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Ch 25

The shrill high pitched ring from his phone had Heero up like a shot and grabbed his phone from the desk. He glanced at the clock. Two forty-eight am. "Hello?"

"It's Une. I need you to come back immediately. You don't have to stay and work for us. I just need you here. Now."

"What for?"

"This is not a secure line. I've already contacted Relena she said it would be fine. She will probably be waiting to see you off. I have a plane waiting for you at the airport."

"Alright." Heero shut the phone off quickly and grabbed his duffle and his laptop. He never really unpacked when he move into a place. It was too difficult to tell when you were expected to leave for a mission or needed an immediate evacuation. He paused and looked up at the papers that were on the wall...He would leave them. Relena wouldn't disturb his room, while he was gone.

He took off down the hall and Relena was indeed at the doorway waiting, "You will be coming back won't you?" Heero nodded. Of course he would be there was no way he would leave his investigation completely. She smiled, "Good. I have a car waiting for you out front. Be safe." Heero turned exiting quickly. As soon as he had shut the door of the vehicle, it began moving.

Heero had no idea what he was being called in for, but at least it would be a break. He had gotten no further on his case with the mobile dolls; instead he had been going out and being Relena's bodyguard for the various banquets that she attended for the last two weeks. He didn't like the crowds; he didn't like the politicians and the bickering. But he did see a glimpse of Wufei twice. Once was at a charity benefit and once was at an assembly of the senate as they were reasoning who should be the next Security Board member out of all the ambassadors. Wufei was one of the top candidates. Heero didn't know if that was because of Wufei's expertise alone or from applied 'outside' help in the form of Demetri.

Wufei was looked worse in person then he did on camera. It made sense slightly as he would have makeup applied when he was giving speeches for the media as opposed to random events. He had darkish circles under his eyes and he was looking slightly thinner as if he wasn't eating right. Heero had the strongest desire to help him despite Wufei making that agreement with the mobile dolls. He wasn't taking care of himself and wasn't sleeping enough. Heero couldn't leave Relena's side during those two times though as he had a job to do and it was taking care of Relena's safety, not Wufei.

Perhaps Wufei would get better after the vote, which was supposed to take place that morning, while Heero was still flying. He would learn the results when he landed and then see what it was that Une needed.

Heero got off the private plane and walked out of the bay doors. There would most likely be a car waiting for him to take to Head Quarters. It was nine thirty am so the results of the election would be ready as well. Exiting the tunnel from the jet Heero was surprised and unsettled to see that there was no stranger waiting for him.

In fact it was Duo that was waiting against the wall for him to exit the plane. Instantly Heero knew that Une had not been exaggerating when she said she required him immediately, especially if Duo was the person who was welcoming him to the airport. "Hey buddy."

Heero nodded and allowed himself to be hugged by Duo, who was still his bubbly self if not entirely exuberant at this time in the morning. Duo always had been more of night owl then anything. "Are you taking me to headquarters?"

They turned and started heading towards the car as Duo nodded, "Yup, I'm the one today. No fancy schmancy driver for you. We need to get you into the building secretly."

Heero frowned, "Why would I need to get into HQ undetected. Is it because I'm deceased?"

Duo looked at him funny out of the corner of his eye, puzzling "Well you look fine to me buddy, but nice to see you developed a sense of humor under cover and at Relena's place." He snorted, "I didn't think you would ever be the one running to her, so I was a little shocked when you seemed to have switched from Wufei's bodyguard to hers. It was all a little strange."

They got into Duo's car and took off out of the parking lot. They would be at headquarters in ten minutes. "So explain something to me, buddy. How do you go under cover, then end up as Wufei's bodyguard, of all people, then switch over to Relena. How come you just never came back?"

Heero shrugged, "The original undercover mission was as Wufei's bodyguard. While there I was severed from the services of the Preventers until further notice and Wufei found me unnecessary so I switched over to Relena's security staff."

"Well I guess your service at the Preventers is no longer severed since Une is calling you in for this mission. She will probably ask you to stay." Duo smiled, "It'll be you and me man. I've been chaffing under the fucking no missions rule without a partner and without approval by the damn SB."

Heero hesitated and then said, "I apologize for your current situation Duo, but I will not be returning to the Preventers. I will be going back to be on Relena's staff."

Duo frowned, "What do you mean? Don't you get bored babysitting? You should be on half ass missions like me not listening to politics prattle on. Hell Wufei already switched on us. Somethin' I never thought I'd see, but now you too?"

"I'm not going to watch Relena. I'm actually attempting to take care of Wufei."

Duo just looked confused at that point, but shrugged it off, "Alright, you're going to have to explain that to me later. Right now we need to focus on getting you into the building. Get in the back seat, cover yourself with that blanket and don't move."

Heero did as he was told, laying back flat on the seat of the car and covering himself with the blanket.

