| A.C. 192 [A craft drifts through space] Duo: Let go! Let me go!! Duo: [in the clutches of two men] I'm warning you, let go of me!! Man: You've got a lot of courage kid, stowing away on our Sweepers Ship! Professor G.: [enters the scene] What is going on? Man: A stowaway! And he's been stealing the food supplies! Duo: Hey! Even I wanna eat some decent food once in a while! Let go! Professor G.: ...Let him go. Man: But... Professor G.: It's alright. Let him go. GW Episode Zero A.C. 187: Duo Maxwell ~Duo's history, age 7~ [A few children steal food from a stall] Man: Hey! You kids!! Duo: [his arms are laden with the stolen food] Ha ha! Go charge it on the Federation Army! Man: What're you talking about?! Duo: [he runs into someone] Ouch!! Duo: [he drops the food and he's on the ground, holding his head while the priest looks on in concern] Ouch~~~~~ Priest: I'm sorry. Man: [from behind Duo]You!! Come back here! Duo: Oops! Sorry, man! [hops over the priest's head and escapes] Man: Argh! They got me again! I do pity those war orphans, but they steal stuff from me all the time... [Inside a broken-down desolate house, the three children sit on what could be the living area, eating the food they stole] Kid#1: We pulled it off again, huh, Duo? Duo: Yup. Tomorrow we're gonna sneak into the army warehouse. Kid#1: What?! Won't that be a bad idea? Kid#2: If they catch us, we're dead! Duo: [Continues to eat] We're lucky we're still alive, anyway. Why not do what we can! [The kids are running in the warehouse; machine guns are firing] Kid#1: Aaaaaah! Run! Run!! Duo: Why'd they have to start shooting right away? Are they serious?! Kid#1: The army doesn't care even if they shoot women and kids. Duo: Damn! [Back at the broken-down house, older men surround Duo and the kids] Duo: Go away! We didn't do anything. What've we done anyway?! Man: Don't say you haven't done anything! You just stole from the army, you fools! Duo: Well, we live here! After they destroyed it, what do you expect us to do? Man: The Maxwell Church just agreed to take you all in. Be thankful!! Duo: Church? [At Maxwell's Church] Duo: Quit it! I'm telling you, stop! Priest: What's wrong? [Duo, dressed on a preist's outfit, struggles in his seat while a nun (Sister Helen) holds him down with one hand, while the other's holding a pair of scissors] Sister Helen: This child doesn't want to have his hair cut! Duo: You got that right!! I can't stand to wear these weird clothes, I'm sure as heck not gonna put up with having my hair cut! Sister Helen: But it's all mussed up and dirty... Duo: It's fine! Priest: Sister Helen, do as Duo says. Sister Helen: But... Priest: [He smiles and gives a nod] [Sister Helen braids Duo's hair, instead] Sister Helen: Alright, I'm finished. Sister Helen: You don't have a problem with that, do you? Duo: This is awesome! I can steal anything without it getting in my way. Sister Helen: Are you still carrying on like that? Priest: As long as you stay with us, you do not have to steal, Duo. Duo: Oh, right. Not a thief no more, instead I'm a beggar. Priest: A beggar? Duo: The Church gets money from the people's donations, right? Sister Helen: This kid... Priest: I suppose that's right. Duo: Yup! Don't pretend!! [Sister Helen and the priest smile each other] [Several kids are walking, greeting each other on their way to school. They gaze behind them, staring at an uncomfortable-looking Duo] Sister Helen: Is he going to be alright? Priest: With the proper education he could receive, he can be the best priest this world has ever seen. Sister Helen: But, Duo? All the other kids were adopted by families, yet they keep on sending Duo back to us. Priest: He was like me when I was younger... [At Maxwell Church] Sister Helen: Wait! Duo! Sister Helen: You did it again, didn't you? Duo: It was their fault!! [He struggles against Sister Helen's hold] Sister Helen: Duo, you put those children in the hospital. How come you say that they were the ones who did wrong? Duo: [He looks guilty] ... Yeah, but... Sister Helen: [She's thinks,] Duo... [She says out loud,] What did they say to you? Duo: [He's slightly blushing] They said I smelled dirty. Sister Helen: [Reaches out and hugs him] Duo: What... [He blushes a little more] Sister Helen: You don't smell dirty, at all. Duo: Really? Sister Helen: Really. So the next time they say things, just ignore them. Duo: [He's smiling] ...Okay. Nun: You say there's no God? Duo: Yeah. If there's really a God, He should stop the war. Duo: [He's sitting on the priest's lap] If the war didn't exist, there wouldn't have been orphans like me. Priest: Duo... God doesn't start wars, but people do. People have to end what they start. Duo: Hmm.... So it doesn't matter if there is a God or not, huh? Sister Helen: That's not true! Duo: I think the only God in this world is Shinigami (the god of death). Sister Helen: Duo, ...You don't believe in God, but you believe in Shinigami? Duo: [With enthusiasm,] Yeah! Because I've never seen a miracle, but I've seen lots and lots of dead people! Sister Helen: [She looks at Duo with a strange expression on her face] Priest: A ha ha, it's hard to argue with you. Sister Helen: You're quite an interesting child. Narration: Since Duo came to live in Maxwell Church, the building was always full of laughter. But... Narration: One day, the laughter stopped. [Scenes of gunfire, mobile suits, violence, death, and destruction] The