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~ Country Protectors ~
By: Anime Redneck
3-29-03
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Disclaimer: I don't own the GW Guys... Don't own "If That Ain't Country" by Anthony Smith either... but I do own the plot and my truck. ^__^
Notes: Takes place in AC198, after EW. Y'aller gonna have to take leave of the whole "Relena Peacecraft" and the subsequent killing of her maternal "Peacecraft" family in the series. They're alive people. Pretend that it wasn't Relena shouting about Peace during the wars... that it was someone else. And pretend that everything in the series DID happen. But it was someone elses family that got killed and not the Peacecraft's. Okay? Just forget about them from the Series 'cause they're ALL Alive and Well... Sort of. ::snickers bowing:: Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
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AC198 was a time for peace, regaining prosperity and fun. Wars were fought, bad guys beaten and people freed. So. Alls good. Well as it can be for recovering from the Eve Wars anyhow.
The big guys up stairs decided that the people needed to start fighting for their own peace. Well DUHH! Hello!? Where've these guys been? So anyway, they started up this basic "Big Brother is Watching" deal called the Preventers... And what that is basically is a military force watching out for incoming bad guys that wanna threaten our here peace we've got.
Ain't that the same as the military rule that got us into the bloody wars in the first place then? Nope, not so. 'Cause see those forces were nothing *but* military. The Preventers is run by some of the old leaders from both sides (if you can believe that) and by civilians in some areas. So yea um, basically it's an army, but the civilians have more control over us then they did say OZ, the Alliance or them others from Earth. So... heh anyways...
After the Eve Wars the Prez tracked us and the top remaining officials from both sides (that had potential) and offered us a job as Preventers. See they thought it'd be nice to have the five that saved the world - me an' the guys - and those that had good intentions but crapy ways to get 'em done - say Une, Noin and other from said 'other side' - and recruited us to join.
And of course we did. I mean, Hell... I didn't have shit to go back to. I could've went back to Howard and the Sweepers, not a bad idea actually, was thinkin' on it. And then there was ol' Hil, she wanted me to come up to L2 and help 'er out at that scrap yard, again, not a bad thing, but boring. At least with Howwie an' the guys we move around a lot and see a hellova lot of places and things.
Poor Fei, his whole life was blown up right before his eyes. His life as Clan Heir, his wife Meilan, his family, and any friends he had... he lost everything in an instant. Proof again you can't take things for granted... not that he ever does, no way, Fei-babe lives for the moment, he loves all that's around him. It's not honorable to take things for granted. So he joined up with me.
Heero... well homeboy ain't ever had a life. Sad ain't it? I mean he had Odin Lowe as a father figure that taught 'im how to fight and kill. Nice childhood lemme tell ya. Hell mine was better then that! And then the cute Japanese lost his 'father' and met up somehow with Dr. J. The steel hand scary man. And well, we all know what happened there. So with no past and no future since he didn't expect to live, not the any of us did really. He joined up.
Trowa had the circus and his sis Cathy, and Q-man had his family with way too many sisters and WEI to run. But, he joined up anyways. Gotta tell ya the guys smart! He's CEO/Owner of the place but he gave parts to his sisters to run since he has more faith in 'em then his father did, may God rest his soul. So yeah, they joined up and that made five of us.
Then, oh and this is the kicker! Une joined up! Gaugh! She friggin' RUNS the thing! Ain't that freaky? I gotta laugh at that. I mean come on! She's got that split personality thing goin' on and well... it's just freaky! She'll be all nice and calm on minute and then snappin' your head off the next with orders... Gotta go in the Genesis Book of World records for fastest personality change.
But anyways, so Lady Une runs this deal. She got Zechsy and Noin to join up along with Sally and Maria. Cute kid! Smart as hell never get on her bad side! I'm warnin' ya, she's cute, she's got a sharp mind and she's every bit like Une, without the whole split mind thingy.
Umm yeah, so this all happened after the wars.
