Episode Zero Act 5: Trowa Barton

A.C. 190

Trowa's past, finally revealed!

He had no name.

He had no past.

Since the time he was old enough to be aware of his surroundings, he was part of a mercenary unit.

Trowa: [In a damaged MS] This is No-name (Nanashi). Damage to various parts has rendered this Mobile Suit non-operational. I'm leaving the line of battle.

Mercenary: Roger. Good work!!

Trowa: [Walking through a forest with a gun. He heard something and pulled the gun.] Come out!

[A young girl with blonde hair and an electronic gizmo around her neck came out.]

Trowa: What are you doing here?

Midii: I... I'm Midii. Midii Une.

Title: Shinkidousenki Gundam Wing, Episode Zero, Act 5: Trowa Barton

[Men were sitting around on crates. In the background are military trucks and the ruins of building structures.]

Mercenary: Captain, let's quit the rebellion forces and fight for the Federation Army! We keep losing, and we don't get much money out of it...

Other Mercenary: They say the Federation pays well!

Captain: Idiots! The war only goes on because the rebel army exists!! If we all side with the Federation, this war will be over!!

[Trowa was doing maintenance on a mobile suit. The girl was fooling with her electronic device.]

Trowa: If you want, there's work available.

Midii: [Still fooling with the device] ... Why did you help me?

Trowa: Because we're the same.

Midii: Huh?

Trowa: You're me...

Midii: What do you mean?

Trowa: .....

[Flashback: Two horses raced along pulling a circus carriage, bombs were exploding everywhere. A man drove, clutching a baby. A woman hugged a little girl - Cathrine. There was a big explosion, and the baby was flung out of the carriage. The carroage was destroyed. The baby looked at the wreck. The next panel had Trowa as a young boy of three years of age. His hair was starting to behave in a Trowa-like manner. His clothes and face were dirty. He stood alone in a field looking up at the night sky.]

Little Trowa: Space... I bet it's better than being here.

Little Trowa: [Looks at a huge truck which pulls up beside him.]

Captain: Kid, what's your name?

Little Trowa: ..... [shook his head.]

Captain: No name, huh? Come here. We'll feed you at least.

[Trowa was now wearing gloves, fixing a mobile suit something. Midii held out a cross on a chain.]

Trowa: What's that?

Midii: It's to thank you for helping me. Wear this, and God will protect you.

Trowa: [Gazing at the cross in his gloved hand.]

Captain: No-name! We're leaving.

Trowa: Right. [Climbed down to join the others.]

Midii: But you know what...? I hate you.

[The truck drove past a circus tent. Trowa looked out at it]

Captain: Who'd have thought you two would be interested in circuses? Well, you're still children, after all.

Midii: Does it bring back memories?

Trowa: No. Why?

Midii: You looked like you were remembering.

Trowa: There's nothing to remember. I've been a soldier since I was born.

Midii: [Fiddling her electronic device] I guess so...

Cathrine: [Watching the trucks go by.] Hurry and get out of here! You're an eyesore! [Thinking: War... ]

[Flashback: Little Cathrine crying over the wreck of the circus carriage.]

Nine years ago, Cathrine Bloom lost her parents and infant brother in a bombing raid. She had hated war ever since.

Cathrine: [Standing and glaring after the trucks.]

[It was snowing. The mercenary men were in their Mobile Suits.]

Captain: This surprise attack is going to work! I can just picture the faces of the Feds!

Trowa: [Wearing a jacket with scarf around his neck and the cross.]

[Suddenly, lots of Mobile Suits are firing guns at them.]

Captain: What?! They knew! That can't be!!

Trowa: Let's withdraw, Captain!!

Captain: You withdraw. I'll stop them here as best I can.

Trowa: But...

Captain: Follow your orders!

Trowa: ... Roger.

[The Captain's Mobile Suit was hit numerous times.]

[The mercenary man who had previously suggesting joining the Federation and had now done so] Mercenary Man: Sorry, Captain. We have our livelihood to think of.

Captain: You bastards... Idiots! What are you apologizing to your enemy for?

