Christine�s annoying friend was there. �Yūki! I came to check on you. How are you feeling? You�ve missed two days of school."

Yūki had been planning to leave the school. She had already begun to pack. OZ was closely following her missions, and there was no doubt they would find her sooner or later. Also, there was a need to find Odin.

Yūki stole an Aries mobile suit from the nearest military base to get her to Europe. She still wasn�t sure what city, or even country, to begin her search for Odin.

On the suit�s mini-screen, Yūki tried desperately to contact Dr J through hacking. It worked.

He laughed a bit. �Oh yes; Yūki. It�s been awhile since we�ve seen one another�s faces. How did you contact me?"

"Through the communication equipment on a stolen Aries suit. I need you to do something for me."

"Stolen? I�m glad you learned those skills, they help, huh? What do you need?"

"Yeah, I need you to locate Heero for me."

"You mean you still haven�t found him?"

"Not yet."

"I just gave him a mission to attack an underground base in Paris. I�m sure he�ll be done by the time you arrive. He won�t stick around for long, so follow his escape route to the east."

"Thank you, doctor. I have to conserve power, so I�d better shut you off. Over and out."

She flew all day everyday and hid in tree groves at night. Yūki couldn�t let OZ know she was there, even though she appeared to be one of them. She did end up refueling only once; the Aries could go a long way on a little fuel.

When she finally made it into France, she stopped in Troyes. It was close to Paris, so she decided she�d head out after Heero the next day.

So, as planned, Yūki flew east of Troyes the following day. Dr J even contacted her and assigned her a mission in Toul. Yūki agreed, and went on her way. She got to a small secretive base in the heart of the city Toul. She didn�t hide, but attacked viscously with the Aries instead.

Beep! Beep! "Oh great, running out of power at a time like this! C-80, power cell, check! The main power cell must be busted!� Yūki was thrown forward into the control panel as the left arm on the Aries was shot off. Her machine gun was gone too.

"Great! Ugh, now this is it! What do I do?" She looked around frantically while being barraged by gunfire. She looked up just before her main camera went out- she was being attacked by a gundam.

�What? No way! He must take me for an enemy.� She pounded the keyboard. �Damnit!� Yūki was a born survivor; she would never give up that easily. She opened up the front hatch and jumped out. She looked up to the gundam standing before her.

"You may think you have me�not for long!" She dashed away, out of the base, regrtting that she wouldn�t easily become aquainted with that pilot�

Yūki lay in a grove of trees, what must have been twelve miles from the base. She�d stolen a pick-up truck and had tried to get fairly far in a short amount of time.

�The Gundam�Why did it attack me? And yet- it looked oddly familiar�� She caught her breath. There was a strange whooshing sound from nearby. It had to be some kind of mobile suit.

She waited, but the pilot never emerged. Yūki lay down and slept. She was uncomfortable and dirty, but there was no where else to go.

When she woke up, the Gundam was gone. �Ugh! Damn, I missed it!� Yūki put her hair up into two pigtails, the comfortable way to wear it without it looking messed-up. �I could use my clothes�and my ammo�" She checked her pockets on the wetsuit. She had two hand grenades, sixteen time bombs, and her rifle. "That Gundam didn�t let me off so easy�" Then de ja vu hit her.

She remembered standing with Odin, a year before he left. He led her to a room where they were making his Gundam. "I get to fly this!" his voice said with a note of excitement.

"That�s it! That was him! It was Heero!" She stood up and wandered along to find her way out of the forest. She knew it would take ages, but she had to take chances. But she saw�another person! Only�the woman didn�t look at all like she had just crashed in the woods for a night. The woman saw her and jogged toward her.

"Oh my gosh, are you okay kid?" The woman looked concernedly at her.