One character- Sally Po: 9- Faith, 1- Memory and 12 "It is not enough to do good, one must do it the
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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