Soldier: Our contract is to kill all resistance fighters. Get ready!

Captain: Too bad you won't be able to fulfill your end of the contract. [Shot at them, then he ran out of artillery]

Soldier: I told you! You can't rely on those pathetic weapons the resistance loans you.

Captain: Shut up! Kill me and get this over with!!

[Trowa's Mobile Suit charged in, and blew the mobile suits away.]

Trowa: Come on, Captain, let's withdraw together.

Captain: ...They were the ones who raised you.

Trowa: But they betrayed us.

Captain: ...Are you thinking that they sold information?

Trowa: Didn't they?

Captain: Fool! They wouldn't do that!

Trowa: I have no regrets. I kill the enemy I see before me. I'm only practicing what they taught me.

Captain: You're... not human, are you.

Trowa: No, I'm not. I've always been a soldier.

The rebel army's surprise attack that had promised great results, ended in failure.

[Midii was serving food back at the snowy base.]

Midii: No-name, can't you look sad? You killed the men who used to be your comrades, didn't you?

Trowa: I used up all my sadness when I was a baby.

Midii: And you're going to keep on acting like this, killing your own heart, aren't you?

Trowa: [Looked at the device around her neck. Thinking: It's that, is it...?]

Midii: How long do you plan to wear that mask that never cries?

Trowa: For as long as I manage to live...

Midii: [Watching him go and gripping her electronic device.]

[Planes dropped bombs.]

It was a huge scale operation to devastate the rebel forces.

[A soldier shielded his face from a blast. Midii screamed.]

Trowa: Grab my hand, Midii!

[They sped away on a motorcycle.]

Midii: I'm not going to thank you!

Trowa: Don't worry, I'm not expecting you to.

Midii: I... I have no right to live...

Trowa: ... [Driving through the explosions.] Me neither.

[Enemy Mobile Suits were moving in.]

Captain: Don't retreat! Do whatever it takes to crush them!

[Bits of Mobile Suits are everywhere. The Captain laid bleeding on the ground. Trowa knelt beside him.]

Captain: [dead]

Trowa: ......

Trowa: [Looking over at Midii.] How much did you get?

Midii: Enough so that my three little brothers and my sick father will be able to eat for a while.

Trowa: That devoce around your neck is a transmitter, isn't it...? The Federation could hear every move we made.

Midii: That's right... But you're still alive. You're the only one.

Trowa: [Yanked off the cross necklace and threw it on the ground.] Because of this?

Midii: Let me tell you. That cross is also a transmitter.

Trowa: [Pulled a gun on her.]

Midii: Even you can get angry, hm? No-name...

Midii: You once said that I was you. But really I'm completely different. I'm not happy like you.

Trowa: You're saying I'm happy?

Midii: [Took the device off.] You have freedom. You're much happier than me.

Midii: [Thinking: I like you.]
Midii: You have nothing that can be taken away from you. No name, no past, right now, not even companions.

Midii: I have the name Midii Une. I have a sick father and three little brothers.

Midii: [Thinking: I really liked you.]
Midii: Because of that, I had to become a spy and cause the deaths of lots of people.

Midii: I can't even tell the person I like that I like him! Do you understand why?!

Trowa: .....

Midii: Because I'm not empty like you! I have too much! Family! A home! The knowledge of what bad things I've done!

Midii: [Thinking: I wanted to to be beside you ...

Midii: That's why I hate empty people like you!

Trowa: Is that all you've got to say?

Midii: ...?!

Trowa: You're better off than me. You have somewhere to go home to.

Trowa: Goodbye, Midii.

Midii: [Closing her eyes and thinking: Goodbye, No-name...]

*Two shots were fired. The electronic device and the cross lied on the ground, broken and smoking.*

Midii: Wait... Wait, No-name!

Trowa: That's not me. I have a name. I am...

Trowa: [Standing in a field, looking up, at this point Midii was no longer present] ...a traveler who's looking for a home to return to.

And Trowa eventually made his way into space.

"In space, they're waiting for me!"