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	Gundam Wing, Blind Target: Part 4
	[Flashback to a colony where Heero is walking along the street, presumably on his way to or out from school when the Men in Black stop him.] Man #1: You're the gundam pilot, Heero Yui? Heero: .... You've got the wrong person. Man #1: Please hand over the gundam to us, of course we'll pay. [Heero tries to brush past them] Man #1: We'll pay as much as you want. Heero: I have no idea what you're talking about. Man #1: Wait! It's not just the gundam we need, but you as well! For a new battle! Heero (continuing along his way): .... Duo(?): A new... battle eh? Heero: That's what the one who contacted me said. However, gundams shouldn't necessary in the peace that the Earth Sphere is approaching. Duo: And they want 'em. In other words, they don't want peace. Quatre: ...... Quatre: Heero, tell us. Who are they? Heero: There are many groups that aren't agreeable to a United Terrestrial Federation. One of them being- Heero: The remnants of the White Fang. Relena: ....! [In Relena's mind, Zechs, her brother comes to mind. Meanwhile, in a control room in the abandoned colony, Chris is destroying the sensors.] Chris: ..... [A shuttle approaches the colony, inside is Ralph and his men. Ralph notices the same thing Chris did about this particular colony.] Ralph: This colony.... [Cut back to the colony. Quatre and Trowa are manually locking down corridors. Trowa: Quatre? Quatre: Ah? What is is Trowa? Trowa: Hit the switch please, I'm sealing this door. [Quatre makes an affirmitive sound.] Trowa: All we have to do now is lure the enemy down this route.... Trowa: Something's bothering you? Quatre: Ah.. yes... Quatre: What if it was because of me... that the colony representatives became entangled.. Trowa: Our targets haven't forgotten the oppression in the history of the colonies. Trowa: They very much hate the earth. Quatre: Maybe they thought I was a traitor, becoming a puppet of the Federation. Trowa: But you believe that you're doing this for the sake of the Earth and the colonies right? [Quatre looks shocked.] Trowa: You should teach the others to see that option. Quatre: You're right... Trowa: Let's hurry. There's not much time. Quatre: Duo? How is it over there? Duo: Not good. Can't use the radar. Duo (pounding the console): The enemy's so close too! Wufei: Just as I wondered what you were doing.... you're lacking in alertness! Duo (Shock): ! Wufei (leaning against the entryway, arms folded): The enemy's already at the outer hatch. Duo: Yo, Wufei. You're late, almost thought they'd gotten you. Duo: But, if you're going to join in, it's going to be one big welcoming committee. [Cut to Heero and Relena] Heero: You'll be safe here. It looks like the pursuit force has already broken in... Relena: But you have to come back alive. Do you plan to fight them? Heero: That was the plan all along. After your safety's been guaranteed, we can destroy the forces, however... Relena: Heero? Heero: No matter what happens, don't come out. This is the safest spot. Relena: Ah! Wait, Chris... Heero: She has other things to do. Relena: Heero! Cut to Chris. Chris: I've cut the radar, they don't know you've gotten in. Ralph: Are you all right, Chris? They don't suspect you? Chris: I'm just Vice Foreign Minister Darlian's secretary. Ralph: True but... but for them to come to this colony... Chris: Yeah... Chris: Be careful Ralph. I'll look for the gundams. Ralph: Yea, don't do anything rash either... [The White Fang forces spread out.] Ralph: A-Team go left! B-Team, you're with me. We're taking the right corridor! Stay alert! Ralph and his team. WF #1: Ralph? Ralph: It's too quiet. Ralph: There's been a change of plans, let's regroup back at the transport. WF #1: The hatch! [The hatch is closing.] Ralph: ! [Ralph dashes and skids through just before it shuts. He looks up to stare into the barrel of a gun.] Ralph: A trick? So what do you plan to do with us? Trowa: Nothing. Just don't bother us for a little while.... Ralph: What do the gundam pilots intend, gathered like this? Are the gundams here? Quatre: Why do you want the gundams? They're not needed anymore. Ralph (stunned): Quatre Raberba Winner.... to see you still alive after that blast.... Ralph: Are gundam pilots immortal? Quatre: So the bomb was you! Why! Ralph: You've betrayed the colonies! The Winner family plans to sell out the