Takeo - Hello, is it me you’re looking for…
WuFei – Tell me how to reach your heart...
Duo – ‘Cause I haven’t got a clue…
Heero – Are you somewhere feeling lonely…
Trowa – Or is someone loving you…
Quatre – Tell me how to reach your heart…
WuFei – ‘Cause I haven’t got a clue…
Duo – But let me start by saying…
Heero – I love you…
Takeo – That was a little excerpt from one of Lionel Richie’s songs and I don’t know the title. Anyway, its Chapter six of Etherian Knights.

Chapter Six : What Lies Beneath.

Sunlight streamed through the windows of Quatre’s mansion. Servants walked around in the morning, the Magamacs keeping an eye on everything. WuFei stirred in the bed as the warm sunlight hit his body. Warm arms were wrapped around him and rose scented hair tickled his nose. He giggled and he opened his eyes, a pair of amethyst eyes conveying a sleepy daemon.

"Morning Du-chan." WuFei said as he kissed Duo and slide out of bed, his body immediately protesting the movement.

"Morning. Augh!" Dup groaned as he took WuFei’s pillow and covered his face. He had always detested getting up in the morning.

"Come on. Or do you want me to bring Quatre in here?’ WuFei asked as he crept back on the bed and lay beside Duo.

"None of them pose a threat to me Fei-chan." Duo said as he removed the pillow from his face with an ' I dare you to move me' look.

"If you get up, we can take a shower together." WuFei whispered enticingly into Duo’s ear, the daemon shivering as he remembered last night’s events. He was up, picked WuFei in his arms and headed into the bathroom that was adjoined to his room. An hour later, a triumphant Shingami emerged downstairs, hair neatly combed, brushed and braided. WuFei was beside him as he sat down for breakfast, which Illusio was cooking.

"Good morning Shin-sama, this is the first time that you’ve risen before the midday sun." Illusio said as an emerald eye peered at the Prince of Darkness.

"I got an offer that I couldn’t refuse." Shingami said with a sly grin as he kissed WuFei, the Chinese boy blushing.

"Tro-chan, hurry with the meat." Crudelis whined.

"Really Quatre-chan, you make demands after your submission?" Deceptus said with a feral smile as he stroked Illusio’s hair softly. WuFei smiled. All these people were so affectionate to one another.

"Can’t you just drop the idea?" a female voice screamed as a very angry Verrere came in and put away her weapon as she sat down to breakfast.

"No, I won’t." her lover replied, brushing blue bangs from her eyes.

"Noin." Verrere said as she nodded her thanks for the pancakes that were deposited before her. She and Shingami shared twin smirks as they devoured their food, asking for seconds. WuFei shook his head.

"Good morning everyone. Crudelis, such naughty words you uttered to the night. Who were you sizing up?" Legalis asked as she sat next to her now sated lover as she downed the last of her pancakes.

"The delightful little tidbit. His name is WuFei Chang." Crudelis said as he smiled, showing his pointy fangs.

"Ah, Dor-chan was very pleased with me last night, weren’t you?" Legalis asked as she gripped Verrere’s leg under the table, running fingers down the smooth ivory skin. Verrere bit her tongue.

"Fine. You get your wish, but this is the last time." Verrere said as she thanked Illusio for the meal, pulled out her weapon and stalked into the backyard for practice. Shingami leaned closer to WuFei when he realized that the boy hadn’t understood the exchange.

"Oi, Fei-chan, Verrere used to be the aggressive partner in she and Legalis’s bonding. But now, Legalis has a very good height over her and she uses it to her advantage. Last night, I’m pretty sure that Verrere was obeying every of Legalis’s whim. Don’t tell anyone that I told you." Shingami said. He then pecked WuFei’s cheek and returned cheerily to his breakfast. Once the household was settled, WuFei excused himself and went outside. Crudelis called the daemons together as the morning news came on. They always tuned in to the colony stations since the Alliance only reported about the damage that they received from the gundams.

"This morning, the four scientists who spoke of the strange incidents that occurred at the beginning of this week where found dead today on the L2 colony. Apparently, what lead to their deaths is still unknown but investigating police say that some kind of metal, perhaps silver was used to slice the men in half. People of the L2 colony fear for their lives. Some believe that this act was random, many are skeptically. A little girl reported seeing a winged being heading into the Earth’s atmosphere around 9o’clock last night. Officials are trying to get the people to remain calm." The reporter said.

In Treize’s home, five angels turned pale over the news.

"All four doctors? What’s going on?" Puritas-Pac asked as she wiped away her tears.

"Where’s Silentum-sama?" Conscientia asked. Silentum walked in clutching an old book.

"The doctors sent this. It just arrived." Silentum said as he focused on the TV.

"The doctors, they’re all dead, murdered." Garrire said as she pointed to the TV. Silentum listened as the reporter repeated his story.

"Daemons?" Puritas-Pac asked.

"No. From the description, that isn’t the way that daemons dispose of the people they kill. This was done by something else." Silentum said as the camera showed the bodies of the dead scientists.

"Officials estimate that the doctors have been dead for less than 12hours. Rumors are that the doctors sent off a package to the Earth just before their death. Apparently they knew something and have passed the information on." The reporter said.

"I know that none of us did it, neither did the angels." Crudelis said as he saw the body of the doctor that had trained him. He shut his turquoise eyes in pain.

"They didn’t deserve to die like that." Legalis said as she bowed her head.

"You don’t even know what they died for." A voice said from the doorway. Shingami looked up and recognized velvet eyes and green wings.

"WuFei?" Verrere asked.

