A.N. I don't own Harry Potter or Gundam Wing/AC. So there, you can't sue me now.

"english"

"different language"

~parsletongue~

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The night was cold and dark as two dark shapes moved silently through the shadows. The rain had only just stopped falling and the street were still shimmering, puddles everywhere. Wufei and Heero slid along the wall, keeping out of the sparse of light of the few streetlights that dotted the old winding streets that they were moving through. They had been following their targets for the entire day, ever since they had been spotted entering the more run down part of London.

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Their quarry were several members of a known street gang, who had been hired to kill someone in London. As soon as the Preventers had heard of that, they had sent two of their best agents to head it off, especially when they heard who was supposed to be the victim.

The elusive Asp. Soon after it had been discovered, the name had circulated around Preventer headquarters and all kinds of stories had started popping up about Asp and her Marauders. The most horrific, and probably most true ones, came from the former OZ and Alliance soldiers who had joined the Preventers.

They told stories about compounds razed to the ground in one single night, the only sign left by the attackers to show who they were the words 'The Marauders were here' burned into a wall or other surface. Patrols disappearing, only the corpses showing up, hanging from walls or pinned to them. Stories about the ruthless Asp, whose only known feature were her brilliant green eyes, who killed patrols only to leave one man alive to spread the word that all that opposed her and the Marauders would die, and if it was up to her, die slowly and painfully. The Marauders were like ghosts, and if it came down to it, the soldiers rather faced the Gundam pilots than the Marauders. They preferred an enemy they knew and could see. During the short wars, the Marauders had destroyed and sabotaged as much as the Gundam pilots, and after the wars ended, they had disappeared.

For a while, nothing had been heard, until rumors had started circulating in the underworld that the Marauders would take down the most terrible crime lords in a blaze of destruction. Because of both their action during the wars and after it, the Marauders were seen as both terrorists and heroes. Lady Une was neutral and had just ordered her agents to bring in Marauders if they met them.

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So that was why Heero Yuy and Chang Wufei were skulking around the back alleys of the London slums, following several gang members, when the people they were following suddenly stopped and hid themselves in the shadows. A little further into the alley they hid in, a door opened, and a person slipped out. Before the door closed the light encircled the person, revealing it to be a young woman with brilliant green eyes. The light disappeared immediately as the door shut, and Heero and Wufei could see her start moving further into the maze of alleys. They hung back further as the gang members started following the woman. Heero rolled his eyes. "What do you think would be the chance that we run into Asp the moment we start the mission?"

Wufei snorted. "I would say small, but well…" He gestured to the disappearing figures, then started moving again. Heero shrugged and followed. They had a mission to finish and no time to muse over chance.

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She really didn't know why she had decided to stay some extra days in London. Perhaps it was for old times sake, but it hadn't been smart. They had caught up with her, those foolish mercenaries who thought they had a chance to take down the infamous Asp. With a silent snarl she flicked her braid over her shoulder and loosened one of her guns from its holster. The alley she was walking in was nearing a dead end, and that was where she was planning to take her followers out. No one threatened her and got away with it. Her eyes almost seemed to glow for a moment as a feral smirk flitted over her face. She would have to leave one alive. That one would then tell her everything he knew. She flitted into the shadows as she went around a corner and pulled out her gun, quickly screwing a silencer on the muzzle of the gun and dropping her backpack on the ground. All she had to do now was wait for them.

And she didn't have to wait long. A few moment after she hid herself, the first of her pursuers came around the corner. She waited a little longer, until they had all passed her, before she stepped from the shadows. "Good evening, gentlemen. Out for a evening stroll?"

Her wild laugh bounced around them as they whirled around to face her and drew their guns. Her face took on a feral cast before she blanked it. A quick smile flashed over her face and she crooned at them. "Aw, don't be so shy! Weren't you following me to kill me? Why wait?"

Then she raised her own weapon and shot the first two before the remaining men, another five, returned her shots. A short, furious fight ensued, until all but one of the gang members were down, bleeding out on the damp ground. One was still alive, with a bullet in his gun arm, but alive. Asp grinned as she sashayed forward. Her gun disappeared back in it's holster, with a flick of her wrist she had a knife in her hand. Her grin turned sadistic as she crouched down next to the wounded man who was staring at her fearfully. "You are going to tell me everything you know, little fool." She purred. "Or I'll make it hurt. Badly."

The man tried to scramble away from her, but only succeeded in pushing himself further into the wall and thus further injuring himself. With a snarl Asp grabbed his collar, in the same movement shoving the knife in his shoulder before twisting the blade savagely, resulting in making the man cry out in pain. She snarled again. "Wimp! Now tell me, who paid you to kill me?!" She twisted the knife again. "I want names and all relevant information, trash, and I want it fast! Who wants to kill me this time?!"

Just as the man started to open his mouth to answer, or scream, she couldn't be certain on that, a heavy weight slammed into her side, ripping her away from her would-be killer. With a athletic twist and a flash of her knife she kicked the person off her, only then looking up. And froze as she heard the unmistakable click of a loaded gun at the back of her head.

