One character- Sally Po: 9- Faith, 1- Memory and 12 "It is not enough to do good, one must do it the
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fractured_sun Apr. 12th, 2008 10:51 pm)one_characterPrompt: 9 Faith
Title: A lost friend
Rating: PG
Words: 1003
Pairings: implied onesided Sx5
Warnings: Only makes sense if you have watched Endless Waltz
Spoilers: Spoilers for Endless Waltz
Disclaimer: The only thing I own is a copy of the series.
Beta: none
A/N: This is basically Endless Waltz from Sally's perspective, there are a number of unexplained events as they do not occur whilst Sally is watching.
Tracking rumours of neo-titanium had Sally sitting in a shuttle alone on Christmas eve AC196, exactly one year from the end of the war. She brought the Preventer shuttle alongside the asteroid to run her scans. She found herself filled with a strange mixture of worry and anticipation as she analysed the data. Someone was manufacturing mobile suits again. A call placed to Noin had the pair agreeing to rendezvous half way to L3 X-18999, where all of Noin’s information suggested the suits were being sent. This was the first real indication that the Barton uprising was any more serious than any of the other situations they had dealt with. Nobody had been expecting it and the underfunded Preventers had been caught unaware and ill prepared. A phone call Une received from Trowa Barton had both terrified and relieved all concerned as he had informed them that he was infiltrating the foundation to prevent them from triggering another war.
X-18999 had proved to be both ready and waiting for Preventer interference before their shuttle had arrived and Sally and Noin had been preparing to make a run under fire for the colony when an unidentified shuttle had appeared on the screen. Making her way in the Alliance Military and then leading a rebel group had taught Sally self reliance and independence and yet somehow her heart had soared and her nerves had calmed at hearing Duo’s familiar voice come across the radio telling her that he and Heero were there. Although Sally had learnt to be self sufficient she had also learnt to believe in and trust the skills of five gundam pilots, it had become an article of unshakable faith that they would prevail.
After a short discussion Sally and Noin had decided to distract the circling mobile suits to allow the pilots access to the colony, and then follow the suits on their dash to Earth. With a sinking feeling in her stomach Sally realised that the suits they had been following were decoys and begun frantically contacting Earth.
Sally stole a glance at her partner as she cut the connection to Preventer Wind formerly known as Zech’s Marquise, Noin seemed remarkably unsurprised to see him alive confirming her suspicions that they had been in touch. It had been on the tip of her tongue to start teasing when another call from Duo, Heero and Trowa on X-18999 had come in. Sally had listened in dismay as the boys told her of the plan to drop the colony on the Earth and Wufei’s part in the uprising, only partly relieved by the news that the colony was not going to fall after all.
After a hasty agreement, Noin made for Earth to fight alongside the recovered Zechs and Sally was left to return to X-18999 to recover the civilian hostages. Slipping into the colony following the disruption the pilots had caused had been relatively simple, she had acquired a uniform and roamed the halls armed with canisters of sleeping gas. The canisters had seemed unnaturally loud as they bounced across the corridor, Sally had a brief moment of doubt as she waited for the soldiers to start falling thinking on the nightmare that failure of the gas could mean. It felt as if her heart restarted as the first soldier folded to the ground quickly followed by others and Sally was able to slip between them and make her way to the hostages. Sally sighed in relief removing her mask as she reached the hostages, her part in this battle may not have been as glamorous as piloting a mobile suit but she had saved lives and protected innocent people. Satisfied she ran to the shuttle Trowa held waiting dodging soldiers as she made her way, grinning in relief as she discovered not only Trowa but also Duo awaiting her arrival.
Sally had stayed with the pilots as they rejoined their Gundams and Quatre and sat in her shuttle watching as they shot off towards the Earth, determined to fight again for peace. Watching the three boys leave she leant back heavily in her seat, adrenaline wearing off allowing her to take stock of the last 24 hours. She had been shocked to discover Wufei’s part in the uprising, there had been several moments of numbing disbelief followed by an automatic rejection. Infiltrating the base to rescue Mariemaia’s hostages and joining Trowa and Duo had calmed her and left her resolute but a part of her wondered if this was how Noin had felt when she discovered Zech’s plan to destroy the Earth. She sighed and set her own course towards Earth, whatever the outcome of the furious battle raging doctors would be needed to help in the aftermath.
She had watched as Gundam pilot met Gundam pilot and heard the confused and agonised conversation between Heero and Wufei as they faced each other in battle. Her breath had caught and her heart restarted as Wing Zero had re-emerged from beneath the waves and brought the rebellion to its knees. She had watched as Wufei had stopped his anguished fighting and had instead stood over and protected the civilians as they marched and demanded peace. She had been there at the end to deliver Heero Yuy and Mariemaia into separate ambulances and help with the clear up and removal of bodies.
It had also been Sally who finally found Wufei again and watched as he had come back to himself, as he had awoken from the nightmare he had been living to discover he had nearly thrown the world back into chaos. She was there when he pressed the button sending his Gundam into oblivion, and it was her who had offered him a place to go and a job to do. She would be there as he charted a new way across the world finding his way again because of all the things she had faith in there was one thing she believed in most of all.
Prompt: 1 Memory
Title: Decisions.
Rating: PG
Words: 792
Pairings: 5+S
Warnings: Introspective
Spoilers: Spoilers for the entire series
Disclaimer: The only thing I own is a copy of the series.
Beta: none
A/N: At the end of Endless Waltz Sally looks back on how the pilots have changed her life.
