Standard disclaimers: you all know them.
Hatikva Ch.11
"Is all this security really necesary?" Relena asked, crossing her
arms. "Heero has threatened me before. He won't kill me."
"Not this Heero," Mariemaia shook her head. "He's out for blood."
"How do you know he'll come after me and not someone else?"
"Relena..." Mariemaia sighed, "I know first hand how Dekim thinks
and acts. You're an influential person. The rest of the goverment
looks up to you, even though you're just the Vice-Foreign Minister.
Your death would de-estabilize Earth and the colonies. Just what Dekim
needs to take over."
"Why not another Operation Meteor?" Relena asked again, still not
believing that Heero would hurt her.
"Remember it failed," Lady Une said, "Twice."
"Yes," Relena protested, "But still..."
The door of her bedroom opened and Sally walked in followed by the
four Gundam pilots.
"The perimeter is secure." Wufei reported. "No one can come in
without us noticing."
"All know entrances have been covered." Quatre said.
"Including the secret passages." Duo grinned, "They are not so
secret anymore."
"This is an old castle," Lady Une said, "It may have more passages
than the ones we have covered."
"He'll come." Mariemaia sat on Relena's desk chair, "He'll find a
way in and look for you. That's when we get him."
Mariemaia had a very high intelligence level, the result of genetic
manipulation on Dekim's part. She was on the same level Heero had been
at her age. She had to be, if she was going to be Zero-One's political
counterpart, which also required her emotions to remain intact.
But she was still a seven-year old girl. And she started playing in
Relena's chair, making it turn around in it's axis.
"Stop it." Lady Une said, putting a hand on the back of the chair
to stop it from spinning. "You'll get sick."
Relena looked at the scene, wondering how would a little girl stop
a trained killer. Or if said little girl had to be an officer in the
Preventers in the first place.
Mariemaia regained her composture and glared at Duo, daring him to
make any comments on her behaviour. The braided pilot found that the
pattern on the rug was very interesting.
"So your plan is?" Relena asked.
"Wait for him, no matter how long it takes." Mariemaia answered,
"And pray that Dekim hasn't changed his plans."
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
As it was, they had to wait three days before something happened,
and Relena was fuming.
"This has gone far!" She said, "All that fuss over a stray cat!? I
think we are wasting our time!"
"But Miss Relena..." Mariemaia started, "You have to understand..."
"My influence in world politics." Relena finished for the girl, "I
understand all that. What I don't understand is why the Preventers are
wasting time and money overprotecting me, instead of using them to
find and stop Dekim."
"We are doing that." Mariemaia answered, "But it's as if Dekim and
Heero have dissapeared in midair. Dr. J took us to the lab where he
had trained Heero on L1, and there are no traces of the place left."
She sighed, "They could be right under our noses..."
She was interrupted by the report of a machine gun coming from the
yard, followed by a terrified scream and more shooting.
"What's going on?" Relena went to the window, but Mariemaia pulled
her away.
The door opened and the four Gundam pilots appeared.
"Miss Relena!" Quatre said, "Are you alright?"
"Yes. But what's happening."
"There's an intruder..." Duo answered, "But no one has seen him...
just shadows. He seems to be eliminating anyone that get's in his way.
And we have lost contact with all outside security."
Everyone's head turned to the door when the gunshots were heard
from within the compund. The shots and screams lasted for another hour
before the place was shrouded in deadly silence.
"He's here..." Mariemaia whispered, "Zero-One is here..."
"Zero-One?" Quatre asked, "What's Zero-One?"
"It's a weapon of mass destruction," Trowa answered for the little
girl, "Created by the Barton Foundation, capable of even destroying a
Gundam. It's original purpose was as the spearhead of our Gundam attack,
after the colony drop."
"Meaning?" Wufei asked.
"Zero-One is Heero's true identity..." Mariemaia said sadly.
"A pity you and the boy didn't tell them sooner." Dekim Barton
appeared on the open door, "Or you might have had a chance of preparing
yourselves better." He laughed. "Not that it was going to help you."
Heero walked in and stood in front of the man. He looked thinner
than usual, his blue eyes were dark and unfocused. His face and hands
were covered in blood that didn't seem to bother him.
"Heero..." Relena muttered.
The Japanese boy's eyes narrowed and turned his disturbing gaze on
her.
"Target sighted." He said in a dark, mechanical voice.
"Heero..." Relena's eyes widened in fear when she saw murder in his
eyes.
************To be continued**********
So this was not the moment you were waiting. It's in the next chapter.
Blackthorn Hiei Yamato Iori Hibiki Sagara Yuy Ayanami
Warrior Spirit of the Quetzal bird
Keeper of the Xiuhcoatl, the Turquoise Snake sword
Guardian of Quetzalcoatl's tailfeathers
Guardian of Wing ZERO's feathers
Guardian of Heero's deadly beam-spork
Hatikva Ch.11
"Is all this security really necesary?" Relena asked, crossing her
arms. "Heero has threatened me before. He won't kill me."