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Wufei and Heero silently cursed as the gunshots could be heard from the alley they had just seen the other people they had been following disappear in. Hurrying forward, still silently, they were not prepared for what they saw. The green eyed woman was taking out the gang members with an almost creepy grace, and it wasn't until she started to torture the survivor for information that they managed to spring themselves into action again. Wufei threw himself forward, slamming into the woman and tearing her away from the downed man, only to be shocked as she twisted in mid-air and slashed her knife at him, in a feat of acrobatics he had only seen before from Trowa Barton. Heero in the meantime had moved deeper into the alley, drawing his gun as he went and thus ended up behind the woman as she landed on her feet. He raised his gun to her head and the click as he readied it could be heard clearly. The woman froze at that, before she straightened herself out. Wufei picked himself up and swiftly disarmed her, taking away three guns and six knives. Heero smirked at that. Seems like she was prepared for battle.

Wufei bit back a snarl as he handcuffed the woman, then walked over to the wounded man who was propped up against the wall. He ripped the knife from his shoulder and bandaged it swiftly, before also handcuffing him too. In the meantime Heero walked around the woman, still keeping his gun to her head. As he stood in front of her the first thing that he noticed were her eyes. They were a brilliant emerald green, and almost blazing with a inner light. Then she blinked and her eyes were a cool, calculating jade. She smirked. "Agent Heero Yuy."

Then she turned her head to see Wufei, and turned back. "Well, well, did they sent Gundam pilots in now? Must be really important then."

Wufei walked back to them, pulling the handcuffed gang member with him and picking up the discarded backpack of the woman at the same time. Heero put his gun away and grabbed the woman by her upper arm. "Come along now."

Heero and Wufei took their captives along, but as they walked out of the alley, Heero stopped as he heard the sound of steel dragging over stone. As he looked around, he spotted all around them people hiding in the shadows. Thugs, back alley street rats… all were gathered around. Heero turned to the green eyed woman. "What are they doing here?"

"Asp brings justice. Marauders bring revenge. We are respected."

Heero looked almost surprised at the rather straightforward answer he got from the woman, now positively identified as Asp. "Then why are they here?"

She threw him an exasperated look. "We help them, they help us. Normally." She turned towards the approaching people, who were all armed. "Not this time. Not necessary."

Heero didn't have the time to understand the muttered words before Asp spoke again, this time in a mangled English dialect, which was probably the street language, to the people. One man stepped from the shadows to answer her, arguing. She spoke again, this time her voice was sharp and it was an obvious command. The man backed down grudgingly. Asp smiled, then switched to normal English. "Don't worry, Jeff. Call Wolf and tell him to call Akuma. I'll need him. No need for you guys to call the attention of the Preventers by killing two of their top agents."

The man gave a twisted smirk, then slipped back in the shadows. A few moments later every thug in the shadows was gone. Wufei turned to Asp with a snarl. "What was that about?!"

Asp eyed him impassively. "These are the streets, Preventer boy. The streets are harsh and unforgiving. The Marauders help these people, give them more of a fighting chance. In return, they help us. Be glad, if I hadn't said anything, your corpse would be bleeding out on the streets right now." Her face suddenly twisted in a dark grin and she almost purred her words. "And believe me, most would probably enjoy the sight. Including me."

Wufei almost took a step back at the swift change in demeanor of the woman, before he collected himself and simply huffed. Asp cooed mockingly at him, grinning widely, her eyes shining with an almost insane inner light. Heero raised an eyebrow. "You're insane."

Asp's wild laughter bounced around them as she threw her head back. Her grin was wide and mischievous as her eyes twinkled. "Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. We'll see, we'll see. I think sanity is overrated anyway."

Heero bit back a snort at that and took Asp by her arm, once again leading her through the maze of alleyways to their car. Wufei followed close behind with their other captive.

They reached their car in good time, though it took almost more time to convince the gang member to take the seat next to Asp in the back so they could leave. After they managed it, they quickly took off, driving through London to the Preventer Headquarters of the city.

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Asp giggled silently as she tilted her head to watch the one-way mirror that took up one whole side of the interrogation room. She could feel the other minds behind it, and knew they were watching her. So she tilted her head and gave them a feral smile, with bared teeth and just a touch of insanity. She cackled mentally. Disturbing people was always so much fun, something she had adopted from Ivy. She started humming a funeral march in a happy way, something which seemed to disturb her watchers, if she read their emotions correctly. She bit back the giggles that were bubbling up. No need for her amusement to stop her from humming. No need for her amusement to stop her from disturbing her watchers even more.

They had just thrown her into the interrogation room as soon as they had arrived at the Preventer Headquarters. The didn't even shackle her to a chair, they just kept the handcuffs on her. Her backpack was thrown in a corner of the room and then they had disappeared to bring the would-be murderer to the infirmary and to probably warn their boss that they got Asp. Her humming brightened for a moment. Oh yeah, she was famous, and this time for something she did all by herself. Giggles bubbled through the humming, before she squashed them again. With a mental sigh she tilted her head up and stared at the ceiling. The people observing her would by now probably think she was completely insane. That would be wrong, though she had to admit she wasn't completely sane anymore. But hey, who could stay sane after all she had seen and done?

