Far From Home

On top of hill, a castle sits, rain pouring down all around it. In side that castle a guard, soaked from head to toe, stands in front of large oak door. After a flash of lighting and a big clap of thunder, He slowly enters. “Sir, the witches have finally arrived.” says a saluting guard.

From a large throne like chair in the corner, a young kind says, “Good, bring them in and have them get started right away.”

“Yes Sir.” The guard then quickly leaves the room.


~~~Chapter One: 5 Tickets to Paradise.


The Year is after Colony 198, the five ex-gundam pilots have taken up Lady Une’s offer for the Preventers. Since the raise of Mariemaia the world and space have been as peace. All mobile suit factories have been closed down and the suits disassembled. What problems cannot be settled over a nice lunch out on the green lawn, has been settled at the diplomatic table at the monthly meeting of all country and colony representatives.

“Duo, do have that report done yet?” Asks Heero.

“Chill out Heero, Une said she didn’t want it till 1500.” Responds Duo, spinning around in his office chair. His braid soaring around him.

“Duo, she said she wanted it BY, 1500.”

Duo stops his chair suddenly and stares at Heero blankly, then he opens his mouth, “There’s a difference?”
Heero shoots Duo a look.

Duo pushes his chair back slowly, “Calm down Heero, your giving me the hebe gebe’s……and I don’t even know what hebe gebe’s are. Besides, I gave it to her this morning.” Duo then proceeds to spin around in his chair again.

“Since when have you started turning things in early?” questions Heero.

“Since I decided I wanted to go on a vacation.” Duo stops to see the look on Heero’s face. Seeing a blanker look than usual, Duo adds, “Relax, I won 5 tickets to Hawaii. Figured I’d take you and Trowa, Qat, and Wuffei.”
Heero is about to open his mouth when Duo quickly adds, “Relax, Une has already approved of all of us leaving and get this, paid leave…I don’t know why. Granted Une has been trying to get us to take a day off for a few years now and I think she even rigged that sweepstakes but still. HAWAII! Oh yeah ummm……our flight kinda leaves tonight, so…..ummmm Une kinda gave us the afternoon off.”

Heero shoots Duo another nasty look, “Duo it’s 1430, why didn’t you tell me earlier? I thought you never lied.”

“Heero, Heero, Heero. I didn’t lie to you, I just withheld information from you, and that isn’t lying.”
Heero typed a few things into his computer and his screen went blank. “Well then, I better go and get packed.”

When Heero got to the airport he saw that Duo was already there, talking to a young blonde in a Hawaiian shirt. “Heero, you made it, I was starting to worry.” Says Quatre.

“Traffic was terrible.” Says Heero glancing at Duo.

“Well looky here, a great gundam pilot almost misses his flight because he couldn’t navigate through a little traffic. Maybe I should teach you how to drive.” Jokes Duo.

“Duo, you’re lucky you’re still alive. I’ve ridden with you in a car, I still have nightmares about it. Come on Trowa is waiting for us at the other end of security already.” Says Quatra.

With a few flashes of their preventer badges and a quick issue about Quatra’s carry-on bag being too big to fit through the x-ray machine, they were soon sitting in the plane. “Trowa, how was the wait? Ummmm…Trowa where is Wufei? I thought I saw him come go through security.” Say Quatra trying to shove his bag into the over head compartment. While trying to shove the bag into the compartment Quatra loses his balance and begins to fall backwards. Duo quickly jumps over to Quatra to help keep the bag up there, however it is in vain. They fall down into the nearby seats, a very heavy bag falling on top of them.

“Damn Quat, what do you have in here? Rocks?”, groans Duo. Quatra is about to open his mouth when Duo continues to speak, “Maybe it might be better to not know. Anyways, be careful where you put that, it might displace the weight of plane.”

Trowa walks over to the bag and with a slight huff, lifts it up and quickly puts it into the over head compartment. “There you go.”, says Trowa smiling. He offers a hand to Quatra and Duo. He pulls them up and then moves to his seat on the plane. Quatra sits down to him, followed by Duo, on the other side of aisle is a lonesome Heero.

“So what did you do to Wuffy?” asks Duo, to Trowa.

Trowa’s face goes back to a neutral stance as he says, “He’s up in the cabin, he says that he’s going to take this chance to watch and improve the airport security.” He lets out a sigh.

Heero leans over and asks Duo, “I thought this was a vacation flight, why is Wufei working?”

Duo answers back, “I don’t know Heero, I think he doesn’t even know what vacation is.” Heero gives a smirk and leans back into his seat.

Suddenly, the small tvs in the back of the chairs turn on. “Hello, and welcome to Earth Airlines. Today’s flight will arrive in Honolulu Hawaii. The current temperature there is 98 degrees, with a warm breeze. To prepare for the flight we ask all of our fliers to have all bags in the above head compartments or completely under the seat in front of you. We will be checking to see if all bags are in the correct position. Please refrain from using all electronics while in take off mode. The captain will let you know when it is safe to use your items. We also ask you to refrain from smoking on the plane. In case of a water landing, your seat cushion can be used as a floatation device. There are also inflatable life preservers in the seat back in front of you. If we lose cabin pressure, oxygen masks will deploy from the ceiling, please attach your own before helping your child’s. Even though the oxygen mask may not inflate oxygen is flowing. Finally the seat belt. To use the seat belt attach the single end into the whole of the other. Thank you all and have a wonderful flight.” The screens go blank and the plane starts to move. After a perfect take off, the Gundam pilots slowly fall asleep one by one.

