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Chapter three:
Recap:
"Where are you from? Whom do you work for?" Heero pressed, ignoring Duo.
"I'm from colony L1, and I work for an organization coded: Death Strike."
Heero blinked, "L1…" he murmured thoughtfully.
Danny inwardly grimaced. 'Oh man. If he connects it...'
Shaking himself out of his daze he concentrated, "Who is Death Strike?"
He sighed with relief. He hadn't remembered. "Death Strike is an organization. They want to make a big impression."
"Meaning?"
Danny closed his eyes, hands clasping.
Relena awoke a couple of minutes later. She knew Sally had ordered bed rest but she wanted to see what was going on.
Carefully she stood up, shrugged into a robe, and left the room heading downstairs.
Upon hearing voices, she headed in that direction, avoiding the recovery room. She figured the older woman and the other two gundams would be there. She didn't feel like being forced into bed so she decided to see how Heero and Duo were doing first.
She entered the room just in time to hear the stranger say: "They're mad about what you and Miss Relena succeeded."
Frowning she answered before the others could. "All we did or succeeded was to bring peace," moving deeper into the room where she could see them all, face the boy whose partner had shot her.
All turned to look at the young blond as she moved. Heero felt a slight blush flowing into his cheeks. Relena looked a little better than when they first brought her in. She was wrapped in a baby blue robe, which showed off her curves perfectly, with a dangerous V-neck. The robe also parted up to her mid-thigh exposing her long slender legs.
"Relena…." Danny stared. 'Wow' he thought appreciating the sight of seeing her so closely.
Heero glared at Danny's look on his woman. She blushed under his gaze unaware of Heero's anger. Though Duo was fully aware of the situation, he waited to see what happened next, slightly praying they guy caught a clue before Heero killed him.
"Vampire Woman!"
"Oh shut up!"
Trowa mainly rubbed his arm and waited for Sally to finish with Wufei. He snickered as Wufei actually listened earning a death glare from the pilot.
Sally removed the needle and told Wufei to stay lying down for a while. She motioned for Trowa to lie down on the other side of Quatre. He did and began to do his part in helping his friend.
-Click-
"Heero! Stop it!" she yelled reading his intent as only an ex-politician could.
Heero froze, finger on the trigger, startling everyone in the room. Relena eyed him. He needed to do something about this emotion thing. She sighed, 'Heero.'
"Okay you can go down now," releasing them while clamping down another blood bag on Quatre's IV stand.
"Finally." he grumped.
Sally rolled her eyes as Wufei left the room. Trowa remained, looking at Quatre. He wasn't as pale and he did look better. Still he remained.
"He'll be ok Trowa, really." Sally reassured him. He nodded and left the room. She sighed and finished putting away her equipment. 'Men.'
Duo broke the silence, hoping to ease the tension, "Why did you kill him?"
Heero looked at him annoyed, "Because he was going to shoot Relena and Quatre." 'What kind of stupid question was that?'
"Not you," he retorted as Duo's gaze fell upon Danny. "Him."
"Nani?" asked Heero with a blank expression on his face. Relena was just as confused. Danny features were carefully arranged in a mask of indifference, though there was something in his eyes that Duo didn't understand prompting him to give more information.
"There were two bullet wounds on the guy. One in the front and the other in the back." He informed them.
Relena sat down hard in an armchair near Duo. "What do you mean?"
"We know Heero shot your killer in the front between the eyes, hell of a shot, but expected of him either way," Heero glared, trying to figure out he had just been insulted or complimented. Duo continued, "but he had a wound in the back also, dead center on the heart."
"That would mean…" her voice trailed off as it dawned on her. 'Two wounds...One...'
"Yeah," watching it dawn on her, "that shot forced him to shoot higher than he intended." 'Split second later on either shot...'
Heero couldn't help it, he gave a small smile. These two shots ensured that Relena was alive. Quickly he did the calculations in his mind, his shot between the eyes forced her attacker to step back raising his arm, but it was the shot to his heart that froze him enough to miss his target. This boy actually helped save her life, for that he was grateful. When he realized that everyone was watching him, it disappeared. Trowa and Wufei entered.
"Did Heero just smile or was that just me?" asked Trowa.
Wufei stared at everyone, eyes falling on Relena. "Woman! You're supposed to be in bed!" he yelled. "We didn't rescue you to prance about in a disgraceful robe! Injustice!"
She gave Wufei an innocent look then, "Oh Wufei! You do care! How sweet!" she cried, clasping her hands, beaming at him.
"Nani?!" He cried taken aback. His appearance was crossed between horror and anger. The whole room erupted with laughter…well except Heero and Trowa who were trying to hide it, they had a reputation to keep after all. Sally giggled as she entered.
"We could hear you all the way to Recovery, Wufei." Referring to the young blond pilot and herself.
