Heero looked at her, his face revealing nothing "Did they succeed?"

Suddenly a large explosion was heard and everyone got very silent and still. Seconds later the massive windows exploded, men and women screamed as they hit the ground. Heero hit the floor his hand still tight around JK's wrist. The debris that was flying through the room didn't seem to stop. JK jerked her hand free and rushed out one of the broken windows but not before flipping a card on the floor, that would be found later. JK jumped into Taurus suit that had escorted the Countess. The damage was minimal. JK strapped in and took off flying.

When the debris stopped Heero dashed off looking for his wife. He called her name and saw her helping the countess up.

"What in all Hell was that!" The Countess grumbled while muttering some appropriate swear words as her feet searched for stable ground.

Heero accessed his wife before holding her in his arms. A few scrapes and bruises were rapidly forming on her arms. Her dress was ripped in several places and Heero noted that more cleavage was showing then before. Then he noticed the pinkness of a nipple that was trying to break free from a particular rip. Heero hugged his wife and quickly shed his jacket and put it on her. Relena looked down and noticed her state of dress she quickly buttoned up the jacket. The coat practically swallowed her whole. Hero gave her hand a quick squeeze before running off to find the others. As he ran he noticed that Quatre was dusting off Janai and then they were in a passionate embrace. Heero flinched as he thought of what his sister's jealousy was going to be when the discussion turned to the girl he had been dancing with. The Girl. She wasn't around her looked and saw no trace of her. He furrowed his brow and saw Duo walk up with a card in his hand. He handed it to Heero who growled and swore. The card read, "A few more bricks for my wall, OZ RONINS." Heero looked out the missing window and saw two city blocks were gone. One of the Tauruses was gone; Wufei walked over with a limping Sally Po, and a stranger. Each had one side, lifting her up. Trowa walked up, the dust weighing down his bangs. Then Quatre and Janai showed up keeping a cool distance between them.

~*~

JK landed in a patch of trees near the Sanc Kingdom. Her Dawn Treader was lying down and waiting for her. She jumped out of one suit and quickly shed the dress she had been wearing. She flung it aside and quickly put on a pair of fatigue pants her army boots and a white tank top. She then jumped into her Gundam and headed to Africa where the others would be waiting. All of the Ronin's had Gundams that could fly. The original Gundams had to be transported by truck or by boat except for the Wing Gundam and Wing Zero. The Ronin's suits flew and had sophisticated radar jamming. The Sanc Kingdom wasn't their target but finding the discarded Taurus would throw them off the tracks. Their real target was six people with those six people out of the way OZ could rule one again, or more so the power behind OZ could rule.

JK flew across the sea her mind contemplating what she had to do. JK fell asleep as her mobile suit headed to the set coordinates. A continued beeping le her know she was there. She awoke and stretched JK took her suit off autopilot and landed it manually. She placed it in a sitting position and hopped out, JK pulled out a camouflage net and skillfully hid her Gundam in the trees. JK walked into the near town and headed for the local bar. As she had guessed everyone was there but Sage. She sat down and sipped the water from Cye's glass.

"Well?" she asked and everyone just grunted.

JK rolled her eyes, "Cye did you slip the tracking device on the Wing Zero?"

Cye shook his head and took back his water for a sip. "The Zero One wasn't there. So I put it on the Heavyarms."

JK growled, "You idiot the Heavyarms isn't for our kind of battle its for land battles and last time I checked we fight AIR BATTLES!"

Ryo put his hand on her thigh to calm her. JK stiffened at the touch and her fist flew through the air and landed on his nose knocking him from his seat. "You were suppose to keep Relena from her husband. So how is it saw them dancing?" JK's nostrils flared and she jumped up knocking her chair over. "DID EVERYONE HERE BOTCH THEIR MISSION!"

Rowen snorted silently, "Sit down JK your making a scene."

JK grabbed her chair and sat, "Rowen tell me you at least accomplished yours."

Rowen nodded. "She has max security."

JK narrowed her eyes. "Not what I wanted to hear."

Her eyes went around the table making everyone she looked at shudder, finally her eyes landed on Kento. "At least you got the bomb to go off correctly, I saw two blocks gone. Tell Yuli to make a few more just like that. Has anyone talked to Mia? The Dawn Treader didn't have the shield I ordered. She said it would be in."

Ryo was sitting again a glass of ice water to his nose. "She didn't have time she was busy helping Yuli with the bomb."

"Captain Anubis is not going to be happy. Hell I'm not happy." JK stood up and walked out Ryo followed behind her.

Kento grumbled to Rowen, "Remind me again why we're here."

Rowen shook his head and went out the door to his Gundam.

Kento looked at Cye. "Let's go find some women or at least a decent place to eat."

Cye nodded, JK's words had hurt him but he knew they were true. He silently cursed himself he did know better then to track the Heavyarms, when the Wing Zero hadn't been there he panicked. General Talpa had been disappointed with the Ronins, so he sent a "professional" to shape them up. They knew very little about JK; in fact none of them even knew her real name. JK's first loyalty was to the General her second loyalty had been to Treize Kusranada. Kento had asked her if she had any loyalty to them. She didn't even pause and said no. Cye wondered if that had changed, she had stayed for over 3 years now. Talpa had told her she was doing such a good job with them that she would stay. After that thought Cye realized that Kento had asked him a question. Cye shook himself from his memoirs and looked at Kento.