Oh! And guess what, here's a secret you didn't know. Hell *I* didn't know it and I fought the bloody wars! The Peacecraft family is alive! Talk about a brain freezer! No, no, damnit not that bratty Shiana... I mean the *Peacecraft's*, as in the rest of her blood family! The guys an' me were all pretty like "Huh?" when it was announced 'cause you think they could've stopped whatever was going on to begin with. And if they weren't killed during the first war, just who the hell was? Y'know, gets you to thinkin'...
Apparently they were holed up in an underground shelter. Some crazy guy told 'em to go down there and stay 'til it was all over. Of course ol' man Peacecraft wouldn't have that. He refused to stay closed up in a mass underground storage place without being part to help stopping the war. And then said Crazy Guy pointed out that his second youngest child, his gal Shiana was up there and doing her best to stop it on her own with guys nuts in MS's called Gundams. He didn't care to tell the ol' guy that said daughter tried killing herself by tracking and following one said nutty guy around.
But yea, so they're alive and kickin', and now back in power with keeping the peace and all that jazz.
I'm just thinkin' to myself waitin' on the guy's 'cause they're late. Well naw, not really, I'm early for once (think Fei would faint of shock) and in the meetin' room waitin'. We got a mission comin' up! I can't frillin' wait! It's been umm... five months? Since the last one we had and I'm itchin' for 'nother one!
Sittin' behind the desk sucks, even if the five of us have out own offices. heh Cool part to that is they all inter connect! We take up one half of the HQ wall on the eighth floor. It's too neat! Heero's in the middle office, there's this door that opens to the left and that's my office, then there's another in his that opens to the right and that's Q-man's office. Then in mine there's a door that opens to the left wall to go into Fei's office! ^_^ Same with Q-man's office, but his is on the right and goes into Trowa's office. It's neat. Yea, yea! Don't go there. Yes, we all have normal doors at the front of the office for everyone to go in and out of... I mean come on! It'd be kinda stupid if we didn't! We'd be trapped in the offices!
And I'm sorry. But I *refuse* to test Heero's ability to jump from eight stories and land without more then dislocating my leg. No way. No how. Ain't happenin'.
And in comes Lady Une. I wave happily, "Hey Lady!" She glares but nods. Hey she likes me really. She can't get enough of my charm.
The other guys trickle into the room, Fei on my right, Heero my left with the others by him. "Yo bros what's kickin'!!"
Yup, see all the smiles for me? I'm loveable; you can't resist me! I got a small smile from Fei (I'm workin' on makin it bigger) with a pop to my leg under the table. He doesn't like me being a fool and getting glared at while around Une.
"Hello Duo" Quatre smiles big for me and nods. Heero and Trowa only nod, but they're eyes tell ya all ya need to know. They're loosened up a *lot* since the wars, seriously! You've gotta know 'em though or you'll never be able to tell it.
It's all in the eyes; trust me. Windows to the soul like Sister Helen once told me.
"Welcome gentlemen." Une starts noddin' curtly, I think this is 'Col. Une' we're dealing with... or is that Lady Une just being serious? It's so damned hard to tell! I like 'er nice and soft...
I damn near chocked on my drink as what I thought registered. Ooookay... that SO did not come out right... Think I'll just listen now...
"I've called you here for this meeting because of the recent advents and a new mission." She shuffles some papers around, I try not lookin' at 'er face... I've had too much sugar... Fei always said it'd go to my head but... that'd damned scary! I reach for Fei's hand under the table and just stare at the papers.
"Which recent advents Lady?" Q-man asks. Good question 'cause there's quite a few little 'flames' tryin' to pop up and I'm lost on what she's meanin'.
"The Peacecraft assassination attempts."
Ohhh, haven't heard of that before...
"A-assassination attempts M'am?" Sounds like I'm not the only one out of the loop here. "On which Peacecraft? Are they alright?" Leave it to Q to be concerned. Gotta love 'im!
I'm not lookin' up, I refuse to after that thought, but I hear Une's voice soften a bit. "They're fine Winner. Shaken up" Not stirred, I mentally add snickering. "but fine."
"So what's the mission?" Like I need to ask. Damnit Fei stop slappin' my hand!
