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Author's note: I'm on the winding end I think. Or maybe not. You never really know with me. I just hope I'm not predicable. Although no one has figured my secret out yet, or maybe if you think you know you haven't said it. Thanks and Hugs to everyone who has reviewed so far. I just have one other thing to say to you guys, "REVIEW AGAIN" and to those of you who haven't yet, review this time…
Internal Warfare
Chapter 7: Saviors and Blood
The car ride back to Preventer Headquarters was as silent as the helicopter ride, a startling change from the loud ride on the Concord. Heero sat in the passenger seat of Trowa's SUV, Decon behind him, Kent in the middle and Hews behind Trowa. Hews' hazel eyes flashed in what appeared to be a mixture of excitement and sadness. Her window was cracked slightly, letting in the cool spring air of the late day. Her ash colored hair was flowing over her shoulders now, she had let it out of the confines of its tight bun and seemed to be enjoying the feeling of the wind rushing through it.
Trowa and Heero had done a lot of work while on the Concord, calling Lady Une and setting things up for the invasion and capture of Charles Montgomery, who had already been stripped of his title as Vice President of the ESUN, although he didn't know it yet. In compliance with Heero, who's nerves were getting worse and worse, and dreaded any bad news, Trowa had turned his cell phone off. He had noticed that every time his phone rang, Heero would turn a soft shade of green in anticipation of the horrible news he expected to hear.
They turned into the Preventer parking lot. A guard immediately approached the car, but upon seeing Trowa's face and sharp emerald eyes, he backed away, waving them in. Heero sighed as they parked and he got out of the car.
"Here we go." He said softly, but everyone heard. Then, in a display of sure determination and skill, he put on his emotionless soldier mask and put one hand, palm down, on the hood of the car, lifting himself over it in a swift graceful motion.
Trowa looked at Heero as though this were an every day occurrence. "Let's go." He said as he began to walk away. They all followed him to the elevator. A guard already had it open, waiting for them, Trowa entered without thanking him. This earned him a glare from Hews, who turned to the man and nodded in thanks.
As the doors closed she turned again to Trowa, "That was very rude. Have you no manners? You may be some spoiled Gundam Pilot, but didn't your mother at least teach you to be polite?" she nearly yelled.
Trowa didn't bother to turn his gaze on her. He kept his eyes level and flat and his expression calm. "I'm an orphan." Was all he said. It was said in a way that was so obvious it was disconcerting. Like a "duh" without the 'smart ass' part.
Hews shivered. "I'm sorry," she said, almost out of breath of the emotionless way he had said it, "I didn't know…"
"Hews, you will someday learn," Heero began looking at her in a way that made her shiver, his expression was so cold she was actually frightened of him, "that people are not as shallow as you make them all out to be." He looked over at Trowa, "The judgment you made on Trowa's character was so blind." He again rested his gaze on her, "He has been solely responsible for saving millions of lives in his short life time, he is indirectly responsible for so many more. He saved my life before he even knew me, putting his own life in danger of an enemy he didn't know, one that may have struck him while his back was turned or his defenses lowered." Trowa raised his hand for silence, finally shifting his own gaze to Hews.
"In times of stress and confusion, one tends to forget courtesy. But as for that man, he asked me not to thank him every time he opened the elevator for me. He said it made him feel like he wasn't my equal if I thanked him for every miniscule task." He turned his gaze toward the doors as they opened, "But I must admit, it took guts to say that to someone who could kill you without breaking a sweat or thinking twice about the deed."
Hews was frozen in place as the others followed Trowa out of the elevator, not quite sure how to react after that, she didn't move. After a moment Decon returned, his light brown eyes shining with amusement, "Come on Carol, these kids are way to interesting not to watch."
"And way to smart not to listen too." She added under her breath as she followed the other man out.
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They were just about to depart on their mission, all that was left was who was going where. Groups of 25 agents, or so, had already been assembled, one group for each destination. All that was left were the leaders.
