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Chapter 1: An ordered chaos.
Again the phone rang, it was probably the thousandth time.
"Peacecraft" Relena said without really looking up from the document in front of her.
"Relena..."
Relena nearly choked when she heard that voice, it had been so long ago.
"Heero..." She said, "There is only one reason for your call." She tried to cover the sarcasm and hurt in her voice.
"Anything new on the L5-CX978?" He asked bluntly.
"Nothing you already know." Relena answered, looking at the documents intently, "There is a briefing at 8 pm tonight. Hilde has contacted everyone but it's not easy to find them. I'd like you to come as well." She said looking out of the window.
"That goes without saying. I have spoken to Trowa and Quatre already. They agreed to come."
"Well, then there's nothing left to do. I'll see you then." Relena now desperately trying to end the conversation before she really choked.
"I'll see you tonight." He almost whispered and Relena found herself hanging up before she could say goodbye.
She fell limp in her chair and tried for a few minutes to catch her breath. It was nearly 10 am and there was tons of work to do but she needed her coffee-shot. She stood up and walked to the office next to hers.
"Hilde, I'm going to get some coffee. You fancy one?"
"Yes, if you could bring me a large chocolate-chip coffee..." Hilde said appearing from behind a very large pile of papers.
"Of course." Relena said nodding, "How you're holding up?"
"Well, I'm doing fine but with this new L5-CX978 thing... It's like hell is breaking loose." Hilde sighed.
"Don't worry if you don't finish it today, that's fine." Relena said reassuring her secretary and best friend.
She walked towards the elevators and went down to the third floor, where Starbucks was situated. She took a deep breath when she smelled the the fresh coffee beans.
'God, let it all be a false alarm' Relena thought hopeful but deep down she knew Heero wouldn't have called if there wasn't something seriously wrong.
Relena in her position as Foreign Minister had to take some measures against the outrageous behavior of the L5-CX978 colony.
The colony had literally kicked the ESUN-ambassador from their colony. It had denied the Preventers access and had already shot at one of the shuttles with peace-representatives. Luckily it missed the shuttle but Relena's concern was far greater than the actions taken.
The special unit of the Preventers had discovered that there was a lot of metal and arms coming in L5-CX978. It was a large colony with an even larger history. It was one of the the few that had rebelled against the peace-treaties just after the war had ended.
She was walking back overthinking it all when she came to the conclusion that she had to go there. She was probably the only one who could fix this.
"Hilde, I want the ESUN-ambassador on the phone." Relena said while giving her her coffee.
"Working on it!" Hilde said, all smile and brightness. That's why Relena had asked her to be her secretary. Hilde was smart, passionate and always cheerful. She was Relena's confidante and Relena knew she could trust her.
"Yes, Ambassador Smith, I would like you to keep quiet about your, what can I say, unfortunate experience with the L5-CX978 colony. If the press gets a whif of what's going on, we're doomed."
"Yes ma'am, but..."
"I will not take no for an answer. Is that understood?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Good, I understand you are on your way to earth, is that correct?"
"Yes."
"Then I want you at the briefing of 8 pm tonight at the Preventer's Headquaters in London."
"I'll be there."
Without any further words Relena hung up and resumed her work.
The rest of the day was very busy and although Hilde got a lot of phone calls about the colony. It was nothing to worry about. Around 1 o'clock Duo dropped by to say he reached Wufei, who was more than happy to see him. But both Hilde and Relena laughed at him after that comment.
"What?! Wufei is always happy to see me, in his own special way..." Duo added the latter comment very quietly with a mischievous smile playing around his lips.
"So are you coming and grab a bite at Donnelly's?" He asked his girlfriend.
"Yeah, I think I need a break. Relena, care to join us?" Hilde said smiling.
"Well, I have a lot of work to do. You guys spend some quality time together, but promise me to get one of those delicious sandwiches... Burt has a knack of exactly knowing how I want it." Relena said, picturing that delicious sandwich.
"I'm sure, he does..." Duo said laughing and Hilde nudged him.
"See you in half an hour."
While she was typing a document concerning a new law about the Preventers access to secret files, Relena got a pop-up for her email. She immediately opened the new mail and as she was reading her hand reached out to the phone. When she was finished, she speed-dialed Hilde mobile-phone.
"Hilde."
"I need you to come back immediately." That was all Relena needed to say.
5 minutes later, Hilde and Duo rushed in and found Relena looking at the screen of her computer.
They both read the email and suddenly everything was going topspeed. Duo was calling Colonel Une and Hilde was talking to Milliardo.
Both were standing in her office within 30 minutes.
"Relena, This is serious. The security around you has to be doubled." Milliardo said.
Une was nodding her approval.
"The briefing is at 8 pm, so it will probably late at night when it's over. So I'm asking you to stay in the office tonight. The fifth floor has the accomodations for it and this way you'll be much safer." Une said very business-like.
Relena sighed but agreed nonetheless.
8 PM, London, Preventers Headquaters.
"Ok, everyone. Let's begin."
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