"The mission, Maxwell" guess she heard me snickering, "Is to protect the last known heir to the Peacecraft throne." Ahh yeah, easy... who the hell's the last known heir with how many kids did they have again?
Fugit, I'll look up, "What about Zechs? He's a Peacecraft"
She nods, "Yes he is, but Marquise has denounced his claim to the throne."
Yeah that explains some stuff... always wondered what he was peeved about while fighting. I mean the guy was raised on basically "Fighting is bad" and yet he fought... can't be good for the conscious... Une shuffles around some papers passing them out.
"With the latest assassination attempts on Mr. Peacecraft" I wonder if we're really supposed to be calling him 'King Peacecraft' here, I mean he does run the kingdom, but ah, off track... again. "...the latest one nearly taking his life. We have been ordered to find his youngest child and keep her safe."
"Her!?" Fei took the words right outta my mouth! Literally I was gonna yell that. Guess he's shocked the mission is a girl. heh I gotta bite back the comment about how 'Her' usually means a girl, as in the opposite sex of a guy. Also known as 'He'.
"Yes, Chang, 'Her'." She stares, "Have a problem with that?" ohhh got that tone of voice on 'er!
"No M'am I do not." Awww poor Fei-babe! hehe He's cute when he pouts. Don't tell him I told you that though. His lip does this adorable little dip and his dimples show up. Too cute really... oh yeah, mission briefing... gaugh boring!
And Q-man comes to the rescue, "Who and where is this last heir Lady Une?"
"I was just getting to that Winner." Again with papers, "The child's name is Relena Ann O'Connor" she held up a hand to stop three opened mouths. Yes mine was one of them. "When the Peacecraft's learned that they were with child once again. A surprising situation since Mrs. Peacecraft had her tubes tied to prevent this happening. Mr. Peacecraft saw to it that a family was picked out that trust worthy and capable of raising their child. They believed that her staying with them was a risk that could not be taken should anyone try to apprehend one of the family. Logic dictated the youngest would be taken."
"Excellent bargaining chip." Heero has such a way with words.
Une nodded, "Precisely Yuy." Turning a page she motioned to it in our packets, "With this possibility becoming more and more likely it was a wise choice. So they found a family and sent her right away with the necessary accessories; clothes, some toys, a list of instructions and some money to help the family."
"Soo..." I drawled out asking the obvious thing she seems like havin' us ask again, "Where's this chic-" damn her glares scary, "Relena gal at?" It might just be me... but did Lady Une just *wink* at me!?
Somehow, I get the feeling this is *not* a normal, 'find, report status and protect against all bad things', type of mission.
"Relena Ann O'Connor can be found here" with that the scary Col. Lady clicked a button and the lights went out to be replaced by an overhead picture of a house... not just any house either...
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"You've got to be kidding me!"
"I assure you Maxwell, this is no joke."
Tipping my head back and forth slumping a bit more in my chair I mutter, "Oh sure your not, you don't joke, no sense a humor at all" and get slapped in the leg again by Fei. Catchin' his eyes in the dark I send a look that plainly promises, 'Keep it up and I ain't responsible for the actions taken'. Of course he smirks. Why would he mind what I'd do? And speaking of which...
Gauh damnit, mission... think mission, not Fei! Mission.
So I look back at the picture.
Can someone really live that? Not that I'm complainin' or nuttin' but... I mean look at it! The house it over run by living vines that I hope ain't the itchy type and the wood likes like it'll fall to the next big storm. Is renovating this thing in the mission parameters?
Looks big enough, maybe a five room place made up of old weather worn boards complete with porch and roof over that. Got a little swing there for two, some rockin' chairs. Bushes to your right, bushes to you're left, vines crawlin' all over the place. Old lookin' pit to the center... Hell there's even a place for camp fires off the other side! Looks like there's a shed or somethin' in the back, but I can't tell. There's too much living greenery around the place!
"Relena Ann O'Connor lives in the Piney Seas Forest, off the south side of the kingdom. She lives alone currently. Her foster parents died when she was four years old and she's been living alone since."
"How?" Trowa sounded mildly impressed by a four year old on her own. heh Should come up to L2 on any given time, you'll find younger... but yeah, I'm curious too.
