Gundam Wing
Trials
Chapter 7
Author's note and disclaimer: Soooo yea…I'm not awake yet, but hopefully this cinnamon roll that has waaaaaaaaaay too much icing on it (which I love) will wake me up. Along with this vanilla caramel tea (this tea is the shit man). Thank you for all of the reviews! They give me life! I do not own Gundam Wing.
A quick knock resonated throughout Quatre's office and before he could answer Duo barged in. The blonde sighed with a kind smile and put down the paperwork he was going over. "Hello Duo, how's your morning going?"
"Not now Quatre, look what I found." Duo slammed down more papers. Reading Duo's serious expression, Quatre dropped the niceties and glanced at the stack.
"If these are the emails you and Heero send throughout the day…"
Duo interrupted his friend, "This is the background check you asked me to do that Wufei and Himeno have come in contact with. There's something you need to read."
Quatre pushed Duo's hand off the report and began to skim it and just like a double take, he went through and read everything carefully. "This can't be right, our initial search on her…"
"Was all fake. Everything she gave Wufei and Himeno was a lie." Duo continued, "The poison came from her mother's factory."
Quatre shook his head, "No. There is no way Alex is our culprit. She loves Kako, why would she take Himeno away from her?"
"Because Alex blames Himeno's family for her mother's suicide. Alex's family's company used to be owned by Himeno's family. But when Himeno's family was killed both companies went belly up. Alex's mother tried to get them back on their feet, but no one would buy into a company that wouldn't support OZ. She couldn't see a way out so she ended up killing herself and Alex's was the one who found her body."
"Didn't Alex tell Wufei and Ayame that she was going to visit her mother?" Quatre asked getting Trowa on the phone, he was at home with Kako.
"If her mother is dead, then who is she visiting?" Duo mumbled, "I'm gonna go get Noin on this too, she has better connections than I do."
Quatre nodded, agreeing with his plan, "Hey Trowa, can you and Kako come in? We have a lead on the case and I'm not comfortable with you two being in the house by yourselves. I'll explain everything when you get in. Love you, bye."
Noin brought in Sally, knowing that her ability to gather information quickly would be helpful. Noin plus Sally and Duo remained in the computer room, sweeping the system for anything on Alex. Heero and Quatre worked together on plan to arrest her if everything panned out just as Trowa and Kako arrived. Kako raised her at Heero, wanting to be help by him and he akwardly took her. Quatre filled Trowa in on everything, explaining what their game plan will be if Duo's group information is right.
"Has anyone called Wufei and Himeno? They'll want to be in on this." Trowa asked.
Quatre shook his head, "I don't want them anywhere near this. Yes, their skills would be usefully here, but they're too emotionally invested."
"And if this isn't solved by the time they get back?" Heero asked bouncing Kako in his arms, loving that she was laughing at the simple motion.
"Then the three of them go under our protection and we put them up in a safe house until it gets solved." Quatre quickly thought.
Heero nodded and brought Duo up on the vid-screen, "What have you guys found?"
Duo didn't tear his eyes away from the screen while he explained, "We found pretty much everything. Even Alex's real name, which is Annette McKenna by the way." Duo beamed at Heero and then did a double take, "Heero are you holding Kako? You're even bouncing her!"
"Duo focus." Heero politely snapped. "What else did you find on Annette?"
"She traveled around a lot during the war, except for the three years where she disappeared off the map. There is literally no trace of her, there is no money trail or any use of a credit card, not even cash withdrawals. However, around the time Annette disappeared Alex appeared and was hired at a temp agency where she bounced from house to house as a nanny."
"Until Wufei and Himeno hired her." Trowa muttered, "Do you know where she is now?"
Noin's voice echoed on the screen, "No. My guess is that she went underground as soon as she went on vacation. But we've gone ahead and frozen her accounts. If she makes a move we'll know about it."
Quatre thought carefully. "Noin do me a favor and also look for any activity on Annette since she's been on vacation. Just to cover our ground."
"Do you think she would use her real name when she thinks she's safe?" Trowa asked.
"That's what I'm hoping for."
"Quatre you get a gold star!" Duo hollered, "We've got her location and she is at…oh no."
Everyone watched as Duo's extremely happy expression do a complete 180. "What's wrong Duo?"
"She's at the same resort Wufei and Himeno are at."
Heero's grip around Kako tightened until she slapped Heero in the face, she gave him a stern look while trying to point her pointer finger at him, but ended up pointing her entire hand at him.
"That's her way to say no, I found out…several times." Trowa rubbed his cheek where Kako was slapped him multiple times on different occasions. Quatre chuckled and held his hands out for Kako, she wiggled towards the blonde. She practically jumped into her arms as soon as Heero's grip lessened.
"I'm going to call Wufei, they need to know what's happening so they can protect themselves." Heero took out his phone and didn't wait for anyone to object. It rang for a while until Wufei picked up his phone with a frustrated grunt.
"This better be good Yuy." Wufei hissed. Heero could tell that he was trying to catch his breath and hearing Himeno in the back cussing up a storm could only mean that he interrupted an intimate moment for them.
"Sorry to bother you Wufei, but something has happened." Heero said. Receiving a slap to the back of his bed by Quatre. He asked why and all his friend did was point to Kako.
"Has something happened to Kako? Is she alright? Where is she, Heero?" Wufei quickly uttered, Himeno was in the back asking the same things, but more hysterical.
Suddenly, Heero understood why he got slapped, "Wufei, she's fine. She's safe. I'll even send you a photo of Quatre holding her with the latest newspaper if you want."
"That's not funny Heero." Himeno had taken Wufei's phone away, "Now what in the hell is going on?"
Heero informed them on what was happening, "Alex's real name is Annette McKenna."
"Why does that sound familiar?" Himeno pondered.
"Your family used to own their pharmaceutical company, they mainly made medicine, but they rarely made the cause for some illnesses. In other words poison." Heero continued, repeating everything Duo and his group had reported earlier.
Wufei took the phone away from Himeno before she either threw it against the wall or dropped it because she was shaking so much. "What's the plan Quatre?"
"We're going to Lady Une with a tactical plan…"
"Screw Lady Une, Quatre. If you're not here within the hour I can't promise that bitch will be alive by the time you get here." Himeno hung up the phone and tossed it on the couch before collapsing onto the bed. She covered her face with her hands, hiding her angry tears. Wufei crawled up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. He understood Himeno's anger. They trusted this woman to take care of their daughter whenever they couldn't be home. Alex became more than just a nanny, she became a trusted friend. They invited her to stay in their home, to watch over everything and get close to their hearts.
Wufei pulled Himeno down onto the bed, she automatically curled into him—crying out of frustration. The Chinese man held her close as he skimmed through her hair, he hated to see her like this. Her trust completely broken down, filling up with rage. Wufei knew he couldn't let Himeno kill Alex, that would mean reverting back to Ayame who killed without mercy—regardless of who that person was—and that was something Wufei couldn't stand to watch. But that meant protecting the very woman who was trying to kill his wife.
Author's note: So I'm thinking that chapter eight will be the last one. Either that one or chapter nine. Please review!