Chapter 2

    Trowa Barton peeked his green eye out from behind the curtain.
    "Whatcha looking at brother?" Catherin Bloom asked from behind him.
    "Oh, just seeing if anyone I knew was out there." He said, face not
displaying any emotion.
    "Well, I got a call from Quatre and he said that he, Duo, and two other
people were coming.  They said it was urgent they  talk to you."
    "Thank you." Trowa couldn't help but smile at the thought of his friends.

    Quatre watched, horrified, as Duo jumped the last five feet from the
shuttle.
    "I love the circus!" He yelled running to the tent.
    "Duo!" Quatre yelled after him.
    "Don't worry. He'll be fine." Loryn said standing beside him.
    "It's not him I'm worried about, it's the other people."
    Loryn  giggled at the thought of a Chibi Duo holding a sythe running
around terrorizing the crowd.
    Seeing Loryn giggle made Quatre smile. 'She really is one to grow on you
fast.' he thought as she jumped from the helicopter.
    After Savannah jumped, he told the pilot to wait for thirty minutes and
if they weren't done by  then, to leave. He then followed the others into the
tent.

    Quatre found Trowa and Catherin backstage.  With some convincing on
Catherin's part, the gang was headed back to Quatre's mansion.
    "So exactly  what is our mission?" Trowa asked Loryn.
    "First we gather all the Gundams, then we head out to space and destroy
the alien race coming."
    "Oh." The room was quite.
    "ALEIN RACE?!" Trowa yelled.
    Savannah sat down beside him and told him to calm down.
    "I thought aliens were only in those sci-if movies!" He said, a little
less estactic.
    "Well, hun' Today's your lucky day! They ain’t!" Loryn told him,
crossing her arms.  She then leaned over to Quatre and whispered, "I thought
you said he was quiet?"
    Quatre just shrugged.
    "Let's get a goodnight's sleep and find the others tomorrow." Savannah
suggested.
    "Great idea! I need to sleep." Trowa got up off the sofa and headed
upstairs.       Savannah followed."Which one is mine?" She asked.
    "Whichever you want." Quatre answered.

After everyone went to bed, Loryn crept downstairs and looked around for
Quatre's comp.
    "Where could it be?" She asked the dark.
    After awhile of searching, she found his office and figured that was as
good a place to start as anything.

    Quatre awoke needing a drink of water.  He got up with a grunt and
stumbled towards the stairs.  Upon stumbling he passed his office and heard
typing.  Not knowing what it was, he opened the door.
    What greeted him was Loryn sitting at his desk typing furiously  on his
computer.
    "Loryn, what are you doing?" He asked her.
    Startled she looked up, then sighed a sigh of relief upon recognizing
him. "It's only you Quatre." She said and continued her typing.
    Quatre stood there for a moment and admired her. The computer light gave
off a soft glow, making her face look almost porcelain.  She had her hair
down and it, too, shone with the dim light. Her blue eyes burned with an
inner beauty that the war had taken away from most.  Quatre noticed the way
she would pause and think for a sec., then when the idea came to her, finish
typing.  This made him wonder what she was doing.
    So, curiosity getting the best of him, he walked over behind her and
looked over her shoulder to watch her type.  Words were flying across the
screen.
    "What are you typing?" He whispered in her ear.
    This caused her to jump a little.  She turned around to face him, there
faces inches apart.
    "Oh, just doing some research on our alien friends." she whispered back.
    "Oh, find anything interesting?"
    "Yes, acually.  I found out they have mainly small ships.  But the fire
power on them are incredible.  Their technology is way past our time, and
they are highly intelligent.  It's gonna be a toughfy."
    "Well, that just makes it all the more fun for us." Quatre smiled evilly
and moved so his nose was touching her's. "Right?"
    Loryn turned back around to the computer.  She typed a few more things
and a screen appeared showing information and a pic of some creature.
    "Those our aliens?" Quatre asked.
    "No, but it would be simpler if they were. These are like the pets of the
aliens.  They have incredible smell and keen sense of hearing."
    Quatre looked at the picture and got a sudden fear.  The creature had the
body  somewhat like that of a human, but it head had two huge eyes on the
side of it and large fangs grew in it's mouth.
    "Don't  tell me, they  eat flesh?"  Quatre worried.
    "Yes.  And they are all over the ships."
    The room was quiet.  Quatre had a bad feeling that not everyone would
come out alive.  He looked over at Loryn and saw the worry  evident on her
face.
    "Thinking the same thing?" He asked her.
    "Quatre, I don't want to do this anymore." She pleaded.
    "I know. I'm scared too. But we have too."
    Loryn hung her head and Quatre could see tears forming in her eyes.  He
kneeled down beside the chair she was in and took her hand.
    "Loryn, you don't need to worry about dying.  I promise you that I will
protect you and everyone with my life. Understand?"
    Loryn looked down at him, more tears coming to her eyes.  She dropped out
of the chair into Quatre's arms.  "But Quatre, no one has been able to defeat
them yet! What kind of a chance do you think we have?" She half yelled half
sobbed into his shirt.
    Quatre let her cry her frustration and fear out onto his shirt.  When he
felt her sobs die down he lifted her chin in his hands.
    "Loryn, I promise you, none of us will die."
    "But how do you know that?" She yelled at him.
    "I don't." He moved his lips till they were centimeters apart. "But I do
know that I won't let anything happen to you."
    He gave her lips a soft kiss and stood up.  "Don't let it bother you.
Let's just go back to bed." He helped her up and guided her to the door.
Making sure the computer was off before he shut the door.
    "Quatre?"
    "Yes?"
    "Please don't tell the others. I don't want them worried."
    "I promise."
    "Quatre?"
    "Yes Loryn?"
    "Can I sleep with you?"
    "As long as you need."
    "Thank you."