"The people" she sounded like she wasn't sure what she wanted to say 'people' or 'folks'. "...up there are rather friendly and took Relena in as one of their own. They have allowed her to live in the house on her own with someone there daily with her until her twelfth year when they apparently deemed her old enough to live on her own. She has another person acting as her father now. This person" looks to her notes, "Scot, mainly provides for her with what she can't get on her own and assists her to and from school."
"She goes to school?" I couldn't help it! It slipped before I could stop it! I grin bowing my head at her glare... I got Fei to smirk at least.
"Yes, she goes to school." I do believe she's getting impatient with me.
I hear Q-man cough tryin' to cover up his snickers. "What is it the family wishes us to do Lady?" I look over past Heero and see his shoulders tryin' not to shake.
"The Peacecraft's merely" yeah right, there's no 'merely' in this business and she knows it, "wants the young lady to be protected incase anything should happen that she is not equipped to handle on her own."
Translation: 'They want someone there in case the bad guys decide to blow the kid away'. This way we blow then away first. Or... they might want us to capture them... hmm...
"And if the ba- assassins show up?" saying 'bad guys' with her in the room would be most unprofessional! heh Something I get reminded off often enough. Like I care. I do my job; leave me alone.
"Wound and capture."
Ohhh fun time! "Yes'm!"
"Lady Une, what does this girl look like? And how are we getting there?" Leave it to Heero to be the strategic one about basic things. We're a talkative bunch honest! But y'see, with Une in here... well the temperature goes down a few degrees... Now you get her as Lady Une, and not 'Col. Une' she's a fun lady to be around!
She turned to Heero, "We will be shipping you over by Preventer jet to the nearest airfield, from there you will use the map in the information packet to find your way to her property." Notice ladies and gentlemen, that Lady didn't say 'house'. "When you land there will be a truck waiting for you, the keys you already have" nods to Heero's zipped packet, "Everything else, but her picture, that you need to know is in there."
And the picture?? I'd like to see who I'm protecting now! I think she likes watching me squirm. Purposely keeps laggin' in doin' things just to see me suffer. She knows I love missions. I swear she's a sadist!
"This" click of another button in the darkened room, "is Relena Ann O'Connor" and my jaw hits the floor.
"WHOA BABY!"
"DUO!"
"MAXWELL!" Whoa, duel stereo there!
Duck my head like a good little boy, "Sorry" wincing as Fei's fingers dig into my hand. Dude I'm sorry! Gods, but wow... See I love Fei, love 'im with all I am... but damnit I have eyes! And that ain't no "child"! That's a gal with a coke figure bottle in cloths that don't leave squat to the imagination! Well leaves some things but man... heh I love Fei, and he knows that, he also knows I'm Bi, I'm gonna comment where I see fit.
And... heh This is going to be an interesting mission.
"Alright gentlemen, you've got what you need to know. I expect you to be packed, armed and ready to leave within one day's time. Dismissed."
Of course you know she throws a glare to me when I immediately jump up and run from the room dragging a protesting Chinese boy behind me. Why wait to get ready for a mission? Lets go now!
"Come on Fei! Keep up you slacker!" I laugh as he decks my arm and starts dragging me down the halls. Everyone moves out of the way of us. They've seen us do this plenty of times. You get used to it and learn the safest way is to just step aside.
And so, with that folks our new mission has started and it's gonna be anything but borin'!
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::bounces around:: Wow you finished reading it!! Didja laugh your butt off in places? ^_^ Or was that just me 'cause I was hyper while writing it? I loved it. Hope the rest comes out as good. But what'd ya think? Was it that confusing to think as the Peacecrafts alive and Relena *not* being the one that followed Heero around like a lost puppy and all that? ::chuckles smile-smirking:: This'll be a kickin' one to write on! heh Not a very long one, shooting for keeping it to maybe, four chapters at the most. But yea ::waves runnin' off:: Lemme know whatcha think!
Keep it kickin'!