colonies to the Federation, right? Quatre: I.... Quatre (with resolve): I.... Quatre: If you hate me so, you should have targetted me alone! Involving innocent people.... Do you say that's doing the right thing! Ralph: ..... [Trowa rests a hand on Quatre's shoulder.] Quatre: ..... Trowa: Ralph, you're coming with us. [Chris wanders down a hallway following a sensor.] Chris: Here... There's an energy readout. [She reaches for the keypad but senses someone is around. Heero.] Chris: Ah.... Heero: Unless you input the code, the door won't open. Chris: Ah...um.... I seem to have gotten lost. I'll return to where Relena is... Heero: Relena's been evacuated to someplace safe. You're not going anywhere near her. Chris: Huh? Heero: You want to look in here don't you? [He opens the door] Heero: Look all you want. Chris (realising she's been found out): ....! Duo: Heero managed to get in contact woth you too? Wufei: I can't ignore something that has to do with Nataku. Wufei: But I hardly expected to be working with you all. Duo: It's not as if we wanted to meet like this. It's not like we're needed in this day and age. Wufei: Can you be so certain? Duo: Wufei? Wufei: The universe, as usual, is shrouded in an air of uncertainty. Duo: Every age has the potential for war. But I'm hoping that the desire for peace will win out this time. Wufei: Even when you see these leftover White Fangs? Duo: That's the point... I don't think it's just colonial idealists runnning around. [Footfall is heard.] Duo: Oho... Duo: You know the plan? Wufei: Just who do you think you're asking? Duo: Right, I'm counting on you, partner! [The two leap into action] Chris: It can't... it's empty... Heero: There are no gundam units here. The Wing ZERO was but not anymore. Heero: There are many decoys like this. Heero: We won't hand them over to the White Fang. Chris: So... you knew everything... Heero: Have more care when making your transmissions. Chris: You're going to kill me? Chris: If you're going to do it, do it! I'm prepared to throw away my life for the sake of the colonies! [Heero just stares at her.] Heero: If Relena lost her secretary she'd be upset. We have business. Chris: I'm not talking! [Heero walking out.] Heero: I can get the information. Chris: Then why let me live? Heero: The fightings over. Chris: .... Cut to Ralph tied. Transmission: The Earth Federation, regarding the kidnapped Vice Foreign Minister Dorian, an investigation is being conducted in regard to the involvement of the colonies... Duo: Everyone's in a buzz over the explosion. We should return her quickly. Trowa: Dorian Vice Foreign Minister is very important prop for the United Earth Sphere. If she were to disappear, they could never avoid the chaos. Heero: But we can't return her just yet. Duo: What? So she was one of them too? Chris: Ralph! Ralph: Chris Chris: I'm sorry, my transmission was compromised. Ralph: No... my plan failed. Ralph: What are you going to do with us? Duo: When we're done with your friends, we'd like you to take charge of them. Ralph: What are you trying to do? Duo: We're interrupting the communication line for your shuttle. Ralph: Fools! It's locked! It's not so easy- [Duo presses a button. Console reads: System: All Green] [Ralph is shocked.] Duo: Game's up! Heero: Look for the base's specifics and a record of all transmissions. Duo: What are you hoping to accomplish? Trowa: Probably the mastermind behind the White Fang. Chris: What are you talking about? Trowa: Although the White Fangs motives may be pure, wether it's in accord with those orchestrating it, we can't say. Chris: But we're all doing this for the colonies! Heero: Then why do you want the gundams? Chris: The Gundams are a symbol of defiance that we intend to gather the hearts of everyone to fight under! Heero: Who said such a thing? Chris: That's.... Ralph: Chris! Heero: Do you believe that? [Chris is taken aback] Heero: Do you think it's right to kill Relena? Ralph: Chris! Trowa: Ralph, you have the right to know the truth. Ralph: The truth? [Quatre is wandering down a hallway and finds Wufei staring out an observation port.] Quatre: Wufei... Why are you here...? Wufei: I was just thinking. Quatre: Me too. Quatre: Wow, you can see space from here. Quatre: It's so mysterious behind this piece of glass, is a world that living beings can't inhabit? Yet... it seems so gentle to me. Wufei: It's because you were born