Indignantly he yelled at her, "Shut up!"
Trowa and Heero snickered. They were losing. Wufei became aware of that and death glared them into silence. They did their best to compose themselves, looking away, but were still laughing inside.
Trowa decided to switch topics, "So did you figure out anything?"
"Kind of. We learned that his full name is Danny McAllister and that he works for an organization called Death Strike, but he was just about to tell us why he shot his friend or partner, whatever he was," replied Duo, drawing attention back to their prisoner.
"He's was not my friend nor was he my partner." he shot back.
"Then what was he?" Relena inquired.
"He was a foot soldier, forced to work with me, trying to make a name for himself. A weak, arrogant, jerk that would do things his own way without thinking...always screwing up." he added.
"I see." She glanced at Sally in her perpherial vision. Sally shook her head then smiled indicating that Quatre was not awake but that he was fine. Relena inwardly sighed with relief. Now she could center her attention fully on the matter in front of her.
Meanwhile Danny had been watching everyone's moves and expressions. The three new people that entered, he identified them as Chang Wufei, Trowa Barton, and Sally Po. Heero looked resembled a cocktail of mixture of emotions, Relena seemed a little more relaxed and interested on what information he may give after that Po woman gave her a signal, while Duo kept staring at him, unnerving him. Wufei appeared bothered but bored, Sally a bit tired, and Trowa didn't really care or at least that was the vibes he was giving.
He was starting to feel really uncomfortable. He needed to get out of there. 'Come on think!' His mind raced trying to form a plan. Suddenly his gaze fell on Relena, getting an idea. 'Aw man, this is going to suck.' While the others talked, he gave her a flirtatious smile and wink leaving no mistake he was hitting on her.
Relena blinked a couple of times. She had been caught off guard. A slight blush flowed to her cheeks, she returned a shy, polite smile. Before mentally smacking herself.
That didn't go unnoticed. Heero had fully caught that. He growled. 'Information or not, no one flirts with Relena she's mine.' He thought and pulled his gun on him again.
Danny pretended to be shocked. He knew he was a dead man either way, still if it worked…
"Heero, stop it right now!" Relena yelled. She knew the soldier had flirted with her and she had a vague idea that Heero may be jealous, but his words still burned in her heart and her mind.
-Flashback-
"It's our mission to protect you."
"Protect me? Why, because I'm your mission? Is that it?!"
"Yes."
-End Flashback-
"Heero, I am not a mission," she whispered carefully choosing her words. "You don't have to act his way. I can defend myself." She looked up sharply, "I may be a mission to you, but I consider myself person. A person that loves someone who doesn't return her love." she took a deep breath, "You once gave someone advice to act upon your emotions…"
Heero's eyes widened, jaw dropping. He hadn't expected that. He couldn't remove his eyes from the young ex-vice minister in front of him.
Relena glared at him, "Take your own advice, Heero Yuy!"
'This is it!' Danny had watched them carefully, waiting for an opening. Taking the opportunity of the situation, he high kicked the gun out of Heero's hand. Then punched him. Racing towards the window, time seemed to have slowed. Duo, Trowa, And Sally being at the other side of the room would not be able to stop him. Relena was sitting down and Heero was just getting up from the floor with a look that could kill.
'I'm going to make it. Yes.' He neared the window leading to the balcony, braced his legs to jump through it when suddenly someone grabbed his arm! Danny turned surprised. Wufei! Wufei was tightly holding his arm; he was strong even though he had given blood.
"Let go!" Danny yelled throwing a punch.
Wufei dodged, enraged he tried to grab Danny by the hair, taking hold of the soldier's cap he still wore. Danny twisted out of his grasp so he would not be able to do that and the cap came off when he pulled away. Relena gasped and Wufei's eyes went wide with disbelief. Black hair cascaded down his shoulders like a dark waterfall as he just stood there; mortification written on his face. 'No!' he thought frozen when he felt the cap come off.
Wufei growled, pulling out a dagger, he slashed it down Danny's front, ripping the uniform. Wufei gasped and Danny stood there disbelieving it was really happening.
"No way!" cried Duo as he shoved past a dumbstruck Heero to get a better look. Trowa's jaw dropped,, Sally gasped, and Relena gasped her eyes watering.
Danny's chest was bandaged, the reason obvious.
"A woman!" yelled Wufei, letting her go, throwing her before the group on her knees.
"Karen!" Relena cried out, standing.
Karen wrapped her arms across her chest, a faint blush creeping into her cheeks. She glanced at Relena, knowing she had been recognized. There was no way she would be able to leave now. 'I am in deep…' her thought trailed off as she met everyone's glances and confused expressions.
Author's note: Whoo! Intense huh? Who is Karen? How does Relena know her? How does she know the gang? What's going to happen next? Please review and let me know how you liked it