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~ Country Protectors ~
By: Anime Redneck
3-29-03
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Disclaimer: I don't own the GW Guys... Don't own "If That Ain't Country" by Anthony Smith either... but I do own the plot and my truck. ^__^
Notes: Takes place in AC198, after EW. Y'aller gonna have to take leave of the whole "Relena Peacecraft" and the subsequent killing of her maternal "Peacecraft" family in the series. They're alive people. Pretend that it wasn't Relena shouting about Peace during the wars... that it was someone else. And pretend that everything in the series DID happen. But it was someone elses family that got killed and not the Peacecraft's. Okay? Just forget about them from the Series 'cause they're ALL Alive and Well... Sort of. ::snickers bowing:: Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
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AC198 was a time for peace, regaining prosperity and fun. Wars were fought, bad guys beaten and people freed. So. Alls good. Well as it can be for recovering from the Eve Wars anyhow.
The big guys up stairs decided that the people needed to start fighting for their own peace. Well DUHH! Hello!? Where've these guys been? So anyway, they started up this basic "Big Brother is Watching" deal called the Preventers... And what that is basically is a military force watching out for incoming bad guys that wanna threaten our here peace we've got.
Ain't that the same as the military rule that got us into the bloody wars in the first place then? Nope, not so. 'Cause see those forces were nothing *but* military. The Preventers is run by some of the old leaders from both sides (if you can believe that) and by civilians in some areas. So yea um, basically it's an army, but the civilians have more control over us then they did say OZ, the Alliance or them others from Earth. So... heh anyways...
After the Eve Wars the Prez tracked us and the top remaining officials from both sides (that had potential) and offered us a job as Preventers. See they thought it'd be nice to have the five that saved the world - me an' the guys - and those that had good intentions but crapy ways to get 'em done - say Une, Noin and other from said 'other side' - and recruited us to join.
And of course we did. I mean, Hell... I didn't have shit to go back to. I could've went back to Howard and the Sweepers, not a bad idea actually, was thinkin' on it. And then there was ol' Hil, she wanted me to come up to L2 and help 'er out at that scrap yard, again, not a bad thing, but boring. At least with Howwie an' the guys we move around a lot and see a hellova lot of places and things.
Poor Fei, his whole life was blown up right before his eyes. His life as Clan Heir, his wife Meilan, his family, and any friends he had... he lost everything in an instant. Proof again you can't take things for granted... not that he ever does, no way, Fei-babe lives for the moment, he loves all that's around him. It's not honorable to take things for granted. So he joined up with me.
Heero... well homeboy ain't ever had a life. Sad ain't it? I mean he had Odin Lowe as a father figure that taught 'im how to fight and kill. Nice childhood lemme tell ya. Hell mine was better then that! And then the cute Japanese lost his 'father' and met up somehow with Dr. J. The steel hand scary man. And well, we all know what happened there. So with no past and no future since he didn't expect to live, not the any of us did really. He joined up.
Trowa had the circus and his sis Cathy, and Q-man had his family with way too many sisters and WEI to run. But, he joined up anyways. Gotta tell ya the guys smart! He's CEO/Owner of the place but he gave parts to his sisters to run since he has more faith in 'em then his father did, may God rest his soul. So yeah, they joined up and that made five of us.
Then, oh and this is the kicker! Une joined up! Gaugh! She friggin' RUNS the thing! Ain't that freaky? I gotta laugh at that. I mean come on! She's got that split personality thing goin' on and well... it's just freaky! She'll be all nice and calm on minute and then snappin' your head off the next with orders... Gotta go in the Genesis Book of World records for fastest personality change.
But anyways, so Lady Une runs this deal. She got Zechsy and Noin to join up along with Sally and Maria. Cute kid! Smart as hell never get on her bad side! I'm warnin' ya, she's cute, she's got a sharp mind and she's every bit like Une, without the whole split mind thingy.
Umm yeah, so this all happened after the wars.
Oh! And guess what, here's a secret you didn't know. Hell *I* didn't know it and I fought the bloody wars! The Peacecraft family is alive! Talk about a brain freezer! No, no, damnit not that bratty Shiana... I mean the *Peacecraft's*, as in the rest of her blood family! The guys an' me were all pretty like "Huh?" when it was announced 'cause you think they could've stopped whatever was going on to begin with. And if they weren't killed during the first war, just who the hell was? Y'know, gets you to thinkin'...