and raised in space. Quatre: Why do people hate? Wufei: Because they're weak. Quatre: I am too...I can't forgive what the White Fang did. Wufei: That's not true! You were chosen by the Gundams Quatre: Wufei? Wufei: You have to be strong. Because it is just. Quatre: ...... [Wufei turns to walk away.] [The others continue to work feverishly while Relena enters.] Heero: Relena... Duo: Heya, welcome! Sorry it's standing room and there's no refreshments but you should be seeing something really nifty soon. Heero: ..... Relena: I'm sorry... I really must speak to Chris. Chris: Relena-sama.... Relena: Chris-san... even though I know now who you are, I cannot hate you. Chris: Relena, I- Ralph: Relena Dorian! You're constantly spouting peace, but is the peace you speak of not in the Earth's favour? Relena: True, I might not understand the loneliness and sadness that colonists feel... Relena: However, but that is why I wish to understand, and I want the colonies to know the Earth. Relena: I'm putting all my effort into bridging that understanding. Duo: Done. An image comes up. Duo: So that's the leader of the White Fang. Trowa: Sogran was involved with the white fangs in the previous battle as well. He disappeared during the Libra drop. Heero: Addressed to that Sogran is a large sum of money from a corporation on earth. Ralph & Chris: ?! Heero: The Century Discover firm. It was involved in Mobile Suit production development under the Romefeller Conglomerate. In other words, a man who deals with death. That's why he wants the Gundams. With them, he can create more powerful Mobile Suits. Trowa: With that, he can wage a new war. Chris: That's.... Ralph: Ridiculous! CD Chief: The plan is progressing smoothly. Earth is blaming the diplomats for the disappearance of Vice Foreign Minister Dorian. Sogran: They doubt the colony's sincerity? CD Chief: We made it look that way. If the negotiations break down this way, chaos will ensue. Sogran: That's when the White Fang will rise up in arms. Without the head of the Winner family and those busybodies, no one will be able to stop us. CD Chief: About that.... is the matter regarding the vice foreign minister Dorian and those gundam pilots all right? Sogran: Leave it to us, and you concentrate on running your business. CD Chief: Don't waste all that money. I'm going to the conference as an observer. I'll be looking forward to seeing those Gundams in the factory. Sogran: .... Petty bastard that can't think beyond turning misery into profit.... WF #2: Commander Sogran, Unit 2 is about to reach its target. Sogran: There's no time. Hurry up and move in. WF #2: Rodger [In a holding cell. Trowa enters] Ralph: What do you want? Have you come to laugh at me? What a bad joke. 'Peace, Independence, Freedom' I swallowed all his preachings! I was fooled! Ralph: I... for what reason have I been fighting?! Trowa: I might have been jealous of you. Ralph: Trowa? Trowa: You had enemies you hated, and important people you wanted to protect. But I didn't have anything... [Flashback to Ralph laughing with comrades as Trowa picks his way through the rubble.] Ralph: I thought you were an unwavering perfect soldier. Trowa: As a weapon for war, yes. Now, I think that it was a sad way for a person to live. Ralph: You've changed Trowa... Trowa: I can never regain my past but I can make my future. Ralph, you still have something you want to protect right? Ralph: Something to protect.... Ralph (thinking): Chris.... Quatre: What did you want to talk about, Heero? Quatre: This is the monitor room... Heero: Not with me.. [On the monitor is Relena and Chris.] Chris: Relena-sama... you truly think that Earth and the colonies can coexist? Relena: I firmly believe it. Quatre: This... Chris (looking outside): To come here again.... Relena: Chris, you were born on this colony, correct? Chris: Yes. Chris: Ralph and I were raised here, it was a day without worries.... [Flashback to mobilesuits attacking.] Chris: But it suddenly disappeared. I might have been young but I remember it well... Young Chris: Father.... Mother.... [A Leo aims it's gun at her as a young Ralph grabs her arm.] Ralph: Run Chris! Chris: Ralph! Chris: That loneliness... that pain... it had nowhere to bo but towards earth... Relena: It's so sad.... Chris: Relena... [Relena takes Chris's hands.] Relena: So that such sadness is never repeated...I must ask this of you Chris... so that the