The Mad 5 - the moniker had been given by somebody long gone, but it had somehow stuck - clustered before various kinds of communication equipment, of the more or less illegal variety.
Doctor J, Professor G, Doktor S, Instructor H and Master 0. That is what they were called now. Though Howard the Engineer was still, thankfully, just Howard.
There had been others, but not any more.
It was time.
"J, J, can you hear me..."
It was good to hear from the others again, the man only known as Doctor J now thought.
And even better to hear that their plans were actually managing to go forward instead of backward, for a change...
"So we all have our Suits on-line, and the Pilots are shaping up nicely. ...Well, most of us, that is."
Doktor S gave an apologetic cough, at that.
"Well, there's always the option of actually going through with Trowa Barton, but..."
"Oh, please, no. Not Dekim's son, damnit..."
"Yes, yes, I'd rather not either, but...well, actually, there is somebody I've been keeping my eyes on..."
" -Oh, really?"
Several of the scientists coughed.
"Show us, show us..."
Alright, then.
Doctor J rubbed his hands together. This was going to be...fun.
"01 - Heero Yuy" - he was sure the boy wouldn't object to that codename, when the time came, even though forgetting Odin probably wasn't an option for him, "02 - Duo Maxwell" - hmm, looks OK for a former L2 street rat, who thought that G and his soft streak would actually be of use in this particular problem- "O4 - Quatre R Winner" - that boy's father was going to blow a gasket and more, but it couldn't be helped, he supposed, and "O5 - Chang Wufei" - O had been worried when Long Meilan had died, but things seemed to have shaped up somehow -
**Option A
And "O3", well the potential "O3"...whoooo.
Long silver hair, striking even in a tech work uniform...
"Zechs Merquise", eh?
But...
"Say...doesn't he look somehow...familiar?"
Doktor S coughed, then.
"Um...about that..."
Somewhat less then a year later, the five "meteors" fell.
But that was another story.
**Option B
And "O3", well the potential "O3"...whoooo.
"My, my, isn't he goodlooking... How old is he, though?"
"He isn't sure himself, it seems - someplace in his midtwenties, though. He's a damn good mech-pilot and tech, though. Has the gift of gab, that much I can tell you..."
"Hmmmmm." G muttered.
"I could see he might make a good camerade and ally, and we could always use more good techs and admin types but - as a Gundam Pilot?"
"Come now, he couldn't be worse then Dekim's son..."
They all sighed, then.
That was the core of the problem, wasn't it now?
...Mr Treize Markham, eh?
Somewhat less then a year later, the five "meteors" fell.
But that was another story.
**Option C
And "O3", well the potential "O3"...
Hmmmmmmm?
A young man in a tech uniform...
"...Ranma..Satome?"
"It's Saotome. Sa-o-to-me. He has utterly amazing reflexes. I mean, it has to be seen to be believed..."
Hmmmmmmm.
Somewhat less then a year later, the five "meteors" fell.
But that was another story.
**Option D
And "O3", well the potential "O3"...
Oh. A girl, is it...
And a rather pretty one, at that.
"Madeline "Madlax" Barton, age 17 -wait, Barton?"
You have some explaining to do, S...
Somewhat less then a year later, the five "meteors" fell.
But that was another story.
**Option E
And "O3", well the potential "O3"...
What?
Everybody stared at their screens, then.
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