Apparently they were holed up in an underground shelter. Some crazy guy told 'em to go down there and stay 'til it was all over. Of course ol' man Peacecraft wouldn't have that. He refused to stay closed up in a mass underground storage place without being part to help stopping the war. And then said Crazy Guy pointed out that his second youngest child, his gal Shiana was up there and doing her best to stop it on her own with guys nuts in MS's called Gundams. He didn't care to tell the ol' guy that said daughter tried killing herself by tracking and following one said nutty guy around.
But yea, so they're alive and kickin', and now back in power with keeping the peace and all that jazz.
I'm just thinkin' to myself waitin' on the guy's 'cause they're late. Well naw, not really, I'm early for once (think Fei would faint of shock) and in the meetin' room waitin'. We got a mission comin' up! I can't frillin' wait! It's been umm... five months? Since the last one we had and I'm itchin' for 'nother one!
Sittin' behind the desk sucks, even if the five of us have out own offices. heh Cool part to that is they all inter connect! We take up one half of the HQ wall on the eighth floor. It's too neat! Heero's in the middle office, there's this door that opens to the left and that's my office, then there's another in his that opens to the right and that's Q-man's office. Then in mine there's a door that opens to the left wall to go into Fei's office! ^_^ Same with Q-man's office, but his is on the right and goes into Trowa's office. It's neat. Yea, yea! Don't go there. Yes, we all have normal doors at the front of the office for everyone to go in and out of... I mean come on! It'd be kinda stupid if we didn't! We'd be trapped in the offices!
And I'm sorry. But I *refuse* to test Heero's ability to jump from eight stories and land without more then dislocating my leg. No way. No how. Ain't happenin'.
And in comes Lady Une. I wave happily, "Hey Lady!" She glares but nods. Hey she likes me really. She can't get enough of my charm.
The other guys trickle into the room, Fei on my right, Heero my left with the others by him. "Yo bros what's kickin'!!"
Yup, see all the smiles for me? I'm loveable; you can't resist me! I got a small smile from Fei (I'm workin' on makin it bigger) with a pop to my leg under the table. He doesn't like me being a fool and getting glared at while around Une.
"Hello Duo" Quatre smiles big for me and nods. Heero and Trowa only nod, but they're eyes tell ya all ya need to know. They're loosened up a *lot* since the wars, seriously! You've gotta know 'em though or you'll never be able to tell it.
It's all in the eyes; trust me. Windows to the soul like Sister Helen once told me.
"Welcome gentlemen." Une starts noddin' curtly, I think this is 'Col. Une' we're dealing with... or is that Lady Une just being serious? It's so damned hard to tell! I like 'er nice and soft...
I damn near chocked on my drink as what I thought registered. Ooookay... that SO did not come out right... Think I'll just listen now...
"I've called you here for this meeting because of the recent advents and a new mission." She shuffles some papers around, I try not lookin' at 'er face... I've had too much sugar... Fei always said it'd go to my head but... that'd damned scary! I reach for Fei's hand under the table and just stare at the papers.
"Which recent advents Lady?" Q-man asks. Good question 'cause there's quite a few little 'flames' tryin' to pop up and I'm lost on what she's meanin'.
"The Peacecraft assassination attempts."
Ohhh, haven't heard of that before...
"A-assassination attempts M'am?" Sounds like I'm not the only one out of the loop here. "On which Peacecraft? Are they alright?" Leave it to Q to be concerned. Gotta love 'im!
I'm not lookin' up, I refuse to after that thought, but I hear Une's voice soften a bit. "They're fine Winner. Shaken up" Not stirred, I mentally add snickering. "but fine."
"So what's the mission?" Like I need to ask. Damnit Fei stop slappin' my hand!
"The mission, Maxwell" guess she heard me snickering, "Is to protect the last known heir to the Peacecraft throne." Ahh yeah, easy... who the hell's the last known heir with how many kids did they have again?
