Benevolent Hearts
By mistress amethyst une
Chapter 1
Vivid blue sky placidly rested above cerulean ocean waves. Gentle winds blew whispering of a long lost love. Only a shipwreck proved testimony to the tempest that had passed through this area of the Pacific but a few days ago...
Amongst the driftwood of a ruined lifeboat was the seemingly lifeless body of a young girl with long golden locks. Her hair trailed in the water as she floated face up and bobbed up and down with the ocean current...
"What do you mean the ocean liner sank?!" yelled Une at her secretary.
A perturbed look clouded the Preventer Chief's usually pristine hazel eyes. Her brow furrowed in worry as she frowned. Sunk in the Pacific, the ship her cousin was on hadn't made it to port. Now she feared that the young girl, her last living blood relative, was dead.
The secretary appeared disturbed and threw a fearful glance at Une.
"I'm sorry ma'm," she said, "But I have some good news..."
"What?"
"There was one survivor. A young blonde girl by the name of Midii Une. They found her floating in a ruined life boat a few meters away from the ship..."
"Where is she?"
"She's in a nearby hospital recuperating..."
Une gaped at the slumbering figure on the hospital bed as she sat on a nearby stool. Looking at the girl's champagne blonde tresses and comparing it to her own auburn locks, it seemed improbable that they were related.
Slowly, the girl's eyelids fluttered open to reveal exquisite emerald orbs which contrasted Une's coffee-colored gaze. Was she really related to this girl?
DNA testing said yes. Midii was a blood relative and the daughter of her father's half-brother. In a sense, they were half-cousins...
But why such a profound difference in looks?
Midii was three quarters French owing to the fact that her mother had been French and her father had been half-French. Une's parents, on the other hand, were pure Germans...
Une really had no idea why she was seeing Midii. She had never even met the girl before and their fathers had been at constant war. Une's father was from her grandfather's first wife, a chocolate-haired German who died early. Midii's father was the fruit of wedlock. His mother had been a struggling French actress named Yvette who had been famed for her lustrous golden locks. Sadly, that relationship didn't work out and Une's grandfather was left to raise the two boys.
Growing up, the two boys constantly fought. As grown men, Une's father became an OZ general and married a prominent Alliance ambassador. Midii's father, on the other hand, left to support the colonies' rebellion and went off into space. He married a French girl by the name of Antoinette and lived a peaceful life until the war. During the war, the whole family got sick with the exception of Midii. It was stated in some old Alliance files that Midii became a spy to support her family. Despite this, the family died leaving the poor girl orphaned.
Midii smiled up at Une, "It's nice to meet you dear cousin."
"It's a pleasure to meet you as well," was the Preventer Chief's cold reply. She really didn't care much for the girl and it showed.
Midii's smile faltered, "I'm sorry, have I done something wrong? You seem angry..."
Une looked sternly at the girl, "How did the ship sink? Was it just coincidence that a traitorous spy like yourself was onboard?"
"What do you mean?"
"You're an ex-Alliance spy. I don't trust spies..."
And with that, the Preventer Chief turned leaving her shocked cousin to gape at her as she left.
"So you wish to be a Preventer?" asked Une.
"Yes, ma'm," replied Midii as she stood before the Preventer Chief.
They were in Une's office and Midii's job interview was being conducted.
"But you're an ex-Alliance spy," said Une wryly, "And, as you can recall from our meeting in the hospital, I utterly loathe spies. How can I trust you?"
"Blood is thicker than water," she replied, "I am your next of kin and the two of us are the only remnants of our family. If you cannot trust your family, who can you trust? Besides, I've abandoned espionage. It causes way too much pain to those I betray and I've experienced and given enough hurt to last a lifetime. I don't want to harm anyone..."
Une was impressed by her answer and smiled, "Just because you're family doesn't mean you will be receiving any special favors."
"I understand."
"Then let me introduce you to your new partner."
Une rose from her desk and opened the door to reveal a young boy of seventeen with light brown hair and long, almost spiky, bangs. His eyes were a deep olivine color and his face was expressionless, as if robbed of all emotion.
"Midii, I'd like you to meet Trowa Barton. He'll be your partner. His codename is Preventer Zephyr and yours is Preventer Breeze. I hope you two get along..."
"Nanashi..." whispered Midii to herself.
"Trowa," whispered Une in his ear, "This is Midii Une. She's my cousin and an ex-Alliance spy so I expect you to keep a close watch on her. Can you do that?"
"Yes ma'm," he replied with that same expressionless look on his face.
"Midii..." he thought to himself, "The spy who betrayed me so long ago..."
To Be Continued
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