"Heero, if your going to his house outside Newport, I'm going to France. Most likely Relena is at one of these locations, and you are the only one, other than myself, that I trust with her life. If you find her, you keep her by your side. If I find her, I'll do the same." Zechs said as he glared at the wall fiercely. Heero nodded in compliance.
"Trowa, you and Quatre will come with me, Duo I want you and Wufei to accompany Zechs, Decon and Hews to France." Heero said after a moment. No one argued.
Sally Po entered the room suddenly, a phone in one hand and a worried expression on her face. "Kent!" she cried.
Kent was startle and looked as though he was going to faint, "Yes?" he said meekly.
"Was the fifth Dr. Charles J?" She asked urgently.
"That's it!" Kent cried, happy that he had remembered.
All eyes shifted to Heero. Kent, Hews and Decon looked on in confusion, as Sally spoke again, "Dr. McCormick from USAMRIID just informed us of his disappearance." Heero nodded.
"Now what?" Duo asked.
"Go on with the mission as planned. If anyone runs into Dr. J, capture him ALIVE, if possible. If not, I know where his hidden base is, he can't hide from me, he trained me, I know all his tactics." Heero responded as he left the room to get ready.
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Half of Montgomery's home was now under Preventer control. Heero, Kent and Trowa ran down a hallway in silence, Heero at the head. All of the sudden Heero skidded to a stop in front of one of the adjacent hallways. The walls in this place were so immaculately white you couldn't tell where halls where until you were on top of them. Heero pointed down the hallway to his right. Kent and Trowa followed his gaze to find a metal door baring the biohazard symbol (looks kind of like a spiky flower, sort of.). He walked up to the door. Written on the thick glass of the door was 'GREY ZONE'. This is the area that separates the outside world from the 'Hot Zone'. Heero glanced over his shoulder at Trowa.
"Keep going, and try to find Relena. We'll be in here. You can enter the Grey Zone only if this light is green," he said indicating to the warning light over the door. "Under no circumstances are you to open this door if the light is yellow or red." As he said this, Heero opened the door that led into the Grey Zone. Trowa turned around and continued on his way.
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Relena could hear footsteps in the corridor outside her door. She was on the opposite wall of her dark room, as far away form the door as possible. She heard many sets of footsteps run by frantically, than gun shots. After a few minutes it grew silent again and a lone set of footsteps made their way toward her. She was panicked, curled up into a little ball on the floor. Then she heard a voice from far off yell, "TROWA SIR, I JUST GOT WORD FROM HEADQUATERS, THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING AT MONTGOMERY'S OFFICES!"
Relena gasped, then she heard Trowa's reply, his voice coming from just outside her door. "THANK YOU MIKE! GO BACK AND HELP ALPHA SQUAD SECURE THE AREA AROUND THE HOT ZONE!"
Relena ran to the door, forgetting to count her steps, she hit it hard. "TROWA!" she screamed. The door opened suddenly and Relena shrank back at the bright light of the hallway. The supportive arms of her friend instantly surrounded her as he helped her to stand before him.
After a moment she was able to open her eyes, squinting to look upon her savior. Trowa had a genuine smile on his face as he looked down at her. "I'm so glad you're okay." He said excitedly.
Relena smiled. But her smile quickly faded as she looked at him pleadingly, "Have you heard any news of Heero, is he alright?" she asked frantically.
Trowa laughed, "He's fine. I'll explain later, come on, I'll take you to him." He walked out of the room in front of her. She put her hand on her forehead, shading her eyes to see. Not far down the hall they came to a group of armed Preventers guarding a door labeled 'GREY ZONE'. Trowa looked up at the light, which was green, then turned to Relena.