Fugit, I'll look up, "What about Zechs? He's a Peacecraft"
She nods, "Yes he is, but Marquise has denounced his claim to the throne."
Yeah that explains some stuff... always wondered what he was peeved about while fighting. I mean the guy was raised on basically "Fighting is bad" and yet he fought... can't be good for the conscious... Une shuffles around some papers passing them out.
"With the latest assassination attempts on Mr. Peacecraft" I wonder if we're really supposed to be calling him 'King Peacecraft' here, I mean he does run the kingdom, but ah, off track... again. "...the latest one nearly taking his life. We have been ordered to find his youngest child and keep her safe."
"Her!?" Fei took the words right outta my mouth! Literally I was gonna yell that. Guess he's shocked the mission is a girl. heh I gotta bite back the comment about how 'Her' usually means a girl, as in the opposite sex of a guy. Also known as 'He'.
"Yes, Chang, 'Her'." She stares, "Have a problem with that?" ohhh got that tone of voice on 'er!
"No M'am I do not." Awww poor Fei-babe! hehe He's cute when he pouts. Don't tell him I told you that though. His lip does this adorable little dip and his dimples show up. Too cute really... oh yeah, mission briefing... gaugh boring!
And Q-man comes to the rescue, "Who and where is this last heir Lady Une?"
"I was just getting to that Winner." Again with papers, "The child's name is Relena Ann O'Connor" she held up a hand to stop three opened mouths. Yes mine was one of them. "When the Peacecraft's learned that they were with child once again. A surprising situation since Mrs. Peacecraft had her tubes tied to prevent this happening. Mr. Peacecraft saw to it that a family was picked out that trust worthy and capable of raising their child. They believed that her staying with them was a risk that could not be taken should anyone try to apprehend one of the family. Logic dictated the youngest would be taken."
"Excellent bargaining chip." Heero has such a way with words.
Une nodded, "Precisely Yuy." Turning a page she motioned to it in our packets, "With this possibility becoming more and more likely it was a wise choice. So they found a family and sent her right away with the necessary accessories; clothes, some toys, a list of instructions and some money to help the family."
"Soo..." I drawled out asking the obvious thing she seems like havin' us ask again, "Where's this chic-" damn her glares scary, "Relena gal at?" It might just be me... but did Lady Une just *wink* at me!?
Somehow, I get the feeling this is *not* a normal, 'find, report status and protect against all bad things', type of mission.
"Relena Ann O'Connor can be found here" with that the scary Col. Lady clicked a button and the lights went out to be replaced by an overhead picture of a house... not just any house either...
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oOo@oOo
Where she grew up, there ain't no roads,
Out in the sticks where the ginseng grows,
oOo@oOo@oOo
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"You've got to be kidding me!"
"I assure you Maxwell, this is no joke."
Tipping my head back and forth slumping a bit more in my chair I mutter, "Oh sure your not, you don't joke, no sense a humor at all" and get slapped in the leg again by Fei. Catchin' his eyes in the dark I send a look that plainly promises, 'Keep it up and I ain't responsible for the actions taken'. Of course he smirks. Why would he mind what I'd do? And speaking of which...
Gauh damnit, mission... think mission, not Fei! Mission.
So I look back at the picture.
Can someone really live that? Not that I'm complainin' or nuttin' but... I mean look at it! The house it over run by living vines that I hope ain't the itchy type and the wood likes like it'll fall to the next big storm. Is renovating this thing in the mission parameters?
Looks big enough, maybe a five room place made up of old weather worn boards complete with porch and roof over that. Got a little swing there for two, some rockin' chairs. Bushes to your right, bushes to you're left, vines crawlin' all over the place. Old lookin' pit to the center... Hell there's even a place for camp fires off the other side! Looks like there's a shed or somethin' in the back, but I can't tell. There's too much living greenery around the place!
"Relena Ann O'Connor lives in the Piney Seas Forest, off the south side of the kingdom. She lives alone currently. Her foster parents died when she was four years old and she's been living alone since."