Just after the half way point two tall men, in brown and red suits look around. They see that most of the passengers are asleep or watching the inflight movie. They walk up to the front of the plane, with very little noise or smoke, they quickly burn through the lock. They then enter the cockpit. Once they are inside they close the door behind them. The young co-pilot looks behind him and gasps. The pilot and Wufei look back. Wufei lunges at them and get hit by a tranquilizer dart. He slumps back into his chair.

“Alert the passengers in any way and you get a dart in the eye.” Says one of the men. Now, you’re going to take us to an island at this location. Says the same man while handing the co-captain a piece of paper.

“I can’t take you there, I don’t even think there is an island there. And even if there is, there isn’t a landing strip. Besides, if we deter our course to much it signals the towers that something is wrong. “
The captain slaps a hand over the co-pilots mouth. The man in the suit looks angry and pulls out his tranquillizer gun again. He shots a dart in both of the pilots necks. “Fine if you can’t do it we will.” The men take over the positions.

An hour later, the plane was near the island. The men looked around and gave each other a pat on the back. “Men we did it. “ As he turns his head back to the window in front of him, a tranquillized body starts moving. With a quiet gasp, the body remembers what had happened to put him into that sudden sleep. The young Chinese man quietly stood up, and with a quick and silent movement, pushes a button. Not just any button, the button that deploys the oxygen masks. He then just as quietly as he got up, lays back down on the floor. Hoping his friends and comrades will take the signal.

The ex-soldiers in the back awake suddenly, when the oxygen masks deploy. The quickly look around, it was still dark outside, and everything looked and sounded normal. Well, besides the people that were awake panicking. With a quick nod to the cockpit from Heero, the others sneak out of their seats and walk towards the front of the plane. A flight attendant walks over to them. They all flash her their preventer badges. They line up on the walls by the cockpit door. Quatre points to the where the hijackers burnt through the lock. Duo leans towards the burnt hole, and after a peek, he puts up two fingers. From the look on Trowa’s face, Duo can guess the other question. He shrugs his shoulders, and stands back by the door. Then from the other side they voices.

“Boss, this red light is blinking. What is it?” Says the man who took over the co-pilot’s seat.

“How long has that been on?” says the boss.

“I just noticed it, so it must of came on recently.”

“You idiot, that means the oxygen masks were deployed. That also means that one of our buddies aren’t really asleep.” He grabs his gun and hands it to the minion. “Hit them again and then get on the intercom, with the voice emulator and tell them, that everything is fine, we just had a minor glitch.”
The minion nods and stands up. He walks over to the bodies propped against the door. He drags the pilot to the middle of the cock pit and shoots him again. He then repeats it with the co-pilot. He grabs Wufei by the shirt, and starts dragging him towards the middle. Wufei’s foot goes flying up and lands square in the minions nose. He lets out a scream, and lets Wufei go. He stumbles back as Wufei leaps up. The door then swings open and the rest of the Gundam pilots squeeze. The boss then pulls, out a pistol, and aims it at the pilots. Trowa, seemingly without movements pulls his badge from his pocket and flings it at the hijacker. It embeds deep into his hand and he drops the gun. The hijackers then look at each other, and put their hands up. Duo and Quatra then jump behind the controls and get the plane back on course. Trowa and Heero, escort the now prisoners to the bathrooms in the front of the plane. Once they put them in, they barricade them inside the bathroom turned prison. Wufei walks back and talks to the stewardesses. After a few gasps and a few questions, they start back to work on the duty.

“Attention Ladies and Gentlemen, due to unforeseen circumstances, we have deterred from our original course slightly. As part of our way of saying sorry, and entertain you for the rest of our trip, we will be giving you free tv and movies. Once again sorry for the inconvenience.” Says Duo over the intercom. He then turns to Quatre and smiles, “Think Une is going to like us when we get back?”

Quatre gives a slight laugh and responds back with, “Just in case she doesn't. Duo, I nominate you to go in first and tell her.”

“Well it could be worse I could of said something like this,” Duo picks up the microphone and continues speaking, “Ladies and Gentlemen, also as part of this apology package. We are giving you complimentary drinks from our wide selection, yes everything from water to the glass of old wine we probably have stuffed away somewhere. Once again, we are sorry for this inconvenience”

Quatre’s jaw drops, “I think I’m going to extend my vacation few more days, maybe I’ll go see Une in the hospital….That is once you tell her and it causes her head explodes.

After many more hours of flying, the plane lands in Hawaii. “Thank you for flying QD airlines, if this is not the original airline you boarded, do not panic, it is only a test. That you, and enjoy your stay in Hawaii, I know I sure will.” Says Duo once again over the intercom. Once everyone has left, they load up their bags. As they get off the plane, airport security as well as, the local police enter the plane. After brief testimonies are give the Ex-Gundam pilots leave the airport.

“Please tell me, we are hailing a taxi and not letting Maxwell drive us to our hotel.” Says Wufei.

“Don’t worry Wruffles, I’m pooped, besides, taxi drivers are people too.” Says Duo slumping down onto the ground. Soon afterwards the taxi pulls up. Heero, Trowa and Wufei load all the bags up into the back of the van.

They then look around and see Duo and Quatre leaning against each other fast asleep. Trowa grabs Quatra up and gently loads him into the back seat, he lays Quatra’s head on his lap, letting him use it as a pillow. Heero loads Duo up in the middle seats, after a slight form of awakeness, Duo leans on Heero’s shoulder and goes back to sleep. Wuffie loads up into the front seat, and they slowly ride to the hotel.