"Let's go in, shall we?" he said as he opened the door and stepped inside. The wall to her left was metal and cold, but to her right, it was all glass 6 in thick. On the glass was written 'HOT ZONE: BIOHAZARD LEVEL 4' and below that, 'CAUTION'. Relena peered through the glass at the two figures. Both were wearing yellow space suits and were oblivious to their presence. They seemed to be talking, huddled over something. One stepped away for a moment, toward the glass. He looked through it and saw Trowa and Relena, it was Kent. His face was covered in sweat and he was breathing ragged, the stress of the room getting to him. He smiled and turned back around and over to Heero. Saying something. Heero turned around to regard the two on the other side of the glass. His face was also sweaty but his breathing was controlled and so was his expression. He made eye contact with Relena and almost smiled, but caught himself. Trowa pushed a piece of paper up against the glass. Heero read it and nodded. Then, turned back around to work.
"Okay Relena," Trowa said turning to her. "I have to go, but stay here until those two are done in there and then go with them." He turned around to leave but stopped and turned back. "When Heero found out you had been taken by Montgomery," he began in a whispered tone. Relena moved in closer, hanging on every word. "he broke down and cried right there in front of me and his entire team, on Kent's shoulder no less." He said gesturing at the window. "I don't think I have ever seen so much fear in his face at the thought of losing you." He turned around and walked away, pausing at the door to turn back. By now, Relena's eyes were fully adjusted, but were misting with tears. "Don't tell him I told you that." He said as he opened the door and stepped out.
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"She's pretty." Said Kent on the other side of the glass, approaching Heero with a large tub full of bleach.
Heero didn't say anything until Kent put the large container of bleach down. "How should I tell her?" he asked, his eyes pleading at Kent for answers.
Kent smiled, "Just be honest and tell her how you feel." He sighed and shifted in his yellow self-contained space suit. "If all else fails tell her that story you told us about when you fell in love with her. That has to work." As they were speaking they were opening containers of blood and dropping everything, container, lid, blood, into the bleach.
Heero smiled at Kent, who laughed at a joke that passed between them without a word spoken. Then, a container of blood slipped from Heero's hand suddenly. Both of them dived to the floor to catch it, and Heero did. Making eye contact with Kent and visibly sighing. He glanced back at Relena who looked as though she had screamed when the container had fallen from his hand and gave her a weak smile. Indicating that everything was okay. She had moved very close to the glass, and even though she visibly relaxed she didn't move away from it. Heero looked back at Kent, then at the container. Taking the lid off slowly, he put it into the bleach.
There were only four more now. Kent took two and Heero took two. Emptying them quickly and heading for the Decon Zone (Decon meaning decontamination, like a cleaning room, not the person). Heero entered first as Kent remained inside, setting up a hose which had been marked as bleach. He walked over to the bleach tub and dumped the liquid into the drain in the floor. Relena watched him carefully as he did this. The yellow light on the Decon Zone, leading to the Grey Zone turned from yellow to green as Heero stepped out in his space suit. Relena looked at him and had the urge to run to him right then and there and hug him. He looked exhausted and was panting. He walked over to her.
"Can you help me?" He asked in a raised tone to speak over the sound of his battery-powered respirator. He turned around to reveal a tape- covered zipper. Relena pealed off the tape and unzipped the suit. Heero then stepped away sitting down at the bench beside the Decon Zone, he peeled his suit off, eyes riveted on Kent. Relena returned her gaze reluctantly to Kent, but moved closer to Heero.
Kent turned the hose on, and let the head release. A stream of blood came forcefully from it. It's pressure ripping the hose from Kent's hands.
"Shit!" Heero cried as he started putting his suit back on again. Blood now covered the window and Kent was on longer visible.
((A/N: Don, Don, Don! Oh No. I didn't kill any more bad guys that I really talked about and now Kent's in trouble! I must really like Angst! REVIEW and I'll write faster. About that biohazard symbol, it looks like a flower, sort of, only spiky. I'll find a picture of one and post it on my web site for you. So go there if you want to see it. I'll put it in my fanfiction section. Review please!)
