"Where is he?"
"We don't know, Madame!"
The woman angrily stalked to the man sitting at the computer. Her cool liquid amber eyes burned in fury at the man's reply.
"I pay you idiots to keep track of him! How the hell are you going to loose him?!" she sputtered.
"Madame, we lost him as soon as he went into Colony L2. We know what his emotions are doing when he's around that Darlian woman-"
She yelled in fury and punched the man, making him double over and startled the other workers. They knew not to cross her path when she was furious, so they continued their work as if nothing happened. The man drew back in fear and quickly turned around and began typing furiously at the keyboard.
'Oh dear, dear Uncle. How troublesome that my cousin wasn't strong enough to oppress the rules of that Vice-Foreign Minister. Finding him in his condition was a rather rare blessing,' she thought as she placed herself on the swivel chair. Her silvery-blue hair swayed as she tossed her head in disgust. 'I can not afford to loose him this easily. We're almost there, almost at the point of no return in this mission. The human race is not mature enough to handle the idea of peace. That's what I'm here for,' she grinned.
~~~~~
"Good morning, or rather, good afternoon, Relena," Duo chuckled.
"What? I've been asleep that long?" Relena shook her head and winced at the bright sun.
"What did you and Heero do last night, eh?"
"What?"
"Yeah, I saw him sneak out after you and Montel. So what did ya do?"
"N-nothing, Duo. He was kind enough to walk me back from the station. That's all," she said, and tossed a reassuring smile his way.
"Unh huh, I don't bite into it, though," Duo said as he walked to the refrigerator.
He pulled out piles of ham, turkey, roast beef, lettuce, and the list just goes on and on. He sat himself happily on the counter and fixed the sandwich. After the sandwich was finished, Duo was about to eat but stopped as Relena's eyes rested on him. He looked at the sandwich, then at Relena, then back at the sandwich.
"Should I make you some too?"
"Nice of you to notice me also, Duo," Relena said spitefully, "You're not the only one with a stomach, mind you."
Duo placed a hand behind his head as he tried to laugh out of the situation. As an act of kindness, Duo reluctantly parted with his sandwich and gave it to Relena. After taking a bite, she gave it back to Duo.
"Macaroni with cheese and sausage, odd shapes of sliced meat, olives and sardines are not my kind of thing… not altogether simultaneously like that," Relena said with a slight smile.
Duo looked relieved and gratefully took a big bite of his sandwich. Relena decided to go out and eat today, since she was ready for a change. 'What kind of vacation is this if I don't go out and do things?' Relena decided to try and get Heero to come along. It'll be tough, she knew, but she was determined to make him unwind from all that has happened. Smiling, Relena reached his room.
~~~~~
"I'm detecting a disturbance within the atmosphere of the near-by Lunar cluster. Object seems to be dispersing itself strategically in plotted points of the Earth," a man read loudly and with a controlled panic.
"Do you know the original path of this object, Krovach?"
"No, ma'am, we do not. We should have been able to detect it within a thousand-mile radius. We're getting a high reading of neo-titanium."
"Is that so?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Well, then, establish communication with the others and alert them of this new find," the woman said and with a click of her heels, she went out the door.
"Yes, Lady Une," the man saluted her gone shadow and turned around to contact the rest of the Special Forces of the Preventers.
~~~~~
"We have the victim in range. What's our next move?" a man clad in black asked into a headphone.
There was a bit of static and angry words. The man hastily murmured sorry and looked into his scope.
"Beautiful. Such a shame we must get rid of her. Miss Reiya stated that she was in our way. She must be eliminated for her sake."
The man looked around him for a bit, then focused his attention again on his target. With the pull of the trigger, the man smiled to himself and quietly left the top towers.
~~~~~
"It's nice to be out of Duo's house," Heero said quietly and tossed a quick little smile Relena's way. "Thank you for getting me out of there."
"Why, Odin! You sound like you just got out of prison!" Relena teased.
The waitress gave a surprised look in Relena's direction as she recognized her. Relena smiled at her and nodded her head. The waitress blushed in surprised at being acknowledged.
"Two specials, please," Relena said.
"Yes, ma'am," the waitress said and left.
Something shiny glinted off of Heero's eyes as he followed the trail. His heart skipped a beat as his keen eyes detected more glare and a tiny figure suspended a thousand feet into the air. Heero instinctively grabbed Relena's hands, not knowing why. He felt that he had to protect her. Hold her close; feel her there with him. Relena blushed at Heero's bold move, but soon her attention was turned on Heero's eyes.
'I've never seen his eyes so full of worry like that…' Relena thought. But there was that one incident… an attempted assassination on her life. Heero had stood in the shadows, but his eyes were so full of worry, light, before the first shot rang in the auditorium.
Relena's eyes widened as she frantically scanned the crowd and buildings around her. Heero got up slowly and casually, taking Relena's hands into his. Relena cautiously got up, but was thrown to the ground as she heard a shot echo off the buildings. Relena screamed with all her might as blood seeped around her and sickly glowed a bright red on the pavement.
'But I don't feel pain,' Relena thought as she collected her thoughts.
"A-Are you okay?" Heero struggled to his feet but collapsed on Relena.
She let out a huge gasp when she saw the blood pouring forth from not her own body, but from Heero's.
"No... this can't be..." she sobbed into his broken chest.
"R-Relena... please..." Heero whispered silently. 'Why does this feel so familiar? Why did I protect her the way I did? Relena...'
He felt her warm hand cup his cheek, the other hand placed over the puncture on his chest.
"Heero! Stay with me! Please! I need... I need you..."