"Not this Heero," Mariemaia shook her head. "He's out for blood."
"How do you know he'll come after me and not someone else?"
"Relena..." Mariemaia sighed, "I know first hand how Dekim thinks
and acts. You're an influential person. The rest of the goverment
looks up to you, even though you're just the Vice-Foreign Minister.
Your death would de-estabilize Earth and the colonies. Just what Dekim
needs to take over."
"Why not another Operation Meteor?" Relena asked again, still not
believing that Heero would hurt her.
"Remember it failed," Lady Une said, "Twice."
"Yes," Relena protested, "But still..."
The door of her bedroom opened and Sally walked in followed by the
four Gundam pilots.
"The perimeter is secure." Wufei reported. "No one can come in
without us noticing."
"All know entrances have been covered." Quatre said.
"Including the secret passages." Duo grinned, "They are not so
secret anymore."
"This is an old castle," Lady Une said, "It may have more passages
than the ones we have covered."
"He'll come." Mariemaia sat on Relena's desk chair, "He'll find a
way in and look for you. That's when we get him."
Mariemaia had a very high intelligence level, the result of genetic
manipulation on Dekim's part. She was on the same level Heero had been
at her age. She had to be, if she was going to be Zero-One's political
counterpart, which also required her emotions to remain intact.
But she was still a seven-year old girl. And she started playing in
Relena's chair, making it turn around in it's axis.
"Stop it." Lady Une said, putting a hand on the back of the chair
to stop it from spinning. "You'll get sick."
Relena looked at the scene, wondering how would a little girl stop
a trained killer. Or if said little girl had to be an officer in the
Preventers in the first place.
Mariemaia regained her composture and glared at Duo, daring him to
make any comments on her behaviour. The braided pilot found that the
pattern on the rug was very interesting.
"So your plan is?" Relena asked.
"Wait for him, no matter how long it takes." Mariemaia answered,
"And pray that Dekim hasn't changed his plans."
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
As it was, they had to wait three days before something happened,
and Relena was fuming.
"This has gone far!" She said, "All that fuss over a stray cat!? I
think we are wasting our time!"
"But Miss Relena..." Mariemaia started, "You have to understand..."
"My influence in world politics." Relena finished for the girl, "I
understand all that. What I don't understand is why the Preventers are
wasting time and money overprotecting me, instead of using them to
find and stop Dekim."
"We are doing that." Mariemaia answered, "But it's as if Dekim and
Heero have dissapeared in midair. Dr. J took us to the lab where he
had trained Heero on L1, and there are no traces of the place left."
She sighed, "They could be right under our noses..."
She was interrupted by the report of a machine gun coming from the
yard, followed by a terrified scream and more shooting.
"What's going on?" Relena went to the window, but Mariemaia pulled
her away.
The door opened and the four Gundam pilots appeared.
"Miss Relena!" Quatre said, "Are you alright?"
"Yes. But what's happening."
"There's an intruder..." Duo answered, "But no one has seen him...
just shadows. He seems to be eliminating anyone that get's in his way.
And we have lost contact with all outside security."
Everyone's head turned to the door when the gunshots were heard
from within the compund. The shots and screams lasted for another hour
before the place was shrouded in deadly silence.
"He's here..." Mariemaia whispered, "Zero-One is here..."
"Zero-One?" Quatre asked, "What's Zero-One?"
"It's a weapon of mass destruction," Trowa answered for the little
girl, "Created by the Barton Foundation, capable of even destroying a
Gundam. It's original purpose was as the spearhead of our Gundam attack,
after the colony drop."
"Meaning?" Wufei asked.
"Zero-One is Heero's true identity..." Mariemaia said sadly.
"A pity you and the boy didn't tell them sooner." Dekim Barton
appeared on the open door, "Or you might have had a chance of preparing
yourselves better." He laughed. "Not that it was going to help you."
Heero walked in and stood in front of the man. He looked thinner
than usual, his blue eyes were dark and unfocused. His face and hands
were covered in blood that didn't seem to bother him.
"Heero..." Relena muttered.
The Japanese boy's eyes narrowed and turned his disturbing gaze on
her.
"Target sighted." He said in a dark, mechanical voice.
"Heero..." Relena's eyes widened in fear when she saw murder in his
eyes.
************To be continued**********
So this was not the moment you were waiting. It's in the next chapter.
Blackthorn Hiei Yamato Iori Hibiki Sagara Yuy Ayanami
Warrior Spirit of the Quetzal bird
Keeper of the Xiuhcoatl, the Turquoise Snake sword
Guardian of Quetzalcoatl's tailfeathers
Guardian of Wing ZERO's feathers
Guardian of Heero's deadly beam-spork