"What was that?"

Kento looked frustrated, "I said how about some food."

Cye shook his head, "Nah I'm not hungry I'm going to head back to the Torrent."

When Cye reached his Torrent JK was sitting on his hatch with a coke in her hand. He didn't speak and sat next to her. No words were passed and as Cye stared at the can of coke in her hands he remembered the detox. After Talpa had told her to stay she had slumped into a depression. She was making them go on more and more missions, some that seemed impossible to come out alive. She also started drinking. She drank a lot in fact; she encouraged them to drink as well. She would often take them to bats and buy them several drinks when they couldn't finish them she would for them. When she'd wake in the morning with a hangover she'd drink something else and get back on her feet. Soon it became apparent that she couldn't hold her liquor any longer. The snapping point was when she had attacked Sage. He'd been practicing with his No-Datchi and she charged out of the house with a katana. She started fighting with Sage but without a seeming plan. She just beat down on him till he was on the ground while she kept yelling how weak he was. She didn't let up even when he was yelling for mercy. Ryo and Rowen rushed out and pulled her off of him. She never stopped fighting not even when Kento had to use his massive strength to keep her in check.

Ryo didn't know what to do so he called Captain Cale, who had frowned on the vid phone. He showed up at the safe house a few days later he came in and without saying a word, locked himself in JK's room with her. A few hours later he came out with a neutral look and told Ryo to dry her out. No one knew where to take her; finally Cye told of his island house that he used when he fished. They agreed that would be best. They drew straws and Cye got the short one. He would stay first.

That first week alone with her was hell on both of them. JK went through the worse tantrums you could see. 2 year olds had nothing on her. Cye walked in one day and saw every cupboard, every shelf, was on the floor. Another time she had refused to let him come in. She just stood in the door saying she wouldn't let him in unless he let her go. But the worse was when he found her lying on top of his bed; she wasn't wearing anything and was trying to strike a seductive pose. Cye had inwardly sighed, she was usually a very attractive woman but now, now.she was covered in sweat, he skin was blotched looking, and she had a large black eye that had mysteriously shown up after Cale's visit. Now he could see other bruises that he hadn't been able to see. Cye took the blankets and covered her up and kissed her forehead. The others had no problem with her except that she wouldn't talk. Cye never told of her fits and of the failed seduction, and she never mentioned it. No one knew when she started sleeping with Ryo in fact it had surprised everyone when she moved into his room, but soon it just became part of the routine.

When JK jumped off the hatch and headed towards the Dawntreader Cye spoke, "He's in love with you."

She looked at him and nodded, "I know".

Cye knew that Ryo had been jealous of their unique friendship they would sit together and not say anything. More then once Ryo had walked into the living room to find Cye laying on the couch and JK sitting in the floor resting her head on his stomach. The first few times he'd gotten furious and would try to tell JK her place was with him not with someone else. She would ignore him and not move and just let the moment keep going. Sometimes they'd talk sometimes not but there was never an awkward silence between them.

JK walked to her Gundam and saw Ryo sitting in front of it with a pot of coffee on the electric burner in front.

He was sipping a cup and looked up at her, "I've been waiting for you to get back you've been gone a long time."

She shrugged and sat down beside him. He nuzzled her neck and whispered into her ear. "I'm sorry I failed in your eyes."

JK turned her head and caught him in a deep kiss. He slowly pushed her back onto the soft leaves.

~*~

Heero walked in his house like one in a dream. When he opened the door a blast of hot air had greeted them, sometime earlier that day the air conditioning had gone out. And their house was like an oven. Heero turned and locked the door then leaned back against it. His good dress shirt was tattered and looked more brown than white. Relena was talking about what a disaster the night had been and Heero had been nodding his head absentmindedly, Relena finally made a comment how hot the house was and shed Heero's coat and then her dress. Heero looked at his wife before picking up her clothes and going to the kitchen. He tossed them into the trashcan they were ruined now.

Relena followed him into the kitchen and wrapped her arms around him, Her naked body pressing against his back, "Lets go to bed Heero."

Heero nodded but not without taking the moment to pour a glass of scotch. Relena crossed her arms and stared at him.

He looked at his wife and said in his Analytical way, "Relena you need to put on a robe or something the neighbors can probably see you.

Relena pursed her lips and replied sarcastically, "And to think, I thought you didn't care."

Heero only looked at his wife before putting down his glass and heading upstairs. It was so hot that Heero put the blankets at the end of the bed and slipped under the sheet. His silk boxers were giving him little comfort against all the heat. His wife came in with a long silk nightgown that reached the floor.

He looked at her and commented, "You're going to burn up in that"

She smiled suggestively, " I don't plan to wear it long"

He turned on his side away from her and said flatly, "It's to hot Relena."