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Lady Une, Commander of the Preventers, stared at the young woman in the other room through the one-way mirror. The woman was humming a funeral march in a happy tone, something not even Agent Maxwell had done before, and that was the one person she could even compare this Asp to. She had read the reports her Agents had given, those who were former Alliance or OZ soldiers, who had encountered Asp or her Marauders, and she had heard the report Agent Yuy and Chang had just given her. Immediately after she had learned that she had one of the most feared rebels in her Headquarters, she had called in her top agents, them being the Gundam Pilots. Four of them were already flanking her, they were only waiting for the fifth to make the decision who would interrogate Asp.

Quatre Winner stared at the young woman in the other room. He could see the others were disturbed by her behaviour, how she was humming and giggling at random. But he couldn't sense a shred of insanity. Well, she wasn't the most stable either, but the most he could get from her was a muted amusement. Like she was laughing at them. He couldn't help but snort at the same time as Asp giggled, her amusement bleeding over to him. Trowa Barton threw his partner and boyfriend a confused look. "Why are you laughing, little one?"

Quatre let another snort escape as Asp gave a bright laugh. "She is very amused by us. I do believe she is laughing at us."

Lady Une threw a sharp look to Quatre, who just giggled softly, then turned to the one-way mirror, only to be shocked as Asp was looking at them knowingly, an amused smile playing around her mouth. All people in their small room frowned at that, before they turned to the door as it slammed open and Duo Maxwell strode in. He waved cheerily. "Hiya guys! What's the fuzz?"

Wufei sent him a dark glare, then jerked his head to the interrogation room. "That's the 'fuzz', Maxwell."

Quatre raised a silent eyebrow as he felt a short spark of recognition shoot through Duo, along with protectiveness, relief and amusement, before it was quickly muffled. That had to be interesting. He gave a small smile, then spoke softly. "I propose to have Duo interrogate Asp."

"Why?" Lady Une frowned at him. Quatre smiled again, gently, and waved a hand in the direction where Asp sat. "If you look closely, you can see they have some of the same characteristics. I believe Duo would be more able to relate to her, thus making him more able to get her to start talking."

Lady Une studied Duo for a moment, then looked at Asp closely. After a few moments in which all were silent she nodded her head. "Very well. Agent Maxwell, get her file, then interrogate her."

"What should I ask?" Duo looked at Asp sideways while still keeping Lady Une in sight. "We don't actually have a crime to convict her off."

"Just… ask her. They might become allies for the Preventers. From what we know, they have an extensive intelligence network and talented members. We need all recourses we can get."

Duo hnned at her answer, something which was usually only done by Heero, and threw Quatre a subtle but sharp look, which Quatre answered with an even more subtle wink. Duo blinked at that, baffled, before a swift feral grin flashed over his face and his eyes twinkled.

The others looked at Duo for a moment before he turned and disappeared from the room to prepare himself.

Quatre hummed softly to himself as he waited for Duo to start, and he didn't have to wait long. Not even five minutes later the door of the interrogation room opened and Duo entered.

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Duo smirked as he stepped into the interrogation room. Quatre had given him a great opportunity for a prank with his support to have Duo interrogate asp. And Quatre knew it too, the cheeky bugger. Duo shuddered lightly. God, he had to stop hanging around with Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Their English curses were catching. That was just… wrong. Asp looked up at him as he bounced inside and took a seat in front of her. He smirked at her, then silently mouthed his plan for the prank to her, which was possible because he was seated with his back to the one-way mirror. Asp laughed brightly, agreeing instantly. Duo grinned. Thank god Asp was always in the mood for a nice prank. He opened the file. "So… name?"

Asp grinned cheerily. "Asp."

"No last name?"

"Nope."

"Hm." Duo flipped through the file, then closed it. "Well, I am Agent Duo Maxwell. I run, I hide, but I never lie. Nice to meet you." He waved airily with his hand. "Do you know why you are here?"

"Nope." She smiled charmingly. "Unless it is suddenly illegal to fight in self-defense, even though I may have killed some, they were going to kill me and they fired the first shot."

"Yes, well, but you also fought with the arresting agents and are just too damn charming for your own good." Duo laughed then switched languages. "Live hard."

Asp answered him in the same language. "Die well."

"Marauders forever." They ended in unison. Asp laughed happily. "Duo, my braided bitch, you haven't changed a bit since I last saw you."

"Neither have you, my slithering sneak. I have to say, it's good to see you again." Duo grinned and hugged Asp over the table for as far as that was possible. "Why didn't you call me when you got here? You knew I would be here."

Asp shrugged. "I didn't know whether you were busy or not, besides, I was going to call you when I finished business here, and that would have been tomorrow. Wolf called you?"

"Yeah. Sounded rather worried too."

Asp snorted. "He would worry even if I was asleep." She sighed and her shoulders dropped. "He still feels guilty."

Duo smiled gently. "We'll talk later. I think my boss wants an explanation now."

And just as he finished talking the door slammed open and an angry Lady Une strode in, followed by the other four Gundam pilots. She glared at both Duo and Asp, then sat down on a chair. "Agent Maxwell. Asp. Explain."