    The next morning Trowa woke up to loud screaming. Sighing, Trowa got up
and peeked out his door.
    "DUO MAXWELL! GET YOUR SORRY EXCUSE FOR A BUTT BACK IN THIS KITCHEN
NOW!!!" He heard Savannah yell.
    "NO!" Duo answered her.
    Loud crashing and a painful thump were heard.  Trowa groaned, knowing Duo
would complain about his injuries.
    He heard giggling from across the hall and looked over to find Quatre
standing with Loryn next to him in the door frame of his room.
    "Hello Trowa! Good morning." Loryn said cheerfully.
    "Not so good for Duo."
    All of them laughed.
    "What are you doing in Quatre's room?" he asked Loryn.
    "Oh, I had a bad dream and Quatre's was the only  door open." She
answered him like it was all true.
    "Ok, well then let's head down to breakfast." Trowa said. He really
didn't believe her, but it was none of  his  business what his best friend
did at night, so he dropped it.
    Downstairs Trowa, Quatre, and Loryn were greeted with a buffet of food.
    "Oh my goodness!" Quatre exclaimed. "Who did all this?"
    Savannah walked in from the kitchen holding a plate full of biscuits.
    "Glad you like it!" she beamed.

    After breakfast, the gang settled around the TV for Saturday  morning
cartoons. Or rather Savannah, Duo and Trowa did.  Quatre and Loryn stayed in
the kitchen to clean up.
    "Are you O.K.?" Quatre asked her.
    "Yeah, I'm fine." she said, wiping her forehead with the back of  a
gloved hand.
    "You know you are welcome to come to me anytime you need it?"
    "Thank you Quatre. I will."
    Silence woke in the kitchen.
    "Guys," Duo broke it, "I think you need to come see this!"
    Both teens dropped what they were doing and ran to the living room.  On
the Tv was a pic of the exact same creature Loryn and Quatre saw last night.
    "Oh my god," Loryn whispered, "They're here!"
    "Who are?" Trowa inquired.
    "Our aliens." Savannah told him.
    "They don't look so smart." Duo tried to cheer everyone up.
    "Hundreds of reports all around the world are saying that these strange
creatures are showing up and killing almost everyone in their path.  Take all
precautions to them. More later. And now for the weather." The reporter said.
    "I thought we had more time!" Loryn  frantically  said. "I'm... we're not
ready!"
    Quatre could tell that Loryn was on the break of tears. 'She really is
scared of them.' Quatre thought.  He hugged Loryn to him and looked at the
others.
    "We have to find the others fast." Savannah said.
    Loryn pulled away  from Quatre. "We don't have enough time. We just have
to go as we are, and hope the others come soon."
    "How about you, Quatre, Savannah, and Trowa all head out there, and I can
get the others." Duo offered.
    "Thank you. But please hurry." Savannah thanked him.
    Duo ran out the door and a few minutes later, the sound of a Gundam
taking off could be heard.
    "Are you ready Loryn?" Quatre whispered to her.
    She wiped off the remaining tears and nodded. "I have to do this."
    "Let's hope he finds them." Trowa said.