Duo pulled up to the checkpoint to get into the Preventer's parking garage. The back windows of his car were tinted so it would make it more difficult for the guard to see in. "Hey, Judy! How's you're morning going?"

"Fine. How come you're here so early?" Heero heard clicking of a key board. Good she was entering his badge ID into the computer. She didn't appear suspicious at all.

"Well I heard there were free donuts in the cafeteria before ten."

Heero felt the weight shift slightly. Duo was leaning out of the car to grab his badge back. "Sorry, darling. But someone is pulling your leg. Have a good day." The engine revved and Heero felt the car move again.

"Hold tight for one minute Heero." Duo pulled out his phone, "Alright, Une." The car stopped moving and Duo shut off his engine. "Now."

"Kay buddy, out of the car." Duo was already on the move out of the vehicle. Heero got out and followed Duo a question obviously on his face. Why did they need to get him in and out of the building secretly? Duo sighed as they entered the stairwell of the monstrous seventy four story building. "I spent all of yesterday filming this for the security tapes, by myself. This will be the second time that I will be walking up these stairs. Une rolled the fake security tapes when I told her too so you are currently invisible."

"Hn. What floor are we going to?"

Duo smiled, "Une decided to be nice and hold the meeting in a conference room on the archive floor, so the thirty-second floor." So they did have quite a ways to walk. Elevators meant they would be seen by other agents in the building. "I guess you're right about the whole deceased thing. All she told me was that you were not to be seen."

Heero shrugged. He would find out why he was here very soon directly from Une. The number on the door they just passed indicated they were now at the twelfth floor. So maybe a little while longer.

"Did you see who won this morning?" Heero stated, taking two steps at a time. "The other SB position?"

"Yeah! I'm really happy about it too! It's Wufei, man! At least now we have someone who knows the urgency that is behind Preventer actions. We may actually get stuff done now!" Heero agreed mentally, buy did not say anything more on the subject. Just continued winding up the cement staircase.

Once they made it to the correct floor. Duo snuck through the door; the coast was clear, so he motioned to Heero; they quickly found the room and Une was already waiting. Looking more serious then Heero had ever seen her.

"Good to see you both; thank you for coming Heero. Especially after the way I've treated you the last encounter we had." They both sat down and Une slid two folders over to them quickly. "What you have before you is information of an armament running group that we have been tracking for quiet some time in the jungles of the South American sector." Heero quickly slipped open the file and scanned it. There was a large indication of heavy armament movement, but no link to Demetri that he could see. So this was something else.

"We've had two agents down there reporting back on any new developments as our satellites can't see since the jungle cover is too thick. Last night they were sending a message that was unfortunately the last we've heard from them." She turned to her laptop and brought up a recording.

--Agent Sanders here, our weekly mission report is as such: two new shipments were sent out, an influx of fourteen men, four more crates also--- Sanders come here! --- What is that? --- Holy shit! --- Sanders to Preventers it's a ---EEEEEEEE------

Une growled slightly, "The enemy set up a communications jammer before we finished getting the message. But our satellites were able to get this" A picture flashed up onto the projector of a giant fireball mushroom erupting out of the jungle. "About thirty seconds after that communication."

They were silent. But each knew what it meant. They had heard panic several times before throughout the war at the sight of mobile suits, hell their mobile suits. And that sudden destruction pattern followed it.

"I've tried already to report this to the ESUN, the potential that someone has mobile suits. They won't hear of it. They say we need proof, that we need the security board to approve a reconnaissance mission with weaponry if we need to go."

Duo spoke up though, "But how would they get suits? Mobile suit production is no longer occurring except for the rebuilding of scraps. Even that is tightly controlled. The only approved recycler is under Wufei's control." His eyes widened suddenly at what that implied.

Une nodded, "Wufei has not reported any suits stolen. And our records do not indicate that any suits were wrongly transported or given away from his factories." Une's face looked grim, "As of this morning DCI is under investigation for the illegal manufacturing and transportation of mobile suits."

"Another unfortunate fact is that as of this morning Wufei is now on the Security Board. If we were to attempt to go on a mission to investigate him or intervene in his company's plan, he would know about it and be able to stop the mission from going through."

The silence in the room seemed slightly defeated. Until Heero declared, "I still trust Wufei and his actions." Duo nodded fiercely

Une insisted, "Yes, I trust him still. The issue is now how to investigate the incident in South America. Therefore I'm sending you two in to find out what happened. See if you can track anyone we didn't know about. I believe this is a rival that took out the one we were monitoring. Just a rival we didn't know was operating in the area. See if you can find evidence to prove mobile suit use as well. And if you can find survivors, especially our two agents."

"You two can work in here. No one comes to the archive floor anyway. It's only updated every two weeks, so you will be able to operate as well as use any terminals and information you find on this floor."