Sally smiled as she looked over fondly at the young man in the passenger seat briefly, asleep Wufei looked younger and almost vulnerable, the tension and battle readiness was missing from his shoulders and his face was relaxed and clear of the scowl that so often adorned it. In fact asleep Wufei looked like any average teenager, even though awake Wufei was one of the five deadliest people alive. Sally sighed softly returning her eyes to the empty road, so many people’s lives had been altered by the Gundam Pilots, after they ripped the Earth sphere out of the path it was following and created a brave new world. Most people considered them a breed apart something untouchable and invincible, she felt strangely privileged to be one of the few to really know them, to understand that they were in fact human.
Sally had always been tough, joining the alliance military had allowed her the training to follow her dream of helping people as a doctor. It had been hard sometimes to balance her responsibilities as an Alliance officer and her duty as a doctor, but Sally had always believed in following her principles and had over the years learnt to stand up and do what she felt she must. She had been horrified when she received orders to release biological agents against the population of L5. One of the most crucial decisions of her life had been the refusal to carry out that order, something that she was always grateful she had had the strength to do. It was a decision which allowed her to face herself in the mirror every morning knowing that she did the right thing. Refusing that order and falsify her report to state that the people of L5 had been killed had been something she had never regretted even for a moment, she knew that even if she had been discovered, court martialled and executed for the decision she still would not have regretted it. It amused her to think that even back then her life was linked to the gundam pilots. She had managed to drag enough information out of Wufei to discover he had been there, one day she would tell him that she had been too so that they could both lay their ghosts to rest.
It had been both as a doctor and as a soldier that she had met Heero Yuy, the first gundam pilot she came face to face with. He had arrived unconscious in an ambulance strapped to a gurney and left through a hole Duo Maxwell had blasted through the wall. Heero had not been in her care for even a day and yet he had left a lasting impression, completely tearing her from the safe path her life had been heading down and throwing her into the centre of a civil war. When Oz had staged their coup Sally had bet her life on the skills of the Gundam Pilots standing next to a potential nuclear explosion calm in the knowledge that Heero would stop the bomb.
Yet despite all this it was Wufei not Heero who she thought of when she heard the term Gundam pilot, Wufei who had been so strong and yet so lost when they met as she fought for her county’s freedom. Seeing the fierce but confused boy she had made it her mission to heal the confused heart of a warrior who had lost the will to fight. Sally had been ready to die for her country and had been prepared to throw her life away to bring Chang Wufei back to himself, until the boy had turned round and fought for her calling her weak and foolish all the while. Sally smiled at the memory of the lost 15 year old boy finding his will and returning to life and the battle field.
Searching for the Gundams and meeting Noin had been another turning point in her life, a realisation of the existence of a growing network of people working towards the same goal of peace, standing behind the Gundams providing a firm foundation of support. It had been that which had drawn her to Peacemillion to take her place during the final battle, collecting pilots and suits, proud in her role as part of the all important support staff that were so crucial but so easy to overlook in the mass of gundam battles.
Now she and her fellow Preventers dedicated their lives to protecting the peace so many had given their lives and souls for. Preventers had provided her with a purpose and a place, and looking now at the young man sleeping beside her she realised that perhaps it could give the same to him too.
Prompt: 12 "It is not enough to do good, one must do it the right way."
Title: Consequences
Rating: G
Words: 378
Pairings: None
Warnings: None
Spoilers: Spoilers for the entire series
Disclaimer: The only thing I own is a copy of the series.
Beta: none
A/N: At the end of Endless Waltz, the preventers have to decide how to deal with Wufei.
"Maybe we can argue that as they are minors they are not responsible for their actions." Noin suggested
"That may work for Mariemaia, but Wufei is 16 not 6 and nobody is going to accept the idea of a Gundam pilot being manipulated by adults." Une rubbed her temples sighing in irritation "If you tried to suggest that to Wufei he would only argue, this would be so much easier if he would agree to play dead like Zechs, or just disappeared like Heero."
"He won't though, he believes far too strongly in honour and responsibility to agree to hide from the consequences of his actions." Sally pointed out in fond exasperation "What exactly are the legal consequences?"
"That will be decided at the meeting tomorrow, fortunately Relena Peacecraft-Darlian is willing to speak up for them as well, but there will be people there pushing for the strictest sentencing. High treason used to carry the death penalty." There was silence following Une's less than hopeful statement
"I can't see Relena agreeing to that whatever happens." Noin pointed out "Has Wufei said anything about what he thinks should happen?"
"No, only that he is willing to face whatever penalty the government chooses to give out, idiot boy." Sally sat wearily in her seat "He would make a good Preventer if we could arrange it Lady."
Une looked up sharply "He would be willing to work here?" Sally nodded "Full time?"
"Yes, protecting the peace is something he believes in strongly."
Une smiled predatorily "Well in that case I think we have a solution, the council will agree to pardon him if they release him into the custody of a preventers agent. As Noin has decided that she wants to make the journey to Mars with Zechs you will need a new partner Sally. You have proven yourself quite a capable babysitter and tidier for the other pilots I'm sure you will be able to handle Chang as well."
Sally groaned contemplating the increase in paperwork and the need for diplomatic shielding of the public from overzealous gundam pilots but she nodded in agreement. Wufei would no doubt argue and complain about weak women and alienate half of the preventer personnel within a week but she could handle another pilot.
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It has to be a pretty major thing though to see someone that important to you, fighting against something that you'd risk your life for, to see them so terribly confused and lashing out at the whole world. I suppose that's like most teenagers but normal teenagers don't have Gundam's to wreak havoc with.
Wufei is definitely headstrong and stubborn and pigheaded and so very driven by the idea of responsibility and justice I just don't see him doing anything else (unless he had a personality transplant or something).
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