**Timeline A
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.
**Timeline A-1
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?"
Like almost a virtual copy of a younger version certain dead and gone Sankian Mornarch, yes.
Doktor S coughed, then.
"Um...about that..."
**Timeline A-2
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 mid-twenties, 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 camarade 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?
**Timeline A-3
And "O3", well the potential "O3"...
Hmmmmmmm?
A young man in a tech uniform...doing katas.
At an utterly astounding speed.
"...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.
**Timeline A-4
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...
**Timeline A-5
So what do we have, here...
"The name's Edward Hoenheim. I made his arm and leg myself - with some help from, um, friends, of course. Damn good pilot, though a bit on the short side, as you can all see..."
"...Hoenheim?"
That was O.
"Yes. What? Do you know him?"
"No, it's just that - ahh, never mind. Any relation to a certain Professor Hoenheim, by the way?"
The old man sighed, at that.
"...Maybe."
"OK, the next one is..."
Somewhat less then a year later, the five "meteors" fell.
But that was another story.
"Alright, alright, so who gets to pilot those "Gundams" is important, we get it."
Athena sighed, rubbing her eyes.
"Hmmm. Athena? Should we try scanning for especially Darkened timelines, now? Or especially light ones?"
"That's a good idea, Ami..."
Hmmmmmm...
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