year was A.C. 188 Man#1: [He's injured] Uhh... Man#2:[Supporting the injured man] Hang in there! Duo: [He watches the injured people being taken to Maxwell church] Sister Helen: [Takes care of the injured while Duo watches on] Leader: We have destroy the Federation's G2 Point Base! It's the only thing left for us to do! Followers: Yes, sir! Duo: [He's thinking,] It's going to start all over again? We've all been happily living here, until now... Leader: All we need is one Mobile Suit! If we could get just one, our freedom is assured! Priest: Isn't it enough? Leader: What?! Priest: I believe Heero Yuy said it before: 'We colonists did not come into space to fight. Whatever happens, we should not fight.' Leader: You! Try saying that again! Priest: And I shall say it as often as possible. We mustn't fight. Man: You...! Man: [He hits the priest with his rifle] Shut up! Duo: Bastard! Sister Helen: [Moves to stand in front of the fallen priest] Please stop! Don't do any more! Woman: [Slaps Sister Helen] Shut up. All of us have to be united! Why do you have to preach peace and stir up confusion at a time like this?! Follower: They might be Federation spies... Follower#2: It's possible, isn't it? Sister Helen: N-no...! Follower: Shall I make them confess? Duo: Wait!! Duo: One Mobile Suit is good enough, right? Leader: What? Duo: I'll steal one for you! In exchange for that, you guys are out of here, right? This is a place for peace. Leader: Kids' nonsense... Duo: I run, and I hide, but I never lie, like you guys do! Leader: What?! Sister Helen: Duo! Stop! Duo: I'll get a Mobile Suit and bring it here for you! Sister Helen: DUO! [Runs out the church door and along some rubble] Duo: [He's thinking,] Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! [He says out loud,] Why!? Just a little while ago, everyone hated war! Why does it have to start again? [He leaps over a wall and continues to run] Soldier: Intruder! Duo: [Thinking,] Sure, I hate the Federation Army! But... But... Soldier: Stop! Stop or we'll shoot! Duo: If they want war so much, why don't the people who enjoy it fight each other and leave us alone?! Duo: [Keeps on running, bullets hailing all around him] Soldier: S-stop! He's just a kid! Soldier#2: Doesn't matter! We're to kill all the colonists! Duo: [Thinks,] All you do is make orphans like me...! [He arrives in a garage where the Mobile Suits are hidden in trucks] Duo: That's it! Soldier: Huh?! Duo: [Leaps in the truck] Soldier: Hey! Who the hell are you? Duo: [He zooms past the confused soldier] Soldier: Don't let him get away! Shoot! Shoot!! Duo: [Drives the truck containing the mobile suit] It's just by chance that I'm still alive. I might as well be the one to do the dirty jobs... Duo: [He stands among the ruin that used to be Maxwell's church] It can't...be... Sister Helen: Du...Duo... Sister Helen: [She's lying among the rubble with blood trailing from her mouth] I'm so glad... You're alright, aren't you? Duo: Sister! Sister Helen: Don't worry us like that. The Father was thinking of you until his very last moment... Duo: I-I'll call a doctor right away! Sister Helen: The Federation Army has come. We can't... leave here... Duo: Is- is it my fault? Because I stole a Mobile Suit from the Federation?! Sister Helen: The Father was... a wonderful example... He preached peace to... everyone... till the end... Duo: What do you mean, wonderful?! He was just stupid, wasn't he?! What did he accomplish by getting himself killed? Sister Helen: Duo... [She reaches up and touches Duo's cheek with her hand] May God... bless you and... keep... you... [Her hand drops away] Duo: [He stares with wide blank eyes, tears trickling down his cheeks] UWAAAAA!!! [His head is thrown back, his body silhouetted among the church ruins] The death toll was 245 people. The rebellion of the colony was put down by the Federation and OZ Special Forces. The event became known as the "Maxwell Church Tragedy." [Duo, wearing a black cap, sits on the floor of a prison cell] Guard: Hey, did you know, he's a survivor from Maxwell Church. Guard#2: Really? He must have made some deal with Shinigami, hm? A.C. 192. The moon's north pole [A spacecraft is on the lunar surface] Man#1: [Wearing a spacesuit and is staring at a large block in the shape of a pyramid] With this spaceship, we could have left the solar system... Man#2: [Also wearing a spacesuit] However, right now, it will not do us any good. All we can do is leave it here until the day comes when we can use it. Man#1, now revealed to be Professor G. : What are you going to do now? Man#2: Go back to earth. I want to go to the seaside and feel the waves... Professor G.: Hn. Just what I'd expect from you... Man#2: Take care. Professor G.: Yeah... [The spaceship, now flying through space] Duo: Let go! Let me go! Professor G.: Let go of him. Voice: But... Professor G.: It's alright, let him go. Professor G.: Kid... I can't believe you snuck into this ship. I thought my security system was flawless. How did you do it? Duo: That's a professional secret. But, so your pride isn't hurt too badly, I'll admit I had a rough time getting in. Professor G.: Interesting brat. Duo: I'm not a brat. My name is Duo. I run, and I hide, but I never lie--Duo Maxwell! Professor G.: Maxwell...? Ha ha... Maxwell's little demon, hm? Duo: Not a demon. Duo: I'm Shinigami...! |
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