Author's note: I'm on the winding end I think. Or maybe not. You never really know with me. I just hope I'm not predicable. Although no one has figured my secret out yet, or maybe if you think you know you haven't said it. Thanks and Hugs to everyone who has reviewed so far. I just have one other thing to say to you guys, "REVIEW AGAIN" and to those of you who haven't yet, review this time…
Internal Warfare
Chapter 7: Saviors and Blood
The car ride back to Preventer Headquarters was as silent as the helicopter ride, a startling change from the loud ride on the Concord. Heero sat in the passenger seat of Trowa's SUV, Decon behind him, Kent in the middle and Hews behind Trowa. Hews' hazel eyes flashed in what appeared to be a mixture of excitement and sadness. Her window was cracked slightly, letting in the cool spring air of the late day. Her ash colored hair was flowing over her shoulders now, she had let it out of the confines of its tight bun and seemed to be enjoying the feeling of the wind rushing through it.
Trowa and Heero had done a lot of work while on the Concord, calling Lady Une and setting things up for the invasion and capture of Charles Montgomery, who had already been stripped of his title as Vice President of the ESUN, although he didn't know it yet. In compliance with Heero, who's nerves were getting worse and worse, and dreaded any bad news, Trowa had turned his cell phone off. He had noticed that every time his phone rang, Heero would turn a soft shade of green in anticipation of the horrible news he expected to hear.
They turned into the Preventer parking lot. A guard immediately approached the car, but upon seeing Trowa's face and sharp emerald eyes, he backed away, waving them in. Heero sighed as they parked and he got out of the car.
"Here we go." He said softly, but everyone heard. Then, in a display of sure determination and skill, he put on his emotionless soldier mask and put one hand, palm down, on the hood of the car, lifting himself over it in a swift graceful motion.
Trowa looked at Heero as though this were an every day occurrence. "Let's go." He said as he began to walk away. They all followed him to the elevator. A guard already had it open, waiting for them, Trowa entered without thanking him. This earned him a glare from Hews, who turned to the man and nodded in thanks.
As the doors closed she turned again to Trowa, "That was very rude. Have you no manners? You may be some spoiled Gundam Pilot, but didn't your mother at least teach you to be polite?" she nearly yelled.
Trowa didn't bother to turn his gaze on her. He kept his eyes level and flat and his expression calm. "I'm an orphan." Was all he said. It was said in a way that was so obvious it was disconcerting. Like a "duh" without the 'smart ass' part.
Hews shivered. "I'm sorry," she said, almost out of breath of the emotionless way he had said it, "I didn't know…"
"Hews, you will someday learn," Heero began looking at her in a way that made her shiver, his expression was so cold she was actually frightened of him, "that people are not as shallow as you make them all out to be." He looked over at Trowa, "The judgment you made on Trowa's character was so blind." He again rested his gaze on her, "He has been solely responsible for saving millions of lives in his short life time, he is indirectly responsible for so many more. He saved my life before he even knew me, putting his own life in danger of an enemy he didn't know, one that may have struck him while his back was turned or his defenses lowered." Trowa raised his hand for silence, finally shifting his own gaze to Hews.
"In times of stress and confusion, one tends to forget courtesy. But as for that man, he asked me not to thank him every time he opened the elevator for me. He said it made him feel like he wasn't my equal if I thanked him for every miniscule task." He turned his gaze toward the doors as they opened, "But I must admit, it took guts to say that to someone who could kill you without breaking a sweat or thinking twice about the deed."
Hews was frozen in place as the others followed Trowa out of the elevator, not quite sure how to react after that, she didn't move. After a moment Decon returned, his light brown eyes shining with amusement, "Come on Carol, these kids are way to interesting not to watch."
"And way to smart not to listen too." She added under her breath as she followed the other man out.
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They were just about to depart on their mission, all that was left was who was going where. Groups of 25 agents, or so, had already been assembled, one group for each destination. All that was left were the leaders.