"It’s Justitia, I am not WuFei." Justitia said as he glared at the war daemon. He looked at the window and smiled. With a nod, he darted out of the house, pulled out his weapon and flew off.

"He killed them? WuFei would never do that." Shingami said with a fevered brow as he sat down in a chair, fingers shaking. Deceptus was at his side, trying to calm the shaking daemon. The phone rang and Crudelis answered it.

"Winner residence." He chirped. His smile drooped as the voice on the other line spoke.

"Quatre?" the person said.

"Sile, I mean, hi Heero." Quatre said.

"Have you seen the news?" Heero asked.

"Yes. We need to talk. Where should we meet?" Quatre asked.

"At the New Edward’s base. Everyone should bring their suits, we have a very bad situation." Heero said as he dropped the phone.

"Shingami, we must meet Heero and the others at the New Edward’s base and everyone, bring your suits. Heero’s on to something." Quatre shouted as he ran into the living room. All nodded and safely tucked away their wings and dressed in their normal attire. In less than five minutes, all were gone.

Justitia inspected Shenlong with a critical eye. It’s time for you and I to become one Shenlong…

After taking over the New Edward’s base with as little bloodshed as possible, angels and daemon sat out out on the open tarmark, no longer concealing their identities.

"I think Justitia did this. It’s the kind of mark that his weapon would make." Silentum said as he showed pictures of the scientists.

"Let’s get one thing straight, WuFei is NOT Justitia." Shingami said as he frowned, worried for his lover. Heero noticed the passion in which Shingami spoke.

"Okay, so you mean that they’re in the same body?" Garrire asked.

"I’m not sure. The scientists sent this book to me before Justitia got them." Silentum said as he handed the book over to Shingami.

"I know this book. It’s the book of the Etherian Ancients. Who would have thought that it survived?" Shingami asked as he opened the book carefully.

"The Ancients? Didn’t they destroy all the books so that we couldn’t learn how to gain eternal life?" Crudelis asked. Shingami nodded.

"Okay. We need a time spell." Silentum said.

"Why? Those things can only be done once every millennium, twice if you’re lucky." Verrere said.

"I’m sure that if we weren’t reborn, these gundams would have gone to something higher, more advanced." Silentum said.

"You mean rebuilt? Oz was planing on building space suits called Tauruses." Conscientia said with a grin.

"I can manage a time spell. I’ll need a lot of energy though. The book will help of course." Illusio said with a frown.

"Let’s not waste time talking." Shingami said as everyone sat in a circle. They held hands and concentrated. Illusio pointed the smaller end of his weapon into the ground, humming softly. He pulled out a powder and threw it up in the air, calling upon spirits. Spirits surrounded him and Illusio opened his eyes.

"Spirits of the dead and living, ceasing to exist, forward to a place so that I may procure what I desire." Illusio hummed as the winds suddenly ceased and a wave knocked him hard against the ground. The circle broke apart and Crudelis and Deceptus helped their love to sit up, checking for any harm.

"Are you alright." Puritas-Pac asked as she rubbed some of her herbs into Illusio’s temples, calming the unsteady daemon.

"It worked, look." Shingami said as he pointed to the mobile suits. Tallgeese changed into Tallgeese 2 and the chain around Treize’s neck flashed.

"That’s yours." Illusio said weakly as the pounding in his head lessened. Wing Gundam changed into Wing Zero.

"That’s mine." Heero said as he gazed at the gundam. Illusio nodded. Deathscythe turned into Deathscythe Hell.

"That’s definitely mine. Beautiful ne?" Shingami said as he grinned in delight. Sand rock and Heavy Arms changed as well but were not noticeable changes. Both pilots of the mobile sits smiled. A red gundam appeared.

"Epyon." Treize murmured.

"Epyon is mine, I can feel it." Deceptus said. White Tauruses were also built. One each for Sally and Une. Two black ones also appeared, for Verrere and Legalis. Another gundam landed and it was Shenlong and it was changing rapidly.

"Altron, that’s WuFei’s." Illusio said steadily, in control of his mind once again.

"WuFei's?" Silentum asked as the sunlight glinted off the gundam. The gundam began to move and speak.

"Now, I have enough power to carry out my mission. Thank you Illusio." WuFei’s voice said as the gundam turned around and blasted off into space. Alarm raced through all as they watched the gundam take off.

"Treize, Une, Sally, Zechs, Quatre, Trowa and Noin; go after him and stop whatever he’s about to do. Duo, Relena, Dorothy and I will figure out something." Heero said quickly. No time was wasted as the seven headed to their gundams and departed.

"Ok Heero, we do we begin?" Duo asked.

"What we need to know is what Nataku said to WuFei and how that made WuFei into Justita and why he needs the gundam and what he’s going to do with it." Heero said as all four looked through the book, Duo and Dorothy very annoyed about the things that the Ancients had written about them. Duo’s eyes caught something and he pointed. All four pairs of eyes widened in horror as they read over the passage. Relena shrieked as the book started to dissolve of it’s own accord.

"Rip out the page!" Duo shouted and Heero did. The book was nothing more than golden dust and it blew away with the wind.

"We have to stop the others, now. I can’t have them hurting WuFei!" Duo said as he got up and ran to his gundam, the words in the book haunting his memory. Relena nodded as she headed to a plane and hurried to the Sank Kingdom. Nataku, you have sealed our fates…

End of chapter six

Takeo – Ok, if you’re wondering just what exactly was in the book that scared the hell out of the g-people, I won’t tell you.
WuFei – Just move on to the next chapter if you want to know.