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CH 09


Heero stood staring at Wufei. He had to have misheard. It was an unreasonable request, maybe Wufei had gotten his wording mixed up.

"What did you just say?" he whispered.

And still Wufei just sat there with the calm façade on, like so many uncaring Oz leaders that he had killed during the war.

"I need you to kidnap his wife and daughter, Yuy. It is not that hard to comprehend." His tone was high and mighty, distant and aloof. Heero was too shocked to glare. Wufei…wanted to employ these methods? The old Wufei was definitely dead at this point.

"It is hard to comprehend." Heero took a step forward, almost growling, "What has he done? Nothing. He has no past police record, no preventer file. And to undermine him by going for the innocent? It's unimaginable…Wufei YOU would never do this." Heero was frowning, frustrated by the end of the rant. Denial was still coursing through his mind. How could he?

Wufei was silently watching Heero. Just staring, so very calmly. Heero stood stiff as a board clenching his fist at his side, "There is no reason for this Wufei."

Finally Wufei stood. Walking away from Heero towards the door to exit the library, he paused as he neared the entrance "There is reason for it Heero. I am giving you a mission. Therefore you must comply according to the guidelines that Une has laid for you. If for no other reason, let that be the reason that you go on this mission." And Wufei left the room silently.

Heero glared full blast at the spot that Wufei had just vacated, the now empty doorway. Even now, without thought, Wufei would manipulate his one time ally by means of mentioning a mission. It was unforgivable, he was no longer trustworthy or honorable in anyway.

And Yet Heero knew….Knew he would go on this mission. Because it was his job…if for no other reason. It was his job.


The next morning, Heero rose and tried to secure a safe line through the satilite to Une. It failed. There could have been possible solar disturbance. It had been known to happen occasionally

Heero sent a quick email to Une. 'Call Me ASAP.'

That would get her attention. With that taken care of Heero set out for the ridiculous to consider mission, he went into public records to find that Qiu's daughter was not actually in public schools. Must have been home schooled like Jian. Looking up the address to his house, he wrote it down and headed out for the day dressed in jeans and a black t-shirt. In his backpack, he concealed his gun his laptop, and binoculars.

The house was forty minutes away from Wufei's residence by means of a sedan Wufei allowed him to take. Arriving at ten, he parked up the street on a hill and began watching for any movement within the house. The girl was easy to find, sitting quietly at a desk working. Her mother was traveling between the kitchen and the office irregularly.

Finally at approximately noon, the woman visited her daughter and took her out of the house. They headed to a park four blocks away. Heero had followed quietly on foot and watched the girl be pushed by her mother on the swings or run around with the other children in the park. After an hour they returned. The woman working in her office and the daughter at her desk. Later that evening at approximately six Qiu came home. They ate dinner, read together as a family, and went to bed.

Heero checked his phone for messages. No call from Une.

Heero stayed in the car overnight and observed the same behavioral pattern as before. This time though the woman went to take a shower at four o'clock and Heero decided to get a closer look at the security arrangements of the house.

Heero got out of the car and walked to the gate in front of the house. Standing there for a moment. A preliminary surveillance showed there were no video cameras. The Preventer agents would be with Qiu at the moment. Perhaps he could investigate further by crawling up the loose drainpi-

"Hello" Heero was startled as he saw the young Chinese girl before him. She seemed to be awaiting a response.

"Hello."

She smiled broadly and laughed, "What are you doing here?"

"Looking at this house." Well it was the truth. Duo always said that children can tell when you lie.

"It's my house!" She looked back and pointed at a window, "That's my room right there." Heero just stood glancing at the window that the girl had indicated. She was quiet watching Heero, "Do you want to play with me?"

The girl looked up at him with such hope in her brown eyes, "No. I should continue walking."

"Okay. Enjoy your walk!" She turned and ran back to the house.

Heero turned and quickly moved back to his car. He looked at his phone once more. No messages. Punching in the satellite number, he tried again; the phone did not connect a secure line to Une. He switched his laptop on. There was no email from her.

Heero quickly switched on the radio. It was working perfectly blaring out music, he switched if off quickly. That indicated no solar interference. Something was wrong.

Arriving back at the house, he entered the secured wing and called up the Preventer mainframe he plugged in his ID and password.

ACESS DENIED.

The same thing as before. But why? He was suddenly shut out of the Preventer database. It made no sense. He was on a mission, as terrible a mission it was; he was on a mission and should be able to access the Preventer files at all times.

Heero had had enough. Going to a vid-screen he punched in Une's number, but with no visual. "Hello, you have reached Mrs. Une's office at the Preventers how may I help you?"

"Walter, Yak, Echo, Five." The voice on the other was quiet. The code Heero gave was a signal for immediate emergency contact to Une. Her secretary would know it well.

"One moment sir." Heero heard the line go dead and switched on the screen feature of the call. The next face to appear was Une's and her eyes flashed when she saw that the contacting agent was Heero.

"Agent YUY! What the hell are you doing! This is an unsecured line." She had tightly controlled anger ringing in her voice.

Heero growled back glaring at the screen, "My codes won't work and you have not responded to my email. Do you know what Wufei is doing over here? Unchecked by you? He wants me to kidnap a family."

Une's nostrils flared as she hissed, "Then do it." Une was frowning and stern. "You are risking everything right now. Go back to your mission. Do not contact me again unless Wufei allows it." The connection was cut and Heero was left staring at the screen.

Une was being ridiculous and blind to the safety of the public. Wufei was out of control. There was no need to abduct the family. That little girl. Heero sat quietly for a moment staring at the blank screen and got up. He found Wufei in the library.

Wufei looked calm and serene, "Hello Yuy, How is your mission going. Will you be able to complete it in the next two days?

Heero stood there staring at Wufei and came to an instant decision. "No."

Wufei sounded confused, "No you won't be finished? When do you think you will be done?"

"Never." Heero stood straight as if to firm his resolve, "I will not kidnap Qiu's family."

Wufei's eyes narrowed, "So you will not accept this mission."

"No."

Heero stood waiting for Wufei's probably vicious verbal retaliation. All Wufei did was sigh, "Fine."

Wufei looked out the window and set the book down that he had been reading. Heero glanced at the cover, a history of the United Nations. Standing and turning to Heero Wufei stated simply, "Thank you for your services thus far. You are no longer necessary. You must leave the property before noon tomorrow. Enjoy your evening." With that Wufei left.

Heero watched Wufei go, a feeling of…worry flitting through him. That had gone rather well. He would be able to get back to the Preventers and get ready for some real missions.

Une would send him back in once Wufei had too much power and became a real hazard to take him down anyway. With that Heero nodded and went to his room and found a note stuck to his door in Wufei's handwriting.

-You are not to come back here again.


TBC...


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