people of Earth and the colonies can live in peace... please lend me your strength. Chris: Will I be able to do this? Relena: Having known sadness, you can be more compassionate. Quatre: She... Relena's very strong... Heero: I can't compare to her. Quatre: I'd forgotten something important. It takes great courage to forgive... Heero: ..... [Buzzer sounds.] Quatre: Heero?! Heero: Pursuit! Quatre: It appears to be a mobile suit unit. We're surrounded. Ralph: It's the White Fang. They must have thought I failed and dispatched a new unit. Duo: We don't have our gundams... Wufei: ..... Relena: Heero, what are you doing? Heero: I'm blowing up this colony. WFMS1: Target sighted, beginning operation Speaker: Wait! There's a energy signal from the colony! It's growing! WFMS1: What? [Nice pretty explosion] CD Chief: What's the meaning of this Sogran! The colony self- destructed?! Sogran: It means we weren't able to predict the Gundam Pilot's actions. CD Chief: I pay so much money and you can't even get the gundams! Sogran: What about the conference? CD Chief: It's... about to begin. Sogran: Devote yourself to creating as much wind and waves between the colonies and earth. You just want to return a war-torn state right? Leave the rest to me. CD Chief: ... allright. I won't forget those words! Sogran: ...... Diplomat 1: So you mean to say that the Colonies had nothing to do with Vice Foreign Minister Dorian's disappearance? Diplomat 2: I didn't mean to say that, it's just... CD Chief: Do you mean it'd be bad if they knew the truth? Diplomat 2: What to you mean by that? CD Chief: Excuse me. However, it is a common opinion Earth that the Colonies hold a negative view of the Earth. Diplomat 2: .... Relena: Everyone, please be quiet. Diplomat 2: Vice Foreign Minister Dorian! Relena: I'm sorry to have caused so much worry for everyone. As you can see, I'm safe. I will explain this situation, therefore there is no reason for the earth and the colonies to be opposing each other in this. [CD Chief tries to leave.] Quatre: Where are you going, Century Discover President? CD Chief: Quatre Raberba Winner! Quatre: You seem surprised, did you think I was dead? CD Chief: ..... [On the lunar colony] Duo: I see.... I suppose that it shouldn't be odd that a company under the Romefeller Conglomerate should have a factory on the moon. But we can't have them building Mobile Suits now, can we.... Wufei: It means we must eliminate the tricky bastard that intends to start an unjust war...? Duo: Wufei? Wufei: Blow this place up, of course. Duo: Alright allright, not like we'd want to have counterfeit gundams made here. Man, our affinity with the moon sucks. Wufei: If you don't want to die, shut up.... Duo: ..... Newscaster: In regard to the fire on the lunar factory, it has been revealed to be an weapons manufacturing plant. The president of Century Discover has been physically taken into custody..... Sogran: Deviating from plans cause such inconveniences. Ralph: And what plans would those be, commander Sogran? Sogran (shock): Ralph! You're alive! Ralph: Why did you gather the White Fang? For money? Sogran (pulling a gun): I see, so I've been found out. [His gun is shot out from his hand. Heero and Trowa.] Trowa: That's enough, don't betray Ralph and the others any more. Sogran: You! Sogran: I see.... You gundam pilots are good. How about it, won't you join me? With the gundams, we can make conquering the Earth Sphere a reality. Sogran: We can do what Trieze and Milliard Peacecraft weren't able to! Sogran: For that I used the scum arms merchant, and encouraged those stupid idealists to get involved! Ralph: You...! Sogran: There will be peace on the colonies... under /my/ rule. [Ralph tries to pull a gun on Sogran. Trowa stops him.] Trowa: Stop it, there's no need to soil your hands in this. Ralph: .....! [They turn to leave.] Sogran: Wait! Do you think you'll leave here alive? Heero: You should worry for yourself. Sogran: What? [Heero drops a microphone.] Heero: This conversation's been broadcast throughout the base. I don't think the White Fang will praise you for your ideal future. Sogran: ....! [Sogran collapses to his knees.] At a shuttle. Chris: Take care, Relena-sama, perhaps we'll meet again. Relena: Yes, for certain! A.C. 196... with the scars of the war still present, the Earth Sphere made the first steps towards peace. --- to be continued --- Translation by Julie.