Note: Y'know...I forgot to write a disclaimer for the prologue. Oops... xD Oh, and sorry I didn't get around to posting within the next few days. I got stuck for a bit and didn't finish until...well, now. XD But, hey, what can I say? A week isn't that bad of a wait...I'll do my best not to make you wait much longer than that. I'll spit out chapters as fast as I can cough up a loogie -- er...rather distasteful metaphor (especially since I have a nasty cold! Who gets a cold in the summer? So unfair...), but...anyway!
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing. Nope. Nada. Sorry. Maybe if I wish harder next time. xP I do claim whatever rights I may have to writing this ficcie, however! Not that it's gonna bring me any money but...whatever. Mine!

Edit: Yeah, well, given my situation currently, this isn't too bad...I guess. I just feel so bad about leaving this untouched. I gotta get this edited so this fic is in my head and I can start on the next installment. I'm sorry everybody! I'll get an actual update up as soon as I can! For those who plan on sticking it out, thank you muchly! You're all troopers and I wish I could reward you somehow (other than getting updates out however I possibly can, as soon as I can). I can't thank y'all enough. Really! Maybe a fanart...? How many of you would like that? I have a friend with a scanner...

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As I walked through the halls of the office building with Wufei, I had several employees throwing glances in our direction, whispers not too far behind. Approaching the elevators, I saw one of my sisters waiting her arms crossed over her chest. I raised my eyebrows and glanced at Wufei as he continued past her toward the elevator button.

"Alexis," I said as I came to a stop.

"Quatre, what are you doing?" she asked before I could say anymore than her name.

"I'm leaving," I said simply.

"You're the head executive, you can't just up and leave," Alexis said raising an eyebrow.

"I'm quitting." Just then, I heard the ding of the elevator and looked over at Wufei as he slipped inside and held it open for me. "I'll call you later," I said as I swiftly moved to enter. "Promise!"

"What? Wait, Quatre!" As she turned to follow, Wufei moved his arm and the doors slid shut in her face.

I do admit, I feel bad for doing this to my sisters. They're all very wonderful women and with each one I meet, I feel a warmth fill a hole in my heart I had never known existed. To this date, I still haven't formally met all twenty-nine of my sisters...But then again, they are scattered all over the place.

When I came home to L4, I was set and determined to restore the family business. I talked to one of my sisters -- the first of the many I had met -- Ilia and asked her to help me. We gathered eight more of our siblings and started from the bottom up. It took us a year and a half to get as far as now -- a fairly short amount of time, really. Our stocks are among the top once again and the Winner Foundation is flourishing. Yet, I still feel like it's only a shadow of what it once was...

Others seem to think more darkly, looking at the boom of success as though it were unnatural and feeling as though we had cheated somewhere along the line. But...my sisters and I are too honest for that. I know it. No one can find proof to prove we cheated because there is no proof.

It's this mess on top of everything else that had been adding to my incredible distaste for this business. I'm rebellious and uncouth in comparison to those raised like me and perhaps it should remain that way. I wasn't meant for this...And that was exactly what I intended to tell my sisters, though they might not like to hear it much.

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Wufei and I managed to find our way out of the building without further trouble and he led me towards a customized Jeep parked on the side of the road. I walked around to the passenger's side and slipped inside as Wufei leaped right in. As we settled in, I turned my head to look at him.

"So what am I getting myself into, exactly?" I asked with a smile.

Wufei looked over at me as he slipped his keys into the ignition and started the vehicle. "You should already know, the organization was founded and currently led by Lady Une, right?"

"So I've heard," I replied casually. I've heard much about the Preventer's.

"And, of course, old military officers like Lucrezia Noin and Sally Poe are already in the organization." I nodded and Wufei shot a quick glance in my direction before turning his attention back to his driving. "The Preventers were founded with the principle of maintaining peace through whatever means possible."

"Right." All of this I already knew, but I could see Wufei was working towards something.

"Lady Une wants to recruit all of the ex-Gundam pilots for this purpose. Sally had already recruited me after I had destroyed Nataku. Now, I have you. The other three have proved a little more difficult to find. Your first mission, Quatre, is to track down Trowa and convince him to join the Preventers as your partner," Wufei said.

My eyes widened slightly and I felt myself freeze in my seat at the mention of Trowa. Find Trowa and convince him to join the Preventers...as my...partner?

"Don't worry too much about the details right now. You'll get to see Preventer HQ and have time to settle in before you start out," my young Chinese friend said. He glanced at me and quirked an eyebrow. "I thought you'd be excited for the opportunity to see Trowa again."

Instantly I straightened and crossed my arms. "I am! I was just...surprised, that's all. Trowa is rather difficult to find, you know."

Wufei paused a moment before he gave me a small, rare smile. "I know. I haven't been able to find him yet," he replied. "But if anyone can find him, it's you. You know him better than any of us."

I felt honored that Wufei would say that to me. It was that moment that I had determined in my mind that I would find Trowa and I would convince him to join as my partner. Not only to fulfill my mission and prove Wufei right, but somewhere...I could feel it...there was more to it than that...Well, Trowa was my best friend. I still considered him that. I felt closer to him than the other pilots, whom were like brothers to me. I missed him, more than I dared admit.

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Note: Sad day. It took me this long to write only this much...I thought of including Quatre's first day at the Preventer's office but I decided to write that as a separate chapter 'cause otherwise it might take me a couple more days to finish this chapter xD Co-authoring, it would have taken only about a half an hour to write this much! T.T Well, until next time