"How?" Trowa sounded mildly impressed by a four year old on her own. heh Should come up to L2 on any given time, you'll find younger... but yeah, I'm curious too.
"The people" she sounded like she wasn't sure what she wanted to say 'people' or 'folks'. "...up there are rather friendly and took Relena in as one of their own. They have allowed her to live in the house on her own with someone there daily with her until her twelfth year when they apparently deemed her old enough to live on her own. She has another person acting as her father now. This person" looks to her notes, "Scot, mainly provides for her with what she can't get on her own and assists her to and from school."
"She goes to school?" I couldn't help it! It slipped before I could stop it! I grin bowing my head at her glare... I got Fei to smirk at least.
"Yes, she goes to school." I do believe she's getting impatient with me.
I hear Q-man cough tryin' to cover up his snickers. "What is it the family wishes us to do Lady?" I look over past Heero and see his shoulders tryin' not to shake.
"The Peacecraft's merely" yeah right, there's no 'merely' in this business and she knows it, "wants the young lady to be protected incase anything should happen that she is not equipped to handle on her own."
Translation: 'They want someone there in case the bad guys decide to blow the kid away'. This way we blow then away first. Or... they might want us to capture them... hmm...
"And if the ba- assassins show up?" saying 'bad guys' with her in the room would be most unprofessional! heh Something I get reminded off often enough. Like I care. I do my job; leave me alone.
"Wound and capture."
Ohhh fun time! "Yes'm!"
"Lady Une, what does this girl look like? And how are we getting there?" Leave it to Heero to be the strategic one about basic things. We're a talkative bunch honest! But y'see, with Une in here... well the temperature goes down a few degrees... Now you get her as Lady Une, and not 'Col. Une' she's a fun lady to be around!
She turned to Heero, "We will be shipping you over by Preventer jet to the nearest airfield, from there you will use the map in the information packet to find your way to her property." Notice ladies and gentlemen, that Lady didn't say 'house'. "When you land there will be a truck waiting for you, the keys you already have" nods to Heero's zipped packet, "Everything else, but her picture, that you need to know is in there."
And the picture?? I'd like to see who I'm protecting now! I think she likes watching me squirm. Purposely keeps laggin' in doin' things just to see me suffer. She knows I love missions. I swear she's a sadist!
"This" click of another button in the darkened room, "is Relena Ann O'Connor" and my jaw hits the floor.
"WHOA BABY!"
"DUO!"
"MAXWELL!" Whoa, duel stereo there!
Duck my head like a good little boy, "Sorry" wincing as Fei's fingers dig into my hand. Dude I'm sorry! Gods, but wow... See I love Fei, love 'im with all I am... but damnit I have eyes! And that ain't no "child"! That's a gal with a coke figure bottle in cloths that don't leave squat to the imagination! Well leaves some things but man... heh I love Fei, and he knows that, he also knows I'm Bi, I'm gonna comment where I see fit.
And... heh This is going to be an interesting mission.
"Alright gentlemen, you've got what you need to know. I expect you to be packed, armed and ready to leave within one day's time. Dismissed."
Of course you know she throws a glare to me when I immediately jump up and run from the room dragging a protesting Chinese boy behind me. Why wait to get ready for a mission? Lets go now!
"Come on Fei! Keep up you slacker!" I laugh as he decks my arm and starts dragging me down the halls. Everyone moves out of the way of us. They've seen us do this plenty of times. You get used to it and learn the safest way is to just step aside.
And so, with that folks our new mission has started and it's gonna be anything but borin'!
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::bounces around:: Wow you finished reading it!! Didja laugh your butt off in places? ^_^ Or was that just me 'cause I was hyper while writing it? I loved it. Hope the rest comes out as good. But what'd ya think? Was it that confusing to think as the Peacecrafts alive and Relena *not* being the one that followed Heero around like a lost puppy and all that? ::chuckles smile-smirking:: This'll be a kickin' one to write on! heh Not a very long one, shooting for keeping it to maybe, four chapters at the most. But yea ::waves runnin' off:: Lemme know whatcha think!
Keep it kickin'!
~ Anime Redneck
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