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"Baby Series 2"Written By: Karina
Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the
Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Wu Fei Notes: Challenge 50. Baby Series 2 #137. Takes
place approximately 12 hours after His Ideal.
In Stasis * “You should join us in the kitchen for tea and hot chocolate…” * Chang considered the mat where night after night he had found himself meditating on his life, making decisions after hours seated in the dark and cold of winter or the warm and sultry nights of summer. It was a well-travelled meditation mat, he mused, originating on a colony now so much debris floating in space. He had brought it with him when he had come to Earth at the whims of old men who had, in the end, betrayed him by depriving him of all he held familiar. How many times had he found his life reborn? How often in the future must he find himself facing a new beginning? Nothing in life remained static. He was not ready to crumble into a defeated quivering mass and he was determined to rise above this depression. Change was not always bad nor was it always good. Change usually fell short of expectations but reacting to it shaped the destiny of everyone in the ESUN. He was tired of being alone with his thoughts. An invitation had been made in the cold light of a winter’s morning and he was of a mind to accept it in the colder darkness of the night. //They may be sleeping tonight, though.// He would not know if he did not leave his room and seek them out. On silent feet he slipped from his room, wrapped in a thick robe to ward off the chill. The palace was air-conditioned but at night the temperature was turned down to save on energy costs. In the early hours of the morning the temperature would be reset to more comfortable levels. In this northern climate they were very conscious of the cost involved in heating their homes. //The new power station Milliardo has designed will improve Sancian living conditions considerably. Their power stations were destroyed in the war and the Alliance maintained control by limiting resources to the region. There are barely sufficient power stations to maintain the city and current industry. It is very expensive to import power through the European grid to increase the industrial output of the country. Sanc is in stasis. I understand why he designed the station but I worry the Council of Representatives will frown on Sanc controlling such a valuable resource.// Under Milliardo’s design Sanc would flourish. It would take many years but already the signs of improvement could be seen. If it continued the people would forgive him his past for easing their misery. Many in the ESUN would be watching Sanc’s progress under Milliardo Peacecraft’s guidance and Wu Fei did not doubt many of those observers would not like what they observed. He ghosted through the darkened halls, nodded briefly to the security patrol and found his way to the kitchens. Already convinced the King and Duo would be asleep in their beds he pushed open the door. “Tea or Hot Chocolate?” End
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