"Heero, if your going to his house outside Newport, I'm going to France. Most likely Relena is at one of these locations, and you are the only one, other than myself, that I trust with her life. If you find her, you keep her by your side. If I find her, I'll do the same." Zechs said as he glared at the wall fiercely. Heero nodded in compliance.
"Trowa, you and Quatre will come with me, Duo I want you and Wufei to accompany Zechs, Decon and Hews to France." Heero said after a moment. No one argued.
Sally Po entered the room suddenly, a phone in one hand and a worried expression on her face. "Kent!" she cried.
Kent was startle and looked as though he was going to faint, "Yes?" he said meekly.
"Was the fifth Dr. Charles J?" She asked urgently.
"That's it!" Kent cried, happy that he had remembered.
All eyes shifted to Heero. Kent, Hews and Decon looked on in confusion, as Sally spoke again, "Dr. McCormick from USAMRIID just informed us of his disappearance." Heero nodded.
"Now what?" Duo asked.
"Go on with the mission as planned. If anyone runs into Dr. J, capture him ALIVE, if possible. If not, I know where his hidden base is, he can't hide from me, he trained me, I know all his tactics." Heero responded as he left the room to get ready.
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Half of Montgomery's home was now under Preventer control. Heero, Kent and Trowa ran down a hallway in silence, Heero at the head. All of the sudden Heero skidded to a stop in front of one of the adjacent hallways. The walls in this place were so immaculately white you couldn't tell where halls where until you were on top of them. Heero pointed down the hallway to his right. Kent and Trowa followed his gaze to find a metal door baring the biohazard symbol (looks kind of like a spiky flower, sort of.). He walked up to the door. Written on the thick glass of the door was 'GREY ZONE'. This is the area that separates the outside world from the 'Hot Zone'. Heero glanced over his shoulder at Trowa.
"Keep going, and try to find Relena. We'll be in here. You can enter the Grey Zone only if this light is green," he said indicating to the warning light over the door. "Under no circumstances are you to open this door if the light is yellow or red." As he said this, Heero opened the door that led into the Grey Zone. Trowa turned around and continued on his way.
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Relena could hear footsteps in the corridor outside her door. She was on the opposite wall of her dark room, as far away form the door as possible. She heard many sets of footsteps run by frantically, than gun shots. After a few minutes it grew silent again and a lone set of footsteps made their way toward her. She was panicked, curled up into a little ball on the floor. Then she heard a voice from far off yell, "TROWA SIR, I JUST GOT WORD FROM HEADQUATERS, THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING AT MONTGOMERY'S OFFICES!"
Relena gasped, then she heard Trowa's reply, his voice coming from just outside her door. "THANK YOU MIKE! GO BACK AND HELP ALPHA SQUAD SECURE THE AREA AROUND THE HOT ZONE!"
Relena ran to the door, forgetting to count her steps, she hit it hard. "TROWA!" she screamed. The door opened suddenly and Relena shrank back at the bright light of the hallway. The supportive arms of her friend instantly surrounded her as he helped her to stand before him.
After a moment she was able to open her eyes, squinting to look upon her savior. Trowa had a genuine smile on his face as he looked down at her. "I'm so glad you're okay." He said excitedly.
Relena smiled. But her smile quickly faded as she looked at him pleadingly, "Have you heard any news of Heero, is he alright?" she asked frantically.
Trowa laughed, "He's fine. I'll explain later, come on, I'll take you to him." He walked out of the room in front of her. She put her hand on her forehead, shading her eyes to see. Not far down the hall they came to a group of armed Preventers guarding a door labeled 'GREY ZONE'. Trowa looked up at the light, which was green, then turned to Relena.