Une paused and glared at both of them, warning, "I wish to impress upon the both of you the necessity that you are not discovered either planning or carrying out this mission. A, because I doubt you would be willing to go with just a pistol into territory that is known to be dangerous and anything more requires the security boards approval. B, because Yuy does not work for this agency and is actually deceased in our files. And C, because this is highly illegal and going around several rules that have been placed as restraints on the agency." They both nodded seriously to assure Une, they understood and would comply.

"Good. I hope you will be ready to leave by tomorrow if not sooner. Duo I've listed you as on sick leave. That is all."

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Heero and Duo had been flown to a neighboring town about twenty kilometers from their destination and were hiking through the jungle; not on any trail that was marked or previously made, but one they were forging themselves in case the unknown enemy was watching the trails.

The mission plan was simple. Get to the location, look for evidence of mobile suits, look f for survivors, and get out. A secondary mission was to find the second set of rebels, but they did not believe that they would be able to locate them easily. After all, the previous reconnaissance people were not idiots and they had been in this jungle for two months before the previous night.

Then again secondary to Heero and Duo meant that they would find them unless, their time table wasn't feasible or they had more important information. So jungle running was what they predicted and they went as quietly as they could if only for practice if nothing else. The place seemed quite alive as it was and somewhat noisy. There were birds calling in the upper canopy and an occasional long almost-howl from unidentified mammals from above.

Duo was fascinated by it all, his head swiveling in every direction attempting to take in the mystical sights around him. Heero found it to be a mild distraction in the entire frame of things. He kept his ears straining in case of far off shouts from men or indications of another campsite.

An hour later they paused for water and a protein bar and Duo consulted his map and compass. They were going to keep radio and frequency silence for the duration of the mission, which meant no GPS, cell phones or satellite uplinks. They had informed Une as such and declared if she had not heard back from them in a week's time then to consider the mission a failure. She had nodded curtly and assumed it was more of a courtesy then something that would actually be necessary.

"Alright," Heero looked at Duo's still form hunched over the map, "considering the pace we were heading and the river we just crossed about five minutes back, we are about four kilometers from our destination and we need to head…." He paused checking the compass, "About four degrees more towards the east." Heero nodded at his assessment. That had been the general plan they had previously outlined before arriving at the drop site.

Hoisting their small packs they headed quicker then before towards the correct direction. Duo was the first to note after ten minutes that, "The birds are not chirping as much here, man. We're getting close." Heero nodded ahead of him and began slowing more, focusing instead on silent foot work over the debris of the leaves. Both had their heads swiveling checking for movement in the trees and sound in the air. Nothing was detected. Then they stopped.

Ahead there was light; the start of the blast zone, judging by the fallen trees and charred look of the ground. They both paused five feet from the edge, unsure of how to proceed. The area could be watched right now for any movement and there could be mines imbedded in the ground as a trap for snoopers. The other forces must know that the Preventers would be interested in an explosion of this magnitude.

Heero looked questioningly at Duo fingering a grenade on his belt. Duo frowned and instead picked up a rock on the ground and chucked it out into the open area. They strained their ears following the thud for any surveillance movement.

Nothing. Heero once again fingered the grenade and Duo shrugged. Why not? Heero pulled the pin and chucked it into the open grounds far enough away.

It exploded into a fiery ball leaving a small crater, but no other mines went off and no one was shouting. Either they were that good, or no one was in the area. Duo looked over to Heero mouthing 'I'll go.' Heero nodded his approval and Duo crept out of the underbrush and stood in plain sight for all of ten seconds before yelling back, "All clear."

Heero stepped out and pulled out a small camera for surveillance photos. He took a snap shot of the destroyed area. This appeared to be the furthest edge of the blast. So they trekked further inward along the blast path. Something shiny caught Duo's eye and he lowered himself to the ground to look closer.

A pistol Preventer issue charred. Next to it was a preventer issued radio. Looks like the two men did not survive. Heero snapped a picture and Duo, dutifully bagged it with a frown and a sigh before they moved on.

The area opened up suddenly and before them was a series of cement bunkers that had been turned to rubble. The area had been completely decimated, no survivors. They started crawling over the mess finding munitions and detonated charges. No wonder this place had exploded large enough to be seen on satellite, there was a bunker entirely devoted to c-four and several large propane tanks that appeared to have exploded.

They traveled around another one of the larger piles of rubble and Heero froze looking at the ground. Duo grinned from ear to ear laughing, "Well if that ain't evidence I don't know what is." He patted Heero on the back, "I'd consider this mission accomplished buddy!" Heero nodded his head in agreement.

Imprinted in the ground was the foot print of a Leo. Heero snapped a picture then moved closer, smirking. This was perfect. The left foot print was smudged, probably due to further movement during this extermination. But the right foot had the code that identified the part: RL-OZ06MSLeo-590385401766.

He now had the information to figure out how Wufei was transporting the mobile suits.

TBC...

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