uncover the nature of their enemy. In all his years of training and in the battles against OZ and their troops, he had NEVER before seen this sort of... contender. It was, literally, out of this world.

 

"Probably Oz's newest weapon. I don't know, but I will contact Doctor J and find out," he replied somberly, as he walked out of the hangar and made his way into Quatre's mansion.

 

 

He logged in and waited for a few seconds. His Prussian blue eyes shimmered in the cold, halogen light of the computer screen. If anyone had taken the minutes to stare into them, they would had seen profound confusion and maybe...fear? That last mission...their encounter with that..thing...something deep inside him churned. Something about this was terribly wrong, it wasn't the feeling of an upcoming enemy or more battles...it was as if a hollow despair could be breathed and stinted the air. Heero suddenly shook as he saw Dr. J's log in. Seconds later, a file was sent to him, slowly downloaded. Heero clicked on it to reveal their next mission... and his eyes were filled with an uncharacteristic terror as the information revealed itself to him.

 

 

"It was made of light???" Quatre's head cocked in confusion.

 

"I don't know, man, it was weird!! It was as if it was shining...no it was more as if the thing was made of light or something like that. And it was HUGE! Way bigger than a mobile suit! It was freaky!!" Duo sputtered out, eyes widened as he tried to sip on some tea.

 

Trowa folded his arms across the kitchen table, glancing over in his usual cold stare, but visibly thoughtful. Wufei, on the other hand, was fuming and pounding his fist on the hard surface.

 

"Dammit Maxwell!! Stop making up stupid stories and tell us what really happened! Why did you retreat, right in the face of Oz's troops? Everything was going just fine! And don't give me more of your U.F.O bullshit because I'm not buying it!"

 

"Hey! If we hadn't left, there wouldn't had been ANYTHING left of us OR OZ! That thing was there and it was shooting at us! I don't know what the hell it was but it did a hell of a lot of damage to Zech's men. So much for that army anymore."

 

"Did you not attack it?" Trowa's even tone soothed out momentarily the tension in the room.

 

"Yeah of course, but our weapons didn't hurt it at all. It had some sort of shield around it or something. Wing's Buster Rifle and my

Scythe didn't even get close to it!"

 

Quatre looked at Duo with concern. Sure, he could be a clown and make stupid pranks, but the look in his eyes told him that the Deathscythe pilot was really telling the truth and was obviously struggling trying to explain something he could barely understand himself.

 

"So where is this thing...what are we going to do about it?" he asked him, just as he was asking himself.

 

Duo stared at his cup in silence for a minute. He finally looked up and addressed the three completely confused Gundam pilots. " We don't know its location, it seems it has temporarily disappeared from radar, but it is definitely sure that it will reappear. In only we knew where it could be goi..."

 

"Tokyo. Tokyo, Japan."

 

The four heads turned simultaneously to face the scowling Heero Yuy.

 

"...Is that where its heading?" Quatre ventured to ask, noting his companions' silence.

 

"The 'object' seems to be directing its course towards Japan, specifically Tokyo. I received data from Dr.J and our orders are to intercept it there."

 

"But Heero!" Duo slammed his teacup on the table, spilling its contents partially; "you saw how that thing was completely oblivious to our attacks! Just how in he world are we going to destroy it?!"

 

"The necessary weapons for its destruction are located in the place we will be arriving at in Tokyo. We will be assisted there. We are to leave for our location tomorrow at 0600 hours." Heero eyed his companions, and could feel the tension in the room building. A question was being left unanswered.

 

Wufei, frustrated and upset, finally popped it.

 

"What the hell are we fighting against, Yuy?"

 

Silence

 

 

"We are fighting an Angel."

 

 

(To be continued)...

 

 

 

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Author's notes: This is a little intro into a series I'm starting..all inspired by an all-nighter I pulled of full anime goodness, specifically Gundam and NGE. I hope you like it! It just seems to me that it would be a fun encounter and ...well let just see how it goes, okay? OOOOkay!! (Misato-style) I'll be back with more fic goodness!

Till then!

                                          - Kuroi Tenshi=:)