"Let's go in, shall we?" he said as he opened the door and stepped inside. The wall to her left was metal and cold, but to her right, it was all glass 6 in thick. On the glass was written 'HOT ZONE: BIOHAZARD LEVEL 4' and below that, 'CAUTION'. Relena peered through the glass at the two figures. Both were wearing yellow space suits and were oblivious to their presence. They seemed to be talking, huddled over something. One stepped away for a moment, toward the glass. He looked through it and saw Trowa and Relena, it was Kent. His face was covered in sweat and he was breathing ragged, the stress of the room getting to him. He smiled and turned back around and over to Heero. Saying something. Heero turned around to regard the two on the other side of the glass. His face was also sweaty but his breathing was controlled and so was his expression. He made eye contact with Relena and almost smiled, but caught himself. Trowa pushed a piece of paper up against the glass. Heero read it and nodded. Then, turned back around to work.
"Okay Relena," Trowa said turning to her. "I have to go, but stay here until those two are done in there and then go with them." He turned around to leave but stopped and turned back. "When Heero found out you had been taken by Montgomery," he began in a whispered tone. Relena moved in closer, hanging on every word. "he broke down and cried right there in front of me and his entire team, on Kent's shoulder no less." He said gesturing at the window. "I don't think I have ever seen so much fear in his face at the thought of losing you." He turned around and walked away, pausing at the door to turn back. By now, Relena's eyes were fully adjusted, but were misting with tears. "Don't tell him I told you that." He said as he opened the door and stepped out.
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"She's pretty." Said Kent on the other side of the glass, approaching Heero with a large tub full of bleach.
Heero didn't say anything until Kent put the large container of bleach down. "How should I tell her?" he asked, his eyes pleading at Kent for answers.
Kent smiled, "Just be honest and tell her how you feel." He sighed and shifted in his yellow self-contained space suit. "If all else fails tell her that story you told us about when you fell in love with her. That has to work." As they were speaking they were opening containers of blood and dropping everything, container, lid, blood, into the bleach.
Heero smiled at Kent, who laughed at a joke that passed between them without a word spoken. Then, a container of blood slipped from Heero's hand suddenly. Both of them dived to the floor to catch it, and Heero did. Making eye contact with Kent and visibly sighing. He glanced back at Relena who looked as though she had screamed when the container had fallen from his hand and gave her a weak smile. Indicating that everything was okay. She had moved very close to the glass, and even though she visibly relaxed she didn't move away from it. Heero looked back at Kent, then at the container. Taking the lid off slowly, he put it into the bleach.
There were only four more now. Kent took two and Heero took two. Emptying them quickly and heading for the Decon Zone (Decon meaning decontamination, like a cleaning room, not the person). Heero entered first as Kent remained inside, setting up a hose which had been marked as bleach. He walked over to the bleach tub and dumped the liquid into the drain in the floor. Relena watched him carefully as he did this. The yellow light on the Decon Zone, leading to the Grey Zone turned from yellow to green as Heero stepped out in his space suit. Relena looked at him and had the urge to run to him right then and there and hug him. He looked exhausted and was panting. He walked over to her.
"Can you help me?" He asked in a raised tone to speak over the sound of his battery-powered respirator. He turned around to reveal a tape- covered zipper. Relena pealed off the tape and unzipped the suit. Heero then stepped away sitting down at the bench beside the Decon Zone, he peeled his suit off, eyes riveted on Kent. Relena returned her gaze reluctantly to Kent, but moved closer to Heero.
Kent turned the hose on, and let the head release. A stream of blood came forcefully from it. It's pressure ripping the hose from Kent's hands.
"Shit!" Heero cried as he started putting his suit back on again. Blood now covered the window and Kent was on longer visible.
((A/N: Don, Don, Don! Oh No. I didn't kill any more bad guys that I really talked about and now Kent's in trouble! I must really like Angst! REVIEW and I'll write faster. About that biohazard symbol, it looks like a flower, sort of, only spiky. I'll find a picture of one and post it on my web site for you. So go there if you want to see it. I'll put it in my fanfiction section. Review please!)